Author: Jan Myrdal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Denna uppl. har nytt efterord av förf.
Confessions of a Disloyal European
Author: Jan Myrdal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Denna uppl. har nytt efterord av förf.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Denna uppl. har nytt efterord av förf.
Brief van Meint Hylkes Bottema (1890-1918) aan Douwe Kalma (1896-1953)
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Author: John Perkins
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 1576755126
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Perkins, a former chief economist at a Boston strategic-consulting firm, confesses he was an "economic hit man" for 10 years, helping U.S. intelligence agencies and multinationals cajole and blackmail foreign leaders into serving U.S. foreign policy and awarding lucrative contracts to American business.
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 1576755126
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Perkins, a former chief economist at a Boston strategic-consulting firm, confesses he was an "economic hit man" for 10 years, helping U.S. intelligence agencies and multinationals cajole and blackmail foreign leaders into serving U.S. foreign policy and awarding lucrative contracts to American business.
Speaking Life
Author: Dr. Bobbie Shaw-Hunter
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456712926
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
This book is the creative response (social action) of the need for an Africentric program that empowers African/Black Americans families and communities. It is based upon Africentric approaches that focus on the adaptive and defensive functioning of African/Black Families through its cultural infrastructure. In no way is this study designed to place blame or foster hatred. It is designed to be a cultural knowledge base that fosters a greater understanding of African/Black people through the philosophical and psychological tenets of C-FACT (Churches-Families-And Communities-Together).
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456712926
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
This book is the creative response (social action) of the need for an Africentric program that empowers African/Black Americans families and communities. It is based upon Africentric approaches that focus on the adaptive and defensive functioning of African/Black Families through its cultural infrastructure. In no way is this study designed to place blame or foster hatred. It is designed to be a cultural knowledge base that fosters a greater understanding of African/Black people through the philosophical and psychological tenets of C-FACT (Churches-Families-And Communities-Together).
Gunnar Myrdal and America's Conscience
Author: Walter A. Jackson
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 9780807844601
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma (1944) influenced the attitudes of a generation of Americans on the race issue and established Myrdal as a major critic of American politics and culture. Walter Jackson explores how the Swedish Social Democratic
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 9780807844601
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma (1944) influenced the attitudes of a generation of Americans on the race issue and established Myrdal as a major critic of American politics and culture. Walter Jackson explores how the Swedish Social Democratic
Interviews with Dwight Macdonald
Author: Dwight Macdonald
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578065332
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
A representative selection of interviews with one of the most acute observers of American politics, society, and culture in the twentieth century
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578065332
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
A representative selection of interviews with one of the most acute observers of American politics, society, and culture in the twentieth century
Politics in Europe
Author: M. Donald Hancock
Publisher: CQ Press
ISBN: 150639910X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Politics in Europe, Seventh Edition introduces students to the power of the European Union as well as seven political systems—the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Poland—within a common analytical framework that enables students to conduct both single-case and cross-national analysis. Each case addresses the most relevant questions of comparative political analysis: who governs, on behalf of what values, with the collaboration of what groups, in the face of what kind of opposition, and with what socioeconomic and political consequences? Packed with captivating photos and robust country descriptions from regional specialists, the Seventh Edition enables students to think critically about these questions and make meaningful cross-national comparisons.
Publisher: CQ Press
ISBN: 150639910X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Politics in Europe, Seventh Edition introduces students to the power of the European Union as well as seven political systems—the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Poland—within a common analytical framework that enables students to conduct both single-case and cross-national analysis. Each case addresses the most relevant questions of comparative political analysis: who governs, on behalf of what values, with the collaboration of what groups, in the face of what kind of opposition, and with what socioeconomic and political consequences? Packed with captivating photos and robust country descriptions from regional specialists, the Seventh Edition enables students to think critically about these questions and make meaningful cross-national comparisons.
Everybody's Autobiography
Author: Gertrude Stein
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307829774
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
“Alice B. Toklas wrote hers and now everybody will write theirs.” In 1933 Gertrude Stein’s The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas skyrocketed to the top of the bestseller lists, and the author found herself a celebrity. Everybody’s Autobiography is the very Steinian account of her soul-satisfying next five years in France, England, and America, where she made a triumphant tour of the country. Here are Stein’s devastating analyses of some of the major figures of the day whom she met—among them Dashiell Hammett, Charlie Chaplin, Pablo Picasso, Marianne Moore, Mrs. Roosevelt, and Sherwood Anderson—and also of her own life and work.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307829774
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
“Alice B. Toklas wrote hers and now everybody will write theirs.” In 1933 Gertrude Stein’s The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas skyrocketed to the top of the bestseller lists, and the author found herself a celebrity. Everybody’s Autobiography is the very Steinian account of her soul-satisfying next five years in France, England, and America, where she made a triumphant tour of the country. Here are Stein’s devastating analyses of some of the major figures of the day whom she met—among them Dashiell Hammett, Charlie Chaplin, Pablo Picasso, Marianne Moore, Mrs. Roosevelt, and Sherwood Anderson—and also of her own life and work.
Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater
Author: Jan Sjåvik
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810865017
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The literature of Scandinavia is amazingly rich and varied, consisting of the works produced by the countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, and stretching from the ancient Norse Sagas to the present day. While much of it is unknown outside of the region, some has gained worldwide popularity, including the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, the stories of Isak Dinesen, and the plays of Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg. While obviously including the area's most famous works, the Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater also provides information on lesser known authors and currents trends, literary circles and journals, and historical background. This is accomplished through a list of acronyms, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries, which together make this reference the most comprehensive and up to date work of its kind related to Scandinavian literature and theater available anywhere.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810865017
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The literature of Scandinavia is amazingly rich and varied, consisting of the works produced by the countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, and stretching from the ancient Norse Sagas to the present day. While much of it is unknown outside of the region, some has gained worldwide popularity, including the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, the stories of Isak Dinesen, and the plays of Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg. While obviously including the area's most famous works, the Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater also provides information on lesser known authors and currents trends, literary circles and journals, and historical background. This is accomplished through a list of acronyms, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries, which together make this reference the most comprehensive and up to date work of its kind related to Scandinavian literature and theater available anywhere.
Survey of Contemporary Literature
Author: Frank Northen Magill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description