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by S. Boyarsky, F.Jr. Hinman, M. Caine
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
For more than 60 years, the Californian Family Hinman has exercised a very considerable influence on the development and practice of the highest grade of urology, not only in the American West but worldwide. The leitmotiv of the Hinman School has been honest and thoughtful consideration of the problems...
The Low Countries History Yearbook 1982
Acta Historiae Neerlandicae
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The present volume, number 15 of the Acta Historiae Neerlandicae - which have been appearing since 1978 under the title The Low Countries History Yearbook - is the last of the series. Economic reasons force the publishers to discontinue it. This is a matter for regret. Both the editors of the Yearbook...
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...
The Eisenhower Presidency
Lessons for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
The chapters in this volume address the lessons we might draw from the Eisenhower experience for presidential leadership today. Although most of the authors find much to admire in the Eisenhower record, they express varying opinions on how applicable his approach would be for our own time. On one...
Neighborhood Change and Neighborhood Action
The Struggle to Create Neighborhoods that Serve Human Needs
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
This book is an examination of neighborhood mobilization and engagement from the perspective of several disciplines: psychology, social work, political science, planning, and education. The essays included in the work examine both internal and external factors related to the ability of neighborhoods...
by A. M. Pearson, T. R. Dutson
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Inedible meat, poultry and fish by-products are major contributors to the profitability of the slaughterers and processors of all types of muscle food. Although the by-products per se make important economic contributions to the productivity of the industries, their importance varies widely between...
by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Linda S. Bosniak, Joseph H. Carens
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 1998
In this important book, a distinguished group of historians, political scientists, and legal experts explore three related issues: the Immigration and Naturalization Service's historic review of its citizenship evaluation, recent proposals to alter the oath of allegiance and the laws governing dual...
by John M. Kimble, Elissa R. Levine, B.A. Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Soil Management and Greenhouse Effect focuses on proper management of soils and its effects on global change, specifically, the greenhouse effect. It contains up-to-date information on a broad range of important soil management topics, emphasizing the critical role of soil for carbon storage. Sequestration...
New Contexts for Eighteenth-Century British Fiction
'Hearts Resolved and Hands Prepared'
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
New Contexts for Eighteenth-Century British Fiction is a collection of thirteen essays honoring Professor Jerry C. Beasley, who retired from the University of Delaware in 2005. The essays, written by friends, collaborators and former students, reflect the scholarly interests that defined Professor...
The Pentateuch
Fortress Commentary on the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
This concise commentary on the Pentateuch, excerpted from the Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha, engages readers in the work of biblical interpretation. Contributors from a rich diversity of perspectives connect historical-critical analysis with sensitivity to current...
The Historical Writings
Fortress Commentary on the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
This concise commentary on the Historical Writings, excerpted from the Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha, engages readers in the work of biblical interpretation. Contributors from a rich diversity of perspectives connect historical-critical analysis with sensitivity...
The Prophets
Fortress Commentary on the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
This concise commentary on the Prophets, excerpted from the Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha, engages readers in the work of biblical interpretation. Contributors from a rich diversity of perspectives connect historical-critical analysis with sensitivity to current...
Island Lives
Historical Archaeologies of the Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
This comprehensive study of the historical archaeology of the Caribbean provides sociopolitical context for the ongoing development of national identities.
Long before the founding of Jamestown in 1607, there were Spanish forts, bustling towns, sugar plantations, and sea trade flourishing in...
by J.M. Ordovas, Jose A. Gutiérrez Fuentes, Manuel Serrano Ríos
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2011
"Obesity" es el segundo libro de una colección de cuatro ("Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D)"; "Obesity"; "Arterial hypertension"; "Atherogenic dyslipidemia"). Se trata de una obra realizada con un enfoque multidisciplinar y producto del trabajo realizado por un equipo de colaboradores internacionales...