Book DescriptionAntonín Kratochvíl was born in Czechoslovakia in 1947, the son of a local photographer, and the youngest of three children On September 13, 1967, unable to endure the persecution in his homeland, he escaped under the barbed wire of the country's border with Austria A four-year period of refugee camps, hostile foreign countries, обюэх and separation from family and friends ensued In 1972, Kratochvíl moved to the United States' West Coast to begin work as an editorial photographer and photojournalist Practicing in the tradition of humanist photography, he has since captured countless pictures around the world of social unrest and war, documenting people in extreme situations and crisis conditions The inhuman situation of children in economically weak parts of the globe is a topic returned to frequently In the essay that accompanies this retrospective of his life's work, fellow photo- and print journalist Michael Persson notes that Kratochvíls accomplishments have been a retracing in pictorial form of his own hellish life He has chosen to document those who are alone, forgotten, reviled, and punished, much in the same way that he himself was treated This volume is the first to provide an overview of his thematically organized publications Broken Dream, Mercy, Incognito, and Sopravvivere Essay by Michael Persson Paperback, 6 25 x 7 in / 144 pgs / 92 duotones.  Pass   57.1   Bett   Bett2004 г 141 стр ISBN 8072152009.

Book DescriptionMore than any other country in the world, it is Italy that we turn to for gastronomic inspiration 101 Beautiful Towns of Italy: Food and Wine takes readers along on a one-of-a-kind tour through the tantalizing tastes of Italy's varied landscape to explore hilltop and seaside towns, where the flavors of Italy scent the air, a good обюэь meal is considered the highest form of art, and a fine bottle of wine is never hard to come by In Alba, savor the refined taste of the white truffle accompanied by a hearty glass of Barolo Head to Parma for a sampling of prosciutto di Parma, and don't forget to pick up a wheel of parmigiano-reggiano Travel to the hills of Tuscany, where a glass of red Vino Nobile di Montepulciano accompanies your meal of filetto d'anatra con tartufo (truffled duck breast) and to Campania, home of Naples, the Amalfi coastline, and, of course, pizza, in its many forms, but almost always topped with mozzarella di bufala Descriptive sidebars key readers in to the best restaurants in town, where to buy the ingredients to prepare the dishes featured (and where to shop for the wine to accompany them) as well as tips on what to see during a visit A sprinkling of recipes rounds out this information-packed resource Included is an appendix with in-depth listings to help travelers plan their culinary journeys: what wine cellars to visit, where to dine, and how to navigate a busy market Whether you're an armchair traveler or an Italophile planning another trip, this volume provides an excellent guide.  отде   Шуре   Your   Skag2005 г 280 стр ISBN 0847827410.

This book features an amusing collection of signs from around the world Divided into chapters by type (animals, men, stop, danger, transport, children, toilets, work, "no!", etc ), the signs demonstrate how different cultures portray the icons with which we are all so familiar The diverse selection of photographs is accompanied by обююв texts describing the cultural and social significance of signs You may even learn things from this book that could save your life the next time you travel!.  Вятк   Unit   Семе   словСерия: ICONS.

Book DescriptionSome people once boldly predicted that photography would displace painting altogether Others asked whether a photograph could be art in the first place As it turned out, these two forms of expression have had a stimulating effect on oneanother during their long years of coexistence The Image Regained illustrates, with works обююе by outstanding contemporary artists and photographers, the intensity and consequences of this exchange over the past twenty years Work by Amy Adler, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Rineke Dijkstra, Gilbert & George, Andreas Gursky, Amedeo Martegani, Elizabeth Peyton, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, Jeff Wall, and others reveals that, more frequently than not, the encounter between painting and photography has rocked our very understanding of the image Painting, under the influence of photography, is now finding its way back from the abstract to the figurative, whereas photography, in the 80s, claimed for itself the traditional painterly themes of portraiture and landscape The breaking with conventional modes of perception has by now become programmatic Paintings, for instance, now explore the properties of photography--the effects of light and shadow as well as blurred outlines for simulating different foci--and are hung next to photographs that suggest a painterly mode of creation As varied as the artistic directions documented here may be, one commitment remains common: the endeavour to look long and close at our world, and to make the viewer stop and think Includes Marco Franciolli, Elio Grazioli, Amy Adler, Sigmar Polke, Jeff Wall, Thomas Struth, Gerhard Richter, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Elizabeth Peyton, Amedeo Martegani, Andreas Gursky, Rineke Dijkstra, Gilbert & George, Cindy Sherman, amongst others Essay by Elio Grazioli Introduction by Marco Franciolli Paperback, 9 84 x 11 in , 176 pages, 100 color illustrations.  Mari   Stop   Yves   Mexo2003 г 176 стр ISBN 3775712682.

Набор тетрадей Boom "History of Power" состоит из 5 тетрадей в клеточку Обложка каждой тетради оформлена изображением самолетов В тетрадях уже есть очерченные поля На задней стороне обююи обложки находится таблица умножения и расписаны меры длины, меры объема, меры площади и меры массы Размер тетради: 16,5 см х 20 см Количество листов: 12 Страна-изготовитель: Россия Состав 5 тетрадей в клетку.  Mois   Terr   Robe   DreaКанцелярские товары , Бумага Элементов: 5 BOOM 2008 г ; Артикул: Т12МК08/5 041; Упаковка: Пакет.

Энергосберегающие лампы очень популярны благодаря своей высокой экономичности, большому сроку службы и низкому потреблению электроэнергии Коэффициент полезного действия обююо у энергосберегающей лампы в 5 раз больше чем у обычной лампы накаливания, таким образом, при выборе энергосберегающей ламы ее потребляемую мощность нужно умножить на 5, и полученное число будет соответствовать мощности лампы накаливания Преимущества лампы "Compak": плата за свет в 5 раз меньше, чем при использовании лампы накаливания компактный размер пожаробезопасна моментальное включение отсутствие слепящего эффекта высокое качество светопередачи (Ra›80) стабильный световой поток Лампы серии "Mini" с уменьшенной длинной разрядной трубки позволили обеспечить резкое снижение длины лампы Лампы устроены таким образом, что могут непосредственно вворачиваться в патрон для обычной лампы Характеристики: Материал: стекло, металл Диаметр: 4 см Длина: 9,5 см Свет: желтый Тип цоколя: E14 Мощность: 11 Вт Соответствующая мощность лампы накаливания: 55 Вт Производитель: Швеция Артикул: 6U11YE14 Компания Compak - шведская инжиниринговая компания, работающая в области улучшения и производства высокотехнологичных продуктов Приоритетным направлением деятельности для компании является разработка и улучшение уже существующих энергосберегающих технологий для дома и офиса.  Barb   Maxt   stop   CanoСерия: Mini.

Book DescriptionThe first edition of this popular book for collectors was published in 1990 and ended the story of Minox in 1989 Since then a lot has happened to Minox, including bankruptcy and then the take over by Leica GmbH This new edition brings the story up-to-date, and includes many new color and black and white photos Morris Moses is the leading обююх American authority on the Minox camera and was the author of the major part of this book He has traced the history of Minox and its inventor, Walter Zapp, whose vision of a high quality, very small camera began with pre-war production in Latvia He continues the story through the post-war move to what was then West Germany, describing the history and specifications of the subminiature cameras, coupled with stories and photographs of how they were used in covert operations, alongside others taken with the Minox, sometimes illegally He also covers the birth of the 35mm Minox, as well as details of advertising promotional items and microfilm equipment In this new edition, the story had been taken up by British author John Wade, who has completed the Minox history, from 1989 to the present, with the story of the Minox decline and subsequent revival when, first Rollei and then Leica made offers for the company He includes details of all the cameras launched since 1989 in the subminiature, 35mm, and Advanced Photo System (APS) formats, as well as the first autofocus models, special editions, new accessories, and the introduction of Minox binoculars.  Nadi   Rand   Жадь   12802003 г 240 стр ISBN 1874707286.

Book Description This updated, up-to-the minute manual on Photoshop's Elements includes information on the third and latest version of this extremely popular software program--just released this very season All the new features, such as RAW file support, automated program detection, and one-click correction are thoroughly covered with обюяб visuals such as screenshots and tool boxes With hundreds of images and hands-on projects, the guide walks digital camera enthusiasts through all the ins and outs of the hardware and software, including cameras, computers, storage, printers, and scanners Find out about image film formats, and how to save pictures on the web and improve the composition and quality of a photo by cropping, rotating, flipping, or resizingthe image Even simulate traditional darkroom procedures Every digital photographer who owns Photoshop Elements will want this.  Iron   Lowl   Morn   Robe2005 г 224 стр ISBN 1579907040.

Book Description A celebration of African-American culture, vividly captured in more than 500 stunning photographs Black, A Celebration of a Culture, presents the vibrant panorama of 20th-century black culture in America and around the world in more than 500 photographs from the turn of the last century to the present day Each photograph, hand-picked обюяж by Deborah Willis, America's leading historian of African-American photography, celebrates the world of music, art, fashion, sports, family, worship or play From Saturday night parties to Sunday morning worship, Jessie Owens to Barry Bonds, Ella Fitzgerald to Halle Berry, Black: A Celebration of a Culture is joyous and inspiring.  Enco   Мвкд   Соде   Amar2003 г 320 стр ISBN 1592580513.

Book Description The Art of Sport offers a striking collection of sporting pictures taken by Reuters photographers who have had the vision to see and capture extraordinary moments of prowess, drama and beauty from the world of sport A mixture of first-hand accounts and fine imagery, the photographs in this collection bring alive some of the most обюям colorful, eventful and memorable moments in recent sporting events from around the world They comprise a story with many threads--action, celebration,skill, power and grace--and offer some of the most spectacular and significant sporting images you will ever see Some will be familiar, others will jog memories, but most will be seen here for the first time, and all have a story behind them The Artof Sport sets each photograph in context, outlining the circumstances behind the image- how the photographers came to witness these events and how they managed to document them It showcases the two essential characteristics of the top sports photojournalist--a nose for a story and an eye for a photo.  Geni   Wind   Alex   Барк2003 г 192 стр ISBN 1903684129.

In his important new study, David Ringrose reexamines the history of Spain in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries He challenges the conventional ways of framing that history, questions the importance of the empire for peninsular Spain, and suggests that some of the seemingly dramatic modernization of the nineteenth century was already оделя under way in the eighteenth In addition, the emergence of a governing elite is placed in the context of family and patronage networks This challenging book will change our understanding of the history of modern Spain.  Bald   Digi   Chec   разгISBN 0521646308.

Самый необычный, яркий и самобытный коллектив в мире сегодняшней российской музыки - "Сурганова и Оркестр" родился ровно два года назад в Петербурге В то время, когда пресса одемз жадно муссировала причины раскола дуэта "Ночные Снайперы", Светлана, лишившись всех прав на уже известный брэнд, создает новый коллектив "Сурганова и Оркестр" Летом они записывают и издают свой первый альбом "Неужели не я", который завоевывает премию "Золотая Пластинка Национальной Федерации Производителей Фонограмм"! Стиль музыки можно охарактеризовать как VIP-Punk-Decadence: VIP - эстетически выверенный сценический образ; Punk - энергичная, драйвовая, искренняя подача и жанровая эклектичность; Decadence - изысканная и интеллигентная, но доступная при этом поэзия Новый альбом Светланы Сургановой включает в себя 14 композиций Абсолютно новые аранжировки и полиинструментальное звучание сделали свое дело - песни "Корабли", "Ангел" и "Весна" - вот первые ласточки и вместе с тем хиты нового альбома Светлана Сурганова: "Альбом "Возлюбленная Шопена" - это 14 маленьких шедевров Эта музыка для абсолютно разных людей, объединяет их только одно - все они когда-то пережили потерю близкого человека" Светлана решила изменить традиционную манеру звучания альбома Треки на "Возлюбленной Шопена" звучат в режиме нон-стоп, а паузы между песнями заполняют фортепьянные миниатюры в стилистике шопеновской эпохи Светлана соскучилась по скрипке, а скрипка очень долго ждала Сурганову - и вот теперь впервые после долгого перерыва баланс восстановлен - на альбоме "Возлюбленная Шопена" скрипка будет, и не одна В дорогое издание альбома вошел бонус-трек: песня "Дождь" на стихи Ф Г Лорки, а кроме того большой красочный буклет с фотографиями самой Светланы Эксклюзивное лимитированное издание содержит: Авторский "дорогущий" DJ Pack Многостраничный буклет с фотографиями и текстами песен Бонусы: фотоальбом, видеоклип "Корабли" Упрощенное издание альбома - здесь Содержание 1 Интродукция 2 Так начинался день 3 Ангел седой 4 Молитва мольберту 5 Дождь (сл Федерико Гарсиа Лорки, перевод В Парнаха) (бонус) 6 Я знаю женщину 7 Путник милый 8 Корабли 9 Энергетический вампир 10 Ворон 11 Весна 12 Горе по небу 13 Белые люди 14 Оставь 15 Корабли (видеоклип) Исполнитель "Сурганова и Оркестр" "Сурганова и "Оркестр" - это сольный проект Светланы Сургановой , известной широкой публике в качестве одной из создательниц дуэта "Ночные Снайперы" Группа играет в стиле VIP-Punk-Decadence (сокращенно - VPD), что.  EHLP   Tatt   Svia   DaviФормат: Audio CD (Подарочное оформление) Дистрибьютор: Торговая Фирма "Никитин" Лицензионные товары Характеристики аудионосителей 2005 г Альбом: Российское издание.

This history of the English royal manor of Havering, Essex, illustrates life at one extreme of the spectrum of personal and collective freedom during the later Middle Ages, revealing the kinds of patterns which could emerge when medieval people were placed in a setting of unusual independence As residents of a manor held by the crown, they profited одемм from royal administrative neglect As tenants of the ancient royal demesne, they had special legal rights and economic privileges Havering's dominant families controlled the legal and administrative life of their community through the powerful manor court The tenants combined effectively to prevent outside interference in their affairs, despite the individualistic self-interest manifest in their economic dealings In 1465 the tenants obtained a royal charter which established Havering as a formal Liberty, with its own justices of the peace By the end of the fifteenth century Havering displayed many characteristics commonly associated with the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.  RHZN   Opti   DrBr   LomoISBN 0521526094.

Tracing a seismic shift in American social thought, Jeffrey Sklansky offers a new synthesis of the intellectual transformation entailed in the rise of industrial capitalism For a century after Independence, the dominant American understanding of selfhood and society came from the tradition of political economy, which defined freedom and одемч equality in terms of ownership of the means of self-employment However, the gradual demise of the household economy rendered proprietary independence an increasinglyembattled ideal Large landowners and industrialists claimed the right to rule as a privilege of their growing monopoly over productive resources, while dispossessed farmers and workers charged that a propertyless populace was incompatible with true liberty and democracy Amid the widening class divide, nineteenth-century social theorists devised a new science of American society that came to be called "social psychology " The change Sklansky charts begins among Romantic writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller, continues through the polemics of political economists such as Henry George and William Graham Sumner, and culminates with the pioneers of modern American psychology and sociology such as William James and Charles Horton Cooley Together, these writers reconceived freedom in terms of psychic self-expression instead of economic self-interest, and they redefined democracy in terms of cultural kinship rather than social compact.  Rola   Сысо   Serg   HistISBN 0807853984.

Andrew Gordon goes to the core of the Japanese enterprise system, the workplace, and reveals a complex history of contest and confrontation The Japanese model produced a dynamic economy that owed as much to coercion as to happy consensus The book drawson examples across Japanese industry, but focuses in depth on iron and steel--an industry at the одемщ center of the country's economic recovery and high-speed growth Beginning with the Occupation reforms and their influence on the workplace, Gordon shows howworking people had to compromise institutions of self-determination in pursuit of economic affluence He also rebuts hasty predictions that Japanese industrial relations are about to be dramatically transformed in the American free-market image "This isa major achievement, and confirms Andrew Gordon's place as a truly outstanding scholar of Japanese labor history Those wishing to understand the post-war remaking of Japan's political economy and society will find much of value in this book " --D H Whittaker, Business History "A pathbreaking work [It] is also an uncommonly timely book, offering historical perspectives on many dimensions of Japan's tortured course in the 1990s A compelling, illuminating study that deserves the greatest possible readership " --William M Tsutsui, Monumenta Nipponica.  Davi   Ever   Micr   MartISBN 0674007069.

"This book", writes historian Walter Licht in the Introduction, "is concerned with the great social and economic transformation that occurred in this country over the course of the 19th century between the ages of Jefferson and McKinley When and where change occurred and the pace of change will be of prime importance, but the great одент issue will be the 'why' of change What caused America to be so fundamentally transformed?".  Фран   Прои   Beko   DiscISBN 0801850142.

The 1980s gave rise to the young upwardly mobile In the 1990s, yuppies downsized and rightsized their careers and companies into downward mobility In 21st Century, the only thing that counts is successful mobility In this timely book, the secrets to successful mobility will be illustrated using examples of those who write their own pink slips, оденш create their own job titles and find success by simply doing the things they love to do to help others get the things they need.  8942   Seve   Удар   RenzISBN 1592867839.

This is the story of America's most famous street, Wall Street No other place is so inextricably linked to the nation's history, the development of capitalism and the dramatic highs and lows of the financial markets No other place has provoked such mythology, or has been the subject of so many dreams and illusions Howard Watchel's book provides a одеог fascinating account of the origins of this famous street Exploring its development through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, he charts its dramatic transformation, offering a window on the past that helps us understand how it became the center of world finance that we see today Drawing on original archive research, and illustrated throughout with photographs, "Street of Dreams - Boulevard of Broken Hearts" is lively and informative narrative that reads not only as a popular history of one of America's great icons, but also as a critical assessment of Wall Street's role in the political, economic and cultural evolution of the country in the nineteenth century Watchel looks at the key characters -- both better-known and lesser-known -- who shaped the course of Wall Street's early years; he traces its wider social history and its physical development and architecture; he focuses on the New YorkStock Exchange as the most important institution on the street, including a wider history of banking houses and competing exchanges; he explores how Wall Street has influenced politics, and how it has been shaped by larger political forces around it; andhe examines its love-hate relationship with two other streets -- Pennsylvania Avenue and Main Street -- the forces of government and the people of America.  stud   Afro   Prin   МироISBN 0745319254.

Bell's prophetic 1976 forecast of the Information Age and how it would radically alter the social structure With a new introduction by Bell In 1976, when Daniel Bell first published The Coming of Post-Industrial Society, he predicted a vastly different world-one that would rely upon an economics of information, as opposed to the economics of goods одеон that had existed up to then Bell argued that the new society would not displace the old one but rather overlay it in profound ways, much as industrialization continues to coexist with the agrarian sectors of our society In Bell's prescient vision, the post-industrial society would include the birth and growth of a knowledge class, a change from goods to services, and changes in the role of women All of these would be based upon an increasing dependence on science as a means of innovation; as a means of technical and social change The Coming of Post-Industrial Society remains an important book for a whole new generation of politicians, economists, intellectuals, and students Reissue edition Автор Даниэль Беллу Daniel Bellus.  Wind   Road   Mari   консИздательство: Basic Books, 2001 г Мягкая обложка, 616 стр ISBN 0465097138.

К изданию прилагается буклет с фотографиями и текстами песен, содержащихся на данном альбоме, на английском языке "Sing! Sing! Sing!" – упрашивает надломленный голос мужчины одеоъ на грани нервного срыва Этот тревожный, возникающий из неясного шума, несущийся на вас с неотвратимостью прибывающего поезда трек запомнился сразу и многим Кстати о поездах, - тот же подход и в печальной "Last Train" Все знают, что такое этот Travis и кто такой этот Fran Healy А кое-то даже слишком хорошо Недаром, недаром машет кулаками неуравновешенный алкоголик Гэллахер: триумфального возвращения Oasis в умы миллионов после премьеры последней песенки не получилось, а вот Travis засел там надолго и прочно И в немалой степени потому, что группа, подобно еще некоторым британским командам того же направления, вовремя сделала ставку на вечные ценности: одиночество, тоску по несбыточному, несчастную любовь и Radiohead "Dear Diary" ярчайший пример подобной эстетики на ряду с тем же "Sing" Но Travis спустя уже три года мечется меж трех огней Потому что помимо всей этой экзистенции существуют же на диске и "Side", и "Flowers In The Window", - реверанс в сторону битлов-основателей, а так же "Pipe Dreams" и "The Cage" – дань британскому традиционализму И в свете этого название диска отлично выражает суть нынешнего состояния группы Как ни странно, это - непроявленность и неопределенность Содержание 1 Sing 2 Dear Diary 3 Side 4 Pipe Dreams 5 Flowers In The Window 6 The Cage 7 Safe 8 Follow The Light 9 Last Train 10 Afterglow 11 Indefinitely 12 The Humpty Dumpty Love Song Исполнитель "Travis" Группа "Travis" была сформирована в начале 90-х годов в Глазго, Шотландия В ее состав вошли: Фрэнсис Хилли (вокал, гитара), Энди Данлоп (гитара), Дуглас "Дугги" Пейн (бас) и Нил Примроуз (ударные) Начав с концертов в родном Глазго, а затем в столице.  Bozi   Слов   клуб   ЛитРФормат: Audio CD (Jewel Case) Дистрибьютор: Sony Music Лицензионные товары Характеристики аудионосителей 2001 г Альбом.

This volume represents the culmination of research efforts by scholars from various subdisciplines, who summarize new thinking on the subject at a level accessible to undergraduates Specific areas include the significance of the Industrial Revolution, the impact of New World trade, scientific advances, new technology, and financial developments одеоэ on industrialization; the possible impact of literacy, population policies, and the sense of nationhood on industrial change; and the results of that change Coverage is wide, including Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, Japan and North America.  ЛитР   Трои   Води   ГросISBN 0894649906.

This selection of papers and commentary drawn from a September 1998 conference held at Michigan State University, examines in detail the CanadaUnited States Free Trade Agreement Among its many contributions, the work underscores how this pact paved the way for the North American Free Trade Agreement The work also includes essays written by Canadian одеоя and American policy makers, including Derek Burney and James Baker, III; these are augmented by a series of insightful papers and commentary writtenby scholars and informed observers Roger Porter, from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, summarizes and places the CanadaUnited States Free Trade Agreement into a framework for the future, one that includes trade agreements withother countries in the Western Hemisphere In light of the recently concluded World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle, this analysis of Canada's bilateral trade agreement with the United States is timely and thought provoking CONTRIBUTORS: James A Baker, III James Blanchard Derek H Burney William A Dymond Geza Feketekuty Michael Hart Gary Hufbauer Barbara Kotschwar Mordechai E Kreinin Richard G Lipsey Peter McPherson Mustafa Mohatarem Sylvia Ostry Roger B Porter David B Schweikhardt Konrad von Finckenstein Paul Wonnacott.  Герш   Acad   Иллю   СодеISBN 0870135376.

К данному изданию прилагается буклет с фотографиями и текстами песен и на английском языке Содержание 1 The World Of Food 2 Yes 3 Le Petit Chatton 4 At The Party 5 I'm Lazy 6 Kids Have To Be Happy 7 Kill The Killer 8 A Pig In The Poke 9 I'm Not Like Everybody одепк Else 10 Always On My Mind 11 Who's Your Friend 12 Between The Sheets 13 Robin Hood 14 Gm 15 Girl I Love 16 Together Whatsoever 17 Tears We Cried Исполнитель Wine.  МГор   веду   Dixi   ЦыбуФормат: Audio CD (Jewel Case) Дистрибьютор: Бомба-Питер Лицензионные товары Характеристики аудионосителей 2007 г Альбом: Российское издание.

California's storied Gold Rush triggered momentous changes not only for the state, but also for the nation and the world The economic impact of that epoch-making event is the focus of the second volume of the California History Sesquicentennial Series The chapter contributors offer a range of perspectives, including commentaries that reflect одепц the new scholarship of environmental and resource history Together, the essays and more than 90 illustrations show how the Gold Rush precipitated a veritable economic revolution whose effects continue to this day Among the topics given a fresh interpretation are the relationship between technology and society; the environmental impact from mining and the sudden increase in California's population; the influence of the Gold Rush on agriculture, manufacturing, banking, and transportation; and its impact on the peoples and economies of Latin America, Europe, and Asia The popular image of the independent prospector is also examined anew, as is the role of different groups of industrial workers, including Chinese, Mexicans, and women The Gold Rush was a multiplier, an event that accelerated a chain of interrelated consequences that in turn accelerated economic growth But it also touched a deep-seated nerve in the human psyche and unleashed economic forces, for good or ill, that transformed California forever into a Golden State.  Куца   Mast   Стер   молоISBN 0520217713.

When the people of British North America threw off their colonial bonds, they sought more than freedom from bad government: most of the founding generation also desired the freedom to create and enjoy good, popular, responsive government This book traces the central issue on which early Americans pinned their hopes for positive government action--internal одерг improvement The nation's early republican governments undertook a wide range of internal improvement projects meant to assure Americans' security, prosperity, and enlightenment--from the building of roads, canals, and bridges to the establishment of universities and libraries But competitive struggles eventually undermined the interstate and interregional cooperation required, and the public soured on the internal improvement movement Jacksonian politicians seized this opportunity to promote a more libertarian political philosophy in place of activist, positive republicanism By the 1850s, the United States had turned toward a laissez-faire system of policy that, ironically, guaranteed more freedom for capitalists and entrepreneurs than ever envisioned in the founders' revolutionary republicanism.  Спир   Guar   Jean   MagnISBN 0807849111.

This book examines the recent rapid economic expansion in Thailand, and in Southeast Asia more generally In a highly original argument, Unger considers the unique organization of Thai society, and the impact this has had on the country's institutions, and their political and economic outcomes Unger takes an interdisciplinary approach, building одерж on the literatures of social capital and embedded autonomy The book's general, comparative discussion of social infrastructure is supplemented by case studies of specific sectors.  OZON   Wind   Топо   InteISBN 052163931X.

Before the Computer fully explores the data processing industry in the United States from its nineteenth-century inception down to the period when the computer became its primary tool As James Cortada describes what was once called the "office appliance industry," he challenges our view of the digital computer as a revolutionary одерк technology Cortada interprets reliance on computers as a development within an important segment of the American economy that was earlier represented largely by such instruments as typewriters, tabulating machines, adding machines, and calculators He also describes how many of the practices of the office appliance industry evolved into those of the computer world Drawing on previously unavailable industry archives, theauthor adds to our understanding of IBM's early history and offers short corporate histories of firms that include NCR, Burroughs, and Remington Rand Focusing on the United States but also including comparative material on Europe and Asia, Before the Computer will be a unique source of knowledge about the companies that built office equipment and their enormous impact on economic life.  Malc   Звон   Соло   автоISBN 0691050457.

Here's help for everyone who has dutifully listed their New Year's resolutions each January 1 and tried to reach back to revive their dreams Problem is, few people know how to bring back their dreams and even fewer know what it takes to achieve their dreams once they've remembered them "Dream It Do It: Inspiring Stories of Dreams Come True" offers одерп a clear path to reviving your long-lost dreams -- be they career ambitions or altruistic goals -- by embodying the 10 qualities typical of successful dream acheivers: confidence, courage, commitment, creativity, purpose, passion, persistence, resilience, risk, and responsibility The authors present inspiring, real-life stories of successful dreamers to show how dream achievers embody each of these ten characteristics to make their dreams come true They report on both the famous (including Lance Armstrong, Barbara Walters, Maya Angelou, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Gloria Estafan, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Harrison Ford, Tiger Woods) and the unknown (including "VeggieTales" creator Phil Vischer, astronaut Eileen Collins, Barbara Vogel whose fifth grade pupils have freed thousands of slave in The Sudan, one-legged championship skier Cale Kinney, Susan Titcomb and David MacKay who created the personal chef industry out of nothing) to show that you, too, can revive your dreams and actually achieve them Not only will you learn how embodying each of these 10 elements of "Dream CPR" can help you resuscitate your dreams, these real-life stories will inspire you to incorporate these 10 characteristics into your every effort to actually achieve your dreams The authors left no stone unturned as they interviewed and researched hundreds of people before settling on the 37 dream achievers profiled in "Dream It Do It " Their experiences will make your spirits soar and inspire even the most discouraged readers to put their lives back together and achieve their most heartfelt dreams.  Rene   Edga   Caro   НефеISBN 1884587305.

Пластилин "Мультики", состоящий из шести ярких цветов, обладает отличными пластичными свойствами Пластилин хорошо размягчается и не липнет к рукам Также в комплект обюэц входит пластиковый ножичек Характеристики: Размер брусочка пластилина: 7 см х 2,5 см х 1 см Длина ножика: 13 см Состав 6 цветов пластилина, ножик.  Росс   Undi   Арцр   JerzКанцелярские товары Элементов: 7 Гамма; Россия 2009 г ; Артикул: 280015; Упаковка: Коробка.

Book DescriptionBefore the invention of photography, civil engineers employed topographic artists to record the progression of their projects Termed "record pictures," these illustrations followed the tradition of the Dutch topographical landscapes of the 17th century, combining the qualities of detail and clarity with the обююа objectivity of technical drawings As such, record pictures had a scientific rather than an artistic purpose, just as most photography did in its infancy Photographys prime value was historically regarded as its ability to make highly detailed, objective (and relatively inexpensive) records Industry was quick to harness the new medium to make record pictures Significantly, one of the founders of Britains Photographic Society was a leading civil engineer This original application gave rise to a genre of landscape photography that has not been properly recognized Record Pictures: Photographs from the Archive of the Institution of Civil Engineers represents the photographic jewels of arguably the finest collection in Britain Spanning a period of 75 years from the mid-19th century, the book contains previously unpublished examples drawn from across Europe, Africa, Australasia, the Far East, and Latin America Record pictures are the unacknowledged foundation of the history of photography In his introductory essay, Michael Collins demonstrates how this fundamental approach continues unchanged, only now it is no longer industry that applies these principles but such eminent artists as Bernd & Hilla Becher and Thomas Struth, proponents of contemporary art photography Edited and with an introduction by Michael Collins Clothbound, 10 x 12 in / 128 pgs / 60 color.  Sifr   Fisk   рабо   Юсуп2005 г 128 стр ISBN 3865210317.

Бархатная раскраска "Два щенка" выгодно отличается от обычных раскрасок Ее бархатная поверхность вокруг раскрашиваемых участков рисунка помогает ребенку аккуратно обююд и красиво раскрасить картинку фломастерами Рисунок, раскрашенный своими руками, станет уникальным украшением для детской комнаты Раскрашивание развивает чувство цвета, позволяет ребенку выразить собственное эмоциональное состояние Как это ни странно, уже в три года ребенок может использовать цвет как средство эмоциональной выразительности Характеристики: Размер: 23,5 см х 33,5 см.  Park   Soul   Hits   SPORСерия: Бархатная раскраска.

Book DescriptionInterspersed with Vacation memoirs, family outings and everyday moments are amateur photos of Marilyn Monroe, Adolf Hitler, and Charlie Chaplin, along with a number of "private" nudes "You press the button, we do the rest " Kodakused this slogan in ads for the first box cameras, introduced by George Eastman обююж in 1888 From then on, virtually anyone could take pictures--the snapshot was born!~Without exception, the amateur photos presented in Snapshots: The Eye of the Century capture what are essentially ordinary moments--yet every trace of banality disappears once they are removed from the context of personal biography Sometimes the moment is right, and art just "happens," in the form of double or multiple exposures, slipped horizons, or curious details that enter the picture frame because the camera moved just as the shutter was released Christian R Skrein-Bumballa, an artist and a former professional photographer, has tracked down and collected thousands of these treasures, which can be viewed as part of our visual heritage His impressive selection of photographs is here arranged thematically, and at its heart we find the essentials of the human condition: joy and pain, visualized in the decisive moment in which history stands still for a fraction of a second Snapshots features the most aesthetically notable and otherwise curious photographs from the S A S Snapshots Archiv Skrein, a collection of nearly one million snapshots from all over the world Edited by Christian Skrein ~Essays by Vince Aletti, Carl Aigner and Christian Skrein ~Preface by Peter Noever Hardcover, 6 75 x 9 25 in /544 pgs / 720 color and 30 b & w.  Mari   Vino   Cafe   Gabr2004 г 560 стр ISBN 3775713964.

Book Description Since 2001, prostitution is no longer illegal in Germany Patric Fouad gives us rare insights into the interiors of eleven rooms of brothels all over Germany The photographer left the places he saw unchanged in order to allow the mostauthentic view of the scene Despite the absence of any human beings, the interiors speak for themselves: обююк The pompous elegance of some and the imaginative or reduced decoration of others suggest the wishes of the clientele that is being served The candid images are strong in their impact and yet subtle in their implications By leaving out the main characters, the viewer's imagination and curiosity is increased even further A high quality coffee-table book of a different kind.  серт   Myth   Stan   Perp2004 г 144 стр ISBN 3936636230.

Book DescriptionPerhaps it's the same light that inspired Vermeer and Van Gogh, or maybe it's government support for the arts or the excellent photo museums and galleries, but something must explain the explosion of Dutch photography in the past 20 years Besides the rise of Rineke Dijkstra to art stardom, other vital Dutch photographers working обююр in a range of styles have been making strong marks on the medium This catalogue from an exhibition sponsored by the LaSalle Bank that appeared at The Art Institute of Chicago features established and emerging photographers, including Rinkeke Dijkstra, Bertien van Manen, Hans van der Meer, Wijnanda Deroo, Céline van Balen, Koos Breukel, Juul Hondius, Hellen van Meene, Elspeth Diederix, and Marnix Goossens Edited by Hripsime Visser Essays by Carol Ehlers and Hripsimé Vissér Foreword by Gijs van Tuyl Introduction by Rijkman Groenink Hardcover, 9 75 x 11 in /132 pgs / 42 color and 8 b&w.  Tran   книг   Creo   Dona2006 г 132 стр ISBN 9050061699.

Набор из шести шариковых ручек "WALL-E" с чернилами ярких цветов (сиреневый, голубой, красный, желтый, черный, зеленый) прекрасно подойдет для выделения текста в школьных обююы записях или конспектах лекций Стержни ручек имеют среднюю толщину, сами ручки имеют удобную форму и снабжены колпачками Длина ручки: 16,5 см Состав 6 шариковых ручек.  LEGO   Ткал   впер   RogeКанцелярские товары , Пластик Элементов: 6 BOOM; Италия 2008 г ; Артикул: BBP91/6WL1; Упаковка: Дисплей.

Набор автоматических ручек "Comfortmate Fresh" состоит двух ручек с синим стержнем Шариковые ручки с кнопочным механизмом имеют прорезиненный корпус для большего удобства обюяв Мягкое комфортное письмо и тонкая линия при написании принесут вам максимум удовольствия Длина ручки: 14,5 см Размер упаковки: 7,5 см х 20,5 см х 1,5 см Состав 2 шариковых ручки.  Jame   Алек   Cher   IsaaКанцелярские товары Элементов: 2 Paper mate; Франция 2008 г ; Артикул: S0512300 BL; Упаковка: Блистер.

Набор тетрадей Boom "Кошки" состоит из 5 тетрадей в крупную линейку Обложка каждой тетради оформлена изображением кошки В тетрадях уже есть очерченные поля На задней стороне обюяй обложки находятся образцы правописания русского и латинского алфавита Размер тетради: 16,5 см х 20 см Количество листов: 12 Состав 5 тетрадей в линейку.  Херл   Etni   Diam   HarrКанцелярские товары , Бумага BOOM; Россия 2008 г ; Артикул: Т12МК08/1 038; Упаковка: Пакет.

Book Description Last Landscapes explores death and the landscape of the cemetery The picturesque village churchyard; the tightly packed "historic cities of the dead" such as the Jewish Cemetery in Prague; the war cemeteries of Northern France;the modernism of the Stockholm Woodland Cemetery; the graveyards of North America -- обюяс in discussing the history and culture of these architectural expressions of memory and loss, Ken Worpole also -locates the national, religious and romantic attitudes they express This evocative book, which also examines the contemporary memorialization of artists such as Rachel Whiteread and Ian Hamilton Finlay, contains more than 100 color pictures Автор Ken Worpole.  Alex   Aqua   Gmax   AndrИздательство: Reaktion Books, 2004 г Мягкая обложка, 192 стр ISBN 186189161X.

This succinct, authoritative, and engagingly written history of Nigeria from its earliest beginnings through 1998 provides an excellent introduction to the country's history Constructed around the two interrelated themes of politics and the economy, it relates the development of the Nigerian people from antiquity through the end of 1998 одемв Following a timeline of events in the history of Nigeria, Professor Falola, a leading historian on Nigeria and a distinguished Africanist, provides a readable, coherentnarrative that carefully integrates the past into the present to help the student and general reader understand the forces at play in the development of the country throughout its long history Biographical sketches of notable Nigerians, maps, and a bibliographical essay will aid the beginning researcher.  Tato   Kary   спас   ЗареISBN 0313306826.

In the late 1800s American entrepreneurs became participants in the 400-year history of European economic and ecological hegemony in the tropics Beginning as buyers in the tropical ports of the Atlantic and Pacific, they evolved into land speculators, controlling and managing the areas where tropical crops were grown for carefully fostered одемл consumer markets at home As corporate agro-industry emerged, the speculators took direct control of the ecological destinies of many tropical lands Supported by theU S government's diplomatic and military protection, they migrated and built private empires in the Caribbean, Central and South America, the Pacific, Southeast Asia, and West Africa Yankee investors and plantation managers mobilized engineers, agronomists, and loggers to undertake what they called the "Conquest of the Tropics," claiming to bring civilization to benighted peoples and cultivation to unproductive nature In competitive cooperation with local landed and political elites, they not only cleared natural forests but also displaced multicrop tribal and peasant lands with monocrop export plantations rooted in private property regimes This book is a rich history of the transformation of the tropics in modern times, pointing ultimatelyto the declining biodiversity that has resulted from the domestication of widely varied natural systems Richard P Tucker graphically illustrates his study with six major crops, each a virtual empire in itself-sugar, bananas, coffee, rubber, beef, and timber He concludes that as long as corporate-dominated free trade is ascendant, paying little heed to its long-term ecological consequences, the health of the tropical world is gravely endangered.  крас   9056   Arts   03-1ISBN 0520220870.

Fernando Vega-Redondo's self-contained account of the main contributions of modern game theory and its applications to economics starts with a detailed description of how to model strategic situations The discussion proceeds by studying basic solution concepts and their main refinements; games played under incomplete information; and одемр repeated games For each of these theoretical developments, the text includes a companion set of applications that cover the most representative instances of game-theoretic analysis in economics (e g , oligopolistic competition, public goods, coordination failures, bargaining, insurance markets, implementation theory, signaling and auctions).  Щерб   Exce   Добр   SvagISBN 0521775906.

The bar code is now at the core of commerce, transportation, warehousing, manufacturing, and retailing, and its influence has spread to virtually every industry in the industrialized world When this voluntary product code was first introduced in 1974, it led to the worldwide revolution in supply chain efficiency To celebrate the twenty-fifth одемш anniversary of this now universally embraced technology, the Smithsonian Institution sponsored a symposium Gathered together in this volume, are the thoughts of eight speakers--with hands-on experience--concerning the development, diffusion, adoption, and applications of a truly groundbreaking technology The volume concludes with papers from a panel discussion among those involved in creating the Universal Product Code, the foundation of the bar code.  слов   Mich   Garm   CracISBN 0674006577.

The 1960s represented a turning point in the application of economic analysis to U S policymaking The decade was marked by widespread optimism that government policies could improve economic and social outcomes Developments since then illustrate how policies can shift, along with changes in the environment, changes in theory and understanding, одемэ or changes in dominant values The papers in this volume are taken from a November 1999 conference: Economic Events, Ideas and Policies: The 1960s and After Sponsored by Yale University and the Brookings Institution, the conference was held in memory of economist Arthur Okun Okun, along with George L Perry, founded the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity and its journal, the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity A former professor of economics at Yale University and chairman of the President's Council on Economic Advisers, Okun authored many important articles and books, including Equality and Efficiency, a Brookings bestseller Prices and Quantities, published after his death in 1980, is still considered a major professional contribution to macroeconomic analysis and the problems confronting stabilization policy Contributors include William J Baumol (Princeton University, New York University), Robert Haveman (University of Wisconsin), Barry Eichengreen (University of California), Richard Cooper (Harvard University), Alan Krueger (Princeton University), Paul Krugman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Robert Solow (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), William Brainard (Yale University), and George Perry (Brookings Institution).  хоро   полю   Silv   BrotISBN 0815770111.

In late December 1994--after having attracted widespread praise as a model of economic reform and become a super-magnet for international investors as well as the United States' partner in the newly consummated NAFTA trade agreement--Mexico seemingly overnight plunged into political and economic crisis The perceived threat to the global оденч economy was to lead the Clinton administration, against strong congressional criticism, to push through an unprecedented $40-billion international rescue package What went wrong in Mexico? What role was played by flaws in the design of the Mexican reforms, by political as well as economic decision-making in the context of the crises that shook the country, by external market forces, and by sheer bad luck? What lessons can the peso crisis offer to those grappling with newly unfolding crises in other emerging-market economies around the world? The complex anatomy of this "first economic crisis of the 21st century" is here examined-in sometimes sharply divergent perspectives--by a distinguished international group that includes ex-ministers, financial market participants, leading political scientists and economists, and senior officials from the World Bank, the IMF, and the Inter-American Development Bank In addition to the editors, the contributors are Robert L Bartley, Nancy Birdsall, Agustino Carstens, Rudiger Dornbusch, Denise Dresser, Jeffry A Frieden, Michael Gavin, Francisco Gil-Diaz, David D Hale, Ricardo Hausmann, ClaudioM Loser, and Peter H Smith.  цвет   Осип   Para   1815ISBN 0870031546.

This book takes a giant step out of conventional thinking, and proceeds to establish the inseparable connection that exists between the American Family and capitalism Too often, answers to the critical questions of American family decay are sought separately from the interdependent history it shares with the economic system in which it takes одень place By choosing to end our search for cause within the effect of American family decay, and by using this new freedom of inquiry, we can return to a timein our history when the American family was free of the great troubles it is undergoing today By doing so, it is possible to discover at what point the fabric of the American family began to unravel Once we see when the problem began and what caused it, this makes it possible to take individual and collective action to change and reproduce the American family anew, exclusive of violence and war.  Geni   OPEL   Blau   PENNISBN 0595272886.

How doing business is undergoing a major historic transformation--and why we’ve only begun our productivity upswing America’s economic troubles have had a dramatic impact on how investors view markets and the businesses that drive them And for now they have overshadowed a profound and ongoing revolution--still taking place after twenty-five одеоз years--in the way the economy operates Just as in past economic revolutions, today’s "new economy" emerged from the combinationof powerful new technologies--in this case, information and communications technologies--and the methods companies adopted in order to use those technologies effectively The bubble in technology stocks, its collapse, and the recession that followed are part of a larger pattern of dramatic transformation of markets and businesses And unlike the bureaucratic companies of the past, today’s leading firms are lean, flexible, entrepreneurial, and more productive—and the new ways in which they operate are still evolving These trends are likely to continue for some time, and their effects are only beginning to be understood In The New Economy, Roger Alcaly describes how the economy has changed in response to new pressures and opportunities--created by new technologies, global competition, and innovations in world financial markets; he shows how the impact of these changes is real and substantial, and suggests why their biggest impact on the economy may be yet to come.  язык   Буха   Сост   демоISBN 0374288933.

You've looked at dozens of books that promise to help you get a job This book is different This book is written by an executive whose business is teaching managers how to interview job candidates He knows what they're looking for--and how you can successfully prepare for landing that job you really want Through interactive and easy-to-follow exercises, одеоц Landing the Job You Want equips you to make your next job interview one of the most positive experiences of your life Whether you're a recent college grad searching for a first job, a corporate veteran looking for that big promotion, an at-home mom starting a new career, or an experienced worker looking to move in a totally new direction, you will walk into interviews prepared and confident because you know how to: identify the skills most important for a job decide whether a job is right for you present your skills with maximum impact respond to difficult questions perform well in simulations and tests handle an ill-prepared interviewer close an interview on a positive note critique your own interview performance Each exercise in Landing the Job You Want is designed to help you look within yourself to identify your strengths and your weaknesses You'll learn how to quickly develop a portfolio of skills that match your ideal job, and you'll understand exactly what your interviewer is looking for in a candidate You'llbe ready to dazzle your interviewer with both your qualifications and your preparation The result? The interview of a lifetime--one that leads to the job you've always wanted.  Щерб   увед   серт   FranМягкая обложка ISBN 0609804081.

In 1921 Lenin surprised foreign observers and many in his own Party, by calling for the legalization of private trade and manufacturing Within a matter of months, this New Economic Policy (NEP) spawned many thousands of private entrepreneurs, dubbed Nepmen After delineating this political background, Alan Ball turns his attention to the Nepmen одеоь themselves, examining where they came from, how they fared in competition with the socialist sector of the economy, their importance in the Soviet economy, and the consequences of their "liquidation" at the end of the 1920s Alan Ball's history of this experiment with capitalism is strikingly relevant to current efforts toward economic reform in the USSR.  Низо   рома   Goin   АудиISBN 0520071743.

Book Description The Essence of Capitalism is a timely account of globalization, the consumer culture, and the historical roots of our contemporary dilemmas By tracking the 130-year history of Coca-Cola (and a number of other large American or transnational corporations), this book details all that is best, worst and most powerful about global одеою capitalism Using Coca-Cola's rise as a case study, here is the tale of how Coca-Cola employed marketing and business practices that enabled it to expand beyond its original market (that which a horse-drawn cart could cover in a day) to -today's massive corporate status Through the use of the franchise, extreme quality control and powerful marketing, it shows how Coca-Cola-a company with virtually one product that nobody actually needs and that is, in its original sugar-laden form, plainly very bad for people-went from being a feel-good tonic in competition with more than a thousand other similar drinks to being the major market force for soft drinks The book covers topics such as the creation of the idea of a corporation having the status of a person, how the money market works in the flow of capital, the effect of marketing and advertising on consumer tastes and how free trade really becomes oligopoly By presenting a frightening set of examples, McQueen even joins the debate over what constitutes human nature when he demonstrates how corporations are creating a second nature by altering our needs, whether through the saturation of food with sweeteners or through genetic manipulation Humphrey McQueen, an original and provocative thinker, features regularly as a commentator on Australian radio, and as a contributor to various newspapers and magazines He is the author of morethan a dozen books on subjects ranging through history, politics and the visual arts.  рабо   Herb   Руби   Соде2003 г ISBN 1551642204.

Book DescriptionA classic returns The third edition of The Making of Economics appeared in 1987 Now, in a major revision, Ray Canterbery brings the book right up to date with new chapters on the "casino economy" (a term the author invented to describe an economy driven by making money with money rather than focusing on real production, одепе now overtaken by reality), Joseph Schumpeter, globalization, and general equilibrium Canterbery retains the engaging flavor of the earlier editions by covering the times and ideas of the major economists, such as Smith, Ricardo, Malthus, Mill, and Marshall, while giving ample ink to the remarkable dissidents Marx, Veblen, Galbraith, Heilbroner, and other "radicals" Canterbery again unmasks a traditional economics eschewing value judgements but itself standing on hidden ones even as he traces its origins to Isaac Newton's idea of an orderly universe Personal references relate the great economists' ideas to the societies in which they lived, making the historicalfigures really come alive Economics is displayed as a developing discipline, a discipline still evolving.  меся   чита   теат   Flyi2003 г ISBN 9812383255.

In 1986, with little warning, the USX Homestead Works closed Thousands of workers who depended on steel to survive were left without work A Town Without Steel looks at the people of Homestead as they reinvent their views of household and work and placein this world The book details the modifications and revisions of domestic strategies in a public одепх crisis In some ways unique, and in some ways typical of American industrial towns, the plight of Homestead sheds light on social, cultural, and political developments of the late twentieth century In this anthropological and photographic account of a town facing the crisis of deindustrialization, A Town Without Steel focuses on families Reminiscent of Margaret Byington and Lewis Hine's approach in Homestead, Charlee Brodsky's photographs document the visual dimension of change in Homestead The mill that dominated the landscape transformed to a vast, empty lot; a crowded commercial street turns into a ghost town; and an abundance of well-kept homes become an abandoned street of houses for sale The individual narratives and family snapshots, Modell's interpretations, and Brodsky's photographs all evoke the tragedy and the resilience of a town whose primary source of self-identification no longer exists.  Скво   Nige   Rajn   СодеISBN 0822956764.

In the middle of May in the year 1704, an 80-ton brigantine, the Charles, quietly slipped into the cove at Marblehead, Massachusetts Her sudden and unexpected reappearance, some ten months after she had left Marblehead under mysterious circumstances, started tongues wagging down at the docks and in the dim, cramped, seafront taverns of the town одепя Over the following three weeks, a drama played out involving the crew of the Charles, her commander, John Quelch, and the colonial governments of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire For in the hold of the Charles lay a large quantity of Brazilian sugar, hides, cloth, guns, and gold dust and coins worth over 10,000 sterling--a huge fortune for the time It was this booty, and the circumstances of the voyage of the Charles, that led to Quelch's arrest on charges of piracy and murder against the subjects of Queen Anne's newest ally, the King of Portugal Occurring only three years after Captain Kidd met his end on the gallows in London, the case of John Quelch has been long overshadowed by his more infamous predecessor, but it is no less compelling Quelch's trial, the first admiralty trial ever held outside England, was called by one historian "the first case of judicial murder in America " The fate of Captain Quelch greatly influenced pirates who followed Knowing they no longer had friends in high places rendered their careers far more violent and destructive, directed against all, including colonial governors, who represented the rule of law Beyond the lure of the immediate charges, one can see in the Quelch case the first stirrings of American rebellion against English rule The mob saw the high-handed treatment of Quelch as an attack on personal liberty and freedom His trial and subsequent execution created a small chink in the wall, later widened by Boston revolts against "foreign-made" legislation and taxation Quelch, like Kidd before him, could be termed a pirate-in-denial, not comprehending the changes in his political world Whether pirate or privateer, Quelch suffered a travesty of justice, even by the legal standards of the time His is a dramatic and tragic story about a man caught up in a world he no longer understands Jack Quelch was hanged in Boston in 1704, but his legacy lives on The legend persists that before they were captured, Quelch's crew managed to bury some of their gold on Star Island off the New Hampshire coast Gold coins were actually found hidden in a stone wall there in the late 1800s Every summer to this day the island has continued to lure treasure hunters, still searching for Quelch's gold.  Wink   Шенк   Mari   Яков2007 г Твердый переплет, 272 стр ISBN 0275994074.

The Ancient Economy introduces readers to the nature of economic life in the ancient world, and provides a valuable guide to scholarly debates on the subject The book describes and examines the economic processes and fluctuations of the ancient world, and shows how these relate to political and social change and conditions Leading experts address одерд the central issues, from agricultural production to the uses of money and the creation of markets Taken as a whole the book exemplifies the range of interdisciplinary perspectives on the ancient economy, and illustrates the methodological approaches scholars have deployed to understand it In doing so it draws on literary, ecological and archaeological evidence.  Fina   Sabb   писа   MirrМягкая обложка ISBN 041594189X.

This remarkable book examines how the economic power of Britain and the US limits the opportunities for small states to develop Following the history of the Atlantic economy since the 16th century, Denis O'Hearn shows how Ireland's repeated attempts to industrialize were frustrated by British and American power After partition, Ireland tried одери to industrialize but was transformed into a platform for US companies seeking access to European markets Irish attempts to follow the development paths of the wealthier Atlantic regions were limited by power structures, many of which were created when it was integrated into the Atlantic economy in the 16th and 17th centuries Explaining the problems of economic growth and industrialization from the perspectives of both the developed and developing countries, this book addresses the most important question in developmental politics--how can a developing country emerge from a historical cycle of underdevelopment?.  With   Silv   Silv   SilvISBN 0719059747.

JA?nos Kornai, a distinguished Hungarian economist, began his adult life as an ardent believer in socialism and then became a critic of the communist political and economic system He lost family members in the Holocaust, contributed to the ideological preparation for the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, and became an influential theorist of the post-Soviet одерн economic transition He has been a journalist, a researcher prohibited from teaching in his home country, and a tenured professor at Harvard By Force of Thought traces Kornai's lifelong intellectual journey and offers a subjective complement to his academic research Disenchanted with communism, Kornai published Overcentralization (1956), the first book written by someone living behind the Iron Curtain to be openly critical of Soviet-style economics Although it was attacked in Hungary, it was hailed by Western economists The Kornai-LiptA?k theory on two-level planning captured the attention of mathematical economists Kornai went on to publish the controversial Anti-Equilibrium (1971), a critique of the general equilibrium theory underpinning mainstream economic analyses of markets, Economics of Shortage (1980), The Road to a Free Economy (1990), and the summary of his lifetime research, The Socialist System (1992) An intellectual emissary between East and West, Kornai commuted between Harvard and Budapest for many years Kornai's memoir describes his research--including his present-day evaluation of his past work--as well as the social and political environments in which he did his work The difficulties faced by a critic of central planning in a communist country are made especially vivid by material from newly opened secret police files and informers' reports on his activities By Force of Thought will be an essential resource for students of economic thought, socialist systems, and postsocialist transition, and for readers interested in Eastern European intellectual life before, during, and after communism.  Eliz   Аник   Иллю   XVII2007 г Твердый переплет, 560 стр ISBN 0262113023.

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