Purdue University Press: 164 books
Shrubs and Woody Vines of Indiana and the Midwest
Identification, Wildlife Values, and Landscaping Use
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
As the definitive identification guide to the shrubs and woody vines of Indiana, this book also provides coverage of 90% of the species to be found in surrounding Midwestern US states. As well as covering indigenous species, it also includes all currently known invasive shrubs. Written by two leading...
Multiculturalism in Israel
Literary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
By analyzing its position within the struggles for recognition and reception of different national and ethnic cultural groups, this book offers a bold new picture of Israeli literature. Through comparative discussion of the literatures of Palestinian citizens of Israel, of Mizrahim, of migrants from...
Project and Program Management
A Competency-Based Approach, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
This third edition of Project and Program Management: A Competency-Based Approach expands on the second edition in every chapter. It brings fresh, updated insights gained from years of teaching and research. Specifically, the third edition delves deeper into the qualitative nature of program/project...
Engineering in Pre-College Settings
Synthesizing Research, Policy, and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
In science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in pre-college, engineering is not the silent "e" anymore. There is an accelerated interest in teaching engineering in all grade levels. Structured engineering programs are emerging in schools as well as in out-of-school...
The Health Benefits of Dog Walking for Pets and People
Evidence and Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
Obesity is at epidemic levels worldwide. In the U.S. alone, it is estimated that by 2018 the cost of treating weight-related illnesses will double to almost $350 billion a year. A 2010 report by the U.S. Surgeon General estimates that two-thirds of American adults and almost one in three children...
Pet Politics
The Political and Legal Lives of Cats, Dogs, and Horses in Canada and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Although scholars in the disciplines of law, psychology, philosophy, and sociology have published a considerable number of prescriptive, normative, and theoretical studies of animals in society, Pet Politics presents the first study of the development of companion animal or pet law and policy in Canada...
Free Market Dogs
The Human-Canine Bond in Post-Communist Poland
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
What has changed in the last twenty-five years in the relationship of Poles with their dogs? How have the free market and capitalism influenced Poland and the human-canine bond there? Are dogs "property," "friends," or "members of the family" in post-communist Poland?...
Essential Readings in Problem-Based Learning
Exploring and Extending the Legacy of Howard S. Barrows
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Like most good educational interventions, problem-based learning (PBL) did not grow out of theory, but out of a practical problem. Medical students were bored, dropping out, and unable to apply what they had learned in lectures to their practical experiences a couple of years later. Neurologist Howard...
What’s Past is Prologue
Charleston Conference Proceedings, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Over one hundred presentations from the 37th annual Charleston Library Conference (held November 6–10, 2017) are included in this annual proceedings volume. Major themes of the meeting included data visualization, analysis and assessment of collections and library users, demand-driven acquisition,...
by Lisa M. Greenhill
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
This book addresses the continued lack of the diversity in veterinary medicine, the least inclusive of all medical professions. Effective navigation of the complexity of diversity and inclusion in veterinary medicine requires clear enumeration, recognition, and understanding of key issues, challenges,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
This book is a guide to the latest research using the C-SPAN Archives. In this book, nine authors present original work using the video archives to study presidential debates, public opinion and Congress, analysis of the Violence Against Women Act and the Great Lakes freshwater legislation, as well...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Economic inequity is an issue of worldwide concern in the twenty-first century. Although these issues have not troubled all people at all times, they are nonetheless not new. Thus, it is not surprising that Judaism has developed many perspectives, theoretical and practical, to explain and ameliorate...
Is Judaism Democratic?
Reflections from Theory and Practice Throughout the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
As government by the people, democracy has always had its proponents as well as opponents. What forms of government have Jewish leaders, both with and without actual political power, favored? Not surprisingly, many options have been offered theoretically and in practice. Perhaps more surprisingly,...
Beyond Stereotypes
American Jews and Sports
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
In the decades after the Civil War, sports slowly gained a prominent position within American culture. This development provided Jews with opportunities to participate in one of the few American cultures not closed off to them. Jewish athleticism challenged anti-Semitic depictions of Jews supposed...