Carol Ison's Books

Handbook of Home Nutrition Support

By: Carol S. Ireton-Jones

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Handbook of Home Nutrition Support

By: Carol S. Ireton-Jones

Home nutrition support provides essential nutritional assessments and artificial feeding in the form of either tube or vein. This book covers a multitude of specific applications for various needs.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

478

Publisher

Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published Date

ISBN 10

0763747696

ISBN 13

9780763747695

Doing Work Based Research

Approaches to Enquiry for Insider-Researchers

By: Carol Costley,Geoffrey C Elliott,Paul Gibbs

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Doing Work Based Research

Approaches to Enquiry for Insider-Researchers

By: Carol Costley,Geoffrey C Elliott,Paul Gibbs

With the growth of practitioner research, this book leads the way by addressing key issues faced by ‘insider researchers’ – those doing research projects in the organizations and communities in which they themselves work, or where they are already familiar with the setting. The authors explore the implications of these research contexts, and discuss approaches and methodologies that researchers in these contexts might adopt, with a particular focus on ethics - one of the key concerns for students undertaking a research project of this type.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

225

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Published Date

ISBN 10

1848606788

ISBN 13

9781848606784

The Bill of Rights

The Fight to Secure America’s Liberties

By: Carol Berkin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Bill of Rights

The Fight to Secure America’s Liberties

By: Carol Berkin

Describes how the Bill of Rights came into existence, detailing how the Founders argued over the contents of the document, reflecting an ideological divide between the power of the federal versus state governments that still exists to this day.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

272

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

1476743797

ISBN 13

9781476743790

Guidelines for Developing, Testing and Selecting Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management

A C&I Developer's Reference

By: Ravi Prabhu,Carol J. Pierce Colfer,Richard G. Dudley

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Guidelines for Developing, Testing and Selecting Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management

A C&I Developer's Reference

By: Ravi Prabhu,Carol J. Pierce Colfer,Richard G. Dudley

Preparing for C&I testing. C&I testing procedures. Follow-up analysis. The conceptual basis of C&I development. Three case studies. Literature and further reading.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

183

Publisher

CIFOR

Published Date

ISBN 10

9798764242

ISBN 13

9789798764240

Love For No Reason

7 Steps to Creating a Life of Unconditional Love

By: Marci Shimoff

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Love For No Reason

7 Steps to Creating a Life of Unconditional Love

By: Marci Shimoff

Transformational leader and author Marci Shimoff outlines seven steps aimed at helping readers develop and maintain unconditional love which she believes will allow them to have lasting joy and fulfillment in life.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

370

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

1439165033

ISBN 13

9781439165034

High-Class Moving Pictures

Lyman H. Howe and the Forgotten Era of Traveling Exhibition, 1880-1920

By: Charles Musser,Carol Nelson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

High-Class Moving Pictures

Lyman H. Howe and the Forgotten Era of Traveling Exhibition, 1880-1920

By: Charles Musser,Carol Nelson

The entrepreneur of phonograph concerts and motion-picture programs Lyman H. Howe was the leading traveling exhibitor of his time and the exemplar of an important but until now little examined aspect of American popular culture. This work, with its numerous and lively illustrations, uses his career to explore the world of itinerant showmen, who exhibited all motion pictures seen outside large cities during the 1890s and early 1900s. They frequently built cultural alliances with genteel city dwellers or conservative churchgoers and in later years favored "high-class" topics appealing to audiences uncomfortable with the plebeian nickelodeons. Bridging the fields of American studies and film history, the book reveals the remarkable sophistication with which exhibitors created their elaborate, evening-length programs to convey powerful ideological messages. Whether depicting the Spanish-American War, the 1900 Paris Exposition, or British colonialism in action, Howe's "cinema of reassurance" had many parallels with the music of John Philip Sousa. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

387

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1400872723

ISBN 13

9781400872725

Introducing Comparative Politics

Concepts and Cases in Context

By: Stephen Orvis,Carol Ann Drogus

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Introducing Comparative Politics

Concepts and Cases in Context

By: Stephen Orvis,Carol Ann Drogus

Organized thematically around important questions in comparative politics, Introducing Comparative Politics, Fourth Edition by Stephen Orvis and Carol Ann Drogus integrates a set of extended case studies of 11 core countries into the narrative. Serving as touchstones, the cases are set in chapters where they make the most sense topically—not separated from theory or in a separate volume—and vividly illustrate issues in cross-national context. The book’s organization allows instructors flexibility and gives students a more accurate sense of comparative study. In this edition, a brand new chapter on Contentious Politics covers ethnic fragmentation, social movements, civil war, revolutions, and political violence. New case studies on this topic include the Occupy and Tea Party movements in the US; Zapatista rebellion in Mexico; Boko Haram in Nigeria; and; and revolutions in China and Iran. The chapter on States and Identity has been substantially revised to better introduce students to the concept of identity and how countries handle identity-based demands. Case studies include nationalism in Germany; ethnicity in Nigeria; religion in India; race in the US; gender in Iran; and sexual orientation in Brazil. Content on states and markets, political economy, globalization, and development has all been consolidated into a new Part III of the book, focusing in a sustained way on economic issues.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

762

Publisher

CQ Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1506375472

ISBN 13

9781506375472

Media in Hong Kong

Press Freedom and Political Change, 1967-2005

By: Carol P. Lai

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Media in Hong Kong

Press Freedom and Political Change, 1967-2005

By: Carol P. Lai

Making full use of newly declassified material, extensive interviews and specific case studies, this book examines the Hong Kong media over a forty year period, focusing in particular on how its newspapers and TV stations have struggled for press freedom under the colonial British administration, as well as Chinese rule.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

284

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

113414508X

ISBN 13

9781134145089

Contested Transformation

By: Carol Hardy-Fanta,Pei-te Lien,Dianne Pinderhughes,Christine Marie Sierra

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Contested Transformation

By: Carol Hardy-Fanta,Pei-te Lien,Dianne Pinderhughes,Christine Marie Sierra

This book provides the first in-depth look at male and female elected officials of color using survey and other empirical data.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

515

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521196434

ISBN 13

9780521196437

The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England

By: Carol F. Karlsen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England

By: Carol F. Karlsen

A pioneer work in…the sexual structuring of society. This is not just another book about witchcraft." —Edmund S. Morgan, Yale University Confessing to "familiarity with the devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. The case of Ann Cole, who was "taken with very strange Fits," fueled an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Hartford a generation before the notorious events at Salem. More than three hundred years later, the question "Why?" still haunts us. Why were these and other women likely witches—vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft and possession? Carol F. Karlsen reveals the social construction of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England and illuminates the larger contours of gender relations in that society.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

393

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

0393347192

ISBN 13

9780393347197

Dermatology Therapy. A - Z Essentials

By: Norman Levine,Carol C. Levine

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Dermatology Therapy. A - Z Essentials

By: Norman Levine,Carol C. Levine

This new title in the Springer series "A to Z Essentials" contains nearly 1000 entries on dermatologic definitions, differential diagnoses and therapeutic possibilities. The highly structured articles include succinct discussions of the signs, symptoms and therapeutic options, including designations of therapies of choice, where appropriate. The volume is richly illustrated in color and contains many tables outlining commonly used medications in dermatology for ease of reference. Please note that this publication is available as print only OR online only OR print + online set. Save 75% of the online list price when purchasing the bundle.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

632

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

3540008640

ISBN 13

9783540008644

The State of the World's Children 2000

By: Carol Bellamy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The State of the World's Children 2000

By: Carol Bellamy

Chronicling the efforts of the international community to ensure education for all children, this report includes eight tables profiling 193 countries. These tables cover basic indicators, nutrition, health, education, demographic indicators, economic indicators, women, & the rate of progress since 1960. Recommended in: ALA's Guide to Reference Books, Walford's Guide to Reference Material.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

125

Publisher

UNICEF

Published Date

ISBN 10

9280635328

ISBN 13

9789280635324

Goodwin and Guze's Psychiatric Diagnosis

By: Carol North,Sean Yutzy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Goodwin and Guze's Psychiatric Diagnosis

By: Carol North,Sean Yutzy

systematically covers the definition, historical background, epidemiology, clinical picture, natural history, complications, family studies, differential diagnosis, and clinical management of each disorder." "Some specific areas of new material include the long term course of mood disorders, genetics and neuro-imaging of schizophrenia and mood and other disorders, cognitive changes in relation to depression and dementia, brain stimulation techniques, outcome studies of eating disorders, and epidemiology of drug use disorders. In accordance with current medical community interest and research, entirely new chapters on posttraumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder have been included. Additionally, a new introduction reviews the background of medical model psychiatry and the empirical approach to psychiatric nosology. With this new edition, medical students and psychiatric residents will continue to discover that no other text provides such a lucid, --

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

431

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0195144295

ISBN 13

9780195144291

Current Trends in the Study of Midrash

By: Carol Bakhos

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Current Trends in the Study of Midrash

By: Carol Bakhos

This important collection of essays by leading scholars of rabbinics reflects the current methodological approaches to the study of midrash. The volume situates midrash within the broader contexts of hermeneutics, rabbinics and postmodern studies, and thus presents a comprehensive view of the kinds of issues scholars in the field are engaging.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

342

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9047417739

ISBN 13

9789047417736

Evaluation of Multilingual and Multi-modal Information Retrieval

7th Workshop of the Cross-Language Evaluation Forum, CLEF 2006, Alicante, Spain, September 20-22, 2006, Revised Selected Papers

By: Cross-Language Evaluation Forum. Workshop,Carol Peters

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Evaluation of Multilingual and Multi-modal Information Retrieval

7th Workshop of the Cross-Language Evaluation Forum, CLEF 2006, Alicante, Spain, September 20-22, 2006, Revised Selected Papers

By: Cross-Language Evaluation Forum. Workshop,Carol Peters

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed postproceedings of the 7th Workshop of the Cross-Language Evaluation Forum, CLEF 2006, held in Alicante, Spain, September 2006. The revised papers presented together with an introduction were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on Multilingual Textual Document Retrieval, Domain-Specifig Information Retrieval, i-CLEF, QA@CLEF, ImageCLEF, CLSR, WebCLEF and GeoCLEF.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1018

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

3540749985

ISBN 13

9783540749981

Harlequin Historical January 2013 - Bundle 2 of 2

Forbidden Jewel of India\Rebel with a Cause\Behind the Rake's Wicked Wager

By: Louise Allen,Carol Arens,Sarah Mallory

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Harlequin Historical January 2013 - Bundle 2 of 2

Forbidden Jewel of India\Rebel with a Cause\Behind the Rake's Wicked Wager

By: Louise Allen,Carol Arens,Sarah Mallory

Harlequin Historical brings you three new titles for one great price, available now for a limited time only from January 1 to January 31! Escape with brooding lords and rugged cowboys in these three timeless love stories. This Harlequin Historical bundle includes Forbidden Jewel of India, by Louise Allen, Rebel with a Cause, by Carol Arens, and Behind the Rake's Wicked Wager, by Sarah Mallory. Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin Historical!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

571

Publisher

Harlequin

Published Date

ISBN 10

1460309537

ISBN 13

9781460309537

Gcse Applied Business Aqa

Student Book

By: Carol Carysforth,Mike Neild

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Gcse Applied Business Aqa

Student Book

By: Carol Carysforth,Mike Neild

This book meets all the assessment requirements of the AQA specification, however, it is also suitable for students following other specifications.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

436

Publisher

Heinemann

Published Date

ISBN 10

0435446908

ISBN 13

9780435446901

The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Image in Digital Media

By: Carol Vernallis,Amy Herzog,John Richardson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Image in Digital Media

By: Carol Vernallis,Amy Herzog,John Richardson

This collection surveys the contemporary landscape of audiovisual media. Contributors from image and sound studies explore the history and the future of moving-image media across a range of formats including blockbuster films, video games, music videos, social media, experimental film, video art, pornography, theater, and electronic music.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

833

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

019975764X

ISBN 13

9780199757640

Lusty Billionaires Bundle

An Anthology

By: Carol Marinelli,Lucy Monroe,Cathy Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Lusty Billionaires Bundle

An Anthology

By: Carol Marinelli,Lucy Monroe,Cathy Williams

Sexy, single…and loaded! Get caught up in a world of luxury and love with three hot billionaires in the Lusty Billionaire's Bundle! Includes The Billionaire's Contract Bride by Carol Marinelli, The Billionaire's Pregnant Mistress by Lucy Monroe, and The Billionaire Boss's Bride by Cathy Williams.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

550

Publisher

Harlequin

Published Date

ISBN 10

1426806361

ISBN 13

9781426806360

Hungarian

An Essential Grammar

By: Carol Rounds

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Hungarian

An Essential Grammar

By: Carol Rounds

A clear guide to the most important structures of the Hungarian language.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

344

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0415226112

ISBN 13

9780415226110

Home without Walls

Southern Baptist Women and Social Reform in the Progressive Era

By: Carol Crawford Holcomb

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Home without Walls

Southern Baptist Women and Social Reform in the Progressive Era

By: Carol Crawford Holcomb

A critical examination of the Woman’s Missionary Union and how it shaped the views of Southern Baptist women The Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU), founded in 1888, carved out a uniquely feminine space within the Southern Baptist Convention during the tumultuous years of the Progressive Era when American theologians were formulating the social gospel. These women represented the Southern Baptist elite and as such had the time to read, write, and discuss ideas with other Southern progressives. They rubbed shoulders with more progressive Methodist and Presbyterian women in clubs and ecumenical missionary meetings. Baptist women studied the missionary publications of these other denominations and adopted ideas for a Southern Baptist audience. Home without Walls: Southern Baptist Women and Social Reform in the Progressive Era shows how the social attitudes of women were shaped at the time. By studying primary documents—including personal letters, official exchanges and memoranda, magazine publications, newsletters, and editorials—Carol Crawford Holcomb uncovers ample evidence that WMU leaders, aware of the social gospel and sympathetic to social reform, appropriated the tools of social work and social service to carry out their missionary work. Southern Baptist women united to build a financial empire that would sustain the Southern Baptists through the Great Depression and beyond. Their social attitudes represented a kaleidoscope of contrasting opinions. By no stretch of the imagination could WMU leaders be characterized as liberal social gospel advocates. However, it would also be wrong to depict them as uniformly hostile to progressivism or ignorant of contemporary theological ideas. In the end, they were practical feminists in their determination to provide a platform for women’s views and a space for women to do meaningful work.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

260

Publisher

University Alabama Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0817320547

ISBN 13

9780817320546

Countering Colonization

Native American Women and Great Lakes Missions, 1630-1900

By: Carol Devens

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Countering Colonization

Native American Women and Great Lakes Missions, 1630-1900

By: Carol Devens

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

198

Publisher

University of California Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0520328663

ISBN 13

9780520328662

Fundamentals of Audiology for the Speech-Language Pathologist

By: Deborah R. Welling,Carol A. Ukstins

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fundamentals of Audiology for the Speech-Language Pathologist

By: Deborah R. Welling,Carol A. Ukstins

Fundamentals of Audiology for the Speech-Language Pathologist, Third Edition is specifically written to provide the speech language pathologist with a knowledge base to work with individuals who are hard of hearing, deaf and diagnosed with (central) auditory processing disorder. Serving as a guide to the management of hearing loss, this unique resource presents basic audiological concepts in a clear, concise, easy to understand format, eliminating extensive technical jargon. This comprehensive text covers various types and degrees of hearing loss and the resulting auditory, speech, and language difficulties. Moving away from an exclusively diagnostic format of audiology practices, this text also focuses on the rehabilitative aspects of hearing loss and empowering students to collaborate with audiologists throughout their career. Unlike other texts, Fundamentals of Audiology for the Speech-Language Pathologist, Third Edition presents detailed information on all audiometric testing proce

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

612

Publisher

Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published Date

ISBN 10

1284259110

ISBN 13

9781284259117

James Still

A Life

By: Carol Boggess

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

James Still

A Life

By: Carol Boggess

James Still (1906–2001) first achieved national recognition in the 1930s as a poet, and he remains one of the most beloved and important writers in Appalachian literature. Though he is best known for the seminal novel River of Earth—which Time magazine called a "work of art" and which is often compared to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath as a poignant literary exploration of the Great Depression—Still is also recognized as a significant writer of short fiction. His stories were frequently published in outlets such as the Atlantic and the Saturday Evening Post and won numerous awards, including the O. Henry Memorial Prize. In the definitive biography of the man known as the "dean of Appalachian literature," Carol Boggess offers a detailed portrait of Still. Despite his notable output and importance as a mentor to generations of young writers, Still was extremely private, preferring a quiet existence in a century-old log house between the waters of Wolfpen Creek and Dead Mare Branch in Knott County, Kentucky. Boggess, who befriended the author in the last decade of his life, draws on correspondence, journal entries, numerous interviews with Still and his family, and extensive archival research to illuminate his somewhat mysterious personal life. James Still: A Life explores every period of Still's life, from his childhood in Alabama, through the years he spent supporting himself in various odd jobs while trying to build his literary career, to the decades he spent fostering other talents. This long-overdue biography not only offers an important perspective on the author's work and art but also celebrates the legacy of a man who succeeded in becoming a legend in his own lifetime.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

585

Publisher

University Press of Kentucky

Published Date

ISBN 10

0813174198

ISBN 13

9780813174198

Safety Nets, Politics, and the Poor

Transitions to Market Economies

By: Carol L. Graham

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Safety Nets, Politics, and the Poor

Transitions to Market Economies

By: Carol L. Graham

Countries worldwide are attempting difficult transitions from state-planned to market economies. Most of these countries have fragile democratic regimes that are threatened by the high social and political costs of reform. Governments—and ultimately societies—have to make hard choices about allocating scarce public resources as they undergo these transitions. A central, often controversial, and most poignant question is how to protect vulnerable groups and the poor. What compensation, what "safety net" will be provided for them? Carol Graham argues that safety nets can provide an environment in which economic reform is more politically sustainable and poverty can be permanently reduced. However, these two objectives frequently involve trade-offs, as vocal and organized opponents of reform (for obvious political reasons) often concern governments far more than the poor. These organized and less vulnerable groups tend to place heavy demands on the scarce resources available to governments at times of economic crisis. Governments that fail to address the social costs of reform, meanwhile, often face popular opposition that jeopardizes or even derails the entire market transition--the results of the September 1993 elections in Poland are a case in point. The author examines these trade-offs in detail, with a particular focus on how political and institutional contexts affect the kinds of safety nets that are implemented. For example, reaching the poor and vulnerable with safety nets tends to be more difficult in closed-party systems, such as in Senegal, where entrenched interest groups have a monopoly on state benefits. In contrast, dramatic political change or rapid implementation of economic reform undermines the influence of such groups and therefore can provide unique political opportunities to redirect resources to the poor, as in the case of Bolivia and Zambia. Rather than focus their efforts on organized interest groups--such as public sector

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

393

Publisher

Brookings Institution Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0815719892

ISBN 13

9780815719892

Africa in the American Imagination

Popular Culture, Racialized Identities, and African Visual Culture

By: Carol Magee

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Africa in the American Imagination

Popular Culture, Racialized Identities, and African Visual Culture

By: Carol Magee

In the American world, the presence of African culture is sometimes fully embodied and sometimes leaves only a trace. Africa in the American Imagination: Popular Culture, Racialized Identities, and African Visual Culture explores this presence, examining Mattel's world of Barbie, the 1996 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, and Disney World, each of which repackages African visual culture for consumers. Because these cultural icons permeate American life, they represent the broader U.S. culture and its relationship to African culture. This study integrates approaches from art history and visual culture studies with those from culture, race, and popular culture studies to analyze this interchange. Two major threads weave throughout. One analyzes how the presentation of African visual culture in these popular culture forms conceptualizes Africa for the American public. The other investigates the way the uses of African visual culture focuses America's own self-awareness, particularly around black and white racialized identities. In exploring the multiple meanings that “Africa” has in American popular culture, Africa in the American Imagination argues that these cultural products embody multiple perspectives and speak to various sociopolitical contexts: the Cold War, civil rights, and contemporary eras of the United States; the apartheid and post-apartheid eras of South Africa; the colonial and postcolonial eras of Ghana; and the European era of African colonization.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

280

Publisher

Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published Date

ISBN 10

1617031534

ISBN 13

9781617031533

Appreciative Intelligence

Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn

By: Tojo Thatchenkery,Carol Metzker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Appreciative Intelligence

Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn

By: Tojo Thatchenkery,Carol Metzker

“Provocative . . . reveals the ability behind exciting and unexpected innovations, turnarounds, or accomplishments that were once considered impossible.” —W. Warner Burke, Edward L. Thorndike Professor of Psychology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University Appreciative Intelligence provides a new answer to what enables successful people to dream up their extraordinary and innovative ideas; why employees, partners, colleagues, investors, and other stakeholders join them on the path to their goals, and how they achieve these goals despite obstacles and challenges. It is not simple optimism. People with appreciative intelligence are realistic and action oriented—they have the ability not just to identify positive potential, but to devise a course of action to take advantage of it. Drawing on their own original research and recent discoveries in psychology and cognitive neuroscience, Thatchenkery and Metzker outline the evidence for appreciative intelligence, detail its specific characteristics, and show how you can develop this skill and use it in your own life and work. They show how the most successful leaders are able to spread appreciative intelligence throughout an organization, and they offer tools and exercises you can use to increase your own level of appreciative intelligence and so become more creative, resilient, successful, and personally fulfilled. “An inspiring and practical account of how to develop the capacity to see potential within the present and to develop this capacity within oneself and in others.” —Jane E. Dutton, William Russell Kelly Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Psychology, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan “A compelling justification for . . . what endows successful leaders with the qualities of persistence, conviction, comfort with uncertainty, and resilience to overcome challenges.” —Dr. V. Nilakant, coauthor of Change Management

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

340

Publisher

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1609943171

ISBN 13

9781609943172

Law and Administration

By: Carol Harlow,Richard Rawlings

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Law and Administration

By: Carol Harlow,Richard Rawlings

A contextualised study setting out the foundations of administrative law, with discussion of case law and legislation to show practical application.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

881

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521197074

ISBN 13

9780521197076

The U.S. Brewing Industry

Data and Economic Analysis

By: Victor J. Tremblay,Carol Horton Tremblay

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The U.S. Brewing Industry

Data and Economic Analysis

By: Victor J. Tremblay,Carol Horton Tremblay

A definitive study that uses a blend of theory, history, and data to analyze the evolution of the US brewing industry; draws on theoretical tools of industrial organization, game theory, and management strategy. This definitive study uses theory, history, and data to analyze the evolution of the US brewing industry from a fragmented market to an emerging oligopoly. Drawing on a rich and extensive data set and applying the theoretical tools of industrial organization, game theory, and management strategy, the authors provide new quantitative and qualitative perspectives on an industry they characterize as "a veritable market laboratory." The US brewing industry illustrates many of the important topics in industrial organization, economic policy, and business strategy, including industry concentration, technological change, brand proliferation, and mixed pricing strategies. After giving an overview of the industry, Tremblay and Tremblay discuss basic demand and cost conditions and industry concentration. They describe the evolution of the leading mass-producing brewers and the emergence of both specialty brewers and imports. They analyze the history and the causes of product and brand proliferation (showing how product proliferation leads to firm dominance), discuss price, advertising, merger, and other management strategies, and examine the industry's economic performance. Finally, they discuss public policy, including anti-trust and public health issues. The authors' set of industry, firm, and brand data for the period 1950-2002 -- the most comprehensive data set of economic variables available for an oligopolistic industry -- will be available to purchasers of the book who send an e-mail request. Data sources are listed in an appendix. Robert S. Weinberg, a management strategy scholar and leading consultant to the brewing industry, contributes a foreword. This ambitious, authoritative work, capping the authors' 25-year study of the brewing industry, will be a valuable resource for industry analysts, economists, and students of industrial organization.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

406

Publisher

MIT Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0262201518

ISBN 13

9780262201513

Jesus and the Streets

The Loci of Causality for the Intra-Racial Gender Academic Achievement Gap in Black Urban America and the United Kingdom

By: Paul C. Mocombe,Carol Tomlin,Victoria Showunmi

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Jesus and the Streets

The Loci of Causality for the Intra-Racial Gender Academic Achievement Gap in Black Urban America and the United Kingdom

By: Paul C. Mocombe,Carol Tomlin,Victoria Showunmi

Against John Ogbu’s oppositional culture theory and Claude Steele’s disidentification hypothesis, Jesus and the Streets offers a more appropriate structural Marxian hermeneutical framework for contextualizing, conceptualizing, and evaluating the locus of causality for the black male/female intra-racial gender academic achievement gap in the United States of America and the United Kingdom. Positing that in general the origins of the black/white academic achievement gap in both countries is grounded in what Paul C. Mocombe refers to as a “mismatch of linguistic structure and social class function.” Within this structural Marxist theoretical framework the intra-racial gender academic achievement gap between black boys and girls, the authors argue, is a result of the social class functions associated with industries (mode of production) and ideological apparatuses, i.e., prisons, the urban street life, athletics and entertainment, where the majority of urban black males in the US and UK achieve their status, social mobility, and economic gain, and the black church/education where black females in both countries are overwhelmingly more likely to achieve their status, social mobility, and drive for economic gain via education and professionalization.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

118

Publisher

UPA

Published Date

ISBN 10

0761866205

ISBN 13

9780761866206

Book's by Carol Ison

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email