The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949-1967: Volume Two: Political Turmoil

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The Los Angeles Times called the first volume of The Gold and the Blue "a major contribution to our understanding of American research universities." This second of two volumes continues the story of one of the last century's most influential figures in higher education. A leading visionary, architect, leader, and fighter for the University of California, Clark Kerr was chancellor of the Berkeley campus from 1952 to 1958 and president of the university from 1958 to 1967. He saw the university through its golden years--a time of both great advancement and great conflict. This absorbing memoir is an intriguing insider's account of how the University of California rose to the peak of scientific and scholarly stature and how, under Kerr's unique leadership, it evolved into the institution it is today.
In Volume II: Political Turmoil, Kerr turns to the external and political environment of the 1950s and 1960s, contrasting the meteoric rise of the University of California to the highest pinnacle of academic achievement with its troubled political context. He describes his attempts to steer a middle course between attacks from the political Right and Left and discusses the continuing attacks on the university, and on him personally, by the state Un-American Activities Committee. He provides a unique point of view of the Free Speech Movement on the Berkeley campus in the fall of 1964. He also details the events of January 1967, when he was dismissed as president of the university by the Board of Regents.

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Interesting reminiscenses.......1999-11-04

Terry Moore from MIGHTY JOE YOUNG, William CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON Alland, Marie Windsor and a dozen or so others are subjects of lengthy interviews about the Science-Fiction films they made in the fifties. The highlight was a lengthy interview with the producer of the tv series THRILLER WITH BORIS KARLOFF. There are many great, rare photos but too many are printed a little light. There's even an interview with the guy who played The Robot on LOST IN SPACE. I don't know what this book's other Amazon.com reviewer is talking about when he says "too much blood", all these movies are 50 years old and there isn't a bloody picture in the book!!

okay.......1999-01-27

I thought this book was okay, but it was a bit sick.Not to mention all the blood....yuck.Great toilet reading.

Monsters, Mutants and Heavenly Creatures Confessions of 14 Classic Sci-Fi/Horrormeisters!

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Monsters, Mutants and Heavenly Creatures Confessions of 14 Classic Sci-Fi/Horrormeisters!
Weaver Tom
Manufacturer: Midnight Marquee Press
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ASIN: B000UIK2AU

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David Bell's volume will introduce key ideas and concerns within cybertheory, then move on to discuss the major concepts developed by the three theorists --Donna Haraway, Sherry Turkle and Sean Cubitt, covering Haraway's foundational work on cyborgs, Sherry Turkle's contribution to debates about identity in cyberspace, and Sean Cubitt's development of cybertheory into the realm of aesthetics and visual culture.

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Manufacturer: Flying Buffalo
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As the thinkers have said, you should strive in all situations to know yourself and know your enemy. Most of history's great thinkers, however, were not in business. In business, you have to know your customer and understand how your company interacts with him or her. The current term for this is customer relationship management (CRM), and The CRM Handbook is the best textbook for managers on the mechanics of CRM. It's a standout in a field that's filled with squishy books that go on at length about how important CRM is, but which lack details. Jill Dyché provides lots of factual information, real case studies, carefully considered commentary, and reasoned criteria with which to evaluate CRM products and strategies. Though you'll certainly want to supplement Dyché's work with vendors' product literature and implementation proposals, you'll get a lot from her carefully researched book.

Dyché devotes some of her (fairly slender) volume to CRM background information but quickly gets to the issues that managers confronted with CRM decisions need to consider. She makes great use of bulleted lists, scorable quizzes, and checklists (sections about what questions to ask vendors, and why, are particularly good) that you can use right now to gauge any organization's suitability to CRM and determine how they need to change in order to get the most out of their systems. --David Wall

Topics covered: Customer relationship management (CRM)--as a business practice and as a set of technologies--explained for managers and corporate planners. CRM fundamentals, CRM product selection, and internal promotion of CRM are all covered well.

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Very good.......2007-01-20

Great overview for strangers to CRM. The only aspect I did not like was the rather short and cynical commentary on privacy in CRM. Privacy is a serious issue that deserves more attention.

CRM from A to Z, almost ate that book :).......2006-10-01

My preferred book and my usually recommended reading for trainees who want to learn about CRM strategy and technical jargons. Combined with a CRM supplier explanation of software use and explanations of terms and strategies during training combined with reading this book can make a stranger really feel at home and ready to take on the challenge of introducing change such as CRM.

Return on Customer.......2005-10-20

This book presents a much needed financial and economic argument for investing in customer service throughout any public or private organisation. For too long the presentation to executive boards has been based on what is easily labled "soft" arguments. The authors have developed a way to demonstrate the value of customer service that CFOs and CEOs can relate to.

Should be the first book you read on CRM.......2004-08-19

CRM Handbook should be the first general, broad-based, well-written introduction to CRM that you should read. The chapter headings clearly lay out the major functions and goals of CRM, as it relates to selling, marketing and customer service. This book is for all audiences, whether you are a small emerging company, like ours, or a large multi-national. Learn the terminology first -- and the mistakes -- before you start talking to a salesperson. This book is not about technical implementation, or a buying guide to different packages.
This morning, I met Jill unexpectedly at a technology event. She's also very charming and professional.

A rare piece of valuable knowledge, insightful and fun.......2004-04-08

Ms Dyché dedicates the book to her mother, June Dyche, "who set the book-writing precedent early, and well". I would add, extremely well, and, with the book in my hands, have to also thank her for the excellent upbringing job.

She introduces not only the how's of CRM but also, when appropriate, the why's, that is, not only the engineering but also the wisdom behind the subject.

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Title: The CRM Handbook.(Business Guide to Customer Relationship Management) (book review)
Author: Heather Richmond
Publication: Information Management Journal (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2002
Publisher: Association of Records Managers & Administrators (ARMA)
Volume: 36 Issue: 2 Page: 67(2)

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The CRM Handbook. A Business Guide to Customer Relationship Management.
Jill Dyche
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A great insight into the preeminent observer of America.......2003-05-23

James Schleifer's book gives one a wonderful insight into the mind of one of the great social scientists writing about America and Democracy. From reading the book I deduced that De Tocqueville is a social scientist before Marx! He compares European culture and government with the fledgling culture and democracy he observes in America. He is very much impressed with what he sees taking place in America in the 1830's and hopes it will spread to Europe. He at first believed that America's prosperity was simply due to geography and their distance from powerful neighbors, he abandons this idea after his visit to America. He comes to realize that the West is not being peopled "by new European immigrants to America, but by Americans who he believes have no adversity to taking risks". De Tocqueville comes to see that Americans are the most broadly educated and politically advanced people in the world and one of the reasons for the success of our form of government. He also foretells America's industrial preeminence and strength through the unfettered spread of ideas and human industry.

De Tocqueville also saw the insidious damage that the institution of slavery was causing the country and predicted some 30 years before the Civil War that slavery would probable cause the states to fragment from the union. He also the emergence of stronger states rights over the power of the federal government. He held fast to his belief that the greatest danger to democracy was the trend toward the concentration of power by the federal government. He predicted wrongly that the union would probably break up into 2 or 3 countries because of regional interests and differences. This idea is the only one about America that he gets wrong. Despite some of his misgivings, De Tocqueville, saw that democracy is an "inescapable development" of the modern world. The arguments in the "Federalist Papers" were greater than most people realized. He saw a social revolution coming that continues throughout the world today.

Schleifer in his book ably shows how De Tocqueville realizes at the very beginning of the "industrial revolution" how industry, centralization and democracy strengthened each other and moved forward together. Schleifer's book convinces me that not only is De Tocqueville still the preeminent observer of America but is also the father of social science. As a retired Army officer and student of political philosophy, I find this book is a must read for anyone interested in American history, political philosophy or the social sciences.

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The making of Tocqueville's "Democracy": Studies in the development of Alexis De Tocqueville's work on America with particular attention to his sources, his ideas and his methods
James T Schleifer
Manufacturer: Yale University
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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"While Cobo's Historia is not a pristine account, it is hard to imagine what our knowledge of Andean societies would be without it. Four hundred years after Cobo landed in Lima, Roland Hamilton should be congratulated on his translations of the Historia del Nuevo Mundo, which remains a monument to the breadth of vision and intellectual energy of its author."

— American Antiquity

The Historia del Nuevo Mundo, set down by Father Bernabe Cobo during the first half of the seventeenth century, represents a singulary valuable source on Inca culture. Working directly frorn the original document, Roland Hamilton has translated that part of Cobo's massive manuscripts that focuses on the history of the kingdom of Peru. The volume includes a general account of the aspect, character, and dress of the Indians as well as a superb treatise on the Incas—their legends, history, and social institutions.

History of the Inca Empire: An Account of the Indians' Customs and Their Origin, Together with a Treatise on Inca Legends, History, and Social Institutions (Texas Pan American Series)

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History of the Inca Empire: An Account of the Indians' Customs and Their Origin, Together with a Treatise on Inca Legends, History, and Social Institutions (Texas Pan American Series)
Bernabe Cobo
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000W3K5H8

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"FASCINATING . . . MEMORABLE . . . REVEALING . . . PERHAPS THE BEST OF CARL SAGAN'S BOOKS."
--The Washington Post Book World (front page review)

In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and time.

Future generations will look back on our epoch as the time when the human race finally broke into a radically new frontier--space. In Pale Blue Dot Sagan traces the spellbinding history of our launch into the cosmos and assesses the future that looms before us as we move out into our own solar system and on to distant galaxies beyond. The exploration and eventual settlement of other worlds is neither a fantasy nor luxury, insists Sagan, but rather a necessary condition for the survival of the human race.

"TAKES READERS FAR BEYOND Cosmos . . . Sagan sees humanity's future in the stars."
--Chicago Tribune

From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Rating the physical book, not the content.......2007-07-23

First, I must say that I am enjoying the book very much. I love reading Professor Sagan's books very much. So this rating applies more to the decision of the publisher than the book itself.

I have never written a review on Amazon before, and I have been coming here for years. I had to say something about this. After I finish this, I plan on emailing the publisher with the same review.

Wow. A book named Pale Blue Dot, inspired by the famous photograph of the Earth of the same name. It is referenced in the first few chapters heavily and Prof. Sagan asks us to visit and revisit the photo several times as he builds his introduction. I think to myself "Great! Can't wait to see it. Now where is it?" This then led to the disappointing finding that there are no pictures at all in this printing. None, not one, not even just the one of the Pale Blue Dot image itself. How can you publish a book inspired by a photo and not include the picture itself, not even a low res poorly printed picture? All you get is a few instructions to look at it, but you won't be able to look at it in here. Apparently, the hardback and first soft-back printing had photos. I guess I can understand (not like, mind you) why the decision was made to eliminate photos, but to get rid of the Pale Blue Dot photo is mind boggling. Surely this decision couldn't have been made on purpose. Surely, this was just an oversight. If this was a conscious decision, then it speaks volumes about how Ballantine views this work and it makes you wonder if they have any idea why it was written in the first place.

Anyway thanks for listening.

Pale Blue Dot.......2007-01-04

This was very interesting reading. Carl has a wonderful way of relating science, technology and his vision in very understandable language.

Perspective from Pluto.......2006-08-19

As I write this review, scientists around the world are in one more tizzy about whether Pluto is a planet, and exactly what a planet is.
They are missing the boat, or spaceship as it were. Pick up a copy of Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot," and it becomes clearer. Just take the much longer view, courtesy of Sagan's vivid and creative mind.

No matter how many times I read it, the look back at our solar system by the Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1990 stimulates my imagination in a huge way. After passing the orbit of Pluto and visiting Neptune and its spectacular moon Triton,the Voyager 1's camera turned back and took a family portrait of the solar system....caught in a mosaic of 60 pictures, saved on the ship's tape recorder and then slowly, over a period of three months, sent back to big radio telescopes on Earth.
The camera caught not only Earth (the pale blue dot), but also Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Pluo and Mars were too small and Mercury was lost in the glare of the Sun.
Just think, a look back at all of us, from a place I dream of being ---out past the orbit of Neptune/Pluto, but will never get to. It boggles the mind to even estimate how long it will take to get any human to that distant vantage point. But here it is ....a wonderful book which covers this, and so many other space marvels. Buy it and keep it close to your bed for months and months of inspiration.
Earl

Let's take the first steps .......2006-04-13

This book really focuses on something I believe is of uttermost importance for human kind: our long-term survival as a species and the essential role of space exploration. Many ideas and facts presented in Pale Blue Dot have already been expressed elsewhere, not least in science-fiction, but here they are collected and presented to us in a formidable way, with the focus on the potentially new era awaiting us where we would finally quit our Earth cocoon and start expanding through the Universe. As a scientist, I believe that this is a realistic view even if it definitely won't happen in our lifetimes. Sagan gives very convicing arguments why it is necessary to take the first steps in this direction: now, without delay!

A great sequel to Cosmos.......2005-03-09

The title of this book refers to Earth- all that our planet is in the big scheme of things is a Pale Blue Dot, as photographed by the Voyager spacecraft, departing our solar system. It's very humbling. Sagan went before his time, and didn't even get to see the landing of Mars Pathfinder in 1997, but that mission was renamed "The Sagan Memorial Mars Station." Whereas Cosmos talked about the past and future of space travel, this book talks about the future. It's written 20 years after "Cosmos" so builds upon what that book says. It used many charts and interesting pictures and graphs. This is better than "Cosmos" in my opinion, and is my favorite book ever.

Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space. (book reviews): An article from: Utopian Studies

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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space. (book reviews): An article from: Utopian Studies
Matthew Hartman
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This digital document is an article from Utopian Studies, published by Society for Utopian Studies on March 22, 1997. The length of the article is 1061 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: Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space. (book reviews)
Author: Matthew Hartman
Publication: Utopian Studies (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1997
Publisher: Society for Utopian Studies
Volume: v8 Issue: n2 Page: p177(2)

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Pale Blue Dot - A Vision Of The Human Future In Space
Carl Sagan
Manufacturer: Random House
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ASIN: B000K03Q60

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Pale Blue Dot A Vision of the Human Future In Space
Sagan Carl
Manufacturer: Random House
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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

Manufacturer: Random House Inc
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ASIN: B000HI2IX2

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This study explores the politics of American Indian and Hispanic women leaders in New Mexico's environmental policymaking arena. Using non-random purposive sampling, 50 women were selected for participation who were political activists in grassroots organization or public officials, elected or appointed to local, state or tribal government. Personal interviews were employed to gather data on their political socialization, their leadership trajectories, their motives for engagement in public life, their political ideology, their racial-ethnic- and gender identity and their policy agendas and strategies for influencing public policymaking.

On the Streets and in the State House; American Indian and Hispanic Women and Environmental Policymaking in New Mexico (Indigenous Peoples and Politics)

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Diane-Michele Prindeville
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