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Study of the historical development of the category "white trash" in American culture.

A study of Native American art and artists that represent a crucial and formative, though rarely recognized, aspect of American modernism.

A study of Native American art and artists that represent a crucial and formative, though rarely recognized, aspect of American modernism.

Focusing on the period from birth to school, this book is about babies' and young children's feelings, their learning, and the ways in which the adults in their lives can support their emotional, social and cognitive development. Looking at the perspectives both of the child and the adult, it presents thought-provoking ideas and questions on how adults can make the most of opportunities to support the children with whom they live and work. A s...

Artist David Wojnarowicz on his work, his aspirations, his personal history, his political views, Wojnarowicz in dialogue with Sylvere Lotringer, along with personal accounts from friends and fellow artists collected after Wojnarowicz's death.

Agnes Scofield, the heroine of Dew's lovely, low-key period piece, can join Mrs. Ramsay and Mrs. Bridge at the teatable of exquisitely etched literary matrons. A respectable Ohiowidow with three grown children, Agnes is beginning to carve out anindependent middle-aged life for herself (which includes a secretlover) when, in 1947, her children all suddenly return to town. Theyhave full lives of their own, but take for granted that Mother willal...

This monograph presents a detailed and unified treatment of the theory of reduced order systems. Topics include reduced order modeling, reduced order estimation, reduced order control, and the design of reduced order compensators for stochastic systems. Special emphasis is placed on optimization using a quadratic performance criterion. Both continuous and discrete time linear dynamical systems are considered, and state space system represen...

As surveyor of the post roads on the continent of North America, Hugh Finlay surveyed the post offices between Falmouth and Casco Bay, in what is now Maine, and in Savannah, Georgia. This is a reproduction of his journal.

Challenging behaviours, such as aggression and violence, are more common in deaf people than hearing people. Filling a crucial gap in the international market, this book will appeal equally to those who work occasionally or entirely with Deaf or hearing impaired client groups of all ages.Multi-disciplinary professionals with specialist knowledge of working with deaf people explore aspects of mild to severe challenging behaviour with reference ...

Challenging behaviours, such as aggression and violence, are more common in deaf people than hearing people. Filling a crucial gap in the international market, this book will appeal equally to those who work occasionally or entirely with Deaf or hearing impaired client groups of all ages.Multi-disciplinary professionals with specialist knowledge of working with deaf people explore aspects of mild to severe challenging behaviour with reference ...

A clearly written, well-structured and practical account of how to help and support children and young people with mental health problems, and those at risk of developing such problems... The book concludes with an excellent listing of organisations and resources' - SENCO Update 'A highly practical and impressive book... I like the short introductions and the concise summing up within each chapter... The book is suitable for teachers as well ...

Practical problems in structural design and service inspection are addressed in this handbook to dealing with fatigue design of welded structures. Details of how to use calculation tools on an Excel spreadsheet are included for application in realistic industrial cases.

Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards is an entirely new, definitive reference work for everyone involved with landscape architecture, design, and construction. Based on the 70-year success of Architectural Graphic Standards, this new book is destined to become the "bible" for the landscape field. Edited by an educator and former president of the American Society of Landscape Architects, it provides immediate access to rules-of-thumb and s...

Philosophy of Science: An Anthology" assembles some of the finest papers in the philosophy of science since 1945, showcasing enduring classics alongside important and innovative recent work. Introductions by the editor highlight connections between selections, and contextualize the articles Nine sections address topics at the heart of philosophy of science, including realism and the character of scientific theories, scientific explanations and...

A study of how Viriginia Woolf's reading affected her feminist views.

Working in East Germany explores economic tendencies, political relationships and social situations that combined to create a specific socio-political habitat in East Germany after the building of the Berlin Wall. Conditions were peculiar to say the least, especially if compared to Western standards. Nevertheless, the majority of the population perceived their lives as part of a 'socialist normality' that most East Germans adjusted to successf...