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UNINA9910455590703321 |
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Warwick Paul <1947-> |
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Culture, Structure, or Choice? [[electronic resource] ] : Essays in the Interpretation of the British Experience |
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New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007 |
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1-280-65605-0 |
0-87586-271-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (268 p.) |
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Consensus (Social sciences) |
Great Britain -- Economic conditions |
Right of property -- Great Britain |
Consensus (Social sciences) - Great Britain |
Legitimacy of governments - Great Britain |
Capitalism - Great Britain |
Right of property |
Protestantism |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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CULTURE, STRUCTURE, OR CHOICE? Essays in the Interpretation of the British Experience; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Part A PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES; Chapter 1 The Dilemma of Culturalism; Chapter 2 The Alternatives to Culturalism; Part B ISSUES AND ANSWERS; Chapter 3 Was Britain Different? Protestantism, Property Rights, and State Power in the Rise of Modern Capitalism; Chapter 4 Did Britain Change? An Inquiry into the Causes of Economic Decline; Chapter 5 Why Has Britain Persisted? The Uncertain Bases of Political Support in the British Polity; Part C REPRISE |
Chapter 6 Some Lessons from the Issues Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index |
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The study of politics has been profoundly influenced in the post-war era by the introduction of concepts and explanations that highlight the |
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role of culturally determined norms and values in shaping the political process.This study examines three main perspectives from which the social sciences are discussed, and compares the divergent theories by which social, economic, and political phenomena may be explained. Rational-choice theory is contrasted with the structuralist and the culturalist perspectives. The controversy is then given substance through the introduction of three issues central |
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UNINA9910697545803321 |
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Chemistry of runoff and shallow ground water at the Cattlemans detention basin site, South Lake Tahoe, California, August 2000-November 2001 [[electronic resource] /] / by David E. Prudic ... [and others] ; prepared in cooperation with the El Dorado County Department of Transportation, Tahoe Engineering Division |
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Carson City, Nev. : , : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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v, 39 pages : digital, PDF file |
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Scientific investigations report ; ; 2004-5254 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Water chemistry - California - South Lake Tahoe |
Storm water retention basins - Environmental aspects - California - South Lake Tahoe |
Urban runoff - California - South Lake Tahoe |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from PDF title screen (viewed on June 6, 2005). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-39). |
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UNINA9910815464203321 |
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Autore |
Haviland Sara Rzeszutek |
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James and Esther Cooper Jackson : love and courage in the Black freedom movement / / Sara Rzeszutek Haviland |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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0-8131-6673-X |
0-8131-6626-8 |
0-8131-6627-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (385 p.) |
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Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century |
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African American civil rights workers |
African American political activists |
African American communists |
Married people - United States |
African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century |
Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: Love and activism -- Jack and Esther's paths to activism and each other -- Radical marriage on the front lines of the double victory campaign -- The demise of the Black popular front in the postwar period -- Family and the Black freedom movement in the early Cold War years -- The Communist Party USA and Black freedom in the 1950s -- Radical journalism in the civil rights years -- Freedomways, the Communist Party USA, and Black freedom in the post-civil rights years -- Conclusion: Esther and Jack in American history. |
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This collective biography of James and Esther Cooper Jackson argues that, in the face of major political transformations, activists responded to new political contexts and drew on their own personal needs, demands, and relationships to craft their contributions to the black freedom movement. |
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