Twentieth Century America

A survey text covering American history from the 1890s through the 1988 elections. Includes primary readings and special chapters on urbanization and the Vietnam War. Irwin Unger (NYU) is a Pulitzer Prize winner and has written trade books about the New Left. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

History

Unger, Irwin

Unger, Debi

Americas

Palgrave Publishers, Limited

Discusses sexuality and power in the context of the organization and the workplace. Part I introduces key concepts and contributions in the study of sexuality and organizational life. Part II focuses on questions of power and dialectics. Part III describes the paradoxical occurrence of the qualities of organization and sexuality. This revised editi

Sex At Work: The Power and Paradox of Organization Sexuality

Hearn, Jeff and Parkin, Wendy

Business & Money

Taking account of recent biographies and posthumously-published works, this study sets de Beauvoir's fiction withing the context of her life and works as a whole, before examining each of her stories in detail: her earliest collection of takes; her first published novel; the novels of her "moral period;" the prize-winning Les Mandarins; and her final stories, written in the 1960s, including one not published until 1992. The continuities and the developments in de Beauvoir's major themes are analyzed, and the distinctive features of her artistic acheivements are assessed. (No knowledge of French on the part of the reader is presupposed.)

Simone De Beauvoir (Modern Novelists)

Literature & Fiction

Keefe, Terry

History & Criticism

This book examines pressures for convergence and divergence in contemporary societies focusing on the rapidly changing relationship betwen work and welfare. The countries selected for in-depth comparative analysis are Germany, Spain, Sweden and the UK, each representative of different labour market and welfare regimes.Beginning with an overview of those departmenst in the post-second world war period which shed light on the different social and institutional structures, economic directions and policy orientations of the countries concerned, the book goes on to explore changing patterns of work and employment in particular in relation to labour market reforms, new forms of production and women's participation in paid work. In its last section, it looks at current issues of social policy in Europe, including gender and poverty.Integrating material from sociological perspectives on work and employment with comparative welfare analysis, feminist critiques and recent debates on social exclusion, the book will be of particular relevance and usefulness to students of European Studies, Sociology and Social Policy.

Society, Work and Welfare in Europe

Cousins, Christine

Why should we remember the reign of Charles V? What happened in those years that altered the course of history and helped to shape the world we live in today? Few ages have been more important to the history of Europe and America than the reign of Charles V. Charles ruled the first truly global empire, his sovereignty extending beyond Spain to the Netherlands, much of Italy, the Americas, and the Holy Roman Empire. His life saw the waning of the Renaissance, the religious transformation of Europe by the Protestant and Catholic Reformations, and the emergence of Spain as a leading international power. At the same time, the conquests of Mexico and Peru, the establishment of a Habsburh empirein eastern Europe, and a series of wars with France, the Ottoman Empire and the German Protestants transformed European politics and the global economy. William Maltby's engaging new study not only looks at Charles V as a person, but also examines important critical issues: the emperor's policies and their consequences; the institional, economic and intellectual development of his various realms; and his military and diplomatic struggles. Concise and readable, it provides students and the general reader with an indispensable introduction to a reign that defies historical comparison, and an era that changed the world.

The Reign of Charles V (European History in Perspective, 4)

Biographies & Memoirs

Maltby, William

Historical

Major companies are increasingly coming under fire as they try to pursue their private business on a public battleground. Private Business-Public Battleground brings together two former opponents - Des Wilson &amp; John Egan - to discuss the value of a stakeholder approach and show how it can help companies operating at the interface between private and public interest. Together they review recent cases and controversies and draw on their experience on the board of BAA to show how this approach can work in practice.

Private Business-Public Battleground: The Case for 21st Century Stakeholder Companies

Wilson, Des

Egan, John

King, Susan Cunnington

Economics

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