Scott A : 448 books
by Edmund J. Zimmerer, David H. Snyder, A. Floyd Scott
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Known for its natural beauty, Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is the largest inland peninsula in the United States. Consisting of 170,000 acres of forested and protected public land between Kentucky Lake (Tennessee River) and Lake Barkley (Cumberland River), this scenic sanctuary is...
by Cynthia Asquith, Leonid Andreyev, E. F. Benson
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019
If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal...
by Robert R. Archibald, Patrick J. Boylan, David Carr
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2006
What underlying philosophy and mission should museums pursue in the first half of the twenty-first century? In Museum Philosophy, twenty-four authors use the lenses of a variety of disciplines to answer this essential question. Museum professionals offer their answers alongside philosophers, historians,...
Goldwyn
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1998
Samuel Goldwyn was the premier dream-maker of his era, and in this lavishly-praised biography, the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author of Lindbergh and Max Perkins: Editor of Genius offers a life story as rich with drama as anything found on the silver screen...
Native American Studies: History Books, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies (22 Book Collection)
Native American Studies: History Books, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies (22 Book Collection)
History of the Great Tribes, Military History, Language, Customs & Legends of Cherokee, Iroquois, Sioux, Navajo, Zuñi, Apache, Seminole and Eskimo
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
"Native American Studies" is an interdisciplinary collection which examines the history, culture, religion and language of indigenous people in North America. This meticulously edited collection explores the life of the biggest Native American tribes; including: Cherokee, Iroquois, Sioux,...
The Lively Experiment
Religious Toleration in America from Roger Williams to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
The Lively Experiment chronicles how Americans have continually demolished traditional prejudices while at the same time erecting new walls between belief systems. Nearly four hundred years after Roger Williams' 1633 Rhode Island colony, the "lively experiment" of religious tolerance remains...
by Stephen Howard Browne, Barbara Biesecker, Barbie Zelizer
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
A collection of essays by prominent scholars from many disciplines on the construction of public memories.
The study of public memory has grown rapidly across numerous disciplines in recent years, among them American studies, history, philosophy, sociology, architecture, and communications....
Feminist Activist Ethnography
Counterpoints to Neoliberalism in North America
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Writing in the wake of neoliberalism, where human rights and social justice have increasingly been subordinated to proliferating “consumer choices” and ideals of market justice, contributors to this collection argue that feminist ethnographers are in a key position to reassert the central feminist...
Labor and Capital in the Age of Globalization
The Labor Process and the Changing Nature of Work in the Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2001
This book offers a timely analysis of work and labor processes and how they are rapidly changing under globalization. The contributors explore traditional sectors of the U.S. and world economies - from auto to steel to agriculture - as well as work under new production arrangements, such as third...
A Big Apple for Educators: New York City's Experiment with Schoolwide Performance Bonuses
Final Evaluation Report
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
For three school years, from 2007 to 2010, about 200 high-needs New York City public schools participated in the Schoolwide Performance Bonus Program, whose broad objective was to improve student performance through school-based financial incentives. An independent analysis of test scores, surveys,...
Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy
Fifteen Contentious Questions
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Energy sustainability and climate change are two of the greatest challenges facing humankind. Unraveling these complex and interconnected issues demands careful and objective assessment. Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy aims to change the prevailing discourse by examining fifteen core energy...
by Colin R. Anderson, Mary A. Beckie, Eva A. Bogdan
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Few things are as important as the food we eat. "Conversations in Food Studies" demonstrates the value of interdisciplinary research through the cross-pollination of disciplinary, epistemological, and methodological perspectives. Widely diverse essays, ranging from the meaning of milk, to...
by Bob Beatty, Scott Carrlee, Bruce Teeple
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
Proper collections care, planning, and conservation is an essential responsibility for a museum of any size, but funding for these obligations often falls to the bottom of funding priorities because its constituencies are the quietest. Small museums need affordable ways to provide basic care for their...
Dragon Writers
An Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
Dragons are creatures of legend. Of magic. Of wisdom, nature, and the power of creation. They have been in every culture and mythology since the beginning of time.
Writers are creatures of legend. With magic, wisdom, and the power of creation at their fingertips. They, too, are in every culture...