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In this book Anthony Giddens addresses a range of issues concerning current developments in social theory, relating them to the prospects for sociology in the closing decades of the twentieth century.

One hundred poems of love and betrayal--all in the unmistakable McFadden style.

This book offers a broad perspective on the issue of world hunger, analyzing the long-term data on food production from 1885 to the present. Exploring evidence of the validity of Malthusian theory throughout history, the book documents those cases where innovations in food-producing technologies were adopted in response to population pressures and crises of hunger.

This provocative study was developed to uncover the thought processes of the best-selling authors from 1850 to 1920 concerning the subject of success. Based on the conviction that the reading of novels strongly influences social values and behavioral expectations, a number of key discoveries are presented regarding character behavior and gender, the variations between the work of female and male writers, the similarity of social values employe...

A great deal has been written about the bond between mothers and daughters and fathers and daughters. This book explores the equally complex and rewarding relationship between mothers and their sons. It begins with a survey of the literature on the mother/son relationship. Forcey's study is based on the oral histories of 120 mothers who reveal their feelings of responsibility toward their sons, their expectations, and how they communicate. In ...

This book explores the complex and rewarding relationship between mothers and their sons, beginning with a survey of the literature on the mother/son relationship. Forcey's study is based on the oral histories of 120 mothers who reveal their feelings of responsibility toward their sons, their expectations, and how they communicate.

This comprehensive text focuses on the transition underway in the fields of personnel and labor relations and guides the reader into the new era of human resources management. The book examines some current issues and topics that are producing solid results--results that make people feel part of the organization and that contribute to increased organizational effectiveness. The authors argue that these practices are not just passing fads, but ...

4. LernjahrNeun Geschichten um die französische Kultfigur petit Nicolas und seine Freunde, die sich in der Schule über die Eigenheiten des Erwachsen-Seins und Erwachsenwerdens wundern. Ein "Klassiker" der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, auch von "Älteren" immer wieder gern gelesen. Ideal zum Französischlernen! (Eine DVD zur Lektüre ist bei Lingua-Video erhältlich.)Folgende Geschichten sind darin enthalten:Les CowboysLe BouillonLe FootballOn a eu ...

Gordon's book reveals an impressive mastery of the archival and secondary sources available on the subject. His writing is crisp and interesting, yet sober and scholarly at the same time. The daring and resourceful men of the British desert forces have found a historian whose ability to tell their story matches their ability to create some of the most daring and imaginative operations of World War II. This is an extraordinary book about extrao...

This book fills a void in both the professional and academic literature on the management of public relations. Using systems theory, it approaches public relations as an organizational subsystem. The author defines a functional framework for the practice of public relations consistent with contemporary management theory. In addition, the book presents a practice management model for application in both corporate and counselor settings, develop...

Using systems theory, this book approaches public relations as an organizational subsystem. Brody defines a functional network for the practice of public relations consistent with contemporary management theory. He also presents and develops a practical management model for application in both corporate and counselor settings. Chapters include discussions on the development of employee incentives, pensions, profit sharing systems, and the sale...

One of the oldest policy debates in U.S. history concerns the allocation, use, and management of public lands, which currently comprise one-quarter of the United States. In this volume, Phillip O. Foss has assembled a selection of original research papers and interpretative essays from recognized authorities with a variety of philosophical orientations in order to present a well-rounded picture of today's views of public lands policy. Contribu...

?In four chapters, a conclusion, and afterword, the author, a distinguished professor of law (now deceased) born into the White Tribe of Africa--the Afrikaners, ' restates the liberal tradition in opposition to the restrictions on free speech, trial publicity, and the fair administration of justice so tragically exemplified by South Africa today.... A monumental work with superb notes. Excellent translations of otherwise unavailable materials,...

Tumor markers, or antigens, are subtances produced in the body by malignant tumors. Their detection is useful in both diagnosing cancer and monitoring therapy. This straight-forward book provides a comprehensive overview designed to assist physicians who deal with cancer patients. The contributions by leading authorities include discussions of techniques for detecting tumor markers, steroid receptors, monoclonal antibodies, flow cytometry, chr...

Roger E. Walters has written a timely and helpful analysis of the recent boom in application software development, and he addresses the needs and concerns of executives responsible for obtaining and updating these systems. This nontechnical treatment sets out a step-by-step approach describing how non-data processing personnel can control and manage the development and installation of relevent new information systems. Using a management perspe...

This unique collection of thoughtful and provocative essays brings together the personal retrospectives of seventeen of the most prominent American futurists. Their reflections on how the reality of the 1980s differs from what was anticipated, and what has been learned about social and technological change will provide important reading for futurists and planners who must confront a constantly changing horizon.

This book carefully examines the motives, objectives and strategies of the major players in the global lending game: creditor governments, bank regulatory agencies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). After outlining the interests of the debtor governments, the authors discuss the behavior of the international banks and the IMF. They offer an incisive analysis of the creditors' strategies fo...

The editors of the book and the contributors challenge library schools to internationalize their curricula at a time when provincial nationalism seems to be prevalent and the profession on the whole is more concerned with the how to rather than the why, and when information technology is being studied almost in isolation from the key social issues of the computer age. The book should be read by all individuals concerned with library education ...

A careful selection from the work of the greatest living ethnographer of the Pacific Northwest.