Michael Warner: 17 books
by Michael Warner, John McWilliams, Wai Chee Dimock
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 1994
Throughout the era of the Cold War a consensus reigned as to what constituted the great works of American literature. Yet as scholars have increasingly shown, and as this volume unmistakably demonstrates, that consensus was built upon the repression of the voices and historical contexts of subordinated...
Local Content in Procurement
Creating Local Jobs and Competitive Domestic Industries in Supply Chains
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Local Content in Procurement is the first book of its kind. Recognizing the substantial economic and social value brought to host countries and local communities through the procurement practices of large private and public companies, this book by Dr Michael Warner – Director of the consultancy...
The Rise and Fall of Intelligence
An International Security History
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
This sweeping history of the development of professional, institutionalized intelligence examines the implications of the fall of the state monopoly on espionage today and beyond.During the Cold War, only the alliances clustered around the two superpowers maintained viable intelligence endeavors, whereas...
Intelligence and the National Security Strategist
Enduring Issues and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2005
Intelligence and the National Security Strategist: Enduring Issues and Challenges presents students with a useful anthology of published articles from diverse sources as well as original contributions to the study of intelligence. The collection includes classic perspectives from the history of warfare,...
by Charles Taylor, Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar, Jane Kramer
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2003
One of the most influential philosophers in the English-speaking world, Charles Taylor is internationally renowned for his contributions to political and moral theory, particularly to debates about identity formation, multiculturalism, secularism, and modernity. In Modern Social Imaginaries, Taylor...
by Edward LiPuma, Benjamin Lee, Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2004
The market for financial derivatives is far and away the largest and most powerful market in the world, and it is growing exponentially. In 1970 the yearly valuation of financial derivatives was only a few million dollars. By 1980 the sum had swollen to nearly one hundred million dollars. By 1990...
How to Be an Intellectual in the Age of TV
The Lessons of Gore Vidal
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2005
Novelist, television personality, political candidate, and maverick social commentator, Gore Vidal is one of the most innovative, influential, and enduring American intellectuals of the past fifty years. In How to Be an Intellectual in the Age of TV, Marcie Frank provides a concise introduction to...
Fear of Small Numbers
An Essay on the Geography of Anger
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2006
The period since 1989 has been marked by the global endorsement of open markets, the free flow of finance capital and liberal ideas of constitutional rule, and the active expansion of human rights. Why, then, in this era of intense globalization, has there been a proliferation of violence, of ethnic...
Bilingual Aesthetics
A New Sentimental Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2004
Knowing a second language entails some unease; it requires a willingness to make mistakes and work through misunderstandings. The renowned literary scholar Doris Sommer argues that feeling funny is good for you, and for society. In Bilingual Aesthetics Sommer invites readers to make mischief with...
The Empire of Love
Toward a Theory of Intimacy, Genealogy, and Carnality
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2006
In The Empire of Love anthropologist Elizabeth A. Povinelli reflects on a set of ethical and normative claims about the governance of love, sociality, and the body that circulates in liberal settler colonies such as the United States and Australia. She boldly theorizes intimate relations as pivotal...
by Michael Warner
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
This is the story of a puppy, Butch, who was sent away from his first home. His best friend, Whitney, who is also a puppy, tells his story. Butch soon finds out that the world is both scary and fun. He also learns that there are people everywhere who care for him and lead him to the home he would choose for himself.
Shoreline of Infinity 9
Shoreline of Infinity science fiction magazine
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Stories
The Last Days of the Lotus Eaters – Leigh Harlen
Keeping the Peace – Catriona Butler & Rob Butler
Death Acceptance – Tony Clavelli
Apocalypse Beta Test Survey – Gregg Chamberlain
Spirejack – Patrick Warner
Lowland Clearances – Pippa Goldschmidt
The Last Moonshot...
Civic Education in the Twenty-First Century
A Multidimensional Inquiry
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Imagine an America where politicians, governmental institutions, schools, new technologies, and interest groups work together to promote informed, engaged citizens. Civic Education in the Twenty-First Century brings together scholars from various disciplines to show how such a United States is possible...
Research on Schools, Neighborhoods and Communities
Toward Civic Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward Civic Responsibility focuses on research and theoretical developments related to the role of geography in education, human development, and health. William F. Tate IV, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts &...
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