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Homeownership, Renting and Society

Historical and Comparative Perspectives

By: Sebastian Kohl

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Homeownership, Renting and Society

Historical and Comparative Perspectives

By: Sebastian Kohl

On the eve of the financial crisis, the USA was inhabited by almost 70 percent homeowning households, in comparison to about 45 percent in Germany. Homeownership, Renting and Society presents new evidence showing that this homeownership gap already existed between American and German cities around 1900. Existing explanations based on culture, government housing policy or typical socio-economic factors have difficulties in accounting for these long-term cross-country differences. Using historical case studies on Germany and the USA, the book identifies three institutional domains on the supply-side of the housing market – urban land, housing finance and construction – that set countries on different housing trajectories and subsequently established differences that were hard to reverse in later periods. Further chapters generalize the argument across other OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries and extend the explanation to cover historical differences in homeownership ideology and horizontal property institutions. This enlightening volume also puts forward path-dependence theories in housing studies, connects housing with vast urban-history and political-economy literature and offers comprehensive insights about the case of a tenant’s country which contradicts the tendency towards universal homeownership. Providing an all-new historic-institutionalist explanation of the German–American homeownership gap, this title will be of interest to postgraduate students and scholars interested in fields including: Housing Studies, Sociology, Urban History, Political Economy, Social Policy and Geography. It may also be of interest to those working in housing field organizations and ministries.

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131724107X

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Joseph Conrad’s "An Outpost of Progress" and "Heart of Darkness". Influences on the Colonizer

By: Sebastian Langner

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Joseph Conrad’s "An Outpost of Progress" and "Heart of Darkness". Influences on the Colonizer

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Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Constance, course: Post-colonial Short Stories, language: English, abstract: On the basis of two of Joseph Conrad's early writings, this paper tries to examine the effects of colonialism on the Westerner, as Conrad depicted them. The first object of this analysis will be the short story “An Outpost of Progress”. Questions that will be addressed are the origin of the influences, their nature and their results as well as the depiction of the protagonists, their environment and their interaction. Secondly, this paper will attempt to compare the occurring patterns of the short story to Conrad’s most prominent work, the novel “Heart of Darkness”. The question whether the short story can actually be compared to the novel at all, and finally the reconsideration of the popular thesis that “An Outpost of Progress” merely represents a sketch for “Heart of Darkness” will form the latter part of the analysis.

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3656749191

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Edgar Allen Poe’s influence on Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Their personalities, literary styles and concepts

By: Sebastian Langner

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Edgar Allen Poe’s influence on Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Their personalities, literary styles and concepts

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Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Constance, course: American Literature and Culture II, language: English, abstract: The main purpose of this paper is to trace Edgar Allen Poe’s influence on H. P. Lovecraft, to prove coincidences or expose differences, whether it is of style, topic, literary concepts or biographical respectively personal similarities. As Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s life and work are less known than it is the case with Edgar Allen Poe, the paper is divided into two main parts, one of them exclusively dedicated to Lovecraft, the other one trying to draw the above mentioned comparison.

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3656759529

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The Ocular Fundus

From Findings to Diagnosis

By: Sebastian Wolf,Bernd Kirchhof,Martin Reim

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The Ocular Fundus

From Findings to Diagnosis

By: Sebastian Wolf,Bernd Kirchhof,Martin Reim

Learn how to "read" the optic fundus: What tests are indicated? How do I interpret the findings? What is the next step? This book guides you quickly and confidently from finding to diagnosis. Practice-oriented Organized by presentation Systematic listing of diagnoses for each presentation Sidebars with a brief summary of the signs and symptoms for each diagnosis Quick reference and study guide in one Comprehensive Describes various examination methods Covers even rare findings Differential diagnosis Figures to illustrate each diagnosis Notes on appropriate treatment Confidence Learn to take prompt, goal-directed action. Apply various diagnostic options appropriately and economically. Gain confidence in dealing with equivocal findings.

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Thieme

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3131617314

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Joseph Conrad’s "An Outpost of Progress" and "Heart of Darkness". Influences on the Colonizer

By: Sebastian Langner

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Edgar Allen Poe’s influence on Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Their personalities, literary styles and concepts

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Are Edgar Allan Poe's pathological characters to be identified with the authors own “tortured psyche”?

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Are Edgar Allan Poe's pathological characters to be identified with the authors own “tortured psyche”?

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Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Constance, course: American Literary and Cultural Theory – Leslie Fiedler, language: English, abstract: In 1960, Leslie A. Fiedler published his most influential and controversial book “Love and Death in the American Novel”. Elaborating on a theory he had developed as early as 19481, Fiedler proclaimed his thesis of an “innocent interracial homosexuality”and the generally dysfunctional treatment of American authors of the love between man and woman. In contrast to the New Criticism-school that had been prevailing until the 1940s, and saw the text alone as the sole basis for literary criticism, Fiedler tries to incorporate biographical information on the author and insights in his sociocultural environment into his analysis. Surprisingly, his examination of Edgar Allan Poe's oeuvre turns out as curtly as it is simplifying. He stylizes Poe as the dark side of the American dream, a depressed and depressing madman, incarnating his fantasies into stories of dubious merit. Being an ardent opponent of the New Criticism-school, Fiedler cannot help but relate the choice of Poe's themes and characters solely to the author himself, stating that “in Poe the incest theme belongs to the private world of his own tortured psyche [...].” For Fiedler, “The odd syndrome of child -love, necrophilia, and incest in Poe is too personal and pathological to shed much light on the general meaning of the latter theme in American literature and life.”4 Instead of treating Poe as a singularity worth further analysis, he dismisses the author's work as the questionable fancies of a mentally deranged. But the indisputable recurrence of the above-mentioned themes in Poe's work begs the question: Is Leslie Fiedler right? Are Poe's pathological characters to be identified with the author and his own “tortured psyche”? To answer that question, and possibly to rebut Fiedler's theory will be the aim of this paper.

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Stephen Greenblatt's New Historicism. A Viable Theory?

By: Sebastian Langner

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Stephen Greenblatt's New Historicism. A Viable Theory?

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Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Literature - Comparative Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Constance, course: Kulturkontakte: Theorien in den Geschichts- und Literaturwissenschaften, language: English, abstract: By the 1990s, New Historicism and its main progenitor Stephen Greenblatt rose to the attention of scholars worldwide, and it is now a widely accepted theory. If one can speak of a theory, since New Historicism has often been accused of lacking a distinct theoretical program. However, this did not remain the sole critical reproach New Historicism had to deal with. As with many a radically new idea, the approach provoked discontent as well. Inaccuracy and “armchair historicism” were among the accusations New Historicism had to cope with. Nevertheless, its popularity increased, and it is well nigh impossible to imagine literary studies today without it. Despite its importance and popularity, the New Historicism has to this day successfully refused to be thoroughly theorized and classified, to be forced into a strict set of rules. It therefore remains a difficult task to label anything truly “New Historicist”, as even New Historicists themselves are reluctant to give a subsumable definition of the concept.The principal question of this thesis: Is New Historicism a viable theory after all? Despite the international acclaim it has earned, does it keep its promises? Has it revolutionized modern literary studies?

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Homeownership, Renting and Society

Homeownership, Renting and Society

Joseph Conrad’s "An Outpost of Progress" and "Heart of Darkness". Influences on the Colonizer

Joseph Conrad’s "An Outpost of Progress" and "Heart of Darkness". Influences on the Colonizer

Edgar Allen Poe’s influence on Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Their personalities, literary styles and concepts

Edgar Allen Poe’s influence on Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Their personalities, literary styles and concepts

The Ocular Fundus

The Ocular Fundus

Joseph Conrad’s "An Outpost of Progress" and "Heart of Darkness". Influences on the Colonizer

Joseph Conrad’s "An Outpost of Progress" and "Heart of Darkness". Influences on the Colonizer

Edgar Allen Poe’s influence on Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Their personalities, literary styles and concepts

Edgar Allen Poe’s influence on Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Their personalities, literary styles and concepts

Are Edgar Allan Poe's pathological characters to be identified with the authors own “tortured psyche”?

Are Edgar Allan Poe's pathological characters to be identified with the authors own “tortured psyche”?

Stephen Greenblatt's New Historicism. A Viable Theory?

Stephen Greenblatt's New Historicism. A Viable Theory?

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