The Underground History of American Education
After nine years of
research and a half-million dollar investment, The Oxford Village Press
and a tax-exempt foundation dedicated to school reform, The Odysseus
Group, announce the availability of this long-awaited bombshell:
The Underground History of American Education:
COMPLETE AND UNEXPURGATED!
The transcendentalist, while voicing his ecstasy over life, has put himself on record as not wishing to do anything more than once. For him God has enough new experiences, so that repetition is unnecessary. He dislikes routine. "Everything," Emerson says, "admonishes us how needlessly long life is," that is, if we walk with heroes and do not repeat. Let a machine add figures while the soul moves on. He dislikes seeing any part of a universe that he does not use. Shakespeare seemed to him to have lived a thousand years as the guest of a great universe in which most of us never pass beyond the antechamber.
"A thoughtful, reasonably comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of American immigrant and ethnic experiences. Without sacrificing the scholarly integrity of their materials, they have written a book that not only addresses important historical as well as contemporary issues and trends but also does so in a most readable manner."
End of Work
The End of Work is an essential read for those who seek a deeper understanding and greater context of the history of work.
He describes three sectors of economy; private, public and third.
The terms can be somewhat confusing, but the distinctions are
important. For example, corporations are part of the private sector,
but it is common for people refer to them as publicly owned because
stock options are open to the public. The Public sector of economy
refers to government operated economy and employs bureaucrats, public
school teachers, military personnel, etc. The Third sector of economy
is often referred to as the volunteer sector even though it employs
more than 5% of the workforce in the USA , contributes nearly 10% of
the nations GDP and is the fastest growing sector of economy.
Rifkin shows the history of technological displacement of the
workforce and describes different types of industrial revolutions along
with the coping mechanizations of economy from agriculture to
manufacturing to service to information.
The trends have profound implications for humanity. As the title
suggests, in another 50-100 years, it may only require that less than
20% of humanity will be required to labor for the maintenance of
economy as we have known it. What will be the fate of humanity and
economy be? Whether we realize the dreams of utopia or create the hell
of dystopia is our collective fate. The End of Work is helps to provide
a greater perspective helping to enable us all to make better, more
conscious, informed decisions.
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to American History
279 pages
For all those who slept through class, Alan Axelrod has a gift for bringing history to life.
Included are all the "main events", plus little known facts and fascinating characters.
With wit, wisdom and insight, Axelrod puts history in perspective and makes it fun, engrossing and memorable.
End of Work
