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A challenge to traditional forecasting methods that rely strictly on econometric models, arguing that they ignore a fundamental aspect of the business cycle - human emotional responses to economic stimuli.

Exploring various topics in religious history, this book looks at changes in the Indian religion, the heritage of Occidental religion and the religion of ancient Greek intellectuals. The essays examine the role of religion in the creation and maintenance of slavery in the American South.

Douglas Reeman did convoy duty in the navy in the Atlantic, the Arctic, and the North Sea. He has written over thirty novels under his own name and more than twenty bestselling historical novels featuring Richard Bolitho under the pseudonym Alexander Kent.

This book presents the major theories of black and white racial identity and also describes measures for assessing racial identity. Original research addresses the relationship of racial identity to other personality characteristics.

Impressively researched and well written, this valuable study . . . traces the erosion of the reserve clause and the rise of arbitration in salary disputes, examining the participants in negotiations--players, owners, managers, agents, even commissioners--and showing the stake each has in the money game." Publishers Weekly

A groundbreaking contribution to the literature of constitutional law, Taking Liberties is the first book to explore the ways domestic policies deny U.S. citizens access to international sources of information. Author Elizabeth Hull argues that such policies--which include limiting Americans' right to travel, censoring foreign documentaries, suppressing foreign literature considered politically objectionable, preventing controversial aliens fr...

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A contribution to the philosophy of medicine by redefining and resetting the respective domains of philosophy, medicine and healthcare. It provides a conceptual point of departure, from which the radical changes that will be required of health care in the next century can be envisaged.

Combining descriptive, technical, empirical, policy evaluation and forecasting methodologies, this book attempts to provide a systematic analysis of the Nigerian economy, the largest and most dominant economy in sub-Saharan Africa.

This volume addresses a wide range of methodological approaches to the study of career with particular emphasis on alternative approaches. The contributors challenge those who see the traditional positivist empirical methodology as the only appropriate methodology with which to address important career questions and issues, arguing instead that the subject of career can best be studied within a number of disciplines, and using a variety of met...

1: The Firm, the Market, and the Law2: The Nature of the Firm3: Industrial Organization: A Proposal for Research4: The Marginal Cost Controversy5: The Problem of Social Cost6: Notes on the Problem of Social Cost7: The Lighthouse in Economics

Designed to fill a gap in the descriptive literature on the Spanish language, this book provides a bridge between inflectional grammar and syntax, and gives to the lexis the same importance as syntax in linguistic competence and creativity.

In 1884, young Corabelle Fellows, well-educated and gently bred, overcame her parents' objections and left her upper-calss home in Washington D.C. to become a church-sponsored teacher among the Indian people of Dakota Territory. For the next several years, she taught English, art, and domestic science on Rosebud, Pine Ridge, and Cheyenne River reservations. In return for her friendship, the students affectionately gave her the name Blue Star. ...

This book covers the knowledge of shipboard operations required by candidates for professional qualification as Chief Officer and Master Mariner.

Supplementary to material contained in Corns'Bibliotheca Lincolniensis (1904).

This account of the 1965 Dominican intervention analyzes the role and management of US military forces, the civilian/military relationships and the dual role of the forces who were engaged in both peacekeeping and combat. The text covers intelligence, defence needs and military budgets.

The author examines Gorbachev's reforms in terms of economic relations with the Third World and presents a statistical analysis of Soviet economic assistance and trade.

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When a nuclear bomb destroys the White House and devastates Washington, D.C, Army colonel Caesare Appleton becomes the Emperor of the United States in this political satire from the author of Prizzi's Honor.In the aftermath of an assumed nuclear accident that destroys Washington, D.C., an Army colonel steps up to assume command of the nation. Or, so he thinks. At the same time, the Royalist Party and the National Rifle Association take respons...