Aldo Goes to Primary School
Title | Aldo Goes to Primary School PDF eBook |
Author | Hugh McNally |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2013-04 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780957622005 |
The Right to Stay Home
Title | The Right to Stay Home PDF eBook |
Author | David Bacon |
Publisher | Beacon Press |
Pages | 329 |
Release | 2013-09-10 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0807001627 |
The story of the growing resistance of Mexican communities to the poverty that forces people to migrate to the United States People across Mexico are being forced into migration, and while 11 percent of that country’s population lives north of the US border, the decision to migrate is rarely voluntary. Free trade agreements and economic policies that exacerbate and reinforce extreme wealth disparities make it impossible for Mexicans to make a living at home. And yet when they migrate to the United States, they must grapple with criminalization, low wages, and exploitation. In The Right to Stay Home, journalist David Bacon tells the story of the growing resistance of Mexican communities. Bacon shows how immigrant communities are fighting back—envisioning a world in which migration isn’t forced by poverty or environmental destruction and people are guaranteed the “right to stay home.” This richly detailed and comprehensive portrait of immigration reveals how the interconnected web of labor, migration, and the global economy unites farmers, migrant workers, and union organizers across borders. In addition to incisive reporting, eleven narratives are included, giving readers the chance to hear the voices of activists themselves as they reflect on their experiences, analyze the complexities of their realities, and affirm their vision for a better world.
The Urban Fact
Title | The Urban Fact PDF eBook |
Author | Kersten Geers |
Publisher | Walther Konig Verlag |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9783960989769 |
The Urban Fact examines Aldo Rossis formulation of a theory of the city, developed over the period of roughly ten years, from Architecture of the City published in 1966, to Analogous City exhibited in 1976. Rossis theory is not taken as an abstract argument, but is seen through his work from that period. A careful selection of twenty-three projects is presented here at face value. These projects, bound by the reality of their setting, but also charged with cultural and civic ambition, illustrate the intricacy of an architectural project as a complex 'whole'. They also demonstrate how architecture could contribute to the changing urban context of the field, hinting at an oeuvre painfully aware of its limitations and stubborn in its intentions.
The Complete Short Stories of Natalia Ginzburg
Title | The Complete Short Stories of Natalia Ginzburg PDF eBook |
Author | Natalia Ginzburg |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 105 |
Release | 2011-01-01 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 1442660120 |
Natalia Ginzburg (1916-1991) is today recognized as one of the foremost woman writers to emerge from twentieth-century Italy. The Complete Short Stories of Natalia Ginzburg brings together in English translation for the first time the eight short stories that Ginzburg wrote between 1933 and 1965. These early works are significant in the context of Ginzburg's wider repertoire. The key themes and ideas occurring therein would come to characterize much of her later work, particularly in terms of her exploration of the difficulties implicit in developing and sustaining meaningful human relationships. Her short stories also provide intriguing insight into the development of her trademark literary style. Including an introduction by the translator and extensive contributions from Alan Bullock, Emeritus Professor of Italian at the University of Leeds, The Complete Short Stories of Natalia Ginzburg encourages a deeper understanding of Ginzburg's life's work and compliments those other collections and individual works which are already widely available in English.
The Architecture of the City
Title | The Architecture of the City PDF eBook |
Author | Aldo Rossi |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1984-09-13 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780262680431 |
Aldo Rossi was a practicing architect and leader of the Italian architectural movement La Tendenza and one of the most influential theorists of the twentieth century. The Architecture of the City is his major work of architectural and urban theory. In part a protest against functionalism and the Modern Movement, in part an attempt to restore the craft of architecture to its position as the only valid object of architectural study, and in part an analysis of the rules and forms of the city's construction, the book has become immensely popular among architects and design students.
Aldo Van Eyck
Title | Aldo Van Eyck PDF eBook |
Author | Robert McCarter |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2015-01-01 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0300153961 |
Robert McCarter provides a comprehensive study of Aldo van Eyck's 50-year career, guiding readers through the architect's buildings and unrealised projects, with a focus on the interior spatial experience as well as the design and construction processes. He investigates how van Eyck's writings and lectures convey the importance of architecture in the everyday lives of people around the world and throughout history, and by presenting the architect's design work together with the principles on which it was founded, illuminates van Eyck's ethical interpretation of architecture's place in the world.
Things Natural, Wild, and Free
Title | Things Natural, Wild, and Free PDF eBook |
Author | Marybeth Lorbiecki |
Publisher | Conservation Pioneers |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781555914745 |
As a child, Aldo Leopold was always looking for adventures in nature. This led Leopold to become a forester, wildlife scientist, author, and ultimately one of the most well-known conservationists in American history. Award-winning author Marybeth Lorbiecki brings Leopold to life in this biography enhanced with historic photographs and a school resource section. Marybeth Lorbiecki is the author of more than twenty-five books for children and adults, and she teaches upper-level college writing and children's literature as an adjunct university professor. Her adult biography Aldo Leopold: A Fierce Green Fire earned a Minnesota Book Award.