1750 results for '"Weiss, Charles'

A definitive intellectual history of landscape urbanismIt has become conventional to think of urbanism and landscape as opposing one another—or to think of landscape as merely providing temporary...

Charles Perrow is famous worldwide for his ideas about normal accidents, the notion that multiple and unexpected failures--catastrophes waiting to happen--are built into our society's complex systems...

An in-depth study of American social movements after the Civil War and their lessons for today by a prizewinning historianThe Civil War unleashed a torrent of claims for equality—in the chaotic years...

The best-selling author’s practical guide to writing clearly and convincingly in every professional setting.How would you create a winning pitch for your latest investment idea? Or persuasively argue...

NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • From the bestselling historian and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, the moving untold story of the...

[by] Virginia Held, Kai Nielsen [and] Charles Parsons. Includes Bibliographical References.

How nations move from war to peaceIs the world destined to suffer endless cycles of conflict and war? Can rival nations become partners and establish a lasting and stable peace? How Enemies Become...

Product DescriptionLe maître-ouvrage sur la politique étrangère nazie.De 1933 à 1945, Hitler et les diplomates du IIIe Reich conduisirent une politique étrangère d'envergure au service d'une vision...

Charles Darwin's seminal formulation of the theory of Evolution, On the Origin of Species continues to be as controversial today as when it was first published. Written for a general readership, On...

Joan of Arc and Richard III loom large in the histories of their countries, but the myths surrounding them have always obscured just who they were and what they hoped to accomplish. In this book,...

Modern Dreams explores the distinction between the theoretical and sociological production of London in the fifties and conceptually related work of New York in the eighties. The art objects and...

American society today is shaped not nearly as much by vast open spaces as it is by vast, bureaucratic organizations. Over half the working population toils away at enterprises with 500 or more...

First published anonymously in 1912, The Autobiography of an Ex- Colored Man has electrified readers ever since with its stark portrayal of the color line in America and its daring modernist style...

Charles V was elected Holy Roman Emperor and, until his death in 1558, he was to play a central role on the European political stage. The book is a clear introduction to the often confusing train of...

Within the realist school of international relations, a prevailing view holds that the anarchic structure of the international system invariably forces the great powers to seek security at one...

Economists have long sought to learn the effect of a "treatment" on some outcome of interest, just as doctors do with their patients. A central practical objective of research on treatment response...

In the United States, direct energy use in buildings accounts for 39% of carbon dioxide emissions per year—more than any other sector. Buildings contribute to a changing climate and warming of the...

A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, this classic novel is scathing in its indictment of a cruel society and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery.The story...

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ATLANTIC, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND NEW STATESMANA radically immersive exploration of three pivotal moments in the evolution of human consciousness, asking what kinds...

A bold new biography of the thinker who demolished accepted economic theories in order to expose how people of economic and social privilege plunder their wealth from society’s productive men and...