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Dilthey’s Dream

Essays on human nature and culture

By: Derek Freeman

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Dilthey’s Dream

Essays on human nature and culture

By: Derek Freeman

With great eloquence, Derek Freeman takes the reader on an intellectual journey through the complexities of philosophical anthropology. Even while the controversial Nature–Nurture debate raged, Freeman contended that the crucial fact that humans had the capacity to make choices was ‘both intrinsic to our biology and basic to the very formation of cultures’. Thus the scene was set for his widely publicised criticism of Margaret Mead’s book Coming of Age in Samoa. Publishing her research in 1926, Mead concluded that all human behaviour was the result of social conditioning. Freeman refuted this assumption in 1983, urging closer interactions between the biological sciences and cultural studies to bridge the ever-widening chasm threatening all studies of humankind. Dilthey’s Dream is an engagingly powerful set of essays depicting the depth of one man’s thinking on issues, which consumed a lifetime.

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ANU Press

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1922144819

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9781922144812

Eighteenth-Century Women Playwrights, vol 4

By: Derek Hughes

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Eighteenth-Century Women Playwrights, vol 4

By: Derek Hughes

This six-volume anthology documents the history of women's drama throughout the 18th century, starting with the emergence in 1695-6 of the second generation of women dramatists to Aphra Benn. It includes the work of Catherine Trotter, Mary Pix, Eliza Haywood and Elizabeth Griffith.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040280307

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9781040280300

The Swahili

Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 8-15

By: Derek Nurse,Thomas Spear

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The Swahili

Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 8-15

By: Derek Nurse,Thomas Spear

As an introduction to how the history of an African society can be reconstructed from largely nonliterate sources, and to the Swahili in particular, . . . a model work."—International Journal of African Historical Studies

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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1512821667

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9781512821666

The Representative of the People?

Voters and Voting in England Under the Early Stuarts

By: Derek Hirst

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The Representative of the People?

Voters and Voting in England Under the Early Stuarts

By: Derek Hirst

Dr Hirst examines politics from the point of view of the ordinary man before the Civil War.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521019885

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9780521019880

Slow and Sudden Violence

Why and When Uprisings Occur

By: Derek Hyra

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Slow and Sudden Violence

Why and When Uprisings Occur

By: Derek Hyra

Exposing the roots of racial unrest that consistently harm Black communities In Slow and Sudden Violence, Derek Hyra links police violence to an ongoing cycle of racial and spatial urban redevelopment repression. By delving into the real estate histories of St. Louis and Baltimore, he shows how housing and community development policies advance neighborhood inequality by segregating, gentrifying, and displacing Black communities. Repeated decisions to “upgrade” the urban fabric and uproot low-income Black populations have resulted in pockets of poverty inhabited by people experiencing displacement trauma and police surveillance. These interconnected sets of divestments and accumulated frustrations have contributed to eruptions of violence in response to tragic, unjust police killings. To confront American unrest, Hyra urges that we end racialized policing, stop Black community destruction and displacement, and reduce neighborhood inequality.

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Univ of California Press

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0520401484

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9780520401488

Margaret Mead and Samoa

The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth

By: Derek Freeman

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Margaret Mead and Samoa

The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth

By: Derek Freeman

In 1928 Margaret Mead announced her stunning discovery of a culture in which the storm and stress of adolescence didn't exist. The resulting book, Coming of Age in Samoa has since become a classic - and the best-selling anthropology book of all time. Within the nature-nurture controversy that still divides scientists, Mead's evidence has long been a crucial negative instance, an apparent proof of the sovereignty of culture over biology.

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Penguin Group USA

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0140225552

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9780140225556

Choice and Morality in Anthropological Perspective

Essays in Honor of Derek Freeman

By: George N. Appell,T. N. Madan

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Choice and Morality in Anthropological Perspective

Essays in Honor of Derek Freeman

By: George N. Appell,T. N. Madan

This book explores choice behavior as constrained by culture, biology, and psychoanalytic processes in a variety of ethnographic contexts in Southeast Asia, Oceania, and Africa--the arena in which the controversy between Derek Freeman and anthropologist Margaret Mead's ideas of culture first developed. It also examines the interface between a nomothetic anthropology and a hermeneutic, idiographic anthropology, raising the critical question as to how ethnographic "knowledge" of another culture is achieved and transmitted to others. Freeman rejects an exclusive reliance on either culture or biology as key to explaining human behavior, proposing instead an interactionist paradigm. Fundamental to this paradigm is choice behavior, which is intrinsic to our biology and basic to the formation of culture: for cultures are the accumulation of socially sanctioned past choices. However, the greater the freedom to choose, the greater the scope for good or bad, and the greater the need for ethics, rules, and laws for defining prohibited alternatives. Choice and Morality investigates these themes. Its authors examine the emergent nature of social reality as a result of choice behavior and illustrate the complexity of Freeman's theoretical position.

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SUNY Press

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0887066062

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9780887066061

Eighteenth-century Women Playwrights

By: Derek Hughes

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Eighteenth-century Women Playwrights

By: Derek Hughes

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Routledge

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1851966161

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9781851966165

Thinking With the Church

Toward a Renewal of Baptist Theology

By: Derek C. Hatch

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Thinking With the Church

Toward a Renewal of Baptist Theology

By: Derek C. Hatch

Over the centuries, Baptists have labored to follow Christ in faithful devotion and service. More recently, they have occasionally partnered with fellow Christians from other traditions in these efforts while learning from each other along the way. In Thinking With the Church, Derek Hatch argues that Baptists need to follow the same pattern when it comes to their theological reflection, engaging the wisdom of all Christian pilgrims across time. This will require a new theological method--ressourcement--that embraces Baptists' place within the Great Tradition of the Christian faith. Such work will not abandon long-held Baptist convictions but offers resources for renewing Baptists' theological vision as they participate in the fullness of the mystical body of Christ.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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153261117X

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9781532611179

Suicide

A Modern Obsession

By: Derek Beattie,Dr Patrick Devitt

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Suicide

A Modern Obsession

By: Derek Beattie,Dr Patrick Devitt

When is it okay for a person to kill themself? How have ideas about this changed over time, and how do they differ across cultures? How do Ireland's suicide rates, especially among its young men, compare to rates in other countries in Europe and beyond? Are we obsessed today with the idea of suicide? Is it possible to prevent suicide - and, if so, how? Should we try to prevent all suicides, or are there some that we should allow, regulate, even assist? Might some suicides be rational? How are families affected by suicide? What can they do if a family member is suicidal? How can they cope after a suicide? Are doctors able to identify which pregnant women are at high risk of killing themselves? Would allowing these women to have abortions make them less likely to kill themselves? In this wide-ranging review and analysis of historical and scientific research on the topic of suicide, authors Derek Beattie and Dr Patrick Devitt take an unflinching and often chillingly rational look at these questions and many others.

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Liberties Press

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1910742066

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9781910742068

The Dresden Text

By: Derek Wilson

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The Dresden Text

By: Derek Wilson

When the Dresden Text - a treasured fragment of medieval illuminated manuscript - is stolen from a prestigious New York gallery, its loss hits Tim Lacy hard. His firm was responsible for the safety of the exhibits but even more devastatingly, a colleague was killed during the break-in. Within days the police, acting on an anonymous tip-off, have traced the armed robber. There is a shoot-out and the criminal is killed. But the suspiciously swift wrapping-up of the case leaves too many questions unanswered for Tim Lacy. Why was the Dresden Text stolen when other rarer, more valuable exhibits were on display nearby? Why have the police been ordered to close the file? And where is the Dresden Text now? Convinced that only the answers to these questions will lead to those responsible for his colleague's murder, Tim sets out to unravel a dark and complex mystery...

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Sphere

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1405522577

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9781405522571

The Trouble with Government

By: Derek Curtis Bok

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The Trouble with Government

By: Derek Curtis Bok

The author of "State of the Nation" seeks to determine the main reasons for the failings and frustrations associated with government and offers concrete steps that Americans can take to become politically engaged and to help the United States to improve its performance. 3 tables.

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Harvard University Press

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0674004485

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9780674004481

An Introduction to Tensor Calculus

Relativity and Cosmology

By: Derek F. Lawden

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An Introduction to Tensor Calculus

Relativity and Cosmology

By: Derek F. Lawden

This elementary introduction pays special attention to aspects of tensor calculus and relativity that students tend to find most difficult. Its use of relatively unsophisticated mathematics in the early chapters allows readers to develop their confidence within the framework of Cartesian coordinates before undertaking the theory of tensors in curved spaces and its application to general relativity theory. Topics include the special principle of relativity and Lorentz transformations; orthogonal transformations and Cartesian tensors; special relativity mechanics and electrodynamics; general tensor calculus and Riemannian space; and the general theory of relativity, including a focus on black holes and gravitational waves. The text concludes with a chapter offering a sound background in applying the principles of general relativity to cosmology. Numerous exercises advance the theoretical developments of the main text, thus enhancing this volume’s appeal to students of applied mathematics and physics at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Preface. List of Constants. References. Bibliography.

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Courier Corporation

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0486132145

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9780486132143

Rethinking Reputational Risk

How to Manage the Risks that can Ruin Your Business, Your Reputation and You

By: Anthony Fitzsimmons,Derek Atkins

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Rethinking Reputational Risk

How to Manage the Risks that can Ruin Your Business, Your Reputation and You

By: Anthony Fitzsimmons,Derek Atkins

A company's reputation is one of its most valuable assets, and reputational risk is high on the agenda at board level and amongst regulators. Rethinking Reputational Risk explains the hidden factors which can both cause crises and tip an otherwise survivable crisis into a reputational disaster. Reputations are lost when the perception of an organization is damaged by its behaviour not meeting stakeholder expectations. Rethinking Reputational Risk lays bare the actions, inactions and local 'states of normality' that can lead to perception-changing consequences and gives readers the insight to recognize and respond to the risks to their reputations. Using case studies, such as BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Volkswagen's emissions rigging scandal, Tesco, AIG, EADS Airbus A380, and Mid-Staffordshire NHS Hospital Trust, and analysis of their failures, this hard-hitting guide also applies lessons drawn from behavioural economics to the behavioural risks that underlie reputation risk. An essential read for risk professionals, business leaders and board members who need to understand and deal with business-critical threats to their reputation, this book presents a new framework that will be invaluable for all involved in safeguarding an organization's reputation.

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Kogan Page Publishers

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0749477377

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9780749477370

Mapplethorpe and the Flower

Radical Sexuality and the Limits of Control

By: Derek Conrad Murray

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Mapplethorpe and the Flower

Radical Sexuality and the Limits of Control

By: Derek Conrad Murray

Mapplethorpe and the Flower: Radical Sexuality and the Limits of Control is the first dedicated book-length critical study of the late artist Robert Mapplethorpe's flower photographs. The book is an interdisciplinary investigation into the symbolism of the flower as envisioned by a photographer whose production was mired in controversy – triggered in large part by his thematic exploration of radical sexuality and queer subcultural life. Mapplethorpe came into international prominence due to the public response to his polarizing retrospective exhibition, The Perfect Moment (1989-1990), a ground breaking collection of images exploring three largely traditional genres of photography: the still life, the portrait, and the human figure. If there is one characteristic that unifies the artist's approach to these genres, however, it is his meticulous attention to the materiality of the photograph as object. Mapplethorpe was a dedicated formalist, committed to locating what is most beautiful about his chosen subject-producing work under carefully controlled studio conditions that enabled the development of a unique and singular aesthetic vision. Bearing this in mind, Mapplethorpe and the Flower is dedicated to unpacking how the artist's unique brand of formal sophistication and discipline, combined with his conceptual bravado, interpenetrates all of his photographs – and reaches its formal and conceptual maturation in his flower images. There has been significant critical attention paid to the artist's more notorious photographs, namely the S&M imagery, and his now infamous persona as provocateur and sexual renegade. Fixation on this dimension of the artist's mythology overshadows the formal details and interlocking representational and political commitments crosscutting the artist's oeuvre. Mapplethorpe and the Flower is a recuperative effort: one that seeks to locate persistent threads running through the artist's seemingly disparate aesthetic and conceptual investigations.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350108782

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9781350108783

The Cost of Talent

How Executives And Professionals Are Paid And How It Affects America

By: Derek Bok

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The Cost of Talent

How Executives And Professionals Are Paid And How It Affects America

By: Derek Bok

Known for his extensive writings on professional ethics, law, and labor relations, Derek Bok returns with a persuasive claim that the compensation being paid to top executives, lawyers, and doctors cannot be justified in the most revealing study done yet regarding the compensation practices in various professional fields. As the American economy becomes more complex, the demand for able, highly educated people increases constantly with a steady growth of importance. But when considering the leverage of high pay and extravagant benefits, it is possible that talented individuals will be lost to the appeal of exaggerated compensation, putting the work that they are completing in danger. Bok argues that compensation paid to top executives, lawyers, doctors, and economists does not offer a significant benefit, nor is there evidence that large bonuses and other financial incentives produce better work. Additionally, he presents the concept that the lucrative rewards of Wall Street, elite law firms, and medical specialties deprive poorly paid but vital teaching and public service professions of desperately needed talent. The Cost of Talent asserts that America must enter a new period of national development by rethinking the values, motivations, and priorities that are reflected in our compensation practices in order to better serve the nation’s long-term interests.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743236327

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9780743236324

Writers on Organizations

By: Derek S Pugh,David J Hickson

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Writers on Organizations

By: Derek S Pugh,David J Hickson

Long a best-seller, this eagerly awaited Sixth Edition offers an illuminating overview of the field of organization studies through the views of leading writers whose ideas are presently the subject of much interest and debate. Authors Derek S. Pugh and David J. Hickson do a masterful job of capturing the essence of each writer’s contribution to the field-providing coverage of all the classic and cutting edge theories in management today.

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SAGE Publications

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145224541X

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9781452245416

Van Heflin

A Life in Film

By: Derek Sculthorpe

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Van Heflin

A Life in Film

By: Derek Sculthorpe

A versatile craftsman, actor Van Heflin was never concerned with popularity or comfortable with stardom. Lauded by his peers, Heflin won over moviegoers with his portrayal of resolute homesteader Joe Starrett in George Stevens' classic Shane (1953). He impressed in all genres, convincingly portraying every type of character from heel to hero. Van Heflin first garnered attention as the sensitive, alcoholic friend of gangster Johnny Eager (1941), for which he won an Academy Award, and later gave notable performances in a string of noirs, dramas and westerns. He was memorable as the psychotic cop in Joseph Losey's masterpiece The Prowler (1951) but equally impressive as the doubtful executive in Jean Negulesco's smart satire Woman's World (1954). This first full-length biography of Heflin covers his early life as a sailor and his career on stage and screen, providing detailed commentary on all his films.

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McFarland

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078649686X

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9780786496860

Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering

By: Derek Partridge

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Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering

By: Derek Partridge

Managers, business owners, computer literate individuals, software developers, students, and researchers--all are looking for an understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) and what might be in the future. In this literate yet easy-to-read discussion, Derek Partridge explains what artificial intelligence can and cannot do, and what it holds for applications such as banking, financial services, and expert systems of all kinds. Topics include: the strengths and weaknesses of software development and engineering; machine learning and its promises and problems; expert systems and success stories; and practical software through artificial intelligence.

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Routledge

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1136594531

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9781136594533

Great Writers on Organizations

The Third Omnibus Edition

By: Derek S. Pugh,David J. Hickson

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Great Writers on Organizations

The Third Omnibus Edition

By: Derek S. Pugh,David J. Hickson

Great Writers on Organizations presents succinctly each of the contributions made by 80 of the most prominent management thinkers to the understanding of organizational behaviour and managerial thinking. Among those included are early theorists such as Henri Fayol, Frederick W. Taylor and Max Weber, classical writers such as Alfred D. Chandler, Peter Drucker and Frederick Herzberg, through to modern thinkers such as Oliver Williamson, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, and Charles Handy. New writers included in the Third Omnibus Edition are: Lex Donaldson, Stewart Clegg, Richard Whitley, Michel Foucault and Kathleen Eisenhardt. The volume is an indispensable resource for academics, students and managers on what the great writers have to say about the key managerial tasks of how to organize and motivate.

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CRC Press

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1317124812

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9781317124818

Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City

By: Derek S. Hyra

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Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City

By: Derek S. Hyra

For long-time residents of Washington, DC’s Shaw/U Street, the neighborhood has become almost unrecognizable in recent years. Where the city’s most infamous open-air drug market once stood, a farmers’ market now sells grass-fed beef and homemade duck egg ravioli. On the corner where AM.PM carryout used to dish out soul food, a new establishment markets its $28 foie gras burger. Shaw is experiencing a dramatic transformation, from “ghetto” to “gilded ghetto,” where white newcomers are rehabbing homes, developing dog parks, and paving the way for a third wave coffee shop on nearly every block. Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City is an in-depth ethnography of this gilded ghetto. Derek S. Hyra captures here a quickly gentrifying space in which long-time black residents are joined, and variously displaced, by an influx of young, white, relatively wealthy, and/or gay professionals who, in part as a result of global economic forces and the recent development of central business districts, have returned to the cities earlier generations fled decades ago. As a result, America is witnessing the emergence of what Hyra calls “cappuccino cities.” A cappuccino has essentially the same ingredients as a cup of coffee with milk, but is considered upscale, and is double the price. In Hyra’s cappuccino city, the black inner-city neighborhood undergoes enormous transformations and becomes racially “lighter” and more expensive by the year.

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University of Chicago Press

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022644967X

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9780226449678

Employment Relations in Non-Union Firms

By: Tony Dundon,Derek Rollinson

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Employment Relations in Non-Union Firms

By: Tony Dundon,Derek Rollinson

The precise relationship between an employee and employer is often ambiguous within complex organizational boundaries. This book re-evaluates the way employment relations are conceptualized and examines employment conditions in non-union organizations.The authors present a detailed analysis of the conditions and patterns of employment relations in

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Routledge

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1134382510

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9781134382514

The Rhythms of English Poetry

By: Derek Attridge

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The Rhythms of English Poetry

By: Derek Attridge

Examines the way in which poetry in English makes use of rhythm. The author argues that there are three major influences which determine the verse-forms used in any language: the natural rhythm of the spoken language itself; the properties of rhythmic form; and the metrical conventions which have grown up within the literary tradition. He investigates these in order to explain the forms of English verse, and to show how rhythm and metre work as an essential part of the reader's experience of poetry.

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Routledge

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1317869516

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9781317869511

The Gallant Dead

Union and Confederate Generals Killed in the Civil War

By: Derek Smith

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The Gallant Dead

Union and Confederate Generals Killed in the Civil War

By: Derek Smith

Covers the deaths of 124 generals, including Stonewall Jackson, Albert Sidney Johnston, Jeb Stuart, James B. McPherson, John Reynolds, and numerous others

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Stackpole Books

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0811748723

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9780811748728

Bloody Savannah

The City's Most Violent Era as Seen by a Crime Reporter

By: Derek Smith

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Bloody Savannah

The City's Most Violent Era as Seen by a Crime Reporter

By: Derek Smith

Savannah is one of America's most beautiful and historic cities. Yet underneath the mint juleps, oaks bearded with Spanish moss and the splendor of colonial architecture, there lurks a deadly undercurrent. This is a first-person account of an award-winning newspaper crime reporter's career, covering scores of murders in the Savannah area, including one of the bloodiest eras in the city's history: in 1985, metro Savannah earned notoriety with the nation's highest homicide rate. The author describes a wide range of crimes, including murders over a 14-year-old lover, $4 for hamburgers or a baby carriage; the grisly murder of a voodoo priest; bound corpses in the waterways and interstate body dumping grounds; the Scarecrow and "Say Cheese" Killers, serial killer Wade Sheffield; and many more.

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McFarland

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1476649472

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9781476649474

Earth First:Anti-Road Movement

By: Derek Wall

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Earth First:Anti-Road Movement

By: Derek Wall

First published in 1999. Detailed accounts of major ant-road campaigns, both in the UK and internationally, are included, describing confrontations at Twyford, Newbury, Glasgow and the Autobahn in Germany, as well as information on the globalisation of Earth First!, with details of protests in Australia, Ireland, Germany, France, Holland, Eastern Europe and North America. Earth Fist! and the Anti-Roads Movement traces the origins of the movement and the history of anti-roads activism in Britain since the 1880s. Showing how green social and political theory can be linked to practical struggles for environmental and social change, Derek Wall investigates key topics of political and sociological interest.

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Routledge

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1135117594

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9781135117597

Saltash Through Time

By: Derek Tait

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Saltash Through Time

By: Derek Tait

This fascinating selection of more than 180 photographs traces some of the many ways in which Saltash has changed and developed over the last century.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445630702

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9781445630700

Eighteenth-Century Women Playwrights, vol 3

By: Derek Hughes

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Eighteenth-Century Women Playwrights, vol 3

By: Derek Hughes

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Taylor & Francis

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1040278515

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9781040278512

The Shape of the River

Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions Twentieth Anniversary Edition

By: William G. Bowen,Derek Bok,Derek Curtis Bok,James Lawrence Shulman,Thomas I. Nygren,Stacy Berg Dale,Lauren A. Meserve

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The Shape of the River

Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions Twentieth Anniversary Edition

By: William G. Bowen,Derek Bok,Derek Curtis Bok,James Lawrence Shulman,Thomas I. Nygren,Stacy Berg Dale,Lauren A. Meserve

First published in 1998, this text became an immediate landmark in the debate over affirmative action in America. It grounded a contentious subject in concrete data at a time when arguments surrounding it were characterized more by emotion than evidence. It continues to present the most compelling data available about the effects of affirmative action.

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Princeton University Press

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0691182485

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9780691182483

The State of the Nation

Government and the Quest for a Better Society

By: Derek Curtis Bok

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The State of the Nation

Government and the Quest for a Better Society

By: Derek Curtis Bok

The author shows that although Americans are better off today in most areas than they were in 1960, they have performed poorly compared with other leading industrial nations.

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Harvard University Press

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0674292111

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9780674292116

Fayke Newes

The Media vs the Mighty, From Henry VIII to Donald Trump

By: Derek J. Taylor

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Fayke Newes

The Media vs the Mighty, From Henry VIII to Donald Trump

By: Derek J. Taylor

Fake news.' 'Dishonest press.' 'Racist.' 'Mentally unstable.' The insults President Donald Trump and the American news media hurl at each other are nothing new. In Tudor England, printed papers branded the monarch a 'horrible monster' and were in turn accused of publishing 'false fables'. Ever since the invention of the printing press, those in power have seen mass communication as a dangerous threat that usurps their ability to tell people what to think and is capable of stirring up discontent – or even rebellion. In Fayke Newes, historian and international journalist Derek Taylor tracks this long and bloody fight between the press and those in power, through the lives of the men and women who got caught up in the battle. On a journey through the centuries, we criss-cross the Atlantic between Britain and America and discover that neither governments nor journalists have always told the truth.

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0750989475

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Economic Democracy: The Challenge of the 1980's

The Challenge of the 1980's

By: Martin Carnoy,Derek Shearer

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Economic Democracy: The Challenge of the 1980's

The Challenge of the 1980's

By: Martin Carnoy,Derek Shearer

This text discusses the economic, social and political implications of redirecting labour and capital from a military-based to a post-Cold War economy.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000951634

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Exiled from Light

Divine Law, Morality, and Violence in Milton's Samson Agonistes

By: Derek N. C. Wood

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Exiled from Light

Divine Law, Morality, and Violence in Milton's Samson Agonistes

By: Derek N. C. Wood

Wood proposes that Milton's Samson is an emblematic embodiment of Old Testament consciousness as rigorous, incomplete, literalistic, and uncomprehending, fashioned by the old Mosaic Law, without the amelioration of Christ's charity and forgiveness.

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University of Toronto Press

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080204848X

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Representations and Techniques for 3D Object Recognition and Scene Interpretation

By: Derek Hoiem,Silvio Savarese

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Representations and Techniques for 3D Object Recognition and Scene Interpretation

By: Derek Hoiem,Silvio Savarese

One of the grand challenges of artificial intelligence is to enable computers to interpret 3D scenes and objects from imagery. This book organizes and introduces major concepts in 3D scene and object representation and inference from still images, with a focus on recent efforts to fuse models of geometry and perspective with statistical machine learning. The book is organized into three sections: (1) Interpretation of Physical Space; (2) Recognition of 3D Objects; and (3) Integrated 3D Scene Interpretation. The first discusses representations of spatial layout and techniques to interpret physical scenes from images. The second section introduces representations for 3D object categories that account for the intrinsically 3D nature of objects and provide robustness to change in viewpoints. The third section discusses strategies to unite inference of scene geometry and object pose and identity into a coherent scene interpretation. Each section broadly surveys important ideas from cognitive science and artificial intelligence research, organizes and discusses key concepts and techniques from recent work in computer vision, and describes a few sample approaches in detail. Newcomers to computer vision will benefit from introductions to basic concepts, such as single-view geometry and image classification, while experts and novices alike may find inspiration from the book's organization and discussion of the most recent ideas in 3D scene understanding and 3D object recognition. Specific topics include: mathematics of perspective geometry; visual elements of the physical scene, structural 3D scene representations; techniques and features for image and region categorization; historical perspective, computational models, and datasets and machine learning techniques for 3D object recognition; inferences of geometrical attributes of objects, such as size and pose; and probabilistic and feature-passing approaches for contextual reasoning about 3D objects and scenes. Table of Contents: Background on 3D Scene Models / Single-view Geometry / Modeling the Physical Scene / Categorizing Images and Regions / Examples of 3D Scene Interpretation / Background on 3D Recognition / Modeling 3D Objects / Recognizing and Understanding 3D Objects / Examples of 2D 1/2 Layout Models / Reasoning about Objects and Scenes / Cascades of Classifiers / Conclusion and Future Directions

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Morgan & Claypool Publishers

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160845729X

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Earth First! and the Anti-Roads Movement

By: Derek Wall

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Earth First! and the Anti-Roads Movement

By: Derek Wall

Earth First! is one of the most controversial and well known green movements in the world and the driving force behind the anti-road campaigns of the 1990s, made famous by sabotage tactics. Detailed accounts of major anti-road campaigns both in the UK and internationally are included, describing confrontations at Twyford, Newbury, Glasgow, the Autobahn in Germany, and information on the international spread of the Earth First! movement, with details of campaigns in Australia, Ireland, Germany, France, Holland and Eastern Europe. Earth First! and the Anti-Roads Movement traces the origins of the movement and the history of anti-roads activism in Britain since the 1880s. Radical EF! organisers describe how they took on their green activist identity, why they launched both EF! and the anti-roads movement, and their experiences of dramatic protest. Exposing the tensions between EF! and other green activists, they explain the political and economic influences on and the culture and politics of protest. Showing how green social and political theory can be linked to practical struggles for environmental and social change, Derek Wall investigates key topics of political and sociological interest in Britain and the World today. This is an authoritative account based on passionate and lyrical autobiographical accutns form activists blended with a strong theoretical grounding.

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1134655797

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