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UNINA9910453622203321 |
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Thomas Jefferson and philosophy : essays on the philosophical cast of Jefferson's writings / / edited by M. Andrew Holowchak ; contributors James Carpenter [and eight others] |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 |
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1 online resource (202 p.) |
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HolowchakMark <1958-> |
CarpenterJames |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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UNINA9910787728203321 |
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Alsayyad Nezar |
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Titolo |
The End of Tradition? [[electronic resource]] |
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Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 |
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0-203-68777-9 |
1-134-43711-0 |
0-203-42133-7 |
1-134-43712-9 |
1-280-05770-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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Globalization - Political aspects |
Globalization - Social aspects |
Tradition (Philosophy) |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Cover; The End of Tradition?; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Illustration credits and sources; Contributors; 1 The End of Tradition, or the Tradition of Endings?; I. Traditions of the Modern; 2 Tradition is (not) Modern: Deterritorializing Globalization; 3 The Tradition of the End: Global Capitalism and the Contemporary Spaces of Apocalypse; 4 Nostalgias of the Modern; II. Invented Landscapes; 5 Nature and Tradition at the Border: Landscaping the End of the Nation State |
6 The Tensed Embrace of Tourism and Traditional Environments: Exclusionary Practices in Cancún, Cuba, and Southern Florida7 Architecture and the Production of Postcard Images: Invocations of Tradition vs. Critical Transnationalism in Curitiba; III. Programmes of Tradition; 8 Tradition as a Means to the End of Tradition: Farmers' Houses in Italy's Fascist-Era New Towns; 9 Cultural Identity and Architectural Image in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town; 10 The Latency of Tradition: On the Vicissitudes of Walls in Contemporary China; 11 Seizing Locality in Jerusalem; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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Rooted in real world observations, this book questions the concept of tradition - whether contemporary globalization will prove its demise or whether there is a process of simultaneous ending and renewing. In his introduction, Nezar Alsayyad discusses the meaning of the word 'tradition' and the current debates about the 'end of tradition'. Thereafter the book is divided into three parts. The three chapters in part I explore the inextricable link between 'tradition' and 'modern', revealing the geopolitical implications of this link. Part II looks at tradition as a process of invention a |
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UNINA9910711229603321 |
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Autore |
Johnson Eric Gunnar, Jr., <1936-> |
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Direct measurement of the electric field of a laser pulse--theory / / Eric G. Johnson |
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Gaithersburg, MD : , : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, , 1985 |
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NBS technical note ; ; 1084 |
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JohnsonEric Gunnar, Jr., <1936-> |
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Electric fields - Measurement |
Laser pulses, Ultrashort - Measurement |
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Monografia |
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Contributed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes. |
Title from PDF title page. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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