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UNINA9910164938703321 |
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Nader Ralph |
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Breaking through power : it's easier than we think / / Ralph Nader |
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San Francisco : , : City Lights Publishers, , [2016] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (162 pages) |
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POL023000POL007000POL003000POL024000 |
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Democracy - United States |
Communities - United States |
Power (Social sciences) - United States |
Wealth - United States |
Social justice - United States |
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions |
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy |
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy |
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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"In Breaking Through Power, Nader draws from a lifetime waging--and often winning--David vs. Goliath battles against big corporations and the United States government. In this succinct, Tom Paine-style wake-up call, the iconic consumer advocate highlights the success stories of fellow Americans who organize change and work together to derail the many ways in which wealth manipulates politics, labor, media, the environment, and the quality of national life today. Nader makes an inspired case about how the nation can--and must--be democratically managed by communities guided by the United States Constitution, not by the dictates of big businesses and the wealthy few. This is classic Ralph Nader, a crystallization of the core political beliefs and commitments that have driven his lifetime of advocacy for greater democracy. "Ralph Nader is the grand progressive of our time. We |
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overlook his words at our own peril! This book is required reading."--Cornel West "Ralph Nader's Breaking Through Power is a brilliant analysis of corporate power and the popular mechanisms that can be used to wrest back our democracy. No one has been fighting corporate domination longer, or understands it better, than Nader, who will go down in history not only as a prophet but an example of what it means to live the moral life. We disregard his wisdom and his courage at our peril."--Chris Hedges, Pulitzer-Prize winner and author of Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt "As America's top Citizen Champion, Ralph Nader has dedicated his life to not just speaking, but activating, truth in the fight against power. In Breaking Through Power, Nader exposes the overriding demolition of daily life caused by plutocracy and elite rule, which is particularly poignant during this election year. With conviction and passionate clarity, and underscoring the simple fact that, 'People matter, you matter.' Nader goes beyond delineating the problem and provides a critical prescription to battle the toxicity of unjust power--one that every individual can, and must, embrace."--Nomi Prins, author, All the Presidents' Bankers "People are recognizing that our founding, fundamental values of fairness, justice, and opportunity for all--the very values that define our America--are being shoved aside to create an un-America of plutocracy and autocracy. Ralph Nader's new book Breaking Through Power provides progressive boat-rockers with inspiration and a plan for reclaiming America from the greedy Plutocrats and Fat Cats who think democracy is for sale to the highest bidder."--Jim Hightower "I read Ralph Nader for the same reasons that I read Tom Paine. He knows what he thinks, says what he means, and his courage is a lesson for us all."--Lewis Lapham "Nader insists on speaking up for the little people and backs his arguments and decent sentiments with hard facts."--Publishers Weekly About Ralph Nader: Named by The Atlantic as one of the hundred most influential figures in American history, and by Time and Life magazines as one of the most influential Americans of the twentieth century, Ralph Nader has helped us drive safer cars, eat healthier food, breathe better air, drink cleaner water, and work in safer environments for more than four decades. Nader's recent books include Unstoppable, The Good Fight, and the bestseller, Seventeen Traditions. Nader writes a syndicated column, has his own radio show, and gives lectures and interviews year round"-- |
"A scathing wake-up call derailing the many ways that wealth manipulates American politics, labor, media, environment and the quality of national life today. By telling the success stories of average Americans, the iconic consumer advocate and big-business anti-hero makes the case about how the nation can--and must--be managed by communities, not corporations. Nader at his best--indignant and inspired"-- |
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UNINA9910811936403321 |
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Autore |
McKitterick Rosamond |
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History and memory in the Carolingian world / / Rosamond McKitterick [[electronic resource]] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
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1-107-14716-6 |
1-280-54028-1 |
0-511-21466-9 |
0-511-21645-9 |
0-511-21108-2 |
0-511-31525-2 |
0-511-61700-3 |
0-511-21285-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 337 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Historiography - Europe - History - To 1500 |
History - Philosophy - History - To 1500 |
Carolingians - Historiography |
Europe History 476-1492 Historiography |
France History To 987 Historiography |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: History and memory in the Carolingian world; 2 Carolingian history books; 3 Paul the Deacon's Historia langobardorum and the Franks; 4 The Carolingians on their past; 5 Politics and history; 6 Kingship and the writing of history; 7 Social memory, commemoration and the book; 8 History and memory in early medieval Bavaria; 9 The reading of history at Lorsch and St Amand; 10 Texts, authority and the history of the church; 11 Christianity as history |
12 Conclusion: History and its audiences in the Carolingian worldBibliography; Index of manuscripts; General index |
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The writing and reading of history in the early Middle Ages form the key themes of this 2004 book. The primary focus is on the remarkable manifestations of historical writing in relation to historical memory in the Frankish kingdoms of the eighth and ninth centuries. It considers the audiences for history in the Frankish kingdoms, the recording of memory in new genres including narrative histories, cartularies and Libri memoriales, and thus particular perceptions of the Frankish and Christian past. It analyses both original manuscript material and key historical texts from the Carolingian period, a remarkably creative period in the history of European culture. Presentations of the past developed in this period were crucial in forming an historical understanding of the Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian past and, in subsequent centuries, of early medieval Europe. They also played an extraordinarily influential role in the formation of political ideologies and senses of identity within Europe. |
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