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UNISOBSOBE00066291 |
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Voltaire |
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La pucelle d'Orléans, poëme en vingt-un chants |
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[4], 300 p., [1] carta di tavola : ritratto calcografico ; 18° |
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Monografia |
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Il nome dell'autore, Voltaire, figura espresso in altre edizioni |
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UNINA9910459692803321 |
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Chomsky Aviva <1957-> |
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A History of the Cuban Revolution [[electronic resource]] |
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[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (529 p.) |
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Viewpoints / Puntos de Vista |
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Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1959 -- Influence |
Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1959 |
Cuba -- History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Illustrations; Maps; Figures; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Timeline; Introduction; Talking about Freedom; Scholars Weigh In; Why Revolution?; Comparing Capitalism and Socialism; Latin American Attitudes; 1 Cuba through 1959; Colonial History; The Colony in the |
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Republic; Revolution: A War, or a Process?; 2 Experiments with Socialism; Analyzing the Situation: Economic Backwardness; The 1960's: Experimentation and the Great Debate; The 1970's: Institutionalization and the Soviet Model; Cuba in the 1970's: How it Worked |
1986: Rectification How Democratic was Cuban Socialism?; 3 Relations with the United States; The United States and Cuba; In their Own Words: U.S. Policymakers Respond to Revolution; Covert War: Up to the Bay of Pigs; Covert War: After the Bay of Pigs; The Missile Crisis; After the Missile Crisis; The War Continues; 4 Emigration and Internationalism; Miami; Beyond Miami; Cuba's Global Reach: Beyond the Cold War; Cuba and Black Internationalism; Cuba in Africa and Latin America; Civilian Aid Missions; 5 Art, Culture, and Revolution; Literature; Film; Music; Sport; Dance; Food |
Political Culture and Cultural Politics 6 Cuba Diversa; Race; Gender; Sexuality; Religion; 7 The "Special Period"; 1993-95: Rapid-Fire Reforms; Social Impact of the Market Reforms; Limits to Capitalism; Charting New Territory; Contradictions: Inequality and Jineterismo; Opting to Leave: The 1994 Exodus; Debate and its Limits during the 1990's; Debating Democracy; Limits to Debate; 8 Cuba into the Twenty-First Century; From Perfeccionamiento to Recentralization; Disillusionment; Cuba after Fidel: A New Era?; Civil Society into the New Century; U.S. Policy: The Bush Era |
Cuba, Venezuela, and the ALBA Barack Obama and Raúl Castro: A New Relationship?; Analyzing the Changes; Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; End User License Agreement |
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A fully-revised and updated new edition of a concise and insightful socio-historical analysis of the Cuban revolution. Includes a new material to add to the book's coverage of Cuba over the past decade under Raúl Castro All of the existing chapters have been fully updated to include recent scholarship Balances social and historical insight into the revolution with economic and political analysis extending into the twenty-first century Juxtaposes U.S. and Cuban perspectives on the historical impact of the revolution |
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UNINA9911019821603321 |
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Autore |
Goldberg David E (David Edward), <1953-> |
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The entrepreneurial engineer : personal, interpersonal, and organizational skills for engineers in a world of opportunity / / David E. Goldberg |
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Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2006 |
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9786610648962 |
9781280648960 |
1280648961 |
9780470038963 |
0470038969 |
9780470038956 |
0470038950 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (226 p.) |
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Engineering firms - Management |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-200) and index. |
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The Entrepreneurial Engineer; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Entrepreneurial Engineer: Ready for the 21st Century; 1.1 21st-Century Engineers Moving at Internet Time; 1.2 Engineering Education, Common Sense, and the Real World; 1.3 Ten Competencies for the Entrepreneurial Engineer; 1.4 Three Principles; 1.5 Three Cautions; Exercises; 2 The Joy of Engineering; 2.1 A Joyous Confession; 2.2 Engineering as Liberal Education, Launchpad, and Lifelong Love; 2.2.1 Who Is Getting a "Liberal Arts" Education Today?; 2.2.2 Engineering as Launchpad; 2.2.3 Ten Ways to Love Engineering |
2.3 The Fundamental Tug-of-War2.4 Science and Its Little Secret; 2.5 Engineers: First Masters of Modern Enterprise; 2.6 Economy of Intellection: Separating Science from Engineering; 2.6.1 Modeling Plane; 2.6.2 Spectrum of Models; 2.7 Four Tensions Facing the Entrepreneurial Engineer; Summary; Exercises; 3 Money, Work, and You; 3.1 Money, Moola, the Big Bucks; 3.2 Roads to Wealth: Four Dinner Table Platitudes; 3.3 Hidden Lesson 1: Engagement; 3.3.1 Why Engagement |
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Matters; 3.3.2 Matching your Vocational Impedance; 3.4 Hidden Lesson 2: Courage; 3.4.1 Locus of Control: Internal versus External |
3.4.2 Exploring Courage3.5 Tactical Lessons of Handling Money; 3.5.1 Spending and Earning Styles; 3.5.2 Spending-Earning Impedance; 3.5.3 Investing, Saving, and Thrift; 3.6 Get a Life; 3.7 Plotting your Course: Values, Mission, and Goals; 3.7.1 Creating a Personal Values Statement; 3.7.2 Writing a Personal Mission Statement; 3.7.3 Setting Goals; Summary; Exercises; 4 Getting Organized and Finding Time; 4.1 Time and Its Lack; 4.2 Effective Ways to Waste Time; 4.3 Seven Keys to Time Management; 4.3.1 A Place for Everything; 4.3.2 Work for Mr. To Do; 4.3.3 Sam Knows: Just Do It |
4.3.4 A Trash Can Is a Person's Best Friend4.3.5 Tuning Your Reading; 4.3.6 Managing Interruptions; 4.3.7 Getting Help; Summary; Exercises; 5 Write for Your Life; 5.1 Engineers, Root Canal, and Writing; 5.2 Why Many Engineers Don't Like to Write; 5.3 Prime Directive of Writing: Just Write; 5.3.1 Freewriting; 5.3.2 Directed Writing for the Real World; 5.4 Getting the Content and Organization Right; 5.4.1 The Primary Structure of Business Writing: BPR; 5.4.2 Lists and Amplification: Technical Writer's Best Friend; 5.4.3 Sectioning, Titles, and Headings |
5.4.4 Summaries, Conclusions, and Distinguishing the Difference5.5 Edifying Editing; 5.6 Improving Your Writing; Summary; Exercises; 6 Present, Don't Speak; 6.1 Speeches versus Presentations; 6.2 Why Present?; 6.3 Preparation Makes the Presentation; 6.3.1 Audience Analysis; 6.3.2 Subject Selection; 6.3.3 Elements of a Presentation; 6.3.4 Preparation Process; 6.3.5 Transparency Design and Preparation; 6.4 Delivery; Summary; Exercises; 7 Human Side of Engineering; 7.1 Human Challenges of Engineering; 7.2 Through the Eyes of Others; 7.3 Anatomy of a Disagreement |
7.4 We are all Salespeople on this Bus |
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""Informative, provocative, and practical...developing the skills outlined in The Entrepreneurial Engineer is a necessity for a productive engineering career.""-Raymond L. Price, William H. Severns Professor of Human Behavior Director, Illinois Leadership(r) Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ""I believe that The Entrepreneurial Engineer has the potential to change the landscape of what engineers learn and do.""-John R. Koza, former CEO and chairman, Scientific Games Inc. and Consulting Professor, Stanford University ""Dr. Goldberg provides the road map for engineer |
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