The Unbounded Community

The Unbounded Community
Author: Kenneth A. Scherzer
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2014-12-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0822398753

Stick ball, stoop sitting, pickle barrel colloquys: The neighborhood occupies a warm place in our cultural memory—a place that Kenneth A. Scherzer contends may have more to do with ideology and nostalgia than with historical accuracy. In this remarkably detailed analysis of neighborhood life in New York City between 1830 and 1875, Scherzer gives the neighborhood its due as a complex, richly textured social phenomenon and helps to clarify its role in the evolution of cities. After a critical examination of recent historical renderings of neighborhood life, Scherzer focuses on the ecological, symbolic, and social aspects of nineteenth-century community life in New York City. Employing a wide array of sources, from census reports and church records to police blotters and brothel guides, he documents the complex composition of neighborhoods that defy simple categorization by class or ethnicity. From his account, the New York City neighborhood emerges as a community in flux, born out of the chaos of May Day, the traditional moving day. The fluid geography and heterogeneity of these neighborhoods kept most city residents from developing strong local attachments. Scherzer shows how such weak spatial consciousness, along with the fast pace of residential change, diminished the community function of the neighborhood. New Yorkers, he suggests, relied instead upon the "unbounded community," a collection of friends and social relations that extended throughout the city. With pointed argument and weighty evidence, The Unbounded Community replaces the neighborhood of nostalgia with a broader, multifaceted conception of community life. Depicting the neighborhood in its full scope and diversity, the book will enhance future forays into urban history.

The Unbounded Community

The Unbounded Community
Author: William Caferro
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1996
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780815315964

Presented to Jaroslav Pelikan by 12 of his former students in honor of his 70th birthday, this festschrift contains 10 papers drawn from an April 1994 conference at Yale University. Topics include Anglo-Saxon monasticism and the public suitability of the Rule of St. Benedict; Dante and the problem of Byzantium; and Thomas More and Vaclav Havel on social and personal integrity. Includes a bibliography of the professor's work. No index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Unbounded Home

The Unbounded Home
Author: Lee Anne Fennell
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2009-09-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0300155026

Lee Anne Fennell explores the relationship between home ownership and neighbourhood, arguing that the desire for active participation in local affairs is directly linked to conern about property values. She looks at how critical issues of neighbourhood control & community composition might be addressed through this link.

Community

Community
Author: Gerard Delanty
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2018-03-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1351656058

The increasing atomization of modern society has been accompanied by an enduring nostalgia for the idea of community as a source of security and belonging in an increasingly insecure world. Far from disappearing, community has been revived by transnationalism and by new kinds of individualism. Gerard Delanty begins this stimulating critical introduction to the concept with an analysis of the origins of the idea of community in Western utopian thought, and as a theme in classical sociology and anthropology. He goes on to chart the resurgence of the idea within communitarian thought and postmodern philosophies, the complications and critiques of multiculturalism, and new manifestations of community within a society where changing modes of communication produce both fragmentation and possibilities of new social bonds. Contemporary community, he argues, is essentially a communication community based on belonging and sharing, and can be a powerful voice of political opposition. The communities of today are less spatially bounded than those of the past, but they cannot dispense with the need for a sense of belonging. The communicative ties and cultural structures of contemporary societies have opened up numerous possibilities for belonging based on religion, nationalism, ethnicity, lifestyle and gender.

The Change

The Change
Author: Teyla Branton
Publisher: White Star Press
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2014-05-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1939203295

No Second Chances. Death, Life, or Love—Unbounded Always Play for Keeps. There are only two ways to kill Unbounded, and fire isn’t one of them—as law school dropout Erin Radkey learns the hard way. By fluke of a recessive gene, she has become Unbounded, a nearly immortal being with paranormal abilities. Erin’s Change separates her from her loved ones and alters everything she believes to be true. A week earlier she was considering a marriage proposal; now she contemplates the best way to stay alive. Caught in a battle between two Unbounded groups, the Emporium and the Renegades, she is also hunted by a secret mortal society sworn to eradicate the Unbounded gene. As Erin plunges into this dangerous new life, she must carve out her own place in the madness, protect her mortal family, and decide which group she should join. Her unique ability is vital to both groups in the race to secure an identification software that spells death for all Unbounded—or enslavement for the entire mortal world. Some will stop at nothing to use Erin as one more pawn in a battle that has spanned centuries. Erin’s undeniable attraction to Ritter Langton, whose family was massacred by opposing Unbounded two hundred and forty years ago, complicates her choices. There are no second chances. Death, life, or love—Unbounded always play for keeps. Non-stop action, terrifying consequences, and powerful romance make The Change an exciting addition to the world of romantic urban fantasy. Praise for the UNBOUNDED series: "Enough paranoid twists and turns to keep the reader turning pages . . . the author has clearly thought through the nuances of the story's theme and engineered a few surprising plot twists that elevate it . . . above the level of the average thriller." -Publishers Weekly “Excellent and well written!” “I recommend reading the entire series” “Thoroughly enjoyable” “High action and adventure” “Teyla Branton belongs right alongside Patricia Briggs, Kim Harrison, Jennifer Estep, and Kelly Armstrong.” Unbounded Series 1. The Change 2. The Cure 3. Protectors (which contains Ava's Revenge, Mortal Brother, and Set Ablaze) 4 The Escape 5. The Reckoning 6. Lethal Engagement 7. The Takeover More coming in 2022!

Communities and Organizations

Communities and Organizations
Author: Chris Marquis
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2011-11-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1780522851

Considers how diverse types of communities influence organizations, as well as the associated benefit of developing an accounting for community processes in organizational theory. This title focuses on social proximity and networks that has characterized the work on communities.

Unbounded

Unbounded
Author: Aaron McCormick
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2020-01-06
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9781734401035

They are the loudest questions, yet most ignored and unanswered. You know...the inescapable ones not formed by words but felt as energy "within" regarding every important decision, endeavor and relationship. Will this be right for me? Am I fulfilled? What is my unique purpose and how do I maximize it? From the moment we enter the world there exists invisible energy or spirit with volumes of information. It is as if we arrive self-contained with a specific essence and purpose awaiting our conscious revelation and fulfillment. However, also from the moment we are born we begin consuming binders, learned ideals, expectations, labels, behavior and energy foreign to our original essence. These binders are so effective at burying our purest expression that until we deliberately go within, connect the dots and face ourselves, we unwittingly live with varying degrees of internal conflict devoid of realization of our unique purpose and value to ourselves and the world. Whether you're an executive or just starting out, dating or in a long-term partnership, religious or gnostic, your purest essence does not need to be changed, it needs to be discovered! Unbounded navigates a hi-fidelity journey to your "within" to identify and remove unconscious internal conflict, decode your most authentic expression and maximize your purpose and fulfillment across four significant areas of life: Self, Love & Relationships, Money and Work.

The Sense of Community in French Caribbean Fiction

The Sense of Community in French Caribbean Fiction
Author: Celia Britton
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1846311373

This groundbreaking book analyzes the theme of community in seven French Caribbean novels in relation to the work of the French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy. The complex history of the islands means that community is often a central and problematic issue in their literature, underlying a range of other questions such as political agency, individual and collective subjectivity, attitudes towards the past and the future, and even the literary form itself. Celia Britton here studies a range of key books from the region, including Édouard Glissant’s Le Quatrième Siècle, Patrick Chamoiseau’s Texaco, Daniel Maximin’s L’Ile et une nuit, and Vincent Placoly’s L’eau-de-mort guildive, among others.