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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787439303321

Autore

Fink Leon <1948->

Titolo

The long Gilded Age : American capitalism and the lessons of a new world order / / Leon Fink

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8122-2413-2

0-8122-9203-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

American Business, Politics, and Society

Disciplina

973.8

Soggetti

Capitalism - United States - History - 19th century

Capitalism - United States - History - 20th century

Labor - United States - History - 19th century

Labor - United States - History - 20th century

Globalization - History - 19th century

Globalization - History - 20th century

United States History 1865-1921

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The American Ideology -- Chapter 2. Great Strikes Revisited -- Chapter 3. The University and Industrial Reform -- Chapter 4. Labor’s Search for Legitimacy -- Chapter 5. Coming of Age in Internationalist Times -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

From the end of the nineteenth century through the first decades of the twentieth, the United States experienced unprecedented structural change. Advances in communication and manufacturing technology brought about a revolution for major industries such as railroads, coal, and steel. The still-growing nation established economic, political, and cultural entanglements with forces overseas. Local strikes in manufacturing, urban transit, and construction placed labor issues front and center in political campaigns, legislative corridors, church pulpits, and newspapers of the era. The Long Gilded Age considers the interlocking roles of politics, labor, and internationalism in the



ideologies and institutions that emerged at the turn of the twentieth century. Presenting a new twist on central themes of American labor and working-class history, Leon Fink examines how the American conceptualization of free labor played out in iconic industrial strikes, and how "freedom" in the workplace became overwhelmingly tilted toward individual property rights at the expense of larger community standards. He investigates the legal and intellectual centers of progressive thought, situating American policy actions within an international context. In particular, he traces the development of American socialism, which appealed to a young generation by virtue of its very un-American roots and influences. The Long Gilded Age offers both a transnational and comparative look at a formative era in American political development, placing this tumultuous period within a worldwide confrontation between the capitalist marketplace and social transformation.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815728903321

Autore

Einasto Jaan

Titolo

Dark matter and cosmic web story / / Jaan Einasto, Tartu University, Estonia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2014]

�2014

ISBN

981-4551-05-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 350 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits

Collana

Advanced series in astrophysics & cosmology ; ; volume14

Disciplina

523.1/126

Soggetti

Inflationary universe

Cosmology

Dark matter (Astronomy)

Astronomers - Estonia - Social conditions - 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

Preface; Contents; 1. Prologue; 2. Classical cosmological paradigm; 2.1 Astronomy in the first half of the 20th century; 2.1.1 The nature of



spiral nebulae; 2.1.2 The expansion and age of the Universe; 2.1.3 The mean density of matter in the Universe; 2.1.4 The distribution of galaxies; 2.1.5 Structure of the system of stellar populations; 2.1.6 The evolution of stars; 2.2 History of Estonia, my family roots, and Tartu Observatory; 2.2.1 A short history of Estonia; 2.2.2 My roots; 2.2.3 My early life and first steps in astronomy; 2.2.4 Liia

2.2.5 Tartu Observatory after the war, and the building of the new observatory3. Galactic models and dark matter in the solar vicinity; 3.1 Early Galactic models; 3.1.1 Early Galactic models and first hints of the presence of dark matter; 3.1.2 Density of matter in the Solar vicinity; 3.1.3 Galactic models by Parenago, Kuzmin, and Schmidt; 3.2 New Galactic models; 3.2.1 Search for better models; 3.2.2 Generalised exponential model; 3.2.3 Our Galaxy, system of galactic constants; 3.2.4 Mass-to-luminosity ratios of stellar populations; 3.2.5 Evolution of galaxies

3.2.6 Models of galaxies of the local group and M87 mass paradox in galaxies; 3.3 Tartu Observatory in the 1960's; 3.3.1 New observatory; 3.3.2 Philosophical seminars and New Year parties; 3.3.3 Space studies; 4. Global dark matter; 4.1 The discovery of global dark matter; 4.1.1 Galactic coronas; 4.1.2 Clusters and groups of galaxies; 4.1.3 Dynamics and morphology of companion galaxies; 4.1.4 Tallinn and Tbilisi dark matter discussions; 4.2 The confirmation of the presence of global dark matter; 4.2.1 Rotation curves of galaxies; 4.2.2 Mass-to-luminosity ratios of galaxies; 4.2.3 X-ray data

4.2.4 Gravitational lensing4.3 Dark matter in galaxies; 4.3.1 The density distribution of dark matter; 4.3.2 Distribution of luminous and dark matter in galaxies; 4.3.3 Universal rotation curve of galaxies; 4.3.4 The formation of galaxies; 4.3.5 Modern models of galaxies; 4.4 Tartu Observatory in the 1970's; 4.4.1 Computer revolution; 4.4.2 Life in the Observatory; 5. The cosmic web; 5.1 Early studies of spatial distribution of galaxies; 5.2 The discovery of the cosmic web; 5.2.1 Zeldovich question; 5.2.2 The Tallinn symposium on large scale structure of the Universe

5.2.3 Superclusters, filaments and voids5.3 Tartu Observatory in the early 1980's; 5.3.1 Southern base of Tartu Observatory; 5.3.2 Studies of ancient astronomy; 6. The nature of dark matter; 6.1 Baryonic dark matter; 6.1.1 Early discussions on the nature of dark matter; 6.1.2 Stellar or gaseous dark coronae; 6.1.3 Nucleosynthesis constraints of baryonic matter; 6.2 Non-baryonic dark matter; 6.2.1 Cosmic microwave background radiation; 6.2.2 Fluctuations of the CMB radiation; 6.2.3 Neutrinos as dark matter candidates; 6.2.4 Cold dark matter; 6.2.5 Dark matter in dwarf galaxies

6.2.6 Missing satellite problem and warm dark matter

Sommario/riassunto

The concepts of dark matter and the cosmic web are some of the most significant developments in cosmology in the past century. They have decisively changed the classical cosmological paradigm, which was first elaborated upon during the first half of the 20th century but ran into serious problems in the second half. Today, they are integral parts of modern cosmology, which explains everything from the Big Bang to inflation to the large scale structure of the Universe. Dark Matter and Cosmic Web Story describes the contributions that led to a paradigm shift from the Eastern point of view. It des