
American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor at Harvard University, best known for his contributions to the study of post-industrialism. He has been described as "one of the leading American intellectuals of the postwar era". Bell once described himself as a "socialist in economics, a liberal in politics, and a conservative in culture." Bell began his professional life as a journalist, being managing editor of The New Leader magazine (1941–1945), labor editor of Fortune (1948–1958), and later, co-editor (with his college friend Irving Kristol) of The Public Interest magazine (1965–1973). In the late 1940s, Bell was an Instructor in the Social Sciences in the College of the University of Chicago. During the 1950s, it was close to the Congress for Cultural Freedom. Subsequently, he taught sociology, first at Columbia (1959–1969) and then at Harvard until his retirement in 1990. Bell also was the visiting Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions at Cambridge University in 1987. He served as a member of the President's Commission on Technology in 1964–1965 and as a member of the President's Commission on a National Agenda for the 1980s in 1979. His most influential books are, The End of Ideology (1960), The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism (1976),[19] and The Coming of Post-Industrial Society (1973). Two of his books, the End of Ideology and the Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism, were listed by the Times Literary Supplement as among the 100 most important books in the second half of the twentieth century.
by Daniel Bell
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Named by the Times Literary Supplement as one of the 100 most influential books since the end of World War II, The End of Ideology has been a landmark in American social thought, regarded as a classic since its first publication in 1962.Daniel Bell postulated that the older humanistic ideologies derived from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were exhausted, and that new parochial ideologies would arise. In a new introduction to the year 2000 edition, he argues that with the end of communism, we are seeing a resumption of history, a lifting of the heavy ideological blanket and the return of traditional ethnic and religious conflicts in the many regions of the former socialist states and elsewhere.
With a new afterword by the author, this classic analysis of Western liberal capitalist society contends that capitalism—and the culture it creates—harbors the seeds of its own downfall by creating a need among successful people for personal gratification—a need that corrodes the work ethic that led to their success in the first place. With the end of the Cold War and the emergence of a new world order, this provocative manifesto is more relevant than ever.
Esta obra explora la sociedad post-industrial a través de reflexiones que giran en torno a temas conexos: las teorías del desarrollo en la sociedad industrial (Marx Sombart, Max Weber, Schumpeter, Raymond Aron), el paso de una economía productora de bienes a otra de servicios y los cambios de la estructura del empleo en pro
First published in 1952 then out of print in recent years, this classic account of the American Left is once again available. In his introduction to the Cornell paperback edition, Michael Kazin reevaluates the book, viewing it in the context of subsequent work on the subject and of the recent history of the Left itself.
R is a programming language and software environment for statistical analysis, graphics representation, and reporting. If you are trying to understand the R programming language as a beginner, this short book will give you enough understanding of almost all the concepts of the R language. The author will guide you through examples, how to program in R and how to use R for effective data analysis. Download your copy Now! Book Objectives This book is about R programming. The following are the objectives of the To familiarize you with the basics of R programming language.To help you understand the various fields where R can be applied and its use cases in each field. To equip you with R programming skills, both beginner and advanced skills.To introduce you to R programming for data analysis. To introduce you to R programming for machine learning.To help you understand and appreciate the power of R in statistical computing, data analysis, and scientific research. Who this Book is for? Anybody who is a complete beginner to R Programming. Anybody in need of advancing their R Programming skills. Professionals in computer programming.Professors, lecturers or tutors who are looking to find better ways to explain R programming to their students in the simplest and easiest way. Students and academicians, especially those focusing on R, Data Analysis,Machine Learning , computer science, and Databases development. Requirements The author expects you to have a computer installed with an operating system such as Linux, Windows or Mac OS X. What is inside the book? R BASICS R DATA TYPES R VARIABLES AND CONSTANTS R OPERATORS DECISION MAKING IN RR LOOPS R FUNCTIONSR CLASSES AND OBJECTS R FOR DATA SCIENCER FOR MACHINE LEARNING From the Back Cover. R programming language is one of the most popular languages used by statisticians, data analysts, researchers to retrieve, clean, analyze, visualize and present data. This is a comprehensive book on how to get started with R programming, why you should learn it and how you can learn it. Daniel Bell begins by introducing the readers to the foundations of the R programming language. The aim is to help you understand, how the R interpreter works, the origin of the name R, how to set up the R programming environment, etc. The author has discussed the process of installing R on Windows, Linux and Mac OS. Moreover, the author has explored the basics of R programming including writing comments, using the R console, creating R script files, etc. The various features provided by R have been discussed in depth, including data types, variables, loops, decision making, functions, operators, classes, and objects, etc. The author has also discussed R for data science and R for machine learning. The book has been organized into chapters, with each chapter having many sub-chapters. R code scripts have been provided, alongside thorough explanations of the code and images showing the expected output upon the execution of every script.
If you are building a website, knowing how to code HTML & CSS can give you a lot of flexibility. This excellent introduction on HTML& CSS will give you all the knowledge you need to master HTML and CSS easily and quickly. Get your copy Now! Book Objectives: This book will help you: Understand the theory behind HTML and CSS. Learn how to get started with HTML and CSS. Learn web development using HTML and CSS right from the basics. Learn the new features introduced in HTML5 and CSS3. Who this Book is for? Are you: In need of learning web developing. In need of learning computer programming with HTML and CSS. In need of advancing your web development skills with HTML and CSS. In need of learning new features introduced in HTML5 and CSS3. If yes, this is the right book for you. What do you need for this Book? : You only need a computer installed with an operating system such as Linux, Windows or Mac OS X. The author has given a guide on how to setup your HTML and CSS development environment. What is inside the book? : WHAT ARE HTML & CSS? UNDERSTANDING HTML BUILDING WEB PAGE STRUCTUR UNDERSTANDING CSS THE BOX MODEL POSITIONING CONTENT TYPOGRAPHY CREATING FORMS TABLES This book has everything you need to know about HTML and CSS. The author begins by laying a foundation by helping you understand the role played by each of these web development languages during web development. The author then explains to you what you need to be able to write and run HTML and CSS programs, as well as how to write and run the programs. The various ways through which you can link CSS code to HTML code have been explored. The author has then gone deep to explore the various features provided by these two languages. Both HTML and CSS codes have been added to the book as well as images showing what you should get upon executing each program. The codes are accompanied by thorough explanations to help you grasp every line of code.
Originally published by Abt Books in 1980, this book brings together most of Daniel Bell's best work in his second career as a sociologist. The essays deal with a diverse range of topics including technology and culture, religion and personal identity, the intellectual and society, and the validity of the concept of class.
Do you want to develop iPhone apps but don’t know where to start? If you want to learn Swift programming from Scratch, this short book is for you. Learn Swift for iPhone iOS development, no programming development experience is required. Download your copy NOW!! Book Objectives This book is about Swift programming. The following are the objectives of the To familiarize you with the basics of Swift programming language. To equip you with Swift programming skills, both beginner and advanced skills. To help you understand the difference between Swift and Objective-C. To help you appreciate the power of Swift as a programming language for the development of mobile applications. Who this Book is for? The author intends to benefit any of the following groups of Anybody who wants to learn basic Swift programming skills.Anybody who needs to advance their Swift programming skills.Anybody who needs to learn iOS app development for iOS 9 andabove.Professors, lecturers or tutors who are looking to find better ways to explain Swift programming to their students in the simplest and easiest way. Students and academicians, especially those focusing on Swift programming, computer science and software development. Requirements The author expects you to have a computer installed with Mac OS X. If you don’t have a MacBook, you can consider creating a Mac OS X virtual machine on your computer. What is inside the book? SWIFT BASICSSWIFT DATA TYPESSWIFT VARIABLES AND CONSTANTSSWIFT OPERATORSDECISION MAKINGSWIFT LOOPSSWIFT FUNCTIONSSWIFT CLASSESSWIFT METHODSSWIFT ARRAYSSWIFT DICTIONARYSWIFT SETSSWIFT CLOSURES From the back cover The author begins by introducing the readers to the foundations of the Swift programming language. The aim is to help them the individuals who developed the language, how the Swift compiler works. The reader has been guided on what they require so as to program in Swift. The author has then discussed the basics of Swift including writing comments, writing and running the first Swift program, Swift syntax, etc. The various features provided by Swift have been discussed in depth, including data types, variables, constants, loops, decision making, functions, operators, object oriented programming features, etc. The author has organized the book into chapters, with each chapter having many sub-chapters. Swift codes have been added, alongside thorough explanations of the code and images showing the expected output upon the execution of every script. The author begins with the basics of Swift and ends by discussing the complex features provided by the programming language. A step-by-step approach has been employed in every chapter for ease of understanding.
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Twelve of America's most distinguished thinkers join in examining the present state of capitalism in America and throughout the world. Their common object is not to plead a cause, not to defend or attack, but to clarify the complex and evolving realities of the system that shapes all our lives. At this historic moment of a crisis of confidence, this book stands as a major contribution to the great debate over where we are and where we are going."Capitalism Today clarifies where we are now andcarries us to the threshold of the future... . It is aninsightful, sophisticated, profoundly disturbing account of the prospects facing the capitalistic order." —The New Leader
Wade Phelps is a huge, intimidating man committed to non-violence. He has his commitment tested when, driven by guilt and a secret kept for twenty years, he pursues the killer of his old high school girlfriend. With the local police investigation going nowhere, he grows more and more desperate to find out how the innocent girl he loved as a teenager could have come to such a violent end—and if he was responsible for her fate.
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by Daniel Bell
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The Cold War was over, the Gulf War, too. Everyone around Vincent Ten Ponies scrambled to find their place in the new order of things and deal with new problems. Vince had no problems when he was flying cargo. But on the ground, his shady and eccentric boss gave him all he could handle, including two newly-recruited college drop-outs. It falls to Vince to keep the naive giant, Jim, alive, his ambitious, dysfunctional girlfriend, Macy, in check, and all of them out of prison. In just a few months he'll have the money for his own plane and be able to work for himself--if his boss and new co-workers don't get him killed, first.
Organizing his work thematically to explore important ideas and trends that have influenced the social sciences since World War II, Daniel Bell charts the rise and fall of major developments in the field and presents a comprehensive survey of the progress of the social sciences over this thirty-five year period. Bell discusses such major advances as the emergence of sotiobiology as an effort to unify social behavior through genetically-based parameters, structuralism, the multiplicity of new paradigms in macroeconomics, and schools of neo-Marxism. Parts I and II of The Social Sciences Since the Second World War originally appeared as yearly installments in the Encyclopaedia Britannica's Great Ideas Today series and are combined for the first time in book form. Dr. Bell has added an introductory essay that reviews the time frame and details his rationale for focusing on specific disciplines. His emphasis throughout is on those synoptic efforts geared at providing a systematic body of theory that set forth some coherent statement about human behavior or social structure. The book concludes with a discussion of the viability of formulating a unified viewof knowledge through the unity of science.
'Caleb Stevenson is a man of means and education who chooses to spend his days in his dead father's shack, occasionally ferrying guests over to Lord Leversham's private hunting grounds.A peculiar visitor to the island forces Caleb to confront the ghosts of his past as well as the ghost of the island itself.'
This unique introductory SQL tutorial provides easy-to-understand SQL instructions and allows you to practice what you are learning by using examples in each chapter. After reading this easy guide, you will create your own unique tables and perform selects, inserts, updates, deletes, and drops on your tables. Enjoy your reading! Get your copy now. Book The following are the objectives of this To help you understand SQL (Structured Query Language) in detail. To help you transition from SQL Beginner to a Professional. To help you understand how to use SQL for storage, manipulation and retrieval of data in various relational database management systems. Who this Book is for? The author targets the following groups of Anybody who is a complete beginner to SQL. Anybody in need of advancing their SQL skills. Professionals in data science, and computer programming.Professors, lecturers or tutors who are looking to find better ways to explain SQL programming to their students in the simplest and easiest way. Students and academicians, especially those focusing on SQL programming, computer science and Databases development. What do you need for this Book? Your computer should be installed with the A database management system such as MySQL or SQL Server.XAMPP or WampServer. What is inside the book? GETTING STARTED WITH SQL.CREATING A DATABASE.CREATING TABLES.SQL CONSTRAINTS.SELECT.DELETING RECORDS.SQL JOINS.DATE AND TIME.SQL UNIONS.MYSQL TRANSACTIONS.SQL VIEWS.TEMPORARY TABLES.CLONING TABLES.SQL SUBQUERIES .SEQUENCES. SQL ALIASES.SQL INJECTION. From the back This guide is a complete introduction to SQL, with concise and practical examples in each chapter. It covers the essentials for working with SQL. By building a database that is used throughout the book, it becomes easier to grasp the concepts by working with the same data throughout instead of wasting time trying to comprehend the schema before looking at the problem itself. The book is a quick, and an easy read. It can be completed in one week. After reading it you will be ready to design your database. The book has been grouped into chapters, with each chapter exploring a different feature of SQL. The author has provided SQL codes, each code performing a different task. Corresponding explanations have also been provided alongside each piece of code to help the reader understand the meaning of the various lines of the code. Besides this, screenshots showing the output that each code should return have been given. The author has used a simple language to make it easy even for beginners to understand.
Solo is the first installment from new author Daniel Bell. An abstract approach to poetry, this compilation stretches the boundaries and threads a spiritual narrative from chapter to chapter. Using biblical quotations, "Solo" treads unchartered territory! From the Abyss to the Heavens; from despair to salvation; one man's journey appears malicious and ends quite methodically! Poetry may never be quite the same! Enter "Solo and realize you're not alone...
by Daniel Bell
Rating: 3.0 ⭐
Published in 1894, Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan is a seminal Victorian Horror novella concerning the mystery of Helen. The story lifts the veil on the world beyond our own and unleashes the consequences for those who 'see the Great God Pan'.'It is an old story, an old mystery played in our day, and in dim London streets instead of amidst the vineyards and the olive gardens. We know what happened to those who chanced to meet the Great God Pan, and those who are wise know that all symbols are symbols of something, not of nothing.An 84 page graphic novel adaptation by UK based comic creator Daniel Bell.
Do you want to develop iPhone apps but don’t know where to start? If you want to learn Swift programming from Scratch, this short book is for you. Learn Swift for iPhone iOS development, no programming development experience is required. Download your copy NOW!! This book is about Swift programming. The following are the objectives of the The author intends to benefit any of the following groups of The author expects you to have a computer installed with Mac OS X. If you don’t have a MacBook, you can consider creating a Mac OS X virtual machine on your computer. The author begins by introducing the readers to the foundations of the Swift programming language. The aim is to help them the individuals who developed the language, how the Swift compiler works. The reader has been guided on what they require so as to program in Swift. The author has then discussed the basics of Swift including writing comments, writing and running the first Swift program, Swift syntax, etc. The various features provided by Swift have been discussed in depth, including data types, variables, constants, loops, decision making, functions, operators, object oriented programming features, etc. The author has organized the book into chapters, with each chapter having many sub-chapters. Swift codes have been added, alongside thorough explanations of the code and images showing the expected output upon the execution of every script. The author begins with the basics of Swift and ends by discussing the complex features provided by the programming language. A step-by-step approach has been employed in every chapter for ease of understanding.
by Daniel Bell
Rating: 2.0 ⭐
by Daniel Bell