D Walker: 207 books
America's Darwin
Darwinian Theory and U.S. Literary Culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
While much has been written about the impact of Darwin’s theories on U.S. culture, and countless scholarly collections have been devoted to the science of evolution, few have addressed the specific details of Darwin’s theories as a cultural force affecting U.S. writers. America’s Darwin fills...
Africana Social Stratification
An Interdisciplinary Study of Economics, Policy, and Labor
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
This study seeks to critically examine the field and function of social stratification, with emphasis on Africana phenomena. Phrased another way, this edited volume attempts to study and focus on who gets what and why, with regard to resources and structural application of support. The John Henrik...
Ancient Borinquen
Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Native Puerto Rico
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Native American cultures of Puerto Rico prior to the arrival of the Spanish in 1493.
A book on the prehistory of a modern geopolitical entity is artificial. It is unlikely that prehistoric occupants recognized the same boundaries and responded to the same political forces that operated in...
Transforming the Academy
Faculty Perspectives on Diversity and Pedagogy
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
In recent decades, American universities have begun to tout the “diversity” of their faculty and student bodies. But what kinds of diversity are being championed in their admissions and hiring practices, and what kinds are being neglected? Is diversity enough to solve the structural inequalities...
by William F. Walker, Ivan D. A. Johnston
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
The Metabolic Basis of Surgical Care focuses on the concise account of the composition and metabolism of the body in health and disease.
The book first tackles body composition in health and disease and water and electrolyte metabolism. Topics include cations, potassium, anions, concept of...
by Jolanta Artiz, Robyn C. Walker, Donald L. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
Discourse Perspectives in Organizational Communication brings together researchers from the social sciences and humanities to look at discourse and how it shapes organizations and their social actors. Unlike others in the field, this book assumes that language creates and constitutes reality, rather...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of soybeans Volume 2
Diseases, pests, food and other uses
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
Soybeans are one of the most widely-grown crops in the world. As the world’s main source of vegetable protein, they have a wide range of food and non-food uses. Current yields need to increase significantly to meet growing demand but in a way that reduces input use, does not damage the environment...
by Beyrer, Chris; Wirtz, Andrea L.; Walker
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2011
This report explores the emerging epidemics of HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) in low and middle income countries (LMIC). A case study approach is used to explore these epidemics in detail in Peru Ukraine Kenya and Thailand. Systematic reviews of epidemiology and prevention science were used...
Modern Mental Health
Critical Perspectives on Psychiatric Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
The World Health Organisation recently confirmed that mental Illness was set to become the biggest threat to human well-being in the twenty first century. Mental illness accounts for more disability adjusted life years lost per year than any other health condition in the UK. No other health condition...
Explorers of the Maritime Pacific Northwest: Mapping the World through Primary Documents
Mapping the World through Primary Documents
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Covering the adventures of coastal and ocean explorers who made key discoveries and landmark observations from northern California up the coastline to Alaska during the mid-1700s to the early 1800s, this anthology of primary source journal entries, book excerpts, maps, and drawings enables readers...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of soybeans Volume 1
Breeding and cultivation techniques
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Soybeans are one of the most widely-grown crops in the world. As the world’s main source of vegetable protein, they have a wide range of food and non-food uses. Current yields need to increase significantly to meet growing demand but in a way that reduces input use, does not damage the environment...