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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Robert Gildea
Often Gilded-Age politics has been described as devoid of content or accomplishment, a mere spectacle to divert voters from thinking about the real issues of the day. But by focusing too closely on dramatic scandals and on the foibles of prominent politicians, many historians have tended to obscure other aspects of late nineteenth-century politics that proved to be of great and long-term significance. With the latest scholarship in mind, Professor Cherny provides a deft and highly readable analysis that is certain to help readers better understand the characteristics and important products of Gilded-Age politics. Topics covered include: voting behavior; the relation between the popular will and the formation of public policy; the cause and effect of the deadlock in national politics that lasted from the mid-1870s to the 1890s; the sources of political innovation at state and local levels; and the notable changes wrought during the 1890s that ushered in important new forms of American politics.
The Gilded Age is renowned for a variety of reasons, including its culture of conspicuous consumption among the newly rich. In the domain of food, conspicuous consumption manifested itself in appetites for expensive dishes and lavish dinner parties. These received ample publicity at the time, resulting later on in well-developed historical depictions of upper-class eating habits. This book delves into the eating habits of people of lesser means. Concerning the African American community, the working class, the impoverished, immigrants, and others our historical representations have been relatively superficial. The author changes that by turning to the late nineteenth century’s infant science of nutrition for a look at eating and drinking through the lens of the earliest food consumption studies conducted in the United States. These were undertaken by scientists, mostly chemists, who left their laboratories to observe food consumption in kitchens, dining rooms, and various institutional settings. Their insistence on careful measurement resulted in a substantial body of detailed reports on the eating habits of ordinary people. This work sheds new light on what most Americans were cooking and eating during the Gilded Age.
Chetton Hall was one of the glories of Jacobean domestic architecture, and the Spenders had lived in Chetton ever since their founder had peculated the money to build it while he was the King’s Secretary of Monopolies. Over the years they had accumulated accrustations of dignity, to say nothing of wealth. Which made it doubly shocking when the Earldom descended to Percy Spender, who was ‘not quite’, not to mention his family, who were not at all. When the family descends on Chetton for his sixtieth birthday, accompanied by various hangers-on, their main obsession is to discover his intentions for the future of the place. Hardly less interested is his man of business, and his neighbours, who feel sadly the diminished glory of the house. The Spenders, in fact, have always felt like birds in a guilded cage at Chetton. Before the celebrations are over, one of the birds is a very dead duck indeed. The traditional country house party murder is turned on its head, given a few twists, and ends up much reinvigorated in this witty and lively whodunit by a writer who, as described in The Times Literary Supplement, ‘can write most under the table with one hand behind his back.’ ‘Mr Barnard always maintains an exceptionally high level, being as much littérateur as mystery story writer; fortunately, he never lets his literary flair get in the way of his mysteries.’ New York Times Book Review
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2013
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Regine Gildemeister; Günther Robert
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften
2008
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1.1 Differenzen und Differenzierungen Wenige Unterscheidungen treffen wir im alltäglichen Leben mit solcher Selb- verständlichkeit wie diejenige der Feststellung eines Geschlechts. Da die - schlechterdifferenz sichtbar ist, sich „auf den ersten Blick“ körperlich manif- tiert, liegt es nahe, sie auch als eine solche, eben körperliche, zu verstehen. Doch genau dagegen wird seit langem aus wissenschaftlicher wie auch aus politischer Perspektive Einspruch erhoben. Wenn überhaupt von einem Unterschied gesp- chen werden könne, so eine frühe These, sei dieser nur klein, habe aber unv- hältnismäßige Folgen. Die Kategorie Geschlecht strahlt so gesehen aus, sie liegt weit reichenden sozialen Differenzierungen zugrunde bzw. wird durch diese selbst erst bestimmt. Eine solche These wechselt die Betrachtungsweise recht grundsätzlich und zwingt so zum Nach- wie zum Umdenken. Darüber etwa, wie scheinbar off- sichtlich körperliche Unterschiede sozial behandelt werden. Vielleicht sogar, wie sie weitestgehend sozial erst hergestellt, konstruiert werden? Mit solchen Fragen wird eine Perspektive angesprochen, die weite Teile dieses Lehrbuches als d- sen analytische Systematik bestimmt. Und da diese, wie eingangs gesagt, gerade mit Hinblick auf das Geschlecht oftmals unvertraut ist, illustrieren wir sie e- gangs zunächst und mit Absicht in Beschreibungen anderer Gegenstände. Auch hier finden wir ähnliche Phänomene sozialer Differenzierung und Konstruktion. Auch hier lässt sich zeigen, wie etwa körperliche Merkmale erst in sozialen P- zessen wichtig, relevant gemacht werden. Und wie sie auch kontrafaktisch für Unterscheidungen nutzbar bleiben, z.B. vor dem Hintergrund sozialen Wandels, in dessen Folge sie ihre sozialen Gestalten ändern, dennoch aber weiter „gru-legende Unterschiede erklären“.
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Roy a Barnes; Roberta Beach-Jacobson; Gilda V Bryant
Inkspotter Publishing
2007
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An eclectic mix of essays, poetry, and fiction celebrating the many holidays celebrated around the world and throughout the year.
In the novel's Preface, the Author states: "In a few short words, the content of the book is this: A boy dedicates himself to the clerical profession with the fire of childlike enthusiasm, the youth goes astray in his profession, and the man, 'because not all flowering dreams ripened, ' has the notion of giving it up and 'fleeing to the desert.' Yet Heaven has decided otherwise. With resignation he comes back to himself and begins again to believe in his calling. Besides this, everything which is presented in the book belongs partly to the characteristics of the hero appearing in it, partly to the characteristics of our time chiefly with regard to religious, ecclesiastical, and especially clerical matters."
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2014
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Julie, a single mother, and her daughter Karen, are trying to move on after the loss of Julie's soulmate Kmyviks. Kmyviks was an alien who was a criminal on his home planet. He was exiled to Earth for one year until his sentence could be executed. While on Earth he fell in love with Julie and they had an incredible romance. After Kmyviks was taken back to his home planet, Julie discovered she was pregnant with his child. 'Robert' is the story of how Julie and Karen struggled to raise a child who was half alien. Robert quickly discovers he is not like the other children and struggles in a world where he is clearly superior. After awhile, Robert senses a connection with his father whom he has never met. Could Kmyviks still be alive?