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The Theory of Moral Sentiments

By: Adam Smith

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The Theory of Moral Sentiments

By: Adam Smith

In his first important work, economist Adam Smith concentrates on ethics and charity. The Theory of Moral Sentiments divides moral philosophy into four parts: Ethics and Virtue; Private rights and Natural liberty; Familial rights ('Economics'); and State and Individual rights ('Politics'). Smith establishes the intellectual framework for all of his later work, including The Wealth of Nations.

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1387878123

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The Wealth of Nations

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

By: Adam Smith

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The Wealth of Nations

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

By: Adam Smith

The Wealth of Nations is a treasured classic of political economy. First published in March of 1776, Adam Smith wrote the book to influence a special audience - the British Parliament - and its arguments in the early spring of that year pressed for peace and cooperation with Britain's colonies rather than war. Smith's message was that economic exploitation, through the monopoly trade of empire, stifled wealth-creation in both home and foreign lands. Moreover, protectionism preserved the status quo, and privileged a few elites at the expense of long run growth. Smith wrote, "It is the industry which is carried on for the benefit of the rich and the powerful that is principally encouraged by our mercantile system. That which is carried on for the benefit of the poor and the indigent is too often either neglected or oppressed." This edition, based on the classic Cannan version of the text, includes a foreword by George Osborne MP and an introduction by Jonathan B. Wight, University of Richmond, which aims to place the work in a business context. Wight also provides an invaluable 'Notable Quotes' section where he extracts and categorises some of the most famous and pertinent sections of Smith's work. This classic work is as essential today as it was when it first written.

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Harriman House Limited

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1906659877

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9781906659875

Body Decoration

By: Adam Sutherland

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Body Decoration

By: Adam Sutherland

Examines different forms of body decoration, including tattooing, makeup, and piercings.

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Lerner Publications

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0761377697

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Merleau-Ponty and Nishida

Artistic Expression as Motor-Perceptual Faith

By: Adam Loughnane

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Merleau-Ponty and Nishida

Artistic Expression as Motor-Perceptual Faith

By: Adam Loughnane

In Merleau-Ponty and Nishida, Adam Loughnane initiates a fascinating new dialogue between two of the twentieth century's most important phenomenologists of the Eastern and Western philosophical worlds. Throughout the book, the reader is guided among the intricacies and innovations of Merleau-Ponty's and Nishida's ontological approaches to artistic expression with a focused look at a rarely explored connection between faith and negation in their philosophies. Exploring the intertwining of these concepts in their broader ontologies invokes a reappraisal of the ambiguous status of religion and art in the writings of both thinkers. Measuring these ambiguities, the ontologies of Flesh and Basho are read in-depth alongside great artworks and the motor-perceptual practices of seminal landscape artists such as Cézanne, Sesshū, Taiga, and Hasegawa, as well as other major figures of European, Chinese, and Japanese art history. Loughnane studies these artists' bodily practices, focusing on the intimate relations realized with the landscapes they paint, and illuminating a valence of their expressive disciplines as a motor-perceptual form of faith. Merleau-Ponty and Nishida is an exciting intercultural reading, expanding two philosophers' projects toward new horizons of research, revealing incitements in their writings that challenge unambiguous distinctions between art, philosophy, faith, and ultimately philosophy East and West.

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State University of New York Press

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1438476132

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Social Business Models in the Digital Economy

New Concepts and Contemporary Challenges

By: Adam Jabłoński,Marek Jabłoński

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Social Business Models in the Digital Economy

New Concepts and Contemporary Challenges

By: Adam Jabłoński,Marek Jabłoński

Filling a gap in the current literature, this book addresses the social approach to the design and use of innovative business models in the digital economy. It focuses on three areas that are of increasing importance to businesses and industry today: social issues and sustainability; digitization; and new economic business models, specifically the sharing and circular economies. The authors aim to solve current scientific concerns around the conceptualization and operationalization of social business models, addressing management intentions and the impact of these models on society. Based on observation of social phenomena and the authors' research and practical experience, the book highlights best practices for designing and assessing social business models.

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Springer Nature

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3030297322

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The Survival Hypothesis

Essays on Mediumship

By: Adam J. Rock

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The Survival Hypothesis

Essays on Mediumship

By: Adam J. Rock

Contemporary parapsychology tends to be preoccupied with ESP (telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition) and psychokinesis. In contrast, this cutting-edge anthology assembles an international team of experts from the fields of psychology, parapsychology, philosophy, anthropology and neuroscience to examine critically what is referred to as the survival hypothesis: the tentative statement or prediction that some aspect of our personhood (e.g., consciousness) persists subsequent to the death of the physical body. The appraisal of the survival hypothesis will be restricted to the phenomenon of mediumship; that is, humans who ostensibly communicate with the deceased. The book has been divided into four main sections: Explanation and Belief; Culture, Psychopathology and Psychotherapy; Empirical Approaches; The Present and Future. The issue of postmortem survival is supremely relevant to us all because the human encounter with death is, of course, a certainty.

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McFarland

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0786472200

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9780786472208

Making Agreements in Medieval Catalonia

Power, Order, and the Written Word, 1000–1200

By: Adam J. Kosto

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Making Agreements in Medieval Catalonia

Power, Order, and the Written Word, 1000–1200

By: Adam J. Kosto

Examines the role of written agreements in eleventh- and twelfth-century Catalonia, and how they determined the social and political order. However, in addressing feudalism, the 'transformation of the year 1000', medieval literacy, and the nature of Mediterranean societies, it has wide implications for the history of medieval Europe.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139432168

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Displacing Human Rights

War and Intervention in Northern Uganda

By: Adam Branch

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Displacing Human Rights

War and Intervention in Northern Uganda

By: Adam Branch

Today, Western intervention is a ubiquitous feature of violent conflict in Africa. Humanitarian aid agencies, community peacebuilders, microcredit promoters, children's rights activists, the World Bank, the International Criminal Court, the U.S. military, and numerous others have involved themselves in African conflicts, all claiming to bring peace and human rights to situations where they are desperately needed. However, according to Adam Branch, Western intervention is not the solution to violence in Africa but, instead, can be a major part of the problem--often undermining human rights and even prolonging war and intensifying anti-civilian violence. Based on an extended case study of Western intervention into northern Uganda's twenty-year civil war, and drawing on Branch's own extensive research and human rights activism there, this book lays bare the reductive understandings motivating Western intervention in Africa, the inadequate tools it insists on employing, its refusal to be accountable to African citizenries, and, most important, its counterproductive consequences for peace, human rights, and justice. In short, Branch demonstrates how Western interventions undermine the efforts Africans themselves are undertaking to end violence in their own communities. The book does not end with critique, however. Motivated by a commitment to global justice, it proposes concrete changes for Western humanitarian, peacebuilding, and justice interventions as well as a new normative framework for re-orienting the Western approach to violent conflict in Africa around a practice of genuine solidarity. "A key strength of the book is its ability to analyse and reveal common patterns in seemingly disparate and complex empirical instances of counterproductive human rights interventions in Uganda. ... [T]his book should be required reading for all those working on various themes in Africa today."--The Journal of Modern African Studies "This book provides a pessimistic, but much needed, critique of the history of foreign intervention in Northern Uganda. ... Responsible discussions of foreign policy must consider the ways in which 'great power politics' can hurt people in the name of protection; this book is an excellent place to start that discussion." --The Christian Science Monitor

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Oxford University Press

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0199782156

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The Rainbow Creed; a Story of the Times

By: Adam Hamilton Leppere

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The Rainbow Creed; a Story of the Times

By: Adam Hamilton Leppere

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

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3385361885

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Playing the Games

By: Adam Brace,Serge Cartwright

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Playing the Games

By: Adam Brace,Serge Cartwright

Playing the Games is a duo of plays focussing on the London 2012 Olympics, it includes: Taking Part by Adam Brace Lucky Henry, a Congolese security guard, has set his sights on representing his country at the 2012 Olympics. Only one problem; he's a terrible swimmer and his Russian coach wants to fly home on the first day of training. Everyone loves an underdog – think Eddie the Eagle or Eric the Eel. Follow Henry's journey from deep end straggler to Olympic hopeful as the two men try to fulfil their dreams at the London games. After The Party by Serge Cartwright Sean and Ray are best friends from Stratford. Once a promising DJ double act, now they're stuck in a rut: 30ish, unemployed but still clinging to a fantasy of making it in the music industry. With a baby on the way and the world about to arrive on their doorstep for London 2012, it could be the perfect opportunity for them to make something of their lives...

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1849436886

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Visual Intelligence

Microsoft Tools and Techniques for Visualizing Data

By: Mark Stacey,Joe Salvatore,Adam Jorgensen

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Visual Intelligence

Microsoft Tools and Techniques for Visualizing Data

By: Mark Stacey,Joe Salvatore,Adam Jorgensen

Go beyond design concepts and learn to build state-of-the-art visualizations The visualization experts at Microsoft's Pragmatic Works have created a full-color, step-by-step guide to building specific types of visualizations. The book thoroughly covers the Microsoft toolset for data analysis and visualization, including Excel, and explores best practices for choosing a data visualization design, selecting tools from the Microsoft stack, and building a dynamic data visualization from start to finish. You'll examine different types of visualizations, their strengths and weaknesses, and when to use each one. Data visualization tools unlock the stories within the data, enabling you to present it in a way that is useful for making business decisions This full-color guide introduces data visualization design concepts, then explains the various Microsoft tools used to store and display data Features a detailed discussion of various classes of visualizations, their uses, and the appropriate tools for each Includes practical implementations of various visualizations and best practices for using them Covers out-of-the-box Microsoft tools, custom-developed illustrations and implementations, and code examples Visual Intelligence: Microsoft Tools and Techniques for Visualizing Data arms you with best practices and the knowledge to choose and build dynamic data visualizations.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118417526

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9781118417522

An Essay on the History of Civil Society, 1767

By: Adam Ferguson

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An Essay on the History of Civil Society, 1767

By: Adam Ferguson

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Transaction Publishers

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141281717X

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Building Secure and Reliable Systems

Best Practices for Designing, Implementing, and Maintaining Systems

By: Heather Adkins,Betsy Beyer,Paul Blankinship,Piotr Lewandowski,Ana Oprea,Adam Stubblefield

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Building Secure and Reliable Systems

Best Practices for Designing, Implementing, and Maintaining Systems

By: Heather Adkins,Betsy Beyer,Paul Blankinship,Piotr Lewandowski,Ana Oprea,Adam Stubblefield

Can a system be considered truly reliable if it isn't fundamentally secure? Or can it be considered secure if it's unreliable? Security is crucial to the design and operation of scalable systems in production, as it plays an important part in product quality, performance, and availability. In this book, experts from Google share best practices to help your organization design scalable and reliable systems that are fundamentally secure. Two previous O’Reilly books from Google—Site Reliability Engineering and The Site Reliability Workbook—demonstrated how and why a commitment to the entire service lifecycle enables organizations to successfully build, deploy, monitor, and maintain software systems. In this latest guide, the authors offer insights into system design, implementation, and maintenance from practitioners who specialize in security and reliability. They also discuss how building and adopting their recommended best practices requires a culture that’s supportive of such change. You’ll learn about secure and reliable systems through: Design strategies Recommendations for coding, testing, and debugging practices Strategies to prepare for, respond to, and recover from incidents Cultural best practices that help teams across your organization collaborate effectively

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1492083097

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9781492083092

The Frog King

By: Adam Davies

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The Frog King

By: Adam Davies

Harry Driscoll is living in New York City (if you call trying to survive on an editorial assistant's salary "living"). His family is wealthy (but Harry Driscoll is not). His education is Ivy League (but what good is it doing him?). His publishing job is entry level (with no exit in sight). BUT... Harry Driscoll has a dream (if you call an unfinished manuscript hidden in the closet a "dream"). Harry Driscoll has a girl (although intercourse is out of the question). Harry Driscoll even has feelings. (He asked this girl, one day in the park, to be in his life forever--and meant it!) And the other girls? They're not the problem. (The problem is, Harry Driscoll cannot allow himself to say the word "love.")

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Penguin

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1101126868

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A Mighty Purpose

How Jim Grant Sold the World on Saving Its Children

By: Adam Fifield

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A Mighty Purpose

How Jim Grant Sold the World on Saving Its Children

By: Adam Fifield

The inspiring story of how the iconoclastic humanitarian Jim Grant succeeded in saving the lives of tens of millions of children through his extraordinary ability to win over world leaders Nicholas Kristof hailed Jim Grant as a man who “probably saved more lives than were destroyed by Hitler, Mao, and Stalin combined.” Nominated by President Jimmy Carter to head UNICEF, Grant ran the United Nations agency from 1980 to 1995 and became the most powerful advocate for children the world has ever seen. To ensure that even children trapped by war received health care and immunizations, he brokered humanitarian ceasefires by exploiting the political self-interests of presidents and warlords alike. Grant at first met fierce resistance at the United Nations and in his own organization, and some thought his ideas were crazy and dangerous. But as he kept toppling obstacle after obstacle, he eventually won over even his most stubborn detractors. Grant spearheaded a historic surge in worldwide childhood immunization rates and launched a movement that profoundly altered the face of global health and international development.

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Other Press, LLC

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1590516044

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9781590516041

It's Your Money

A Consumer's Guide to Credit

By: Adam Starchild

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It's Your Money

A Consumer's Guide to Credit

By: Adam Starchild

Credit has virtually replaced cash in the American economy. Everything from home to clothing is acquired through some form of credit. The vast credit network affects everyone's income, purchasing power---and personal reputation. Do you, as a consumer, know how to use this credit to your advantage? In "It's Your Money," Adam Starchild tells you how you can make credit a tool, not a threat, and avoid the pitfalls into which so many fall. In "It's Your Money," he shares his expertise, in everyday language, to show you how to get the best credit buy for your money. You will learn: * What you should know when shopping for a loan.* The advantages ---and disadvantages--- of credit cards.* How the "Truth in Lending" Act affects you.* What your rights are regarding your credit file.* How to learn what information is in your investigative file.* How you can be protected from incorrect billing.* How to decide whether to lease or buy.* How to apply for credit.* What government agencies will help you with a consumer credit problem. Credit---not a "free gift" that generous institutions hand out, but a commodity that you buy. This book will help you make the wisest purchase.

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The Minerva Group, Inc.

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089499008X

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9780894990083

Hegemony & History

By: Adam Watson

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Hegemony & History

By: Adam Watson

Adam Watson was one of the members of the British Committee on the Theory of International Politics and a founding member of the English School. This work records the development of Adam Watson's thinking about international theory from the 1950s onwards. It also explores his contribution to, and the development of, the English School.

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Routledge

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0415393434

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9780415393430

The Political Landscape

Constellations of Authority in Early Complex Polities

By: Adam T Smith

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The Political Landscape

Constellations of Authority in Early Complex Polities

By: Adam T Smith

This highly original and challenging book defies every easy form of classification. Ostensibly about early polities, its penetrating and erudite asides extend with equal facility into contemporary politics and the symmetrical deficiencies of modernism and postmodernism. To my knowledge, imaginative reflections of spatial representations have never previously found their way into the theoretical base of what has been thought of as an essentially materialistic archaeological science. It is a pleasure and a discovery to see the permanent and rightful place Adam Smith has now fashioned for them."—Robert McC. Adams, Secretary Emeritus, The Smithsonian Institution "If social theory in cultural anthropology was transformed in the last decades by a 'linguistic turn,' research by archaeologists into the development and practices of early states now seems to be undergoing a 'geographic turn.' Adam Smith's book, although drawing from modern currents in geography, anthropology, sociology, and political philosophy, brings original archaeological contributions to social theory by examining the making and re-making of landscapes in early complex polities (especially in Mesopotamian, Urartian, and Maya states). Smith observes these (and other) early states as 'political landscapes,' in which monuments come to constitute authority and shape memories. Smith's book represents a comprehensive turn from metahistorical reifications of the state to investigations of how the content of social roles was determined through the production of landscapes. The landscape of archaeology will be changed decisively by this book."—Norman Yoffee, Professor, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies and Dept. of Anthropology, University of Michigan. "This book emerges as both a remarkable scholarly achievement and something of a manifesto for contemporary political thinking and engagement."—Susan E. Alcock, author of Archaeologies of the Greek Past: Landscape, Monuments, and Memories

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Univ of California Press

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0520237501

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9780520237506

The Social Contexts of Intellectual Virtue

Knowledge as a Team Achievement

By: Adam Green

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The Social Contexts of Intellectual Virtue

Knowledge as a Team Achievement

By: Adam Green

This book reconceives virtue epistemology in light of the conviction that we are essentially social creatures. Green’s account is based on the extended credit view, which conceives of knowledge as an achievement and broadens that focus to include team achievements in addition to individual ones. He argues that this view does a better job than alternatives of answering the many conceptual and empirical challenges for virtue epistemology that have been based on cases of testimony. The view also allows for a nuanced interaction with situationist psychology, dual processing models in cognitive science, and the extended mind literature in philosophy of mind.

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Taylor & Francis

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1315302586

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The Bulldozer in the Countryside

Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism

By: Adam Rome

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The Bulldozer in the Countryside

Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism

By: Adam Rome

The concern today about suburban sprawl is not new. In the decades after World War II, the spread of tract-house construction changed the nature of millions of acres of land, and a variety of Americans began to protest against the environmental costs of suburban development. By the mid-1960s, indeed, many of the critics were attempting to institutionalize an urban land ethic. The Bulldozer in the Countryside was the first scholarly work to analyze the successes and failures of the varied efforts to address the environmental consequences of suburban growth from 1945 to 1970. For scholars and students of American history, the book offers a compelling insight into two of the great stories of modern times - the mass migration to the suburbs and the rise of the environmental movement. The book also offers a valuable historical perspective for participants in contemporary debates about the alternatives to sprawl.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521804906

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