Radical ambition [[electronic resource] ] : C. Wright Mills, the left, and American social thought / / Daniel Geary |
Autore | Geary Daniel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
Disciplina | 301.092 |
Soggetto topico | Sociology - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
1950s
20th century america american culture american politics american socialism american sociology american studies biography c wright mills intellectual thinkers international politics labor movement left wing thought liberal intellectuals new left nonfiction old left political left political outsiders politics radical politics radical socialism radicalism and revolution rebellion retrospective social critics social thought sociologists united states |
ISBN |
1-282-77256-2
9786612772566 0-520-94344-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Maverick on a Motorcycle? The Thought and Times of C. Wright Mills -- 1. Student Ambitions: The Education of a Social Scientist -- 2. What Is Happening in the World Today: Weberian Sociology and Radical Political Analysis -- 3. The Union of the Power and the Intellect: The Labor Movement and Bureau-Driven Social Research -- 4. The New Little Men: 'White Collar' -- 5. The Politics of Truth: 'The Power Elite' and 'The Sociological Imagination' -- 6. Worldly Ambitions: The Emergence of a Global New Left -- Epilogue: The Legacy of C. Wright Mills -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827181903321 |
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Rediscovering America : Japanese Perspectives on the American Century / / Peter Duus, Kenji Hasegawa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (357 p.) |
Disciplina | 327.7305209/04 |
Collana | Twentieth Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power |
Soggetto topico |
Japan - Relations - United States
Japan -- Relations -- United States Public opinion - Japan Public opinion -- Japan United States - Civilization - 20th century - Foreign public opinion, Japanese United States -- Civilization -- 20th century -- Foreign public opinion, Japanese United States - Foreign public opinion, Japanese United States -- Foreign public opinion, Japanese United States - Relations - Japan United States -- Relations -- Japan Regions & Countries - Americas History & Archaeology United States - General |
Soggetto non controllato |
19th century america
20th century america america and japan america in war american culture american ethnic diversity american history american immigration american society american values american wealth asian politics asian studies coming to america cultural studies immigration and immigrants international relations japanese academics japanese americans japanese businessmen japanese journalists japanese politicians melting pot postwar america postwar periods us economy us history |
ISBN |
1-283-27852-9
9786613278524 0-520-95037-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Illusion and Disillusion -- Chapter 2. Students and Immigrants -- Chapter 3. Modan America -- Chapter 4. The American Enemy -- Chapter 5. The American Occupiers -- Chapter 6. America Ascendant -- Chapter 7. America in Decline -- Notes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781312603321 |
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Rediscovering America : Japanese Perspectives on the American Century / / Peter Duus, Kenji Hasegawa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (357 p.) |
Disciplina | 327.7305209/04 |
Collana | Twentieth Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power |
Soggetto topico |
Japan - Relations - United States
Japan -- Relations -- United States Public opinion - Japan Public opinion -- Japan United States - Civilization - 20th century - Foreign public opinion, Japanese United States -- Civilization -- 20th century -- Foreign public opinion, Japanese United States - Foreign public opinion, Japanese United States -- Foreign public opinion, Japanese United States - Relations - Japan United States -- Relations -- Japan Regions & Countries - Americas History & Archaeology United States - General |
Soggetto non controllato |
19th century america
20th century america america and japan america in war american culture american ethnic diversity american history american immigration american society american values american wealth asian politics asian studies coming to america cultural studies immigration and immigrants international relations japanese academics japanese americans japanese businessmen japanese journalists japanese politicians melting pot postwar america postwar periods us economy us history |
ISBN |
1-283-27852-9
9786613278524 0-520-95037-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Illusion and Disillusion -- Chapter 2. Students and Immigrants -- Chapter 3. Modan America -- Chapter 4. The American Enemy -- Chapter 5. The American Occupiers -- Chapter 6. America Ascendant -- Chapter 7. America in Decline -- Notes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820261403321 |
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Restless souls [[electronic resource] ] : the making of American spirituality / / Leigh E. Schmidt |
Autore | Schmidt Leigh Eric |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
Disciplina | 204.0973 |
Soggetto topico | Spirituality - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
american culture
american history american religion books for history lovers comparative religion easy to read educational books engaging evolution of religion faith god and religion history of religion how to meditate how to relax learning from experts leisure reads meditation nonfiction books philosophy religion religion and politics religion and spirituality religions in america religious cultures religious movements religious studies scholarly written sociology of religion yoga |
ISBN |
1-283-54323-0
9786613855688 0-520-95411-4 9780520954113 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface To The Second Edition -- Introduction: Spirituality In The Making -- Chapter One. Mystic Club -- Chapter Two. Solitude -- Chapter Three. The Piety Of The World -- Chapter Four. Meditation For Americans -- Chapter Five. Freedom And Self-Surrender -- Chapter Six. Seekers -- Epilogue: Be Gentle With Yourself -- Notes -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Making of American spirituality |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791930903321 |
Schmidt Leigh Eric
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Restless souls : the making of American spirituality / / Leigh E. Schmidt |
Autore | Schmidt Leigh Eric |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
Disciplina | 204.0973 |
Soggetto topico | Spirituality - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
american culture
american history american religion books for history lovers comparative religion easy to read educational books engaging evolution of religion faith god and religion history of religion how to meditate how to relax learning from experts leisure reads meditation nonfiction books philosophy religion religion and politics religion and spirituality religions in america religious cultures religious movements religious studies scholarly written sociology of religion yoga |
ISBN |
1-283-54323-0
9786613855688 0-520-95411-4 9780520954113 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface To The Second Edition -- Introduction: Spirituality In The Making -- Chapter One. Mystic Club -- Chapter Two. Solitude -- Chapter Three. The Piety Of The World -- Chapter Four. Meditation For Americans -- Chapter Five. Freedom And Self-Surrender -- Chapter Six. Seekers -- Epilogue: Be Gentle With Yourself -- Notes -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Making of American spirituality |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812536003321 |
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Ride, boldly ride [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution of the American western / / Mary Lea Bandy and Kevin Stoehr |
Autore | Bandy Mary Lea |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 pages) |
Disciplina |
791.436/278
791.4365878 |
Altri autori (Persone) | StoehrKevin <1967-> |
Soggetto topico |
Western films - United States - History and criticism
Cowboys - West (U.S.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century film production
american culture american history books about movie production books for movie lovers clint eastwood fans educational books film and cinema film studies filmmaking history of western genre how to write a western film learning while reading leisure reads media studies myth and history nonfiction books old western productions performing arts postwar movies true grit western movie genre wild west culture wild west development |
ISBN |
1-283-62279-3
0-520-95347-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Diverse Perspectives in Silent Westerns: Landscape, Morality, and the Native American -- 2. Not at Home on the Range: Women against the Frontier in The Wind -- 3. "He Went That- Away": The Comic Western and Ruggles of Red Gap -- 4. Landscape and Standard- Setting in the 1930's Western: The Big Trail and Stagecoach -- 5. Indian- Fighting, Nation- Building, and Homesteading in the A-Western: Northwest Passage and The Westerner -- 6. Howard Hawks and John Wayne: Red River and El Dorado -- 7. The Postwar Psychological Western (1946- 1956): My Darling Clementine to Jubal -- 8. John Ford's Later Masterpieces: The Searchers and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance -- 9. The Existential and Revisionist Western: Comanche Station to The Wild Bunch and Beyond -- 10. Eastwood and the American Western: High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales, and Unforgiven -- 11. Coda: From Lonesome Dove (1989) to Cowboys and Aliens (2011) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785725603321 |
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Ride, boldly ride [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution of the American western / / Mary Lea Bandy and Kevin Stoehr |
Autore | Bandy Mary Lea |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 pages) |
Disciplina |
791.436/278
791.4365878 |
Altri autori (Persone) | StoehrKevin <1967-> |
Soggetto topico |
Western films - United States - History and criticism
Cowboys - West (U.S.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century film production
american culture american history books about movie production books for movie lovers clint eastwood fans educational books film and cinema film studies filmmaking history of western genre how to write a western film learning while reading leisure reads media studies myth and history nonfiction books old western productions performing arts postwar movies true grit western movie genre wild west culture wild west development |
ISBN |
1-283-62279-3
0-520-95347-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Diverse Perspectives in Silent Westerns: Landscape, Morality, and the Native American -- 2. Not at Home on the Range: Women against the Frontier in The Wind -- 3. "He Went That- Away": The Comic Western and Ruggles of Red Gap -- 4. Landscape and Standard- Setting in the 1930's Western: The Big Trail and Stagecoach -- 5. Indian- Fighting, Nation- Building, and Homesteading in the A-Western: Northwest Passage and The Westerner -- 6. Howard Hawks and John Wayne: Red River and El Dorado -- 7. The Postwar Psychological Western (1946- 1956): My Darling Clementine to Jubal -- 8. John Ford's Later Masterpieces: The Searchers and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance -- 9. The Existential and Revisionist Western: Comanche Station to The Wild Bunch and Beyond -- 10. Eastwood and the American Western: High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales, and Unforgiven -- 11. Coda: From Lonesome Dove (1989) to Cowboys and Aliens (2011) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825202503321 |
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Saving the modern soul [[electronic resource] ] : therapy, emotions, and the culture of self-help / / Eva Illouz |
Autore | Illouz Eva <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4/613 |
Soggetto topico |
Social values - United States
Psychoanalysis and culture - United States Psychotherapy - Social aspects - United States Emotions - Social aspects - United States Social norms - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american culture
communicative ethic communicative rationality cultural sociology cultural studies emotional control emotional experiences emotional life feminism freud freudian charisma human condition identity intimacy magazine advice column marriage modern identity passion popular culture private consulting room psychoanalysis psychology pure emotion self help culture self help selfhood social organization sociology suffering support group therapeutic discourse therapeutic therapy trauma |
ISBN |
9786611385705
1-281-38570-0 1-4356-5360-2 0-520-94131-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Freud: A Cultural Innovator -- 3. From Homo economicus to Homo communicans -- 4. The Tyranny of Intimacy -- 5. Triumphant Suffering -- 6. A New Emotional Stratification? -- 7. Conclusion: Institutional Pragmatism in the Study of Culture -- Notes -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Culture of self-help |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782011603321 |
Illouz Eva <1961->
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Saving the modern soul [[electronic resource] ] : therapy, emotions, and the culture of self-help / / Eva Illouz |
Autore | Illouz Eva <1961-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4/613 |
Soggetto topico |
Social values - United States
Psychoanalysis and culture - United States Psychotherapy - Social aspects - United States Emotions - Social aspects - United States Social norms - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american culture
communicative ethic communicative rationality cultural sociology cultural studies emotional control emotional experiences emotional life feminism freud freudian charisma human condition identity intimacy magazine advice column marriage modern identity passion popular culture private consulting room psychoanalysis psychology pure emotion self help culture self help selfhood social organization sociology suffering support group therapeutic discourse therapeutic therapy trauma |
ISBN |
9786611385705
1-281-38570-0 1-4356-5360-2 0-520-94131-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Freud: A Cultural Innovator -- 3. From Homo economicus to Homo communicans -- 4. The Tyranny of Intimacy -- 5. Triumphant Suffering -- 6. A New Emotional Stratification? -- 7. Conclusion: Institutional Pragmatism in the Study of Culture -- Notes -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Culture of self-help |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826621803321 |
Illouz Eva <1961->
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The self-help myth : how philanthropy fails to alleviate poverty / / Erica Kohl-Arenas |
Autore | Kohl-Arenas Erica <1968-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.5/57097945 |
Collana | Poverty, Interrupted |
Soggetto topico |
Farmers - California - Central Valley (Valley)
Charities - California - Central Valley (Valley) Poverty - California - Central Valley (Valley) Immigrants - California - Central Valley (Valley) |
Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture production regions
agriculture american culture american poverty american studies antipoverty programs antipoverty behavior of poor people california case studies central valley charity civic participation farms and farmers food banks government and governing inequality migrant farm workers migrants mutual prosperity philanthropy politics poverty studies poverty relationships of power religious organizations theories of change traditional american ideals united states of america |
ISBN | 0-520-95929-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER ONE. Private Philanthropy and the Self-Help Myth -- CHAPTER TWO. The Hustling Arm of the Union: Nonprofit Institutionalization and the Compromises of Cesar Chavez -- CHAPTER THREE. Foundation-Driven Collaborative Initiatives: Civic Participation for What? -- CHAPTER FOUR. Selling Mutual Prosperity: Worker-Grower Partnerships and the "Win-Win" Paradigm -- CHAPTER FIVE. Conclusion -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797784803321 |
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