This collection of essays and other materials grew from a series of interdisciplinary projects involving more than 150 faculty and a significant number of students from Mercer University's 11 colleges and schools between 2005 and 2010. The book explores the relevance to contemporary education of a number of Aristotelian convictions.
This text explores American history through the theme of equality. 'Created Equal' emphasises social history - including the lives, labors, and legacies of women, immigrants, working people, and minorities in all regions of the country - while delivering the fundamental elements of political and economic history.
Re-examines American History through the theme of contested equality Taking an inclusive view of American history, Created Equal emphasizes the struggles for equality experienced by diverse groups of Americans across the many regions of the nation. With a steadfast chronological framework, and a strong narrative thread, the authors offer a fresh and critical perspective on the traditional story. MyHistoryLab is an integral part of the Jones pr...
Re-examines American History through the theme of contested equality Taking an inclusive view of American history, Created Equal emphasizes the struggles for equality experienced by diverse groups of Americans across the many regions of the nation. With a steadfast chronological framework, and a strong narrative thread, the authors offer a fresh and critical perspective on the traditional story. MyHistoryLab is an integral part of the Jones pr...
This second edition reflects technological developments and includes programs and activities for robot enthusiasts. Step-by-step instructions take the reader through the process of constructing the two different and inexpensive yet fully functional robots.
There is life after death-and a lover for every soul. Kooriime-pronounced koh-oh-ree-may-is a hidden island paradise tucked away from the rest of the world, it serves as a home to a race of Elves. When seven Elves are stolen from their homes and taken to New York City, they are set adrift in a world they don't know. Burdened by the grief of being separated from their home and loved ones, the seven do all they can to survive this strange new ex...
There is life after death-and a lover for every soul. Kooriime-pronounced koh-oh-ree-may-is a hidden island paradise tucked away from the rest of the world, it serves as a home to a race of Elves. When seven Elves are stolen from their homes and taken to New York City, they are set adrift in a world they don't know. Burdened by the grief of being separated from their home and loved ones, the seven do all they can to survive this strange new ex...
Kooriime-pronounced koh-oh-ree-may-is a hidden island paradise tucked away from the rest of the world. It serves as a home to the Elves, a beautiful super race living a peaceful existence, unaware that a group of seedy international scientists are preparing to throw their world into turmoil.Ris Evangalarya, who was stolen from Kooriime at a very young age, spends the better part of his childhood as a lab experiment in Hungary. He is rescued by...
Kooriime-pronounced koh-oh-ree-may-is a hidden island paradise tucked away from the rest of the world. It serves as a home to the Elves, a beautiful super race living a peaceful existence, unaware that a group of seedy international scientists are preparing to throw their world into turmoil.Ris Evangalarya, who was stolen from Kooriime at a very young age, spends the better part of his childhood as a lab experiment in Hungary. He is rescued by...
This volume presents a synthesis of over a century of academic research on the question of prehistoric trans-oceanic contacts between Polynesia and the New World. Leading experts in archaeology, botany, linguistics, and physical anthropology discuss the latest ground-breaking evidence that supports pre-Columbian Polynesian landfalls in both North and South America.
Among numerous ancient Western tropes about gender and procreation, "the seed and the soil" is arguably the oldest, most potent, and most invisible in its apparent naturalness. In Gender Vendors: Sex and Lies from Abraham to Freud, Al Jones de-naturalizes the proto-theory of "seed-and-soil" procreation and deconstructs its contemporary legacy.
This guide provides students with fully worked solutions to all unworked problems that appear in the text. In addition to the solutions presented for each specific problem, the authors present problem-solving strategies for solving organic chemistry problems in general.
For U.S. History survey courses
Examine American history through the lens of contested equality
Created Equal: A History of the United States frames the American experience as the stories of various groups of men and women, all "created equal” in their common humanity, claiming an American identity for themselves. Presenting a rich historical analysis in a chronological framework, the authors challenge students to think critically about the o...
Editors Glen A. Jones, Patricia L. McCarney, and Michael L. Skolnik have brought together a diverse group of contributors to describe how internal and external forces arising from globalization are exerting pressure to change the role of higher education in society and how universities are dealing with these pressures.
