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By Harold Holzer, Norton Garfinkle. 2015
In A Just and Generous Nation, the eminent historian Harold Holzer and the noted economist Norton Garfinkle present a groundbreaking…
new account of the beliefs that inspired our sixteenth president to go to war when the Southern states seceded from the Union. Rather than a commitment to eradicating slavery or a defense of the Union, they argue, Lincoln’s guiding principle was the defense of equal economic opportunity. Lincoln firmly believed that the government’s primary role was to ensure that all Americans had the opportunity to better their station in life. As president, he worked tirelessly to enshrine this ideal within the federal government. He funded railroads and canals, supported education, and, most importantly, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which opened the door for former slaves to join white Americans in striving for self-improvement. In our own age of unprecedented inequality, A Just and Generous Nation reestablishes Lincoln’s legacy as the protector not just of personal freedom but of the American dream itself.By Tom Lewis. 2015
On January 24, 1791, President George Washington chose the site for the young nation’s capital: ten miles square, it stretched…
from the highest point of navigation on the Potomac River, and encompassed the ports of Georgetown and Alexandria. From the moment the federal government moved to the District of Columbia in December 1800, Washington has been central to American identity and life. Shaped by politics and intrigue, poverty and largess, contradictions and compromises, Washington has been, from its beginnings, the stage on which our national dramas have played out. In Washington, the historian Tom Lewis paints a sweeping portrait of the capital city whose internal conflicts and promise have mirrored those of America writ large. Breathing life into the men and women who struggled to help the city realize its full potential, he introduces us to the mercurial French artist who created an ornate plan for the city “en grande”; members of the nearly forgotten anti-Catholic political party who halted construction of the Washington monument for a quarter century; and the cadre of congressmen who maintained segregation and blocked the city’s progress for decades. In the twentieth century Washington’s Mall and streets would witness a Ku Klux Klan march, the violent end to the encampment of World War I “Bonus Army” veterans, the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and the painful rebuilding of the city in the wake of Martin Luther King, Jr. ’s assassination. “It is our national center,” Frederick Douglass once said of Washington, DC; “it belongs to us, and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and its destiny. ” Interweaving the story of the city’s physical transformation with a nuanced account of its political, economic, and social evolution, Lewis tells the powerful history of Washington, DC—the site of our nation’s highest ideals and some of our deepest failures.By John Merriman. 2014
The Paris Commune lasted for only 64 days in 1871, but during that short time it gave rise to some…
of the grandest political dreams of the nineteenth century—before culminating in horrific violence. Following the disastrous French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, hungry and politically disenchanted Parisians took up arms against their government in the name of a more just society. They expelled loyalists and soldiers and erected barricades in the streets. In Massacre, John Merriman introduces a cast of inimitable Communards—from les pétroleuses (female incendiaries) to the painter Gustave Courbet—whose idealism fueled a revolution. And he vividly recreates the Commune’s chaotic and bloody end when 30,000 troops stormed the city, burning half of Paris and executing captured Communards en masse. A stirring evocation of the spring when Paris was ablaze with cannon fire and its citizens were their own masters, Massacre reveals how the indomitable spirit of the Commune shook the very foundations of Europe.Is breast really best? Breastfeeding is widely assumed to be the healthiest choice, yet growing evidence suggests that its benefits…
have been greatly exaggerated. New moms are pressured by doctors, health officials, and friends to avoid the bottle at all costs--often at the expense of their jobs, their pocketbooks, and their well-being. In Lactivism, political scientist Courtney Jung offers the most deeply researched and far-reaching critique of breastfeeding advocacy to date. Drawing on her own experience as a devoted mother who breastfed her two children and her expertise as a social scientist, Jung investigates the benefits of breastfeeding and asks why so many people across the political spectrum are passionately invested in promoting it, even as its health benefits have been persuasively challenged. What emerges is an eye-opening story about class and race in America, the big business of breastfeeding, and the fraught politics of contemporary motherhood.By أبو البركات الأنباري. 2001
By رٍجينا بروكس. 2004
يستمتع الأطفال باللعب وتمضية أوقاتهم في المتنزهات والحدائق. لكنهم يضطرون أحياناً للقيام ببعض الأعمال المنزلية قبل تمكنهم من الذهاب إلى…
المتنزه. وعلى الرغم من أن القيام بهذه الأعمال ليس بمتعة اللعب أو الذهاب إلى المتنزه, إلا أن الأطفال يحتاجون لاستيعاب فكرة أن هذه الأعمال يجب أن تتم على أية حال, وأن إنجازها قد يكون شرطاً للحصول على وقت للعب. فالكتاب يروي قصة طفلة وعدتها أمها أن تأخذها للمتنزه في عطلة نهاية الأسبوع, ولكن ليس قبل أن تنتهي من إنجاز بعض الأعمال لمساعدة أمها في البيت. تقوم الطفلة بالأعمال الصغيرة المختلفة وهي تتذمر من هذا الشغل الذي لا ينتهي, بينما تحاول الأم جعلها تفكر بطريقة إيجابية وأن تتذكر بأنها ستذهب للمتنزه حال الانتهاء من هذه الأعمال. وحين تنتهي الطفلة من شغل المنزل, تأتي إليها الأم مرة أخرى لتريها بأن عملها في البيت كان جميلاً, وبأنها استحقت نجمة عن كل عمل قامت به.By X00e9, Fran, X00e7, Ois D, Pelteau. 2013
This book will compare the approach and works of Norbert Elias, well known for his analysis of the civilizing process,…
his work on sport and violence and, more largely, his figurational approach, with other important social theories both classical and contemporary.By Yves Michaud. 2015
La nueva cara del lujo, un sector en auge incluso en plena crisis. Institutos de belleza, safaris, cruceros y paquetes…
turísticos excepcionales, alta gastronomía, viajes espaciales... Incluso en tiempos de crisis, el mercado del lujo goza de una salud de hierro #un dato llamativo, incluso insolente#, pero ha adoptado, advierte el filósofo Yves Michaud, una nueva cara: no se trata ya tanto de un lujo basado en los objetos sino de un lujo de la experiencia. A partir de sorprendentes datos y ejemplos, El nuevo lujo analiza este fenómeno planetario desde un punto de vista filosófico, psicológico y sociológico y con un enfoque tan inteligente como irónico. Yves Michaud da cuenta de las astutas estrategias de posicionamiento llevadas a cabo por las grandes firmas, que venden moda y glamour, y señala lo sintomático de ese frenesí contemporáneo del lujo, tras el cual hay un individuo que busca desesperadamente su identidad. El lujo es, pues, mucho más que un sector de la economía: es un paradigma de nuestra sociedad. La crítica ha dicho...«Yves Michaud desvela los mecanismos de una industria en plena expansión. Análisis de alta gama.»Raphaëlle Elkrief, Grazia «El autor expone con brío los resortes de la ostentación en quienes aspiran a "ser alguien".»Nicolas Vulser, Le Monde des LivresBy محمد بن عبد الملك بن مالك الطائي الجياني أبو عبد الله. 2001
By Akhil Reed Amar. 2015
From Kennebunkport to Kauai, from the Rio Grande to the Northern Rockies, ours is a vast republic. While we may…
be united under one Constitution, separate and distinct states remain, each with its own constitution and culture. Geographic idiosyncrasies add more than just local character. Regional understandings of law and justice have shaped and reshaped our nation throughout history. America’s Constitution, our founding and unifying document, looks slightly different in California than it does in Kansas. In The Law of the Land, renowned legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar illustrates how geography, federalism, and regionalism have influenced some of the biggest questions in American constitutional law. Writing about Illinois, "the land of Lincoln,” Amar shows how our sixteenth president’s ideas about secession were influenced by his Midwestern upbringing and outlook. All of today’s Supreme Court justices, Amar notes, learned their law in the Northeast, and New Yorkers of various sorts dominate the judiciary as never before. The curious Bush v. Gore decision, Amar insists, must be assessed with careful attention to Florida law and the Florida Constitution. The second amendment appears in a particularly interesting light, he argues, when viewed from the perspective of Rocky Mountain cowboys and cowgirls. Propelled by Amar’s distinctively smart, lucid, and engaging prose, these essays allow general readers to see the historical roots of, and contemporary solutions to, many important constitutional questions. The Law of the Land illuminates our nation’s history and politics, and shows how America’s various local parts fit together to form a grand federal framework.By Mary Elise Sarotte. 2014
The Berlin Wall was erected in 1961 to end all traffic between the city’s two halves: the democratic west and…
the communist east. The iconic symbol of a divided Europe, the Wall became a focus of western political pressure on East Germany; as Ronald Reagan’s famously said in a 1987 speech in Berlin, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” But as award-winning historian Mary Sarotte shows in [Title TK] , the opening of the Wall on November 9, 1989 was not, as is commonly believed, the East German government’s deliberate concession to outside influence. It was an accident. A carelessly worded memo written by mid-level bureaucrats, a bumbling press conference given by an inept member of the East German Politburo, the negligence of government leaders, the bravery of ordinary people in East and West Berlin--these combined to bring about the end of nearly forty years of oppression, fear, and enmity in divided Berlin. When the news broke, Washington and Moscow could only stand by and watch as Tom Brokaw and other journalists narrated the televised broadcast of this critical moment in the thawing of the cold war. Sarotte opens her story in the months leading up to that fateful day. Following East German dissidents, she shows how their efforts coalesced around opposition to the regime’s restrictions on foreign travel. The city of Leipzig, close to the border with Czechoslovakia, became a hothouse of activism, and protests there quickly grew into massive demonstrations. The East German Politburo hoped to limit its citizens’ knowledge of these marches, but two daring dissidents, East Berliners Aram Radomski and Siegbert Schefke, managed to evade the Stasi and film the largest of them from a church tower. They then smuggled their tape to West Germany; broadcast in both nations, the footage galvanized activists across East Germany, and precipitated the stunning developments on November 9. Facing mounting pressure from its own citizens, the East German Politburo planned to put off enacting any meaningful change to its travel policy by issuing a deceptive ruling that would appear to offer more freedom, but which in fact would allow the state to maintain strict control over its citizen’s movements. But the bureaucrats tasked with preparing the "new” regulations misunderstood their task, and instead drafted a declaration that said East Germans could freely leave the country. This declaration ended up in the hands of regime spokesman Günter Schabowski, who announced the rules at a press conference without understanding their import. Stunned reporters were soon broadcasting the news around the world. Crowds of East Germans began streaming to the Wall, prompting a showdown with border guards, who received no support or direction from East German leadership as the throngs multiplied. By 11:30, Harald Jäger, a second-tier passport control officer, had had enough and finally opened the wall to the mob gathering outside his gate. Even though East German forces successfully regained control by the morning, it was too late--for the wall, for the regime, and for Communism in Eastern Europe. Drawing on evidence from archives in multiple countries and languages, along with dozens of interviews with key actors, including Harald Jäger, [Title TK] is the definitive account of the event that brought down the East German Politburo and came to represent the final collapse of the Cold War order.By أحمد بن مصطفى الدمشقي. 2001
By ابن ظافر الأزدي. 2001
By Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Barbara Kotschwar. 1992
Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics since 1992, was the Maurice Creenberg…
Chair and Director of Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations [1996-98), the Marcus Wallenberg Professor of International Finance Diplomacy at Georgetown University (1985-92), senior fellow at the Institute (1981-85), deputy director of the International Law Institute at Georgetown University 0979-81), deputy assistant secretary for international trade and investment policy of the US Treasury (1977-79), and director of the international tax staff at the Treasury (1974-76). Among his numerous coauthored books are Local Content Requirements: A Global Problem (2013), The United States Should Establish Permanent Normal Trade Relations with Russia (2012), Figuring Out the Doha Round [2010], and Economic Sanctions Reconsidered, 3rd edition (2007). Book jacket.By علي بن عدلان الموصلي النحوي. 2001
As inequality grabs headlines, steals the show in presidential debates, and drives deep divides between the haves and have nots…
in America, class war brews. On one side, the wealthy wield power and advantage, wittingly or not, to keep the system operating in their favor—all while retreating into enclaves that separate them further and further from the poor and working class. On the other side, those who find it increasingly difficult to keep up or get ahead lash out—waging a rhetorical war against the rich and letting anger and resentment, however justifiable, keep us from seeing new potential solutions. But can we suspend both class wars long enough to consider a new way forward? Is it really good for anyone that most of society’s wealth is pooling at the very top of the wealth ladder? Does anyone, including the one percent, really want to live in a society plagued by economic apartheid? It is time to think differently, says longtime inequality expert and activist Chuck Collins. Born into the one percent, Collins gave away his inheritance at 26 and spent the next three decades mobilizing against inequality. He uses his perspective from both sides of the divide to deliver a new narrative. Collins calls for a ceasefire and invites the wealthy to come back home, investing themselves and their wealth in struggling communities. And he asks the non-wealthy to build alliances with the one percent and others at the top of the wealth ladder. Stories told along the way explore the roots of advantage, show how taxpayers subsidize the wealthy, and reveal how charity, used incorrectly, can actually reinforce extreme inequality. Readers meet pioneers who are crossing the divide to work together in new ways, including residents in the author’s own Boston-area neighborhood who have launched some of the most interesting community transition efforts in the nation. In the end, Collins’s national and local solutions not only challenge inequality but also respond to climate change and offer an unexpected, fresh take on one of our most intransigent problems.By C sar Bona. 2018
«Un viatge cap a la diversitat; una reflexió sobre l'èxit, el fracàs i les expectatives que condicionen nens, nenes i…
adolescents, i sobre com podem donar-los la possibilitat de construir el seu propi futur.» Què és l'èxit per a tu? I el fracàs? I si penses en nens i nenes, què contestaries? Quan mires els que t'envolten, consideres que no tens prejudicis? Hi ha certes creences que distorsionen la teva manera de veure la vida? Com a docents, moltes coses no ens les van ensenyar a la universitat; com a pares, aprenem a força d'assaig i error. L'empatia és un joc que cal practicar cada dia, i això no implica allunyar-se del que ets sinó acostar-se al que l'altra persona és i sent. Al món hi ha gairebé vuit milions de persones, cadascuna diferent de la resta. Les diferències són un valor, i no un inconvenient. Quan entenguem això, començarem a veure la vida d'una altra manera, amb la riquesa que proporciona la diversitat. En aquest llibre trobaràs històries inspiradores que conviden a reflexionar sobre totes aquestes preguntes i sobre la manera com mirem els qui ens envolten. «No és el que mires, és el que veus», deia Thoreau. I cada paraula, cada gest, compta. La crítica ha dit...«César obre nous horitzons per als nens. Està creant líders del futur animant-los a agafar les regnes per emprendre accions i canviar actituds -i pràctiques- de la societat.»Jane Goodall «La meva primera descoberta del 2015 ha estat conèixer l'existència del professor César Bona. És un plaer comprovar que, de tant en tant, apareix un personatge humil capaç de despertar admiració unànime [...]. Ensenya els seus alumnes a gaudir de la natura i dels animals, i a fer pel·lícules, jugar, imaginar i pensar en els altres. També els ensenya anglès, història imatemàtiques, però el que ell considera bàsic és que siguin bones persones.»Nativel Preciado, TiempoBy John Elliott. 1930
La història de Catalunya i la d'Escòcia, des de l'edat mitjana fins als referèndums d'independència, de la mà del distingit…
historiador John H. Elliott. John H. Elliott explora les arrels d'un dels problemes contemporanis més apressants d'Europa. En aquest esperat i elegant retorn al tema d'un dels seus llibres clau, La revolta catalana, l'autor examina les similituds i els contrastos entre les experiències escocesa i catalana al llarg de cinc-cents anys: partint dels matrimonis reials que van provocar la unió amb els seus veïns més poderosos, Anglaterra i Castella respectivament, ressegueix la seva història a través dels segles, des del final de l'edat mitjana fins als dramàtics esdeveniments recents. Elliott analitza els factors polítics, econòmics, socials, culturals i emocionals que separen els escocesos i els catalans de les nacions, més grans, a les que els seus destins els van unir. I, a més, aporta una nova mirada al caràcter i el desenvolupament del nacionalisme europeu, la naturalesa del separatisme i el sentiment de greuge subjacent a les aspiracions secessionistes que van conduir al referèndum escocès del 2014 i al català de l'1 d'octubre de 2017, amb la consegüent declaració unilateral, i fallida, d'una república catalana independent. La crítica ha dit...«Una història comparada sense precedents i escrupolosament imparcial.»The Economist «Una gran contribució a l'estudi de cinc segles d'històries conflictives i de desacords dramàtics, la culminació de dècades d'estudi al més alt nivell de la història de les societats hispànica, britànica, europea i mundial.»Josep M. Fradera, Universitat Pompeu Fabra «Formidable. Elliott desentranya la complexitat canviant i tortuosa del tema amb la fluïdesa i l'amenitat a què els seus lectors estan acostumats.»Xavier Gil, Universitat de Barcelona «Cap altre historiador viu podria igualar aquesta obra mestra d'història narrativa i comparada.»John Robertson, Universitat de Cambridge «Fascinant i oportú. Si es vol comprendre Escòcia i Catalunya en el marc més ampli de la crisi de la política dominant, aquest llibre fabulós és ideal per començar.»Donald MacCraild, Times Higher Education Supplement"This book is a godsend . . . a moving portrait for anyone wanting to go beyond the simplified labels…
and metrics and really understand an urban high school, and its highly individual, resilient, eager and brilliant students and educators. ” --Dave Eggers, co-founder, 826 National and ScholarMatch Darrell is a reflective, brilliant young man, who never thought of himself as a good student. He always struggled with his reading and writing skills. Darrell’s father, a single parent, couldn't afford private tutors. By the end of middle school, Darrell’s grades and his confidence were at an all time low. Then everything changed. When education journalist Kristina Rizga first met Darrell at Mission High School, he was taking AP calculus class, writing a ten-page research paper, and had received several college acceptance letters. And Darrell was not an exception. More than 80 percent of Mission High seniors go to college every year, even though the school teaches large numbers of English learners and students from poor families. So, why has the federal government been threatening to close Mission High--and schools like it across the country? The United States has been on a century long road toward increased standardization in our public schools, which resulted in a system that reduces the quality of education to primarily one metric: standardized test scores. According to this number, Mission High is a "low-performing” school even though its college enrollment, graduation, attendance rates and student surveys are some of the best in the country. The qualities that matter the most in learning--skills like critical thinking, intellectual engagement, resilience, empathy, self-management, and cultural flexibility--can’t be measured by multiple-choice questions designed by distant testing companies, Rizga argues, but they can be detected by skilled teachers in effective, personalized and humane classrooms that work for all students, not just the most motivated ones. Based on four years of reporting with unprecedented access, the unforgettable, intimate stories in these pages throw open the doors to America’s most talked about--and arguably least understood--public school classrooms where the largely invisible voices of our smart, resilient students and their committed educators can offer a clear and hopeful blueprint for what it takes to help all students succeed.By Josep Cuní, Pil Rahola Martinez. 2012
Una interessant conversa entre Pilar Rahola i Josep Cuní, la parella televisiva més impactant i influent de Catalunya. A banda…
de parlar de diferents temes d'actualitat, parlen també sobre qüestions més personals, convidant el lector a una íntima reflexió. L'actualitat passa de pressa i les paraules se les emporta el vent. És per aquest doble motiu que aquesta conversa té una vàlua afegida, perquè mai abans Pilar Rahola i Josep Cuní havien explicitat per escrit els seus pensaments contraposats i els coincidents. En aquesta conversa no parlen d'actualitat sinó que reflexionen a partir de l'experiència. No analitzen fets sinó que els esmicolen per construir-ne una visió crítica. El lector hi trobarà una contraposició d'idees, pensaments i experiències que l'enriquiran i l'induiran, també, a la reflexió íntima i personal. A partir de les paraules escrites, dels pensaments no sempre coincidents, Josep Cuní i Pilar Rahola aconsegueixen que el lector entengui, pensi, rigui, actuï i també que els conegui d'una forma més genuïna que la que podem percebre a través de les pantalles.