The Age Of Villages

Author : Alfredo Toro Hardy
Publisher : Villegas Asociados
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9588160154

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The Age of Villages by Alfredo Toro Hardy Pdf

There are few dates in history that stand out so clearly as a turning point for mankind as September 11, 2001. The terrorist attacks produced an earthshaking impact on world affairs which resulted in a radical disruption of international order. Although deeply significant, September 11 nevertheless represented only one chapter in the story of the great conflict of our time: the confrontation between the global village and the small village, between the forces of uniformity and of diversity, between the homogenizing trends that seek to subdue everything that lies in their path and the currents of thought that value local identities, particularities and traditions. In The Age of Villages, Venezuelan scholar and diplomat Alfredo Toro-Hardy sets out to explore the era of globalization, in which we all—for better or for worse—live in. He provides ample evidence of the transfer of national sovereignty upwards to regional or supra-national bodies; of the growth of giant companies whose operations straddle the globe and whose senior management are citizens of the world; of the migrations from state to state and continent to continent that are leading to the globalization of the labor market for skilled workers such as software engineers and the clamor for greater freedom of movement for the less skilled. However, Toro-Hardy recognizes the different reactions to globalization in different parts of the world. He draws our attention to the appeal of right-wing politicians in Europe; to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism; and to the psychological needs of so many for a local identity. Toro-Hardy provides a entirely original, timely, and necessary understanding of the forces that are shaping our world. He offers a global, regional, national, and sub-national analysis of the nature of the great confrontation that grips the world today and its alarming ramifications.

Author : Judith Ann Trolander
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-15
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : 0813044480

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From Sun Cities to the Villages by Judith Ann Trolander Pdf

"Youngtown, Arizona, opened in 1954 and was the first development community to have a minimum age requirement (then 65) and to ban underage children as permanent residents. The developer Del Webb unveiled Sun City six years later. Adjacent to Yountown, it offered modest homes abutting a golf course. In the ensuing decades, active adult communities have proliferated, including Harold Schwartz's The Villages in central Florida, today [America's] largest retirement community. For nearly sixty years, the success of these and similar communities has changed the image of retirees from frail, impoverished old people to energetic, well-off adults enjoying a resort-like lifestyle. While some experts predicted these communities would fail or undermine the obligations between generations, they are now firmly embedded as one possible extension of the American Dream. Judith Ann Trolander's study of the "active adult" lifestyle focuses specifically on how the development of age-restricted communities has redefined the sense of self-identity among the elderly; changed the popular image of retirees; called attention to attitudes of the elderly toward children; popularized golf-course, gated, and amenity-rich developments; and made this new, age-restricted lifestyle affordable or accessible to large numbers of retirees - some of whom may actually continue working. Examining the origins, development, failures, and challenges facing these communities as the baby boomer population continues to age, Trolander offers a truly original defense of a sometimes controversial aspect of American life."--Book cover.

Author : David E. Vassberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0521527139

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The Village and the Outside World in Golden Age Castile by David E. Vassberg Pdf

This 1996 book, based upon a vast range of documentary and secondary sources, shatters the disproven but persistent myth of the closed immobile village in the early modern period. It demonstrates that even in traditionalist Castile, pre-industrial village society was highly dynamic, with continuous inter-village, inter-regional, and rural-urban migration. The book is rich in human detail, with many vignettes of everyday life. Professor Vassberg examines such topics as fairs and markets, the transportation infrastructure, rural artisans and craftsmen, relations with the state, and life-cycle service. The approach is interdisciplinary, and pays special attention to how rural families dealt with economic and social problems. The rural Castile that emerges is a complex society that defies easy generalizations, but one which is unquestionably part of the general European reality.

Author : David J. Smith
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781553377320

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If the World Were a Village by David J. Smith Pdf

This bestseller is newly revised with updated statistics, new activities and completely new material on food security, energy and health. By shrinking the planet down to a village of just 100 people, children will discover how to grow up global and establish their own place in the world village.

Author : Monica Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429895456

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Good Company by Monica Wilson Pdf

Originally published in 1951 this book is a study of village system in southern Tanzania, which at the time of publication was thought to be unique. Each village consisted not of a group of kinsmen but an age-set: a group of male contemporaries, together with their wives and young children. The book is concerned with the structure of these villages and the values expressed in them.

Author : Andy Chapman,Peter Ellis
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784912192

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Origins, Development and Abandonment of an Iron Age Village by Andy Chapman,Peter Ellis Pdf

Excavations of a large Iron Age farming settlement in Northamptonshite spread across five sites, four studied here (The Lodge, Long Dole, Crick Hotel and Nortoft Lane, Kilsby) with Covert Farm, Crick studied in Volume I (9781784912086).

Author : Daniel J. Pullen
Publisher : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Page : 1089 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781621390060

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The Early Bronze Age Village on Tsoungiza Hill by Daniel J. Pullen Pdf

While "corridor houses" such as the House of the Tiles at Lerna have provoked widespread discussion about the origins of social stratification in Greece, few settlements of the Early Bronze Age (ca. 3100 to 2000 B.C.) have been thoroughly excavated. This important study integrates the presentation and analysis of the archaeological evidence from a single settlement that flourished on Tsoungiza Hill in the Nemea Valley from the Final Neolithic until the end of the Early Helladic period. The first section details the stratigraphy, architecture, deposits, and ceramics of each of the five major periods represented. The second section contains specialist reports on all aspects of material culture including figurines and ornaments, textiles and crafts, metal analyses, chipped and ground stone, and faunal and palaeobotanical remains.

Author : Sir George Christopher Trout Bartley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Poor
ISBN : OXFORD:600039351

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The Seven Ages of a Village Pauper by Sir George Christopher Trout Bartley Pdf

Author : Lawrence G. Wasden
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781468573732

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Senior Village "Senior-Vill-I-Age" by Lawrence G. Wasden Pdf

SENIOR VILLAGE (SENIOR-VILL-I-AGE) is a gripping, dramatic fictional story about a Senior Citizen, Lenny Wright that will keep you sitting on the edge of your seat! Lenny agrees to sell his home after his wife dies and then share the home of his daughter, Mary Hastings and her family. Two years into the living arrangement, Lenny finds that he has worn his welcome out where his Daughter Mary and her Husband Franklin decide that its time for Lenny to go into a nursing home. He becomes distraught over his controlling daughter and her weak husband Franklins decision to put him in a home. Lenny confides his situation to his best friend, Norman Felcher, where they meet at the Mall for one last fling together and to discuss his fate at Senior Village. Lennys relationship with one of his Grandsons, Jonathan Hastings, is strained, but after covering for his reckless behavior, Jonathan confides in him that he has gotten a young girlfriend pregnant. After giving Jonathan the best guidance he can concerning the situation, Lenny prepares for his stay at the state run nursing home known as Senior Village. On arriving at Senior Village, Lenny is confronted with the hard reality of nursing home life and must be processed in past the devious desk-drawer alcoholic Director - Arista Helms. Dismayed by his greeting and his now restrictive life, Lenny finds that the situation worsens when he is confronted by some of the physically and mentally abusive nasty interns and staff in charge of his care. Corruption appears to be their middle name! Lenny is further enlightened by the deplorable conditions that his Jewish roommate Lou Weisman is forced to live in. Bed ridden Lou informs Lenny that the treatment they receive is far worse than he can imagine. Stunned by what he sees and hears, Lenny takes decisive action by incorporating the help of his best friend Norman who is willing to go to any length to help his best friend bring down this institution from Hell. Will Lenny be able to secure the safety of Senior Citizens in Nursing Homes, or will he face certain death? And lastly who are those bodies in the yard?

Author : Rebecca Upjohn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1926920759

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The Secret of the Village Fool by Rebecca Upjohn Pdf

Anton, laughed at and called a fool in his small village, proves himself a hero when he hides a Jewish family from the Nazis during the Holocaust.

Author : Archibald Weir,William Dalrymple Maclagan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Anglican Communion
ISBN : HARVARD:HNTL9I

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The Church and the Age by Archibald Weir,William Dalrymple Maclagan Pdf

Author : Thottakadu Ramakrishna Pillai
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : India
ISBN : UCAL:B4299511

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Life in an Indian Village by Thottakadu Ramakrishna Pillai Pdf

Author : Raphael Greenberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107111462

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The Archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant by Raphael Greenberg Pdf

An up-to-date, systematic depiction of Bronze Age societies of the Levant, their evolution, and their interactions and entanglements with neighboring regions.

Author : Illinois
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1700 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105064245090

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The Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, 1893 by Illinois Pdf

Author : Dilip Hiro
Publisher : New Press, The
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781620971413

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The Age of Aspiration by Dilip Hiro Pdf

Nearly four decades ago, Dilip Hiro’s Inside India Today, banned by Indira Gandhi’s government, was acclaimed by The Guardian as simply “the best book on India.” Now Hiro returns to his native country to chronicle the impact of the dramatic economic liberalization that began in 1991, which ushered India into the era of globalization. Hiro describes how India has been reengineered not only in its economy but also in its politics and cultural mores. Places such as Gurgaon and Noida on the outskirts of Delhi have been transformed from nondescript towns into forests of expensive high-rise residential and commercial properties. Businessmen in Bollywood movies, once portrayed as villains, are now often the heroes. The marginal, right-wing Hindu militants of the past now rule the nominally secular nation, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as their avatar, one whose electoral victory was funded by big business. Hiro provides a gripping account of the role played by Indians who have settled in the United States and Britain since 1991 in boosting India’s GDP. But he also highlights the negatives: the exponential growth in sleaze in the public and private sectors, the impoverishment of farmers, and the rise in urban slums. A masterful panorama, The Age of Aspiration covers the whole social spectrum of Indians at home and abroad.