Rising Subjects

2020-05-26
Rising Subjects
Author: Wiktor Marzec
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2020-05-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 0822987481
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Rising Subjects explores the change of the public sphere in Russian Poland during the 1905 Revolution. The 1905 Revolution was one of the few bottom-up political transformations and general democratizations in Polish history. It was a popular rebellion fostering political participation of the working class. The infringement of previously carefully guarded limits of the public sphere triggered a powerful conservative reaction among the commercial and landed elites, and frightened the intelligentsia. Polish nationalists promised to eliminate the revolutionary “anarchy” and gave meaning to the sense of disappointment after the revolution. This study considers the 1905 Revolution as a tipping point for the ongoing developments of the public sphere. It addresses the question of Polish socialism, nationalism, and antisemitism. It demonstrates the difficulties in using the class cleavage for democratic politics in a conflict-ridden, multiethnic polity striving for an irredentist self-assertion against the imperial power.

Rising

2018-06-12
Rising
Author: Elizabeth Rush
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2018-06-12
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1571319700
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A Pulitzer Prize Finalist, this powerful elegy for our disappearing coast “captures nature with precise words that almost amount to poetry” (The New York Times). Hailed as “the book on climate change and sea levels that was missing” (Chicago Tribune), Rising is both a highly original work of lyric reportage and a haunting meditation on how to let go of the places we love. With every record-breaking hurricane, it grows clearer that climate change is neither imagined nor distant—and that rising seas are transforming the coastline of the United States in irrevocable ways. In Rising, Elizabeth Rush guides readers through these dramatic changes, from the Gulf Coast to Miami, and from New York City to the Bay Area. For many of the plants, animals, and humans in these places, the options are stark: retreat or perish. Rush sheds light on the unfolding crises through firsthand testimonials—a Staten Islander who lost her father during Sandy, the remaining holdouts of a Native American community on a drowning Isle de Jean Charles, a neighborhood in Pensacola settled by escaped slaves hundreds of years ago—woven together with profiles of wildlife biologists, activists, and other members of these vulnerable communities. A Guardian, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal Best Book Of 2018 Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award A Chicago Tribune Top Ten Book of 2018

A Great and Rising Nation

2022-07-20
A Great and Rising Nation
Author: Michael A. Verney
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2022-07-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 0226819922
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Jeremiah Reynolds and the empire of knowledge -- The United States exploring expedition as Jacksonian capitalism -- The United States exploring expedition in popular culture -- The Dead Sea expedition and the empire of faith -- Proslavery explorations of South America -- Arctic exploration and US-UK rapprochement.

Rising to the Challenge

2005
Rising to the Challenge
Author: Avery Goldstein
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2005
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780804752183
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This book describes and explains the grand strategy China's leaders have adopted to pursue their country's interests in the international system of the 21st century

Boundaries and Categories

2008
Boundaries and Categories
Author: Feng Wang
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2008
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780804757942
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A systematic and in-depth analysis and explanation of China's rapid increase in inequality in the last two decades.

The Rising Laity

2016
The Rising Laity
Author: Massimo Faggioli
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2016
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 158768523X
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Rising China and Asian Democratization

2006-07-07
Rising China and Asian Democratization
Author: Daniel Lynch
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2006-07-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0804779473
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This book argues that democratization is inherently international: states democratize through a process of socialization to a liberal-rational global culture. This can clearly be seen in Taiwan and Thailand, where the elites and attentive public now accept democracy as universally valid. But in China, the ruling communist party resists democratization, in part because its leaders believe it would lead to China's "permanent decentering" in world history. As China's power increases, the party could begin restructuring global culture by inspiring actors in other Asian countries to uphold or restore authoritarian rule.

Grassroots Rising

2020-02-11
Grassroots Rising
Author: Ronnie Cummins
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2020-02-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1603589759
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Grassroots Rising is a passionate call to action for the global body politic, providing practical solutions for how to survive--and thrive--in catastrophic times. Author Ronnie Cummins aims to educate and inspire citizens worldwide to organize and become active participants in preventing ecological collapse. This book offers a blueprint for building and supercharging a grassroots Regeneration Movement based on consumer activism, farmer innovation, political change, and regenerative finance--embodied most recently by the proposed Green New Deal in the US. Cummins asserts that the solution lies right beneath our feet and at the end of our forks through the transformation of our broken food system. Using regenerative agriculture practices that restore our agricultural and grazing lands, we can sequester massive amounts of carbon in the soil. Coupled with an aggressive transition toward renewables, he argues that we have the power to not only mitigate and slow down climate change, but actually reverse global warming. In synergy with the Sunrise Movement and the growing support of a Green New Deal, Grassroots Rising will impact millions of conscious consumers, farmers, and the general public during the crucial 2020 election year and beyond. This book shows that a properly organized and executed Regeneration Revolution can indeed offer realistic climate solutions while also meeting our everyday needs. If you're wondering what you can do to help address the global climate crisis, joining the Regeneration Revolution might be the best first step. " Grassroots Rising] is a 'good news' instructional book for Regeneration, a practical, shovel-ready plan of action for the United States and the world to transition to climate stability, peace, justice, health, prosperity, cooperation, and participatory democracy." --Ronnie Cummins

You. Rising!

2017-08-21
You. Rising!
Author: Lori Anne Rising
Publisher: Rising Publications, LLC
Total Pages: 75
Release: 2017-08-21
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0999076817
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When her 49-year-old mother had a brain aneurysm, author Lori Anne Rising realized life held no promises or guarantees. It woke her up from the lies she’d been telling herself about who she was “supposed to be” and inspired her to shed the “shoulds” that were making her miserable. Her personal journey from striving to live up to everyone else’s expectations, to living the life she dreamed of, has included leaving an abusive marriage, becoming a certified life coach, achieving the long-held dream of earning her master’s degree, overcoming the grief of losing her children, becoming an international Thought Leader, and more. “You. Rising!” is the award-winning, best-selling book that breaks down Lori Anne’s original, authentic and powerful process of total life transformation for women into an easy-to-follow life-map. Filled with inspiring stories, ideas and journaling prompts that create a deceptively effective, fun, and transformative experience, readers discover: - How to understand and work with the language of their emotions to address their needs and empower themselves... - The three things they absolutely must have in order to answer the questions they’re asking about how to move forward with passion and purpose – even after devastating loss, pain and grief... - How to use the language of their values to reveal their truest desires and motivations to make decisions that are in alignment with who they really are... - The three steps to awareness that allows them to reconnect with their intuition to build the life they’re craving... - As an added bonus, this book also includes a group discussion guide so readers can experience this journey with the support of other women. Whether you choose to embark on this journey solo, or invite a few friends over, it’s time to pour some tea, and curl up with your new best friend: “You. Rising!”