Jack Lucas: 5 books

Book cover of Fields of Authority

Fields of Authority

Special Purpose Governance in Ontario, 1815-2015

by Jack Lucas
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016

Everywhere we turn in Canadian local politics – from policing to transit, education to public health, planning to utilities – we encounter a peculiar institutional animal: the special purpose body. These “ABCs” of local government –  library boards, school boards, transit authorities, and...
Book cover of Conventional Wisdom, Parties, and Broken Barriers in the 2016 Election
by Mark D. Brewer, Richard Powell, Chad Kinsella
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017

The 2016 presidential election was unconventional in many ways. The election of President Donald Trump caught many by surprise, with a true outsider — a candidate with no previous governmental experience and mixed support from his own party — won the election by winning in traditionally Democratic...
Book cover of Middletown 4

Middletown 4

Unrestival

by Brent Abell, Rebecca Besser, Frank J. Edler
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019

Where people gather, danger awaits. Where there is humanity, there is unrest. These two ideas meet at Unrestival. The Middletown series continues rolling through American culture. This time around the apocalyptic series stops at a New York festival dedicated to purging the unrest of humankind. Find...
Book cover of Environment in the Courtroom
by Paul Adams, Natasha Affolder, Andrea C. Akelaitis
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019

Canadian environmental law is a dynamic and exciting area that is playing an increasingly important role in furthering sustainable development policy. Environmental law has distinctive relevant principles, operating procedures, implications, and importance in comparison with other areas of law, and...
Book cover of The Historical Roots of Elementary Mathematics
by Jack D. Bedient, Lucas N. H. Bunt, Phillip S. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012

"Will delight a broad spectrum of readers." — American Mathematical Monthly. Do long division as the ancient Egyptians did! Solve quadratic equations like the Babylonians! Study geometry just as students did in Euclid's day! This unique text offers students of mathematics an exciting and...
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