1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455590703321

Autore

Warwick Paul <1947->

Titolo

Culture, Structure, or Choice? [[electronic resource] ] : Essays in the Interpretation of the British Experience

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007

ISBN

1-280-65605-0

0-87586-271-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Disciplina

306.2

Soggetti

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.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

The study of politics has been profoundly influenced in the post-war era by the introduction of concepts and explanations that highlight the



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

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910697545803321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carson City, Nev. : , : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2005

Descrizione fisica

v, 39 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Scientific investigations report ; ; 2004-5254

Altri autori (Persone)

PrudicDavid E

Soggetti

Water chemistry - California - South Lake Tahoe

Storm water retention basins - Environmental aspects - California - South Lake Tahoe

Urban runoff - California - South Lake Tahoe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF title screen (viewed on June 6, 2005).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-39).



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910815464203321

Autore

Haviland Sara Rzeszutek

Titolo

James and Esther Cooper Jackson : love and courage in the Black freedom movement / / Sara Rzeszutek Haviland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-8131-6673-X

0-8131-6626-8

0-8131-6627-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Collana

Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century

Disciplina

323.092

B

Soggetti

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

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

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.