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International economic integration is perceived as one of the
paramount forces shaping the modern world. Many organizations, both
public and private, are trying to combine economic activities
across international borders. The European Union and the North
American Free Trade Area are two examples of government-managed
international economic integration. Private organizations include
various criminal groups as well as international churches.
International economic integration is not a recent phenomenon; its
roots can be traced back to the Roman Empire. "International
Economic Integration in Historical Perspective" departs from the
conventional short-term analysis and takes a long-term view of the
process, offering perspectives that are both detailed and diverse.
Dennis M. P. McCarthy examines seven types of organizations that
exemplify international economic integration, such as colonial
empires, merchant associations, religious empires, criminal
empires, free trade areas, customs unions and common markets.
Representative examples of each type are analyzed in a comparative
framework. An introduction defines key terms and concepts; a
retrospective summarizes the main insights that emerge from the
book. Endnotes and a detailed bibliography offer readers ways to
pursue topics further.
This timely and unique book demonstrates that international
economic integration is an economic and political process that also
involves political economy." International Economic Integration in
Historical Perspective "will prove indispensable to students and
general readers who wish to gain a firm understanding of
international economics and the processes that shape the world
today.
The end of Italy's Communist Party and the decline of the Christian
Democrats reflect profound changes taking place within Italy and in
Europe as a whole. In this volume American and Italian scholars
challenge the prevailing wisdom that Italy's politics will never
change.
Genuine karate is an Okinawan martial art for self-defense; its
ongoing globalization has jeopardized its inherent effectiveness.
“The changes made to karate in mainland Japan and in America have
altered karate so intrinsically that it can no longer claim to be
genuine karate.” Dr. Hermann Bayer, Ph.D., examines how Japan
re-interpreted Okinawan karate to create its own unique style of
karate-do, and how Japanese and American changes resulted in a
modern karate-sport business. Practitioners of karate are often
confused, misguided, and even led to believe that karate is just
karate—this is far from the truth. Practitioners need a clear
understanding of what their training can offer them. This can only
be achieved by understanding karate's true purpose and by
discerning misconceptions from facts. Contents include Okinawan
karate’s “principle of never changing kata”. Karate as an
Okinawan cultural heritage. Socio-cultural arguments to preserve
Okinawa karate—as is. Japan—the karate reproducing country.
Karate or Karate-do? The business of karate, karate-do, and
karate-sport. Scientific proof of a peaceful karate mind. The laws
of physics reveal weaknesses when kata are changed. This
substantially researched work makes a compelling case for the
socio-cultural and historic arguments to conserve genuine Okinawan
karate. Supported by historical facts, scientific analysis, and
public records, Dr. Bayer reveals, for all to see, the complex
evolution of karate and the unsettled claims made upon it by the
various stake-holders.
Genuine karate is an Okinawan martial art for self-defense; its
ongoing globalization has jeopardized its inherent effectiveness.
“The changes made to karate in mainland Japan and in America have
altered karate so intrinsically that it can no longer claim to be
genuine karate.” Dr. Hermann Bayer, Ph.D., examines how Japan
re-interpreted Okinawan karate to create its own unique style of
karate-do, and how Japanese and American changes resulted in a
modern karate-sport business. Practitioners of karate are often
confused, misguided, and even led to believe that karate is just
karate—this is far from the truth. Practitioners need a clear
understanding of what their training can offer them. This can only
be achieved by understanding karate's true purpose and by
discerning misconceptions from facts. Contents include Okinawan
karate’s “principle of never changing kata”. Karate as an
Okinawan cultural heritage. Socio-cultural arguments to preserve
Okinawa karate—as is. Japan—the karate reproducing country.
Karate or Karate-do? The business of karate, karate-do, and
karate-sport. Scientific proof of a peaceful karate mind. The laws
of physics reveal weaknesses when kata are changed. This
substantially researched work makes a compelling case for the
socio-cultural and historic arguments to conserve genuine Okinawan
karate. Supported by historical facts, scientific analysis, and
public records, Dr. Bayer reveals, for all to see, the complex
evolution of karate and the unsettled claims made upon it by the
various stake-holders.
The end of Italy's Communist Party and the decline of the Christian
Democrats reflect profound changes taking place within Italy and in
Europe as a whole. In this volume American and Italian scholars
challenge the prevailing wisdom that Italy's politics will never
change.
Treasured for centuries by karate's top masters, the Bubishi is a
classic Chinese work on philosophy, strategy, medicine, and
technique as they relate to the martial arts. Referred to as the
"bible of karate" by famous master Chojun Miyagi, for hundreds of
years the Bubishi was a secret text passed from master to student
in China and later in Okinawa. All of karate's legendary masters
have studied it, applied its teachings, or copied passages from it.
No other classic work has had as dramatic an impact on the shaping
and development of karate as the Bubishi. Karate historian and
authority Patrick McCarthy spent over ten years researching and
studying the Bubishi and the arts associated with it. The first
English translation of this remarkable martial arts manual includes
numerous explanations and notes. McCarthy's work also includes
groundbreaking research on Okinawan and Chinese history, as well as
the fighting and healing traditions that developed in those
countries, making it a goldmine for researchers and practitioners
alike. For the final word on the true origins and spirit of classic
Okinawan martial arts, one need look no further. This karate book
is one of the best karate training supplements available. This new
paperback edition includes additional commentary from the
translator, as well as a new foreword.
International economic integration is not a recent phenomenon; its
roots can be traced back to the Roman Empire. This informative
volume departs from the conventional short-term analysis and takes
a long-term view of the process, offering perspectives that are
both detailed and diverse. Author Dennis McCarthy examines seven
types of organizations that exemplify international economic
integration (colonial empires, merchant associations, religious
empires, criminal empires, free trade areas, customs unions and
common markets), and representative examples of each type are
analyzed in a comparative framework. Timely and unique, this book
demonstrates that international economic integration is an economic
and political process that also involves political economy. With an
introduction defining key terms and concepts; a retrospective
summarizing the main insights, and endnotes and a detailed
bibliography offering readers ways to pursue these topics further,
McCarthy's book will prove indispensable to students and general
readers who wish to gain a firm understanding of international
economics and the processes that shape the world today.
Although better known today for such classic and influential
science fiction novels as Last and First Men, Odd John, Star Maker
and Sirius, Olaf Stapledon also wrote eight other science fiction
books, seven volumes of philosophy and social criticism, and
hundreds of reviews, lectures, and articles. Common to all his
works is a moral vision that is characterized by ecstatic joy and
revolutionary zeal, though tempered by detachment and skepticism.
This is the first book collection of original essays devoted
entirely to Stapledon. Where previous critical interpretation has
concentrated on individual works by the author, these essays deal
with larger issues in Stapledon's writings and with his
relationship to such forces as Marxism and literary modernism. The
articles develop new avenues for the exploration of Stapledon's
work, focusing on philosophical, linguistic, political, and
structural elements, and showing how Stapledon's non-fictional
writing may illuminate aspects of the fiction. In addition, the
book includes Stapledon's hitherto unpublished manuscript Letters
to the Future as well as a primary and secondary bibliography. An
important contribution to the study of science fiction and fantasy,
The Legacy of Olaf Stapledon will be of interest to scholars and
students of Stapledon and of the genre.
Impeachment of witnesses is "an alien, mystifying and obtuse area
of the law" write the authors of MacCarthy on Impeachment. While
there are many books on evidence and trial advocacy, there is very
little written specifically on the law of impeachment. Generally,
impeachment law is found in the law of evidence, however, it
frequently involves different applications of the law of
evidencewhich can be confusing. In MacCarthy on Impeachment, 16
methods of impeachment are discussed: inconsistent statements;
contradictions; motivation; truthfulness; convictions; what the
witness could of done, but did not; capacity; bad acts, crimes, and
wrongs; habit, writing used to refresh memory; an opposing party's
statement; the hearsay defendant; character witnesses; and certain
evidence of sexual behavior by the alleged victim of the defendant.
And for expert witnesses only, two methods of impeachment:
qualifications and curriculum vitae and learned treatises. From the
author of the legal classic, MacCarthy on Cross Examination,
MacCarthy on Impeachment is a groundbreaking work that will become
an indispensable resource for trial attorneys seeking to improve
their skills and better serve their clients.
In 1981, in uneasy alliance with the Communists and amidst a storm
of revolutionary rhetoric, the French Socialist party came to power
for the first time since the founding of the Fifth Republic. The
only full-length study of the subject yet written, this book looks
at the realities beyond the rhetoric--how the Left came to power,
what the Socialists achieved in the way of social change, where
they failed to diverge from policies associated with the Right, and
what lasting impact their brief tenure is likely to have on French
and European politics.
Radicalism is as American as apple pie. One can scarcely imagine
what American society would look like without the abolitionists,
feminists, union organizers, civil rights workers, gay and lesbian
activists, and environmentalists who have fought to breathe life
into the promises of freedom and equality, the lifeblood of
American democracy.
Reckoning with History brings together original essays from a
diverse group of historians who consider how writing about the past
can engage with the urgent issues of the present. The
contributors-all former students of the distinguished Columbia
University historian Eric Foner-explore the uses and politics of
history through key episodes across a wide range of struggles for
freedom. They shed new light on how different groups have defined
and fought for freedom throughout American history, as well as the
ways in which the ideal of freedom remains unrealized today.
Covering a broad range of topics, these essays offer insight into
how historians practice their craft in different ways and
illuminate what it means to be a socially and politically engaged
historian.
The "Short Oxford History of Italy" series, in seven volumes,
offers a complete History of Italy from the early Middle Ages to
the present and, in each period, presents the most recent
historical perspectives on Italian history. This means setting
Italian history in the broader context of European history as a
whole. It also means questioning accepted interpretations of
Italian history in each of these periods and, in particular, the
idea that Italy's history has been significantly different from
that of the rest of Europe. Each volume emphasizes how developments
in Italy in each period are best understood as variants on broader
European patterns of political, economic social and cultural change
This volume sets in context the tremendous changes that Italy has
undergone since 1945. In place of the land of pizza, sunshine, and
soccer, McCarthy describes a developing nation: an economy that has
found its own road to success via the piccole imprese with an
increasingly strong stockmarket and more sophisticated banking; a
dynamic, traditional, family centred society; and a political
system struggling to modernize after 40 years of Christian Democrat
rule and Communist opposition. McCa
Reckoning with History brings together original essays from a
diverse group of historians who consider how writing about the past
can engage with the urgent issues of the present. The
contributors-all former students of the distinguished Columbia
University historian Eric Foner-explore the uses and politics of
history through key episodes across a wide range of struggles for
freedom. They shed new light on how different groups have defined
and fought for freedom throughout American history, as well as the
ways in which the ideal of freedom remains unrealized today.
Covering a broad range of topics, these essays offer insight into
how historians practice their craft in different ways and
illuminate what it means to be a socially and politically engaged
historian.
Italy since 1945 sets in context the tremendous changes that Italy has undergone in the last 55 years. In place of the land of pizza, sunshine, and soccer, McCarthy describes a developing nation: an economy that has found its own road to success via the piccole imprese with an increasingly strong stockmarket and more sophisticated banking; a dynamic, traditional, family centred society; and a political system struggling to modernize after forty years of Christian Democrat rule and Communist opposition. McCarthy also looks at the role of the Church, including Pius XII's wartime activities and the 'foreign pope', John-Paul II before finally turning to sport in Italy - the only country to have 3 daily newspapers devoted to the subject. Authoritative, accessible, and absorbing, the book examines modern Italy through the eyes of 10 leading commentators and explores the Italian experience in the wider context of both the nation's past and its wider contemporary European position.
"Protest Nation" is a guide through the speeches, letters,
broadsides, essays, and manifestos that form the backbone of the
American radical tradition in the twentieth century. With examples
from socialists, feminists, union organizers, civil-rights workers,
gay and lesbian activists, and environmentalists that have served
as beacons for millions, the volume also includes brief
introductory essays by the editors that provide a rich biographical
and historical context for each selection included. Selections
include a fiery speech by socialist Eugene Debs, an astonishing
treatise on animal liberation by Peter Singer, "Silent Spring" by
Rachel Carson, Harvey Milk's "The Hope Speech" and many others.
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