The Emergence of International Society in the 1920s

The Emergence of International Society in the 1920s

Author: Daniel Gorman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-08-20

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 1139536680

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Chronicling the emergence of an international society in the 1920s, Daniel Gorman describes how the shock of the First World War gave rise to a broad array of overlapping initiatives in international cooperation. Though national rivalries continued to plague world politics, ordinary citizens and state officials found common causes in politics, religion, culture and sport with peers beyond their borders. The League of Nations, the turn to a less centralized British Empire, the beginning of an international ecumenical movement, international sporting events and audacious plans for the abolition of war all signaled internationalism's growth. State actors played an important role in these developments and were aided by international voluntary organizations, church groups and international networks of academics, athletes, women, pacifists and humanitarian activists. These international networks became the forerunners of international NGOs and global governance.


Recollecting

Recollecting

Author: Sarah Carter

Publisher: Athabasca University Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1897425821

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Recollecting is a rich collection of essays that illuminate the lives of late eighteenth-century to the mid twentieth-century Aboriginal women, who have been overlooked in sweeping narratives of the history of the West. Some essays focus on individual women - a trader, a performer, a non-human woman - while others examine cohorts of women - wives, midwives, seamstresses, nuns. Authors look beyond the documentary record and standard representations of women, drawing also on records generated by the women themselves, including their beadwork, other material culture, and oral histories.


Other Histories

Other Histories

Author: Kirsten Hastrup

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780415061223

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After a decade of historical anthropology, the discipline seems to be thoroughly historicized. This implies not only that the historical dimension of other cultures has become an integrated part of any anthropological inquiry, but also that the different ways of producing history have become important considerations. Using mainly European historical and ethnographic materials, Other Historiesexamines the nature of history and its importance to anthropological study. The apparently Eurocentric perspective of this volume actually serves the purpose of dismantling the unity and progress of European history. It demonstrates that history is not linear but highly complex, often containing several separate local histories.


Corrupt Exchanges

Corrupt Exchanges

Author: Donatella Della Porta

Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783789081316

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Corruption undermines the market and challenges government legitimacy. Its hidden character, however, makes it troublesome to study empirically. Corrupt Exchanges seeks to overcome this difficulty using the tools of economics and political science. The papers, presented at the Zentrum for Interdisziplinäre Forschung in Bielefeld, Germany, in 2001, begin a dialogue across disciplinary lines. The contributors are a first-rate group of scholars using diverse techniques, both qualitative and quantitative. Their work demonstrates that, with patience and creativity, the empirical study of corruption is possible and can contribute to the policy debate. One group of papers deals with high-level political corruption especially involving Member States of the European Union. The second group focuses on bureaucratic corruption in developing and transition countries. The papers study particular instances and types of corruption and suggest solutions. This book will interest to those concerned with limiting corruption worldwide, including the business and the nonprofit communities and international aid and lending organizations. The editors are internationally recognized experts in the study of corruption. Donatella Della Porta is Professor of Political Science at the University of Florence and the author (with Alberto Vannucci) of Corrupt Exchanges (1999). Susan Rose-Ackerman is Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University and the author of Corruption and Government (1999).


From the Buffalo to the Cross

From the Buffalo to the Cross

Author: M. B. Venini Byrne

Publisher: Calgary : Calgary Archives and Historical Publishers

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 572

ISBN-13:

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The Diocese of Calgary covers the southern part of the province of Alberta with the city of Calgary being the episcopal city.


Health and Sports Program

Health and Sports Program

Author: Canada. Task Force on Program Review

Publisher:

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13:

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28 programs dealing with health and sports are analysed withrespect to beneficiaries, efficiency and overlap, and gaps andomissions.


The Annenbergs

The Annenbergs

Author: John E. Cooney

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13:

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"This is the colorful and dramatic biography of two of America's most controversial entrepreneurs: Moses Louis Annenberg, 'the racing wire king, ' who built his fortune in racketeering, invested it in publishing, and lost much of it in the biggest tax evasion case in United States history; and his son, Walter, launcher of TV Guide and Seventeen magazines and former ambassador to Great Britain."--Jacket.