stanford university press jul 2003 (21 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Marc Chagall (1887-1985) traversed a long route from a boy in the Jewish Pale of Settlement, to a commissar of art in revolutionary Russia, to the position of a world-famous French artist. This book presents for the first time a comprehensive collection of Chagall's public statements on art and culture. The documents and interviews shed light on his rich, versatile, and enigmatic art from within his own mental world. The book raises the problems of a multi-cultural artist with several intersecting identities and the tensions between modernist form and cultural representation in twentieth-century art. It reveals the travails and achievements of his life as a Jew in the twentieth century and his perennial concerns with Jewish identity and destiny, Yiddish literature, and the state of Israel. This collection includes annotations and introductions of the Chagall texts by the renowned scholar Benjamin Harshav that elucidate the texts and convey the changing cultural contexts of Chagall's life. Also featured is the translation by Benjamin and Barbara Harshav of the first book about Chagall's work, the 1918 Russian The Art of Marc Chagall.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Is academic writing, particularly in the disciplines of literary theory and cultural studies, needlessly obscure The claim has been widely circulated in the media and subject to passionate debate, but it has not been the subject of serious discussion. Just Being Difficult provides learned and thoughtful analyses of the claim, of those it targets, and of the entire question of how critical writing relates to its intended publics and to audiences beyond them. >.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the 1990s, numerous Latin American nations privatized their public pension systems. These reforms dramatically transformed the way these countries provide retirement income, and they provoked widespread protests from workers and pensioners alike. Retiring the State represents the first book-length study of the origins of this surprising trend.>.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How much does regulation matter in shaping corporate behavior This pathbreaking, in-depth study of fourteen pulp manufacturing mills in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand reveals that steadily tightening regulatory standards have been crucial for raising environmental performance. But while all firms have shown improvement, some have improved more than others, many going substantially beyond compliance.>.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Mysterious Death of Jane Stanford is a well researched, fascinating read. Cutler makes a strong case for rethinking the official cause given for Jane Stanford's death--heart disease. Cutler shows why physicians of the time were convinced by their diagnosis, how the coroner reached his verdict, and when the local detectives dropped their pursuit of the possible suspect. And he persuasively argues that they were all wrong.' --Boyd G. Stephens, M.D., Chief Medical Examiner, San Francisco'The Mysterious Death of Jane Stanford, a graceful little hardcover that many say lays out the facts of the poisoning--and the subsequent spin-job--with such medical expertise and detail as to be irrefutable.' --Lee Romney, Los Angeles Times.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - '.a rigorous, progressive, and thought-provoking study.'--Leonardo Reviews.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Mapping Benjamin not only distinguishes itself in format, scope, and tone from the mass of Benjamin books published each year, it provides an up-to-date snapshot of the humanities. This lucidly written book uses Benjamin to chart the parameters of a force field of contemporary intellectual efforts, across disciplines and other divides.' --Eva Geulen, New York University.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Cultural understanding is indispensable for people who live and work abroad or in multicultural settings, but few have appropriate knowledge and training in this area. Working Across Cultures addresses this need. Suitable for general readers yet intellectually challenging, the book illustrates how to thrive in unfamiliar cultures by understanding and tapping into the stress management mechanisms used by the people who live there. >.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'This is a very important book about a significant new concept, 'cultural intelligence' (CQ) that is sure to attract the attention of both scholars and those who are involved in the practical matters of global commerce and international affairs. The authors have amassed a considerable array of academic theories and research evidence to support their arguments for why it is essential to understand CQ and how it can be developed and used in our increasingly multi-cultural world. All of us who consider ourselves 'internationalists' need to read this book.' --Lyman W. Porter, University of California, Irvine 'Cultural Intelligence provides an innovative, instructive, and engaging discussion of a question that most cultural frameworks have left in the shadows--the question of how people come to understand cultures other than their own. Few questions are of more intellectual or practical interest in this time of multicultural communities, global organizations, and culturally framed political conflict.' --Michael W. Morris, Columbia University.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Marc Galanter's seminal work, 'Why the 'Haves' Come Out Ahead,' is among the most well-cited law review articles of all time. With his distinction between experienced 'repeat players' and inexperienced 'one shotters' in the U.S. judicial system, Galanter established a clear and predictable model of how the structure of our legal system and one's frequency of interaction with it influence the outcomes of cases. >.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Scott Mainwaring and Timothy Scully have again collaborated very successfully to compile an important collection of original essays on contemporary Latin American politics. The quality is excellent, and the book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of Christian Democracy and party politics in the region.' --Kevin J. Middlebrook, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London'This book makes a most welcome addition to the growing scholarship on party systems and democratic representation in contemporary Latin America. It provides a comprehensive overview of the development of Christian Democratic parties, chronicles their achievements, and explores the ideological and political challenges that they confront in an era of rapid change. The contributors have produced the definitive study of Christian Democracy in Latin America and a first-rate analysis of political change in the region.' --Ken Roberts, University of New Mexico.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Cuban missile crisis was the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War and the most perilous moment in human history. Sheldon M. Stern, longtime historian at the John F. Kennedy Library, here presents a comprehensive narrative account of the secret ExComm meetings, making the inside story of the missile crisis completely understandable to general readers for the first time. The author's narrative version of these discussions is entirely new; it provides readers with a running commentary on the issues and options discussed and enables them, as never before, to follow specific themes and the role of individual participants. The narrative highlights key moments of stress, doubt, decision, and resolution--and even humor-- and makes the meetings comprehensible both to readers who lived through the crisis and to those too young to remember the Cold War. Stern demonstrates that JFK, a seasoned Cold Warrior who bore some of the responsibility for precipitating the crisis, consistently steered policy makers away from an apocalyptic nuclear conflict, which he called, with stark eloquence, 'the final failure.'.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The age of high tech is haunted by an image from the last century that developed in the three decades between the patenting of the cinematographe and its turn toward sound: the dancing machine, paradox of the ease of mechanization and its tortures, embodiment of the motor and the automaton, image of fusion and fragmentation. >.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - '[Marc Chagall on Art and Culture and Marc Chagall and His Times] represent important contributions to the fields of art history, twentieth-century history, and Russian studies, and Marc Chagall and His Times in particular will, I suspect, be a standard work for those studying Chagall's life for years to come.'--Canadian Journal of History/ Annales canadiennes of d'histoire.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - '.the book offers a wealth of information about local customs and traditions in inland China and never fails to keep one engaged.'--Journal of Chinese Political Science'This is an engaging and wonderfully readable account of everyday life and popular culture in an indigenous Chinese city at the time of social transition and political turmoil. The book is a fine example of how China's national politics affected the lives of the common people in a particular region. Wang is passionate about his subject, discerning in his analysis, and robus in his presentation. Dozens of photos and drawings, carefully selected from early twentieth century local pictorials, missionary books, and personal collections, provide good allies for the text. Students of Chinese urban history will find this book both riveting and edifying.'--American Historical Review.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Because power in China is so concentrated at the top, changes in leadership usually mean changes in many other domains as well. In this study, based on documents released around the time Jiang Zemin left office in November 2002 and interviews with Chinese officials, the authors concentrate on more fundamental institutional changes, both those under way well before Jiang stepped down and those still urgently needed if China is to remain stable and prosperous in the 21st century. Topics addressed include the role of ideology, the issue of legitimacy, rule-making and -breaking, Party governance, the use of state power for economic ends, state-society relations, and decision making in foreign policy.The authors ask how changing concepts of property rights have influenced China's development, and whether present and future leaders will be able to maintain the Party's monopoly on political power by partially democratizing the party itself. They conclude that strengthened institutions are critical to China's future well-being.Contributors include Gang Lin, Xiaobo Hu, David Bachman, Lowell Dittmer, and Richard Madsen.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book explores Gilles Deleuze's contribution to film theory. According to Deleuze, we have come to live in a universe that could be described as metacinematic. His conception of images implies a new kind of camera consciousness, one that determines our perceptions and sense of selves: aspects of our subjectivities are formed in, for instance, action-images, affection-images and time-images. We live in a matrix of visual culture that is always moving and changing. Each image is always connected to an assemblage of affects and forces. This book presents a model, as well as many concrete examples, of how to work with Deleuze in film theory. It asks questions about the universe as metacinema, subjectivity, violence, feminism, monstrosity, and music. Among the contemporary films it discusses within a Deleuzian framework are Strange Days, Fight Club, and Dancer in the Dark.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Mapping Benjamin not only distinguishes itself in format, scope, and tone from the mass of Benjamin books published each year, it provides an up-to-date snapshot of the humanities. This lucidly written book uses Benjamin to chart the parameters of a force field of contemporary intellectual efforts, across disciplines and other divides.' --Eva Geulen, New York University.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - '[Madrid] demonstrates a mastery of the relevant empirical material, and he makes a convincing case that the causes of pension reform in Latin America are different from the causes of welfare reform more generally.'--American Journal of Sociology'Madrid demonstrates a deep knowledge of the literature; uses a sophisticated methodology; treats the subject in a comprehensive, comparative, systematic, and analytical manner; and arrives at reasonable conclusions based on solid evidence.[an] excellent book.'--Governance.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Scott Mainwaring and Timothy Scully have again collaborated very successfully to compile an important collection of original essays on contemporary Latin American politics. The quality is excellent, and the book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of Christian Democracy and party politics in the region.' --Kevin J. Middlebrook, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London'This book makes a most welcome addition to the growing scholarship on party systems and democratic representation in contemporary Latin America. It provides a comprehensive overview of the development of Christian Democratic parties, chronicles their achievements, and explores the ideological and political challenges that they confront in an era of rapid change. The contributors have produced the definitive study of Christian Democracy in Latin America and a first-rate analysis of political change in the region.' --Ken Roberts, University of New Mexico.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Marc Galanter's seminal work, 'Why the 'Haves' Come Out Ahead,' is among the most well-cited law review articles of all time. With his distinction between experienced 'repeat players' and inexperienced 'one shotters' in the U.S. judicial system, Galanter established a clear and predictable model of how the structure of our legal system and one's frequency of interaction with it influence the outcomes of cases. >.