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Historical Dictionary of Homosexuality

By: Brent L. Pickett

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Historical Dictionary of Homosexuality

By: Brent L. Pickett

The history of same-sex attraction and love is relevant to many aspects of history, including its social, religious, and political dimensions. The Historical Dictionary of Homosexuality provides a comprehensive survey of same-sex relations from ancient China and Greece to the contemporary world. The book covers religious traditions that have tolerated or had a role for same-sex relations, to those that have condemned it and called for punishment. The legal treatment of homosexuality, and the development in the modern world of a gay rights movements, are central areas of focus. In addition, there are a number of entries for specific countries and regions that provides concise summaries of how same-sex relations have been understood and treated around the globe. Court decisions and emerging norms in international law are also covered. Historical Dictionary of Homosexuality, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 200 cross-referenced entries on important historical figures, philosophic, artistic, and literary treatments of same-sex love, historical terms, and contemporary events. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about homosexuality.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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153815045X

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9781538150450

Fake Work

Why People Are Working Harder than Ever but Accomplishing Less, and How to Fix the Problem

By: Brent D. Peterson,Gaylan W. Nielson

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Why People Are Working Harder than Ever but Accomplishing Less, and How to Fix the Problem

By: Brent D. Peterson,Gaylan W. Nielson

How many countless working hours have you spent on projects, proposals, paperwork, and meetings that felt useless or were ignored or dismissed? Hard work is not the same as real work. Half of the work we do consumes valuable time without strengthening the short- or long-term survival of the organization. In a word, it's fake. Not only does fake work drain a company's resources without improving its bottom line, it steals conviction, care, and positive morale from employees, and adds the burden of high turnover, communication breakdowns, and cultural patterns of poor productivity. But how can you turn fake work into real work? Internationally renowned business consultants Brent D. Peterson and Gaylan W. Nielson explain how to identify needlessly time-consuming and sometimes difficult tasks (which aren't always as easy to spot as they seem) and shift your focus toward rewarding work that will achieve results. With more than twenty years of experience, Peterson and Nielson have successfully helped corporations, government agencies, nonprofits, schools, and community groups increase their productivity and retain talented employees by understanding and using their skills on things that actually matter. They illustrate their advice with stories about real world employees who have been trapped by fake work. Fake Work offers solutions that will change the way you view work, including how to recognize fake work and how to get out of it, how (and what) to communicate with your colleagues to eliminate fake work, how to recognize and counteract the personality traits that encourage fake work, and how to close the gap between your company's strategies and the work that needs to be done to reach the results critical to your and your company's survival.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416967753

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9781416967750

Constitutional History of Virginia

By: Brent Tarter

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Constitutional History of Virginia

By: Brent Tarter

This is the only modern comprehensive constitutional history of any state, and as a history of Virgina, it is one of the oldest and most complex. Virginia’s state legislature is the Virginia General Assembly, which was established in July 1619, making it the oldest current lawmaking body in North America. Brent Tarter’s Constitutional History of Virginia covers over three hundred years of Virginia’s legislative policy, from colony to statehood, revealing its political and legal backstory. From the very beginning in 1606, when James I chartered the Virginia Company to establish a commercial outpost on the Atlantic coast of North America, through the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the fundamental constitutions of the colony and state of Virginia have evolved and changed as the demographic, economic, political, and cultural characteristics of Virginia changed. Elements of the colonial constitution influenced the character of the state’s first constitution in 1776, and changing relationships between the people and their government, as well as relationships between the state and federal governments, have influenced how the state’s constitution has evolved. Tarter explores that evolution and taps into its relevance to the people who have lived and still live in Virginia.

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580

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University of Georgia Press

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0820363340

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9780820363349

Reawakening the Public Research University

By: Renée Beville Flower,Brent M. Haddad

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Reawakening the Public Research University

By: Renée Beville Flower,Brent M. Haddad

A core institution in the human endeavor—the public research university—is in transition. As U.S. public universities adapt to a multi-decadal decline in public funding, they risk losing their essential character as a generator, evaluator, and archivist of ideas and as a wellspring of tomorrow’s intellectual, economic, and political leaders. This book explores the core interdependent and coevolving structures of the research university: its physical domain (buildings, libraries, classrooms), administration (governance and funding), and intellectual structures (curricula and degree programs). It searches the U.S. history of the public research university to identify its essential qualities, and generates recommendations that identify the crucial roles of university administration, state government and federal government.

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University of California eScholarship

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0615970133

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9780615970134

People at Work

Human Relations in Organizations

By: Paul R. Timm,Brent D. Peterson

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People at Work

Human Relations in Organizations

By: Paul R. Timm,Brent D. Peterson

Introductory text balances concepts and applications in its analysis of the psychological and social issues people face in the workplace. Chapters on minorities and women have been extensively updated. Additional coverage of ethics, self-actualization, and cross-cultural communications is included.

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South Western Educational Publishing

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0314009019

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9780314009012

Cultus Americanus

Varieties of the Liberal Tradition in American Political Culture, 1600-1865

By: Brent Gilchrist

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Cultus Americanus

Varieties of the Liberal Tradition in American Political Culture, 1600-1865

By: Brent Gilchrist

Another feature-length adventure for the Mystery Inc. team. This time the gang are at Camp Little Moose where the eerie characters from ghost stories come to life. Scooby-Doo (voice of Frank Welker), Shaggy (Matthew Lillard), Freddy (Welker), Daphne (Grey DeLisle) and Velma (Mindy Cohn) join forces to solve the urban legends of The Woodsman, The Fishman and The Banshee of Black Canyon.

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Lexington Books

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0739121804

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9780739121801

Fake Work

Why People Are Working Harder than Ever but Accomplishing Less, and How to Fix the Problem

By: Brent D. Peterson,Gaylan W. Nielson

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Why People Are Working Harder than Ever but Accomplishing Less, and How to Fix the Problem

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Simon and Schuster

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Segregation

By: Eric Fong,Kumiko Shibuya,Brent Berry

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Segregation

By: Eric Fong,Kumiko Shibuya,Brent Berry

Segregation is one of the starkest social realities of contemporary societies. Though often associated with explicitly racist laws of the past, it is a phenomenon that persists to this day and is a crucial element for understanding group relations and the wellbeing of different populations in society. In this book, Eric Fong, Kumiko Shibuya, and Brent Berry provide a thorough discussion of the evolving complexity of segregation in its variety and variations. The authors focus not only on past trends and the development of segregation measures, but also the current state of affairs, and demonstrate the connections between the segregation of racial/ethnic groups and immigrant communities, along with poverty concentration. By taking a wide, cross-cutting view, the authors identify commonalities and differences in the causes, mechanisms, and consequences of segregation. Spatial and social segregation together perpetuate and reinforce the unequal distribution of resources among racial and ethnic groups, which in turn can have positive and negative consequences for individuals and groups. This critical overview of segregation will be a valuable and insightful resource for students of sociology, geography, and ethnic studies, as well as those keen to get a handle on this persistent challenge to equal and inclusive societies.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509534768

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9781509534760

Book's by Brent D. Peterson

Historical Dictionary of Homosexuality

Historical Dictionary of Homosexuality

Fake Work

Fake Work

Constitutional History of Virginia

Constitutional History of Virginia

Reawakening the Public Research University

Reawakening the Public Research University

People at Work

People at Work

Cultus Americanus

Cultus Americanus

Fake Work

Fake Work

Segregation

Segregation

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