Thursday, February 28, 2013

A History of Future Cities

A History
A History of Future Cities
Daniel Brook (Author)
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A pioneering exploration of four cities where East meets West and past becomes future: St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Mumbai, and Dubai.

On May 27, 1703, Tsar Peter the Great founded a new capital on a barren Baltic marsh. Modeled on Amsterdam, he believed it would erase Russian backwardness and usher in a modernized, Westernized future. In the nineteenth-century Age of Imperialism, the British rebuilt Bombay as a tropical London, while three Western powers made Shanghai look just like home. And in our own time, the sheikh of Dubai has endeavored to transform his desert city into a Vegas-esque skyscraper-studded global hub. The cultural and historical threads that connect these cities and their conflicted embrace of modernity are brought into relief in Daniel Brook’s captivating mix of history and reportage—a story of architects and authoritarians, artists and revolutionaries who take these facsimiles of the West and turn them into crucibles of non-Western modernity. A History of Future Cities is both a crucial reminder of globalization’s long march and an inspiring look into the possibilities of our Asian Century. 12 illustrations; 4 maps

  • Rank: #17846 in Books
  • Published on: 2013-02-25
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 9.25" h x 1.30" w x 6.14" l, 1.75 pounds
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 480 pages

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author daniel brook format hardback language english publication year 26 03 2013 subject geography environment agriculture subject 2 environment planning title a history of future cities author brook daniel publisher ww norton co inc publication date feb 25 2013 pages 352 binding hardcover dimensions 0 13 wx 0 96 hx 0 65 d isbn 0393078124 subject social science sociology urban description a pioneering exploration of four cities that reflect a blend of eastern and western cultures traces the h

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In 1703, Peter the Great founded his eponymous capital on a Baltic marsh. Modelled on Amsterdam, he believed it would usher in a modernised, Westernised future. In the nineteenth-century Age of Imperialism, the British rebuilt Bombay as a tropical London, while three Western powers made Shanghai look just like home. In our time, the sheikh of Dubai has transformed his desert city into a skyscraper-studded global hub. The cultural and historical threads that connect these cities and their conflicted embrace of modernity are brought into relief in Daniel Brook's captivating mix of history and reportage - a story of architects and authoritarians, artists and revolutionaries who take these facsimiles of the West and turn them into crucibles of non-Western modernism. A History of Future Cities is both a crucial reminder of globalisation's long march and an inspiring look into the possibilities of our Asian Century.

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Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author The Future City on the Inland Sea: A History of Imaginative Geographies of Lake Superior by Eric D. Olmanson Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Throughout the nineteenth century, the southern shores of Lake Superior held great promise for developers imagining the next great metropolis. These new territories were seen as expanses to be filled, first with romantic visions, then with scientific images, and later wit

On Wings of Eagles

On Wings
On Wings of Eagles
Ken Follett (Author)
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When two of his American employees were held hostage in Iran, H. Ross Perot and a select group of his employees took matters into their own hands.

  • Rank: #10877 in eBooks
  • Published on: 1984-09-03
  • Released on: 1984-09-03
  • Format: Kindle eBook
  • Number of items: 1

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Three used paperback books for one price. All authored by Ken Follett. All in good or better condition. Mystery thrillers..... On Wings of Eagles by Ken Follett (1984, Paperback) Described above.Lie Down With Lions by Ken Follett (1986, Paperback). International espionage, modern warfare, and a love story.The Modigliani Scandal by Ken Follett (1985, Paperback). A fabulous "lost masterpiece" becomes the ultimate prize for an art historian whose ambition consumes everyone around her, an angry you

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Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author On Wings of Eagles by Ken Follett Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Compact Disc Condition Brand New Author Biography Ken Follett s career as a bestselling author has spanned more than three decades. He is the author of numerous immensely popular books, including Eye of the Needle , Triple , The Key to Rebecca , The Man From St. Petersburg , On Wings of Eagles , Lie Down With Lions , The Pillars of the Earth , A Dangerous Fortune , The Third

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Follett Ken : on Wings of Eagles (Signet) (Paperback) Format: Paperback 424 pages Full description for Follett Ken : on Wings of Eagles When two of his American employees were held hostage in Iran, H. Ross Perot and a select group of his employees took matters into their own hands. They faced incalculable odds on a mission only true heroes would have dared....

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Democracy's Fourth Wave: Digital Media and the Arab Spring (Oxford Studies in Digital Politics)

Democracy's Fourth Wave?Democracy's Fourth Wave?: Digital Media and the Arab Spring (Oxford Studies in Digital Politics)
Philip N. Howard (Author), Muzammil M. Hussain (Author)

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Did digital media really "cause" the Arab Spring, or is it an important factor of the story behind what might become democracy's fourth wave? An unlikely network of citizens used digital media to start a cascade of social protest that ultimately toppled four of the world's most entrenched dictators. Howard and Hussain find that the complex causal recipe includes several economic, political and cultural factors, but that digital media is consistently one of the most important sufficient and necessary conditions for explaining both the fragility of regimes and the success of social movements. This book looks at not only the unexpected evolution of events during the Arab Spring, but the deeper history of creative digital activism throughout the region.

  • Rank: #252780 in Books
  • Published on: 2013-03-29
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 160 pages

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The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran

The Twilight War
The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran
David Crist (Author)
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The dramatic secret history of our undeclared thirty-year conflict with Iran, revealing newsbreaking episodes of covert and deadly operations that brought the two nations to the brink of open war

For three decades, the United States and Iran have engaged in a secret war. It is a conflict that has never been acknowledged and a story that has never been told.

This surreptitious war began with the Iranian revolution and simmers today inside Iraq and in the Persian Gulf. Fights rage in the shadows, between the CIA and its network of spies and Iran's intelligence agency. Battles are fought at sea with Iranians in small speedboats attacking Western oil tankers. This conflict has frustrated five American presidents, divided administrations, and repeatedly threatened to bring the two nations into open warfare. It is a story of shocking miscalculations, bitter debates, hidden casualties, boldness, and betrayal.

A senior historian for the federal government with unparalleled access to senior officials and key documents of several U.S. administrations, Crist has spent more than ten years researching and writing The Twilight War, and he breaks new ground on virtually every page. Crist describes the series of secret negotiations between Iran and the United States after 9/11, culminating in Iran's proposal for a grand bargain for peace-which the Bush administration turned down. He documents the clandestine counterattack Iran launched after America's 2003 invasion of Iraq, in which thousands of soldiers disguised as reporters, tourists, pilgrims, and aid workers toiled to change the government in Baghdad and undercut American attempts to pacify the Iraqi insurgency. And he reveals in vivid detail for the first time a number of important stories of military and intelligence operations by both sides, both successes and failures, and their typically unexpected consequences.

Much has changed in the world since 1979, but Iran and America remain each other's biggest national security nightmares. "The Iran problem" is a razor-sharp briar patch that has claimed its sixth presidential victim in Barack Obama and his administration. The Twilight War adds vital new depth to our understanding of this acute dilemma it is also a thrillingly engrossing read, animated by a healthy irony about human failings in the fog of not-quite war.

  • Rank: #35865 in Books
  • Published on: 2012-07-19
  • Released on: 2012-07-19
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 1.32" h x 6.44" w x 9.50" l, 2.16 pounds
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 656 pages

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Israel Has Moved

Israel Has
Israel Has Moved
Diana Pinto (Author)

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Israel has changed. The country was born in Europe's shadow, haunted by the Holocaust and inspired by the Enlightenment. But for Israelis today, Europe is hardly relevant, and the country's ties to the broader West, even to America, are fraying. Where is Israel heading? How do citizens of an increasingly diverse nation see themselves globally and historically?

In this revealing portrait of the new Israel, Diana Pinto presents a country simultaneously moving forward and backward, looking outward and turning in on itself. In business, Israel is forging new links with the giants of Asia, and its booming science and technology sectors are helping define the future for the entire world. But in politics and religion, Israelis are increasingly self-absorbed, building literal and metaphorical walls against hostile neighbors and turning to ancient religious precepts for guidance here and now.

Pinto captures the new moods and mindsets, the anxieties and hopes of Israelis today in sharply drawn sketches of symbolically charged settings. She takes us on the roads to Jerusalem, to border control at Ben Gurion Airport, to a major Israeli conference in Jerusalem, to a hill overlooking the Dome of the Rock and Temple Mount, to the heart of Israel's high-tech economy, and to sparkling new malls and restaurants where people of different identities share nothing more than a desire to ignore one another.

Vivid and passionate but underpinned by deep analysis, this is a profound and sometimes unsettling account of a country that is no longer where we might think.

  • Rank: #83693 in Books
  • Published on: 2013-02-28
  • Released on: 2013-01-28
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 8.27" h x 5.51" w x .0" l, .83 pounds
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 224 pages

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The author, an American activist who has moved to Israel, shares his observations on Israeli society and explains why he believes he was right to emigrate

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Israel Has Moved : Hardback : HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS : 9780674073425 : 0674073428 : 28 Feb 2013 : Born in Europe's shadow, haunted by the Holocaust, and inspired by the Enlightenment, Israel has changed. Where is this diverse and self-absorbed country heading today? How do its citizens see themselves, globally and historically? Israel Has Moved is a profound and sometimes unsettling account of a country that is no longer where we might think.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat

The Dispensable Nation
The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat
Vali Nasr (Author)

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Former State Department advisor for Afghanistan and Pakistan and bestselling author Vali Nasr delivers a sharp indictment of America's flawed foreign policy and outlines a new relationship with the Muslim world and with new players in the changing Middle East.

In this essential new book, Vali Nasr argues that the Obama administration had a chance to improve its relations with the Middle East, but instead chose to pursue its predecessor's questionable strategies there. Nasr takes readers behind the scenes at the State Department and reveals how the new government's fear of political backlash and the specter of terrorism crippled the efforts of diplomatic giants, like Richard Holbrooke and Hillary Clinton, to boost America's foundering credibility with world leaders. Meanwhile, the true economic threats, China and Russia, were quietly expanding their influence in the region. And a second Arab Spring is brewing-not a hopeful clamor for democracy but rage at the United States for its foreign policy of drones and assassinations. Drawing on his in-depth knowledge of the Middle East and firsthand experience in diplomacy, Nasr offers a powerful reassessment of American foreign policy that directs the country away from its failing relationships in the Middle East (such as with Saudi Arabia) toward more productive, and less costly, partnerships with other foreign allies (such as Turkey). Forcefully persuasive, Vali Nasr's book is a game changer for America as it charts a course in the Muslim world, Asia, and beyond.

  • Rank: #20213 in Books
  • Published on: 2013-04-23
  • Released on: 2013-04-23
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 1.43 pounds
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 320 pages

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Categories: International Relations * General. Contributors: Vali Nasr - Author. Format: Audiobook

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The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat

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