Visions of the Future in Germany and America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Visions of the Future in Germany and America write by Hermann Wellenreuther. This book was released on 2001-10. Visions of the Future in Germany and America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Predictions about the world have the power to grip whole societies, and shape the actions of many groups whether working in politics, ecology or religion. At the end of epochs and eras humans tend to reflect on the shape of things to come. Most recently, fears about the 'millennium bug' had thousands rushing to stock up on candles and food in the weeks before New Year's Eve. Concerns about the future have been expressed differently throughout history. This book explores the historical context surrounding various debates, decisions and beliefs about the future in recent centuries. Religious, political, literary and ecological visions of the future in America and Germany are addressed comparatively. In particular, scholars from the United States and Germany explore the meaning of eschatological and utopian thoughts pursued during the last three centuries and tackle subjects ranging from science fiction to religious radicalism, utopian social experiments, and visions of race relations. This book delves into the hopes and fears for the future that have shaped the past and will be of interest to comparative historians as well as to historians of Europe and the United States intrigued by the subject of utopias.
Yesterday's Tomorrows
Yesterday's Tomorrows - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Yesterday's Tomorrows write by Joseph J. Corn. This book was released on 1996-05-15. Yesterday's Tomorrows available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From Jules Verne to the Jetsons, from a 500-passenger flying wing to an anti-aircraft flying buzz-saw, the vision of the future as seen through the eyes of the past demonstrates the play of the American imagination on the canvas of the future.
Visions of Modernity : American Business and the Modernization of Germany
Visions of Modernity : American Business and the Modernization of Germany - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Visions of Modernity : American Business and the Modernization of Germany write by Mary Nolan Professor of History New York University. This book was released on 1994-06-27. Visions of Modernity : American Business and the Modernization of Germany available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In much the same way that Japan has become the focus of contemporary American discussion about industrial restructuring, Germans in the economic reform in terms of Americanism and Fordism, seeing in the United States an intriguing vision for a revitalized economy and a new social order. During the 1920s, Germans were fascinated by American economic success and its quintessential symbols, Henry Ford and his automobile factories. Mary Nolan's book explores the contradictory ways in which trade unionists and industrialists, engineers and politicians, educators and social workers explained American economic success, envisioned a more efficient or "rationalized" economic system for Germany, and anguished over the social and cultural costs of adopting the American version of modernity. These debates about Americanism and Fordism deeply shaped German perceptions of what was economically and socially possible and desirable in terms of technology and work, family and gender relations, consumption and culture. Nolan examines efforts to transform production and consumption, factories and homes, and argues that economic Americanism was implemented ambivalently and incompletely, producing, in the end, neither prosperity nor political stability. Vision of Modernity will appeal not only to scholars of German History and those interested in European social and working-class history, but also to industrial sociologists and business scholars.
Strategic Vision
Strategic Vision - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Strategic Vision write by Zbigniew Brzezinski. This book was released on 2012-01-24. Strategic Vision available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Eminent scholar Zbigniew Brzezinski's New York Times bestselling blueprint for American foreign policy strategy in the twenty-first century The world today faces a crisis of power, caused by the dramatic shift in its center of gravity from the West to the East, by the dynamic political awakening of people worldwide, and by the deterioration of America's performance both domestically and internationally. As a result, America's position as a world superpower is far from secure. In Strategic Vision, former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski argues that America can and should be actively engaged in navigating this period of crisis and provides a strategic blueprint for America to revitalize its global status and promote a peaceful twenty-first century. As Brzezinski eloquently shows, without an America that is economically vital, socially appealing, responsibly powerful, and capable of sustaining an intelligent foreign engagement, the geopolitical prospects for the West could become increasingly grave.
America, Germany, and the Future of Europe
America, Germany, and the Future of Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook America, Germany, and the Future of Europe write by Gregory F. Treverton. This book was released on 2014-07-14. America, Germany, and the Future of Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Gregory Treverton reviews the significant episodes in Europe's history after World War II, emphasizing America's preoccupation with Europe and the decisive effect of U.S. foreign policy on European security and economic arrangements during the postwar years. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
