An irreverent tour of twentieth-century events, inventions, and individuals that affected modern American culture notes the influences of Betty Ford, super-absorbent disposable nappies, permanent-press clothing, TV dinners, black-velvet paintings, and more.

Poplorica: A Popular History of the Fads, Mavericks, Inventions, and Lore that Shaped Modern America

Smith, Martin J.

Kiger, Patrick J.

Arts & Photography

Harper

An irreverent tour of twentieth-century events, inventions, and individuals that affected modern American culture notes the influences of Betty Ford, super-absorbent disposable nappies, permanent-press clothing, TV dinners, black-velvet paintings, and more. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Harper Paperbacks

In a fascinating cultural history, two veteran journalists explore twenty dramatic failures, goofs, miscues, and complications that have shaped modern-day America, from technological disasters to sports promotions run amok, and reveals the important life lessons we can learn from such calamities. 25,000 first printing.

Oops: 20 Life Lessons from the Fiascoes That Shaped America

Reference

Americans' failures are as spectacular as their successes: bridges that collapse; flying cars that crash; sports promotions run amok; deodorant that nearly destroyed the earth; and even failures that failed to happen! 
Veteran journalists Martin J. Smith and Patrick J. Kiger select twenty miscues, goofs, complications, and failures that shaped modern America and reveal the life lessons these gaffes teach, including:
<ul>
<li>Accentuate the Positive: How Thomas Edison Invented Trash Talk </li>
<li>Understand the Market: The 1967 Monkees–Jimi Hendrix Concert Tour </li>
<li>Desperation Is the Cradle of Bad Ideas: Cleveland Indians' Ten-Cent Beer Night </li>
<li>Sweat the Details: The Sixty-Story John Hancock Guillotine</li>
</ul>
Enriched by handy clip-'n'-save "Recipes for Disaster," Oops proves that when it comes to failure, truth is stranger than fiction!

Examines the power relationships of the Executive branch of the British government. The author argues that current understandings of power are too simplistic. Instead of viewing one actor or set of actors as owning power, he argues, power should be seen as a complex resource that is exchanged among all actors. He contends that this approach is also important in exploring the historical interplay between changing institutional structures and governmental actors, an interplay that creates relationships characterized by dependence instead of dominance. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The Core Executive in Britain (Transforming Government)

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

The study of central government has been dominated by the recurring questions of Prime Ministerial versus Cabinet government and civil service versus ministerial power. Using the idea of 'power dependence' this book challenges these simplicities to provide a definitive assessment of - and introduction to - power and policy at the core of British political life. It undermines traditional approaches by demonstrating that power in the core executive is complex, and flows between actors and institutions. The Prime Minister can only exercise power with the support of the Cabinet, and ministers and officials are often partners rather than competitors.

The Core Executive in Britain (Transforming Government, 1)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Red Globe Press

In this important new text, Martin Smith reassesses traditional debates about power and how they understand the nature and impact of the state. He develops an analysis of the new forms of state power that have developed in response to the perceived challenges of globalization and governance.  

Power and the State (Political Analysis, 28)

In this important new text, Martin Smith reassesses traditional debates about power and offers a synthesis of a broad range of more recent work in terms of its relevance for understanding the key dimensions of state power. He considers the implications of globalization.

Power and the State (Political Analysis, 14)

Social Sciences

Whether the general election of 1991 or 1992 was won or lost by the Labour Party, there is widespread agreement that the Party fighting that election would be very different from the party that lost the previous three elections. "The Changing Labour Party" examines the changes that have occurred from 1979 to 1991. It focuses in particular on key areas of party policy and the way in which policy has changed and evolved following the Policy Review of 1988. This book should be of interest to undergraduates in British Politics.

The Changing Labour Party

Routledge

A crime novel originally published in 1994, in which a young Native American is called back to his reservation to investigate the death of an old Hopi Indian whose revenge from the grave could let loose the terror of a virulent disease. From the author of GORKY PARK and RED SQUARE.

Nightwing

Jove

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Books by Smith, Martin J.

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Poplorica: A Popular History of the Fads, Mavericks, Inventions, and Lore that Shaped Modern America

Poplorica: A Popular History of the Fads, Mavericks, Inventions, and Lore that Shaped Modern America

Oops: 20 Life Lessons from the Fiascoes That Shaped America

Oops: 20 Life Lessons from the Fiascoes That Shaped America

The Core Executive in Britain (Transforming Government)

The Core Executive in Britain (Transforming Government, 1)

Power and the State (Political Analysis, 28)

Power and the State (Political Analysis, 14)

The Changing Labour Party

Nightwing