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Argues that enthusiasm for Hitler within churches and universities effectively gave Germans permission to participate in the Nazi regime.

During the 1920s, the Chicago school of sociology developed an ecological orientation toward the study of the city. At the same time, other Chicago scholars developed the social psychological approach that was to be named symbolic interactionism. This book examines the best of these two schools to present a revisionist human ecology.

This IMA Volume in Mathematics and its Applications Homogenization and Effective Moduli of Materials and Media represents the proceedings of a workshop which was an integral part of the 19R4-R5 IMA program on CONTINUUM PHYSICS AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. We are grateful to the Scientific Committee: J . L. Ericksen D. Kinderlehrer H. Brezis C. Dafermos for their dedication and hard work in rleveloping an imaginative, stimulating, and pr...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

A dazzling exploration of a seductive, glittery culture

This text chronicles the history of sex surveys in the USA over a century of changing social and sexual mores. It reveals that the survey questions asked, more than the answers elicited, expose and shape the popular image of appropriate sexuality.

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Excerpt from Psychological and Ethical, Aspects of Mormon Group Life This principle holds in social evolution as well as in individual adaptation. A problem presenting itself requires that the individual or the community change the old habits, customs, and thought and estab blish new modes of behavior suitable to the new situation. Any event, institution, or idea which facilitates or hinders this adjustment receives attention and is given sig...

Real Poetry Thoughts pressed like a Porsche into a paperweight, distilled like vodka, spuds with the kick of a horse, desiccated, freeze-dried, words few in number: add water and stand back. -RP Ericksen RP Ericksen is an aging baby boomer who thoroughly enjoys pondering all aspects of life through an entertaining and whimsical compilation of free verse. With wit, candor, and a hard-earned, left-of-center perspective, Ericksen shares poetry th...

Part biography and part regional history, this engaging narrative of one man's complicated life is filled with stories that ought not be forgotten . . . Remembering Ernie Kuck is a great read, good for the soul!"--Jane Kirkpatrick, award-winning author of A Sweetness to the Soul Who was Ernie Kuck? A cattleman, a multimillionaire, a man with many facets and few words. Yet Ernie left an indelible mark on the home he loved--The Dalles, Oregon. E...

Excerpt from The Psychological and Ethical Aspects of Mormon Group Life: A Dissertation, Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Literature in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy According to functional psychology, development in the life of the'l individual is marked by a series of crises. Meaning grows out of con scious behavior, but behavior becomes conscious only when a maladjust ment exists between the in...

Excerpt from Use of Land Reserves to Control Agricultural Production The major purpose for the land idling programs and provisions was to reduce the production of wheat, feed grains, and cotton. The acreage reserve, diversion, and set-aside programs were annual programs wherein the land withdrawn was committed to nonproduction use for 1 year at a time. The other programs allowed longer term commitments, ranging up to 10 years, and in some cas...

This book argues that enthusiasm for Hitler within churches and universities effectively gave Germans permission to participate in the Nazi regime.

This book is a unique and comprehensive collection of pioneering contributions to the mechanics of crystals by J L Ericksen, a prominent and leading contributor to the study of the mechanics and mathematics of crystalline solids over the past 35 years.It presents a splendid corpus of research papers that cover areas on crystal symmetry, constitutive equations, defects and phase transitions ¿ all topics of current importance to a broad group of...

Orientation development in liquid crystal polymers.- A thermodynamic view of order parameters for liquid crystals.- Orientation and motion at a polymer-polymer interface: Interdiffusion of fluorescent-labelled macromolecules.- The necking of semicrystalline polymers in tension.- Discontinuous response in viscoelastic bars.- A phenomenological theory of the mechanics of cold drawing.- Theory for the cold-drawing of polymers.- A mathematical aft...