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Analyses family-school relations from a policy perspective & critical framework, specifically considering issues of family autonomy. Questions conventional wisdom on the issue by exploring effects of mainstream policies of family involvement in schooling

Scholars have long held that Korea's Choson dynasty (1392-1910) was established by a new socioeconomic class of scholar-officials of local-landlord origins who overthrew the capital-based aristocracy of the Koryo dynasty (918-1392). The Origins of the Choson Dynasty refutes that view, showing that a key feature of the dynastic transition was continuity in the structure and composition of the central ruling class and arguing that the main force...

Thailand is often called the "Land of Smiles, " a nickname which sounds at once pleasant and mysterious. It is said that the Thais have a smile for every emotion, and with so many nuances of smiling, the smile often hides more than it reveals. Inside Thai Society looks behind smiles and appearances in order to discover those regularities and expectations that pervade everyday life. It identifies the basic ideas that give meaning and order to e...

-- Capturing eloquent observations of the Napoleonic period's most politically outspoken woman, this definitive edition of Germaine de Stael's Dix Annees d'Exil recounts her flight across Europe just ahead of Napoleon's army. Translated by an award-winning scholar, Ten Years of Exile is the only unabridged English edition of this strong-minded and passionate woman's personal and political journal.

Although the rational choice approach toward political behavior has been severely criticized, its adherents claim that competing models have failed to offer a more scientific model of political decisionmaking. This measured but provocative book offers precisely that: an alternative way of understanding political behavior based on cognitive research. The authors draw on research in neuroscience, physiology, and experimental psychology to concep...

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Opening Shots is a collection of first stories published by prominent mystery and crime writers, along with brief accounts by each author recounting the paths the stories followed on their way to publication. In addition to the pleasure of the stories themselves, readers will discover a little about that first successful leap into print and can look for sings of the writer-to-be in this earliest effort. Readers will also encounter the work of ...

A comprehensive overview of the history of flight in Ireland. Accompanied by over 100 stunning photographs, Donal MacCarron tells the story of ballooning, aeronautica and aviation. A fascinating and accessible history.

An investigative look at the last moments of life and beyond near-death and out-of-body experiences, reincarnation theories, and other phenomena.

Billions of dollars are spent each year on technology in cities and states, from desktop computers to mainframes. It is impractical for non-specialists to master the complex inner-workings of these new technologies, yet public managers' reliance on information technology to govern effectively make IT planning and implementation crucial. Two respected journalists from Governing magazine provide a unique, nuts-and-bolts guide to help current pra...

This 100-page lab notebook is essential in today's lab.

This 50-page lab notebook is ideal for keeping records in today's lab.

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In the late nineteenth century, prisoners in Alabama, the vast majority of them African Americans, were forced to work as coal miners under the most horrendous conditions imaginable. Black Prisoners and Their World draws on a variety of sources, including the reports and correspondence of prison inspectors and letters from prisoners and their families, to explore the history of the African American men and women whose labor made Alabama's pris...

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The little grey Fergie is Britain's best-loved tractor, the user-friendly machine that finally replaced the horse on farms. This highly illustrated account covers the full history of Harry Ferguson's tractor products from his pioneering work before the 1930s to the merger with Massey in 1957.

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