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First published in 1987, Alfred Marshall: Progress and Politics provides an enlightening insight into Marshall's thoughts on social improvement, adaptive upgrading, policy and polity. He planned books on these subjects which he never subsequently wrote, but the thesis of this work is that a close study of such writings as Marshall did complete makes possible a very detailed reconstruction of the important contribution which Marshall was capable of making to Victorian evolutionary thought (much in the shadow of Darwin and Spencer). In the ongoing debate on the political element in

In seiner Absolute-Reihe will der Freiburger Kleinverlag Orange Press "Große Intellektuelle des 20. Jahrhunderts" präsentieren. Auf Paul Feyerabend (ID 48/02) folgt nun der kanadische Medientheoretiker und -philosoph mit Kultstatuts Marshal McLuhan ("The global village", ID 49/95; "Die Gutenberg-Galaxis", BA 10/95). Susan Sontag ist für den nächsten Band angekündigt. Die Porträts bestehen jeweils aus Texten der Porträtierten; aus Interviews und einem ausführlichen biografischen Teil. Eine Besonderheit liegt in der Bindungsart, einer Schweizer Broschur, bei der der Buchrücken mit aufklappt und einen Einblick in das gebundene Innenleben bietet sowie mit jeweils in der Farbe des Einbands eingefärbten Heftfäden. In Ergänzung zu McLuhan: "Medien verstehen - der McLuhan-Reader" (BA 8/97) und der Biografie von Philipp Marchand (ID 5/00). (3)

Pages from Political science quarterly, v. 16, no. 3, Sept. 1901. ; Caption title. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Marshall Berman responds to novelist A.B. Yehoshua's beliefs about identity politics in the Middle East and questions why Yehoshua only wishes a "clear identity" on Jews, rather than Arabs as well.

'In quite a profound, high-modernist way, this succinct but comprehensive book deems its subject worthy of careful scholarly analysis. I applaud and recommend it for taking much of the nonsense out of McLuhan' - Topia Journal 'Feted and reviled in his own lifetime, Marshall McLuhan has made a dramatic comeback in recent years. Marchessault gives a balanced and carefully considered appraisal of McLuhan's contribution to cultural theory, which may be even more pertinent now, in the early twenty-first century, than when he originally formulated it in the 1950s and '60s' Jim McGuigan, Professo

Correspondence between Mr. Juan Marshall, Consul of Mexico in El Paso, Texas and Gen. Alvaro Obregón related to the receipt of a letter and pay check. Mr. Marshall reports that Governor Larrazola will be accompanied by six people on his trip to Mexico City for the inauguration of Gen. Obregón, and that the Governor of Arizona, Thomas E. Campbell will travel with his wife and his personal secretary. File M-13 / Correspondencia entre el Sr. Juan Marshall, Cónsul de México en El Paso, Tex. y el Gral. Alvaro Obregón, relativa al envío de acuse de recibo de una carta y cheque. El Sr. Marshall informa que el Gobernador Larrazola irá acompañado de seis personas en su viaje a la ciudad de México a la toma de posesión del Gral. Obregón y el Gobernador de Arizona, Thomas E. Campbell viajará en compañía de su esposa y su secretario. Exp. M-13

Originally published in 1987 to commemorate the 40 th anniversary of the Marshall Plan, this fascinating collection of essays, from an eminent 'insider' to the Marshall Plan, combines economics, politics and history to provide authoritative and personal insights into the creation of one of the greatest foreign aid programmes of the twentieth century. Any reader interested in the Marshall Plan itself, the inner workings of a major act of US foreign policy, and its many economic, political and historical facets will welcome the reissue of this valuable book from one of America's most distinguish