The great world of London
Title | The great world of London PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Mayhew |
Publisher | |
Pages | 584 |
Release | 1857 |
Genre | |
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The Great World of London
Title | The Great World of London PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Mayhew |
Publisher | |
Pages | 632 |
Release | 1862 |
Genre | Prisons |
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The Great World of London
Title | The Great World of London PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 398 |
Release | 1855 |
Genre | London (England) |
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The Criminal Prisons of London, and Scenes of Prison Life
Title | The Criminal Prisons of London, and Scenes of Prison Life PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Mayhew |
Publisher | |
Pages | 740 |
Release | 1862 |
Genre | Correctional institutions |
ISBN |
The Evolution of Great World Cities
Title | The Evolution of Great World Cities PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Kennedy |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2011-08-09 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1442694777 |
Some cities seem destined to become major financial capitals, yet never do—Seville, for instance, was the centre of Spain's opulent New World Empire, but failed to become a financial metropolis. Others, like former colonial backwater Hong Kong, defy the odds by growing into major trading centres. What are the key factors distinguishing those cities that become wealthy from those that don't? Christopher Kennedy illuminates how geography, technology, and especially the infrastructure of urban economies allow cities to develop and thrive. The Evolution of Great World Cities unfolds through the tales of several urban centres—including Venice, Amsterdam, London, and New York City—at key junctures in their histories. Kennedy weaves together significant insights from urbanists such as Jane Jacobs and economists such as John Maynard Keynes, drawing striking parallels between the functioning of ecosystems and of wealthy capitals. The Evolution of Great World Cities offers an accessible introduction to urban economies that 'will change the way you think about cities.'
Reclaiming the Great World House
Title | Reclaiming the Great World House PDF eBook |
Author | Lewis V. Baldwin |
Publisher | University of Georgia Press |
Pages | 390 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Human rights |
ISBN | 0820356026 |
"Reclaiming the Great World House in the 21st Century: Cross-Disciplinary Explorations of the Vision of Martin Luther King, Jr., does just that. Established and emerging scholars explore Martin Luther King, Jr.'s global vision and his lasting relevance to a globalized rights culture. The editors further explain that this edited collection looks at: King afresh in his own historical context, while also refocusing his legacy of ideas and social praxis in broader directions for today and tomorrow. Employing King's metaphor of "the great world house," with major attention to racism, poverty, and war - or what he called 'the evil triumvirate"--the focus is on King's appraisal of and approach to the global-human struggle in the 1950s and 60s, and on the extent to which his social witness and praxis takes on new hues and pertinence not only in the ongoing struggles against racism, poverty and economic injustice, and violence and human destruction, but also in the mounting efforts to eliminate problems such sexism, homophobia, and religious bigotry and intolerance from the global landscape. The conclusion is that King's ideas and models of social protest are not only alive but also growing in vitality and popularity in the 21st century, especially as humans worldwide are struggling daily with the lingering, antiquated thinking and behavior around race and ethnicity, the widening gap between "the haves" and "the have-nots," the mounting cycles of violence, torture, and terrorism, and the frustrating and growing chasms resulting from religious pluralism and the subordination and marginalization of certain sectors of the human family based on gender and sexuality"--
Menzies and the 'great World Struggle'
Title | Menzies and the 'great World Struggle' PDF eBook |
Author | David Lowe |
Publisher | UNSW Press |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Australia |
ISBN | 9780868405537 |
Lowe (history, Deakin U.) finds prime minister Robert Menzies to be the towering figure of the age as he explores the Cold War from Australia's perspective. He pivots on the three themes of the threat of a third world war and the imperatives of Australia's rapid economic development.