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 warriorsamong 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 M. 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 - 'When we think of the Greeks, what comes to mind first is likely to be the artistic and scientific achievements of the group of city-states led by Athens and Sparta around two and a half thousand years ago-a civilization that laid foundation for much of the arts, science, politics, and law throughout the developed world today. But the story of the Greeks is far more than the story of this classical civilization alone. Greek is one of only three languages, along with Chinese and Hebrew, that have been continuously spoken and written for more than 3000 years. The Greeks traces the story of Greek-speakers all the way back to the beginning of recorded history, and all the way forward to today. As historian Roderick Beaton shows, the Greeks produced a series of civilizations that were both deeply interconnected and characterized by constant reinvention, fighting different enemies, trading with different partners, worshipping different gods, and even calling themselves by different names. While they continuously inhabited the same southeastern corner of Europe, Greeks again and again ranged widely across the globe. Bronze Age Mycenaeans were warriors and traders who built fortresses at home and far-reaching trade routes abroad. Alexander the Great, a pupil of Aristotle, spread classical art and learning across Eurasia through his conquests. Greeks living under Roman rule produced their own distinct version of Roman civilization, and pious Byzantines for nearly a thousand years sought to export Christianity worldwide. Today Greece's debt makes its future in the E.U. uncertain, while its diaspora flourishes on five continents. Drawing upon Beaton's decades of research, The Greeks maps out this millennia-spanning story, revealing how Greek speakers developed a shared sense of identity and how they forever influenced the world'.

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 overand fought forwhat 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.

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 - 'As debates on immigration have reached fever pitch, so has political and media fearmongering. But what are the facts behind the headlines 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.'.