1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456616803321

Autore

Levin Yuval

Titolo

Imagining the future [[electronic resource] ] : science and American democracy / / Yuval Levin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Encounter Books, 2008

ISBN

1-282-48788-4

9786612487880

1-59403-330-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 p.)

Collana

New Atlantis Books

Disciplina

303.48/30973

Soggetti

Science - Political aspects - United States

Science - Forecasting

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-142) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The moral challenge of modern science -- The crisis of everyday life -- Two cultures? -- Two visions of the future -- Science and the left -- Science and the right -- Conclusion.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787284103321

Autore

Shin Gi-Wook

Titolo

Peasant protest & social change in colonial Korea / / Gi-Wook Shin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, Washington ; ; London, England : , : The University of Washington Press, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

0-295-80512-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Korean studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies

Disciplina

951.9/03/08624

Soggetti

Peasant uprisings - Korea - History

Land tenure - Korea - History

Social movements - Korea - History

Korea History Japanese occupation, 1910-1945

Korea History 1864-1910

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""; ""Preface""; ""Chronology""; ""Note on Romanization""; ""Introduction ""; ""1/ Explaining Peasant Protest: An Integrated View""; ""2/ Social Change and Land Tenure in Traditional Korea""; ""3/ Colonialism and Korean Agriculture: Growth without Development""; ""4/ Tenant-Landlord Conflict, 1920-32: Ideology or Interest? ""; ""5/ The Red Peasant Union Movement, 1930-39, Part I: An Overview and Critique""; ""6/ The Red Peasant Union Movement, 1930-39, Part II: History from Below""; ""7/ Tenant-Landlord Conflict, 1933-39: Class and Nation ""

""8/ Japanese Militarism and Everyday Forms of Resistance, 1940-44 """"9/ Historical Origins of Peasant Radicalism in Liberated Korea ""; ""Conclusion: Toward Reform and Revolution ""; ""Appendix 1: Main Activities of Red Peasant Unions ""; ""Appendix 2: Peasant Radicalism Index in Relation to Number of Red Peasant Unions and Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Religious Variables ""; ""Appendix 3: Leadership Characteristics in Selected Red Peasant Unions""; ""Appendix 4: List of Counties Analyzed ""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""