The New World Dutch Barn: The Evolution, Forms, and Structure of a Disappearing Icon

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A "Must Have" For All Barn Lovers.......2001-06-29

As John Fitchen's, "The New World Dutch Barn" has been out of print for so many years and interest in NWDBs has increased over the last few years Gregory Huber's edited 2nd Edition is a much welcomed addition to any barn research library.

Mr. Huber's new material as presented in the chapter Introduction to the Second Edition and in the Appendices C. New Checklist of Dutch Barns and D. Huber's responses to Fitchen's text and the Glossary have made this second edition even more valuable than the first edition to the NWDB enthusiast. The leaving intact of the original edition gives the new barn researcher a chance to own the best of both worlds.

Mr. Huber's description of the five fundamental forms of NWDBs along with all of the exceptions and regional variances may possibly bring to the forefront hitherto undocumented barns. As Mr. Huber points out, there are more altered than unaltered barns and knowing a lot of the possibilities will aid NWDB enthusiasts.

I strongly recommend this second edition as required reading for serious NWDB lovers and barn lovers in general.

Rolland Miner, Director, NWDB Survey 2000

Fitchen is back. bigger and better!.......2001-06-28

Finally this classic and enduring book on the Dutch Barn is again available, now in an updated version. No one has spent more time going over, first hand, the barns first studied by Fitchen. Now Fitchen's original material is available without having to scour the used book stores. The new material by Huber brings up to date the first field work done by John fitchen in the 1960's. Any one with even the slightest interest in Early American Dutch Architecture must get this book. Not only does this book fully explain the barn , but the reader can easily then understand how the same basic construction procedures apply to the Dutch House.

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What do objects mean to us? What messages do they send? What values and lifestyles do they represent? From blue jeans and surfboards to cosmetics and kitchen gadgets, twelve everyday objects are recast as icons -- single, physical forms that embody a complex universe of associations -- and explored as benchmarks for the current state of design. This striking volume accompanies the groundbreaking exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, to run April to August 1997. With essays by Chee Pearlman, David E. Nye, Steven Flusty, and Aaron Betsky, Icons forges a new relationship between design, consumer culture, and the aesthetics of desire.

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All the Photo-Tricks, Ways and Ideas Off the Beaten Track
Edwin Smith
Manufacturer: Focal Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000L2WH12

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All the photo-tricks;: Ways and ideas off the beaten track
Edwin Smith
Manufacturer: Focal Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007K5WT2

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Rated one of the top 10 books on business and the environment by TOMORROW magazine, December 1998. Few contemporary movements illustrate the dynamics of institutional change quite as dramatically as that of corporate environmentalism. "From Heresy to Dogma" takes an in-depth look at the evolution of corporate environmentalism for a unique perspective: that of industry itself. Here is an analysis of corporate change in the U. S. chemical and petroleum industry drawn not from law or economics, but rather from the realm of organizational behavior, an area of academic research all too absent from the debate over this socially important issue. Scholarly, accessible, and engaging, " From Heresy to Dogma" provides the type of rigorous academic analysis critical in an era when "political correctness" can cloud the logic of rational discourse. More important, it draws from that analysis to present a compelling--and sometimes controversial--prognosis for the future of corporate environmentalism. This is history as only an accomplished organizational theorist could present it, filled with provocative new insights into the collective psyche of corporate America.

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From Heresy to Dogma.......2000-04-08

This book is an advantageous read for environmentalists for three reasons. It offers a unique and thorough history of corporate environmental philosophies and policies. Two, the anecdotes used are interesting and well places to break up the dense but important case study research which is poignant and astonishing. Third, it is possibly the most comprehensive source for this information in under 300 pages.

Unique subject and a good read.......2000-03-29

Through case studies and research, the author gives us a peephole into the way that corporations have thought about and incorporated environmentalism into their business structures. I've been involved in environmental issues for many years, but these insights and perspectives are new to me. For any environmentalist who's interested in figuring out how to create change and gain the attention of corporate officers, it's a must.

Although there's some pretty dense organizational analysis in the middle that not everyone might want to read, the first and third chapters use analogies and plain language to convey both the major themes and a sense of story.

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Both the Russian and Western press now recognize the importance of Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin as a Soviet historical figure. Fifty years after his execution in Stalinist Russia, Bukharin has been rehabilated by the Communist Party and invoked as the intellectual antecedent of Gorbachev. Challenging this view, contributors to this volume reevaluate the intellectual and political legacy of this Bolshevik revolutionary. They cover aspects of his thoughts and activities previously left unexplored or misinterpreted. They conclude that Bukharin's legacy is easily distorted when he "is torn from his own political and historical context and appropriated for contemporary political movements." Contributors to this Centenary Appraisal reexamine issues central to Bukharin's intellectual and political legacy: the social, economic, and political forms needed for transition from capitalism to socialism; the nature of the modern capitalist state; and the meaning of imperialism as a stage in the development of capitalist world economy. Also covered are his activities in the Communist International and his work in the history, philosophy, and politics of science.

Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin: A Centenary Appraisal

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Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin: A Centenary Appraisal
Nicholas N. Kozlov
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ORHBF6

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This book is concerned with dynamic relations between urban division of labor, division of consumption and determination of prices structure within a perfectly competitive framework in spatial economy. Our analytical framework examines the issues related to urban dynamics raised in the traditional urban economic theories and provides insights into the issues related to interdependence between knowledge creation and utilization and spatial economies examined by the new urban/regional economic theory. The comparative advantage of our theory is that in providing rich insights into the complex of urban evolution it uses only a few concepts and simplified functional forms and accepts a few assumptions about the behavior of consumers, producers and institutional structures over space.

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Spirit Incorporated is a practical guide for people who want to honor the human spirit at work--whatever their faith, whatever their job. Written by Kathleen Hawkins, the best-selling author of Time Management Made Easy and the audio-cassette album How to Organize Yourself to Win, it tackles many of the tougher issues in business--such as job dissatisfaction, competition, personality conflicts, Murphy's Law, and unethical behavior--and views them in a spiritual light.

Kathleen then draws on 18 years experience using a life-affirming perspective in her career as a management consultant, professional speaker, and former columnist for Success magazine, and shares more than 200 practical, proven ways for you to have more energy at work, increased confidence, and a renewed sense of purpose.

Spirit Incorporated is for you if you want to make a spiritual response your first response, not your last resort .... if you want to feel calmer, more centered, and less affected by difficult circumstances .... if you want to think more clearly, have more energy, and attract positive, cooperative people .... if you want continuing success.

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A great resource for a really difficult task.......2005-04-29

Ms. Hawkins nails this spirituality thing. Her book clearly tells us why spirituality in the workplace is not only appropriate, but good business. And she gives clear instructions on how to achieve it both personally and corporate-wide. Of course, she's not talking about coercing anyone to a specific belief, but making opportunities for people to incorporate their beliefs into their daily work ethic. Sound advice. I took her advice to heart and began incorporating the spiritual life into my own work and writing with zeal at www.WorldWantingPeace.com. Thanks so much Ms. Hawkins.

"So REAL and doable!".......2000-06-15

"I am in awe. SPIRIT INCORPORATED is the first book on spirituality that I have read that is so REAL and doable. So many of the others give you ideas but they are sometimes hard to apply to real life. I keep having to stop reading SPIRIT INCORPORATED to write down ideas that I want to remember and don't want to lose. What a great book by a great writer!" Patricia Boyd, Consumer Real-estate Advocate, Certified Finance Specialist, and author of How to Buy and Sell Your Home Without Getting Ripped Off! PBSem@aol.com

"Truly exciting business principles".......1999-08-24

"SPIRIT INCORPORATED truly has exciting business principles for professionals in International Banking and Finance. In a global financial market too often driven strictly by 'bottom line' profits, country tax incentives, P/E ratios, down sizing, insider rumours, and market speculation, instant and sudden wealth is being created (and lost) through overnight M&A's and market IPO's, with little thought given for human considerations. SPIRIT INCORPORATED brings back the human spirit to the often dehumanizing business calculations seen by too many as a 'Zero Sum Game.' I have applied these exciting principles and philosophies while living and working in Europe, the Middle East, and the Republic of South Africa. Kathleen Hawkins, I applaud you!!!" -- Mark Douglas, B.A., M.B.A., International Business Manager, Johannesburg, RSA

"Packed with truth and practical examples.".......1999-08-17

"Kathleen has packed Spirit Incorporated with so much truth and so many practical examples that I hope this book is marketed as widely as possible." -- Jim Collison, President of the Employers of America: the National Association for Workplace Leaders, and the Senior Editor of Smart Workplace Practices

Turns the daily grind into a premium blend!.......1999-06-12

"Spirit Incorporated turns the daily grind into a premium blend of ethics, integrity, and job satisfaction." -- Don Dible, coauthor, Chicken Soup for the Dental Soul

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Focusing on three seminal cases of military defeat-the South after the Civil War, France in the wake of the Franco-Prussian War, and Germany following World War I-Wolfgang Schivelbusch reveals the complex psychological and cultural responses of vanquished nations to the experience of loss on the battlefield. Drawing on reactions from every level of society, Schivelbusch charts the narratives defeated nations construct and finds remarkable similarities across cultures. Eloquently and vibrantly told, The Culture of Defeat is a brilliant and provocative tour de force of history.

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Macropsychological Aftermath of Defeat in War.......2007-01-21

This book is a tour de force in comparative history. Essentially unexplored among the vast number of treatises on war have been the psychological and cultural sequelae emerging from defeat. The author identifies a sequence of societal structural changes following defeat of the Confederate States of America, the Second French Empire (of Napoleon III), and the German Empire (of Wilhelm II). First come shock and denial, then rejection and humiliation of the former leaders, who are held responsible for the debacle. The term "dreamland" describes this situation when the nation feels cathartically cleansed, free of guilt, and hopeful for a return to the status quo ante. There is usually strong identification with the victor and adoption of many of his ideas and practices. However, the defeated nation may deny responsibility for its own defeat, invoking a betrayal from within or a "stab in the back." Next follows a desire and planning for revenge or "revanche." Perhaps the most powerful message conveyed by Schivelbusch is this: The 50 years spanned by the three studies mark the final transition from more or less "civilized" notions of war and peace to the unlimited and unsparing pursuit of 20th Century war--a REBARBARIZATION of the world! In this process, economic forces (massive production) have taken precedence over the military. In his epilogue, Schivelbusch asks if America's post-September 11 war fever is the belated response (revanche) to defeat in Vietnam. Is the situation analogous to that of the Weimar republic? I am a systems theorist (consider my own writings), and I was delighted that Shivelbusch's analysis fits well into the systems framework.

German's self-defeat.......2007-01-09

Germans made a lot of mistakes during World War 11 but defeat is not one that the Germans should have accepted. The Germans had such good strategy the only problelm was that they did not persue the goal to the end. They gave up a fight without much of a struggle, so to speak or half way through the war. It is a good book, it shows that Germany had accepted their defeat blame themselves, and the United States, harbor some resentment of the United States and move on to become an admirer of the United States and its free capitalist enterprise.

Sore Losers Make Bad Medicine.......2003-09-02

THE CULTURE OF DEFEAT, an appraisal of the sociocultural similarities apparent in the American South after the aftermath of the Civil War, France after the Franco Prussian War, and Germany after WWI, is an extraordinary performance. Much more than mere sociology or social psychology, it ranges with bracing erudition and insight across the realms of intellectual history, cultural criticism, and political and economic history, synthesizing across these disciplines to elucidate its main thesis: that these "losing sides" went through nearly the same stages of national consciousness as they sought to come back from defeat, that each put forth an explanation of their failure in similar terms, and each, in the fullness of time, came back as more powerful after their defeats.

Dreamworld, scapegoating, revenge -- these are just a few of the parallel stages these defeated states went through. For instance, Germany, France, the American South, all cultivated a "dreamworld" in the immediate aftermath of their defeats, a period of time where leaders are blamed for misleading the people into a war that could not be won, a time when the defeated nation looks to the victors for recognition of their true goodness and their unfortunate victimization by a corrupt elite. In licking their wounds, new more powerful "us vs. them" discourses were created and served to bind the defeated together in seeking their redemption among nations. The Southernization of U.S. politics, for example, over the past 25 years is emblematic of how the South has indeed risen again. In the short term, it took only a few years (with the rise of the Ku Klux Klan as the enforcement arm of Southern elites) to rewrite the Reconstruction codes as Jim Crow laws and the "lawful" suppression of the African American to be de facto reinstituted against the early injunctions of the victor. As Schivelbusch points out, in a terrible irony, the Nazis looked to these codes for instruction as they planned the demonization and destruction of the Jews.

Unlike Kubler-Ross' famous (and in danger of becoming as trite and omnipresent as the 12 step program) stages of grief, nation states do not apparently move toward acceptance. In the nation state new discourses must be hammered together out of the wreckage of defeat, and new goals and national purposes must be forged out of the ashes. One assumes it is difficult to mobilize a citizenry under the banner of acceptance. Schivelbusch, to this point, interestingly, takes issue with the notion that the cycle of defeat and revenge was broken at last after the Second World War through American munificence with Japan and Germany. Schivelbusch suggests that a form of revenge has indeed been in play in the economic arena.

In his conclusion, Schivelbusch notes it is not much of a stretch to suggest that these same patterns may hold true in the wake of the current U.S. war and that a new, more virulent culture of defeat may be created in the Middle East. In less interesting and compelling fashion, other recent books suggest this has already come to pass. Importantly, what Schivelbusch does is show how Western states, too, use the same language of dreamworld and revenge, and shows how they have embarked on the same paths of retribution and domination.

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Time travelers' tales.(Book Review): An article from: American Scholar
Eugen Weber
Manufacturer: Phi Beta Kappa Society
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000821WHU
Release Date: 2005-07-31

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This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on June 22, 2003. The length of the article is 2061 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Time travelers' tales.(Book Review)
Author: Eugen Weber
Publication: American Scholar (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2003
Publisher: Phi Beta Kappa Society
Volume: 72 Issue: 3 Page: 142(3)

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The Culture of Defeat On National Trauma, Mourning, and Recovery

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The Culture of Defeat On National Trauma, Mourning, and Recovery
Schivelbusch Wolfgang
Manufacturer: Metropolitan Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UE0DQC

THE CULTURE OF DEFEAT. On National Trauma, Mourning, and Recovery. Translated by Jefferson Chase.

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THE CULTURE OF DEFEAT. On National Trauma, Mourning, and Recovery. Translated by Jefferson Chase.
Wolfgang: Schivelbusch
Manufacturer: Pan
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000W2XYYA

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Personal sacrifice and the quest for reunion.......2003-06-29

If you are interested in the reunion of East and West, then this book will be of much interest to you! I was reminded of Jaroslav Pelikan's outstanding book, "Confessor Between East and West" while I read Beshoner's account of Ivan Gagarin.

I'll quote from the conclusion to let you know where the author goes with his thesis and then you can decide if you would like to read his supporting chapters. I personally do not agree with Garagin's belief that Roman Catholicism would bring Russia its political and intellectual "salvation", but I am greatly drawn to his commitment to his ideals. Moreover, any book that even promotes the agenda of reunion, in spite of the motives, is worth noting. Enjoy!

"Personal contact with the West and the influence of such thinkers as Schelling, Chaadaevm, Ancillon, and Joufffrey led Gagarin to the conviction that Russia's social and political backwardness was directly attributable to its separation from Catholicism. By following the Byzantine Empire into schism from Rome, Russia had separated itself from the mainspring of Western social and intellectual progress; in turn, the subjugation of the Russian Church to Russian secular authority became inevitable. Garagin, therefore, reasoned that church union reattaching Russian to Catholicism would restore Russia to social and intellectual parity with the West. Seeking the best means of personally fostering this union, he joined the Society of Jesus. Gargin's choice was costly. He lost the right to visit Russian and his family; he lost his inheritance; and he suffered decades of calumny- all to save the homeland that rejected him."

***Don't forget to check out Jaroslav Pelikan's "Confessor Between East and West"!

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