Class Unknown

Author : Mark Pittenger
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814724309

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Class Unknown by Mark Pittenger Pdf

Since the Gilded Age, social scientists, middle-class reformers, and writers have left the comforts of their offices to "pass" as steel workers, coal miners, assembly-line laborers, waitresses, hoboes, and other working and poor people in an attempt to gain a fuller and more authentic understanding of the lives of the working class and the poor. In this first, sweeping study of undercover investigations of work and poverty in America, award-winning historian Mark Pittenger examines how intellectuals were shaped by their experiences with the poor, and how despite their sympathy toward working-class people, they unintentionally helped to develop the contemporary concept of a degraded and "other" American underclass. While contributing to our understanding of the history of American social thought, Class Unknown offers a new perspective on contemporary debates over how we understand and represent our own society and its class divisions.

Author : United States. Bureau of the Census
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Age
ISBN : UOM:39015073148531

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The Elimination of Unknown Ages in the 1940 Population Census by United States. Bureau of the Census Pdf

Author : George Katsiaficas
Publisher : PM Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781604867213

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Asia's Unknown Uprisings Volume 1 by George Katsiaficas Pdf

Using social movements as a prism to illuminate the oft-hidden history of 20th-century Korea, this book provides detailed analysis of major uprisings that have patterned that country’s politics and society. From the 1894 Tonghak Uprising through the March 1, 1919, independence movement and anti-Japanese resistance, a direct line is traced to the popular opposition to U.S. division of Korea after World War Two. The overthrow of Syngman Rhee in 1960, resistance to Park Chung-hee, the 1980 Gwangju Uprising, as well as student, labor, and feminist movements are all recounted with attention to their economic and political contexts. South Korean opposition to neoliberalism is portrayed in detail, as is an analysis of neoliberalism’s rise and effects. With a central focus on the Gwangju Uprising (that ultimately proved decisive in South Korea’s democratization), the author uses Korean experiences as a baseboard to extrapolate into the possibilities of global social movements in the 21st century. Previous English-language sources have emphasized leaders—whether Korean, Japanese, or American. This book emphasizes grassroots crystallization of counter-elite dynamics and notes how the intelligence of ordinary people surpasses that of political and economic leaders holding the reins of power. It is the first volume in a two-part study that concludes by analyzing in rich detail uprisings in nine other places: the Philippines, Burma, Tibet, China, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand, and Indonesia. Richly illustrated, with tables, charts, graphs, index, and endnotes.

Author : Victor J. Katz,Karen Hunger Parshall
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780691204079

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Taming the Unknown by Victor J. Katz,Karen Hunger Parshall Pdf

What is algebra? For some, it is an abstract language of x's and y’s. For mathematics majors and professional mathematicians, it is a world of axiomatically defined constructs like groups, rings, and fields. Taming the Unknown considers how these two seemingly different types of algebra evolved and how they relate. Victor Katz and Karen Parshall explore the history of algebra, from its roots in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, China, and India, through its development in the medieval Islamic world and medieval and early modern Europe, to its modern form in the early twentieth century. Defining algebra originally as a collection of techniques for determining unknowns, the authors trace the development of these techniques from geometric beginnings in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia and classical Greece. They show how similar problems were tackled in Alexandrian Greece, in China, and in India, then look at how medieval Islamic scholars shifted to an algorithmic stage, which was further developed by medieval and early modern European mathematicians. With the introduction of a flexible and operative symbolism in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, algebra entered into a dynamic period characterized by the analytic geometry that could evaluate curves represented by equations in two variables, thereby solving problems in the physics of motion. This new symbolism freed mathematicians to study equations of degrees higher than two and three, ultimately leading to the present abstract era. Taming the Unknown follows algebra’s remarkable growth through different epochs around the globe.

Author : Rick Houghton,William Bennett
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000258547

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Emergency Characterization of Unknown Materials by Rick Houghton,William Bennett Pdf

Emergency Characterization of Unknown Materials, Second Edition is fully updated to serve as a portable reference that can be used in the field and laboratory by workers who are responsible for a safe response to and management of unknown hazardous materials. As with the first edition, the book emphasizes public safety and the management of life safety hazards, including strategies and emerging technologies to identify the hazards presented by an unknown material. When responding to a hazardous material emergency involving an unknown substance, firefighters and HAZMAT teams are primarily interested in protecting public safety. The book details risk analysis procedures to identify threats and vulnerabilities, analyzing them to determine how such risks can be eliminated or reduced. If an unknown material can be identified with a high degree of confidence, that can considerably change the response, and measures to be taken. In addition, the book covers practical field applications with updated and additional examples of field instruments. The hazard identification methods presented are intended for use by frontline workers. The test methods presented involve manipulation of small sample amounts – using, literally, a hands-on approach. The three technologies used by first responders and military personnel to identify unknown chemicals, Raman spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy and high-pressure mass spectroscopy, are covered in depth. Features Presents how to identify unknown materials and, if identification is not possible, to characterize the hazards of the material Offers practical examples to introduce new first responders to hazardous materials response Provides up-to-date field applications of the latest developments in commercially available instrumentation Details practical sample manipulations to help the reader successfully identify materials with popular high-end instrumentation Includes several examples of spectra and describes ways in which the reader can utilize data to inform decision making New coverage to this edition includes a chapter and content that focuses on sample manipulation and separations using instruments developed and revised since the first edition was published. These sample manipulations may be performed in the field with a very simple toolkit, which is fully outlined and explained in detail. Identifying the hazards of the unknown substance is essential to plan for response, contingencies and sustained actions. As such, Emergency Characterization of Unknown Materials, Second Edition will be a welcome and essential resource to all response and safety professionals concerned with hazardous materials.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951D02853248A

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Exploring the Unknown, Volume VII, NASA SP-2008-4407, 2008, * by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : UCSD:31822036955193

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Exploring the Unknown: Human spaceflight by Anonim Pdf

Author : S. Gandon
Publisher : Springer
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781137024657

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Russell's Unknown Logicism by S. Gandon Pdf

In this excellent book Sebastien Gandon focuses mainly on Russell's two major texts, Principa Mathematica and Principle of Mathematics , meticulously unpicking the details of these texts and bringing a new interpretation of both the mathematical and the philosophical content. Winner of The Bertrand Russell Society Book Award 2013.

Author : James Naremore
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781839022357

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Letter from an Unknown Woman by James Naremore Pdf

James Naremore's study of Max Ophuls' classic 1948 melodrama, Letter from an Unknown Woman, not only pays tribute to Ophuls but also discusses the backgrounds and typical styles of the film's many contributors--among them Viennese author Stephan Zweig, whose 1922 novella was the source of the picture; producer John Houseman, an ally of Ophuls who nevertheless made questionable changes to what Ophuls had shot; screenwriter Howard Koch; music composer Daniéle Amfitheatrof; designers Alexander Golitzen and Travis Banton; and leading actors Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan, whose performances were central to the film's emotional effect. Naremore also traces the film's reception history, from its middling box office success and mixed early reviews, exploring why it has been a work of exceptional interest to subsequent generations of both aesthetic critics and feminist theorists. Lastly, Naremore provides an in-depth critical appreciation of the film, offering nuanced appreciation of specific details of mise-en-scene, camera movement, design, sound, and performances, integrating this close analyses into an overarching analysis of Letter's “recognition plot;” a trope in which the recognition of a character's identity creates dramatic intensity or crisis. Naremore argues that Letter's use of recognition is one of the most powerful in Hollywood cinema, and contrasts it with what we find in Zweig's novella.

Author : John M. Logsdon
Publisher : U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : MINN:30000007667011

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Exploring the Unknown by John M. Logsdon Pdf

NASA SP-2004-4407. NASA History Series. Edited by John M. Logsdon, et al. 6th in a series containing a selection of key documents in the history of the United States civil space program. Includes chapters on solar physics, space physics, life sciences, and Earth science. LC. card 96-9066.

Author : Ulrich Neveling
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789401024280

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The Unknown Urban Realm by Ulrich Neveling Pdf

1.1. Methods of document description and analysis The task of describing and analyzing documents for some specific purpose is fairly old and well known. Although many methods have been evaluated and tested, every new problem needs a new kind of procedure. This is not surprising, because documents are very complex phenomena and their analysis depends on numerous considerations about formal characteristics, language, contents, and the role of man in relation to documents. In general there are at least five different approaches to document description: (a) The hermeneutical method. The main approach here is to interpret a document either in the light of its historical position at the time it was produced or from the viewpoint of its meaning today. Another variant of the hermeneutical method is to interpret the author's motives and intentions in writing the document, either by quoting and interpreting the document itself or by comparing it with the biography of the author. All the various kinds of hermeneutical interpretation try to reconstruct some of the conceptualization of the author, using different terms and systems from those of the author.

Author : Dongping Han
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781583675076

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The Unknown Cultural Revolution by Dongping Han Pdf

The Unknown Cultural Revolution challenges the established narrative of China’s Cultural Revolution, which assumes that this period of great social upheaval led to economic disaster, the persecution of intellectuals, and senseless violence. Dongping Han offers a powerful account of the dramatic improvements in the living conditions, infrastructure, and agricultural practices of China’s rural population that emerged in this period. Drawing on extensive local interviews and records in rural Jimo County, in Shandong Province, Han shows that the Cultural Revolution helped overthrow local hierarchies, establish participatory democracy and economic planning in the communes, and expand education and public services, especially for the elderly. Han lucidly illustrates how these changes fostered dramatic economic development in rural China. The Unknown Revolution documents a neglected side of China’s Cultural Revolution, demonstrating the potential of mass education and empowerment for radical political and economic transformation. It is a bold and provocative work, which demands the attention not only of students of contemporary Chinese history but of all who are concerned with poverty and inequality in the world today.

Author : John M. Logsdon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : NASA:31769000641186

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Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civilian Space Program by John M. Logsdon Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : MINN:30000004964718

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Exploring the Unknown: External relationships by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Maraglino
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781618973054

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The Best Known Unknown by John Maraglino Pdf

Anyone who has ever stepped onto a playing field, or looked into his father's eyes seeking solace in an uncertain world, will enjoy this captivating read.----The Best Known Unknown is the memoir of John, a man trying to break away from the depths of depression, and the mental and physical abuse he endured from his family. He was born in 1946 in the Bronx, and as a child clings to the lessons and teachings of his father, as he fights through the dysfunction of his mother's family.-----Stories taught by his father of survival in the streets made John mentally strong, but he lost his father when he was 16. With the lessons he learned, John overcomes the horrors that surround him.-----"A romp through one man's life, with all its attendant joy, sorrow and lessons, The Best Known Unknown brings the reader along for a great ride. With laughter and tears, the irony of life is told from a young boy's time with his father, to the fields of sport, where honor is earned through the strength of one's arm and ultimately - the will to overcome." - N. True Light, pharmacist -----"John Maraglino's storytelling and his honesty and charisma make you root for him - and make this a very enjoyable read! The stories run the gamut from funny, sad, touching, heart wrenching, scary, crazy, ridiculous and beyond! You will LOVE THIS BOOK!" - Dr. Ronald M. Guberman, New York physician