1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451055403321

Autore

Mandel Daniel <1964, >

Titolo

H.V. Evatt and the establishment of Israel : the undercover Zionist / / Daniel Mandel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Portland : , : Frank Cass, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-75581-7

1-280-07705-0

0-203-32358-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Collana

Cass series--Israeli history, politics, and society, , 1368-4795 ; ; 36

Disciplina

327.94

Soggetti

Statesmen - Australia

Zionism

Electronic books.

Australia Foreign relations 1945-

Israel History 1948-1967

Palestine History 1929-1948

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 (p. [287]-309) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; 'A Wild Colonial Boy'; 'A Rigorous System of Suppression'; 'Questions of Colour and Groups of Nations'; 'Explain the Whole Thing to Evatt'; 'A Test of Our Powers, and Our Independence'; 'A Narrow Line'; 'Gravest Challenge Yet to Nations'; 'What Would You Do About Palestine?'; 'Naturally, I Am Taking a Purely Objective View'; 'Intrigues Directed Against the Jewish People'; 'The Use of Force Would Not be Actively Opposed'; 'Position is Being Watched Sympathetically'; 'As Inevitable as it is Just'

'It is a Matter of Degree''More Pious than Pius'; Conclusion; Epilogue; Select Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a valuable study of Evatt the Zionist, as well as illuminating a fascinating political figure.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777004703321

Autore

Woods Thomas E

Titolo

The church confronts modernity [[electronic resource] ] : Catholic intellectuals and the progressive era / / Thomas E. Woods, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-322-35345-X

0-231-50687-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Collana

Religion and American culture

Disciplina

282/.73/09034

Soggetti

Christianity and culture - United States - History - 19th century

Civilization, Modern - 19th century

Christianity and culture - United States - History - 20th century

Civilization, Modern - 20th century

United States Church history 19th century

United States Church history 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Columbia University.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-219) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Stage is Set -- 2. The Challenge of Pragmatism -- 3. Sociology and The Study of Man -- 4. Assimilation and Resistance: Catholics and Progressive Education -- 5. Economics and The Social Question -- 6. Against Syncretism -- Epilogue. Into The Future -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

As the twentieth century opened, American intellectuals grew increasingly sympathetic to Pragmatism and empirical methods in the social sciences. The Progressive program as a whole--in the form of Pragmatism, education, modern sociology, and nationalism--seemed to be in agreement on one thing: everything was in flux. The dogma and "absolute truth" of the Church were archaisms, unsuited to modern American citizenship and at odds with the new public philosophy being forged by such intellectuals as John Dewey, William James, and the New Republic magazine. Catholics saw this new public philosophy as at least partly an attack on them. Focusing on the Catholic intellectual critique of modernity during the period immediately before and after the turn of



the twentieth century, this provocative and original book examines how the Catholic Church attempted to retain its identity in an age of pluralism. It shows a Church fundamentally united on major issues--quite unlike the present-day Catholic Church, which has been the site of a low-intensity civil war since the close of the Second Vatican Council in 1965. Defenders of the faith opposed James, Dewey, and other representatives of Pragmatism as it played out in ethics, education, and nationalism. Their goals were to found an economic and political philosophy based on natural law, to appropriate what good they could find in Progressivism to the benefit of the Church, and to make America a Catholic country. The Church Confronts Modernity explores how the decidedly nonpluralistic institution of Christianity responded to an increasingly pluralistic intellectual environment. In a culture whose chief value was pluralism, they insisted on the uniqueness of the Church and the need for making value judgments based on what they considered a sound philosophy of humanity. In neither capitulating to the new creed nor retreating into a self-righteous isolation, American Catholic intellectuals thus laid the groundwork for a half-century of intellectual vitality.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798793703321

Autore

Eaton Emily <1980->

Titolo

Fault lines : life and landscape in Saskatchewan's oil economy / / text by Emily Eaton ; photographs by Valerie Zink

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Winnipeg, Manitoba : , : University of Manitoba Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-88755-516-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 p.)

Disciplina

338.27282097124

Soggetti

Petroleum industry and trade - Saskatchewan

Petroleum industry and trade - Saskatchewan - Employees - Social conditions

Rural conditions

Rural development - Saskatchewan

Small cities - Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Pictorial works

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Map; A Note on the Photographs; Introduction; The Past, Present, and Future of Oil in Saskatchewan; Hosting the Oil Industry; Working the Oil Industry; Servicing the Boom; Resisting the Oil Industry; Conclusion; Notes