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Africanisms In American Cultureby Joseph E. HollowayISBN 025332839X (0-253-32839-X)
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America's Strategic Choicesby Michael E. Brown, Steven E. Miller, Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Owen R. CoteISBN 0262522748 (0-262-52274-8)
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America's Strategic Choicesby Steven E. Miller, Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Michael E. Brown, Owen R. CoteISBN 0262522438 (0-262-52243-8)
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American Foundations: An Investigative Historyby Mark DowieISBN 0262541416 (0-262-54141-6)
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American State Political Parties and Electionsby David M. Olson, Malcolm Edwin JewellISBN 0256026629 (0-256-02662-9)
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Autonomous Technology: Technics-Out-Of-Control as a Theme in Political Thoughtby Langdon WinnerISBN 026223078X (0-262-23078-X)
Hardcover, MIT Press
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Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Populationby Valerie H. Hudson, Andrea M. Den BoerISBN 0262582643 (0-262-58264-3)
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Before the Revolution: The Vietnamese Peasants Under the Frenchby Vinh Long NgoISBN 0262120658 (0-262-12065-8)
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The Benefits of Tax Competitionby Not AvailableISBN 0255365691 (0-255-36569-1)
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Between the Norm and the Exception: The Frankfurt School and the Rule of Lawby William E. ScheuermanISBN 0262691965 (0-262-69196-5)
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Winner, 1996 Elaine and David Spitz Book Prize for the best book on liberal and democratic theory, Conference for the Study of Political Thought. Winner, 1994 First Book Prize, Foundations of Political Thought Organized Section, American Political Science Association.
Between the Norm and the Exception contributes historical insight to the ongoing debate over the future of the rule of law in welfare-state capitalist democracies. The core issue is whether or not society can offer its citizens welfare-state guarantees and still preserve the liberal vision of a norm-based legal system. Franz Neumann and Otto Kirchheimer, in an age dominated by Hitler and Stalin, sought to establish a sound theoretical basis for the "rule of law" ideal. As an outcome of their sophisticated understanding of the liberal political tradition, their writings suggest a theoretical missed opportunity, an alternative critical theory that might usefully be applied in understanding (and perhaps countering) the contemporary trend toward the deformalization of law. [via]More editions of Between the Norm and the Exception: The Frankfurt School and the Rule of Law:
Beyond the Melting Pot: The Negroes, Puerto Ricans, Jews, Italians, and Irish of New York Cityby Daniel P. Moynihan, Nathan GlazerISBN 0262070391 (0-262-07039-1)
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Beyond the Melting Pot; The Negroes, Puerto Ricans, Jews, Italians, and Irish of New York Cityby Nathan Glazer, Daniel Patrick MoynihamISBN 026257022X (0-262-57022-X)
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Cities by Contract: The Politics of Municipal Incorporationby Gary J. MillerISBN 0262131641 (0-262-13164-1)
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The Closed World: Computers and the Politics of Discourse in Cold War Americaby Paul N. EdwardsISBN 0262550288 (0-262-55028-8)
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The Color of Credit: Mortgage Discrimination, Research Methodology, and Fair-Lending Enforcementby John Yinger, Stephen RossISBN 0262182289 (0-262-18228-9)
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Congress and Public Policy: A Source Book of Documents and Readingsby David C. Kozak, John D. MacArtneyISBN 0256026645 (0-256-02664-5)
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Congress, the Bureaucracy, and Public Policyby Randall B. Ripley, Grace A. FranklinISBN 0256055920 (0-256-05592-0)
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Constitution and Reform in Eighteenth-Century Poland: The Constitution of 3 May 1791by Samuel FiszmanISBN 0253333172 (0-253-33317-2)
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Could Do Better: Contrasting Assessments of the Economic Progress and Prospects of the Thatcher Government at Mid-Termby Michael BeenstockISBN 0255361505 (0-255-36150-5)
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Crisis of Parliamentary Democracyby Carl Schmitt, Ellen KennedyISBN 0262691264 (0-262-69126-4)
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Critique and Power: Recasting the Foucault/Habermas Debateby Michael Kelly, Jurgen Habermas, Michel FoucaultISBN 0262610930 (0-262-61093-0)
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Cyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Ageby Mike GodwinISBN 0262571684 (0-262-57168-4)
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Deliberative Democracy: Essays on Reason and Politicsby James Bohman, William RehgISBN 0262522411 (0-262-52241-1)
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Domestic Sources of International Environmental Policy: Industry, Environmentalists, and U.S. Powerby Elizabeth R. DesombreISBN 0262541076 (0-262-54107-6)
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The Dorsey Dictionary of American Government and Politicsby Jay M. ShafritzISBN 0256055890 (0-256-05589-0)
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Dreamworld and Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and Westby Susan Buck-MorssISBN 0262523310 (0-262-52331-0)
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Economics of Knowledgeby Dominique ForayISBN 0262062399 (0-262-06239-9)
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Electing to Fight: Why Emerging Democracies Go to Warby Edward D. Mansfield, Jack L. SnyderISBN 0262134497 (0-262-13449-7)
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The Era of Choice: The Ability to Choose And Its Transformation of Contemporary Lifeby Edward C. RosenthalISBN 026268165X (0-262-68165-X)
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First to Arrive: State and Local Response to Terrorismby Juliette Kayyem, Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness, Robyn L. PangiISBN 0262112817 (0-262-11281-7)
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Foundations of Policy Analysisby Garry D. Brewer, Peter DeleonISBN 0256023239 (0-256-02323-9)
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Gay Voices from East Germanyby Jurgen Lemke, John BornemanISBN 0253333199 (0-253-33319-9)
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Great Streetsby Allan B. JacobsISBN 0262600234 (0-262-60023-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Streets'Book summary:This book received Honorable Mention in the category of Architecture and Urban Studies in the 1993 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition presented by the Association of American Publishers, Inc.
Which are the world's best streets, and what are the physical, designable characteristics that make them great? To answer these questions, Allan Jacobs has surveyed street users and design professionals and has studied a wide array of street types and urban spaces around the world. With more than 200 illustrations, all prepared by the author, along with analysis and statistics, Great Streets offers a wealth of information on street dimensions, plans, sections, and patterns of use, all systematically compared. It also reveals Jacobs's eye for the telling human and social details that bring streets and communities to life.
An extensive introduction discusses the importance of streets in creating communities and criteria for identifying the best streets. The essays that follow examine 15 particularly fine streets, ranging from medieval streets in Rome and Copenhagen to Venice's Grand Canal, from Parisian boulevards to tree-lined residential streets in American cities. Jacobs also looks at several streets that were once very fine but are less successful today, such as Market Street in San Francisco, identifying the factors that figure in their decline.
To broaden his coverage, Jacobs adds briefer treatments of more than 30 other streets arranged by street type, including streets from Australia, Japan, and classical antiquity in addition to European and North American examples. For each of these streets he has prepared plans, sections, and maps, all drawn at the same scales to facilitate comparisons, along with perspective views and drawings of significant design details.
Another remarkable feature of this book is a set of 50 one square-mile maps, each reproduced at the same scale, of the street plans of representative cities around the world. These reveal much about the texture of the cities' street patterns and hence of their urban life. Jacobs's analysis of the maps adds much original data derived from them, including changes of street patterns over time.
Jacobs concludes by summarizing the practical design qualities and strategies that have contributed most to the making of great streets. [via]More editions of Great Streets:
The Gulf War Did Not Take Placeby Jean Baudrillard, Paul PattonISBN 0253329469 (0-253-32946-9)
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Guy Debord and the Situationist International: Texts and Documentsby Tom McNoughISBN 0262633000 (0-262-63300-0)
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The Heidegger Controversy: A Critical Readerby Richard WolinISBN 0262231662 (0-262-23166-2)
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The History of Marxism: Marxism in Marx's Dayby Eric J. HobsbawmISBN 0253328128 (0-253-32812-8)
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A History of Russia and the Soviet Unionby David MacKenzie, Michael W. CurranISBN 0256019347 (0-256-01934-7)
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The Hobbitby J.R.R. TolkienISBN 0261102664 (0-261-10266-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hobbit'Book summary:Poor Bilbo Baggins! An unassuming and rather plump hobbit (as most of these small, furry- footed people tend to be ), Baggins finds himself unwittingly drawn into adventure by a wizard named Gandalf and 13 dwarves bound for the Lonely Mountain, where a dragon named Smaug hordes a stolen treasure. Before he knows what is happening, Baggins finds himself on the road to danger. Wizards, dwarves and dragons may seem the stuff of children's fairy tales, but The Hobbit is in a class of its own--light-hearted enough for younger readers, yet with a dark edge guaranteed to intrigue an older audience. In the best tradition of the archetypal hero's quest, Bilbo Baggins sets out on his fateful journey a callow, untested soul and returns--tempered by hardship, danger and loss--a better man--er, hobbit.
This book is the predecessor to Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, and though that trilogy can be thoroughly enjoyed without first reading The Hobbit, much that happens in the later novels is foreshadowed here. A word of caution, however: as Bilbo discovers early on, travel and adventure are addictive things; embark on this journey to the Lonely Mountain with Tolkien's reluctant hero, and you might not be able to stop there. And the road taken to the distant mountains of Mordor in the ensuing trilogy is an even more perilous one. [via]
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Imperialism and Revolution: An Essay for Radicalsby Bernard S. MorrisISBN 0253329205 (0-253-32920-5)
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In Stitches: A Patchwork of Feminist Humor and Satireby Gloria KaufmanISBN 0253331412 (0-253-33141-2)
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Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policies?by James J. Heckman, Alan B. Krueger, Benjamin M. FriedmanISBN 0262582600 (0-262-58260-0)
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Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technologyby Stephen WilsonISBN 026223209X (0-262-23209-X)
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The Intellectuals and Socialismby Friedrich A. Hayek, Edwin J. Feulner, John BlundellISBN 0255364504 (0-255-36450-4)
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The Interventionists: Users' Manual for the Creative Disruption of Everyday Lifeby Nato Thompson, Gregory SholetteISBN 026220150X (0-262-20150-X)
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The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy and the Order of Knowledgeby V.Y. MudimbeISBN 0253331269 (0-253-33126-9)
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Judging Science: Scientific Knowledge and the Federal Courtsby Kenneth R. Foster, Peter W. HuberISBN 0262561204 (0-262-56120-4)
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The Land That Could Be: Environmentalism and Democracy in the Twenty-First Centuryby William A. ShutkinISBN 026219435X (0-262-19435-X)
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Lessons for EMU from the History of Monetary Unionsby Michael Bordo, Lars Jonung, Robert Mundell, Samuel Brittan, Lord Currie of Marylebone StaffISBN 0255364288 (0-255-36428-8)
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Markets or Governments: Choosing Between Imperfect Alternativesby Charles WolfISBN 0262231344 (0-262-23134-4)
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The Medieval West, 400-1450;: A Preindustrial Civilizationby David NicholasISBN 0256014205 (0-256-01420-5)
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Modern Republican: Arthur Larson And the Eisenhower Yearsby Arthur Larson, David L. StebenneISBN 0253348072 (0-253-34807-2)
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Modernity and the State: East, Westby Claus OffeISBN 0262650479 (0-262-65047-9)
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My Silent Warby Kim PhilbyISBN 0261631373 (0-261-63137-3)
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Nature by Design: People, Natural Process, and Ecological Designby Eric S. HiggsISBN 0262582260 (0-262-58226-0)
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The New Constellation: The Ethical-Political Horizons of Modernity - Postmodernityby Richard J. BernsteinISBN 0262521660 (0-262-52166-0)
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North-South: A Program for Survivalby William K. Brandt, Anthony Sampson, Willy BrandtISBN 0262520591 (0-262-52059-1)
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On the Take: From Petty Crooks to Presidentsby William J. ChamblissISBN 0253342449 (0-253-34244-9)
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Paradoxes of Rationality: Games, Metagames, and Political Behaviorby Nigel HowardISBN 026208046X (0-262-08046-X)
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The Philosophy of the Enlightenment: The Christian Burgess and the Englightenmentby Lucien GoldmannISBN 026207060X (0-262-07060-X)
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The Political Forms of Modern Society: Bureaucracy, Democracy, Totalitarianismby Claude Lefort, John B. ThompsonISBN 0262620545 (0-262-62054-5)
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Political Thought in America: An Anthologyby Michael B. LevyISBN 0256060738 (0-256-06073-8)
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The Politics of Islamic Revivalism: Diversity and Unityby Shireen HunterISBN 0253345499 (0-253-34549-9)
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The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes As Public Historyby Dolores HaydenISBN 0262581523 (0-262-58152-3)
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Based on her extensive experience in the urban communities of Los Angeles, historian and architect Dolores Hayden proposes new perspectives on gender, race, and ethnicity to broaden the practice of public history and public art, enlarge urban preservation, and reorient the writing of urban history to spatial struggles.
In the first part of The Power of Place, Hayden outlines the elements of a social history of urban space to connect people's lives and livelihoods to the urban landscape as it changes over time. She then explores how communities and professionals can tap the power of historic urban landscapes to nurture public memory.
The second part documents a decade of research and practice by The Power of Place, a nonprofit organization Hayden founded in downtown Los Angeles. Through public meetings, walking tours, artists's books, and permanent public sculpture, as well as architectural preservation, teams of historians, designers, planners, and artists worked together to understand, preserve, and commemorate urban landscape history as African American, Latina, and Asian American families have experienced it.
One project celebrates the urban homestead of Biddy Mason, an African American ex-slave and midwife active betwen 1856 and 1891. Another reinterprets the Embassy Theater where Rose Pesotta, Luisa Moreno, and Josefina Fierro de Bright organized Latina dressmakers and cannery workers in the 1930s and 1940s. A third chapter tells the story of a historic district where Japanese American family businesses flourished from the 1890s to the 1940s. Each project deals with bitter memoriesslavery, repatriation, internmentbut shows how citizens survived and persevered to build an urban life for themselves, their families, and their communities.
Drawing on many similar efforts around the United States, from New York to Charleston, Seattle to Cincinnati, Hayden finds a broad new movement across urban preservation, public history, and public art to accept American diversity at the heart of the vernacular urban landscape. She provides dozens of models for creative urban history projects in cities and towns across the country. [via]More editions of The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes As Public History:
Praxis: Marxist Criticism and Dissent in Socialist Yugoslaviaby Gerson S. SherISBN 0253345928 (0-253-34592-8)
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Public Finance and Public Choice: Two Contrasting Visions of the Stateby James M. Buchanan, Richard Abel MusgraveISBN 0262024624 (0-262-02462-4)
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Queer Science : The Use and Abuse of Research into Homosexualityby Simon LeVayISBN 0262621193 (0-262-62119-3)
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Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana: The Public Anthropology of Kalanga Elitesby Richard P. WerbnerISBN 0253344026 (0-253-34402-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana: The Public Anthropology of Kalanga Elites'Book summary:Are self-interested elites the curse of liberal democracy in Africa? Is there hope against the politics of the belly, kleptocracies, vampire states, failed states, and Afro-pessimism? In Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana, Richard Werbner examines a rare breed of powerful political elites who are not tyrants, torturers, or thieves. Werbners focus is on the Kalanga, a minority ethnic group that has served Botswana in business and government since independence. Kalanga elites have expanded public services, advocated causes for the public good, founded organizations to build the public sphere and civil society, and forged partnerships and alliances with other ethnic groups in Botswana. Gathering evidence from presidential commissions, land tribunals, landmark court cases, and his lifetime relationship with key Kalanga elites, Werbner shows how a critical press, cosmopolitanism, entrepreneurship, accountability, and the values of patriarchy and elderhood make for an open society with strong, capable government. Werbners work provides a refreshing alternative to those who envision no future for Africa beyond persistent agony and lack of development.
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Scratch Musicby Cornelius CardewISBN 0262530252 (0-262-53025-2)
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The Situationist Cityby Simon SadlerISBN 0262193922 (0-262-19392-2)
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Special Interest Politicsby Gene M. Grossman, Elhanan HelpmanISBN 0262571676 (0-262-57167-6)
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The Spot: The Rise of Political Advertising on Televisionby Edwin Diamond, Stephen BatesISBN 0262540657 (0-262-54065-7)
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Statehood And Security: Georgia After the Rose Revolutionby Bruno Coppieters, Robert LegvoldISBN 026253276X (0-262-53276-X)
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Taxing Ourselves: A Citizen's Guide to the Great Debate over Tax Reformby Joel Slemrod, Jon M. BakijaISBN 0262193752 (0-262-19375-2)
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Technology in World Civilization: A Thousand-Year Historyby Arnold PaceyISBN 0262660725 (0-262-66072-5)
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Terrorism and America: A Commonsense Strategy for a Democratic Societyby Philip B. HeymannISBN 0262581973 (0-262-58197-3)
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Theory of the Novelby Georg LukacsISBN 0262620278 (0-262-62027-8)
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The Theory of the Novel: A Historico-Philosophical Essay on the Forms of Great Epic Literatureby Gyorgy LukacsISBN 0262120488 (0-262-12048-8)
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The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontierby Howard RheingoldISBN 0262681218 (0-262-68121-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier'Book summary:Cyberculture authority Howard Rheingold was the first to write about online communities in this style that is part-travelogue and part-anthropological guide. This groundbreaking classic explores the entire virtual community, beginning with a selective but probing look at the author's original online home, The Well. Rheingold relates plenty of anecdotes that demonstrate the upsides of online life, such as how he was able to get information on removing a tick from his child before his doctor could respond to his phone call. But the bulk of the material relates to how individuals interact online much as they do in a face-to-face community.
Rheingold speaks to how both friendships and enmities are formed online and how people come together to support each other through misfortune. He gives the example of how computer-moderated communication enabled members of one Well community to send vital medical aid to a friend hospitalized halfway around the world. Rheingold goes on to show how communities can form by various electronic communication methods, using the conferencing system of The Well as one example. He also examines how people interact through mailing lists, live chat, and the fantasy cyberenvironments of online role-playing games. In the process, he questions what kind of relationships can really be formed in a medium where people can change their apparent identity at will.
This book questions whether a distinction between "virtual" communities and "real-life" communities is entirely valid. The Virtual Community argues that real relationships happen and real communities develop when people communicate upon virtual common ground. Rheingold also shares his far-reaching knowledge of how technology effects our social constructs. If you are involved in an online community, here is your cultural heritage. [via]
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Watchmen in the Night: Presidential Accountability after Watergateby Theodore C. SorensenISBN 0262191334 (0-262-19133-4)
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Wendell Willkie: Hoosier Internationalistby James H. MadisonISBN 0253336198 (0-253-33619-8)
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What Does the World Want from America?: International Perspectives on U. S. Foreign Policyby Alexander T. LennonISBN 0262621673 (0-262-62167-3)
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White House to Your House: Media and Politics in Virtual Americaby Robert A. Silverman, Edwin DiamondISBN 026254086X (0-262-54086-X)
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