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An Economist Best Book of the Year A Financial Times Best Book of the Year A major historian tells the dramatic and untold story of the shadowy networks of revolutionaries across Asia who laid the foundations in the early twentieth century for the end of European imperialism on their continent. This is the epic tale of how modern Asia emerged out of conflict between imperial powers and a global network of revolutionaries in the turbulent early decades of the twentieth century. In 1900, European empires had not yet reached their territorial zenith. But a new generation of Asian radicals had already planted the seeds of their destruction. They gained new energy and recruits after the First Wor...
A narrative tour de force that combines wide-ranging scholarship with captivating prose, Kevin Starr's acclaimed multi-volume Americans and the California Dream is an unparalleled work of cultural history. In this new volume, Starr covers the crucial postwar period--1950 to 1963--when the California we know today first burst into prominence. In a powerful blend of telling events, colorful personalities, and insightful analyses, he brilliantly illuminates the dominant economic, social, and cultural forces in California in these pivotal years.
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**** The second edition (1993) is lauded in ARBA 1994. As a starting point for grantseekers looking for foundation and corporate support for library and information service programs, the third edition contains entries for 587 grantmaking foundations and 18 direct corporate giving programs that have shown a substantial interest in libraries and information services. Grants are listed for 264 of the foundations in the Guide. These 1,257 grants represent some $170 million in support for a variety of organizations including public policy groups, international funds, educational institutions, and grassroots organizations, among others. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Provides details of over 600 sources of grant money to fund programs combatting substance abuse, arranged alphabetically first by state, then by foundation name. Up to 34 items of information are included in each entry. Among them are full contact data, historical and financial information, types and amounts of grants, purposes and activities they fund, preferences and limitations, publications, application information, and the grants awarded in 1992-93. Indexes provide access along six dimensions. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR