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The Hidden Power of the American Dream

Author : Giovanna Dell'Orto
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313348197
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book The Hidden Power of the American Dream written by Giovanna Dell'Orto and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-12-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the day after the tragic terrorist attacks of 9/11, newspapers across Europe proclaimed, We Are All Americans in many different languages, crystallizing the solidarity that so many people around the world felt at that time. But in the years since, that beautiful friendship between Americans and Europeans evaporated, leaving in its place a growing resentment so deep that Americans traveled overseas with Canadian flags stitched to their backpacks while Europeans held candlelight vigils for the removal of President George W. Bush. Dell'Orto argues persuasively that the answer to the question of where do we go from here lies in whether non-Americans keep believing in the American dream. Only if that dream continues to be the root of America's power—as this book shows it has been since the United States first stepped onto the international stage—can America not go the way of all other superpowers in history: down and out. Through analysis of thousands of Western European media articles and government publications about the United States, this book, for the first time, shows what the essence of America is to non-Americans and why that matters to Americans in a very practical way—because it sets limits to what the nation can accomplish. Dell'Orto argues persuasively that Europe's United States is the revered concept America—the exceptional dream that the land of (plenty of) opportunity can really exist, that the experiment in democracy can really work for all those who choose to become Americans. This is a great U.S. asset, since it makes America uniquely powerful in Europe's eyes, infinitely mightier than the march of Marines and McDonald's alone would warrant. Herein lie the uniqueness and the urgency of this book. European public opinion shape's Europe's reaction at least as much as U.S. actions do.

The Hidden History of Monopolies

Author : Thom Hartmann
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1523087749
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Hidden History of Monopolies written by Thom Hartmann and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is the most important, dynamic book on the cancers of monopoly by giant corporations written in our generation.”—from the foreword by Ralph Nader American monopolies dominate, control, and consume most of the energy of our entire economic system; they function the same as cancer does in a body, and, like cancer, they weaken our systems while threatening to crash the entire body economic. American monopolies have also seized massive political power and use it to maintain their obscene profits and CEO salaries while crushing small competitors. But Thom Hartmann, America's #1 progressive radio host, shows we've broken the control of behemoths like these before, and we can do it again. Hartmann takes us from the birth of America as a revolt against monopoly (remember the Boston Tea Party?), to the largely successful efforts of both Presidents Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and other like-minded leaders to restrain corporations' monopolistic urges, to the massive changes in the rules of business starting during the “Reagan Revolution” that have brought us to the cancer stage of capitalism. He shows the damage monopolies have done to so many industries: agriculture, healthcare, the media, and more. Individuals have taken a hit as well: the average American family pays a $5,000 a year “monopoly tax” in the form of higher prices for everything from pharmaceuticals to airfare to household goods and food. But Hartmann also describes commonsense, historically rooted measures we can take—such as revitalizing antitrust regulation, taxing great wealth, and getting money out of politics—to pry control of our country from the tentacles of the monopolists.

American Avatar

Author : Barry A. Sanders
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1597977748
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (979 download)

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Download or read book American Avatar written by Barry A. Sanders and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since September 11, 2001, the extensive literature on the United States's image abroad, by popular pundits and academics alike, leaves the reader with a false impression that foreigners' views of America are normally negative and impervious to change. In fact they are complex, emotional, frequently internally contradictory, and often change quickly. Barry A. Sanders corrects this misimpression with a rigorous and insightful textual analysis of the roots of people's views of the United States and what can be done to alter them. According to Sanders, the attitudes a person expresses about the United States consist of two separate components: the person's memory bank of images (informed by American geography, people, philosophy, history, and foreign policy) and a predisposition or bias that influences which images are called forth from memory.Opinion surveys, such as the Pew Global Attitude Survey, only record the spoken result of this twostep process in their tabulation of "favorable" or "unfavorable" comments. They necessarily fail to see the underlying complexity. Examining the biases or predispositions that guide people in selecting among the myriad stored images to express an opinion on a given day, Sanders analyzes both anti-American and pro-American biases but focuses on the former, explaining which criticisms should be heeded when crafting foreign policy and communicating national objectives to friends and foes alike.

The Hidden Power of Dreams

Author : Denise Linn
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9781401925079
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The Hidden Power of Dreams written by Denise Linn and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dreams are secret messages from your soul, as well as from the realm of spirit. They can be your greatest tool for profoundly understanding your life, yet few people recognize how to access this tremendous source of guidance and wisdom. Best-selling author Denise Linn calls upon her native heritage and her knowledge of diverse cultures to present little-known information about the world of dreams. In this fascinating book, she brings you simple ways to utilize your nocturnal travels for spiritual transformation. Denise herself has journeyed into the space between two worlds through a near-death experience and has brought back invaluable perceptions that she shares within these pages. This comprehensive work uncovers the power of dreams, enabling you to remember your dreams and recognize their meaning, hear personal messages from the spirit realm, develop the skill of astral projection, heal yourself and your loved ones, meet your guides and angels, explore past lives, and learn how to have prophetic dreams. There’s also a complete dream dictionary featuring the most prevalent dream symbols and how to interpret them!

American Dream, American Nightmare

Author : Kathryn Hume
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 025205413X
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book American Dream, American Nightmare written by Kathryn Hume and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this celebration of contemporary American fiction, Kathryn Hume explores how estrangement from America has shaped the fiction of a literary generation, which she calls the Generation of the Lost Dream. In breaking down the divisions among standard categories of race, religion, ethnicity, and gender, Hume identifies shared core concerns, values, and techniques among seemingly disparate and unconnected writers including T. Coraghessan Boyle, Ralph Ellison, Russell Banks, Gloria Naylor, Tim O'Brien, Maxine Hong Kingston, Walker Percy, N. Scott Momaday, John Updike, Toni Morrison, William Kennedy, Julia Alvarez, Thomas Pynchon, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Don DeLillo. Hume explores fictional treatments of the slippage in the immigrant experience between America's promise and its reality. She exposes the political link between contemporary stories of lost innocence and liberalism's inadequacies. She also invites us to look at the literary challenge to scientific materialism in various searches for a spiritual dimension in life. The expansive future promised by the American Dream has been replaced, Hume finds, by a sense of tarnished morality and a melancholy loss of faith in America's exceptionalism. American Dream, American Nightmare examines the differing critiques of America embedded in nearly a hundred novels and points to the source for recovery that appeals to many of the authors.

Hidden Power

Author : Tommy Barnett
Publisher : Charisma Media
ISBN 13 : 0884197719
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Hidden Power written by Tommy Barnett and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2002 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through exciting and vivid imagery, Barnett shares life experiences that can encourage men and women to plug into their relationships with Jesus Christ for more power and energy. Readers discover how seeking the Kingdom means seeking Kingdom-minded solutions for every situation. (July)

The Hidden Power of Everyday Things

Author : Julie Gillentine
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671036203
Total Pages : 788 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Hidden Power of Everyday Things written by Julie Gillentine and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use your birthdate to discover your personology.

American Journalism and International Relations

Author : Giovanna Dell'Orto
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107031958
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book American Journalism and International Relations written by Giovanna Dell'Orto and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-29 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Journalism and International Relations argues that the American press' disengagement from world affairs has critical repercussions for American foreign policy. Giovanna Dell'Orto shows that discourses created, circulated, and maintained through the media mold opinions about the world and shape foreign policy parameters. This book is a history of U.S. foreign correspondence from the 1840s to the present, relying on more than 2,000 news articles and twenty major world events, from the 1848 European revolutions to the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008. Americans' perceptions of other nations, combined with pervasive and enduring understandings of the United States' role in global politics, act as constraints on policies. Dell'Orto finds that reductive media discourse (as seen during the 1967 War in the Middle East or Afghanistan in the 1980s) has a negative effect on policy, whereas correspondence grounded in events (such as during the Japanese attack on Shanghai in the 1930s or the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991) fosters effective leadership and realistic assessments.

Hidden Power

Author : Charles Derber
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1609943546
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Hidden Power written by Charles Derber and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2005-10-05 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political parties and elections are increasingly political theatre, with real power hidden behind a smokescreen of propaganda, carefully manipulated cultural and religious wars, and voting rituals. But there is another kind of hidden power in America: the grassroots social movements working for progressive change. If the Democratic Party can ally with these movements, America can be returned to its people. Derber sees American history as a succession of regimes, each spanning several administrations. Since the end of the Civil War, regimes of hidden power, in which corporate interests control both parties behind the scenes, have alternated with more open, inclusive and democratic regimes. Derber details how and why these hidden power systems finally collapsed and what determined the types of regimes that succeeded them. Hidden Power reveals how the current regime, possibly the most corporate in history, has maintained power by intensifying the red/blue culture wars, supporting religious extremists, exploiting terrorism fears, and manipulating the electoral process. Will this latest corporate regime be replaced by one that is more progressive? Or it could turn even further right and yield to something even worse, a uniquely American form of fascism? The best hope for positive change lies in an alliance between the Democratic Party and the grass roots progressive movements that, Derber shows, have always been the catalysts for change. Hidden Power concludes with an impassioned argument for why this would be in the Democrats' best interests, as well as the country's, and a detailed program for exactly how to go about it. Thoughtful, eloquent, and compelling, Hidden Power offers real hope for restoring genuine democracy to America.

The True Flag

Author : Stephen Kinzer
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1627792163
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (277 download)

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Download or read book The True Flag written by Stephen Kinzer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recalls the forgotten political debate at the beginning of the twentieth century over America's role in the world, with the country's political and intellectual leaders advocating either imperial expansion or restraint.

Humoring the Other

Author : Mounir Sanhaji
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527518353
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Humoring the Other written by Mounir Sanhaji and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an inquiry into the ways in which entertainment discourse extends beyond entertainment and its initial humorous function due to its political and ideological underpinnings. Rather than considering entertainment discourse as “just for fun”, this book justifies the importance of taking it seriously. Humorous features in entertainment discourses can trivialize some stereotypical moments, and, in doing so, encourage viewers to downplay the seriousness of the events they are watching. In other words, these stereotypical images are camouflaged and mitigated by the inclusion of humorous elements and imaginative images, which can lead the audience to perceive them as natural scenes that do not deserve criticism. Embedding banalities within entertainment discourses remains an effective strategy that drives the audience to laugh, meaning that they fail to detect the embedded ideologies regarding different cultures and identities. This confirms the fact that “small talk” can often become “big talk”.

City Schools and the American Dream 2

Author : Pedro A. Noguera
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807778559
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book City Schools and the American Dream 2 written by Pedro A. Noguera and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a decade ago, the first edition of City Schools and the American Dream debuted just as reformers were gearing up to make sweeping changes in urban education. Despite the rhetoric and many reform initiatives, urban schools continue to struggle under the weight of serious challenges. What went wrong and is there hope for future change? More than a new edition, this sequel to the original bestseller has been substantially revised to include insights from new research, recent demographic trends, and emerging political realities. In addition to surveying the various limitations that urban schools face, the book also highlights programs, communities, and schools that are making good on public education’s promise of equity. With renewed commitment and sense of urgency, this new edition provides a clear-eyed vision of what it will take to ensure the success of city schools and their students. “City schools continue to play one of the most important roles in our quest to restore democracy. This is a must-read . . . again!” —Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin–Madison “The authors provide concrete examples of innovative strategies and practices employed by urban schools that are succeeding against all odds.” —Betty A. Rosa, chancellor, New York State Board of Regents “This is the book every teacher, parent, policymaker, and engaged citizen should read.” —Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, UCLA

Hidden Power

Author : Kati Marton
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307764222
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Hidden Power written by Kati Marton and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-09-22 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engrossing look at twelve presidential marriages—from Edith and Woodrow Wilson to Laura and George W. Bush—that have profoundly affected America’s history. “Insightful.... Colorful.... A shrewd and illuminating look at the juncture where the personal and the political overlap.” —The Wall Street Journal Marton uncovers the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the ultimate power couples, showing how first ladies have used their privileged access to the president to influence staffing, promote causes, and engage directly in policy-making. Edith Wilson secretly ran the country after Woodrow’s debilitating stroke. Eleanor Roosevelt was FDR’s moral compass. And Laura Bush, initially shy of any public role, has proven to be the emotional ballast for her husband. Through extensive research and interviews, Marton reveals the substantial—yet often overlooked–legacy of presidential wives, providing insight into the evolution of women’s roles in the twentieth century and vividly depicting the synergy of these unique political partnerships.

Key to Your Hidden Power

Author : Elizabeth Clare Prophet
Publisher : Summit University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780922729166
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (291 download)

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Download or read book Key to Your Hidden Power written by Elizabeth Clare Prophet and published by Summit University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

AP Foreign Correspondents in Action

Author : Giovanna Dell'Orto
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107108306
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book AP Foreign Correspondents in Action written by Giovanna Dell'Orto and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through extended portraits of AP foreign correspondents, this book documents the practices and constraints shaping international news since World War II.

Reporting at the Southern Borders

Author : Giovanna Dell'Orto
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135046638
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Reporting at the Southern Borders written by Giovanna Dell'Orto and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Undocumented immigration across the Mediterranean and the US-Mexican border is one of the most contested transatlantic public and political issues, raising fundamental questions about national identity, security and multiculturalism—all in the glare of news media themselves undergoing dramatic transformations. This interdisciplinary, international volume fills a major gap in political science and communication literature on the role of news media in public debates over immigration by providing unique insider’s perspectives on journalistic practices and bringing them into dialogue with scholars and immigrant rights practitioners. After providing original comparative research by established and emerging international affairs and media scholars as well as grounded reflections by UN and IOM practitioners, the book presents candid, in-depth assessments by nine leading European and North American journalists covering immigration from the frontlines, ranging from the Guardian’s Southern Europe editor to the immigration reporter for the Arizona Republic. Their comparative reflections on the professional, institutional and technological constraints shaping news stories offer unprecedented insight into the challenges and opportunities for 21st century journalism to affect public discourse and policymaking about issues critical to the future of the transatlantic space, making the book relevant across a wide range of scholarship on the media’s impact on public affairs.

The Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights

Author : Howard Tumber
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317215125
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights written by Howard Tumber and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights offers a comprehensive and contemporary survey of the key themes, approaches and debates in the field of media and human rights. The Companion is the first collection to bring together two distinct ways of thinking about human rights and media, including scholarship that examines media as a human right alongside that which looks at media coverage of human rights issues. This international collection of 49 newly written pieces thus provides a unique overview of current research in the field, while also providing historical context to help students and scholars appreciate how such developments depart from past practices. The volume examines the universal principals of freedom of expression, legal instruments, the right to know, media as a human right, and the role of media organisations and journalistic work. It is organised thematically in five parts: Communication, Expression and Human Rights Media Performance and Human Rights: Political Processes Media Performance and Human Rights: News and Journalism Digital Activism, Witnessing and Human Rights Media Representation of Human Rights: Cultural, Social and Political. Individual essays cover an array of topics, including mass-surveillance, LGBT advocacy, press law, freedom of information and children’s rights in the digital age. With contributions from both leading scholars and emerging scholars, the Companion offers an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach to media and human rights allowing for international comparisons and varying perspectives. The Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights provides a comprehensive introduction to the current field useful for both students and researchers, and defines the agenda for future research.