Roger White Livres

It's been nearly a century since Marcel Duchamp exhibited a urinal and called it art. Since then, painting has been declared dead several times over, and contemporary art has now expanded to include just about any object, action, or dance routines, slideshows, functional hair salons, seemingly random accretions of waste. In the meantime, being an artist has gone from a join-the-circus fantasy to a plausible vocation for scores of young people in America. But why--and how and by whom--does all this art get made? How is it evaluated? And for what, if anything, will today's artists be remembered? In The Contemporaries , Roger White, himself a young painter, serves as our spirited, skeptical guide through this diffuse creative world.From young artists trying to elbow their way in to those working hard at dropping out, White's essential book offers a once-in-a-generation glimpse of the inner workings of the American art world at a moment of unparalleled ambition, uncertainty, and creative exuberance.

The book explores wage discrimination in the U.S. labor market through the lens of intersectionality, a term coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989. It highlights how overlapping social categorizations—such as disability, gender identity, race, and socioeconomic class—contribute to systemic inequality. By applying an intersectional framework, the author investigates the complexities of wage disparities and the broader implications for social justice and equal rights in the context of increasing societal awareness of these issues.

Focusing on the concept of multidimensional poverty, this book presents a comprehensive analysis of deprivation in the United States, emphasizing the importance of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) over traditional income-based measures. It documents poverty patterns across demographics and geographies, explores the impact of the Affordable Care Act, and compares native and immigrant experiences. Empirical studies reveal key determinants of poverty and individual deprivation. The concluding chapters discuss counterfactual scenarios and their policy implications, offering insights for welfare-enhancing public strategies.

The book analyzes survey data from 38 diverse countries to explore public attitudes toward immigration, international trade, and foreign direct investment amidst economic globalization. It highlights the importance of understanding public opinion for effective policymaking. Utilizing data from the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project (2006-2014) and additional sources, the author investigates how cultural factors, cultural distance, and varying levels of social and economic development influence these attitudes and contribute to differing societal perspectives.

Set in the vibrant Paris of 1910, the narrative follows Althea Edison Benedict, a young American student experiencing the awakening of both divine and human love. The book skillfully intertwines historical elements with fictional storytelling, exploring Althea's emotional journey and the cultural backdrop of the era. As she navigates her feelings and relationships, the story captures the essence of love and personal growth amidst the artistic and intellectual fervor of the time.

Focusing on the Bayswater Centre, this book explores its role in offering full-time education to young individuals who had disengaged from comprehensive schools. It highlights the challenges faced by these students and the potential alternatives, such as home tuition or residential care, that they could have encountered. The reissue includes a new preface, providing additional context and insights into the significance of this educational initiative.

This book examines cultural differences as a potential impediment to economic integration. Relying on rigorous statistical and econometric techniques, the analyses indicate that higher transaction costs, due to greater cultural distance, inhibit both the volume of trade flows and the successful completion of trade deals. Cultura

This book sets out an original perspective on the argument for one of the most important theories in the history of science: Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. The book will appeal to students, scholars and scientists interested in Darwin's On the Origin of Species.

Explores the origins and evolution of Georgian landscape architecture, a period of innovative and diverse garden structures in which some of the era's greatest architects experimented with different forms, styles, and new technology The invention and evolution of the Georgian landscape garden liberated garden buildings from the corset of formality, allowing them to structure much more extensive areas of garden and park. One of the leading authorities on Georgian landscape architecture, Roger White explores a genre in which some of the era's greatest architects experimented with different forms, styles, and new technology. Covering not just the obvious adornments of parks and gardens such as temples, summerhouses, grottoes, towers and "follies," the book also explores structures with predominantly practical functions including mausolea, boathouses, dovecotes, stables, kennels, deer pens, barns, and cowsheds, all of which could be dressed up to make an architectural impact. White examines these structures not only architecturally but from a functional and cultural viewpoint, considering questions of stylistic origins and development. Focussing on the contributions of Britain's leading eighteenth-century architects--Vanbrugh, Hawksmoor, Gibbs, Kent, Adam, Chambers, Wyatt, and Soane--Georgian Arcadia provides a richly illustrated account of a period of innovative and diverse garden building.