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Books on: "PROGRESS" (Subject)

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The Ironies of Progress: Henry Adams and the American Dream

Book by William Wasserstrom; Southern Illinois University Press, 1984

Subjects:

Adams, Henry--1838-1918--Knowledge--America, American Literature--History And Criticism, Myth In Literature, National Characteristics, American, In Literature, Progress In Literature, United States--Civilization

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

THE IRONIES OF PROGRESS Henry Adams and the American Dream...Wasserstrom, William. The ironies of progress. Bibliography: p. Includes index...Rob, Sue If we think that history progresses, or that we are bound to progress...
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Toward Civilization

Book by Charles A. Beard; Longmans, Green and Co., 1930

Subjects:

Civilization, Progress

Collections: History, Entire Library

...things that make for civilization and progress, are precisely the unnecessary ones...niches, so these new iconoclasts of progress treated all that did not directly conduce...have been a fairly sure index of the progress of civilization. As man successively...
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History and Progress: In Search of the European and American Mind

Book by Margarita Mathiopoulos; Praeger Publishers, 1989

Subjects:

Europe--Intellectual Life, Europe--Politics And Government--20th Century, Historiography--United States, Political Science--United States--History, Progress, United States--Historiography, United States--Politics And Government

Collections: History, Entire Library

Concisely written and compelling, this book offers a provocative look at European-American relations. It focuses on the tradition of common political ideas, the original roots of common European and American thought, the decision by the two continents not to develop in isolation from one another ...
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Concisely written and compelling, this book offers a provocative look at European-American relations. It focuses on the tradition of common political ideas, the original roots of common European and American thought, the decision by the two continents not to develop in isolation from one another, and the traditional ambivalence of the European caught indecisively between reliance upon and distance from the United States. From classical antiquity to contemporary society, Mathiopoulos unfolds the paradoxical relationship between the U.S. and Europe--the simultaneous occurrence of reciprocal attraction and mutual misunderstanding.
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Progress: Critical Thinking about Historical Change

Book by Raymond Duncan Gastil; Praeger Publishers, 1993

Subjects:

Progress, Social Change, Social Evolution

Collections: Entire Library

In this work, Gastil develops a vocabulary with which to evaluate whether or not a change has been beneficial. After proposing definitions and a framework of analysis, the author considers cultural change across a wide variety of fields, including art and literature, violence, political ...
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In this work, Gastil develops a vocabulary with which to evaluate whether or not a change has been beneficial. After proposing definitions and a framework of analysis, the author considers cultural change across a wide variety of fields, including art and literature, violence, political organizations, and the significance of human life.
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History of Human Society

Book by Frank W. Blackmar; C. Scribners Sons, 1926

Subjects:

Civilization, Progress, Sociology

Collections: History, Entire Library

...connected survey of the movement of social progress as a whole, and which blaze a trail through...PART I CIVILIZATION AND PROGRESS...civilization includes some fundamentals. Progress an essential characteristic of civilization...

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Journal Articles on: "PROGRESS" (Subject)

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Neoliberalism, Gender, and Development: Institutionalizing "post-feminism" in Medellin, Colombia

Journal article by Donna F. Murdock; Women's Studies Quarterly, Vol. 31, 2003

Subjects:

Feminism, Gender, Liberalism, Medellin Colombia, Politics, Progress, Rhetoric, Women

Collections: Entire Library

...approach to development. Despite its progressive language, EPAM interpreted the GAD approach...the fact that these usually were quite progressive and even radical in their overall political...state stepped back from its previously progressive stance on gender and development programs...
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Microcredit: the Rhetoric of Empowerment, the Reality of "development as Usual"

Journal article by Robin G. Isserles; Women's Studies Quarterly, Vol. 31, 2003

Subjects:

Credit, Progress, Women

Collections: Entire Library

...In this conception of development and progress, the market is the answer, and self-reliance...unpaid home labor. While it may be a progressive step to include women in income-generating...Organization of Rural Associations for Progress (ORAP), initiated a savings program before...
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Privatization of Pensions in Latin America

Journal article; International Labour Review, Vol. 133, 1994

Subjects:

Advantages, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Disadvantages, Latin America, Manycountries, Mexico, Pension plans, Pensions, Peru, Privatization, Progress

Collections: Entire Library
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The Development of Indonesia's Civil Service 1974-1994

Journal article by Martha G. Logsdon; Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Vol. 26, 1998

Subjects:

Bureaucracy, Civil service, Indonesia, Progress

Collections: Entire Library
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The WPA Slave Narratives: Teaching with Oral Histories

Journal article by Paul Horton; Social Education, Vol. 66, 2002

Subjects:

Oral history--Usage, Slavery--History, Slaves--History, Social sciences--Study and teaching, United States. Library of Congress--Services, United States. Works Progress Administration--History

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Congress has made available online the Works Progress Administrations (WPAs) Slave Narratives...freedom was a precious dream. The Works Progress Administration the Slave Narratives...parks, and swimming pools. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) also created jobs...

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Magazine Articles on: "PROGRESS" (Subject)

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Gateway to the Globe

Magazine article by Monojit Chatterji; The World Today, Vol. 53, August 1997

Subjects:

Bombay India, Cities, Nationalism, Progress

Collections: Entire Library
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The Idea of Moral Progress

Magazine article by Richard John Neuhaus; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, August 1999

Subjects:

Progress--Moral and ethical aspects, Social ethics--Philosophy

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

The Idea of Moral Progress. by Richard John Neuhaus Almost everybody agrees that progress is a good thing. But most self-evidently...disagreements. And so it is with the idea of progress, of which the idea of moral progress is...
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The March of Time: What's in a Century - or a Millennium

Magazine article by Asa Briggs; History Today, Vol. 46, November 1996

Subjects:

Progress--Analysis, Time perspective--Analysis

Collections: History, Entire Library

...idea of time marching on has survived the idea of progress, and during this century of acceleration it has...been a century when the sense of time, not only as progress, but as progression, moving from the past through the present into...
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Lessons from Traditional Cultures

Magazine article by Helena Norberg-Hodge; The Futurist, Vol. 26, May-June 1992

Subjects:

Culture--Himalaya Mountain Region, Himalaya Mountains--Social aspects, Progress--Evaluation

Collections: Entire Library

...Before I went to Ladakh, I used to assume that the direction of "progress" was somehow inevitable, not to be questioned. As a consequence...to question societys definition - and the whole notion - of progress. Individual consumers are beginning to realize their power...
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Pedal Power

Magazine article by Carolyn Fry; Geographical, Vol. 73, October 2001

Subjects:

Bicycles--Social aspects, Pedals for Progress--Officials and employees, Schweidenback, David--Interviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Pedal power by Carolyn Fry As charity Pedals for Progress celebrates its tenth anniversary, its founder David Schweidenback...developing countries of South America. How does Pedals for Progress operate? We encourage groups such as the Rotary Club to hold...

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Newspaper Articles on: "PROGRESS" (Subject)

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David BANKS: Get off Our Land; WALES' MOST OUTSPOKEN AND CONTROVERSIAL COLUMNIST but SASwonlosesleepoverBattleofCarmarthen

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 11, 2005

Subjects:

Pilgrim's Progress (Book), The Charge of the Light Brigade (Poem)

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the cancellation of Operation Pilgrims Progress will merit a mention in the history books...SAS recruiting exercise called Pilgrims Progress. The exercise which would have taken...SAS will find another home for Pilgrims Progress, but thats not really the point. Were...
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Oil Leak Costs Danes $250,000; Ship's Captain Was Ordered to Conceal Hazard in Hull

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 10, 2002

Subjects:

D/S Progress

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Thomas M. DiBiagio said the company, D/S Progress, a ship management concern based in Copenhagen...dumping of oil. Mr. DiBiagio said D/S Progress was responsible for the Freja Jutlandic...half of a $250,000 surety bond that D/S Progress was forced to post by the Coast Guard...
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Farmers to Review Their Tactics on Opposition to Hunting Ban

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), October 11, 2005

Subjects:

Pilgrim's Progress (Book), United Kingdom. Army

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...reconsider their opposition to Army training on their land. The Brigadier was speaking on the day when the Army exercise Pilgrims Progress was moved from Wales because of the large number of farmers in Mid and South-West Wales who refused to allow soldiers on their...

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