“charles h ferguson”

This work takes readers inside the White House, Pentagon, and Baghdad's Green Zone to understand for themselves the disintegration of Iraq--and how arrogance and ignorance turned a military victory into a seemingly endless and deepening nightmare of a war. Photos throughout.The first book of its kin... More

"Melancholy and The Critique of Modernity" examines the connections between the emergence of modern society and the experience of melancholy. The idea of "sadness without a cause" has played an important part in human self-understanding throughout the development of Western society. But with the eme... More

From literary theory to social anthropology, the influence of Freud runs through every part of the human and social sciences. In The Lure of Dreams, Harvie Ferguson shows how Freud's writings and particularly The Interpretation of Dreams contribute, both in their content and in the baroque and dream... More

As the Internet revolution continues to unfold and transform telecommunications, pressure is building for faster, less expensive, and more widely accessible broadband service. Such a development would facilitate improved and less expensive traditional applications such as voice telephony and web bro... More

Charles Ferguson’s hilarious, hard-boiled journey into the heart of high-tech darkness has become the signal book of the start-up generation. Ferguson took a good idea, started a company, and sold it to Microsoft for $133 million all in less than two years. High Stakes, No Prisoners is both a blis... More

Yale H. Ferguson and Richard W. Mansbach have made a significant contribution to our contemporary understanding of global politics. This collection contains some of their classic essays and many unpublished articles which have been edited into a coherent and stimulating collection. Subjects covered ... More

'Identity' and 'selfhood' are terms used routinely throughout the human sciences that seek to analyze and describe the character of everyday life and experience. Yet these terms are seldom defined or used with any precision, and scant regard is paid to the historical and cultural context in which th... More

Describes the fall of IBM as a leading computer firmDescribes the fall of IBM as a leading computer firm... More