Kirjojen hintavertailu. Mukana 11 627 067 kirjaa ja 12 kauppaa.
Kirja.info

Kirjahaku

Etsi kirjoja tekijän nimen, kirjan nimen tai ISBN:n perusteella.

1000 tulosta hakusanalla Melvin L. Butler

Voices in a Revolution

Voices in a Revolution

Melvin J. Lasky

AldineTransaction
2006
nidottu
Afeatured article in Die Zeit, the leading German weekly, begins with "Melvin, du hast gewonnen"--Mel, you have won! In his extraordinary account of the final days of the German Democratic Republic (DDR) we see the reckoning of a regime, and also the vindication of a life-long devotee of European democracy. It is unlikely that any comparable memoir will be written, since Lasky's career spanned the entire history of wartime and postwar Germany, especially in divided and Wall-torn Berlin.Voices in a Revolution, now in paperback, offers an in-depth portrayal of the Communist police state before the breakdown, followed by a blow-by-blow account of the drama of breakdown and regime transformation. Characters in the everyday cultural world of Germany come alive as harbingers and heralds of the end of the old and the necessity of the new.Lasky understands the role of accident as well as of necessity. The West Germans had all but abandoned the slogan of One People, One Nation when they were faced with the immense task of supervising just such a reintegration. The work ends with the awakening conscience at the very point that the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. This is a memorable work--one likely to sear the conscience of lovers of freedom and analysts of tyranny alike.
Vertaile hintoja
On Understanding Emotion

On Understanding Emotion

Melvin J. Lasky

AldineTransaction
2007
nidottu
Emotions--fleeting, insubstantial, changeable, and ambiguous--seem to defy study and analysis. Nothing is more complex, mysterious, and subject to conflicting theories and interpretations than human emotion. Yet the central importance of emotion in human affairs is undeniable. Emotions affect all levels of life--personal, organizational, political, cultural, economic, and religious. Emotions give meaning to life. Emotional disturbances can destroy that meaning.How should emotions be studied? How can an understanding of the inner feelings of individuals illuminate important social interactions and human developments? In his book, Norman Denzin presents a systematic, in-depth analysis of emotion that combines new theoretical advances with practical applications. Based on an intensive, critical examination of classical and modern theoretical research--and on revealing personal interviews in which ordinary people express their emotional lives--he builds a new framework for understanding ordinary emotions and emotional disturbances.Denzin analyzes how people experience joy and pain, love and hate, anger and despair, friendship and alienation--and examines the personal, psychological, social, and cultural aspects of human emotion to provide new perspectives for understanding human experience and social interactions. He offers new insights on the role of emotions in family violence and recommends ways of helping people escape from recurring patterns of violence. And in criticizing current conceptions of emotionally disturbed people, he reveals the nature of their inner lives and the ways they perceive and relate to others. In sum, this book presents new insights on human relationships and human experience. It is now available in paperback for the first time, with a new introduction by the author.
Vertaile hintoja
Media Warfare

Media Warfare

Melvin J. Lasky

AldineTransaction
2007
nidottu
Media Warfare is the concluding volume of Melvin Lasky's monumental The Language of Journalism, a series that has been praised as a "brilliant" and "original" study in communications and contemporary language. Firmly rooted in the critical tradition of H. L. Mencken, George Orwell, and Karl Kraus, Lasky's incisive analysis of journalistic usage and misusage gauges both the cultural and political health of contemporary society as well the declining standards of contemporary journalism.As in the first two volumes, Lasky's scope is cross-cultural with special emphasis on the sometimes conflicting, sometimes mutually influential styles of American and British journalistic practice. His approach to changes in media content and style is closely keyed to changes in society at large. Media Warfare pays particular attention to the gradual easing and near disappearance of censorship rules in the 1960s and after and the attendant effects on electronic and print media. In lively and irreverent prose, Lasky anatomizes the dilemmas posed by the entrance of formerly "unmentionable" subjects into daily journalistic discourse, whether for reasons of profit or accurate reporting. He details the pervasive and often indirect influence of the worlds of fashion and advertising on journalism with their imperatives of sensationalism and novelty and, by contrast, how the freeing of language and subject matter in literature--the novels of Joyce and Lawrence, the poetry of Philip Larkin--have affected permissible expression for good or ill. Lasky also relates this interaction of high and low style to the spread of American urban slang, often with Yiddish roots and sometimes the occasion of anti-Semitic reaction, into the common parlance of British no less than American journalists.Media Warfare concludes with prescriptive thoughts on how journalism might still be revitalized in a "post-profane" culture. Witty, timely, and deeply learned, the three volumes of The Language of Journalism are a crowning achievement to a distinguished career.
Vertaile hintoja
A World War II Era German/American Love Story

A World War II Era German/American Love Story

Melvin Bielawski

AuthorHouse
2005
pokkari
What did it take to over come the United States ban on marriages between American personnel in Germany and German Nationals at the end of WWII? Could such marriages survive the paperwork, trials, and tribulations involved? Frances Mary Ponn, a Berchtesgaden native, and Melvin R. Bielawski, a native of Toledo, Ohio, tested the "System" and won. In 2004, they celebrated fifty-seven years of marriage.
Vertaile hintoja
A World War II Era German/American Love Story

A World War II Era German/American Love Story

Melvin Bielawski

AuthorHouse
2005
sidottu
What did it take to over come the United States ban on marriages between American personnel in Germany and German Nationals at the end of WWII? Could such marriages survive the paperwork, trials, and tribulations involved? Frances Mary Ponn, a Berchtesgaden native, and Melvin R. Bielawski, a native of Toledo, Ohio, tested the "System" and won. In 2004, they celebrated fifty-seven years of marriage.
Vertaile hintoja
Earth-92, Final Phase (Book 1)

Earth-92, Final Phase (Book 1)

Melvin Lervick

AuthorHouse
2005
pokkari
The "Power of Seven" appeared on Earth long after most of the original life forms disappeared into the marshes that would shape the future of this planet, which was evolving along the same geologic lines as our home world. The seven Caretakers and CARL (Computer Aided Research Library) insure that Earth-92 follows the original civilization blueprint. Minor deviations are allowed, but any major deviations are corrected by the current Caretaker after CARL determines that a problem exists. Earth-92 was terraformed nearly 7000 years ago. The first 6 Caretakers worked with CARL to insure that our planet evolved according to the blueprint developed on Earth nearly 30,000 years ago. It is now Ryean's job to assist CARL during the Final Phase of Earth-92's development.
Vertaile hintoja
Contested Conventions

Contested Conventions

Melvin Yazawa

Johns Hopkins University Press
2016
pokkari
There is perhaps no more critical juncture in American history than the years in which Americans drafted the federal Constitution, fiercely debated its merits and failings, and adopted it, albeit with reservations. In Contested Conventions, senior historian Melvin Yazawa examines the political and ideological clashes that accompanied the transformation of the country from a loose confederation of states to a more perfect union. Treating the 1787-1789 period as a whole, the book highlights the contingent nature of the struggle to establish the Constitution and brings into focus the overriding concern of the framers and ratifiers, who struggled to counter what Alexander Hamilton identified as the "centrifugal" forces driving Americans toward a disastrous disunion. This concern inspired the delegates in Philadelphia to resolve through compromise the two most divisive confrontations of the Constitutional Convention-representation in the new Congress and slavery-and was instrumental in gaining ratification even in states where Antifederalist delegates comprised a substantial majority. Arguing that the debates over ratification reflected competing ideas about the meaning of American nationhood, Yazawa illuminates the nature of the crisis that necessitated the meeting at Philadelphia in the first place. Contested Conventions is a cohesive and compelling account of the defining issues that led to the establishment of the Constitution; it should appeal to history students and scholars alike.
Vertaile hintoja
1...3839404142...50