1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972661603321

Autore

Cossette Andre

Titolo

Humanism and libraries : an essay on the philosophy of librarianship / / by Andre Cossette; translated and edited by Rory Litwin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Duluth, MN, : Library Juice Press, 2009

ISBN

1-936117-31-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (103 p.)

Disciplina

020

Soggetti

Library science - Philosophy

Libraries - Aims and objectives

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""; ""Part 1 Concepts and Problems in the Philosophy of Librarianship""; ""Part 2 Elements of the Philosophy of Librarianship""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Andr Cossette's Humanism and Libraries is a concise but rigorous investigation into the foundations of librarianship-its definition and its aims. Philosophical and logical in its approach, it is intended to provide solid ground and unity for professional practice. Though the work was originally published in French in 1976 in Quebec by ASTED, Library Juice Press has found it to have enduring relevance and value, and has therefore made this English translation. The book includes a preface that makes the case for reading a work from the 1970s on library philosophy, and a set of "questions for reflection" following the text.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955119503321

Autore

Sackman Douglas Cazaux <1968->

Titolo

Wild men : Ishi and Kroeber in the wilderness of modern America / / Douglas C. Sackman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2010

ISBN

9786612384448

0-19-974587-0

1-282-38444-9

0-19-974250-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 p.)

Collana

New narratives in American history

Disciplina

301.2092

Soggetti

Yana Indians

Anthropologists - United States

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

Contents; Acknowledgments; PROLOGUE: One Small Step; One: THE YAHI IN THREE WORLDS; Two: THE ANTHROPOLOGIST IN THREE WORLDS; Three: "WORLDS OF STUFF"; Four: MAKING TRACKS; Five: CITY LIGHTS; Six: NATURE WALKS IN THE CITY AND THE SIERRAS; Seven: THE CALL OF THE WILD; Eight: DEATH MASK; EPILOGUE: The Hearth of Prometheus and the Wilderness of Ishi; AFTERWORD: Google Earth, Earthquake Weather; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In late August of 1911, from deep within the shadows of a remote canyon in northern California, an Indian of the Yahi people, long-believed to have disappeared, suddenly showed himself. A fugitive, he had hidden for decades from the lethal gaze of white intruders, keeping fires small and wiping the earth clean of his footprints. The sheriff took him into custody, and, having no better place for him, put him in the cell reserved for those who were not quite right in the head-the insane. The man soon aroused local and then national curiosity, and was christened the Wild Man or Wild Indian. Alfre



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970821903321

Autore

Burgess Michael <1949->

Titolo

Federalism and European union : the building of Europe, 1950-2000 / / Michael Burgess

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-134-73678-9

1-134-73679-7

0-203-46532-6

1-280-31782-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Disciplina

341.242/2/09

341.242209

Soggetti

Federal government - European Union countries

European federation - History - 20th century

Nation-state

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

1. Federalism, the state and the European idea -- 2. Federalism and federation in Western Europe: the theoretical discourse -- 3. Federalism and the building of Europe, 1950-72 -- 4. Federalism and the struggle for European Union, 1973-84 -- 5. Federalism, European Union and the Single European Act, 1985-88 -- 6. Maastricht: the last treaty of the Cold War, 1989-93 -- 7. From Maastricht to Amsterdam, 1994-98 -- 8. The European Union as an intellectual puzzle: federal and confederal elements in European integration -- 9. Federalism and European Union: fin de siecle.

Sommario/riassunto

A revisionist interpretation of the post-war evolution of European integration and the European Union (EU), this book reappraises and reassesses conventional explanations of European integration.  It adopts a federalist approach which supplements state-based arguments with federal political ideas, influences and strategies. By exploring the philosophical and historical origins of federal ideas and tracing their influence throughout the whole of the EU's evolution, the book makes a significant contribution to the scholarly debate about the



nature and development of the EU.The book looks at