A A Gordon: 156 books
The International Handbook on the Sociology of Education
An International Assessment of New Research and Theory
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2002
The twentieth century has been marked by the expansion of educational opportunities worldwide. It has been the century of education, and the role of the state in the promotion of public education has been decisive. Yet, at the millennium's turn efforts to diminish the role of the state are rapidly...
by Gordon A. Cotton
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2003
Vicksburg, situated on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River, has played an important role in the state�s history, from its heroic participation in the War Between the States to its continued contributions to Mississippi�s churches, architecture, cotton farming, and industrial markets. Today...
Anger!
"How to Control It Before It Controls You!"
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Dr. Pilet designed and conducted a 2 year research project that resulted in an Anger Management Program that significantly reduced levels of Suppressed and Expressed anger in program participants. The 12 session Anger Management program has been research proven, and is currently on-going at their...
by Frances S. Adeney, Brian K. Blount, F E. Bonkovsky
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2004
Protestantism, at its best, grounds both its religious and its social critique in the faith of the prophets and the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as understood and lived by the church. Its teachings and desired practice stand in start contrast to complacent religion that seems to be at ease with...
Dialogues across Diasporas
Women Writers, Scholars, and Activists of Africana and Latina Descent in Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Dialogues Across Diasporas focuses on the shared historical legacies of members of the Africana and Latina diasporas, and the cultural impact of the African diaspora in the Americas. This book seeks to emphasize connections rather than divisions among different migratory ethnic communities via a reconfiguration...
Rural Change and Planning
England and Wales in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
This book provides a critical overview of rural change over the eighty years since the outbreak of the Great War, making clear the historical origins of present-day policy. It also provides a structural integration for the many diverse themes which must be interwoven in order to understand current conditions in the countryside.
The Machine that Sings
Modernism, Hart Crane and the Culture of the Body
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Examining how Crane's corporeal aesthetic informs poems written across the span of his career, The Machine That Sings focuses on four texts in which Crane's preoccupation with the body reaches its apoge. Tapper treats Voyages, The Wine Merchant, and Possessions as a triptych of erotic poems in which...
by Gordon W. Gribble, John A. Joule
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry is an annual review series commissioned by the International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry (ISHC). Volumes in the series contain both highlights of the previous year’s literature on heterocyclic chemistry and articles on new, developing topics of particular...
Bat Flip
The Greatest Toronto Blue Jays Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
When Jose Bautista homered and flipped his bat in the 2015 playoffs, Blue Jays frenzy reached a fever pitch not seen since Joe Carter’s 1993 World Series home run.
Those two home runs still bring tears and chills to Jays fans. And each season, each game, each at bat holds triumphs, heartbreaks...
The Future of Chinese Capitalism
Choices and Chances
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2010
Much has been said about the re-emergence of China to its historical position of eminence in the world economy, yet little is understood about the kind of economic system China is evolving. What are the rules of the game of business in today's China, and how are they likely to change over the next...
Data Mining Techniques
For Marketing, Sales, and Customer Relationship Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
The leading introductory book on data mining, fully updated and revised!
When Berry and Linoff wrote the first edition of Data Mining Techniques in the late 1990s, data mining was just starting to move out of the lab and into the office and has since grown to become an indispensable tool of...
Spoils of War
Women of Color, Cultures, and Revolutions
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 1997
Women of color remain arguably the most economically, politically, and socially marginalized group in the United States and the Third World. In Spoils of War, a diverse group of distinguished contributors suggest that acts of aggression resulting from the racism and sexism inherent in social institutions can be viewed as a sort of 'war,' experienced daily by women of color.
Fragments of Trauma and the Social Production of Suffering
Trauma, History, and Memory
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014
Fragments of Trauma and the Social Production of Suffering: Trauma, History, and Memory offers a kaleidoscope of perspectives that highlight the problem of traumatic memory. Because trauma fragments memory, storytelling is impeded by what is unknowable and what is unspeakable. Each of the contributors...
by A.P.L. Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
This book, first published in 1928, was written at a time when the tendency in industry was towards the formation of large combines. With competition growing as markets and methods of communication grew, many manufacturers considered their only option was to unite in self-defence, setting up a movement...