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After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection

After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection more books like this

by James West Davidson

This text uses 15 dramatic episodes in American history to show students how historians go about the business of interpreting the past. It discusses historical methods within the context of an historical narrative so that students may learn about American history at the same time as seeing how historians use a variety of evidence (diaries, letters ...

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Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book by Artists and Critics

Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book by Artists and Critics more books like this

by Herschel B Chipp

"Shady Practices" is a revealing analysis of the gendered political ecology brought about by conflicting local interests and changing developmental initiatives in a West African village. Between 1975 and 1985, while much of Africa suffered devastating drought conditions, Gambian women farmers succeeded in establishing hundreds of lucrative ...

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Great Traditions in Ethics

Great Traditions in Ethics more books like this

by Theodore C Denise

New to ethical theory? No problem. "Great Traditions in Ethics" - the standard historical anthology for introducing ethical theory - makes it easy to explore the many primary sources that contribute to the canon of ethical theory. Chapter introductions provide biographical, historical, and theoretical contexts, and classic reading selections are ...

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American Government: Readings & Cases

American Government: Readings & Cases more books like this

by Peter Woll

Putting students directly in touch with the great authors and political leaders who have shaped-and are shaping-American government, the new edition of this best-selling reader is one of the most substantial revisions yet. The Fourteenth Edition features new essays that reflect the recent developments and debates over campaign finance reform; the ...

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Conformity & Conflict: Readings in Cultural Anthropology

Conformity & Conflict: Readings in Cultural Anthropology more books like this

by James P Spradley

An ideal complement to standard anthropology texts or as a stand-alone text/reader, the best-selling Conformity and Conflict continues to offer an in-depth look at anthropology as a powerful way to study human behavior and events. The 37 articles cover a broad range of theoretical perspectives and demonstrate basic anthropological concepts. The ...

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Current Psychotherapies

Current Psychotherapies more books like this

by Raymond J Corsini, PH.D.

Used in top counseling, psychology, and social work programs, "Current Psychotherapies" is the ideal resource to not only help you excel in the course, but also to learn, compare, and apply the major systems of psychotherapy in a way that will be meaningful in your own practice. Each contributor is either an originator or a leading proponent of ...

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The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time

The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time more books like this

by Hunter S Thompson

In this collection of essays, the first of the Gonzo Papers, the legendary Thompson hold forth on a variety of topics from the corruption of the Nixon government to the corruption of society in the early 1980s.

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Down to Earth Sociology: Introductory Readings

Down to Earth Sociology: Introductory Readings more books like this

by James M Henslin

A popular textbook, now in its ninth edition, focuses on "participation-observation"--giving students a sense of "being-there" using expert firsthand reporting.

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Classics of Public Administration

Classics of Public Administration more books like this

by Jay M Shafritz, Jr.

A reader in public administration, this collection traces, in chronological order, the principal writers and the most important ideas that have motivated the practice of public administration in modern society.

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Feynman Lectures on Physics

Feynman Lectures on Physics more books like this

by Richard Phillips Feynman, PH.D.

This revised edition of Feynman's legendary lectures includes extensive corrections Feynman and his colleagues received and Caltech approved, making this the definitive edition of The Feynman Lectures on Physics.

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Intercultural Communication: A Reader more books like this

by Larry A Samovar

This reader is composed of 40 short articles on a broad range of subjects. The first section introduces basic concepts; subsequent chapters contain articles on international cultures, nondominant US cultures, and on contexts of intercultural communication such as negotiation, courtrooms and business. Further chapters develop basic ideas in verbal ...

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Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977 more books like this

by Michel Foucault

Focault interprets his writings about sexuality, politics and punishment stressing the contribution of each to the portrait of society he is compiling.

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Family in Transition more books like this

by Arlene S Skolnick

This bestselling reader on families and intimate relationships identifies the most current trends, places them in historical context, and balances cutting-edge scholarship with perennial favorites. The authors, who are leading scholars, build each new edition from classic literature in a variety of disciplines as well as from the continuing stream ...

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One Man's Meat more books like this

by E B White

First published in 1944, this classic collection of enduring commentaries is reissued here with a new introduction by the author. "Superb reading."--The New Yorker

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Mr.Tompkins in paperback more books like this

by George Gamow

Mr Tompkins has become known and loved by many thousands of readers (since his first appearance over fifty years ago) as the bank clerk whose fantastic dreams and adventures lead him into a world inside the atom. George Gamow s classic provides a delightful explanation of the central concepts in modern physics, from atomic structure to relativity, ...

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Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture more books like this

by Carl E Schorske

A landmark study of Habsburg Vienna in the late 19th and 20th centuries by one of the truly original scholars of our time. Photos included.

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From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology more books like this

by Max Weber, C Wright Mills (Editor), Hans H Gerth (Translator)

An introduction to the work of the greatest German sociologist and a key figure in the development of present-day sociological thought.

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Conformity and Conflict: Readings in Cultural Anthropology more books like this

by David W McCurdy (Editor), James P Spradley (Editor)

An ideal complement to standard anthropology texts or a stand-alone text/reader, the best-selling Conformity and Conflict continues to offer students an in-depth look at anthropology as a powerful way to study human behavior and events. The 37 articles cover a broad range of theoretical perspectives and demonstrate basic anthropological concepts. ...

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The character of physical law more books like this

by Richard Phillips Feynman, PH.D.

This book presents a series of classic lectures, delivered in 1960 and recorded for the BBC. This is Feynman's unique take on the problems and puzzles that lie at the heart of physical theory - with Newton's Law of Gravitation; on whether time can ever go backwards; on maths as the supreme language of nature. Demonstrates Feynman's knack of ...

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Essays in Zen Buddhism more books like this

by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

Included in this volume are Suzuki's famous study "Enlightenment and Ignorance," a chapter on "Practical Methods of Zen Instruction," the essays "On Satori -- The Revelation of a New Truth in Zen Buddhism" and "History of Zen Buddhism from Bodhidharma to Hui-NIng (Yeno)," and his commentary on "The Ten Cow-herding Pictures" which have long been ...

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Education and the Significance of Life more books like this

by J. Krishnamurti

The teacher probes the Western problems of conformity and loss of personal values while offering a fresh approach to self-understanding and the meaning of personal freedom and mature love.

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Errand Into the Wilderness more books like this

by Perry G Miller

The title of this book by Perry Miller, who is world-famous as an interpreter of the American past, comes close to posing the question it has been Mr. Miller's lifelong purpose to answer: What was the underlying aim of the first colonists in coming to America? In what light did they see themselves? As men and women undertaking a mission that was ...

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Great Shark Hunt more books like this

by Hunter S Thompson

In this collection of essays, the first of the Gonzo Papers, the legendary Thompson hold forth on a variety of topics from the corruption of the Nixon government to the corruption of society in the early 1980s.

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Five lectures on psycho-analysis more books like this

by Sigmund Freud

Five brief lectures delivered over five consecutive days in 1909 to audiences at Clark College, Massachusetts. Speaking extemporaneously, and in German, Freud presents one of the first public expositions of his new science. The lectures were written down upon his return to Vienna.

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Outline of a Theory of Practice more books like this

by Professor Pierre Bourdieu

Outline of a Theory of Practice is recognized as a major theoretical text on the foundations of anthropology and sociology. Pierre Bourdieu, a distinguished French anthropologist, develops a theory of practice which is simultaneously a critique of the methods and postures of social science and a general account of how human action should be ...

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