Theodore Taylor was one of the most brilliant engineers of the nuclear age, but in his later years he became concerned with the possibility of an individual being able to construct a weapon of mass destruction on their own. McPhee tours American nuclear institutions with Taylor and shows us how clos[...]
"You people come into the market--the Greenmarket, in the open air under the down pouring sun--and you slit the tomatoes with your fingernails. With your thumbs, you excavate the cheese. You choose your stringbeans one at a time. You pulp the nectarines and rape the sweet corn. You are something won[...]
The outcome of a major research project on development, security and culture, this outstanding collection, along with a second volume Human Values and Global Governance, outlines the emerging field of global studies and the theoretical approach of global social theory. With an impressive, internatio[...]