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UNINA9910778456403321 |
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Delbanco Andrew <1952-> |
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The real American dream [[electronic resource] ] : a meditation on hope / / Andrew Delbanco |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, c1999 |
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The William E. Massey, Sr. lectures in the history of American civilization ; ; 1998 |
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National characteristics, American |
Melancholy - Social aspects - United States - History |
Puritans |
Nationalism - United States - History |
Self - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century |
United States Civilization Philosophy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- Prologue -- 1 GOD -- 2 NATION -- 3 SELF -- Notes -- Index |
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Since we discovered that, in Tocqueville's words, "the incomplete joys of this world will never satisfy the heart," how have we Americans made do? In The Real American Dream one of the nation's premier literary scholars searches out the symbols and stories by which Americans have reached for something beyond worldly desire. A spiritual history ranging from the first English settlements to the present day, the book is also a lively, deeply learned meditation on hope. Andrew Delbanco tells of the stringent God of Protestant Christianity, who exerted immense force over the language, institutions, and customs of the culture for nearly 200 years. He describes the falling away of this God and the rise of the idea of a sacred nation-state. And, finally, he speaks of our own moment, when symbols of nationalism are in decline, leaving us with nothing to satisfy the longing for transcendence once sustained by God and nation. From the Christian story that expressed the earliest Puritan yearnings to New Age spirituality, apocalyptic |
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environmentalism, and the multicultural search for ancestral roots that divert our own, The Real American Dream evokes the tidal rhythm of American history. It shows how Americans have organized their days and ordered their lives--and ultimately created a culture--to make sense of the pain, desire, pleasure, and fear that are the stuff of human experience. In a time of cultural crisis, when the old stories seem to be faltering, this book offers a lesson in the painstaking remaking of the American dream. |
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UNINA9910254665203321 |
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Business Process Management Forum : BPM Forum 2016, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 18-22, 2016, Proceedings / / edited by Marcello La Rosa, Peter Loos, Oscar Pastor |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
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[1st ed. 2016.] |
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1 online resource (XIV, 227 p. 55 illus.) |
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Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, , 1865-1356 ; ; 260 |
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Application software |
Information technology - Management |
Electronic data processing - Management |
Computer and Information Systems Applications |
Business Process Management |
Computer Application in Administrative Data Processing |
IT Operations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Execution -- Modeling -- Management. |
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the BPM Forum from the International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2016, held in Rio de Janeiro, September 2016. The BPM Forum aims at gathering papers that showcase fresh ideas and emerging topics in |
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BPM. They have to demonstrate substantial potential for stimulating interesting discussions, even if they are not yet completely matured. This way, 13 full papers were selected from 106 submissions, where each paper was reviewed by four PC members and by one Senior PC member who moderated the discussion and wrote the meta-review. The selected papers in this volume cover topics related to process modeling, process execution and management aspects of the BPM discipline. |
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