1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784339403321

Autore

Bramble Cate

Titolo

Architect's guide to feng shui [[electronic resource] ] : exploding the myth / / by Cate Bramble

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; London, : Architectural Press, 2003

ISBN

1-136-42951-4

1-281-01403-6

9786611014032

0-08-049390-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

133.3337

720

Soggetti

Feng shui

Architecture

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Architect's Guide to Feng Shui; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter 1 Introduction: global perspective; Chapter 2 Expert rules; Chapter 3 Protoscientific and pseudoscientific conventions; Chapter 4 Calculations; Chapter 5 Planning; Chapter 6 Environmental assessment; Chapter 7 Human factors; Chapter 8 Crime and its relation to the environment; Chapter 9 Structures; Chapter 10 An overview of the theory of time and space; Chapter 11 Form and shape theory in time and space theory; Chapter 12 Services

Chapter 13 Overlooked and overblown issues of drainage, water supply and storage, ventilation, electrical supply and installation, lighting, and soundChapter 14 Building elements; Chapter 15. Resources; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Cate Bramble has devoted her career to highlighting the differences between 'feng shui-lite' as a fashionable pursuit in contrast to the original intentions of the Chinese masters. Here she presents the authentic principles in a technical, no-nonsense pocket book specifically for architects. As clients become more demanding and the



competition for projects heats up, the architect is well advised to have many strings to their bow. This practical guide includes line illustrations that present the principles of feng shui, the Chinese art or practice in which a struct

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910952333403321

Titolo

Commentary in American life / / edited by Murray Friedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, : Temple University Press, c2005

ISBN

9786611093839

9781281093837

1281093831

9781592131112

1592131115

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FriedmanMurray <1926-2005.>

Disciplina

296/.05

Soggetti

Jews - United States - Politics and government

Jews - United States - Intellectual life

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 "America Is Home": Commentary Magazine and the Refocusing of the Community of Memory, 1945-1960; 2 Commentary: The Early Years; 3 The Jewishness of Commentary; 4 Commentary and the City: Getting It Right, Getting It Wrong; 5 What They Talked About When They Talked About Literature: Commentary in Its First Three Decades; 6 Commentary and the Common Culture; 7 Norman Podhoretz and the Cold War; 8 Joining the Ranks: Commentary and American Conservatism; 9 Commentary's Children: Neoconservatism in the Twenty-First Century; Notes; About the Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Founded by the American Jewish Committee in 1945 as a monthly journal of ""significant thought and opinion, Jewish affairs and contemporary issues,"" Commentary magazine has through the years



had a far-reaching impact on American politics and culture. Commentary in American Life traces this influence over time, especially in creating the neoconservative movement. The authors of each chapter also consider the ways the magazine shaped and reflected major cultural and literary trends in the United States. The end result offers a full accounting of one of the most important jour