J Gregory: 190 books
by Gregory J. Davenport
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2001
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Youth and Rock in the Soviet Bloc
Youth Cultures, Music, and the State in Russia and Eastern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Youth and Rock in the Soviet Bloc explores the impact of Western popular culture on young people in Russia and Eastern Europe during the Cold War. Drawing from recent theories on youth subcultures, this collection of essays considers official attempts to accommodate and contain jazz, rock-and-roll,...
by David G. Anderson, Gregory A. Waselkov, Stephen Williams
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
This volume provides a comprehensive, broad-based overview, including first-person accounts, of the development and conduct of archaeology in the Southeast over the past three decades.
Histories of Southeastern Archaeology originated as a symposium at the 1999 Southeastern Archaeological Conference...
Great War Modernism
Artistic Response in the Context of War, 1914-1918
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
New Modernist Studies, while reviving and revitalizing modernist studies through lively, scholarly debate about historicity, aesthetics, politics, and genres, is struggling with important questions concerning the delineation that makes discussion fruitful and possible. This volume aims to explore...
by Gregory J. Wightman
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
How did religion emerge—and why? What are the links between behavior, environment, and religiosity? Diving millions of years into the past, to a time when human ancestors began grappling with issues of safety, worth, identity, loss, power, and meaning in complex and difficult environments, GregoryJ....
by Kenneth L. Deutsch, John A. Murley, George Anastaplo
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 1999
Responding to volatile criticisms frequently leveled at Leo Strauss and those he influenced, the prominent contributors to this volume demonstrate the profound influence that Strauss and his students have exerted on American liberal democracy and contemporary political thought. By stressing the enduring...
Past Trends and Future Prospects of the American City
The Dynamics of Atlanta
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2009
Atlanta's experience over the past 15 to 20 years is reflective of many cities, particularly those in the south and west. Thus, the story of how and why Atlanta has changed is informative for cities in general. What accounts for the positive turn-around of the city of Atlanta? What can other cities...
The Civil War Years
An Illustrated Chronicle of the Life of a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
“How long must our dear land be desolated by the ravages and our bravest sacrificed upon thy altars?” What was it like to live through the turmoil of the Civil War as it exploded day by day? Robert Denney takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the years that disunited a nation. His chronological...
Basics of Licensing: 2012-13
How to Extend Brand and Entertainment Properties for Profit
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Coauthored by two industry pioneers with more than 60 years of combined experience, this breakthrough volume of the Basics of Licensing series offers both the novice and veteran alike proven, practical insights on how to maximize their position in the world of licensing. From the fundamentals of securing...
by James R. Holton, Gregory J. Hakim
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
During the past decade, the science of dynamic meteorology has continued its rapid advance. The scope of dynamic meteorology has broadened considerably. Much of the material is based on a two-term course for seniors majoring in atmospheric sciences.
This book presents a cogent explanation of...
New Brewing Lager Beer
The Most Comprehensive Book for Home and Microbrewers
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2003
Greg Noonan’s classic treatise on brewing lagers, New Brewing Lager Beer, offers a thorough yet practical education on the theory and techniques required to produce high-quality beers using all-grain methods either at home or in a small commercial brewery. This advanced all-grain reference book...
Soils of the Past
An introduction to paleopedology
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Landscapes viewed from afar have a timeless quality that is soothing to the human spirit. Yet a tranquil wilderness scene is but a snapshot in the steady stream of surficial change. Wind, water and human activities reshape the landscape by means of gradual to catastrophic and usually irreversible...
by Ramses Amer, Jay Batongbacal, Robert Beckman
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
Over the last few decades there has been growing recognition of the importance of a peaceful and stable South China Sea for Indo-Pacific security and development, a recognition that has been underlain, paradoxically, by the increasingly precarious situation in this body of water that straddles critical...
Reinventing the Tripitaka
Transformation of the Buddhist Canon in Modern East Asia
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
The Chinese Buddhist canon is a systematic collection of all translated Buddhist scriptures and related literatures created in East Asia and has been regarded as one of the “three treasures” in Buddhist communities. Despite its undisputed importance in the history of Buddhism, research on this...