Working and Thinking on the Waterfront, Hoffer Eric
Автор: Hoffer, Eric Название: Before the sabbath ISBN: 1933435305 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781933435305 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1924.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Eric Hoffer-one of America's most important thinkers and the author of The True Believer-lived for years as a Depression Era migratory worker. Self-taught, his appetite for knowledge-history, science, mankind-formed the basis of his insight to human nature. Before the Sabbath, his final written work, includes reflections on history, democracy, love, and aging. (Restored to print by noted author Christopher Klim.)
Автор: Hoffer Eric Название: The Temper of Our Time ISBN: 1933435224 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781933435220 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1924.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Causation is asymmetrical in many different ways. Causes precede effects; explanations cite causes not effects. Agents use causes to manipulate their effects; they don`t use effects to manipulate their causes. Effects of a common cause are correlated; causes of a common effect are not. This is a major book for philosophers of science that will also prove insightful to economists and statisticians.
Автор: Hoffer Eric Название: The Syndicated News Articles ISBN: 1933435372 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781933435374 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2752.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Hoffer Eric Название: First Things, Last Things ISBN: 1933435275 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781933435275 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1924.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Shachtman Tom Название: American Iconoclast: The Life and Times of Eric Hoffer ISBN: 1933435380 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781933435381 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2752.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Something in the Air is Richard Hoffer’s gripping sports narrative that tells the individual stories of the athletes who gathered in Mexico City in 1968, a year of dramatic upheaval around the world. Racial tensions were high on the U.S. Olympic team, where inflamed black athletes had to choose between demands for justice, on the one hand, and loyalty to country, on the other.
Although basketball star Lew Alcindor (later to become the great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) decided not to participate, heavyweight boxer George Foreman not only competed and won a gold medal but waved a miniature American flag at foreign judges. Sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos became as famous for their raised-fist gestures of protest as for their speed on the track. No one was prepared for Bob Beamon’s long jump, which broke the world record by a staggering twenty-two inches. And then there was Dick Fosbury, the goofball high jumper whose backward, upside-down approach to the bar (the “Fosbury Flop”) baffled his coaches while breaking records.
Filled with human drama, Something in the Air is a powerful, unforgettable tale that will resonate with sports fans and readers of social history alike. This edition features a new afterword by the author on the fiftieth anniversary of the Olympics.
Автор: Hoffer Peter Charles, Hoffer Williamjames Hull, Hull N. E. H. Название: The Supreme Court: An Essential History, Second Edition ISBN: 0700626824 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780700626823 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 4388.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: For more than two centuries, the U.S. Supreme Court has provided a battleground for nearly every controversial issue in our nation’s history. Now a veteran team of talented historians—including the editors of the acclaimed Landmark Law Cases and American Society series—have updated the most readable, astute single-volume history of this venerated institution with a new chapter on the Roberts Court.The Supreme Court chronicles an institution that dramatically evolved from six men meeting in borrowed quarters to the most closely watched tribunal in the world. Underscoring the close connection between law and politics, the authors highlight essential issues, cases, and decisions within the context of the times in which the decisions were handed down. Deftly combining doctrine and judicial biography with case law, they demonstrate how the justices have shaped the law and how the law that the Court makes has shaped our nation, with an emphasis on how the Court responded—or failed to respond—to the plight of the underdog. Each chapter covers the Court’s years under a specific Chief Justice, focusing on cases that are the most reflective of the way the Court saw the law and the world and that had the most impact on the lives of ordinary Americans. Throughout the authors reveal how—in times of war, class strife, or moral revolution—the Court sometimes voiced the conscience of the nation and sometimes seemed to lose its moral compass. Their extensive quotes from the Court’s opinions and dissents illuminate its inner workings, as well as the personalities and beliefs of the justices and the often-contentious relationships among them.Fair-minded and sharply insightful, The Supreme Court portrays an institution defined by eloquent and pedestrian decisions and by justices ranging from brilliant and wise to slow-witted and expedient. An epic and essential story, it illuminates the Court’s role in our lives and its place in our history in a manner as engaging for general readers as it is rigorous for scholars.
Автор: Hoffer Peter Название: Uncivil Warriors: The Lawyers` Civil War ISBN: 0190851767 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190851767 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4354.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Through a series of engaging portraits of the actors involved, Uncivil Warriors shows show that a central contributing factor to the war`s legalistic character was the influence of the lawyers-making ours a civil war by lawyers, of lawyers, and in the end, for lawyers.
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