Political Recruitment across Two Centuries

Political Recruitment across Two Centuries
Author: Roderic Ai Camp
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2013-12-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0292733682

During more than twenty years of field research, Roderic Ai Camp built a monumental database of biographical information on more than 3,000 leading national figures in Mexico. In this major contribution to Mexican political history, he draws on that database to present a definitive account of the paths to power Mexican political leaders pursued during the period 1884 to 1992. Camp’s research clarifies the patterns of political recruitment in Mexico, showing the consequences of choosing one group over another. It calls into question numerous traditional assumptions, including that upward political mobility was a cause of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Comparing Mexican practices with those in several East Asian countries also allows Camp to question many of the tenets of political recruitment theory. His book will be of interest to students not only of Mexican politics but also of history, comparative politics, political leadership, and Third World development.

Writing the Garden

Writing the Garden
Author: Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2011-10-31
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1567924611

"This book accompanies the exhibition "Writing the Garden" organized in 2011 by the New York Society Library."

Rails Around the World

Rails Around the World
Author: Brian Solomon
Publisher: Motorbooks
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2020
Genre: Locomotives
ISBN: 0760368104

Rails Around the World is a visually glorious history depicting trains and locomotives at work in scenic locations throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

Cities of Light

Cities of Light
Author: Sandy Isenstadt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2014-12-17
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1317602536

Cities of Light is the first global overview of modern urban illumination, a development that allows human wakefulness to colonize the night, doubling the hours available for purposeful and industrious activities. Urban lighting is undergoing a revolution due to recent developments in lighting technology, and increased focus on sustainability and human-scaled environments. Cities of Light is expansive in coverage, spanning two centuries and touching on developments on six continents, without diluting its central focus on architectural and urban lighting. Covering history, geography, theory, and speculation in urban lighting, readers will have numerous points of entry into the book, finding it easy to navigate for a quick reference and or a coherent narrative if read straight through. With chapters written by respected scholars and highly-regarded contemporary practitioners, this book will delight students and practitioners of architectural and urban history, area and cultural studies, and lighting design professionals and the institutional and municipal authorities they serve. At a moment when the entire world is being reshaped by new lighting technologies and new design attitudes, the longer history of urban lighting remains fragmentary. Cities of Light aims to provide a global framework for historical studies of urban lighting and to offer a new perspective on the fast-moving developments of lighting today.

Latin America since Independence

Latin America since Independence
Author: Thomas C. Wright
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2022-08-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1538166232

This book offers an innovative, thematic approach to the history of Latin America since independence. It traces continuity and change in colonial legacies that became central political issues following independence: authoritarian governance; a rigid social hierarchy based on race, color, and gender; the powerful Roman Catholic Church; economic dependency; and the large landed estate. Generally, liberals have sought to modify or abolish these legacies in the interest of what they consider progress, while conservatives have attempted to preserve them as much as possible as bastions of their power and privilege. Examining the evolution of these colonial legacies across two centuries reveals the processes that formed the political systems, economies, societies, and religious institutions that characterize Latin America today.

Conversations with God

Conversations with God
Author: James Melvin Washington
Publisher:
Total Pages: 414
Release: 1994
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Presents a collection of more than 190 prayers, spanning 235 years, by African Americans.

Forever

Forever
Author: Pete Hamill
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2018-01-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0751573418

From the shores of Ireland, Cormac O'Connor sets out on a fateful journey to avenge the deaths of his parents and honour the code of his ancestors. His quest brings him to the settlement of New York, seething with tensions between English and Irish, whites and blacks, British and Americans, where he is swept up in a tide of conspiracy and violence. In return for aiding an African shaman who was brought to America in chains, Cormac is given an otherworldly gift: he will live forever - as long as he never leaves the island of Manhattan. A writer, a painter, and a man of sensual appetites, Cormac takes part in the dramas of his times through fat years and lean. Through it all, Cormac must fight, generation after generation, a force of evil that returns relentlessly in the scions of a single family. It is a family whose path first crossed his in Ireland and whose persistence puts at risk all his hopes for fulfilling his destiny. As he searches out these blood enemies, he must watch everyone he touches slip away. And so he seeks the mysterious dark lady who alone can free him from the blessing and the curse of his long life.

Paul A. Samuelson

Paul A. Samuelson
Author: John Cunningham Wood
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780415310635

Samuelson is a key figure in economic thinking. This gathers the essential assessments of this important economist, and provides an unparalleled insight into his lasting impact on economics.