The Crossroads Of Civilization

Author : Angus Robertson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781639361960

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"From the Congress of Vienna to the Austria World Summit, the city of Vienna has hosted key meetings on peace to climate action. This is a first-class book about Vienna as the crossroads of civilization and as the international capital." —Arnold Schwarzenegger A rich and illuminating history of the world capital that has transformed art, culture, and politics. Vienna is unique amongst world capitals in its consistent international importance over the centuries. From the ascent of the Habsburgs as Europe's leading dynasty to the Congress of Vienna, which reordered Europe in the wake of Napoleon's downfall, to bridge-building summits during the Cold War, Vienna has been the scene of key moments in world history. Scores of pivotal figures were influenced by their time in Vienna, including: Empress Maria Theresa, Count Metternich, Bertha von Suttner, Theodore Herzl, Gustav Mahler, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, John F. Kennedy, and many others. In a city of great composers, artists, and thinkers, it is here that both the most positive and destructive ideas of recent history have developed. From its time as the capital of an imperial superpower, through war, dissolution, dictatorship to democracy Vienna has reinvented itself and its relevance to the rest of the world.

Author : Clive Irving
Publisher : London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015002271487

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Crossroads of Civilization by Clive Irving Pdf

Author : Peter Nolan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429840432

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China and the West by Peter Nolan Pdf

Capitalist globalisation since the 1980s has produced immense benefits in terms of technical progress, poverty reduction and welfare improvement. However, it has been accompanied by profound contradictions, including ecological destruction, global warming, inequality, concentration of business power, and financial instability. Regulation of global political economy in the interests of the majority of the world’s population is essential if the human species is to avoid a Darwinian catastrophe. This book explores China’s rich history of regulating the market in the interests of the mass of the population. For over two thousand years the Chinese bureaucracy has sought pragmatically to find a Way in which to integrate the ‘invisible hand’ of market forces with the ‘visible hand’ of ethically guided government regulation. Instead of seeking confrontation with China, citizens and politicians in the West need to deepen their understanding of the contribution that China can make to globally sustainable development in the decades and centuries ahead.

Author : Radovan Richta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351711074

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Civilization at the Crossroads : Social and Human Implications of the Scientific and Technological Revolution (International Arts and Sciences Press) by Radovan Richta Pdf

This title was first published in 1968

Author : Roger Kimball
Publisher : Encounter Books
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781641773164

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Where Next? by Roger Kimball Pdf

At least since Oedipus met King Laius on the road from Delphi to Thebes, the image of a crossroads has signaled a dramatic and morally fraught turning point. It was with this cargo of significance in mind that The New Criterion published a special series of essays on “Western Civilization at the Crossroads” during its fortieth-anniversary season. Featuring contributions by Conrad Black, Victor Davis Hanson, Roger Kimball, Andrew Roberts, and other luminaries, this book collects the ten special essays to assess where Western civilization is now, and where it’s going.

Author : Francis Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1937*
Category : Peace
ISBN : OCLC:220780583

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Author : Virginia Postrel
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781541617612

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The Fabric of Civilization by Virginia Postrel Pdf

From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, explore the global history of textiles and the world they weave together in this enthralling and educational guide. The story of humanity is the story of textiles -- as old as civilization itself. Since the first thread was spun, the need for textiles has driven technology, business, politics, and culture. In The Fabric of Civilization, Virginia Postrel synthesizes groundbreaking research from archaeology, economics, and science to reveal a surprising history. From Minoans exporting wool colored with precious purple dye to Egypt, to Romans arrayed in costly Chinese silk, the cloth trade paved the crossroads of the ancient world. Textiles funded the Renaissance and the Mughal Empire; they gave us banks and bookkeeping, Michelangelo's David and the Taj Mahal. The cloth business spread the alphabet and arithmetic, propelled chemical research, and taught people to think in binary code. Assiduously researched and deftly narrated, The Fabric of Civilization tells the story of the world's most influential commodity.

Author : George P. Nicholas,Thomas D. Andrews
Publisher : Burnaby, B.C. : Archaeology Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015048852407

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At a Crossroads by George P. Nicholas,Thomas D. Andrews Pdf

Author : Jacques Maritain
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1943-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0300001630

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Education at the Crossroads by Jacques Maritain Pdf

The author, a modern Catholic writer-philosopher, sets forth his views on Christian education.

Author : Radovan Richta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:468677613

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Civilization at the Crossroads by Radovan Richta Pdf

Author : Radovan Richta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Communist countries
ISBN : OCLC:55494541

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Civilization at the Crossroads by Radovan Richta Pdf

Author : Vaclav Smil
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005-02-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262303682

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Energy at the Crossroads by Vaclav Smil Pdf

An objective, comprehensive, and accessible examination of today's most crucial problem: preserving the environment in the face of society's insatiable demand for energy. In Energy at the Crossroads, Vaclav Smil considers the twenty-first century's crucial question: how to reconcile the modern world's unceasing demand for energy with the absolute necessity to preserve the integrity of the biosphere. With this book he offers a comprehensive, accessible guide to today's complex energy issues—how to think clearly and logically about what is possible and what is desirable in our energy future. After a century of unprecedented production growth, technical innovation, and expanded consumption, the world faces a number of critical energy challenges arising from unequal resource distribution, changing demand patterns, and environmental limitations. The fundamental message of Energy at the Crossroads is that our dependence on fossil fuels must be reduced not because of any imminent resource shortages but because the widespread burning of oil, coal, and natural gas damages the biosphere and presents increasing economic and security problems as the world relies on more expensive supplies and Middle Eastern crude oil. Smil begins with an overview of the twentieth century's long-term trends and achievements in energy production. He then discusses energy prices, the real cost of energy, and "energy linkages"—the effect energy issues have on the economy, on quality of life, on the environment, and in wartime. He discusses the pitfalls of forecasting, giving many examples of failed predictions and showing that unexpected events can disprove complex models. And he examines the pros and cons not only of fossil fuels but also of alternative fuels such as hydroenergy, biomass energy, wind power, and solar power. Finally, he considers the future, focusing on what really matters, what works, what is realistic, and which outcomes are most desirable.

Author : Eiji Hattori
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Asia
ISBN : UOM:39015049736070

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Letters from the Silk Roads by Eiji Hattori Pdf

Even today there are echoes, memories, and impacts from the silk roads that affect whole cultures and civilizations and sometimes spell the difference between war and peace, or preservation of the earth and its continual ruin. The Silk Road is a metaphor for worldwide intercultural cooperation in the new millennium. Hattori does a comparative East-West analysis of various political, philosophical, and ecological issues, particularly in Eurasia.

Author : Eiji Hattori
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110322299

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Letters from the Silk Roads by Eiji Hattori Pdf

Even today there are echoes, memories, and impacts from the silk roads that affect whole cultures and civilizations and sometimes spell the difference between war and peace, or preservation of the earth and its continual ruin. The Silk Road is a metaphor for worldwide intercultural cooperation in the new millennium. Hattori does a comparative East-West analysis of various political, philosophical, and ecological issues, particularly in Eurasia.

Author : Social Studies School Service
Publisher : Social Studies
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Middle East
ISBN : 9781560041009

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Teaching about the Middle East by Social Studies School Service Pdf