The End of Protest: How Free-Market Capitalism Learned to Control Dissent, Alasdair Roberts
Автор: Fotheringham Alasdair Название: End of the Road ISBN: 1472913027 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472913029 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 2757.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The first detailed account of the Festina affair, which ripped apart the 1998 Tour de France and irrevocably changed cycling.
For a while, it seemed impossible to lose money on real estate. But then the bubble burst. The financial sector was paralyzed and the economy contracted. State and federal governments struggled to pay their domestic and foreign creditors. Washington was incapable of decisive action. The country seethed with political and social unrest. In America's First Great Depression, Alasdair Roberts describes how the United States dealt with the economic and political crisis that followed the Panic of 1837.
As Roberts shows, the two decades that preceded the Panic had marked a democratic surge in the United States. However, the nation's commitment to democracy was tested severely during this crisis. Foreign lenders questioned whether American politicians could make the unpopular decisions needed on spending and taxing. State and local officials struggled to put down riots and rebellion. A few wondered whether this was the end of America's democratic experiment.
Roberts explains how the country's woes were complicated by its dependence on foreign trade and investment, particularly with Britain. Aware of the contemporary relevance of this story, Roberts examines how the country responded to the political and cultural aftershocks of 1837, transforming its political institutions to strike a new balance between liberty and social order, and uneasily coming to terms with its place in the global economy.
Автор: Alasdair Gray Название: Lanark ISBN: 1841951838 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781841951836 Издательство: Canongate Цена: 1335.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From the moment it first appeed, Lanark was hailed as the most remarkable novel of the second half of the 20th century. A work of extraordinary imagination and wide range, its playful narrative techniques convey a profound message, both personal and political, about humankind's inability to love, and yet our compulsion to go on trying. With its echoes of Dante, Blake, Joyce, Kafka and Lewis Carroll, Lanark has been translated into over a dozen languages to world-wide success. This paperback edition marks the novel's return to its original publisher as the 100th title to appear in the influential Canongate Classics series.
Автор: Alasdair Gray Название: Unlikely Stories, Mostly ISBN: 0862417376 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780862417376 Издательство: Canongate Рейтинг: Цена: 1485.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is Alastair Gray's first collection of short stories. This edition includes a new story, "Inches In a Column", that was lost at the time of original publication. He is the author of "Lanark", "Why Scots Should Rule Scotland" and won the Whitbread Prize for "Poor Things".
Автор: Toulmin Stephen, Hepburn Ronald W., MacIntyre Alasdair Название: Metaphysical Beliefs ISBN: 0334046173 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780334046172 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4138.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Metaphysical Beliefs consists of three long essays, by Stephen Toulmin on `Contemporary Scientific Mythology`; by Ronald Hepburn on `Poetry and Religious Belief`; and by Alasdair Maclntyre on `The Logical Status of Religious Belief`.
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