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by James R. Otteson
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
The Scottish philosopher Adam Smith (1723-1790) was as a pioneer of political economy. In fact, his economic thought became the foundation of classical economics and his key work, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, is considered to be the first modern work in economics....
Knowledge By Acceptance
A New and Practical Means of Identifying Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
This book presents a new means of differentiating knowledge from non-knowledge. In other words, it presents a novel analysis of knowledge - list of conditions that, when met, indicate that a person knows something rather than merely believing it. The analysis of knowledge it proposes seems to overcome...
by Robert F. Reardon, O. John Ma, James R. Mateer
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2010
Improve your ability to perform and interpret emergency ultrasound exams with this unique pocket atlas
Featuring more than 400 ultrasound images, dozens of illustrations, and concise, bulleted text, Pocket Atlas of Emergency Ultrasound allows you to instantly compare and contrast your real-time...
After Wallace
The 1986 Contest for Governor and Political Change in Alabama
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2013
All Alabama elections are colorful, but the 1986 gubernatorial contest may trump them all for its sheer strangeness. With the retirement of an aging and ill George Wallace, both the issues and candidates contending for the office were able to set the course of Alabama politics for generations to follow....
Confrontation and Compromise
Presidential and Congressional Leadership, 2001-2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2007
The authors examine the relationship between President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress to explore political leadership in American politics. Six case studies make clear that individual leaders in both the Congress and the administration provide the direction, coherence, and energy that leadership...
Preventing Residential Burglary
Toward More Effective Community Programs
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book evaluates the newest efforts and initiative aimed at preventing burglary, discusses their merits and short- comings, and suggests how improvements might be incorporated in burglary prevention programs.
by Melissa Boehm, Samuel Boerboom, Beth E. Bonnstetter
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2019
The Political Mel Brooks analyzes both Mel Brooks’s more popular films and his lesser known work to explore how his use of parody and satire, his keen sense of the history of Jewish comedic conventions, and his deep awareness of social issues encompasses a political project that, while often implicit,...
The Hollywood Connection
The Influence of Fictional Media and Celebrity Politics on American Public Opinion
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
The Hollywood Connection: The Influence of Fictional Media and Celebrity Politics on American Public Opinion is one of the first edited volumes offered in the political science discipline on the effects of fictional media and celebrity on public opinion, and synthesizes many niche areas of research...
by Ethel Armes, James R. Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
“The principal authority for the general treatment of the history of coal, and of iron and steel, in
Alabama is the work of Miss Ethel Armes. The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama is a comprehensive
and scholarly work portraying in attractive style the growth of the mineral industries in its
relation...
by Sarah R. Luria, John Baer, James C. Kaufman
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
Creativity and Humor provides an overview of the intersection of how humor influences creativity and how creativity can affect humor. The book's chapters speak to the wide reach of creativity and humor with different topics, such as play, culture, work, education, therapy, and social justice covered....
The Terrorist Effect: Weapons of Mass Disruption
The Danger of Nuclear Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2011
This book provides a warning to the United States about the immanent dangers of a terrorist attack using radioactive materials. Such materials are ubiquitous in our society and can be obtained from over 25,000 sources in the USA. In this unsymmetrical war with terrorism, the beneficial and life-saving...
by Renata Dmowska, James R. Holton
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2000
A group of distinguished scientists contributes to the foundations of a new discipline in Earth sciences: earthquake thermodynamics and thermodynamics of formation of the Earth's interior structures. The predictive powers of thermodynamics are so great that those aspiring to model earthquake and the...
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Suicide: A Global Issue [2 volumes]
A Global Issue
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Exceeding previously available studies in both scope and depth, the two-volume Suicide: A Global Issue explores and explains both why suicides—and suicide attempts—occur and what can be done to prevent them. The first volume, Understanding, considers factors that may play into the choice to take...
Practice Issues in HIV/AIDS Services
Empowerment-Based Models and Program Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2004
Improve quality of life for patients with HIV/AIDS!
Practice Issues in HIV/AIDS Services: Empowerment-Based Models and Program Applications provides a sound framework of intervention practices for case managers and care coordinators to help HIV/AIDS patients live longer and healthier lives. This book focuses on client-based care that addre