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Notes from The Century Before

Author : Edward Hoagland
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 1588362248
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Notes from The Century Before written by Edward Hoagland and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2013-03-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1966, Edward Hoagland made a three-month excursion into the wild country of British Columbia and encountered a way of life that was disappearing even as he chronicled it. Showcasing Hoagland’s extraordinary gifts for portraiture—his cast runs from salty prospector to trader, explorer, missionary, and indigenous guide—Notes from the Century Before is a breathtaking mix of anecdote, derring-do, and unparalleled elegy from one of the finest writers of our time.

Notes on a Century

Author : Bernard Lewis
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101575239
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Notes on a Century written by Bernard Lewis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Went Wrong? tells the story of his extraordinary life After September 11, Americans who had never given much thought to the Middle East turned to Bernard Lewis for an explanation, catapulting What Went Wrong? and later Crisis of Islam to become number one bestsellers. He was the first to warn of a coming "clash of civilizations," a term he coined in 1957, and has led an amazing life, as much a political actor as a scholar of the Middle East. In this witty memoir he reflects on the events that have transformed the region since World War II, up through the Arab Spring. A pathbreaking scholar with command of a dozen languages, Lewis has advised American presidents and dined with politicians from the shah of Iran to the pope. Over the years, he had tea at Buckingham Palace, befriended Golda Meir, and briefed politicians from Ted Kennedy to Dick Cheney. No stranger to controversy, he pulls no punches in his blunt criticism of those who see him as the intellectual progenitor of the Iraq war. Like America’s other great historian-statesmen Arthur Schlesinger and Henry Kissinger, he is a figure of towering intellect and a world-class raconteur, which makes Notes on a Century essential reading for anyone who cares about the fate of the Middle East.

Notes from the Century Before

Author : Hoagland, Edward
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
ISBN 13 : 9781550541878
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book Notes from the Century Before written by Hoagland, Edward and published by Douglas & McIntyre. This book was released on 1995 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1966, Edward Hoagland made a three-month excursion into the wild country of British Columbia and encountered a way of life that was disappearing even as he chronicled it. Showcasing Hoagland's extraordinary gifts for portraiture--his cast runs from salty prospector to trader, explorer, missionary, and indigenous guide--"Notes from the Century Before" is a breathtaking mix of anecdote, derring-do, and unparalleled elegy from one of the finest writers of our time.

Notes from the Century Before

Author : Edward Hoagland
Publisher : San Francisco : North Point Press
ISBN 13 : 9780865470774
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Notes from the Century Before written by Edward Hoagland and published by San Francisco : North Point Press. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Century of Artists Books

Author : Riva Castleman
Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 : 9780810961814
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book A Century of Artists Books written by Riva Castleman and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 1997-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published to accompany the 1994 exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, this book constitutes the most extensive survey of modern illustrated books to be offered in many years. Work by artists from Pierre Bonnard to Barbara Kruger and writers from Guillaume Apollinarie to Susan Sontag. An importnt reference for collectors and connoisseurs. Includes notable works by Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso.

UCLA

Author : Marina Dundjerski
Publisher : Third Millennium Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781906507374
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book UCLA written by Marina Dundjerski and published by Third Millennium Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UCLA: The First Century is an extensively illustrated hardcover book which follows a chronological historical narrative with in-depth sections on campus traditions and the history of Bruin athletics.Since the UCLA History Project was launched in 2004, UCLA have been chronicling a full account of their alma mater, from humble beginnings to their current standing as one of the world's most prestigious public research universities. The research and editorial team for this publication delved into the untold number of historical documents and photographs preserved in UCLA's archives and beyond, interviewed numerous members of the UCLA community, and searched for materials and anecdotes that were on the verge of becoming permanently lost or forgotten.'100 years of UCLA on your coffee table.' Los Angeles Times"I wanted to create an authentic, historical account of our university. Every day I am inspired by the story of UCLA and I see its history as a collective, living legacy that we all share." Marina Dundjerski '94, Author'The book is indeed beautiful. Thank you so much for all the work that went into it.' Rhea Turtletaub, Vice Chancellor, UCLA External Affairs

York Notes Companions: The Long 18th Century

Author : Penny Pritchard
Publisher : Pearson UK
ISBN 13 : 1447954823
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (479 download)

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Download or read book York Notes Companions: The Long 18th Century written by Penny Pritchard and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on 2014-08-28 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Children's History of the 20th Century

Author :
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN 13 : 9780789447227
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book Children's History of the 20th Century written by and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the events of the 20th century, month-by-month, with over 3,500 photographs.

Numbers Don't Lie

Author : Vaclav Smil
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525507817
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Numbers Don't Lie written by Vaclav Smil and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Vaclav Smil is my favorite author… Numbers Don't Lie takes everything that makes his writing great and boils it down into an easy-to-read format. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning."--Bill Gates, GatesNotes From the author of How the World Really Works, an essential guide to understanding how numbers reveal the true state of our world--exploring a wide range of topics including energy, the environment, technology, transportation, and food production. Vaclav Smil's mission is to make facts matter. An environmental scientist, policy analyst, and a hugely prolific author, he is Bill Gates' go-to guy for making sense of our world. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment--your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy? From data about our societies and populations, through measures of the fuels and foods that energize them, to the impact of transportation and inventions of our modern world--and how all of this affects the planet itself--in Numbers Don't Lie, Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge conventional thinking. Packed with fascinating information and memorable examples, Numbers Don't Lie reveals how the US is leading a rising worldwide trend in chicken consumption, that vaccination yields the best return on investment, and why electric cars aren't as great as we think (yet). Urgent and essential, with a mix of science, history, and wit--all in bite-sized chapters on a broad range of topics--Numbers Don't Lie inspires readers to interrogate what they take to be true.

Free Justice

Author : Sara Mayeux
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469656035
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Free Justice written by Sara Mayeux and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day, in courtrooms around the United States, thousands of criminal defendants are represented by public defenders--lawyers provided by the government for those who cannot afford private counsel. Though often taken for granted, the modern American public defender has a surprisingly contentious history--one that offers insights not only about the "carceral state," but also about the contours and compromises of twentieth-century liberalism. First gaining appeal amidst the Progressive Era fervor for court reform, the public defender idea was swiftly quashed by elite corporate lawyers who believed the legal profession should remain independent from the state. Public defenders took hold in some localities but not yet as a nationwide standard. By the 1960s, views had shifted. Gideon v. Wainwright enshrined the right to counsel into law and the legal profession mobilized to expand the ranks of public defenders nationwide. Yet within a few years, lawyers had already diagnosed a "crisis" of underfunded, overworked defenders providing inadequate representation--a crisis that persists today. This book shows how these conditions, often attributed to recent fiscal emergencies, have deep roots, and it chronicles the intertwined histories of constitutional doctrine, big philanthropy, professional in-fighting, and Cold War culture that made public defenders ubiquitous but embattled figures in American courtrooms.

My Book of Centuries

Author : Christie Groff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616342487
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book My Book of Centuries written by Christie Groff and published by . This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Notes and Queries

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Notes and Queries written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

20th Century

Author : Richard Overy
Publisher : Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1409383911
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book 20th Century written by Richard Overy and published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. This book was released on 2012 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the key political, historical and cultural events that shaped the twentieth century.

Blood, Sweat, and Tears

Author : Derrick E. White
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469652455
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Blood, Sweat, and Tears written by Derrick E. White and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2019-06-27 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black college football began during the nadir of African American life after the Civil War. The first game occurred in 1892, a little less than four years before the Supreme Court ruled segregation legal in Plessy v. Ferguson. In spite of Jim Crow segregation, Black colleges produced some of the best football programs in the country. They mentored young men who became teachers, preachers, lawyers, and doctors--not to mention many other professions--and transformed Black communities. But when higher education was integrated, the programs faced existential challenges as predominately white institutions steadily set about recruiting their student athletes and hiring their coaches. Blood, Sweat, and Tears explores the legacy of Black college football, with Florida A&M's Jake Gaither as its central character, one of the most successful coaches in its history. A paradoxical figure, Gaither led one of the most respected Black college football programs, yet many questioned his loyalties during the height of the civil rights movement. Among the first broad-based histories of Black college athletics, Derrick E. White's sweeping story complicates the heroic narrative of integration and grapples with the complexities and contradictions of one of the most important sources of Black pride in the twentieth century.

The People’s Welfare

Author : William J. Novak
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807863653
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The People’s Welfare written by William J. Novak and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of today's political rhetoric decries the welfare state and our maze of government regulations. Critics hark back to a time before the state intervened so directly in citizens' lives. In The People's Welfare, William Novak refutes this vision of a stateless past by documenting America's long history of government regulation in the areas of public safety, political economy, public property, morality, and public health. Challenging the myth of American individualism, Novak recovers a distinctive nineteenth-century commitment to shared obligations and public duties in a well-regulated society. Novak explores the by-laws, ordinances, statutes, and common law restrictions that regulated almost every aspect of America's society and economy, including fire regulations, inspection and licensing rules, fair marketplace laws, the moral policing of prostitution and drunkenness, and health and sanitary codes. Based on a reading of more than one thousand court cases in addition to the leading legal and political texts of the nineteenth century, The People's Welfare demonstrates the deep roots of regulation in America and offers a startling reinterpretation of the history of American governance.

Dying in the City of the Blues

Author : Keith Wailoo
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469617412
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Dying in the City of the Blues written by Keith Wailoo and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking book chronicles the history of sickle cell anemia in the United States, tracing its transformation from an "invisible" malady to a powerful, yet contested, cultural symbol of African American pain and suffering. Set in Memphis, home of one of the nation's first sickle cell clinics, Dying in the City of the Blues reveals how the recognition, treatment, social understanding, and symbolism of the disease evolved in the twentieth century, shaped by the politics of race, region, health care, and biomedicine. Using medical journals, patients' accounts, black newspapers, blues lyrics, and many other sources, Keith Wailoo follows the disease and its sufferers from the early days of obscurity before sickle cell's "discovery" by Western medicine; through its rise to clinical, scientific, and social prominence in the 1950s; to its politicization in the 1970s and 1980s. Looking forward, he considers the consequences of managed care on the politics of disease in the twenty-first century. A rich and multilayered narrative, Dying in the City of the Blues offers valuable new insight into the African American experience, the impact of race relations and ideologies on health care, and the politics of science, medicine, and disease.

Open Door Era

Author : Michael Patrick Cullinane
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474401333
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Open Door Era written by Michael Patrick Cullinane and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the Open Door, the most influential U.S. foreign policy of the twentieth centuryIn 1899, U.S. Secretary of State John Hay wrote six world powers calling for an aOpen Door in China that would guarantee equal trading opportunities, curtail colonial annexation, and prevent conflict in the Far East. Within a year, the region had succumbed to renewed colonisation and war, but despite the apparent failure of Hays diplomacy, the ideal of the Open Door emerged as the central component of U.S. foreign policy in the twentieth century. Just as visions of aManifest Destiny shaped continental expansion in the nineteenth century, Woodrow Wilson used the Open Door to make the case for a world asafe for democracy, Franklin Roosevelt developed it to inspire the fight against totalitarianism and imperialism, and Cold War containment policy envisioned international communism as the latest threat to a global system built upon peace, openness, and exchange. In a concise yet wide-ranging examination of its origins and development, readers will discover how the idea of the Open Door came to define the American Century.Key FeaturesUncovers the ideological wellspring of U.S. foreign policy in the twentieth centuryPresents debates over U.S. foreign policy, including the aWisconsin School critique of the Open Door as a mechanism of informal empireReveals both the consistency of U.S. foreign policy thinking and offers a deeper context to critical foreign policy decisionsContextulises the roots of contemporary U.S. policy