Basic books dez 2023 (6 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An "eloquent" (Economist) history of how corporate innovation has shaped society, from ancient Rome to Silicon Valley? Americans have long been skeptical of corporations, andthat skepticism has only grown more intense in recent years.?Meanwhile, corporationscontinue to amass?wealth and powerat adizzying rate, recklessly?pursuing?profit?while leaving society to sort out the costs. ? InFor Profit,law professor William Magnusonarguesthat the story of the corporation didn't have to come to this.Throughouthistory,hefinds,corporations havebeenpurpose-builttobenefitthe societies thatsurrounded them.Corporationsenabled everything fromtheconstruction ofancientRome's roads and aqueducts to theartistic flourishing of the Renaissance tothe rise of the middle class in thetwentiethcentury.Byrecapturingthisoriginal spirit ofcivic virtue, Magnuson argues,corporations can helpcraftasocietyin whichall of usnot just shareholdersbenefit from theprofits of enterprise. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this instant New York Times bestseller, America's top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nation's past.'Outstanding . Wonderfully accessible.' -Washington Post The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe in fictions over facts, making constructive dialogue impossible and imperiling our democracy. In Myth America, Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer have assembled an all-star team of fellow historians to push back against this misinformation. The contributors debunk narratives that portray the New Deal and Great Society as failures, immigrants as hostile invaders, and feminists as anti-family warriors-among numerous other partisan lies. Based on a firm foundation of historical scholarship, their findings revitalize our understanding of American history. Replacing myths with research and reality, Myth America is essential reading amid today's heated debates about our nation's past. With Essays By:Akhil Reed Amar ¿ Kathleen Belew ¿ Carol Anderson ¿ Kevin Kruse ¿ Erika Lee ¿ Daniel Immerwahr ¿ Elizabeth Hinton ¿ Naomi Oreskes ¿ Erik M. Conway ¿ Ari Kelman ¿ Geraldo Cadava ¿ David A. Bell ¿ Joshua Zeitz ¿ Sarah Churchwell ¿ Michael Kazin ¿ Karen L. Cox ¿ Eric Rauchway ¿ Glenda Gilmore ¿ Natalia Mehlman Petrzela ¿ Lawrence B. Glickman ¿ Julian E. Zelizer. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The definitive history of modern Vietnam and its diverse and divided past. 'The best one-volume history of modern Vietnam in English.' -Wall Street Journal In Vietnam, Christopher Goscha tells the full history of Vietnam, from antiquity to the present day. Generations of emperors, rebels, priests, and colonizers left complicated legacies in this remarkable country. Periods of Chinese, French, and Japanese rule reshaped and modernized Vietnam, but so too did the colonial enterprises of the Vietnamese themselves as they extended their influence southward from the Red River Delta. Over the centuries, numerous kingdoms, dynasties, and states have ruled over-and fought for-what is now Vietnam. The bloody Cold War-era conflict between Ho Chi Minh's communist-backed Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the American-backed Republic of Vietnam was only the most recent instance when war divided and transformed Vietnam. A major achievement, Vietnam offers the grand narrative of the country's complex past and the creation of the modern state of Vietnam. It is the definitive single-volume history for anyone seeking to understand Vietnam today. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A sweeping history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today. 'With suave latitude and dependable detail, Beaton takes his readers from a bright prehistoric 'dawn' in the Aegean to the heavy skies of contemporary geo-politics.' -The New Criterion More than two thousand years ago, the Greek city-states, led by Athens and Sparta, laid the foundation for much of modern science, the arts, politics, and law. But the influence of the Greeks did not end with the rise and fall of this classical civilization. As historian Roderick Beaton illustrates, over three millennia Greek speakers produced a series of civilizations that were rooted in southeastern Europe but again and again ranged widely across the globe. In The Greeks, Beatontraces this history from the Bronze Age Mycenaeans who built powerful fortresses at home and strong trade routes abroad, to the dramatic Eurasian conquests of Alexander the Great, to the pious Byzantines who sought to export Christianity worldwide, to today's Greek diaspora, which flourishes on five continents.The product of decades of research,this is the story of the Greeks and their global impact told as never before. 'In this magisterial yet readable introduction to Greek history-one of the best of its kind, whether for academic or popular audiences-Beaton reveals the far more complicated reality.' -Foreign Affairs.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A mind-bending jaunt . that makes clear in fascinating detail how math is more than a sum of its parts' (Publishers Weekly) Winner of the Neumann Prize "Let no one ignorant of geometry enter here," Plato warned would-be philosophers. Mathematician Karl Sigmund agrees. In The Waltz of Reason, he shows how mathematics and philosophy together have shaped our understanding of space, chance, logic, cooperation, voting, and the social contract. Sigmund shows how game theory is integral to moral philosophy, how statistics shaped the meaning of reason, and how the search for a logical basis for math leads to deep questions about the nature of truth itself. But this is no dry tome: Sigmund's wit and humor shine as brightly as his erudition.The Waltz of Reason is an engrossing history of ideas as vibrant as a ballroom full of dancers, one that empowers as it entertains, following the complex and occasionally dizzying steps of the thinkers who have molded our thought and founded our world. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An authoritative guide to global migration that corrects decades of misunderstanding and misguided policy, 'defying orthodoxy on all sides of the debate' (Yascha Mounk, author ofThe Identity Trap?). As debates on immigration have reached fever pitch, so has political and media fearmongering. But what are the facts behind the headlines Drawing on three decades of research, migration expert Hein de Haas destroys the myths that politicians, interest groups, and media spread about immigration. He reveals: - Global migration is not at an all-time high - Climate change will not lead to mass migration - Immigration mainly benefits the wealthy, not workers - Border restrictions have paradoxically produced more migration Ultimately, de Haas shows migration not as a problem to be solved, nor as a solution to a problem, but as it really is. This book is an essential guide to one of our most divisive political issues, showing how we can move beyond today's deeply polarized debate and make migration work better for everyone.…