Автор: Gottfried Название: Leo Strauss and the Conservative Movement in America ISBN: 1107675715 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107675711 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 3643.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book offers a strikingly original interpretation of Leo Strauss, his `political philosophy`, and the connection of both to the American conservative movement. There is nothing essentially `conservative` about what Strauss or his leading disciples have taught about politics or morals, instead they have been avid champions of American modernity.
Описание: Caring for America is the definitive history of care work and its surprisingly central role in the American labor movement and class politics from the New Deal to the present. Authors Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein create a narrative of the home care industry that interweaves four histories-the evolution of the modern American welfare state; the rise of the service sector-based labor movement; the persistence of race, class, and gender-based inequality;and the aging of the American population-and considers their impact on today`s most dynamic social movements.
Автор: Marcus Greil, Sollors Werner Название: A New Literary History of America ISBN: 0674064100 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674064102 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 5378.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: America is a nation making itself up as it goes along-a story of discovery and invention unfolding in speeches and images, letters and poetry, unprecedented feats of scholarship and imagination. In more than 200 original essays, this history brings together the nation`s many voices.
Автор: Lieven Anatol Название: America Right or Wrong ISBN: 0199660255 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199660254 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 2612.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Renowned contemporary commentator Anatol Lieven anatomizes American nationalism - its roots, its defining features, and its recent radicalization - and just how greatly this is contributing to the paralysis of effective government in what remains the world`s most powerful and important country
Название: Stage Designers in Early Twentieth-Century America ISBN: 0230115071 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230115071 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: By casting designers as authors, cultural critics, activists, entrepreneurs, and global cartographers, Essin tells a story about scenic images on the page, stage, and beyond that helped American audiences see the everyday landscapes and exotic destinations from a modern perspective.
Автор: Medvetz Thomas Название: Think Tanks in America ISBN: 022614366X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226143668 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3960.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Over the past half-century, think tanks have become fixtures of American politics, supplying advice to presidents and policy makers, expert testimony on Capitol Hill. This book argues that the curious ambiguity of the think tank is not an accidential feature of its existence, but the very key to its impact.
Автор: Chen Yong Название: Chop Suey, USA: The Story of Chinese Food in America ISBN: 0231168926 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780231168922 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 4752.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An epic tale of globalized cultural exchange by means of our first "fast food."
Название: The faces of Buddhism in America ISBN: 0520213017 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520213012 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 4752.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Buddhism is the fastest growing religion in the United States, with adherents estimated in the several millions. But what exactly defines a `Buddhist`? This book brings together some of the leading voices in Buddhist studies to examine the debates surrounding contemporary Buddhism`s many faces.
Автор: Brownlee Название: Federal Taxation in America ISBN: 1107099765 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107099760 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 13622.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book provides an inviting, compact and comprehensive history of American taxation that assists in understanding contemporary tax issues. It also offers scholars, graduate students and advanced undergraduates in history, political science, sociology, economics and law an interdisciplinary interpretation of that history.
Автор: Marianne Mithun Название: The Languages of Native North America ISBN: 052129875X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521298759 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 11563.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the North American Indian languages. It includes an overview of their special characteristics, descriptions of special styles, and a catalogue of the languages detailing their locations, genetic affiliations, number of speakers, and major structural features, and listing published material on them.
Описание: Provides the study of American women`s responses to evolutionary theory and illuminates the role science played in the nineteenth-century women`s rights movement.
Автор: Prothero, Stephen Название: Purified by Fire: A History of Cremation in America ISBN: 0520236882 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520236882 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 4752.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This work synthesizes various source materials including newspapers, mortician trade journals, and popular magazines, to offer a historical study of cremation in the United States. The changing view of cremation from a universally condemned practice, to accepted necessity is examined.
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