Ambitions Tamed

Author : Pierre Claude Reynard
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780773575745

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Ambitions Tamed by Pierre Claude Reynard Pdf

When Lyon's population experienced significant growth in the eighteenth century, architect Jean-Antoine Morand made a radical proposal: France's second city would expand across the river Rhône, making him rich in the process. Intense work and bitter rivalries resulted, although they bore fruit only long after Morand had died on the guillotine in 1794. In Ambitions Tamed, Pierre Reynard profiles Morand's career to provide a case-study of the possibilities of urban reform and refashioning within the courtly society of the Old Regime. Morand's story offers fascinating insights into social and professional advancement in a society defined by privilege, the workings of a complex urban political culture, relationships between a provincial city and the capital, the role of factions in determining the success or failure of enterprises and reforms, and the technical and financial aspects of late eighteenth-century urban projects. Ambitions Tamed illuminates the literature and methodologies of urban development, economic and entrepreneurial history, intellectual history, and environmental history in order to explain more fully the relationships among enlightened principles, established power structures, and new initiatives at the dawn of urban expansion.

Author : Ariel Macaspac Hernández
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Economic policy
ISBN : 9783658318215

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Taming the Big Green Elephant by Ariel Macaspac Hernández Pdf

In this open access publication it is shown, that sustainable low carbon development is a transformative process that constitutes the shifting from the initially chosen or taken pathway to another pathway as goals have been re-visited and revised to enable the system to adapt to changes. However, shifting entails transition costs that are accrued through the effects of lock-ins that have framed decisions and collective actions. The uncertainty about these costs can be overwhelming or even disruptive. This book aims to provide a comprehensive and integrated analytical framework that promotes the understanding of transformation towards sustainability. The analysis of this book is built upon negotiative perspectives to help define, design, and facilitate collective actions in order to execute the principles of sustainability. Dr Dr Ariel Macaspac Hernandez is currently a researcher at the German Development Institute belonging to the research cluster knowledge cooperation and environmental governance. He was/is also a lecturer on negotiations, conflict and resource management, sustainability politics, environmental governance, climate change policies, development aid and sustainable energy systems in various universities in Germany, Philippines, Jamaica, Estonia, Spain and Mexico.

Author : Ariane Fennetaux,Amélie Junqua,Sophie Vasset
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317744979

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The Afterlife of Used Things by Ariane Fennetaux,Amélie Junqua,Sophie Vasset Pdf

Recycling is not a concept that is usually applied to the eighteenth century. “The environment” may not have existed as a notion then, yet practices of re-use and transformation obviously shaped the early-modern world. Still, this period of booming commerce and exchange was also marked by scarcity and want. This book reveals the fascinating variety and ingenuity of recycling processes that may be observed in the commerce, crafts, literature, and medicine of the eighteenth century. Recycling is used as a thought-provoking means to revisit subjects such as consumption, the new science, or novel writing, and cast them in a new light where the waste of some becomes the luxury of others, clothes worn to rags are turned into paper and into books, and scientific breakthroughs are carried out in old kitchen pans.

Author : Rob Creasy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319622477

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The Taming of Education by Rob Creasy Pdf

This book evaluates contemporary approaches to education, with a particular focus on the ways in which assessment shapes the educational experience and influences pupils and students. It adopts a critical approach, arguing that there is a need for students to develop critical thinking skills, be flexible and have the capacity for originality. Education has increasingly come to be seen as a process with qualifications as the output; however, as economies change, attaining advantage increasingly relies on creativity and originality. Unfortunately, in the quest to remove uncertainty from education, creativity and originality are often overlooked; and the result is that education is impoverished. Creasy argues here that there is no single factor that has shaped education and led to this situation; rather, developments within education can be seen as having been shaped by a range of forces such as neoliberalism, New Public Management, standardization and internationalization. This is not to claim any deliberate undermining of education, but the cumulative effect is that education is less and less fit for purpose. Written for anyone involved in education, student, teacher or manager, this book draws upon Educations Studies, Sociology and Social Policy to offer a compelling critique of contemporary education.

Author : AbdulRahman Ibrahim
Publisher : BookRix
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-09
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9783755466956

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Tame Your Wild Heart by AbdulRahman Ibrahim Pdf

Unlock the Mystery Within: Embark on a Transformative Journey In the enchanting pages of this self-help book, a profound odyssey unfolds—one filled with secrets, self-discovery, and the promise of untold greatness. Dive into a world where deep desires come to life, driven by insatiable curiosity. Witness the dance between your inner forces, and learn to wield their power to your advantage. Uncover the magic of habit mastery and the incredible strength of repetition as you rekindle the fire within. This isn't just another self-help book. It's a mysterious voyage into the depths of human potential, an exploration of the enigmatic forces that shape our lives. It's an invitation to seize the boundless moments of existence beyond the ordinary. As you journey beyond the confines of traditional wisdom and embark on a transformation like no other, you'll realize that the slowest way can be the fastest route to personal growth. Embrace self-created challenges and celebrate tiny wins that lead to monumental gains. Explore the magic of unlocking your true self through resilience, determination, and self-improvement. It's time to unlock the mysteries that reside within your soul. Join us on a voyage that promises to reveal the secrets of your true self and ignite the flames of your inner greatness. This book is your key to the extraordinary. Are you ready to start your personal growth journey and unlock the mystery within?

Author : Varun Sivaram
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262537070

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Taming the Sun by Varun Sivaram Pdf

How solar could spark a clean-energy transition through transformative innovation—creative financing, revolutionary technologies, and flexible energy systems. Solar energy, once a niche application for a limited market, has become the cheapest and fastest-growing power source on earth. What's more, its potential is nearly limitless—every hour the sun beams down more energy than the world uses in a year. But in Taming the Sun, energy expert Varun Sivaram warns that the world is not yet equipped to harness erratic sunshine to meet most of its energy needs. And if solar's current surge peters out, prospects for replacing fossil fuels and averting catastrophic climate change will dim. Innovation can brighten those prospects, Sivaram explains, drawing on firsthand experience and original research spanning science, business, and government. Financial innovation is already enticing deep-pocketed investors to fund solar projects around the world, from the sunniest deserts to the poorest villages. Technological innovation could replace today's solar panels with coatings as cheap as paint and employ artificial photosynthesis to store intermittent sunshine as convenient fuels. And systemic innovation could add flexibility to the world's power grids and other energy systems so they can dependably channel the sun's unreliable energy. Unleashing all this innovation will require visionary public policy: funding researchers developing next-generation solar technologies, refashioning energy systems and economic markets, and putting together a diverse clean energy portfolio. Although solar can't power the planet by itself, it can be the centerpiece of a global clean energy revolution. A Council on Foreign Relations Book

Author : Michael A. Vargas
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004203150

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Taming a Brood of Vipers by Michael A. Vargas Pdf

Audacious transgressors, rebellious sowers of discord, a brood of vipers – so leaders of the Order of Preachers described their own men. This lively study of costly corporate successes and failed reforms restores to the late medieval friars their complex humanity.

Author : Koji Yamamoto
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191059681

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Taming Capitalism before its Triumph by Koji Yamamoto Pdf

This study examines the darker side of England's culture of economic improvement between 1640 and 1720. It is often suggested that England in this period grew strikingly confident of its prospect for unlimited growth. Indeed, merchants, inventors, and others promised to achieve immense profit and abundance. Such flowery promises were then, as now, prone to perversion, however. This volume is concerned with the taming of incipient capitalism — how a society in the past responded when promises of wealth creation went badly wrong. It reveals a history of numerous visible hands taming incipient capitalism, a story that Adam Smith and his admirers have long set aside. The notion of 'projecting' played a key role in this process. Thriving theatre, literature, and popular culture in the age of Ben Jonson began elaborating on predominantly negative images of entrepreneurs or 'projectors' as people who pursued Crown's and their own profits at the public's expense. This study examines how the ensuing public distrust came to shape the negotiation in the subsequent decades over the nature of embryonic capitalism. The result is a set of fascinating discoveries. By scrutinising greedy 'projectors', the incipient public sphere helped reorient the practices and priorities of entrepreneurs and statesmen away from the most damaging of rent-seeking behaviours. Far from being a recent response to mainstream capitalism, ideas about socially responsible business have long shaped the pursuit of wealth, power, and profit. Taming Capitalism before its Triumph unravels the rich history of broken promises of public service and ensuing public suspicion — a story that throws fresh light on England's 'transition to capitalism', especially the emergence of consumer society and the financial revolution towards the end of the seventeenth century.

Author : Madhav Pundalik Pandit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Epic poetry, Hindi
ISBN : UCAL:$B454031

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Readings in Savitri by Madhav Pundalik Pandit Pdf

Author : Madhav Pundalik Pandit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015010312075

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Readings in Savitri: Book seven: Cantos 4-7, Book 8: Canto 3, Book 9: Cantos 1-2, Book ten:Cantos 1-3 by Madhav Pundalik Pandit Pdf

Author : Ian Hacking
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1990-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0521388848

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The Taming of Chance by Ian Hacking Pdf

This book combines detailed scientific historical research with characteristic philosophic breadth and verve.

Author : Laura Weinrib
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780674974685

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The Taming of Free Speech by Laura Weinrib Pdf

Laura Weinrib shows how a coalition of lawyers and activists made judicial enforcement of the Bill of Rights a defining feature of American democracy. Protection of civil liberties was a calculated bargain between liberals and conservatives to save the courts from New Deal attack and secure free speech for both labor radicals and businesses.

Author : Jiang NanFeng
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 829 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781648465345

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Heaven-taming Saint Lord by Jiang NanFeng Pdf

'You're very weak! ' Ever since Li Qingniu could remember, the Grandma Long had always told him this. Regarding this, Li Qingniu had always deeply understood it as well. Because he was not as fast as the Grandpa Quezi, not even as far as the Blind Crutch. Not as good as the Medicinal Residue, not even as far as the Great Black Cow at the entrance of the village, until one day, Li Qingniu walked out of the village ...

Author : Francis J. Gavin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781040098264

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The Taming of Scarcity and the Problems of Plenty by Francis J. Gavin Pdf

The underlying structure, incentives and costs shaping international relations, state behaviour and the nature of power are profoundly different today to how they were in the past, in ways that are scarcely recognised and widely misunderstood. For much of history, world politics was marked by profound scarcity in resources, information and security. A series of historical revolutions has largely tamed this scarcity in ways few could have imagined. These revolutions, however, have generated new, potentially catastrophic challenges for the world – the problems of plenty. In this Adelphi book, Francis J. Gavin argues that the institutions, practices, theories and policies that helped explain and largely tamed scarcity by generating massive prosperity, and which were sometimes used to justify punishing conquest, are often unsuitable for addressing the problems of plenty. Successful grand strategy in this new age of abundance requires new thinking. New conceptual lenses, innovative policies and processes, and transformed institutions will be essential for confronting and solving the problems of plenty, without undermining the expanding efforts against scarcity.

Author : Stephen M. Walt
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780393292718

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Taming American Power: The Global Response to U.S. Primacy by Stephen M. Walt Pdf

Finalist for the 2006 Gelber Prize: "A brilliant contribution to the American foreign policy debate."—Anatol Lieven, New York Times Book Review At a time when America's dominance abroad was being tested like never before, Taming American Power provided for the first time a "rigorous critique of current U.S. strategy" (Washington Post Book World) from the vantage point of its fiercest opponents. Stephen M. Walt examines America's place as the world's singular superpower and the strategies that rival states have devised to counter it. Hailed as a "landmark book" by Foreign Affairs, Taming American Power makes the case that this ever-increasing tide of opposition not only could threaten America's ability to achieve its foreign policy goals today but also may undermine its dominant position in years to come.