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Provides an annotated listing of recommended reading material for students in grades seven through nine.

∗ With its integration of both American and European approaches, this book is a highly original study of social movements. ∗ Eyerman and Jamison see social movements through a social theory of knowledge that is both politically and historically informed.

Now at seventy-three volumes, this popular MLA series (ISSN 1059-1133) addresses a broad range of literary texts. Each volume surveys teaching aids and critical material and brings together essays that apply a variety of perspectives to teaching the text. Upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, student teachers, education specialists, and teachers in all humanities disciplines will find these volumes particularly helpful.

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Addresses a class of equations central to many areas of mathematics and its applications. This book emphasizes the derivation of various estimates, including a priori estimates. By focusing on a particular approach that has proven useful in solving a broad range of equations, it contributes to the literature.

Takes a careful second look at the economic arguments that link government ownership with poor economic performance. Through a rigorous comparative analysis of telecommunications policies in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, Raymond Duch shows that it is political control rather than economic ownership that accounts for variations in economic performance.

This is the most thorough analysis of slavery on the Georgia coast that we likely ever have. Based on extensive examination of probate records and statistics, she fully integrates the roots of African slavery into the long history of slavery in Georgia.

Addressing the world debt crisis, the author proposes a method for overcoming the dilemma. He develops a useful framework with which to approach the world debt problem, focusing on his co-operation theory, which calls for a bilateral approach on the part of creditor and debtor countries.

Crooked politicians, gangsters, madams, and cops on the take: To Serve and Collect tells the story of Chicago during its formative years through the history of its legendary police department.

The political impulse to attempt to separate from central government control is a feature of the post-cold war world that is alive and growing in Canada, Russia, China, Italy, Belgium, Britain, and even the United States. The contributors to this volume believe that the secessionist impulse is a vital part of classical liberal tradition that emerges when governments become too big and too ambitious. Unlike revolution, secession seeks only sepa...

Applies the analytical system of Joseph Schumpeter to spatial and structural dimensions, in an attempt to explain the role played by change in profit-making economies. An assessment of the role of government in aiding or impeding change is also included.

Snake Hill provides a detailed account of a recently discovered military cemetery dating to the War of 1812, providing a rare glimpse at life and death during the War of 1812. This book contributes significantly to our understanding of events before, during and after the 1814 siege of Fort Erie.

In reviewing this book in The Economic Journal, S.G. Checkland said that it should be read as a vigorous attempt to relate economics to general thinking and as a challenge to those who are practitioners or elaborators of narrowly prescribed techniques.

Explores a wide range of topics in policy theory research and public administration education, covering organizational theory and ethics, research skills, program evaluation and management, financial management, communication skills, international developments, and contemporary policy issues.

Sentence repetition testing (SRT) is a methodology for investigating patterns of community-wide bilingualism. It is a screening device for testing for bilingualism in an entire community, and it is a valid test for second-language proficiency. High correlations have been found between the performance of second-language speakers on SRTs and descriptive estimations of second-language proficiency. These two methodologies give promise of being rel...

The first comprehensive survey of women and mass communications to be attempted on an international scale, this bibliography systematically lists and annotates every type of literature on the subject.

Provides a picture of management mobility in the corporate world, based on research on the careers of chief executive officers in a variety of industries and their socio-economic background. Issues dealt with range from early promotions versus the "late bloomer" to opportunities for women.