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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463932703321

Autore

Czarniawska-Joerges Barbara

Titolo

A city reframed : managing Warsaw in the 1990s / / Barbara Czarniawska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-315-08004-4

1-134-43374-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (171 p.)

Collana

Cities and Regions : Planning, Policy and Management, , 1027-1007 ; ; Volume 4

Disciplina

307.76094384

Soggetti

City planning - Poland - Warsaw

Urban renewal - Poland - Warsaw

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2000 by Harwood Academic Publishers.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction to the Series; Preface; Acknowledgments; Key to Transcripts and Quotations; 1 Warsaw - A Chronotope; 2 Metro Carries You to the Past and into the Future; 3 Pure, Live Water; 4 Rich, Parsimonious and Thrifty; 5 An Intense Translating Program; 6 On Oblivion and Hybrid Organizing; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Management of big cities is a relatively unresearched area, as compared to city planning and city governance. A study of Warsaw city management reveals the transformation process typically found in European countries in political and economic transition. In A City Reframed, Czarniawska conceptualises city management as an ""action-net"" under transformation, where three types of action are in focus: ""muddling through"", or coping with daily problems; ""reframing"", or changing the frame of interpretation of the world in order to take successful action; and ""anchoring"", the testing



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777744103321

Autore

Eastman Charles Alexander <1858-1939.>

Titolo

Indian boyhood [[electronic resource] /] / Charles A. Eastman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Scituate, Mass., : Digital Scanning, 2001

ISBN

1-58218-685-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Soggetti

Indian children

Dakota Indians

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Indian boyhood. New York: McClure, Philips & Co., 1902.

Nota di contenuto

Indian Boyhood; Contents; CHAPTER I - EARLIEST RECOLLECTIONS; I: Hakadah, "The Pitiful Last"; II: Early Hardships; III: My Indian Grandmother; IV: An Indian Sugar Camp; V: A Midsummer Feast; CHAPTER II - AN INDIAN BOY'S TRAINING; CHAPTER III - MY PLAYS AND PLAYMATES; I: Games and Sports; II: My Playmates; III: The Boy Hunter; CHAPTER IV - HAKADAH'S FIRST OFFERING; CHAPTER V - FAMILY TRADITIONS; I: A Visit to Smoky Day; II: The Stone Boy; CHAPTER VI - EVENING IN THE LODGE; I: Evening in the Lodge; II: Adventures of My Uncle; CHAPTER VII - THE END OF THE BEAR DANCE; I: A Legend of Devil's Lake

II: Manitoshaw's HuntingCHAPTER X - INDIAN LIFE AND ADVENTURE; I: Life in the Woods; II: A Winter Camp; III: Wild Harvests; IV: A Meeting on the Plains; V: An Adventurous Journey; Full Page Illustrations; The Great Mystery; Ohiyesa and Chatanna; Evening in the Lodge; The Courtship of Manitoshaw