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1932 traf Dorothy Thompson Adolf Hitler zum Interview im Berliner Hotel Kaiserhof. Ihr Buch »I Saw Hitler!« erschien noch im selben Jahr kurz vor der Macht­übernahme der Nationalsozialisten und führte dazu, dass die Korrespondentin als erste ausländische Journalistin aus Nazi-Deutschland ausgewiesen wurde. »Ich traf Hitler!« ist Porträt und Psychogramm, Reportage und Essay in einem. Die amerikanische Beobachterin entwirft eine Theorie des Popu...

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Abstract: This paper empirically investigates the effect that the Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) 158 has on credit ratings for firms with defined benefit pension plans. The results show that, relative to other firms, firms that sponsor defined benefit pension plans have higher corporate credit ratings and that those scores decrease after the implementation of SFAS158. In addition, the more funded a defined benefit pension p...

Abstract: This paper empirically investigates the effect that the Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) 158 has on credit ratings for firms with defined benefit pension plans. The results show that, relative to other firms, firms that sponsor defined benefit pension plans have higher corporate credit ratings and that those scores decrease after the implementation of SFAS158. In addition, the more funded a defined benefit pension p...

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The Personality Workbook can be used individually or in combination with the Exiting the Matrix Whole Mind, Body, & Spirit Enrichment Course. The Personality Workbook helps readers to introspect on how your personality formed, so you can identify areas in your life that you would like to improve.

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The Chartists is a major contribution to our understanding not just of Chartism but of the whole experience of working-class people in mid-nineteenth century Britain. The book looks at who the Chartists were, what they hoped for from the political power they strove to gain, and why so many of them felt driven toward the use of physical force. It also studies the reactions of the middle and upper classes and the ways in which the two sides - ra...

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Comprises the correspondence between Dorothy Thompson and Rose Wilder Lane Revealing their personal concerns, social ideas and political philosophies, the letters also tell the story of the first generation of women to come of age in the 20th century.

*Timely re-issue of this innovative biography, complete with new preface from the author.

This is the first collection of essays on Chartism by leading social historian Dorothy Thompson, whose work radically transformed the way in which Chartism is understood. Reclaiming Chartism as a fully blown working-class movement, Thompson intertwines her penetrating analyses of class with groundbreaking research uncovering the role played by women in the movement. Throughout her essays, Thompson strikes a delicate balance between on-the-grou...

In the early 1860's, the government of Upper Canada advertised free grant lands in the district of Muskoka and anyone could apply. Two intrepid families, the Casselmans and the Wares, took up the challenge and became neighbours on the twin sister lakes, Fairy and Peninsula. In 1901, their granddaughter, Beatrice Casselman was born with the gift of second sight in the burgeoning pioneer town of Huntsville. She was an eager receptacle for both h...

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For what I say, my naughty way/All the boys must love me./Every ditty is so witty/Nobody stands above me. Anacreon of Teos, 563¿478 B.C. From papyrus rolls, copied and recycled through the centuries, hundreds of short extracts written by Greek poets in the 7th and 6th centuries B.C. survive. This lovely collection, translated into English by a leading classicist, presents a selection of ca. 100 poems by 17 authors with useful historical introd...

In the spring, the ground of the Agora archaeological park is covered in poppies and daisies while poplars and oaks shade many of the pathways. Some of these plants are wild and some were deliberately introduced to Athens in classical times. This booklet presents evidence for ancient horticulture in the Agora (for example, structured antique gardens were uncovered around the Temple of Hephaistos). Its color plates also provide a useful guide t...