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  • 1
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    Old age, new science : gerontologists and their biosocial visions, 1900-1960 (2016)
    Pittsburgh, Pa : University of Pittsburgh Press
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    ISBN: 9780822981367 , 082298136X
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Park, Hyung Wook Old age, new science
    DDC: 305.2609730904
    Keywords: Aging Social aspects ; History ; 20th century ; Social gerontology History ; 20th century ; Gerontology History ; 20th century ; Social gerontology History 20th century ; Gerontology History 20th century ; Aging Social aspects 20th century ; History ; Social gerontology History 20th century ; Gerontology History 20th century ; Aging Social aspects 20th century ; History ; MEDICAL ; Geriatrics ; SCIENCE ; History ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; Aging ; Social aspects ; Gerontology ; Social gerontology ; Gerontology ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Social Sciences ; History ; Electronic book ; Electronic books History
    Abstract: "This book focuses on the "biosocial visions" shared by early gerontologists in American and British science and culture from the early to mid-twentieth century who believed the phenomenon of aging was not just biological, but social in nature. Advancements in the life sciences, together with shifting perspectives on the state and future of the elderly in society, informed how gerontologists interacted with seniors, and how they defined successful aging. Park shows how these visions shaped popular discourses on aging, directly influenced the institutionalization of gerontology, and also reflected the class, gender, and race biases of their founders"--
    Abstract: "Between 1870 and 1940, life expectancy in the United States skyrocketed while the percentage of senior citizens age sixty-five and older more than doubled--a phenomenon owed largely to innovations in medicine and public health. At the same time, the Great Depression was a major tipping point for age discrimination and poverty in the West: seniors were living longer and retiring earlier, but without adequate means to support themselves and their families. The economic disaster of the 1930s alerted scientists, who were actively researching the processes of aging, to the profound social implications of their work--and by the end of the 1950s, the field of gerontology emerged. Old Age, New Science explores how a group of American and British life scientists contributed to gerontology's development as a multidisciplinary field. It examines the foundational "biosocial visions" they shared, a byproduct of both their research and the social problems they encountered. Hyung Wook Park shows how these visions shaped popular discourses on aging, directly influenced the institutionalization of gerontology, and also reflected the class, gender, and race biases of their founders"--
    Abstract: Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Envisioning Age in Experimental and Social Contexts; Chapter 2. A Biosocial Vision and Textbooks in Starting a Multidisciplinary Science; Chapter 3. Projecting Visions and Cultivating a Science in American Society; Chapter 4. Calories, Aging, and Building a Biosocial Research Program; Chapter 5. Senescence, Science, and Society in Great Britain; Chapter 6. Growing Old and Biomedicine in the National Institutes of Health; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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  • 2
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    Slave emancipation and transformations in Brazilian political citizenship (2016)
    Pittsburgh, Pa : University of Pittsburgh Press
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    ISBN: 9780822981381 , 0822981386
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Series Statement: Pitt Latin American series
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    DDC: 306.3620981
    Keywords: Political participation History ; Brazil ; Blacks Political activity ; History ; Brazil ; Social movements History ; Brazil ; Antislavery movements Brazil ; Slavery Brazil ; Political participation History ; Blacks Political activity ; History ; Social movements History ; Antislavery movements ; Slavery ; Political participation History ; Blacks Political activity ; History ; Social movements History ; Antislavery movements ; Slavery ; HISTORY ; Latin America ; South America ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; HISTORY ; General ; Antislavery movements ; Blacks ; Political activity ; Political participation ; Race relations ; Slavery ; Social movements ; History ; Brazil Race relations ; Brazil ; Brazil Race relations ; Brazil Race relations ; Brazil ; Electronic books History
    Abstract: "Celso Thomas Castilho offers original perspectives on the political upheaval surrounding the process of slave emancipation in postcolonial Brazil. He shows how the abolition debates in Pernambuco transformed the practices of political citizenship and marked the first instance of a mass national political mobilization. In addition, he presents new findings on the scope and scale of the opposing abolitionist and sugar planters' mobilizations in the Brazilian northeast. The book highlights the extensive interactions between enslaved and free people in the construction of abolitionism, and reveals how Brazil's first social movement reinvented discourses about race and nation, leading to the passage of the abolition law in 1888. It also documents the previously ignored counter-mobilizations led by the landed elite, who saw the rise of abolitionism as a political contestation and threat to their livelihood. Overall, this study illuminates how disputes over control of emancipation also entailed disputes over the boundaries of the political arena and connects the history of abolition to the history of Brazilian democracy. It offers fresh perspectives on Brazilian political history and on Brazil's place within comparative discussions on slavery and emancipation"--
    Abstract: "Celso Thomas Castilho offers original perspectives on the political upheaval surrounding the process of slave emancipation in postcolonial Brazil. He shows how the abolition debates in Pernambuco transformed the practices of political citizenship and marked the first instance of a mass national political mobilization. In addition, he presents new findings on the scope and scale of the opposing abolitionist and sugar planters' mobilizations in the Brazilian northeast. The book highlights the extensive interactions between enslaved and free people in the construction of abolitionism, and reveals how Brazil's first social movement reinvented discourses about race and nation, leading to the passage of the abolition law in 1888. It also documents the previously ignored counter-mobilizations led by the landed elite, who saw the rise of abolitionism as a political contestation and threat to their livelihood. Overall, this study illuminates how disputes over control of emancipation also entailed disputes over the boundaries of the political arena and connects the history of abolition to the history of Brazilian democracy. It offers fresh perspectives on Brazilian political history and on Brazil's place within comparative discussions on slavery and emancipation"--
    Abstract: Acknowledgments; Note on Orthography; Introduction; Chapter 1. "Death to Slavery": Sparking the Abolition Debate; Chapter 2. "While the Cry for Emancipation Still Echoes": The Political Effects of the 1871 Law; Chapter 3. "We Need to Put into Action the Liberal Ideas We Speak Of": A Thwarted Attempt to Free Recife; Chapter 4. The "Disorderliness of the Intransigent Abolitionists": An Abolitionist Parade, New Associativism, and Elections; Chapter 5. "March on over the Thorns That Lie in Your Path": Reaction and Counterreaction in the Cotegipe Era
    Abstract: Chapter 6. "Celebrations of Freedom": Abolition and the Changing Debates over CitizenshipConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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  • 3
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    City on fire : technology, social change, and the hazards of progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910 (2016)
    Pittsburgh, Pa : University of Pittsburgh Press
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    ISBN: 9780822981466 , 0822981467
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Series Statement: History of the urban environment
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    DDC: 306.097253
    Keywords: Social medicine History ; Mexico ; Mexico City ; Science Social aspects ; History ; Mexico ; Mexico City ; Technology Social aspects ; History ; Mexico ; Mexico City ; Urban ecology (Sociology) History ; Mexico ; Mexico City ; Social change History ; Mexico ; Mexico City ; City and town life History ; Mexico ; Mexico City ; Fire prevention History ; Mexico ; Mexico City ; Fires Social aspects ; History ; Mexico ; Mexico City ; Science Social aspects ; History ; Technology Social aspects ; History ; Urban ecology (Sociology) History ; Social change History ; City and town life History ; Fire prevention History ; Fires Social aspects ; History ; Social medicine History ; Technology Social aspects ; History ; Urban ecology (Sociology) History ; Social change History ; City and town life History ; Fire prevention History ; Fires Social aspects ; History ; Science Social aspects ; History ; Social medicine History ; HISTORY ; General ; City and town life ; Economic history ; Fire prevention ; Fires ; Social aspects ; Science ; Social aspects ; Social change ; Social conditions ; Social medicine ; Technology ; Social aspects ; Urban ecology (Sociology) ; HISTORY ; Latin America ; Mexico ; History ; Mexico City (Mexico) Economic conditions ; Mexico City (Mexico) Social conditions ; Mexico ; Mexico City ; Mexico City (Mexico) Social conditions ; Mexico City (Mexico) Economic conditions ; Mexico City (Mexico) Social conditions ; Mexico City (Mexico) Economic conditions ; Mexico ; Mexico City ; Electronic book ; Electronic books History
    Abstract: "By the mid-nineteenth century, efforts to modernize and industrialize Mexico City had the unintended consequence of exponentially increasing the risk of fire while also breeding a culture of fear. Through an array of archival sources, Anna Rose Alexander argues that fire became a catalyst for social change, as residents mobilized to confront the problem. Advances in engineering and medicine soon fostered the rise of distinct fields of fire-related expertise while conversely, the rise of fire-profiteering industries allowed entrepreneurs to capitalize on crisis. City on Fire demonstrates that both public and private engagements with fire risk highlight the inequalities that characterized Mexican society at the turn of the twentieth century"--
    Abstract: "City on Fire is a chronicle of progress and danger, that integrates urban environmental history with histories of technology, science, and medicine to reveal how Mexico City changed in response to the growing threat of fire in the urban center"--
    Abstract: Acknowledgments; Introduction: Modernity and Its Accidents; Chapter One. Fighting Fire, Fighting Fear; Chapter Two. Science of Regulation; Chapter Three. Controlling the Flames-The Fire Brigade; Chapter Four. Engineering Safety; Chapter Five. Inventing Protection; Chapter Six. Insuring Progress; Chapter Seven. Healing the Hazardous City; Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-218). - Print version record
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    The megarhetorics of global development (2012)
    Pittsburgh, Pa : University of Pittsburgh Press
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    ISBN: 9780822977414 , 0822977419
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (p. cm.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Megarhetorics of global development
    DDC: 306.3
    Keywords: Rhetoric Social aspects ; Globalization Social aspects ; Economic development Social aspects ; Communication in economic development Social aspects ; Rhetorical criticism ; Rhetoric Social aspects ; Globalization Social aspects ; Economic development Social aspects ; Communication in economic development Social aspects ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Rhetoric ; Economic development ; Social aspects ; Globalization ; Social aspects ; Rhetoric ; Social aspects ; Rhetorical criticism ; Electronic book ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: After World War II, an unprecedented age of global development began. The formation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund allowed war torn and poverty stricken nations to become willing debtors in their desire to entice Western investment and trade. New capital, it was foretold, would pave the way to political and economic stability, and the benefits would "trickle down" to even the poorest citizens. The hyperbole of this neocolonialism, however, has left many of these countries with nothing but compounded debt and unfulfilled promises. The Megarhetorics of Global Development examines rhetorical strategies used by multinational corporations, NGOs, governments, banks, and others to further their own economic, political, or technological agendas. These wide-ranging case studies employ rhetorical theory, globalization scholarship, and analysis of cultural and historical dynamics to offer in-depth critiques of development practices and their material effects. By deconstructing megarhetorics, at both the local and global level, and following their paths of mobilization and diffusion, the concepts of "progress" and "growth" can be reevaluated, with the end goal of encouraging self-sustaining and ethical outcomes
    Abstract: Tracking "transglocal" risks in pharmaceutical development: Novartis's challenge of Indian patent law / J. Blake Scott -- Meeting the challenge of globalization: President Clinton's "double movement" discourse / Jason A. Edwards and Jaime L. Wright -- Ethos in a bottle: corporate social responsibility and humanitarian doxa / D. Robert DeChaine -- Developmental shifts: changing feelings about compassion in Korea / Matt Newcomb -- Staging the Beijing Olympics: intersecting human rights and economic development narratives / Tim Jensen and Wendy S. Hesford -- Framing the megarhetorics of agricultural development: industrialized agriculture and sustainable agriculture / Eileen E. Schell -- Turning the tables on the megarhetoric of women's empowerment / Rebecca Dingo -- Making the case: Bamako and the problem of anti-imperial art / Bret Benjamin -- Enfreakment; or, aliens of extraordinary disability / Robert McRuer.
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    Speaking Soviet with an accent : culture and power in Kyrgyzstan (2012)
    Pittsburgh, Pa : University of Pittsburgh Press
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    ISBN: 9780822978091 , 0822978091
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xi, 236 p.) , ill., maps.
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Central Eurasia in context
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Igmen, Ali Speaking Soviet with an accent : culture and power in Kyrgyzstan
    DDC: 306.09584309041
    Keywords: Politics and culture History ; Kyrgyzstan ; Popular culture History ; Kyrgyzstan ; Kyrgyz Cultural assimilation ; History ; Soviet Union ; Minorities Government policy ; History ; Soviet Union ; Politics and culture History ; Popular culture History ; Kyrgyz Cultural assimilation ; History ; Minorities Government policy ; History ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; HISTORY ; General ; Cultural policy ; Ethnic relations ; Intellectual life ; Minorities ; Government policy ; Politics and culture ; Popular culture ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; History ; Kyrgyzstan Intellectual life ; 20th century ; Soviet Union Ethnic relations ; History ; Soviet Union Cultural policy ; History ; Soviet Union Ethnic relations ; History ; Soviet Union Cultural policy ; History ; Kyrgyzstan Intellectual life 20th century ; Kyrgyzstan ; Soviet Union ; Electronic book ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Speaking Soviet with an Accent presents the first English-language study of Soviet culture clubs in Kyrgyzstan. These clubs profoundly influenced the future of Kyrgyz cultural identity and fostered the work of many artists, such as famed novelist Chingiz Aitmatov. Based on extensive oral history and archival research, Ali Igmen follows the rise of culture clubs beginning in the 1920s, when they were established to inculcate Soviet ideology and create a sedentary lifestyle among the historically nomadic Kyrgyz people. These "Red clubs" are fondly remembered by locals as one of the few places where lively activities and socialization with other members of their ail (village or tribal unit) could be found. Through lectures, readings, books, plays, concerts, operas, visual arts, and cultural Olympiads, locals were exposed to Soviet notions of modernization. But these programs also encouraged the creation of a newfound "Kyrgyzness" that preserved aspects of local traditions and celebrated the achievements of Kyrgyz citizens in the building of a new state. These ideals proved appealing to many Kyrgyz, who, for centuries, had seen riches and power in the hands of a few tribal chieftains and Russian imperialists. This book offers new insights into the formation of modern cultural identity in Central Asia. Here, like their imperial predecessors, the Soviets sought to extend their physical borders and political influence. But Igmen also reveals the remarkable agency of the Kyrgyz people, who employed available resources to meld their own heritage with Soviet and Russian ideologies and form artistic expressions that continue to influence Kyrgyzstan today."--Project Muse
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    Imagining the West in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union (2010)
    Pittsburgh, Pa : University of Pittsburgh Press
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    ISBN: 9780822973911 , 082297391X
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (vi, 330 p. :) , ill.
    Series Statement: Kritika historical studies
    Series Statement: Pitt series in Russian and East European studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Imagining the West in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
    DDC: 303.4824701821
    Keywords: Geographical perception History ; Soviet Union ; Geographical perception History ; Europe, Eastern ; Transnationalism ; East and West ; Geographical perception History ; Geographical perception History ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; HISTORY ; General ; Geographical perception ; International relations ; Transnationalism ; East and West ; History ; Western countries Relations ; Soviet Union ; Western countries Relations ; Russia ; Western countries Relations ; Europe, Eastern ; Soviet Union Relations ; Western countries ; Russia Relations ; Western countries ; Europe, Eastern Relations ; Western countries ; Europe, Eastern ; Russia ; Soviet Union ; Western countries ; Russia Relations ; Europe, Eastern Relations ; Western countries Relations ; Western countries Relations ; Western countries Relations ; Soviet Union Relations ; Eastern Europe ; Russia ; Soviet Union ; Western countries ; Electronic books ; Electronic books History
    Abstract: Introduction: The oblique coordinate systems of modern identity / György Peteri -- Were the Czechs more Western than Slavic? Nineteenth-century travel literature from Russia by disillusioned Czechs / Karen Gammelgaard -- Privileged origins : "national models" and reforms of public health in interwar Hungary / Erik Ingebrigtsen -- Defending children's rights, "in defense of peace" : children and Soviet cultural diplomacy / Catriona Kelly -- East as true West : redeeming bourgeois culture, from socialist realism to Ostalgie / Greg Castillo -- Paris or Moscow? Warsaw architects and the image of the modern city in the 1950s / David Crowley -- Imagining Richard Wagner : the Janus head of a divided nation / Elaine Kelly -- From Iron Curtain to silver screen : imagining the West in the Khrushchev era / Anne E. Gorsuch -- Mirror, mirror, on the wall -- is the West the fairest of them all? Czechoslovak normalization and its (dis)contents / Paulina Bren -- Who will beat whom? Soviet popular reception of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, 1959 / Susan E. Reid -- Moscow human rights defenders look West : attitudes toward U.S. journalists in the 1960s and 1970s / Barbara Walker -- Conclusion: Transnational history and the East-West divide / Michael David-Fox.
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