Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Only yesterday	Frederick Lewis Allen	A social history of the United States during the "roaring twenties." Examines American individualism and the decade that they knew Mah Jong and Mencken, Couéism and Coolidge, Listerine and Lindbergh…	OL1212453W
Over here	David M. Kennedy	Chronicles the years of World War I and discusses the impact of World War I on American society, including workers, women, and blacks.	OL1997095W
The meaning of the library	Alice Crawford	"Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, examining how its significance has shifted, and pondering its importance in the twenty-first century, significant contributors--including the …	OL20005126W
Contemporary British society	Andrew Sayer,Sue Penna,Nicholas Abercrombie,Sylvia Walby,Alan Warde,John Urry,Rosemary Deem,Keith Soothill	"The third edition of the Contemporary British Society is the only textbook to provide comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the social structure of modern Britain. Completely revised and updated,…	OL22132921W
De nieuwe mens	Francis Fukuyama	Behandeling van de politieke, sociale en culturele consequenties van biotechnologie.	OL24821868W
De wil van technologie	Kevin Kelly	Filosofisch getinte beschouwing over de autonome ontwikkeling van technologie en de maatschappelijke uitwerking daarvan.	OL24822570W
Medieval civilization, 400-1500	Jacques Le Goff	This 1000-year history of the civilization of western Europe has been recognized in France as a scholarly contribution of the highest order and as a popular classic. Jacques Le Goff has written a boo…	OL24842216W
Nederlandse democratie	Doorn, J.A.A. van socioloog	Essays door de Nederlandse socioloog (1925-2008).	OL26398001W
Post-capitalist society	Peter F. Drucker	Business guru Peter Drucker provides an incisive analysis of the major world transformation taking place, from the Age of Capitalism to the Knowledge Society, and examines the radical effects it will…	OL2721823W
Het einde van de man	Hanna Rosin	Beschrijving op basis van wetenschappelijk onderzoek van de veranderende verhoudingen tussen mannen en vrouwen in de moderne maatschappij.	OL27971468W
Mijn Zuid-Afrika	Erik van Ees	Korte reisreportages over allerlei aspecten van de Zuid-Afrikaanse samenleving.	OL27975900W
From imperial myth to democracy	Lawrence Ward Beer	"While English-language studies of Japanese law have enjoyed remarkable growth in the past half-century, scholars have given only scant attention to the broad sweep of Japan's constitutional history.…	OL3255399W
A beauty that hurts	W. George Lovell	"Personal testimonial of the impact of the 1954-96 Guatemalan civil war, written by an historical geographer with years of research experience in the country. Beautifully written book focuses on the …	OL3387142W
The two cultures	C. P. Snow	The Two Cultures is the first part of an influential 1959 Rede Lecture by British scientist and novelist C. P. Snow. Its thesis was that "the intellectual life of the whole of western society" was …	OL3412165W
Poetry as an occupation and an art in Britain, 1760-1830	Peter T. Murphy	This is a great literary criticism work. It serves as an excellent companion to An Duanaire 1600-1900: Poems of the Dispossessed. It oozes historical significance. Rather than fall into the pitfall o…	OL4305825W
Crown and mitre	Robert Neill	Mr Burnaby, who had escaped from prison that afternoon, thought he must be going mad; or else London was. His escape had been mad enough. He had simply walked out. This very afternoon, Thursday Octob…	OL6566466W
Modern Mongolia	Paula L. W. Sabloff	"This book provides factual information about Mongolia and new ways of looking at Genghis Khan, whose ideals of nationhood and democratic principles are in practice now." "The book opens with an over…	OL8448536W
This Is Cuba	Ben Corbett	"Beyond the throngs of tourists streaming through Central Havana's broad Prado Avenue, and outside the yoke of Castro's 43-year-old Revolutionary program, there exists a parallel Cuba - a separate ev…	OL8498020W