Weil oscar (16 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

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hardcover. Zustand: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 24-48 hours from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

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Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnBefore the late 1950s and the early 1960s, teachers in Illinois and the rest of the country generally did not participate in a formal process to establish their salaries and working conditions or to influence policies that affecte.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Before the late 1950s and the early 1960s, teachers in Illinois and the rest of the country generally did not participate in a formal process to establish their salaries and working conditions or to influence policies that affected the nature and quality of their services. Teachers beyond the Law tells how a group of groundbreaking educators organized unions and established collective bargaining as a process to determine their own economic and professional destinies. Because the laws of the state and nation not only gave little recognition to their rights but also actually established multiple layers of legal and bureaucratic barriers to their unions, teachers and their leaders were frequently punished for using traditional union methods to assert their rights as citizens and professionals. They were discriminated against or fired for joining unions or participating in union activities. Courts routinely enjoined their unions from striking, sometimes without a hearing, and jailed leaders and members for refusing to cease striking until they had negotiated satisfactory agreements with their employers. The Illinois Federation of Teachers successfully opposed many efforts to pacify teachers and other public employees with legislative bills that would have mandated recognition of their unions but also prohibited strikes. Finally, in 1983, after decades of effort and self-sacrifice by union leaders and members, the Illinois legislature and governor enacted laws regulating and supporting collective bargaining for teachers and other public employees without restrictions on the right to strike. Teachers beyond the Law tells the true story of how these courageous teachers took a stand and changed the world.…

Hardcover. Zustand: vg. Limited ed. 4to. 120 pp. (4) pp. at rear listing Oscar Weil's musical compositions. Black cloth spine over brown boards. Pages untrimmed. Frontispiece (color). One of 400 numbered copies. Corners bumped. Light wear to head and tail of spine. Otherwise, in very good condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: g to vg. Limited edition. 295/400 with nine original letters and three original scores tipped in at rear (7 x 9" with textual annotations); two original photographs of Oscar Weil, tipped in on front endpaper (7 1/2 X 4 3/4") and recto of frontispiece (5 1/2 x 4 1/2"). Original brown quarter cloth over light brown textured boards, red label with gilt lettering and decorative decor pasted to brown debossed frame on cover; gilt lettering on white paper label on spine, gilt ruled. Frontispiece silver print (4 1/4 x 3 1/4") by Dorothea Lange after a painting by Olga M. Ackerman, with gilt ruling and decor; tissue guard. Title page with red woodcut, designed by H. von Schmidt. Red titles and marginalia, enlarged initials in red and blue. Printed by the Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. The original letters appear to address "Mein lieber Doctor" from 1914 through 1920, one of them not dated, altogether 21 pages. A payment note on printed Bush Street letterhead and a magazine clipping "The Late Oscar Weil" by A. Pupil dated April 17, 1921. Educated as a musician Oscar Weil (18391921) enrolled as a private in the Union Army at the beginning of the American Civil War and retired as a major at the end of the war. Injuries incurred during the war prevented him from pursuing his career as a violinist. Weil turned to composing and wrote music critiques for the Argonaut after settling in San Francisco. The book contains the Oscar Weil Memoir, letters to Oscar Weil, his contributions to the Argonaut, to "The Occident" at the University of California, including "The Mundwyler Collection of chamber Music at the University of California," a contribution to the San Francisco Call on the paintings of Francis McConas, an informal talk before the Music Section of the Delphian Club in Alameda, and words spoken at his funeral by Stewart W. Young. Compositions of Oscar Weil are listed in a separate chapter at rear. Binding with light wear along edges, light bumps at corners and lightly sunned spine. Papers uncut at bottom and foredge. Binding in overall good, interior in very good condition.…