Alpine-Mediterranean Geodynamics

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911019088803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : American Geophysical Union, 1982
• ISBN: 1-118-67024-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 pages)
• Disciplina: 551/.09182/2
• Soggetti: Geodynamics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Sommario/riassunto: The final report on geodynamic research in the Alpine-Mediterranean region would be incomplete without a brief historical sketch on the structure and activities of ICG-Working Group 3. It should also be regarded an appreciation to the members and sponsors of the working group who have taken, over many years, an active part in the life of the working group and thereby contributed to the remarkable progress in our knowledge and understanding of the geological evolution of this complex region.

The rise of professional society : England since 1880 / / Harold Perkin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910958357403321
• Autore: Perkin Harold James
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002
• ISBN: 1-134-41681-4; 1-134-41682-2; 1-138-15300-1; 0-203-40862-4; 0-585-46143-0; 1-280-06998-8
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (631 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.5/53/0942; 942.082
• Soggetti: Professions - England - History - 19th century; Professions - England - History - 20th century; Professions - England - Sociological aspects; Social classes - England - History - 19th century; Social classes - England - History - 20th century; England Social conditions 19th century; England 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 (p. 520-577) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction to the 2002 edition; Preface to the first edition; The meaning of professional society; Class versus hierarchy; Professional rivalries and the state; The culmination of the Industrial Revolution; The zenith of class society; The height of inequality; The climacteric of British capitalism; The decline of Liberal England; The fear of the poor; A segregated society; The riven middle class; Lives apart: the remaking of the working class; Class society and the professional ideal; Professionalism and property; The defence of property; The professional ideal and the origins of the welfare stateThe crisis of class society; The aborted pre-war crisis; The supreme test of class ; society; The crisis averted; A halfway house: society in war and peace; The great divide, 1914 18; Social change between the wars; The old order changeth; 'Money isn't everything'; Spiralists and burgesses; The road from Wigan Pier; Towards a corporate society; The corporate economy; The corporate state; The corporate society; The triumph of the professional ideal; The professional ideal and the decline of the industrial spirit; Professionalism and human capitalThe condescension of professionalism; The plateau of professional society; The Second World War and the revolution in expectations; 'Most of our people have never had it so good'; The bifurcation of the professional ideal; The persistence of class; The backlash against professional society; Professionalism under fire; Rolling back the state?; The resurgence of the free market ideology; Britain's economic decline and the political dilemma; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Rise of Professional Society lays out a stimulating and controversial framework for the study of British society, challenging accepted paradigms based on class analysis. Perkins argues that the non-capitalist ""professional class"" represents a new principle of social organization based on trained expertise and meritocracy, a ""forgotten middle class"" conveniently overlooked by classical social theorists.