2000, ISBN: 9780713994650

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Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.75" x 8.5", is like new. 289 pages."Among histories of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, there are few personal narratives better than th… Mehr…

Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.75" x 8.5", is like new. 289 pages."Among histories of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, there are few personal narratives better than this one. Besides being an insider's account of the rise and fall of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), it is an eyewitness report of the strategies and the conflicts in the crucial battle zones as the fight for racial justice raged across the South.This memoir by Cleveland Sellers, a SNCC volunteer, traces his zealous commitment to activism from the time of the sit-ins, demonstrations, and freedom rides in the early '60s. In a narrative encompassing the Mississippi Freedom Summer (1964), the historic march in Selma, the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, and the murders of civil rights activists in Mississippi, he recounts the turbulent history of SNCC and tells the powerful story of his own no-return dedication to the cause of civil rights and social change."The River of No Return" is acclaimed as a book that has become a standard text for those wishing to perceive the civil rights struggle from within the ranks of one of its key organizations and to note the divisive history of the movement as groups striving for common goals were embroiled in conflict and controversy.", University Press of Mississippi, 1990, 5, London : Allen Lane, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xix, 552 p. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The rise and fall of the warfare state -- Hateful taxes -- The commons and the castle: representation and administration -- Mountains of the moon: public debts -- The money printers: default and debasement -- Of interest -- Dead weights and tax-eaters: the social history of finance -- The myth of the feelgood factor -- The Silverbridge syndrome: electoral economics -- Masters and plankton: financial globalization -- Golden fetters, paper chains: international monetary regimes -- The American wave: democracy's flow and ebb -- Fractured unities -- Understretch: the limits of economic power. Summary; Following the international success of his iconoclastic ""The Pity of War"", Niall Ferguson now takes on the history of money -""the sinews of war"" - and power. Throughout modern history, the way states have managed their money has been crucial to their survival and success. It has been finance as much as firepower that has decided the fates of nations in the supreme test of war. And war has been the principal engine of financial innovation. Our lives today are still dominated by the institutions of the warfare state: income tax, parliaments, national debts, central banks and even stock markets. The cash nexus is the crucial point where money and power meet. But does money make the political world go round? Does the success of democracy depend on economic growth? Does victory always go to the richest of the great powers? Or are financial markets the true ""masters"" of the modern world? With the analytical boldness and the grasp of dazzling detail for which he is now famous, Ferguson offers a fascinating account of the evolution of today's economic and political landscape, from ""sleaze"" to the single currency. Far from being driven by iron economic laws, he argues, modern history is the product of unpredictable political conflicts; and it is their impact on volatile markets that can make or break an empire. A ""tour de force"" across three centuries, ""The Cash Nexus"" should transform our understanding of political economy today. Subjects; Money History. Monetary policy History. Economic history. History, Modern. Money Political aspects. Finance, Public. Social sciences. Capital. Capitalism. Financial Systems. Economics. Power (Social sciences). Dates covered: 1700-2000. Economic history ; Monetary economics. c 1700 to c 1800 ; c 1800 to c 1900. c 1900 - c 1914. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy. Money ; History ; History, Modern., London : Allen Lane, 2001, 0<

2000, ISBN: 9780713994650

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2001, ISBN: 0713994657

[EAN: 9780713994650], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Lane], BOOK ENGLISH EDITION GENERAL HARDCOVER META 1ST ABIS GLOBAL STORE BINDING TRADE / ECONOMIC HISTORY C 1700 TO 1800 MONETARY… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780713994650], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Lane], BOOK ENGLISH EDITION GENERAL HARDCOVER META 1ST ABIS GLOBAL STORE BINDING TRADE / ECONOMIC HISTORY C 1700 TO 1800 MONETARY ECONOMICS 1900 - 1914 BUSINESS & MONEY POLICY, 553 Seiten; 9780713994650.3 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 2, Books<