Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (Putnam Robert D.)(Paperback)

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (Putnam Robert D.)(Paperback)

Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet--the 20th anniversary edition of Bowling Alone remains a seminal work of social analysis, and its examination of what happened to our sense of community remains more relevant than ever in today's fractured

An Analysis of Robert D. Putnam's Bowling Alone (Morrow Elizabeth)(Paperback)

American political scientist Robert Putnam wasn't the first person to recognize that social capital - the relationships between people that allow communities to function well - is the grease that oils the wheels of society. But by publishing Bowling Alone, he moved the debate from one primarily

Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis (Putnam Robert D.)(Paperback)

A New York Times bestseller and 'a passionate, urgent' (The New Yorker) examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility. Central to the very idea of America is the principle that we are a

Communitas: The Origin and Destiny of Community (Esposito Roberto)(Paperback)

Roberto Esposito, a leading Italian philosopher, deconstructs the notion of community by examining its etymological roots in the Latin munus, or gift, and then reads against classical political interpretations of

On the Trail: A History of American Hiking (Chamberlin Silas)(Paperback)

The first history of the American hiking community and its contributions to the nation's vast network of trails 'This winning, thought-provoking book offers insight into a relatively unknown aspect of environmental history.'--Library Journal (starred review) In the mid-nineteenth century urban

Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order (Paxton Robert)(Paperback)

Robert O. Paxton's classic study of the aftermath of France's sudden collapse under Nazi invasion utilizes captured German archives and other contemporary materials to construct a strong and disturbing account of the Vichy period in France. With a new introduction and updated bibliography, Vichy

Education and the American Workforce (Gaquin Deirdre A.)(Pevná vazba)

Education and the American Workforce contains a variety of information from the American Community Survey relating to education and workforce characteristics. Information includes detailed tables on school enrollment, educational attainment, employment status, occupation, industry, income,

Disintegration: Indicators of the Coming American Collapse (Martyanov Andrei)(Paperback)

The United States is undergoing a profound and radical transformation, all features of which point to the fact of its departure at an accelerated rate from its largely self-proclaimed status as a global hegemon. The United States has lost ground in every single category that defines the power and

Coco Pinchard, the Consequences of Love and Sex (Bryndza Robert)(Paperback)

The third stand-alone book in Robert Bryndza's bestselling Coco Pinchard series is a hilarious diary with Coco's trademark wit and honesty, tracing the raging hormones and extraordinary twists that take her to motherhood for the second time.'I laughed a whole lot. Cried a bit. Was devastated at one

The Jungle (Sinclair Upton)(Paperback)

'Practically alone among the American writers of his generation, Sinclair] put to the American public the fundamental questions raised by capitalism in such a way that they could not escape them.' --Edmund Wilson When it was first published in 1906, The Jungle exposed the inhumane conditions of

No More Lies: The Myth and Reality of American History (Gregory Dick)(Paperback)

Republished as part of Amistad's Literary Revival Program, the groundbreaking, bestselling look at history from the perspective of African Americans: an essential classic that continues to speak to us today, written by the voice of black consciousness, Dick Gregory--the incomparable satirist, human

Jingle Dancer (Smith Cynthia L.)(Paperback)

The affirming story of how a contemporary Native American girl turns to her family and community to help her dance find a voice.Jenna loves the tradition of jingle dancing that has been shared by generations of women in her family, and she hopes to dance at the next powwow. But she has a

Case Red: The Collapse of France (Forczyk Robert)(Paperback)

In Case Red, Robert Forczyk shows that there was much more to the fall of France than Dunkirk. In fact, even after that legendary evacuation in June 1940 there were still large British formations fighting the Germans alongside their French allies. After mounting a vigorous counterattack at

Robert Frank: Peru (Frank Robert)(Pevná vazba)

The weathered faces and dusty roads of Peru, compiled and sequenced by the master of the American photo-essayIn March 1949, Robert Frank mailed a birthday gift to his mother in Switzerland: A maquette of a series of photographs he had made during a visit to Peru between June and December of the

The Writings of Robert Motherwell (Motherwell Robert)(Paperback)

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), one of the leading American Abstract Expressionist painters, was also a theorist and exponent of the movement. His writing articulated the intent of the New York school -Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Adolph Gottlieb, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, and others-during

Life Studies and for the Union Dead (Lowell Robert)(Paperback)

Robert Lowell, with Elizabeth Bishop, stands apart as the greatest American poet of the latter half of the twentieth century--and Life Studies and For the Union Dead stand as among his most important volumes. In Life Studies, which was first published in 1959, Lowell moved away from the formality

Habits of the Heart, with a New Preface: Individualism and Commitment in American Life (Bellah Robert N.)(Paperback)

The Five Stages of Collapse: Survivors' Toolkit (Orlov Dmitry)(Paperback)

A user's guide to economic, political, social and cultural collapse. In the face of political impotence, resource depletion, and catastrophic climate change, many of us have become reconciled to an uncertain future. However, popular perception of how this future might actually unfold varies wildly

Community Archives, Community Spaces - Heritage, Memory and Identity(Paperback / softback)

This book traces the trajectory of the community archives movement, expanding the definition of community archives to include sites such as historical societies, social movement organisations and community centres, and explore new definitions of what community archives might encompass, particularly

Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman (de Bernieres Louis)(Paperback / softback)

While the economy of his small South American country collapses, President Veracruz joins his improbable populace of ex-soldiers, former guerrillas, unfrocked priests and reformed - though by no means inactive - whores, in a bizarre search for sexual fulfilment. | But for Cardinal Guzman, a man

Paul's Idea of Community: Spirit and Culture in Early House Churches (Banks Robert J.)(Paperback)

This highly readable investigation of the early church explores the revolutionary nature, dynamics, and effects of the earliest Christian communities. It introduces readers to the cultural setting of the house churches of biblical times, examines the apostle Paul's vision of life in the Christian

Airmail - The Letters of Robert Bly and Tomas Transtroemer (Transtromer Tomas)(Paperback / softback)

The illuminating letters of Nobel Prize winning poet Tomas Transtromer and celebrated American writer and poet Robert Bly offer insights into their life and times, and the processes of

The Stakes: 2020 and the Survival of American Democracy (Kuttner Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Lesson Before Dying (Gaines Ernest J.)(Paperback / softback)

A novel of prejudice, community and what it means to be a man in the American South. It explores the deep prejudice of the American South in the tradition of Harper Lee's 'To Kill A Mockingbird' and Toni Morrison's 'Beloved'. It is the story of a young black man sentenced to death for a murder he