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UNINA9910456526303321 |
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Timms Peter <1948-> |
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In search of Hobart / / Peter Timms |
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Sydney, New South Wales : , : New South, , 2009 |
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1 online resource (294 p.) |
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Electronic books. |
Hobart (Tas.) Description and travel |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-277). |
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Contents; Foreword; Author's note; The fabric of the city; Further afield; As seen from afar; Buying and selling; The prison becomes a salon; Doberman or labrador; A succession of pasts; Nature within cooee; 'Cool off in Tasmania'; Bad behaviour; Keeping occupied; Sensory Hobart; Notes; Bibliography |
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Peter Timms leads us on a journey through his adopted city of Hobart, Australia's smallest, most southerly, least prosperous, but arguably most beautiful state capital. He reveals a city in transition, shaking off its dark and troubled past to claim its special place in the contemporary world: 'going boutique, nice and slow', as one overseas visitor notes. From Hobart's convict legacy, its spectacular natural setting, heritage architecture and climate, to crime-rates, economic hardship and the recent disfigurements of the developers, Timms brings a wealth of fresh insights, exploring the city |
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UNINA9910779455303321 |
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Autore |
Clemens Walter C. |
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Can Russia change? : the USSR confronts global interdependence / / Walter C. Clemens, Jr |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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1-136-45158-7 |
0-203-12568-1 |
1-283-88493-3 |
1-136-45159-5 |
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1 online resource (403 p.) |
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World politics - 1985-1995 |
Soviet Union Foreign relations 1985-1991 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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"First published in 1990 by Unwin Hyman, Inc"--T.p. verso. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Cover; Can Russia Change?; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Gorbachev's Inheritance: Burdens of the Past; 1. The Need for Change: What Has the Kremlin Achieved in Foreign Policy since 1917?; 2. Models for Change: Alternative Approaches, 1917-85; II. Pressures for Change, 1917-85; 3. Driving Forces in the Soviet Crucible: ArmsControl Imperatives; 4. Arms Control Imperatives in the Global Arena; 5. The Third Rome Confronts the Club of Rome: ""Globalistika""; 6. ""Life Itself"" versus the Party Line on Global Issues |
III. Gorbachev's New Thinking: Security with Interdependence7. A Revolution in Soviet Ideology: Speaking the Unthinkable; 8. Actions Louder than Words? Doing the Unthinkable; 9. What Makes Arms Accords Possible? Necessary and Helpful Conditions; 10. Can the Kremlin Be Trusted? Can Washington?; IV. Creating the Future; 11. Alternative Futures: DeĢtente, Confrontation, Transformation?; 12. Managing Soviet-U.S. Relations: Challenges and Choices; Glossary; About the Author; Index |
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First published in 1990, this ground-breaking book sought to determine whether contemporary Russia had the capacity to change |
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and if, in so doing, it could alter the complex web of East-West relations from a zero-sum struggle to a state of peaceful competition and mutual security. In order to answer this question, the author compares advances and setbacks in arms control and security affairs with co-operation on less politically salient issues such as environmental degradation. He finds that in the nearly seventy years preceding Mikhail Gorbachev's rise to power, the Kremlin relied o |
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