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ETHICS |
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1 Welch, D Don
A Guide to ethics and public policy : finding our way / D
Don Welch.-- New York: Routledge, 2014.
viii, 155p. , 22cm.
ISBN : 9781138013797.
172 WEL 142759
This book presents a comprehensive guide for making
policy judgments. The book provides a broad framework for
the moral evaluation of public policies and policy
proposals. This framework is organized around guiding
five principles: benefit, effectiveness, fairness,
fidelity, and legitimacy. These principles identify the
factors that should be taken into account and the issues
that should be addressed as citizens address the question
of what the United States government should be able to
do. The book outlines a comprehensive ethical framework,
provides content to the meaning of the five principles
that comprise that framework through the use of
illustrations and examples, and offers guidance about how
to navigate one°s way through the conflicts and dilemmas
that inevitably result from a serious effort to analyze
policies.
** Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects --
United States , United States -- Politics and government
- Moral and ethical aspects , Political ethics -- United
States
2 Wilkins, Lee (ed)
The Handbook of mass media ethics / Lee Wilkins and
Clifford G Christians.-- New York: Routledge, 2015.
xiv, 398p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9780805861914.
175 WIL 142760
This handbook encapsulates the intellectual history of
mass media ethics over the past twenty-five years. The
chapters serve as a summary of existing research and
thinking in the field, as well as setting agenda items
for future research.
** Mass media -- Moral and ethical aspects
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SOCIAL SCIENCES,SOCIOLOGY and ANTHROPOLOGY |
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3 Risjord, Mark
Philosophy of social science : a contemporary
introduction / Mark Risjord.-- New York: Routledge, 2014.
xi, 288p. , 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415898256.
300.1 RIS 142771
This book examines the perennial questions of philosophy
by engaging with the empirical study of society. The book
offers a comprehensive overview of debates in the field,
with special attention to questions arising from new
research programs in the social sciences. It uses
detailed examples of social scientific research to
motivate and illustrate the philosophical discussion.
** Social Sciences --Philosophy
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SOCIAL INTERACTION |
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4 Kovarik, Bill
Revolutions in communication : media history from
Gutenberg to the digital age / Bill Kovarik.-- New York:
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.
x, 367p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9789384052898.
302.2309 KOV 142774
The rise of the Information Age, the fall of the
traditional media, and the bewildering explosion of
personal information services are all connected to the
historical chain of communications- revolutions. This
book is an authoritative introduction to the history of
various branches of media.
** Mass media -- History , Communication -- History ,
Communication
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CULTURE and INSTITUTIONS |
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5 Dijk, Teun A van
Discourse and knowledge : a sociocognitive approach /
Teun A van Dijk.-- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2014.
viii, 400p. , 22cm.
ISBN : 9781107416550.
306.42 DIJ 142751
This book deals with the cognitive processes, social
distribution, cultural differences and the linguistic and
discursive -management- of knowledge in interaction and
communication in epistemic communities. The book adopts
a multidisciplinary approach to studying the relationship
between the two concepts. Discourse and Knowledge
introduce the new field of epistemic discourse analysis.
** Knowledge, Sociology of , Discourse analysis ,
LANGUAGE ARTS and DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
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COMMUNITIES |
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6 Jha, Manish K (ed)
Traversing Bihar : the politics of development and social
justice / Manish K Jha and Pushpendra.-- New Delhi:
Orient BlackSwan, 2014.
xiii, 350p. , 22cm.
ISBN : 9788125055679.
307.140954123 JHA 142779
This book is on the socio-economic-political conditions
of contemporary Bihar. It tries to find answers to
questions such as: Whether Nitish Kumar-s model of
development is devoid of social justice? , Why did the
development state, symbolised by vikaspurush Nitish
Kumar, retract on its promises of tenancy reforms? , Did
restoration of law and order and the model of development
carry an inherent inclination to satisfy middle class
sense of security and sensibilities?
** Community development -- India -- Bihar , Social
justice -- India -- Bihar , Bihar (India) -- Politics and
government
7 Sinha, Dipankar
Development narratives : walking the field in rural West
Bengal / Dipankar Sinha.-- New Delhi: Orient Blackswan,
2014.
xv, 221p. , 22cm.
ISBN : 9788125056256.
307.14120954 SIN 142749
This book offers a narrative-based -field view- of
development, with the aim of gathering an intimate
understanding of development as lived, negotiated and
told. Based on the author-s fieldwork in rural West Bengal
in the mid-1990s and 2000s,the narratives presented here
foreground the political, moral and experiential
dimensions of ordinary rural people-s every encounters
with development.
** Rural development -- India
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ECONOMICS |
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8 Maas, Harro
Economic methodology : a historical introduction / Harro
Maas.-- London: Routledge, 2014.
xiii, 187p. , 23cm.
(Economics as social theory, 36).
ISBN : 9780415858991.
330.01 MAA 142752
This book provides a historical introduction to the
methodology of economics through the eyes of economists.
It tracks the process of development through the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries, analysing the growth
of empirical and mathematical modelling. It also looks at
the emergence of the experiment in economics, in addition
to the similarities and differences between modelling and
experimentation.
** Economics -- Methodology -- History , Economics --
History
9 Dixon, Adam D
The New geography of capitalism : firms, finance, and
society / Adam D Dixon.-- Oxford: Oxford University Press
, 2014.
xix, 192p. , 21cm.
ISBN : 9780199668243.
330.122 DIX 142767
This book presents an accessible and up to date analysis
of globalization and the consequences for global
financial markets, firms, and nation states.
** Capitalism , Globalization -- Economic aspects ,
Culture and globalization , Economic development --Social
aspects
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FINANCIAL ECONOMICS |
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10 Wolman, David
The End of money : counterfeiters, preachers, techies,
dreamers and the coming cashless society / David Wolman.-
Boston: Da Capo Press, 2013.
x, 238p. , 22cm.
ISBN : 9780306821479.
332.4 WOL 142754
For ages, money has been represented by little metal
disks and rectangular slips of paper. Yet the usefulness
of physical money-to say nothing of its value-is coming
under fire as never before. Intrigued by the distinct
possibility that cash will soon disappear, the author
sets out to investigate the future of money...and how it
will affect your wallet. Told with verve and wit, The End
of Money explores an aspect of our daily lives so
fundamental that we rarely stop to think about it. You-ll
never look at a dollar bill the same way again.
** Money -- History , Paper money , Coins
11 Von Furstenberg, George M
Contingent convertibles [CoCos] : a potent instrument for
financial reform / George M von Furstenberg.-- Singapore:
World Scientific Publishing, 2015.
xv, 270p. , 23cm.
(World Scientific--Now Publishers series in business, 5).
ISBN : 9789814619899.
332.632 VON 142748,vol. 5
Contingent Convertibles (CoCos) represent debt that is
subject to being converted automatically into common
equity under pre-specified terms of conversion if the
chosen regulatory capital ratio falls to a level
triggering conversion. CoCos are that subspecies of
contingent capital that references regulatory (Basel III)
concepts in its triggers. The book is mostly concerned
with going-concern °recovery-° rather than °resolution-°
CoCos, because avoiding failure and costly disruption of
financial networks without government financing is the
first order of business.It is intended to increase the
ability of issuers and investors to analyze and
understand the different kinds of CoCos.
** Convertible securities , Convertible bonds , BUSINESS
and ECONOMICS / Finance
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ECONOMICS OF LAND and ENERGY |
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12 Backwell, Ben
Wind power : the struggle for control of a new global
industry / Ben Backwell.-- London: Routledge, 2015.
xi, 152p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9780415729611.
333.92 BAC 142780
This book looks at the nations, companies and people
fighting for control of one of the world°s fastest
growing new industries and how we can harness one of the
planet’s most powerful energy resources ° wind power. The
book also examines the challenges the sector faces as it
competes for influence and investment with the fossil
fuel industry across the globe.
** Wind power industry , Renewable energy sources ,
Energy development
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PRODUCTION |
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13 Funk, McKenzie
Windfall : the booming business of global warming /
McKenzie Funk.-- New York: The Penguin Press, 2014.
310p. , 23cm.
ISBN : 9781594204012.
338.4736373874 FUN 142781
The author shows us that the best way to understand the
catastrophe of global warming is to see it through the
eyes of those who see it most clearly as a market
opportunity. Global warming’s physical impacts can be
separated into three broad categories: melt, drought, and
deluge. He travels to two dozen countries to profile
entrepreneurial people who see in each of these forces a
potential windfall. .
** Entrepreneurship , Global warming -- Economic aspects
Clean energy investment , BUSINESS and ECONOMICS / Green
Business
14 McDermott, Bill
Winners dream : a journey from corner store to corner
office / Bill McDermott and Joanne Gordon.-- London:
Simon and Schuster, 2014.
x, 324p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9781471139406.
338.761005092 MAC 142782
In this book, Bill McDermott--the co-CEO of the world-s
largest business software company, SAP--chronicles how
relentless optimism, hard work, and disciplined execution
embolden people and equip organizations to achieve
audacious goals. Growing up in working-class Long Island,
a sixteen-year-old Bill traded three hourly wage jobs to
buy a small deli, which he ran by instinctively applying
ideas that would be the seeds for his future success.
After paying for and graduating college, Bill talked his
way into a job selling copiers door-to-door for Xerox,
where he went on to rank number one in every sales
position he held and eventually became the company-s
youngest-ever corporate officer. Eventually, Bill left
Xerox and in 2002 became the unlikely president of SAP-s
flailing American business unit.
** McDermott, Bill , Chief executive officers -- United
States -- Biography , Businesspeople -- United States --
Biography , Entrepreneurship --United States , Success in
business --United States , BIOGRAPHY and AUTOBIOGRAPHY /
Business
15 Kantha, Sharmila
The Big leap : how Indian companies leveraged reforms for
success / Sharmila Kantha.-- Noida: Harper Collins
Publishers, 2014.
xxxv, 266p. , 21cm.
ISBN : 9789351368236.
338.954 KAN 142745
** Industries -- India , Industrial development
16 Inamdar, Nikhil
Rokda : how baniyas do business / Nikhil Inamdar.--
Gurgaon: Random House Publishers, 2014.
xii, 240p. , 19cm.
ISBN : 9788184005899.
338.954092 INA 142776
This book features the stories of a few pioneering men
from this mercantile community - Radheshyam Agarwal and
Radheshyam Goenka, founders of the cosmetic major Emami,
Rohit Bansal, co-founder of Snapdeal, Neeraj Gupta,
founder of Meru Cabs and V.K. Bansal, a humble
mathematics tutor whose genius spawned a massive coaching
industry in Kota - amongst others. Through the triumphs
and tribulations of these men in the epoch marking
India-s entire post independence struggle with
entrepreneurship from the License Raj to the opening up
of the floodgates in 1991 and the dawn of the digital era
- the book seeks to uncover the indomitable spirit of the
Baniya.
** Industries -- India , Industrial development
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MACROECONOMICS and RELATED TOPICS |
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17 Southerton, Dale (ed)
Sustainable consumption : multi-disciplinary perspectives
in honour of Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta / Dale
Southerton and Alistair Ulph.-- Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2014.
xxii, 343p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9780199679355.
339.47 SOU 142778
This book draws upon Dasgupta-s recent work on
consumption, with contributions from leading
international experts from a range of disciplines. It
explores the changes we need to make to consumption,
production, and distribution patterns in order to address
environmental and sustainability challenges.
** Consumption (Economics) , Sustainable development
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LAW OF NATIONS |
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18 Mattli, Walter (ed)
International arbitration and global governance :
contending theories and evidence / Walter Mattli and
Thomas Dietz.-- Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.
xii, 250p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9780198716723.
341.522 MAT 142763
This book reflects analytically on international
arbitration as a form of global governance. It thus
contributes to a rapidly growing literature that
describes the profound economic, legal, and political
transformation in which key governance functions are
increasingly exercised by a new constellation that
include actors other than national public authorities. It
offers a wide-ranging and up-to-date analytical overview
of arguments in a vigorous nascent interdisciplinary
debate about arbitration courts and their exercise of
private governance power in the transnational realm.
** International commercial arbitration
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LABOR,SOCIAL,EDUCATION andCULTURAL LAW |
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19 Sahu, Geetanjoy
Environmental jurisprudence and the Supreme Court :
litigation, interpretation, implementation / Geetanjoy
Sahu.-- New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, 2014.
xviii, 323p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9788125055037.
344.54046 SAH 142755
This book examines the various kinds of environmental
discourse prevalent in India and analyses how these
feature in the Supreme Court-s judgments. It describes
the range of legal and extra-legal factors that affect
judicial decision making. It also analyses trends and
patterns in the Supreme Court-s decisions in
environmental cases and also points out and explains the
contradictions in these patterns.
** Environmental law -- India , Environmental policy --
India , India. -- Supreme Court
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PRIVATE LAW |
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20 Gervais, Daniel J (ed)
Intellectual property, trade and development : strategies
to optimize economic development in a TRIPS-Plus era /
Daniel J Gervais.--2nd ed-- Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2014.
xxxvii, 364p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9780199684700.
346.048 GER 142762
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the latest
legal, economic, political and social research and
advanced current thinking on the relationship between
intellectual property and trade and development. It also
sets out implementation strategies for the incorporation
of intellectual property rules into a local legal
framework.
** Intellectual property -- Economic aspects , Foreign
trade regulation -- Economic aspects , Economic
development
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION |
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21 Mathur, B P
Ethics for governance : reinventing public services / B P
Mathur.-- London: Routledge, 2014.
xii, 396p. , 21cm.
ISBN : 9781138018853.
351.54 MAT 142757
The book analyzes the reasons for inadequate delivery of
public services in India and discusses the importance of
values and ethics in public services for good governance.
It outlines measures to create an ethical and enabling
environment so that public functionaries may provide
efficient, responsive and humane administration.
** Public administration -- India -- History , Public
administration -- Moral and ethical aspects -- India --
History
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SPECIFIC FIELDS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION |
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22 Oommen, T K
Social inclusion in independent India : dimensions and
approaches / T K Oommen.-- New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan,
2014.
x, 342p. , 22cm.
ISBN : 9788125056294.
353.530954 OOM 142777
This book outlines the different dimensions and
approaches of the policy engagement with social inclusion
that are indispensable for achieving faster, inclusive
and more sustainable development in contemporary India.
It analyses in detail social exclusion and inclusive
policies with reference to nine excluded social
categories in India - Dalits, Adivasis, backward classes,
religious and linguistic minorities, women, migrants, the
poor and the disabled and makes a strong case for
category wise inclusion policy in India.
** Social integration -- India , Social integration --
Government policy -- India , People with social
disabilities -- Government policy -- India
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MILITARY SCIENCE |
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23 Rajagopalan, Rajesh
Nuclear South Asia : keywords and concepts / Rajesh
Rajagopalan and Atul Mishra.-- London: Routledge, 2014.
xix, 305p. , 22cm.
ISBN : 9781138795730.
355.02170954 RAJ 142768
This book provides a comprehensive and ready guide to the
key concepts, issues, persons, and technologies related
to the nuclear programmes of India and Pakistan and other
South Asian states.
** Nuclear weapons -- South Asia -- Dictionaries ,
National security -- South Asia -- Dictionaries ,
National security
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OTHER SOCIAL PROBLEMS and SERVICES |
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28 Morin, Jean-Frederic (ed)
Essential concepts of global environmental governance /
Jean-Frederic Morin and Amandine Orsini.-- London:
Routledge, 2015.
xvi, 252p. , 21cm.
ISBN : 9780415822473.
363.701 MOR 142756
The book is comprised of 101 entries, each defining a
central concept in global environmental governance,
presenting its historical evolution, introducing related
debates and including key bibliographical references and
further reading. The entries combine analytical rigour
with empirical description. The book offers cutting edge
analysis of the state of global environmental
governance. It examines the interaction between
environmental politics and other fields of governance
such as trade, development and security.
** Environmental policy -- International cooperation ,
Environmentalism -- International cooperation ,
Environmental protection -- International cooperation
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EDUCATION |
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29 Cahn, Steven M (ed)
Philosophy of education : the essential texts / Steven M
Cahn.-- New York: Routledge, 2014.
viii, 502p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9780415994408.
370.1 CAH 142770
Philosophy of education is a study both of the aims of
education and the most appropriate means of achieving
those aims. This book contains substantial selections
from those works widely regarded as central to the
development of the field. These are the "essential texts"
that lay the foundation for further study. The text is
historically organized, moving from classical thought
(Plato, Aristotle), through the medieval period
(Augustine), to modern perspectives (Locke, Rousseau,
Wollstonecraft), and twentieth-century thinkers
(Whitehead, Dewey).
** Education --Philosophy --History
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HIGHER EDUCATION |
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30 John, Jacob
Education loan and inclusive growth : India in a
comparative perspective / Jacob John.-- Newcastle upon
Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
xviii, 109p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9781443847193.
378.3620954 JOH 142753
The book discusses the significance of the education loan
as a tool for financing the higher education of students
of all backgrounds in developing countries with special
reference to India. The book deals with different models
of education loan systems prevailing in various countries
and covers Indian experiences in the area of education
loans, as a case study of a developing country. Based on
field studies conducted in four Indian states, the book
explains that the higher education loan system in India
has not been inclusive of poorer sections of society,
particularly people from rural areas. The book also
includes an elaborate discussion on the operation of
education loans given by banks in four Indian states and
examines various issues of the education loan system and
formulates an action plan to popularize it as a tool for
financing higher education in developing countries.
** Education , Federal aid to higher education -- India ,
Universities and colleges -- India -- Finance
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ETIQUETTE ( MANNERS) |
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31 Drushel, Bruce E (ed)
The Ethics of emerging media : information, social norms,
and new media technology / Bruce E Drushel and Kathleen
German.-- London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.
279p. ,23cm.
ISBN : 9789384052850.
395.5 DRU 142758
This book examines the role of ethics in new media with
particular emphasis on specific contexts and
applications. This work engages with enduring ethical
questions while addressing critical questions concerning
ethical boundaries at the forefront of new media
development.
** Internet -- Moral and ethical aspects , Online
etiquette , Social media
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GENERAL MANAGEMENT |
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32 Girotra, Karan
The Risk-driven business model : four questions that will
define your company / Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine
-- Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2014.
241p. , 21cm.
ISBN : 9781422191538.
658.4012 GIR 142775
This book identifies two new types of risk created by an
organization-s business model: information risk, which
requires decision making without sufficient information,
and incentive-alignment risk, which leads to actions that
clash with the interests of a value chain. The authors
stress that being mindful of these risks and making small
modifications to an existing business model can create
significant competitive differences. To that end, they
present the four -Ws- for designing better business
models, which examine what decisions are made, when they
are made, who makes them, and why they are made. The
authors also explore the decisions that constitute a
business, what a business is about, and its attitude
about risk.
** Strategic planning , Business planning ,
Organizational change
33 Westerman, George
Leading digital : turning technology into business
transformation / George Westerman, Didier Bonnet and
Andrew McAfee.-- Boston: Harvard Business Review Press,
2014.
vi, 292p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9781625272478.
658.4038 WES 142764
This book makes the provocative argument that the next
imminent phase of digital technology adoption driven by
the convergence of mobility, analytics, social media,
cloud computing and embedded devices will make everything
that-s happened so far look like a prelude. The authors,
a trio of highly regarded thought leaders on corporate
digital transformation, say changes in the digital realm
so far have focused on high tech and media companies but
there-s still a whopping 94% of the business economy that
needs to change. This book will show them how.
** Information technology -- Management , Strategic
planning , Organizational change
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SPORTS,GAMES and ENTERTAINMENT |
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34 Nagib, Lucia
World cinema and the ethics of realism / Lucia Nagib.--
New Delhi: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.
xiv, 293p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9789384052881.
791.43612 NAG 142783
This book is a study of world cinema, illustrating how
its creative peaks stem from the urge to reveal otherwise
hidden political and social dimensions of reality. It
includes case studies drawn from a wide range of realist
trends, including the Japanese New Wave, the nouvelle
vague, the Cinema Novo, the New German Cinema, and the
Inuit Indigenous cinema.
** Realism in motion pictures , Motion pictures -- Moral
and ethical aspects , Fine Arts
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HISTORY OF ASIA |
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35 Mukherjee, Rudrangshu
Nehru and Bose : parallel lives / Rudrangshu Mukherjee.--
Gurgaon: Penguin, 2014.
xiii, 265p. , 22cm.
ISBN : 9780670087235.
954.0350922 MUK 142766
The author-s fascinating book tracks the growth of these
two towering figures against the backdrop of the
independence movement, delicately tracing the contours of
a friendship that did not quite blossom as political
ideologies diverged and delineates the shadow that fell
between them for, Gandhi saw Nehru as his chosen heir and
Bose as a prodigal son. Nehru and Bose: Parallel Lives
brings to light the riveting story of two contrasting
personalities who would go on to define modern India.
** Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964 , Bose, Subhas Chandra,
1897- , Nationalists --India --Biography , India --
Politics and government --1919-1947
36 Suhrud, Tridip (ed)
Beloved Bapu : the Gandhi-Mirabehn correspondence /
Tridip Suhrud and Thomas Weber.-- New Delhi: Orient
BlackSwan, 2014.
xiv, 537p. , 22cm.
ISBN : 9788125056157.
954.035092 GAN 142744
This book offers readers unprecedented insight into the
relationship between Mahatma Gandhi and Mirabehn, his
foremost Western woman disciple, who came to India to
dedicate her life to Gandhi and and remained his faithful
companion for twenty-three years. Gandhi and Mira
corresponded extensively when they were not together. The
book brings together this correspondence in its entirety
for the first time, interweaving Gandhi-s letters to Mira
with her own responses to him and putting them in
conversation with each other.
** Gandhi, -- Mahatma, -- 1869-1948 -- Correspondence ,
Mirabehn, -- 1892-1982 -- Correspondence , Nationalists -
India -- Correspondence
37 Nehru, Jawaharlal
Letters for a nation : from Jawaharlal Nehru to his chief
ministers 1947-1963 / Jawaharlal Nehru.-- New York:
Penguin Books, 2014.
334p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9780670087723.
954.042092 NEH 142765
In October 1947, two months after he became independent
India-s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote the
first of his fortnightly letters to the heads of the
country-s provincial governments-a tradition that he kept
until his last letter in December 1963, only a few months
before his death. Carefully selected from among nearly 400
such letters, this collection covers a range of themes
and subjects, including citizenship, war and peace, law
and order, national planning and development, governance
and corruption, and India’s place in the world. The
letters also cover momentous world events and the many
crises and conflicts the country faced during the first
sixteen years after Independence.
** Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964
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