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ISBN: 9783662608067

Note: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources , Intro -- Foreword: Mobility-Innovationsin Metropolitan Areas -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1 Introduction Editors -- 1.5 Conclusion -- 1.4 Developing Digital Solutions for the Intelligent City -- 1.2 Promoting Sustainable Behaviour -- 1.1 Developing Sustainable Mobility & -- Logistics -- 1.3 Planning and Managing Sustainable Infrastructure -- I Developing Sustainable Mobility & -- Logistics -- 2 Social Transport. An Efficient Concept for Freight Transportation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Status Quo -- 2.2.1 Terminologies -- 2.2.2 Existing Providers and Ideas -- 2.3 Definition -- 2.4 Co‐Creation Workshop -- 2.4.1 Risks -- 2.4.2 Promoting Factors -- 2.4.3 Hindering Factors -- 2.5 Summary and Outlook -- References -- 3 The Importance of Process Data Collection Techniques for Urban Logistics Planning -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 State of Research -- 3.3 City Logistics Process Data -- 3.3.1 Search for Parking Spot -- 3.3.2 Loading and Unloading of Goods -- 3.4 Methodological Approaches for the Collection of Process Data -- 3.4.1 Accompanied Deliveries -- 3.4.2 GPS Data Collection -- 3.4.3 Logistics Tracker -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Off-Peak Delivery as a Cornerstone for Sustainable Urban Logistics: Insights from Germany -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Defining OPD -- 4.2.1 OPD: Intended Benefits and Possible Disadvantages -- 4.2.2 OPD Examples and Research -- 4.3 "GeNaLog", a Recent OPD Trial in German with Electric Trucks -- 4.4 Conclusions: GeNaLog and Beyond -- References -- 5 Longer Trucks for Climate-Friendly Transports in Metropolitan Regions -- 5.1 CO2e Savings due to Longer Trucks -- 5.2 Distribution Network of Lidl within Metropolitan Regions -- 5.3 Status Quo of Longer Trucks in the European Union -- 5.4 Methodology and Procedures -- 5.5 Potential Savings for Lidl , 5.6 Recommendation for Action for Lidl -- 5.7 Conclusion and Outlook -- References -- 6 Electrified Ultralight Vehicles as a Key Element for Door-to-Door Solutions in Urban Areas -- 6.1 Mobility in Metropolitan Areas and its Impacts -- 6.2 Current Situation and Challenges for New Mobility Concepts in Metropolitan Regions in Europe-A Case Study of E‐Scooters -- 6.3 Objectives and Methodology -- 6.4 Findings and Results -- 6.5 Necessity for Further Research -- References -- II Promoting Sustainable Behavior -- 7 The Intention to Adopt Battery Electric Vehicles in Germany: Driven by Consumer Expectancy, Social Influence, Facilitating Conditions and Ecological Norm Orientation -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Technology of Battery Electric Vehicles -- 7.3 Influencing Factors on the Adoption Intention -- 7.4 Integrated UTAUT‐NAM Model and Hypothesis Development -- 7.5 Data Collection and Operationalisation -- 7.6 Data Analysis and Results -- 7.7 Discussion -- 7.8 Practical Implications -- References -- 8 Air Taxis as a Mobility Solution for Cities-Empirical Research on Customer Acceptance of Urban Air Mobility -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Urban Air Mobility -- 8.3 Methodology -- 8.4 Results -- 8.4.1 Results: Noise -- 8.4.2 Results: Need for safety -- 8.4.3 Results: Safety for air taxis with pilots -- 8.4.4 Results: Safety of autonomous air taxis -- 8.4.5 Results: Need for individual mobility -- 8.4.6 Results: Price sensitivity -- 8.4.7 Results: Manufacturer -- 8.4.8 Results: Performance expectation -- 8.4.9 Results: Age and gender -- 8.4.10 Further influencing aspects derived in this study -- 8.5 Discussion -- 8.6 Conclusion -- 9 An Integrated Model of the Theory of Reasoned Action and Technology Acceptance Model to Predict the Consumers' Intentions to Adopt Electric Carsharing in Taiwan -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Literature Review , 9.2.1 Theory of Reasoned Action -- 9.2.2 Technology Acceptance Model -- 9.3 Theoretical Framework and Research Hypotheses -- 9.4 Methodology and Research Design -- 9.5 Data Analysis and Results -- 9.5.1 Confirmatory Factor Analysis -- 9.5.2 Structural Equation Modeling -- 9.6 Conclusions, Implications and Limitations -- References -- 10 Bike-Sharing Systems as Integral Components of Inner-City Mobility Concepts: An Analysis of the Intended User Behaviour of Potential and Actual Bike-Sharing Users -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Research Objectives -- 10.3 Bike‐Sharing Systems -- 10.4 Findings of Related Research -- 10.5 Methodology -- 10.5.1 Survey Design -- 10.5.2 Data Collection -- 10.6 Survey Results -- 10.6.1 Respondent Demographics -- 10.6.2 Preferred Trip Purposes -- 10.7 Discussion -- 10.8 Implications -- 10.9 Limitations -- 10.10 Conclusion -- References -- 11 Trust in Partially Automated Driving Systems for Trucks: A Quantitative Empirical Study -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Driver Assistance Systems for Trucks -- 11.3 Trust in Driver Assistance Systems -- 11.4 Methodology -- 11.5 Results -- 11.6 Discussion -- 11.7 Conclusion -- References -- 12 Alternative Ways to Promote Sustainable Consumer Behaviour-Identifying Potentials Based on Spiral Dynamics -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Spiral Dynamics -- 12.2.1 Background -- 12.2.2 An Overview of SD -- 12.3 SD and Sustainable Consumer Behaviour -- 12.4 Limitation -- 12.5 Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- 13 Less Meat, Less Heat-The Potential of Social Marketing to Reduce Meat Consumption -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Research Objectives -- 13.3 Research Design -- 13.3.1 Study 1 -- 13.3.2 Study 2 -- 13.4 Discussion -- 13.5 Conclusion -- References -- III Planning and Managing Sustainable Infrastructure , 14 What Makes an Inner City Attractive Today and in the Future?-Analysis of Emotional Hotspots Using the City of Stuttgart as an Example -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Literature Review -- 14.3 Study -- 14.3.1 Research Questions and Study Design -- 14.3.2 Sample and Procedure -- 14.4 Results -- 14.5 Recommendations and Limitations -- References -- 15 Creation of a Scoring-Model to Measure the Attractiveness of Middle-Sized City-Centres for Consumers -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Factors of Attractiveness -- 15.2.1 Method -- 15.2.2 Results -- 15.3 Creation of the Scoring‐Model -- 15.3.1 Survey -- 15.3.2 Method -- 15.4 The Scoring‐Model -- 15.5 Application of the Model -- 15.6 Usage, Limitations, and Potentials -- 15.7 Conclusion -- References -- 16 Transdisciplinary Living Labs in a Next Generation Cities Context-Ecosystems for Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Transformation through Innovation -- 16.3 Transdisciplinary Living Labs as the Basis for Creative Stakeholder Interaction -- 16.4 Next Generation Cities as Regional Ecosystems for Sustainable Innovation -- 16.5 Universities as "Hubs" of Ecosystems for Sustainable Innovations -- 16.6 Case Studies -- 16.7 Conclusion and Outlook -- References -- 17 Chances for Social Interaction in Public Space Through a Practice of Commoning -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.1.1 Chances by Urban Commons -- 17.1.2 Study Area Boeckinger Strasse -- 17.2 Method -- 17.2.1 General Context -- 17.2.2 Semi‐Structured Interviews -- 17.3 Results -- 17.3.1 Interviews -- 17.3.2 Experiment -- 17.4 Discussion -- References -- 18 Financing Sustainable Infrastructures in a Smart Cities' Context-Innovative Concepts, Solutions and Instruments -- 18.1 Introduction: The Challenge of Unsustainable Infrastructure for Metropolitan Areas -- 18.2 Smart Sustainable Cities as Ecosystems for Innovation , 18.3 Need for Private Investments in Sustainable, Smart City Infrastructure Against the Background of Increasing Global Risks -- 18.4 Sustainable (Private) Finance-Bridging the Funding Gaps? -- 18.5 Applying Sustainable Finance to Smart City Infrastructure Investments: The Business Case for Sustainable Infrastructure -- 18.6 Case Studies: New Approaches to Making Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Finance Happen -- 18.7 (Policy) Recommendations, Conclusion and Outlook -- 19 Building the City's Business Networks: Using Visualisations for Business Ecosystem Governance -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 Theoretical Background -- 19.2.1 Ecosystems, Networks, and Platforms -- 19.2.2 Visualising Business Ecosystems -- 19.3 Insights from Visualising Urban Ecosystems -- 19.4 Using Visualisations for Business Ecosystem Governance -- 19.5 Conclusion -- References -- IV Developing Digital Solutions for the Intelligent City -- 20 Development of an Eco-Routing App to Support Sustainable Mobility Behaviour -- 20.1 Introduction -- 20.1.1 Transport Challenges Facing European Metropolitan Regions -- 20.2 Aim of the Study, State of Research and Methodological Approach -- 20.2.1 Aim of the Study -- 20.2.2 State of Research -- 20.2.3 Methodological Approach -- 20.3 On Changing Mobility Behaviour in Metropolitan Regions -- 20.3.1 Use Scenarios of Eco‐Route Planners in Metropolitan Regions -- 20.3.2 Calculation of Emission Saving Potentials Using the EmiLa‐App -- 20.3.3 Indirect Effects: Increasing Environmental Awareness and Transferring to Environmental Behaviour -- 20.4 Outlook: The Metropolitan Region as a Pioneer for the Future Design of Mobility Systems Thanks to Changed Mobility Behaviour -- References -- 21 Promoting Objective and Subjective Safety for Cyclists in Metropolitan Areas -- 21.1 Introduction -- 21.2 Cycling Safety Application Vision Zero , 21.2.1 Development Process

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Planing, Patrick Innovations for Metropolitan Areas Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin / Heidelberg,c2020 ISBN 9783662608050

Language: English

Subjects: Engineering , Economics

Keywords: Metropolregion ; Ballungsraum ; Stadtentwicklung ; Bevölkerungswachstum ; Infrastrukturplanung ; Verkehrspolitik ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Smart City ; Stadtplanung ; Stadtverkehr ; Infrastruktur ; Deutschland ; Stadtplanung ; Verkehrsplanung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (171 pages)

ISBN: 9783030415082

Series Statement: Christian Faith Perspectives in Leadership and Business Ser

Note: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources , Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for Leadership Philosophy in the Fiction of C.S. Lewis -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Leading Between the Lines -- Biting Off More Than Can Be Chewed? -- Why Lewis? A Rationale -- What Spirit? A Relationship -- Which Aims? A Record -- Axiological Aim: Discover the Value of Stories for Leadership Formation and Content -- Epistemological Aim: Seeing the Storied Self and World -- Ontological Aim: Lead with New Energy -- How So? A Roadmap -- Sinking Our Teeth In -- References -- Chapter 2: If Jadis Ran the N.I.C.E.: Philosophy of Leadership -- Facing Blank Stares -- Philosophy of Leadership? -- Natural Chili Cook: Embedded Philosophy of Leadership -- Recipe Chili Cook: Critical Philosophy of Leadership -- Informed Chili Cook: Philosophy-of-Leadership-in-Use -- Philosophy of Leadership! -- Analyzing Philosophy of Leadership -- Ontology -- Axiology -- Epistemology -- C.S. Lewis for the Philosophy of Leadership? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Defeating Dragons by Reading the Right Books: Narrative and Leadership -- Let Me Tell You a Story -- Leadership and Narrative: Lewis' Literature Takes a Leap -- Stories Provide Leadership Contexts -- Stories Form Personal Virtues -- Stories Inspire Action -- Stories Form Social Virtues -- Stories Simplify the Complex -- Stories Broaden and Shift Personal Perspectives -- Stories Form Skills of Critical Judgment -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Womb of Worlds or Silent Space? Imagination and Leadership -- Van Rides Are for Imaginations -- Imagination in Leadership -- Imagination in Lewis -- Imagination as Means of Perception and Understanding -- The Desire of Imagination -- Malformed and Misguided Imagination -- Imaginations Meeting in Reality -- Reorienting the Imagination by Another Imagination -- Reorienting the Imagination: Eustace as an Example , Leading with the Imagination -- Leading as Reorienting the Imagination -- Gentle Provocation of Imagination -- Genuine Self-awareness -- Attention to Subtle Contexts -- Preparation for Ongoing Imagination Work -- Selecting the Right Form and Context -- Imagination Changes Personal Perspective -- Which Imagination? Leaders in the Making -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Let the Prince Win His Spurs: Agency Theory and Agency -- Forks, Knives, Spoons, and Lollipops -- Lawyers, Doctors, and Principals: What Is Agency Theory? -- C.S. Lewis and Agency Theory -- Agency Theory and the Context for Developing Agents -- Not So N.I.C.E.: The Nihilism of Malformed Agents -- Win Your Spurs, Save the World, and Become Yourself: Positive Formation of Agents -- Agents Are to Become Self-Leaders -- Agents Take and Partake in Meaningful Action -- Agents Have Differentiated Selves -- Agents Are Formed and Confirmed Through Conflict -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Saving Faces: Authentic Leadership and the Tension of Self-Disclosure -- Have I Said Too Much? -- Keeping It Real: Authentic Leadership -- C.S. Lewis and Authentic Leadership -- A Facial Theme in Fiction -- Facial Theme Outside Lewis' Fiction -- Transformation of the Face -- The Role of the Face: Showing the Unshowable -- The Face Reveals the Character's Inner Life -- The Influence of the Face -- Transformation Found on the Face -- Risky Wisdom: Leaders and Their Masks -- Discerning a Philosophy of Leadership -- Mind the Influence -- Masks Can Protect the Leader -- Masks Can Serve the Needs of the Follower -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Upsetting a Basket of Deplorable Words: Overcoming Dark Leadership -- Introduction -- Leadership from the Dark Side -- Gifts Gone Wrong: The Dark Side of Charismatic Leadership -- Transformational Leadership as Dark Leadership , Dark Traits and Their Bright Side? -- C.S. Lewis and Dark Leadership -- Dark Leadership in Lewis' Literature -- The Character of Dark Leaders -- Grandiosity -- Rhetorical Manipulation -- Deficiently Practical Mind -- Unjust Justice -- The Contexts of Dark Leadership -- Dark Desks: Bureaucracy and Dark Leadership -- Suspect Structures: Social and Organizational Structure and Dark Leadership -- Scanty Beards: Age and Dark Leadership -- Empty Thrones: When the King's Away, Dark Leaders May Play -- The Conclusion of Dark Leadership -- Dusty Power -- Ironic Justice -- Lightening Our Leadership -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: A Lewisian Way of Leading -- The Battleground of Beauty -- Beauty -- Battle -- Lewisian Leadership -- Courage -- Communication -- Comedy -- Company -- Conclusion -- References -- Index

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Perry, Aaron Leadership Philosophy in the Fiction of C. S. Lewis Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2020 ISBN 9783030415075

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Subjects: Economics , English Studies

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Additional Edition: Reproduktion von Tauler, Johannes, 1300-1361 The inner way [199-?]

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Subjects: German Studies

Keywords: Patentschrift

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (112 Seiten)

ISBN: 9783658306397

Note: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources , Intro -- Preface -- A Terminology from the Times of the Cold War -- The ''Money Market'' -- Neoliberalism Versus Ordoliberalism -- Structure of the Book -- References -- Contents -- Part I: Exchange Contracts and the Walrasian Paradigm -- Chapter 1: The Paradigm in the Philosophy of Science -- References -- Chapter 2: The Walrasian Paradigm in Contemporary Economics -- 2.1 Origins in Partial Analysis -- 2.2 Total Analysis and General Equilibrium -- 2.3 Reflection -- 2.3.1 Gain in Explanatory Power by Way of a Weakening of Assumptions -- 2.3.2 Integration of Money into the Model of General Equilibrium -- References -- Chapter 3: Basic Elements of an Exchange-Systematized Walrasian Paradigm -- 3.1 Basic Time Patterns of Exchange -- 3.2 Patterns of Money Usage in Exchange -- References -- Chapter 4: First Potential Applications of an Exchange-Systematized Walrasian Paradigm -- 4.1 The Equation of Exchange -- 4.2 Financial Assets -- 4.3 Market for Corporate Control -- 4.4 The Notion of Capital -- 4.5 Finance -- References -- Part II: An Exchange-Contractual Analysis of Private and Public Wealth -- Chapter 5: Origins and Significance of a Famous Debate -- References -- Chapter 6: Inner Exchange Contracts -- 6.1 Time Horizon -- 6.2 Household Sector -- 6.3 Business Sector, Private Wealth -- 6.4 Exchange -- 6.4.1 Collective Choice in Favor of Indirect Exchange -- 6.4.2 Equity Finance as the Original Form of Corporate Finance -- 6.5 State -- 6.5.1 Balanced Budget -- 6.5.2 Backing of Exchange by Regulatory Policy by Means of Contracts -- 6.6 Market Architecture -- 6.6.1 Spot Market for Real Capital -- 6.6.2 Forward Market for Output -- 6.6.3 Financial Market for Corporate Shares -- 6.6.4 Financial Market for Government Bonds, Part I -- References -- Chapter 7: Outer Financial Contracts -- 7.1 Bank Notes -- 7.2 Docking -- References , Chapter 8: Multiple Exchange Equilibrium and the Balance Sheet -- 8.1 Multiple Exchange Equilibrium -- 8.2 Classic Government Debt (Financial Market for Government Bonds, Part II) -- 8.3 Lump Sum Taxes -- 8.4 Wealth -- 8.5 Balance Sheet -- 8.5.1 Present Value and Historical Costs as Fundamental Values Stated -- 8.5.2 T-Structure -- 8.5.3 Accounting Standards -- 8.5.4 Complementarity -- 8.6 Optimization and Balanced Budget -- 8.6.1 Maximization of Profit and Its Distribution by the Business Sector -- 8.6.2 Balanced Public Budget -- 8.6.3 Utility Maximization by the Household Sector -- 8.7 Net Wealth of the Private Sector -- References -- Chapter 9: Degeneration of Money -- References -- Chapter 10: Appendix to Part II -- Part III: An External Monetary Calculus for the Homo Oeconomicus -- Chapter 11: On the External Arrangement of the Monetary Calculus -- Chapter 12: The Desired Amount of Money Holding as a Reflex of Benefits and Costs -- 12.1 The Benefits of Holding Money -- 12.2 The Costs of Holding Money -- 12.3 Individual Optimization Problem -- 12.4 Aggregation -- Reference -- Chapter 13: Analysis of an Expansionary Monetary Impulse -- 13.1 Revision of the Utility Maximization Problem -- 13.2 Shifted Demand Function for Output -- 13.3 One Market Too Many? -- 13.4 On the Problem of the Integration of Money into the Theory of System-Wide Equilibrium -- 13.4.1 An Alternative to the Concept of the Money Market -- 13.4.2 On the Validity of Established Microeconomic Courses -- Reference -- Part IV: Summary and Outlook -- Chapter 14: Summary -- 14.1 Mismatch between Theoretical Starting Point and What Has Become of It -- 14.2 ''Capital'' Features a Janus-Like Face Nowadays -- 14.3 The Vulnerability of the Global Financial Sector -- 14.4 The Fuzzy Notion of the ''Capitalist'' -- 14.5 ''Criticism of Capitalism'' -- 14.6 Fiat Money Is Not Scarce , 14.7 Exchange Contracts -- 14.8 Limitational Complementarity in the Sense of Leontief -- 14.9 An External Monetary Calculus -- References -- Chapter 15: Outlook -- 15.1 Diligence and Sophistication Recommended -- 15.2 Monetary Economics Should Pose a Fundamental Question

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Kaiser, Dirk Economic Theory in the 21st Century Wiesbaden : Springer Vieweg. in Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH,c2020 ISBN 9783658306380

Language: English

Subjects: Economics

Keywords: Tauschvertrag ; Wirtschaftstheorie

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Format: XIV, 223 Seiten , Ill., graph. Darst.

ISBN: 0691033900

Content: The story of [pi] has been told many times, both in scholarly works and in popular books. But its close relative, the number e, has fared less well: despite the central role it plays in mathematics, its history has never before been written for a general audience. The present work fills this gap. Geared to the reader with only a modest background in mathematics, the book describes the story of e from a human as well as a mathematical perspective. In a sense, it is the story of an entire period in the history of mathematics, from the early seventeenth to the late nineteenth century, with the invention of calculus at its center. Many of the players who took part in this story are here brought to life

Content: Among them are John Napier, the eccentric religious activist who invented logarithms and - unknowingly - came within a hair's breadth of discovering e; William Oughtred, the inventor of the slide rule, who lived a frugal and unhealthful life and died at the age of 86, reportedly of joy when hearing of the restoration of King Charles II to the throne of England; Newton and his bitter priority dispute with Leibniz over the invention of the calculus, a conflict that impeded British mathematics for more than a century; and Jacob Bernoulli, who asked that a logarithmic spiral be engraved on his tombstone - but a linear spiral was engraved instead! The unifying theme throughout the book is the idea that a single number can tie together so many different aspects of mathematics - from the law of compound interest to the shape of a hanging chain, from the area under a hyperbola to Euler's famous formula e[superscript i[pi]] = -1, from the inner structure of a nautilus shell to Bach's equal-tem

Content: ered scale and to the art of M. C. Escher. The book ends with an account of the discovery of transcendental numbers, an event that paved the way for Cantor's revolutionary ideas about infinity. No knowledge of calculus is assumed, and the few places where calculus is used are fully explained

Language: English

Subjects: Mathematics

Keywords: e ; Geschichte ; e ; Geschichte

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Author information: Maor, Eli 1937-

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Content: There is a global need to better understand the inner workings of trucking markets and how these relate to performance. Despite the critical role that trucking plays as a dominant mode in most countries' freight transport task, and as a key determinant of both private logistics costs and economic externalities, remain insufficiently understood and under-studied. This report starts from the basic definition of actors as comprising trucking service providers on the supply side, shippers and beneficial cargo owners on the demand side, and the public sector, broadly defined, on the side of the public interest that is reflected in issues of import to society at large. But it is critical to delve deeper to reflect the way trucking operations are conducted in practice, by disaggregating these main actor types into further dimensions of supply, demand, and public interest factors to arrive at a more realistic view of performance. The report is structured as follows. Chapter 1 describes the organizational structure of the trucking industry in the international experience. Chapters 3 through 5 subsequently describes the interests and typical decision-making motivations for each type of actor, and what 'performance' means to each of them. Chapters 5 concludes

Language: English

DOI: 10.1596/34204

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Format: XIV, 320 S. , Ill.

ISBN: 0520217675 , 9780520234642

Series Statement: California studies in critical human geography 6

Content: "When it comes to holidays, some talk about "seeing the world," others about "getting away from it all." These two basic philosophies of travel are elaborated delightfully in Orvar Lofgren's investigation of "elsewhereness" as a human pursuit. Whether we set out in search of a mountainscape that will take our breath away, artifacts of the past to enrich our minds, the purest sand on the most unspoiled beach, or a summer place to know and cherish, we follow inner itineraries as time-honored and various as the routes we take." "Beginning his cultural journey among some eighteenth-century pioneers of tourism, Lofgren takes us on a tour of the Western holiday world and shows how two centuries of "learning to be a tourist" have shaped our own ways of vacationing. From country walks in search of the picturesque to wilderness trekking for more grandiose views, from seasonal campsites and communities on the coasts of New England and Sweden to Mediterranean resorts and rearranged ruins, from Continental spas to Las Vegas megahotels, we see how fashions in destinations have changed through the years, with popular images (written, drawn, painted, and later photographed) teaching the tourist what to look for and how to experience it."

Content: "The means of travel have bred their own expectations and rewards. Faster and more affordable transportation, besides permitting more than a small elite to go "on holiday," has led to the package tour and the globalization of tourism. In one of his most entertaining chapters, Lofgren talks about the ongoing battle that results from travelers' differing values: what is "authentic," and does it matter? What constitutes too much or too little, good or bad, the wrong or the right kind of travel? This battle, he says, is often fought in the ways we relate to other tourists--we mock, admire, emulate, or distance ourselves from them. "In the history of modern tourism one element is striking. The main tourist attraction tends to be...other tourists."" "Travelers present and future will never see their cruises, treks, resort interludes, ecotours, round-the-world journeys, or trips to the vacation cottage or condo in quite the same way again. All our land-, sea-, and mindscapes will be the richer for Lofgren's insights. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET

Note: Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke

Language: English

Subjects: Economics , Geography , Ethnology , Sociology

Keywords: Urlaubsreise ; Geschichte

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Author information: Löfgren, Orvar 1943-

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Format: xxi, 489 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln , Illustrationen, Porträts (schwarz-weiß) , 25 cm

ISBN: 9781635574777

Content: "From the co-author of The World Only Spins Forward comes the first cultural history of Method acting-an ebullient account of creative discovery and the birth of classic Hollywood. On stage and screen, we know a great performance when we see it. But how do actors draw from their bodies and minds to turn their selves into art? What is the craft of being an authentic fake? More than a century ago, amid tsarist Russia's crushing repression, one of the most talented actors ever, Konstantin Stanislavski, asked these very questions, reached deep into himself, and emerged with an answer. How his "system" remade itself into the Method and forever transformed American theater and film is an unlikely saga that has never before been fully told. Now, critic and theater director Isaac Butler chronicles the history of the Method in a narrative that transports readers from Moscow to New York to Los Angeles, from The Seagull to A Streetcar Named Desire to Raging Bull. He traces how a cohort of American mavericks-including Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, and the storied Group Theatre-refashioned Stanislavski's ideas for a Depression-plagued nation that had yet to find its place as an artistic powerhouse. Strasberg and Adler's tempestuous feud would, in turn, shape generations of actors who enabled Hollywood to become the global dream-factory it is today. Some of these performers the Method would uplift; others, it would destroy. Long after its midcentury heyday, the Method lives on as one of the most influential-and misunderstood-ideas in American culture. Studded with marquee names-from Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, and Elia Kazan, to James Baldwin, Ellen Burstyn, and Dustin Hoffman-The Method is a spirited history of ideas and a must-read for any fan of Broadway or American film"

Note: The only way to save art -- New answers to the problems of living -- The frenzied waltz -- The superconscious through the conscious -- The Stanislavski sickness -- I need a new theatre -- Do you know the secrets of art? -- No hack actors -- The coming of a new religion -- I am passionate about this thing!! -- It makes you weep -- We all thought he was god -- A new inner man -- The life of a prostitute is pretty comfortable -- Your secret self -- Our kind of actors -- It was murder -- Slice-of-life -- Softness and self-indulgenc -- Truth, my ass -- It's been a terrible evening -- How do we do all our stuff in front of that machinery? -- That level of being real -- All the means of expression -- Afterword: The method and the future

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Subjects: General works

Keywords: Stanislavskij, Konstantin Sergeevič 1863-1938 ; Schauspielkunst ; Rezeption ; USA ; Theater ; Film ; Geschichte 1900-2000

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ISBN: 9780814759073

Content: In low-income U.S. cities, street fights between teenage girls are common. These fights take place at school, on street corners, or in parks, when one girl provokes another to the point that she must either "step up" or be labeled a "punk." Typically, when girls engage in violence that is not strictly self-defense, they are labeled "delinquent," their actions taken as a sign of emotional pathology. However, in Why Girls Fight, Cindy D. Ness demonstrates that in poor urban areas this kind of street fighting is seen as a normal part of girlhood and a necessary way to earn respect among peers, as well as a way for girls to attain a sense of mastery and self-esteem in a social setting where legal opportunities for achievement are not otherwise easily available. Ness spent almost two years in west and northeast Philadelphia to get a sense of how teenage girls experience inflicting physical harm and the meanings they assign to it. While most existing work on girls’ violence deals exclusively with gangs, Ness sheds new light on the everyday street fighting of urban girls, arguing that different cultural standards associated with race and class influence the relationship that girls have to physical aggression

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Language: English

Keywords: USA ; Stadt ; Weibliche Jugend ; Frauenkriminalität

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