The Shaping of Us

The Shaping of Us
Author: Lily Bernheimer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2022-04-26
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781595349712

An international exploration of how our physical environments shape and define us

The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History

The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History
Author: D. W. Meinig
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1986-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780300082906

Volume one examines how an immense diversity of ethnic and religious groups ultimately created a set of distinct regional societies. Volume two emphasizes the flux, uncertainty, and unpredictablilty of the expansion into continental America, showing how a multitude of individuals confronted complex and problematic issues.

The Shaping of Us

The Shaping of Us
Author: Lily Bernheimer
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2019-06-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1595348735

The spaces we inhabit– from homes and workspaces to city streets—mediate community, creativity, and our very identity. Using insights from environmental psychology, design, and architecture, The Shaping of Us shows how the built and natural worlds subtly influence our behavior, health, and personality. Exploring ideas such as “ruin porn” and “ninja-proof seating,” mysteries of how we interact with the physical spaces around us are revealed. From caves and cathedrals to our current housing crisis and the dreaded open-plan office, Lily Bernheimer demonstrates that, for our well-being, we must reconnect with the power to shape our spaces. Have you ever wondered why we adorn our doorframes with moldings? What does Wikipedia’s open-source technology have to teach us about the history and future of urban housing? What does your desk say about your personality? From savannahs and skyscrapers to co-working spaces, The Shaping of Us shows that the built environment supports our well-being best when it echoes our natural habitats in some way. In attempting to restore this natural quality to human environments, we often look to other species for inspiration. The real secret to building for well-being, Bernheimer argues, is to reconnect humans with the power to shape our surroundings. When people are involved in forming and nurturing their environments, they feel a greater sense of agency, community, and pride, or “collective efficacy.” And when communities have high rates of collective efficacy, they tend to have less litter, vandalism, and violent crime. Playful and accessible, The Shaping of Us is a delightful read for designers, professionals, and anyone wanting to understand how spaces make us tick and how to fix the broken bits of our world.

Twentieth-century American Architecture

Twentieth-century American Architecture
Author: Carter Wiseman
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2000
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780393320541

Describes landmark buildings that shaped the American 20th century and brings to life architects of the period and the major architectural movements. Discusses the rise of modernism, the growth of historic preservation, the financial aspects of building, and the struggle in design between individualism and community. Includes bandw photos of buildings. Wiseman was architectural critic for New York magazine from 1980 to 1996. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Elusive Balances

Elusive Balances
Author: Prashanth Parameswaran
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2022-01-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9811666121

This book undertakes an in-depth examination of the dynamics of commitment in U.S.-Southeast Asia strategy. Drawing on cases including the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam and Washington’s pivot to Asia amid China’s growing regional role, it constructs an original balance of commitment model to explain continuity and change in U.S.-Southeast Asia policy. Balance of commitment goes beyond balance of power approaches to explains how translating Southeast Asia’s importance in U.S. thinking into actual commitments has proven challenging for policymakers as it requires simultaneously calibrating adjustments to power shifts, threat perceptions and resource extraction. The book applies the balance of commitment approach to several practical case studies, based on hundreds of conversations with policymakers and experts in the United States and Southeast Asia, personal experiences across nearly two decades and primary and secondary source material across a half-century. The findings suggest that the challenges of U.S. commitment to the region are rooted not simply in differences between administrations or divergences in outlook between Washington and regional capitals, but tough balancing acts for U.S. policymakers in domestic politics and wider foreign policy. As such, shaping U.S. strategy in Southeast Asia and calibrating and sustaining commitment requires not just appreciating Southeast Asia’s significance, but committing to the region in ways that manage structural aspects of U.S. thinking, capabilities and resourcing.

False Promises

False Promises
Author: Stanley Aronowitz
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 524
Release: 1992
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780822311980

This classic study of the American working class, originally published in 1973, is now back in print with a new introduction and epilogue by the author. An innovative blend of first-person experience and original scholarship, Aronowitz traces the historical development of the American working class from post-Civil War times and shows why radical movements have failed to overcome the forces that tend to divde groups of workers from one another. The rise of labor unions is analyzed, as well as their decline as a force for social change. Aronowitz’s new introduction situates the book in the context of developments in current scholarship and the epilogue discusses the effects of recent economic and political changes in the American labor movement.

Minders of Make-believe

Minders of Make-believe
Author: Leonard S. Marcus
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780395674079

Marcus offers this animated history of the visionaries--editors, illustrators, and others--whose books have transformed American childhood and American culture.

Children's Interests/Mothers' Rights

Children's Interests/Mothers' Rights
Author: Sonya Michel
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 436
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780300085518

Annotation The current child care system in the United States can be described as erratic, inadequate, and stigmatized. In this comprehensive history of American child care policy and practices from the colonial period to the present, Sonya Michel explains why child care has evolved as it has and compares U.S. policy to that of other democratic market societies.