1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461549903321

Autore

Shephard Jennifer M.

Titolo

The Harvard sampler [[electronic resource] ] : liberal education for the twenty-first century / / edited by Jennifer M. Shephard, Stephen M. Kosslyn, Evelynn M. Hammonds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-674-06290-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Classificazione

DM 2002

Altri autori (Persone)

ShephardJennifer M

KosslynStephen Michael <1948->

HammondsEvelynn Maxine

Disciplina

370.11/2

Soggetti

Education, Humanistic

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Enhancing religious literacy in a liberal arts education through the study of Islam and Muslim societies / Ali S. Asani -- American literature and the American environment : there never was an "is" without a "where" / Lawrence Buell -- The Internet and Hieronymus Bosch : fear, protection, and liberty in cyberspace / Harry R. Lewis -- Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution : pattern, process, and the evidence / Jonathan B. Losos -- Global history for an era of globalization : an introduction / Charles S. Maier -- Medical detectives / Karin B. Michels -- The human mind / Steven Pinker -- Securing human rights intellectually : philosophical inquiries about the universal declaration / Mathias Risse -- What is morality? / T.M. Scanlon -- Energy resources and the environment : a chapter on applied science / John H. Shaw -- Interracial literature / Werner Sollors -- "Pursuits of happiness" : dark threads in the history of the American revolution / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.

Sommario/riassunto

From Harvard University, one of the world's preeminent institutions of liberal education, comes a collection of essays sampling topics at the forefront of academia in the twenty-first century. Written by faculty members at the cutting edge of their fields, including such luminaries



as Steven Pinker, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, and Harry R. Lewis, these essays offer a clear and accessible overview of disciplines that are shaping the culture, and even the world.The authors, among the most respected members of Harvard's faculty, invite readers to explore subjects as diverse as religious literacy and Islam, liberty and security in cyberspace, medical science and epidemiology, energy resources, evolution, morality, human rights, global history, the dark side of the American Revolution, American literature and the environment, interracial literature, and the human mind. They summarize key developments in their fields in ways that will both entertain and edify those who seek an education beyond the confines of the classroom.It is sometimes said that youth is wasted on the young. It could also be said that college, too often, is wasted on college students-that only after graduating does a former student come to appreciate learning. To those wishing to revisit the college classroom-as well as to those who never had the opportunity in the first place-this book gives a taste of the modern course at Harvard. The essays are stimulating and informative, and the annotated bibliographies accompanying each chapter provide invaluable guidance to the life-long learner who wants to pursue these fascinating topics in depth.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996387542703316

Autore

Everett George, Shipwright

Titolo

A second letter to Mr. Miles Prance, in reply to the ghost of Sir Edmond-bury Godfrey [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for N. Thompson, 1682

Descrizione fisica

4 p

Altri autori (Persone)

FarwellJohn

PaineWilliam

Soggetti

Popish Plot, 1678

Great Britain History Charles II, 1660-1685 Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Variously attributed to William Paine and George Everett.

Caption title.

Imprint from colophon.

Signed: Trueman [i.e. George Everett]. Formerly attributed to John Farwell.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910821559203321

Autore

Munyai Anzanilufuno

Titolo

Overcoming the corruption conundrum in Africa : a socio-legal perspective / / by Anzanilufuno Munyai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-5275-4546-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 pages)

Disciplina

364.1323096

Soggetti

Political corruption - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.