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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463727903321

Titolo

Port Huron statement : sources and legacies of the new left's founding manifesto / / edited by Richard Flacks and Nelson Lichtenstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8122-9099-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Collana

Politics and Culture in Modern America

Disciplina

378.19810973

Soggetti

College students - Political activity - United States

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-313) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Crafting the Port Huron Statement: Measuring Its Impact in the 1960's and After -- Chapter 2. Two Cheers for Utopia -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

The Port Huron Statement was the most important manifesto of the New Left student movement of the 1960's. Initially drafted by Tom Hayden and debated over the course of three days in 1962 at a meeting of student leaders, the statement was issued by Students for a Democratic Society as their founding document. Its key idea, "participatory democracy," proved a watchword for Sixties radicalism that has also reemerged in popular protests from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street. Featuring essays by some of the original contributors as well as prominent scholars who were influenced by the manifesto, The Port Huron Statement probes the origins, content, and contemporary influence of the document that heralded the emergence of a vibrant New Left in American culture and politics. Opening with an essay by Tom Hayden that provides a sweeping reflection on the document's enduring significance, the volume explores the diverse intellectual and cultural roots of the Statement, the uneasy dynamics between liberals and radicals that led to and followed this convergence,



the ways participatory democracy was defined and deployed in the 1960's, and the continuing resonances this idea has for political movements today. An appendix includes the complete text of the original document. The Port Huron Statement offers a vivid portrait of a unique moment in the history of radicalism, showing that the ideas that inspired a generation of young radicals more than half a century ago are just as important and provocative today. Contributors: Robert Cohen, Richard Flacks, Jennifer Frost, Daniel Geary, Barbara Haber, Grace Elizabeth Hale, Tom Hayden, Michael Kazin, Nelson Lichtenstein, Jane Mansbridge, Lisa McGirr, James Miller, Robert J. S. Ross, Michael Vester, Erik Olin Wright.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996320223103316

Titolo

WHO child growth standards [[electronic resource] ] : growth velocity based on weight, length and head circumference : methods and development

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, Swtizerland, : World Health Organization, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, c2009

ISBN

1-282-25003-5

9786612250033

92-4-068370-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Disciplina

305.231

Soggetti

Child development

Children - Growth

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The WHO Child Growth Standards were constructed by the Coordinating Team in the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development of the World Health Organization."--P. iv.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-238).

Nota di contenuto

COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Executive summary; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. METHODOLOGY; 3. CONSTRUCTION OF THE WEIGHT VELOCITY STANDARDS; 4. CONSTRUCTION OF THE LENGTH VELOCITY STANDARDS; 5. CONSTRUCTION OF THE HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE



VELOCITY STANDARDS; 6. COMPUTATION OF CENTILES AND Z-SCORES FOR VELOCITIES BASEDON WEIGHT, LENGTH AND HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; 7. DISCUSSION; 8. BIBLIOGRAPHY; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C

Sommario/riassunto

The WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study> (MGRS) was implemented between 1997 and 2003 to generate new curves for assessing the growth and development of children the world over. The MGRS collected primary growth data and related information from 8440 healthy breastfed infants and young children from diverse ethnic backgrounds and cultural settings (Brazil, Ghana, India, Norway, Oman and USA). A key component of the MGRS design was a longitudinal cohort of children who were examined in a sequence of 21 visits starting at birth and ending at 24 months of age. A principal rationale for the lon