An account of the fallout from the closing of a General Motors' assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin - and a larger story of the hollowing of the American middle class. This is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the American heartland when its factory stills. …
Man Makes Himself is the classic introduction to the history of early man. Starting over 340,000 years ago, it traces man's development as a food producer, the emergence of cities and states, the rise of foreign trade and the urban revolution
Man Makes Himself is the classic introduction to the history of early man. Starting over 340,000 years ago, it traces man's development as a food producer, the emergence of cities and states, the rise of foreign trade and the urban revolution
A former Internet entrepreneur discusses the negative effects the Internet has on human psychology, the economy, and culture and shows how big data companies are trying to monetize every normal human function
Publisher description: "The growing synergy of humans and technology--from dialysis to genetically altered foods to PET scans--is transforming how we view our minds and our bodies. But how has it changed the body politic? How can we forge a society that protects the rights of hu…
Examines why populism and populist parties have become a feature of our politics. Populism's appeal, she argues, needs to be understood as a response to the fundamental reshaping of our political, economic and social spheres through globalisation and the digital revolution
Forfatteren, som taler flydende arabisk og er vidt berejst i den muslimske verden, giver en detaljeret beskrivelse af Islam's politiske udvikling fra kulturrevolutionen i anden halvdel af 1960-erne, gennem dens ekspansion op igennem 1970-erne og 80-erne til Golfkrigen, og gennem…
Indhold: Geography, government, population, and early history ; Pre-imperial China: ca. 1122-221 B.C. ; Early imperial China: 221 B.C.-A.D. 589 ; Middle and late imperial China: A.D. 589-ca. 1800 ; The tumultuous nineteenth century: External aggression and internal chaos ; Revol…
A manifesto and map for a generation desperate for jobs. Making Good shows readers not so much how they can find any old job, but more how they can create a career path that can generate meaning, purpose and money.
Den moderne og foranderlige verden kræver en ny måde at tænke på, hvis vi fortsat vil have kontrol over vor fremtid. Her er beskrevet 5 tankegange, der er nødvendige, hvis vi skal trives i denne uforudsigelige verden
