Matthew Michael: 123 books
Crossing the Finish Line
Completing College at America's Public Universities
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
The United States has long been a model for accessible, affordable education, as exemplified by the country's public universities. And yet less than 60 percent of the students entering American universities today are graduating. Why is this happening, and what can be done? Crossing the Finish Line...
Beyond GDP
National Accounting in the Age of Resource Depletion
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
This book uses the metaphor “The economy is society's metabolism” as a springboard to develop a rigorous theoretical framework for a better system of national accounts which goes “Beyond GDP” and is relevant to the age of resource depletion. Society is entering a new era in which biophysical...
by Jonathan Bean, David T. Beito, Matthew Brown
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
Historians working in the classical liberal tradition believe that individual decision-making and individual rights matter in the making of history. History written in the classical liberal tradition emerged largely in the nineteenth century, when the field of history was first professionalized in...
by David Alvis, Martha Bayles, James W. Ceaser
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Democracy Reconsidered provides an enlightening study of democracy in America's post-modern context. Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and Peter Augustine Lawler explore some of the foundational principles of democracy as they have been borne out in American society. The essays included in this volume examine...
by Michael Corbett, Julia Corbett-Hemeyer, J. Matthew Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
There is a complex relationship between religiosity and secularism in the American experience. America is notable both for its strict institutional separation of church and state, and for the strong role that religion has played in its major social movements and ongoing political life. This book...
Intellectual Disability and Dementia
Research into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
Presenting the most up-to-date information available about dementia and intellectual disabilities, this book brings together the latest international research and evidence-based practice, and describes clearly the relevance and implications for support and services
Internationally renowned...
Infantile Autism
The Syndrome and Its Implications for a Neural Theory of Behavior by Bernard Rimland, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
In 1964, the release of Dr. Bernard Rimland's book, Infantile Autism, revolutionized the autism field by providing the autism community with much-needed guidance on how to understand and treat individuals on the spectrum. He single-handedly realigned the field from a psychodynamic, parent-blaming...
Environmental Justice and Climate Change
Assessing Pope Benedict XVI's Ecological Vision for the Catholic Church in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
During his papacy, Pope Benedict XVI was called ‘the green pope’ because of his ecological commitments in his writings, statements, and practical initiatives. Containing twelve essays by lay, ordained, and religious Catholic theologians and scholars, along with a presentation and a homily by bishops,...
by Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke, Matthew H. Slater
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Reflections on the metaphysics and epistemology of classification from a distinguished group of philosophers.
by Matthew Hawkins, Michael G. Strawser, Eric C. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
The Rhetoric of Religious Freedom in the United States, fifteen scholars from this field address the variety of forms that free, public religiosity may assume, and which rhetorical techniques are operative in a public square populated by a diversity of religious-political actors. Together they consider...
The World's Water Volume 7
The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Produced biennially, The World's Water is the mcomprehensive and up-to-to date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources. Each new volume examines critical global trends and offers the best data available on a variety of topics related to water.
Volume 7 features chapters...
Advances in Quantum Chemistry
Applications of Theoretical Methods to Atmospheric Science
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Advances in Quantum Chemistry presents surveys of current developments in this rapidly developing field that falls between the historically established areas of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology. With invited reviews written by leading international researchers, each presenting new results,...
Bioprocess Engineering
Basic Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017
The Leading Introduction to Biochemical and Bioprocess Engineering, Updated with Key Advances in Productivity, Innovation, and Safety
Bioprocess Engineering, Third Edition, is an extensive update of the world’s leading introductory textbook on biochemical and bioprocess engineering...
Automotive Engineering
Powertrain, Chassis System and Vehicle Body
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
This one-stop Mega Reference eBook brings together the essential professional reference content from leading international contributors in the automotive field.
An expansion the Automotive Engineering print edition, this fully searchable electronic reference book of 2500 pages delivers content...