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Author | : Harley D. Balzer |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2019-03-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0429719108 |
This book presents a balanced analysis of perestroika with an eye to the ongoing political, social and cultural changes. It is based on papers prepared for a conference on "The First Five Years of Perestroika: What Have We Learned? What Has Gorbachev Learned?" held at Georgetown University.
Author | : Alexander Cockburn |
Publisher | : Verso |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2000-12-17 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781859847794 |
This work is an account of the most intense popular uprising since the protests against the Vietnam War, exploring the convergence and victory of trade unionists, environmentalists, human rights advocates and farmers over the WTO in Seattle.
Author | : Paul Trynka |
Publisher | : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780756606701 |
This day-by-day analysis of The Beatles phenomenon examines the private and public events that revolutionized the music world. From their iconic domination of the music industry to the dramatic split, rare and unseen photographs reveal the band as never before.
Author | : Loretta Napoleoni |
Publisher | : Seven Stories Press |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2011-09-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1609804120 |
September 11, 2001, is considered the main event, but the changes of the decade go far beyond the menace of terrorism and the war on terror. The technological revolution, the wide use of the Internet, and the advent of social media are just some of the innovations that grew to define the decade. The war on terror and its strong rhetoric hid these phenomena. The purpose of this book is to show the true patterns of change—those innovations that will influence coming decades. This is more than a timeline, it is the tale of an extraordinary decade. Within each year, Napoleoni presents events not in a strict chronology but more as we might remember them, often with the most significant events recalled first. Thus the main topics—politics, economics, people, technology, and the environment—cross over constantly, showing how they are all interlinked and how globalization is speeding up the pace of change in our world.
Author | : Julian S. Huxley |
Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Pre |
Total Pages | : 71 |
Release | : 1958-10-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0822973979 |
This collection features five essays from noted theologians, philosophers, geneticists, and biologists who discuss the sweeping impact of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species on their respective fields. This volume, edited by Ralph Buchsbaum, professor of biology at the University of Pittsburgh, was published to celebrate the centenary of Darwin's announcement in 1858, along with Alfred Russel Wallace, of their independent discovery of the process of natural selection. Darwin's book was published one year later.
Author | : George Gamow |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2012-05-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0486135160 |
Lucid, accessible introduction to the influential theory of energy and matter features careful explanations of Dirac's anti-particles, Bohr's model of the atom, and much more. Numerous drawings. 1966 edition.
Author | : Andrew Taylor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Imperialism |
ISBN | : 9781435105461 |
Author Andrew Taylor shines a spotlight on 25 imperial hegemonies from every period of global history--from the Mongols of Genghis Khan who made Europe quake with fear during the 13th century to the dizzying rise of Hitler's Third Reich in the 20th century. Taylor also examines the ways in which imperial structures collapse, their reliance on single, powerful individuals, and the way they cope with the problem of disparate peoples and religions within their borders.
Author | : Nicholas Best |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2012-01-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1429941359 |
In the momentous days from April 28 to May 2, 1945, the world witnessed the death of two Fascist dictators and the fall of Berlin. Mussolini's capture and execution by Italian partisans, the suicide of Adolf Hitler, and the fall of the German capital signaled the end of the four-year war in the European Theater. In Five Days That Shocked the World, Nicholas Best thrills readers with the first-person accounts of those who lived through this dramatic time. In this valuable work of history, the author's special achievement is weaving together the reports of famous and soon-to-be-famous individuals who experienced the war up close. We follow a young Walter Cronkite as he parachutes into Holland with a Canadian troop; photographer Lee Miller capturing the evidence of Nazi atrocities; the future Pope Benedict returning home and hoping not to get caught and shot after deserting his infantry unit; Audrey Hepburn no longer having to fear conscription into a Wehrmacht brothel; and even an SS doctor's descriptions of a decadent sex orgy in Hitler's bunker. In skillfully synthesizing these personal narratives, Best creates a compelling chronicle of the five earth-shaking days when Fascism lost it death grip on Europe. With this vivid and fast-paced narrative, the author reaffirms his reputation as an expert on the final days of great wars.
Author | : Chris Carlsson |
Publisher | : City Lights Books |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2011-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1931404127 |
The alliances, programs, and goals of a historic decade that continues to shape SF and the world.
Author | : Clive Oppenheimer |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 2011-05-26 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1139496395 |
What does it take for a volcanic eruption to really shake the world? Did volcanic eruptions extinguish the dinosaurs, or help humans to evolve, only to decimate their populations with a super-eruption 73,000 years ago? Did they contribute to the ebb and flow of ancient empires, the French Revolution and the rise of fascism in Europe in the 19th century? These are some of the claims made for volcanic cataclysm. Volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer explores rich geological, historical, archaeological and palaeoenvironmental records (such as ice cores and tree rings) to tell the stories behind some of the greatest volcanic events of the past quarter of a billion years. He shows how a forensic approach to volcanology reveals the richness and complexity behind cause and effect, and argues that important lessons for future catastrophe risk management can be drawn from understanding events that took place even at the dawn of human origins.