Probably no American statesman displayed more constructive imagination than did Alexander Hamilton. Prodigal of ideas,…

Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book analyzes the relationship between higher education, the economy and…

Synthesizes NRRC research findings on the understandings held about learning to read. Focus is on middle and secondary…

Advanced industrial societies are becoming aware of the impact of what they do to the physical and biological environment,…

The US Congress asked Resources for the Future (RFF) to estimate the Superfund program's costs. This book includes the…

Provides a framework for understanding how-and why-resiliency is essential to the challenges of post-traumatic recovery.…

An unorthodox historian known and respected for his work on the grand conflicts of nations and civilizations, John Lukacs…

This is the second volume in a trilogy in which Stefan Zweig builds a composite picture of the European mind through…

This illuminating account of ideas of world order prevalent in the Elizabethan Age and later is an indispensable companion…

Serious Leisure offers a comprehensive view and analysis of the current state of the sociology of leisure…

Sacred Justice is a cross-genre book that uses narrative, memoir, unpublished letters, and other primary and secondary…

Based on interviews with 62 lesbians ranging in age from 55 to 95 and residing in California, Oregon, and Washington State,…

This book addresses areas where the narrative in mobile/social games tends to be weak or does not take into account the…

The remarkable stories of eight Americans who acted as heroes by "just doing their jobs" during national crises.…

"Written with remarkable erudition and clarity, this is the most comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to democracy…

This book is about how Australians have responded to stories about suffering and injustice in Australia, presented in a…

Exploring fluency from multiple vantage points that together constitute a cognitive science perspective, this book examines…

This book, a review of the psychological literatures with allied traditions in ethics, emphasizes parenting and educational…

This text provides two case studies of social studies curriculum reform and textbook policy in California and New York, to…

Co-authored by university- and teacher-researchers, this book focuses on the urban elementary teacher researchers' year-long…

This book is intended to be a resource for students, a guide for future researchers, and a call to concerned citizens to use…

This brilliant and engrossing work of social synthesis, replete with profound insights, opens up new vistas on the…

This book focuses on four different Arendtian concepts that have serious implications for a number of the debates being…

Social Science Quotations has been prepared to meet an evident, unmet need in the literature of the social sciences…

This pathbreaking collection provides something that has been missing in the literature on ageing in India, especially for…

Produkt Nanotechnology and the Public - Hornig Priest, Susanna (Department of Communication at George Mason University,…

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This book represents a synthesis of what the authors learned from the first four years of Chicago school reform. It…

This stimulating collection bears witness to the insight that psychiatrists, with their special training and background and…

Provides knowledge of basic tasks and tools needed by administrators and tells how to adapt them to various professional…

The'I' in the title pertains to the core of self that persists over time…

Throughout American history presidents have been accused of being liars, of deceiving others for political gain, of being…

This classic study deals with social control in advanced industrial society, especially the United States, and particularly…

Sociology as if nature did not matter has been the sociological expression of modern societies negligent of the processes of…

This much-needed exploration of the cognitive side of social work practice provides a framework for improving social work…

This volume brings together cognitive scientific research on consciousness and on cognitive skills in a carefully-worked out…

This book analyzes the ways that workers are "educated" to fit into the contemporary labor-unfriendly economic system,…

As those involved in commerce are aware, preventing competitors and others from imitating successful brands is a difficult…

This illustrated work is intended to acquaint readers with the early maps produced in both Europe and the rest of the world,…

This book deals with a variety of issues of history, of national security, and of political economy, and focuses on the need…

Taking an application-oriented approach, these exercises encourage students to apply rigorous analyses to collected data.…

This book provides protocols for suicide and equivocal death investigation, police action shooting investigations and a…

Political and Military Sociology, Volume 41 explores the social elements and impact of national defense…

Introduces a dialogue between Eastern and Western philosophies and perspectives on the subject of curriculum theory and…

Presents a frank discussion about all the relevant aspects of sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace. This…

This book explores the theoretical framework for conceptualizing and implementing the author's version of critical pedagogy.…

Problems in Second Language Acquisition proposes a way to help second language acquisition develop a systematic and coherent…

This book examines the work of Jean Baudrillard as well as Pierre Bourdieu's reflexive sociology. It argues that the central…

Collects a diverse series of articles and essays, which brings to the forefront the painful and many times hidden issue of…