Werner Hegemann and the Search for Universal Urbanism

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Documents the many faces and facets of Hegemann's contribution to the development of city planning theory and practice.

Addressing the life and work of a major figure of the Modern Movement in architecture and city planning, about whom very little is known, this first full study of Werner Hegemann (1881-1936) recounts his contribution to the emerging discipline of international city planning and his critical position within the movement. 63 illustrations.

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Great Book on Pivotal Figure in Urban Planning.......2005-11-15

Little is known about Werner Hegemann, even among urban planners and historians. But he's really one of the more profound and original thinkers about urbanization that you will find anywhere. Christiane Crasemann Collins' book is destined to be the standard work on Hegemann's life and thought. Anyone with an interest in the history of 20th century urban planning theory--or even intellectual history in general--should read this book.

Werner Hegemann and the Search for Universal Urbanism.(Book review) : An article from: Journal of the American Planning Association

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Werner Hegemann and the Search for Universal Urbanism.(Book review) : An article from: Journal of the American Planning Association
Jennifer LeFurgy
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000FVRWPK
Release Date: 2006-05-30

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Title: Werner Hegemann and the Search for Universal Urbanism.(Book review)
Author: Jennifer LeFurgy
Publication: Journal of the American Planning Association (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 72 Issue: 2 Page: 261(2)

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Werner Hegemann and the Search for Universal Urbanism.

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Werner Hegemann and the Search for Universal Urbanism.
Christiane Crasemann Collins
Manufacturer: W.W. Norton
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N654PM

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Defending the helpless

The ravished image, or, How to ruin masterpieces by restoration
Sarah Walden
Manufacturer: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Painting | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0297784072

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Defending the helpless.......2007-02-10

This time, it's the older generation under attack. They are helpless against their caretakers, subjected to brutal, disfiguring, and destructive treatments "for their own good." Too often, those in charge are blinded by science or by irrelevant ideas of a later generation, so unproven and risky treatments are undertaken more because they're possible than because they'll actually do any good. With discouraging regularity, the best outcome would simply have been to let them age gracefully.

The paintings, that it. Walden describes several hundred years of abuse at the hands of the cleaners, conservators, and restorers, abuse that has all but destroyed many of the old masters, and abuse that only accelerates as modern solvents and tools are put into play. Walden starts with the most basic question: what is a painting. The range and complexity of answers will startle some readers, especially the complex layering of paint and varnish. Using these terms, she then talks a little about classical painting technique that starts with broad tones, almost cartoons, and successively builds up layers of delicate shades, details, and optical effects. Of course, painters eager for immediate recognition have often resorted to dramatic techniques and materials, often with little thought to longevity.

Traditional varnishes yellowed over time, though, and collected dirt from the environment. Zealous if misinformed cleaners often start by scrubbing painting clean of the soluble varnish. But, when the subtle, final touches on a painting are on top of that varnish, all that distinguished a masterwork from daubery literally goes down the drain. It's not a new phenomenon - Walden cites tirades by Goya, Goethe, Delacroix, and others against the same things in their own day. In many of those cases, not just cleaning but acutal over-painting was part of the offense against the artwork, whether to "repair" it, bring it into conformance with the tastes of the era, or personalize for a specific owner.

This is a fitting complement to Beck's book, "Art Restoration" (ISBN 0719554306), since that focuses on fesco and sculpture, while this addresses painting. I found it a drier read than Beck's though no less informative, partly since this book's stage is more often a British museum lab than Beck's Italian legal thriller. Still, it's a good one for any reader who cares about art that has come down through the centuries and should, if let to live, go down many more.

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The Ravished Image. Or How to Ruin Masterpieces By Restoration

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The Ravished Image. Or How to Ruin Masterpieces By Restoration
Sarah Walden
Manufacturer: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OS64B2

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Drawing on case studies from eight different countries, the con-tributors to this provocative collection of essays demonstrate quite clearly that environmental programmes often have direct and far-reaching consequences for the distribution of wealth and poverty and that they constitute one of the major forms of foreign and state intervention in contemporary African affairs.

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In the past few years, the economic ramifications of aging have garnered close attention from a group of NBER researchers led by David A. Wise. In this volume, Wise and his collaborators continue to analyze a nexus of age-related issues.

This volume begins by looking at the implications of private and public personal retirement plans, focusing in particular on the impact of 401(k) programs on retirement strategies in light of potential social security reform and factors such as annuitization and on asset accumulation. Next, the often-observed relationship between health and wealth is dissected from two different perspectives and correlated with striking increases in health-care spending over the past two decades, despite the improved health of older populations. The volume concludes with an investigation of the retirement effects of various social security provisions in both U.S. and German systems.

This carefully developed collection expands the current investigative focus and broadens the dialogue on a rapidly growing area of social and economic concern.

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An affordable, easily scannable one-day training guide designed for use in instructor-led training courses.

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NII , and Course Technology Ilt
Manufacturer: Course Technology
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: CD-ROM

General | Organizational Behavior | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1418846333

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INTERESTING CONCEPTS BUT NOT FOR EVERYONE!

Realistic, practical, and hopeful.

Realistic, practical, and hopeful.

Realistic, practical, and hopeful.

Chapters: Create a Life of Exhilaration and Accomplishment in the Face of Change
Candice Carpenter
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Self-Help | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
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Pul-eeze How narcisstic can you get?.......2003-05-28

I have to admit, this book does have a good premise and some good practical exercises -

however - I could hardly relate to Ms. Carpenter and her assorted group of colleagues, all of whom seem rather "priviliged" in their varied media/outdoors/CEO status. You could hardly imagine these case studies really "suffered" with career problems; they all seemed rather "connected" (power brokered), monied and probably from families that eased the way for them to start off. The Chapters book was rather self-serving of Carpenter, who "discovered" a new career of writing/coaching (albiet with a ghost writer/collaborator). I was soooooo turned off by this book (like "oh, my my maid just quit, how bad can it get??"). I am a well educated professional myself but have none of the luxury and "connections" Carpenter seems to have. As a quite "elitist" book, I suggest it only if you went to an Ivy League school and/or were "born into" money. Sorry be be so negative, but that's what I came away with here.

INTERESTING CONCEPTS BUT NOT FOR EVERYONE!.......2002-03-12

Much of what the author is saying in this book looks good on paper; however, many suggestions are simply not practical for anyone in a low-income bracket. How many individuals could afford to have a year's wages set aside in the event they lose (or quit) their job? If you are a professional with considerable investments and savings, that may be possible, but for one who lives from paycheque to paycheque and just barely scrapes by, that idea is a dream not a realistic possibility.

On the positive side, there is much truth to the fact that an individual will have an average of nine different jobs through the course of their employable years. Life is indeed much like the chapters of a book - for everyone that ends another begins. In this respect, the author does help us to understand the various stages we go through as we close one chapter and begin another. There are some interesting anecdotes in the book and a lot of inspiration; however, readers will need to read the suggestions and apply what they feel will work for them based on their own unique personal situation. A "one-shoe-fits-all" approach cannot be found here because we have such varied income levels, disposable income, and financial responsibilities. Read the book for the tips it contains, then decide what will personally work for you and what will not.

Realistic, practical, and hopeful........2002-03-11

As a psychotherapist and author who teaches the importance of facing fear head on (Embracing Fear, HarperSanFrancisco) I am always glad to see a book like Chapters that offers a realistic perspective, useful guidance and a hopeful message. Uncertainty is indeed the very nature of life, and Ms. Carpenter's well-written and organized book is based on the premise that coming to terms with that uncertainty (accepting that we cannot change this fact) is the key to feeling secure. (Isn't irony ironic?)

Like Gavin de Becker (Fear Less), Candice Carpenter has a way of pointing to what is real and reassuring us with it. The best news is that her reassurance --- backed by her own experience, thoughtful research, and genuine compassion --- has tremendous credibility.

I can think of at least a half dozen people I will recommend Chapters to immediately. And it certainly will go on the next edtion of my reading list for clients.

Realistic, practical, and hopeful........2002-03-11

I can think of at least a half dozen people I will recommend Chapters to immediately. And it certainly will go on the next edtion of my reading list for clients.

Realistic, practical, and hopeful........2002-03-11

I can think of at least a half dozen people I will recommend Chapters to immediately. And it certainly will go on the next edtion of my reading list for clients.

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THE OTHER MARXISTS: THE MENSHEVIKS.......2006-01-29

Every now and then you read a book that is exceptionally scholarly, thoroughly academic and more than a little pedantic, and you find yourself enthralled by the subject, invigorated by the presentation and uplifted by the uncommon knowledge you are gaining. Such is the experience of reading Andre Liebich's deeply researched and concisely narrated history of the Russian Social Democrats, FROM THE OTHER SHORE. You may come to the book with the usual assumption that the SDs, better known as the Mensheviks, were just another political party that lost to the Bolsheviks in the 1917 struggle for power in Russia, and you will leave with the suspicion that they constitute the more lasting legacy from that world upheaval and may once again have their say.

Liebich reveals just how principled they were. As Marxists, they did not side with the Whites against the Bolsheviks after the October coup d'etat, but rather offered a loyal opposition, intending by their commentary and criticism, often severe, to moderate Soviet policy and to keep it from devolving into absolute tyranny, which they feared would discredit the idea of a proletarian revolution altogether. They held fast to this "Martov Line," so called after their first leader, Yuly Martov, during the years of the Russian Civil War (1918-1921), when they served in the government with the Bolsheviks; and then again, after their expulsion, through the years of their first emigration in Berlin (1921-1933), when they established themselves as the so-called "Foreign Delegation" and published Sotsialisticheskii vestnik ("The Socialist Herald") with political commentary and news from SDs still functioning in the underground in the USSR; and then again, after the rise of Hitler, through the years of their second emigration in Paris (1933-1940), when they endured the physical extermination of their home base and the abuse of the Soviet press. And then finally, after the outbreak of war, in their third emigration in New York City (1940-1951), when they were obliged to sum up "the science of exile" and the "sociology of defeat," as one member (Pyotr Garvi) put it. They were a "foreign delegation" only in their dreams.

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Title: Flight Identification of European Seabirds.(Book review)
Author: Paul A. Guris
Publication: Wilson Bulletin (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 118 Issue: 1 Page: 124(2)

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