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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A Financial Times Book of the YearA Fortune Book of the Year¿This book compels us to change our position, move out of our comfort zone, and see the world differently.¿¿Branko Milanovic, author of Capitalism, Alone¿A very smart book¿not just about globalization, but also about the power and importance of narrative¿Highly recommended.¿¿Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America¿An indispensable guide to how and why many people have abandoned the old, time-tested ways of thinking about politics and the economy. This is the book the world needs to read now.¿¿Richard Baldwin, author of The Great ConvergenceWhen it comes to the politics of free trade and open borders, the camps are clear, producing a kaleidoscope of claims and counterclaims. But what exactly are we fighting about Anthea Roberts and Nicolas Lamp cut through the confusion and mudslinging with an indispensable survey of the interests, logics, and ideologies driving these seemingly intractable arguments.Instead of picking sides, Six Faces of Globalization guides us through six competing narratives about the virtues and vices of globalization, giving each position its due and showing how each deploys sophisticated arguments and compelling evidence. Both globalization¿s boosters and detractors will come away with their eyes opened. By isolating the fundamental value conflicts driving disagreement¿growth versus sustainability, efficiency versus social stability¿and showing where rival narratives converge, this book provides an invaluable framework for understanding ongoing debates and finding a way forward.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 391 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Financial Times Book of the YearA Fortune Book of the Year¿This book compels us to change our position, move out of our comfort zone, and see the world differently.¿¿Branko Milanovic, author of Capitalism, Alone¿A very smart book¿not just about globalization, but also about the power and importance of narrative¿Highly recommended.¿¿Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America¿An indispensable guide to how and why many people have abandoned the old, time-tested ways of thinking about politics and the economy. This is the book the world needs to read now.¿¿Richard Baldwin, author of The Great ConvergenceWhen it comes to the politics of free trade and open borders, the camps are clear, producing a kaleidoscope of claims and counterclaims. But what exactly are we fighting about Anthea Roberts and Nicolas Lamp cut through the confusion and mudslinging with an indispensable survey of the interests, logics, and ideologies driving these seemingly intractable arguments.Instead of picking sides, Six Faces of Globalization guides us through six competing narratives about the virtues and vices of globalization, giving each position its due and showing how each deploys sophisticated arguments and compelling evidence. Both globalization¿s boosters and detractors will come away with their eyes opened. By isolating the fundamental value conflicts driving disagreement¿growth versus sustainability, efficiency versus social stability¿and showing where rival narratives converge, this book provides an invaluable framework for understanding ongoing debates and finding a way forward.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The State of Housing Design 2023 is the first report in a new series that reviews national trends, ideas, and critical issues related to residential design. This volume addresses issues of affordability, social cohesion, sustainability, aesthetics, density, and urbanism through critical essays, visual content, and a crowdsourced survey.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A dramatic new interpretation of the encounter between Europe and the Americas that reveals the crucial role of animals in the shaping of the modern world.When the men and women of the island of Guanahani first made contact with Christopher Columbus and his crew on October 12, 1492, the cultural differences between the two groups were vaster than the oceans that had separated them. There is perhaps no better demonstration than the divide in their respective ways of relating to animals. In The Tame and the Wild, Marcy Norton tells a new history of the colonization of the Americas, one that places wildlife and livestock at the center of the story. She reveals that the encounters between European and Native American beliefs about animal life transformed societies on both sides of the Atlantic.Europeans' strategies and motives for conquest were inseparable from the horses that carried them in military campaigns and the dogs they deployed to terrorize Native peoples. Even more crucial were the sheep, cattle, pigs, and chickens whose flesh became food and whose skins became valuable commodities. Yet as central as the domestication of animals was to European plans in the Americas, Native peoples' own practices around animals proved just as crucial in shaping the world after 1492. Cultures throughout the Caribbean, Amazonia, and Mexico were deeply invested in familiarization: the practice of capturing wild animals-not only parrots and monkeys but even tapir, deer, and manatee-and turning some of them into 'companion species.' These taming practices not only influenced the way Indigenous people responded to human and nonhuman intruders but also transformed European culture itself, paving the way for both zoological science and the modern pet.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 448 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - During Guatemala's decades-long civil war, tens of thousands of children, many of them Indigenous Maya, were coerced or kidnapped from their homes. They became commodities in a booming private adoption business, and most wound up in the United States. Rachel Nolan explores the human toll of a global industry that thrives on exploitation.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Kalidasa's The Lineage of the Raghus, or Raghuvä¿a, belongs to the literary tradition of mah¿k¿vya, or court poem. It recounts the lives of ancient kings-such as Dilipa, Raghu, and Rama-who ruled from the capital city of Ayodhya. This volume presents a new edition of the Sanskrit text in the Devanagari script alongside a fresh English translation.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Diego Javier Luis tells the story of transpacific Asian movement to and through the Spanish Americas. On arrival in Mexico, diverse Asian peoples became 'chinos' subject to the colonial caste system. Tracing Asian resistance and adaptation to New Spanish ideas of race, Luis presents a Pacific-focused narrative of the colonial Americas.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A dramatic new interpretation of the encounter between Europe and the Americas that reveals the crucial role of animals in the shaping of the modern world.When the men and women of the island of Guanahani first made contact with Christopher Columbus and his crew on October 12, 1492, the cultural differences between the two groups were vaster than the oceans that had separated them. There is perhaps no better demonstration than the divide in their respective ways of relating to animals. In The Tame and the Wild, Marcy Norton tells a new history of the colonization of the Americas, one that places wildlife and livestock at the center of the story. She reveals that the encounters between European and Native American beliefs about animal life transformed societies on both sides of the Atlantic.Europeans' strategies and motives for conquest were inseparable from the horses that carried them in military campaigns and the dogs they deployed to terrorize Native peoples. Even more crucial were the sheep, cattle, pigs, and chickens whose flesh became food and whose skins became valuable commodities. Yet as central as the domestication of animals was to European plans in the Americas, Native peoples' own practices around animals proved just as crucial in shaping the world after 1492. Cultures throughout the Caribbean, Amazonia, and Mexico were deeply invested in familiarization: the practice of capturing wild animals-not only parrots and monkeys but even tapir, deer, and manatee-and turning some of them into 'companion species.' These taming practices not only influenced the way Indigenous people responded to human and nonhuman intruders but also transformed European culture itself, paving the way for both zoological science and the modern pet.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -An essential study of the rule of law by one of the world's leading liberal political and legal philosophers.The meaning and value of the rule of law have been debated since antiquity. For many, the rule of law has become the essence of good government. But Jeremy Waldron takes a different view, arguing that it is but one star in a constellation of ideals that define our political morality, ranking alongside democracy, human rights, economic freedom, and social justice.This timely essay collection, from one of the most respected political philosophers of his generation, is a brief on behalf of thoughtfulness: the intervention of human intelligence in the application of law. Waldron defends thoughtfulness against the claim that it threatens to replace the rule of law with the arbitrary rule of people. To the contrary, he argues, the rule of law requires thoughtfulness: it is impossible to apply a standard such as 'reasonableness' on the basis of rules alone, and common legal activities like arguing in court and reasoning from precedents are poorly served by algorithmic logics. This rich compilation also addresses the place of law in protecting human dignity, the relation between rule of law and legislation, and whether vagueness in the law is at odds with law's role in guiding action.Thoughtfulness and the Rule of Law emphasizes the value of procedures rather than the substance or outcome of legal decisions. Challenging the view that predictability and clarity are cardinal virtues, Waldron shows that real-world controversies often are best approached using a relatively thin concept of the rule of law, together with the thoughtfulness that a legal system frames and enables.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 326 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The classic Kannada version of the Mahabharata, a jewel of world literature, translated into English.The Mahabharata, a cornerstone of ancient Indian literature, recounts the rivalry between branches of a royal family, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, culminating in a cataclysmic war. It has inspired numerous adaptations across languages and artistic media.The Kannada Mahabharata, known as Kum¿ravy¿sa Bh¿rata, is an innovative retelling where Krishna occupies center stage, composed by the fifteenth-century poet Kumaravyasa. His powerful verses critique kingship and caste and remain popular in musical performances and improvisational folk theatre today.Volume 1 comprises ¿The Book of Beginnings¿ and ¿The Book of the Assembly,¿ including Pandu¿s tragic death, the marriage of the Pandavas to Draupadi, Arjunäs fiery destruction of the Khandava forest, the slaying of King Shishupala, and the dice game plotted by the Kauravas leading to the Pandavas¿s exile.This edition, which abridges the Kannada classic, presents a new English translation and the most reliable text of the original in the Kannada script.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mhaimbhat¿s God at Play, or L¿¿¿caritra, is a remarkable biography of the medieval religious figure Chakradhar Svami, considered by the Mahanubhavs to be an incarnation of the supreme god. The first volume of this new English translation, accompanied by the Marathi text, describes Chakradhar¿s early life, wanderings, and the gathering of disciples.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In Experimentalist Constitutions, the first book that systematically compares subnational experimentalism in different countries, Wang argues that 'laboratories of democracy' are not exclusive to the American system; instead, similar concepts apply in China and India, with different center-local structures and levels of political competition.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Nazmul Sultan explores Indian contributions to democratic theory, as anticolonial thinkers developed principles of peoplehood and self-rule. Indians contested British claims that the 'backwardness' of the Indian people offered a democratic justification for imperial domination.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An essential study of the rule of law by one of the world's leading liberal political and legal philosophers.The meaning and value of the rule of law have been debated since antiquity. For many, the rule of law has become the essence of good government. But Jeremy Waldron takes a different view, arguing that it is but one star in a constellation of ideals that define our political morality, ranking alongside democracy, human rights, economic freedom, and social justice.This timely essay collection, from one of the most respected political philosophers of his generation, is a brief on behalf of thoughtfulness: the intervention of human intelligence in the application of law. Waldron defends thoughtfulness against the claim that it threatens to replace the rule of law with the arbitrary rule of people. To the contrary, he argues, the rule of law requires thoughtfulness: it is impossible to apply a standard such as 'reasonableness' on the basis of rules alone, and common legal activities like arguing in court and reasoning from precedents are poorly served by algorithmic logics. This rich compilation also addresses the place of law in protecting human dignity, the relation between rule of law and legislation, and whether vagueness in the law is at odds with law's role in guiding action.Thoughtfulness and the Rule of Law emphasizes the value of procedures rather than the substance or outcome of legal decisions. Challenging the view that predictability and clarity are cardinal virtues, Waldron shows that real-world controversies often are best approached using a relatively thin concept of the rule of law, together with the thoughtfulness that a legal system frames and enables.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Pre-Texts is a methodology developed for education professionals to stimulate close reading and critical-thinking skills by making art based on challenging texts. Presented in both English and Spanish, this book gathers descriptions and images of dozens of different Pre-Texts activities held across the globe with diverse groups.