Bruce Jesse Biddle's Books

The Untested Accusation

Principals, Research Knowledge, and Policy Making in Schools

By: Bruce Jesse Biddle,Lawrence J. Saha

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Untested Accusation

Principals, Research Knowledge, and Policy Making in Schools

By: Bruce Jesse Biddle,Lawrence J. Saha

Here, the authors address questions about the utilization of knowledge from social research and offer evidence that challenges allegations about the 'awful reputation' of educational research and its supposed lack of impact.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

324

Publisher

R&L Education

Published Date

ISBN 10

1578861934

ISBN 13

9781578861934

Social Class, Poverty and Education

By: Bruce Biddle

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Social Class, Poverty and Education

By: Bruce Biddle

Equal access to education is an important American ideal, yet for many years it has been unavailable to a large number of Americans living in impoverished communities. Biddle gives an insightful progress report on today's educational system.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

272

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135301476

ISBN 13

9781135301477

Role Theory

Expectations, Identities, and Behaviors

By: Bruce J. Biddle

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Role Theory

Expectations, Identities, and Behaviors

By: Bruce J. Biddle

Role Theory: Expectations, Identities, and Behaviors presents the applications of role concepts for education, social work, and clinical practice. This book examines the advantages as well as the shortcomings of the role stance. Organized into nine chapters, this book begins with an overview of behaviors that are characteristics of persons within contexts and the various processes that are employed to explain and predict those behaviors. This text then examines the concepts of the role field and discovers their applications to social problems of pressing concern. Other chapters consider the empirical evidence that has been developed within the role orientation concerning social problems. This book discusses as well the behavioral comparability, behavior linkage, behavioral effects, and complex linking concepts for behaviors. The final chapter discusses how contexts may affect the behaviors of persons and how those behaviors may have subsequent functions. This book is a valuable resource for anthropologists, sociologists, and social psychologists.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

429

Publisher

Academic Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1483288137

ISBN 13

9781483288130

The Manufactured Crisis

Myths, Fraud, and the Attack on America's Public Schools

By: David C. Berliner,Bruce Jesse Biddle

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Manufactured Crisis

Myths, Fraud, and the Attack on America's Public Schools

By: David C. Berliner,Bruce Jesse Biddle

Over the past decade a rising chorus of critics - from William Bennett to Allan Bloom - has decried the supposedly dire state of our public schools. Kids aren't learning what they should, violence and chaos reign in the classroom, and bureaucracy strangles attempts at reform. But how much of that grim image is really true? In The Manufactured Crisis, two prominent scholars, prize-winning educational psychologist David C. Berliner and leading social psychologist Bruce J. Biddle, fight back with the good news. They debunk a whole series of familiar but untrue statistics about public schools - that SAT scores have been dropping, when for many groups they are in fact rising; that illiteracy is up, when in fact the numbers have been skewed because schools are now educating the traditionally disenfranchised in ever larger numbers; that investments in public education do not pay off when, in fact, they lead to greater student achievements and life earnings; that private schools are inherently better than public schools when, in fact, the evidence does not support this charge. Berliner and Biddle tear through these and other sensational myths to give the reader an honest look at public education in America and the misguided, often tragic proposals that critics have urged for correcting these fictive problems. In addition, they expose and offer solutions to the real problems American public schools face today, schools that continue to provide an increasingly diverse citizenry with the opportunity to better their lives.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

436

Publisher

Longman Publishing Group

Published Date

ISBN 10

0801314860

ISBN 13

9780801314865

Knickerbocker Commodore

The Life and Times of John Drake Sloat, 1781-1867

By: Bruce A. Castleman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Knickerbocker Commodore

The Life and Times of John Drake Sloat, 1781-1867

By: Bruce A. Castleman

Explores the life and times of John Drake Sloat, the US Navy Pacific Squadron commander who occupied Monterey and declared the annexation of California at the beginning of the war with Mexico. Knickerbocker Commodore chronicles the life of Rear Admiral John Drake Sloat, an important but understudied naval figure in US history. Born and raised by a slave-owning gentry family in New Yorks Hudson Valley, Sloat moved to New York City at age nineteen. Bruce A. Castleman explores Sloats forty-five-year career in the Navy, from his initial appointment as midshipman in the conflicts with revolutionary France to his service as commodore during the countrys war with Mexico. As the commodore in command of the naval forces in the Pacific, Sloat occupied Monterey and declared the annexation of California in July 1846, controversial actions criticized by some and defended by others. More than a biography of one man, this book illustrates the evolution of the peacetime Navy as an institution and its conversion from sail to steam. Using shipping news and Customs Service records from Sloats merchant voyages, Castleman offers a rare and insightful perspective on American maritime history. Knickerbocker Commodore is a first-rate scholarly biography of John Drake Sloat. In his study, Castleman presents a persuasive assessment of this important naval officer and his role in the controversial early days of the Mexican War in California. John H. Schroeder, author of Matthew Calbraith Perry: Antebellum Sailor and Diplomat Written by a scholar and a former naval officer, Bruce Castleman has given us not only a well-balanced biography of John Drake Sloat but also a history of the US Navy from the time of the War of 1812 to the Civil War. In addition, his well-researched book provides an important contribution to the war with Mexico and the American conquest of Alta California through the actions and decision making of this Knickerbocker Commodore. Gary F. Kurutz, Curator Emeritus of Special Collections, California State Library The Mexican-American War of 184647 was a war of foundational importance to the United States. Bruce Castlemans biography of an important but little-known participant deftly captures the critical moment when America defeated its major continental rival. Even better, by thoughtfully tracing the entirety of Sloats life, the book winningly tells the story of the early American Navy from its tremulous beginnings in the Revolution to its steam-powered modernity in the Civil War. Castlemans biography is of more than just a man; it is of an entire time in American history, and all the more useful for it. David J. Silbey, author of A War of Frontier and Empire: The Philippine-American War, 18991902

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

342

Publisher

SUNY Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1438461518

ISBN 13

9781438461519

Outsourcing Security

Private Military Contractors and U.S. Foreign Policy

By: Bruce E. Stanley

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Outsourcing Security

Private Military Contractors and U.S. Foreign Policy

By: Bruce E. Stanley

Faced with a decreasing supply of national troops, dwindling defense budgets, and the ever-rising demand for boots on the ground in global conflicts and humanitarian emergencies, decision makers are left with little choice but to legalize and legitimize the use of private military contractors (PMCs). Outsourcing Security examines the impact that bureaucratic controls and the increasing permissiveness of security environments have had on the U.S. military’s growing use of PMCs during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Bruce E. Stanley examines the relationship between the rise of the private security industry and five potential explanatory variables tied to supply-and-demand theory in six historical cases, including Operation Desert Storm in 1991, the U.S. intervention in Bosnia in 1995, and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Outsourcing Security is the only work that moves beyond a descriptive account of the rise of PMCs to lay out a precise theory explaining the phenomenon and providing a framework for those considering PMCs in future global interaction.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

237

Publisher

U of Nebraska Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1612347177

ISBN 13

9781612347172

The History and Science of the Manhattan Project

By: Bruce Cameron Reed

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The History and Science of the Manhattan Project

By: Bruce Cameron Reed

The development of atomic bombs under the auspices of the U.S. Army’s Manhattan Project during World War II is considered to be the outstanding news story of the twentieth century. In this book, a physicist and expert on the history of the Project presents a comprehensive overview of this momentous achievement. The first three chapters cover the history of nuclear physics from the discovery of radioactivity to the discovery of fission, and would be ideal for instructors of a sophomore-level “Modern Physics” course. Student-level exercises at the ends of the chapters are accompanied by answers. Chapter 7 covers the physics of first-generation fission weapons at a similar level, again accompanied by exercises and answers. For the interested layman and for non-science students and instructors, the book includes extensive qualitative material on the history, organization, implementation, and results of the Manhattan Project and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing missions. The reader also learns about the legacy of the Project as reflected in the current world stockpiles of nuclear weapons. This second edition contains important revisions and additions, including a new chapter on the German atomic bomb program and new sections on British and Canadian contributions to the Manhattan project and on feed materials. Several other sections have been expanded; reader feedback has been helpful in introducing minor corrections and improved explanations; and, last but not least, the second edition includes a detailed index.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

553

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3662581752

ISBN 13

9783662581759

Skeletal Trauma E-Book

By: Bruce D. Browner,Jesse Jupiter,Christian Krettek,Paul A Anderson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Skeletal Trauma E-Book

By: Bruce D. Browner,Jesse Jupiter,Christian Krettek,Paul A Anderson

Obtain the best outcomes from the latest techniques with help from a "who's who" of orthopaedic trauma experts. The updated edition of Skeletal Trauma: Basic Science, Management, and Reconstruction is dedicated to conveying today's most comprehensive information on the basic science, diagnosis, and treatment of acute musculoskeletal injuries and post-traumatic reconstructive problems. You'll be equipped with all of the knowledge needed to manage any type of traumatic injury in adults. Confidently approach every form of traumatic injury with current coverage of relevant anatomy and biomechanics, mechanisms of injury, diagnostic approaches, treatment options, and associated complications. Access critical information concerning mass casualty incidents and war injuries. Sixteen active-duty military surgeons and physicians from various branches of the U.S. Military have collaborated with civilian authors to address injuries caused by road traffic, armed conflicts, civil wars, and insurgencies throughout the world. Learn from many brand-new chapters including Principles of Internal Fixation; Gunshot Wounds and Blast Injuries; New Concepts in Management of Thoracolumbar Fractures; Surgical Treatment of Acetabular Fractures; Diaphyseal Fractures of the Forearm; Fractures of the Distal Femur; Tibial Plateau Fractures; and Amputations in Trauma. Take advantage of guidance from expert editors, two brand new to this edition, and a host of new authors who provide fresh insights on current trends and approaches in the specialty. Know what to look for and how to proceed with a fully updated art program that features full-color intraoperative images and crisp, new figures. Handle the most challenging cases of latent or post-operative nonunions, malunions, and more with extensive coverage of post-traumatic reconstruction. Consult this title on your favorite e-reader, conduct rapid searches, and adjust font sizes for optimal readability.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

3001

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Published Date

ISBN 10

0323294987

ISBN 13

9780323294980

Book's by Bruce Jesse Biddle

The Untested Accusation

The Untested Accusation

Social Class, Poverty and Education

Social Class, Poverty and Education

Role Theory

Role Theory

The Manufactured Crisis

The Manufactured Crisis

Knickerbocker Commodore

Knickerbocker Commodore

Outsourcing Security

Outsourcing Security

The History and Science of the Manhattan Project

The History and Science of the Manhattan Project

Skeletal Trauma E-Book

Skeletal Trauma E-Book

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email