America Under Construction

Author : Kristi S. Long,Matthew Nadelhaft
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315511887

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America Under Construction by Kristi S. Long,Matthew Nadelhaft Pdf

A variety of theoretical approaches to the study of culture have emphasised the significance of the creation, maintenance, and the transgression of boundaries to identities – be they social, cultural, national or personal. The essays collected in this book, first published in 1997, explore the creation of identities in American culture through analysis of the boundaries within and across which American identity is negotiated. The dissemination of cultural identity and the creation of national identity through this process has had a crucial impact on the shape of social life in post-war American culture. The contributors to this volume offer a variety of perspectives on this richly complicated process.

Author : Frank Bernard Curran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Roads
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173023058977

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Motor Roads in Latin America by Frank Bernard Curran Pdf

Author : Willard Leon Beaulac
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Latin America
ISBN : 0817972536

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The Fractured Continent: Latin America in Close-up by Willard Leon Beaulac Pdf

Author : H. Fernández L’Hoeste,R. Irwin,J. Poblete
Publisher : Springer
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137518002

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Sports and Nationalism in Latin / o America by H. Fernández L’Hoeste,R. Irwin,J. Poblete Pdf

This collection interrogates sports in Latin America as a key terrain in which nation is defined and populations are interpellated through emotionally charged practices (state policy, media representations, and sports play itself by professionals, national teams and amateurs) of inclusion and exclusion.

Author : Franz Anton Ritter von Gerstner
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0804724237

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Early American Railroads by Franz Anton Ritter von Gerstner Pdf

The first English translation of the most comprehensive and detailed work on the development, construction, finance, and operation of early American railroads and canals.

Author : Dominique Barjot
Publisher : Presses Paris Sorbonne
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Diffusion of innovations
ISBN : 2840502402

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Catching Up with America by Dominique Barjot Pdf

"This book is the outcome of the conference held in Caen (France) in September 1997, in preparation for the International Economic History Congress in Madrid (August 1998). This collection of essays provides, for the first time, a systematic overview of the productivity missions organised in the years following the Second World War, to investigate in situ the production and management techniques adduced to account for the American lead. Bringing together research workers from many countries (Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States), the volume addresses four successive themes. The first one concerns the part played by the United States and that country's action on the international scene. This, in turn, leads to the subsequent query: Did the productivity missions constitute tools for modernisation, or were they devices of domination? The second part considers three national experiences: the United Kingdom, France, and Japan. The third part examines a number of branches: iron and steel, electrical engineering, petrochemicals, and the tyre industry. The final part seeks to assess the impact of the missions. Ultimately, one needs must make a distinction between the rhetoric of productivity, on the one hand, and actual achievements, on the other; the missions were part of a wider process of Americanisation, wherein lies one of the keys to the economic miracles of the post-war era."--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Terence McSweeney
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780748693108

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'War on Terror' and American Film by Terence McSweeney Pdf

This compelling, theoretically informed and up-to-date exploration of contemporary American cinema charts the evolution of the impact of 9/11 on Hollywood film from Black Hawk Down (2001), through Batman Begins (2005), United 93 (2006) to Olympus Has Fallen (2013). Through a vibrant analysis of a range of genres and films - which in turn reveal a strikingly diverse array of social, historical and political perspectives - this book explores the impact of 9/11 and the war on terror on American cinema in the first decade of the new millennium and beyond.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1066 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Consular reports
ISBN : UOM:39015016421607

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Foreign Commerce Weekly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Assaad E. Azzi,Xenia Chryssochoou,Bert Klandermans,Bernd Simon
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781444351811

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Identity and Participation in Culturally Diverse Societies by Assaad E. Azzi,Xenia Chryssochoou,Bert Klandermans,Bernd Simon Pdf

Identity and Participation in Culturally Diverse Societies presents an original discussion in an edited volume of how the links between identity, political participation, radicalization, and integration can provide a scientific understanding of the complex issue of coexistence between groups in culturally diverse societies. Offers a scientific understanding of the complex issue of coexistence between groups in culturally diverse societies Utilizes original theory which combines social psychology, sociology, and political science Includes an original and extensive discussion of combining the concepts of identity and diversity Innovatively and engagingly employs the latest research and state-of-the-art theory

Author : Barry Bergdoll,Carlos Eduardo Comas,Jorge Francisco Liernur,Patricio Del Real
Publisher : Museum of Modern Art, New York
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0870709631

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Latin America in Construction by Barry Bergdoll,Carlos Eduardo Comas,Jorge Francisco Liernur,Patricio Del Real Pdf

In 1955 The Museum of Modern Art staged Latin American Architecture since 1945, a landmark survey of modern architecture in Latin America. Published in conjunction with a new exhibition that revisits the region on the 60th anniversary of that important show, Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955-1980 offers a complex overview of the positions, debates, and architectural creativity from Mexico and Cuba to the Southern Cone between 1955 and the early 1980s. The publication features a wealth of original materials that have never before been brought together to illustrate a period of self-questioning, exploration and complex political shifts that saw the emergence of the notion of Latin America as a landscape of development. Richly illustrated with architectural drawings, vintage photographs, sketches and newly commissioned photographs, the catalogue presents the work of architects who met the challenges of modernization with innovative formal, urbanistic and programmatic solutions. Today, when Latin America is again providing exciting and challenging architecture and urban responses, Latin America in Construction brings this vital post-war period to light.

Author : Ronald Allen Goldberg
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0815630336

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America in the Twenties by Ronald Allen Goldberg Pdf

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive look at American life in the 1920s as framed by the aspirations, scandals, and attitudes of the Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover presidencies. In fascinating detail, Goldberg examines how Victorian values were transformed into the freewheeling lifestyle of the Jazz Age and explores the effects of such far-reaching issues as isolationism vs. internationalism, massive immigration, labor-management relations, and the prevalence of big business. Even as he pierces the era's claim to being a time of "wonderful nonsense," Goldberg balances its giddy fads and foibles with a stinging critique of darker and/or significant social issues. From the rise of the Ku Klux Klan to black protests to the Scopes "Monkey Trial," from bootlegging and Prohibition to the Red Scare, Goldberg shows how the temper of the 1920s shaped the nation's future. Finally, he poses provocative questions about how mistakes might have been avoided and what consequences ensued.

Author : Jerry Steinbach
Publisher : Lanco International
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005-03
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0974826006

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America's New Era of Witch Hunting by Jerry Steinbach Pdf

Author : Mark Lardas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781846037641

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American Light and Medium Frigates 1794–1836 by Mark Lardas Pdf

The 'Original Six' frigates were commissioned by the new-born US Navy at a staggering cost of nearly $700,000. Designed to be light and fast, these warships enabled America to project its power across the globe. Among the ships Mark Lardas examines is USS Constellation: the first ship to be commissioned by the United States Navy. Alongside stirring accounts of engagements during the Barbary Wars, the author explores the design and development of these frigates, explaining the shortcomings that led to their replacement by larger, heavier 44-gun models by 1800. Packed with contemporary illustrations of US frigates and their British and French rivals, this book follows the escalation of the naval 'arms race' during the 18th century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 964 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Consular reports
ISBN : UCR:31210017545607

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International Commerce by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 964 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Legislative hearings
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006343599

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Hearings Before and Special Reports Made by Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives on Subjects Affecting the Naval and Military Establishments by Anonim Pdf