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A Republic No More
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 379

A Republic No More

After the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was asked, “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” Franklin’s response: “A Republic—if you can keep it.” This book argues: we couldn’t keep it. A true republic privileges the common interest above the special interests. To do this, our Constitution established an elaborate system of checks and balances that disperses power among the branches of government, which it places in conflict with one another. The Framers believed that this would keep grasping, covetous factions from acquiring enough power to dominate government. Instead, only the people would rule. Proper institutional design is essential to th...

Chocolates on the Pillow Aren't Enough
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 272

Chocolates on the Pillow Aren't Enough

Praise for Chocolates on the Pillow Aren't Enough "Jonathan recognizes that in today's Internet-fed, savvy-consumer world, it is the people-to-people connections, regardless of price point, that differentiate a customer's experience. Gimmicks come and go, but without sincere and caring people delivering the overall experience, from start to finish, well, it's true--chocolates on the pillow are not enough. A great read!" —David Neeleman, founder and CEO, JetBlue Airways Corporation "If you don't work for your customer, you're not doing your job. Who better to turn to for lessons in great customer experiences than Jonathan Tisch? He has long been one of the most respected leaders in travel a...

A Companion to Ezra Pound's Guide to Kulchur
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 496

A Companion to Ezra Pound's Guide to Kulchur

Guide to Kulchur is paramount among Ezra Pound's prose works. In its fifty-eight chapters and postscripts, the book encapsulates his chief concerns: his cultural, historiographic, philosophical, and epistemological theories; his aesthetics and poetics; and his economic and political thought. Pound's guide showcases his subversive, irreverent alternative to mainstream culture - kulchur. This guide enables the reader to gain a comprehensive understanding of Pound's most far-reaching, iinterdisciplinary, and transhistorical polemic.--from back cover.

A Companion to Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 948

A Companion to Franklin D. Roosevelt

A Companion to Franklin D. Roosevelt presents a collection of historiographical essays by leading scholars that provides a comprehensive review of the scholarship on the president who led the United States through the tumultuous period from the Great Depression to the waning days of World War II. Represents a state-of-the-art assessment of current scholarship on FDR, the only president elected to four terms of office and the central figure in key events of the first half of the 20th century Covers all aspects of FDR's life and times, from his health, relationships, and Supreme Court packing, to New Deal policies, institutional issues, and international relations Features 35 essays by leading FDR scholars

Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1665

Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-09-15
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  • Publisher: SAGE

The Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture is the first reference work to outline the parameters of consumer culture and provide a critical, scholarly resource on consumption and consumerism.

A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 726

A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1813
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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