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Portraits

A Gallery of Intellectuals

By: Edward Shils

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Portraits

A Gallery of Intellectuals

By: Edward Shils

In these vivid portraits of prominent twentieth-century intellectuals, Edward Shils couples the sensitivity of a biographer with the profound knowledge of a highly respected scholar. Ranging as widely across various disciplines as Shils himself did, the essays gathered here share a distaste for faddists who "run with the intellectual mob" and a deep respect for intellectuals who maintain their integrity under great pressure. Highlights include an affectionate treatment of Leo Szilard, the physicist whose involvement with the development of the atomic bomb led him to work ceaselessly to address its social consequences; a discussion of the educational philosophy of Robert Maynard Hutchins, the University of Chicago's fifth and most controversial president; an appreciative account of the Polish emigré Leopold Labedz's well-informed and outspoken resistance to Communism; and an essay about the extraordinary Indian writer Nirad Chaudhuri. Many of these essays have appeared in The American Scholar, edited by Joseph Epstein, who introduces this volume with his own portrait of Edward Shils. "Though professionally a sociologist, Edward Shils was a man of wide cosmopolitan culture and experience, greatly concerned with the public problems of his time: in particular with those created by the rise of new and dangerous ideologies, the frightening possibilities of science, and the apparent abrogation of public responsibility by many Western intellectuals."—Hugh Trevor-Roper The late Edward Shils was a member of the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought for forty-five years and a fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge University. His many books include The Calling of Sociology and The Intellectuals and the Powers, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

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0226753360

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The American Judicial Tradition

Profiles of Leading American Judges

By: G. Edward White

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The American Judicial Tradition

Profiles of Leading American Judges

By: G. Edward White

In this revised third edition of a classic in American jurisprudence, G. Edward White updates his series of portraits of the most famous appellate judges in American history from John Marshall to Oliver W. Holmes to Warren E. Burger, with a new chapter on the Rehnquist Court. White traces the development of the American judicial tradition through biographical sketches of the careers and contributions of these renowned judges. In this updated edition, he argues that the Rehnquist Court's approach to constitutional interpretation may have ushered in a new stage in the American judicial tradition. The update also includes a new preface and revised bibliographic note.

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Oxford University Press

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019028613X

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A Fragment of a Sociological Autobiography

The History of My Pursuit of a Few Ideas

By: Edward Shils

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A Fragment of a Sociological Autobiography

The History of My Pursuit of a Few Ideas

By: Edward Shils

Edward Shils was one of the giants of sociological theory in the period after World War II. In this autobiography, written three years before his death in 1995, Shils reflects on the remarkable range of his life's work and activities, including founding and editing the journal "Minerva", being a central figure in the Congress of Cultural Freedom, serving as a founding member of the editorial board of "The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists", and being a member of the International Council on the Future of the University. Shils recognizes that a unity of concern runs through his many theoretical writings and activities. Early in his life, the concern was expressed as understanding the character of consensus. During the last fifteen years of his life, he refined his understanding of consensus through investigation of the nature of "collective self-consciousness." That concern was the structure and character of the moral order of a society, and, in particular, liberal, democratic society. Accompanying the autobiography are two unpublished essays, "Society, Collective Self-Consciousness and Collective Self-Consciousnesses" and "Collective Self-Consciousness and Rational Choice," two areas of intellectual concern discussed in the autobiography. The book contains fascinating discussion of many of the people Shils knew throughout his illustrious career: Robert Park, Louis Wirth, Talcott Parsons, Karl Mannheim, Michael Polanyi, Audrey Richards, Karl Popper, Robert Merton, and many others. They represent Shils' final formulations on the character of society and its moral order. As such, it is a most important contribution both to the history of the social sciences in the twentieth century and to sociological theory.

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Routledge

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1351535609

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Law in American History

By: G. Edward White

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Law in American History

By: G. Edward White

Included in the coverage of this volume are the interactions between European and Amerindian legal systems in the years of colonial settlement; the crucial role of Anglo-American theories of sovereignty and imperial governance in facilitating the separation of the American colonies from the British Empire in the late eighteenth century; the American "experiment" with federated republican constitutionalism in the founding period; the major importance of agricultural householding, in the form of slave plantations as well as farms featuring wage labor, in helping to shape the development of American law in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; the emergence of the Supreme Court of the United States as an authoritative force in American law and politics in the early nineteenth century; the interactions between law, westward expansion,

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Oxford University Press

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0199930988

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The Crisis of Democratic Theory

Scientific Naturalism and the Problem of Value

By: Edward A. PurcellJr.

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The Crisis of Democratic Theory

Scientific Naturalism and the Problem of Value

By: Edward A. PurcellJr.

Widely acclaimed for its originality and penetration, this award-winning study of American thought in the twentieth century examines the ways in which the spread of pragmatism and scientific naturalism affected developments in philosophy, social science, and law, and traces the effects of these developments on traditional assumptions of democratic theory.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813146046

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Beyond the Beaten Path

50 Years of Anthropology in Canada

By: Edward Hedican

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Beyond the Beaten Path

50 Years of Anthropology in Canada

By: Edward Hedican

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an anthropologist? There is a certain mystery about the profession, since anthropologists often travel to out-of-the-way parts of the world that might be considered exotic, dangerous, or otherwise mysterious to most people. Of course, there are many misconceptions, such as the view of the anthropologist in khaki-coloured shorts, wearing a pith hat and accompanied by a string of baggage carriers trailing behind him as depicted in a Far Side cartoon. This book describes my own life in anthropology carried on over five decades. My career was not necessarily typical in terms of specific details, but it does involve extensive field research as well as various other activities, such as appearing as an expert witness in a Supreme Court land claims case, which were unique in certain ways.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1685628915

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The Crisis of Democratic Theory

Scientific Naturalism and the Problem of Value

By: Edward A. Purcell, Jr.

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The Crisis of Democratic Theory

Scientific Naturalism and the Problem of Value

By: Edward A. Purcell, Jr.

All but forgotten except as a part of nostalgic lore, American canals during the first half of the nineteenth century provided a transportation network that was vital to the development of the new nation. They lowered transportation costs, carried a vast grain trade from western farms to eastern ports, delivered Pennsylvania coal to New York, and carried thousands of passengers at what seemed effortless speed. Along their courses sprang up new towns and cities and with them new economic growth. Canals for a Nation brings together in one volume a survey of all the major American canals. Here are accounts of innovative engineering, of near heroic figures who devoted their lives to canals, and of canal projects that triumphed over all the uncertainties of the political process.

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0813146038

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Participatory Creativity

Introducing Access and Equity to the Creative Classroom

By: Edward P. Clapp

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Participatory Creativity

Introducing Access and Equity to the Creative Classroom

By: Edward P. Clapp

Participatory Creativity: Introducing Access and Equity to the Creative Classroom presents a systems-based approach to examining creativity in education that aims to make participating in invention and innovation accessible to all students. Moving beyond the gifted-versus-ungifted debate present in many of today’s classrooms, the book’s inclusive framework situates creativity as a participatory and socially distributed process. The core principle of the book is that individuals are not creative, ideas are creative, and that there are multiple ways for a variety of individuals to participate in the development of creative ideas. This dynamic reframing of invention and innovation provides strategies for teachers, curriculum designers, policymakers, researchers, and others who seek to develop a more equitable approach towards establishing creative learning experiences in various educational settings.

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131737035X

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The American Journal of Science

Vol. XXXIV

By: James D. Dana,Edward S. Dana

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The American Journal of Science

Vol. XXXIV

By: James D. Dana,Edward S. Dana

Reprint of the original, first published in 1887.

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3368628976

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Law in American History, Volume III

1930-2000

By: G. Edward White

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Law in American History, Volume III

1930-2000

By: G. Edward White

In Law in American History, Volume III: 1930-2000, the eminent legal scholar G. Edward White concludes his sweeping history of law in America, from the colonial era to the near-present. Picking up where his previous volume left off, at the end of the 1920s, White turns his attention to modern developments in both public and private law. One of his findings is that despite the massive changes in American society since the New Deal, some of the landmark constitutional decisions from that period remain salient today. An illustration is the Court's sweeping interpretation of the reach of Congress's power under the Commerce Clause in Wickard v. Filburn (1942), a decision that figured prominently in the Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act. In these formative years of modern American jurisprudence, courts responded to, and affected, the emerging role of the state and federal governments as regulatory and redistributive institutions and the growing participation of the United States in world affairs. They extended their reach into domains they had mostly ignored: foreign policy, executive power, criminal procedure, and the rights of speech, sexuality, and voting. Today, the United States continues to grapple with changing legal issues in each of those domains. Law in American History, Volume III provides an authoritative introduction to how modern American jurisprudence emerged and evolved of the course of the twentieth century, and the impact of law on every major feature of American life in that century. White's two preceding volumes and this one constitute a definitive treatment of the role of law in American history.

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0190634960

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The Games They Played

Sports in American History, 1865-1980

By: Douglas A. Noverr,Lawrence Edward Ziewacz

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The Games They Played

Sports in American History, 1865-1980

By: Douglas A. Noverr,Lawrence Edward Ziewacz

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Taylor Trade Publications

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0882298194

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Letters of Sidney Hook

Democracy, Communism and the Cold War

By: Sidney Hook,Edward S. Shapiro

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Letters of Sidney Hook

Democracy, Communism and the Cold War

By: Sidney Hook,Edward S. Shapiro

Sidney Hook (1902-1989) is known for his participation in the public debates about communism, the Soviet Union and the Cold War. These letters, drawn from the Hook collection at the Hoover Institution, provide an insight into US intellectual and political history.

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1317466187

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Law in American History, Volume II

From Reconstruction Through the 1920s

By: G. Edward White

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Law in American History, Volume II

From Reconstruction Through the 1920s

By: G. Edward White

In this second installment of G. Edward White's sweeping history of law in America from the colonial era to the present, White, covers the period between 1865-1929, which encompasses Reconstruction, rapid industrialization, a huge influx of immigrants, the rise of Jim Crow, the emergence of an American territorial empire, World War I, and the booming yet xenophobic 1920s. As in the first volume, he connects the evolution of American law to the major political, economic, cultural, social, and demographic developments of the era. To enrich his account, White draws from the latest research from across the social sciences--economic history, anthropology, and sociology--yet weave those insights into a highly accessible narrative. Along the way he provides a compelling case for why law can be seen as the key to understanding the development of American life as we know it. Law in American History, Volume II will be an essential text for both students of law and general readers.

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0190602368

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The Judges of England

Vol. 7

By: Edward Foss

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The Judges of England

Vol. 7

By: Edward Foss

Reprint of the original, first published in 1864. With sketches of their lives, and miscellaneous notices connected with the courts at Westminster. Containing the reigns of Charles II., James II., William III., and Anne. 1660-1714

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3752591501

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The Genealogy and Biography of the Waldos of America from 1650 to 1883

By: Joseph Davis Hall,Loren Pinckney Waldo,Charles Edward Waldo,Sarah Goss Waters

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The Genealogy and Biography of the Waldos of America from 1650 to 1883

By: Joseph Davis Hall,Loren Pinckney Waldo,Charles Edward Waldo,Sarah Goss Waters

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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The American Judicial Tradition : Profiles of Leading American Judges

Profiles of Leading American Judges

By: G. Edward White John B. Minor Professor of Law and Cromwell Research Professor of History University of Virginia

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The American Judicial Tradition : Profiles of Leading American Judges

Profiles of Leading American Judges

By: G. Edward White John B. Minor Professor of Law and Cromwell Research Professor of History University of Virginia

Now available in a newly revised and updated second edition, this highly-acclaimed volume presents a series of portraits of the most famous appellate judges in American history from John Marshall to the Burger court. G. Edward White traces the American judicial tradition through sketches of the careers and contributions of such significant judges as John Marshall, Joseph Story, Roger Taney, Stephen Field, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Charles Evans Hughes, Felix Frankfurter, Hugo Black, Earl Warren, William Brennan, and Sandra Day O'Connor. This expanded edition contains a new preface, an updated bibliographical note, and two new chapters, one on Justice William O. Douglas and one on the Burger Court.

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0199729182

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Portraits

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Law in American History

Law in American History

The Crisis of Democratic Theory

The Crisis of Democratic Theory

Beyond the Beaten Path

Beyond the Beaten Path

The Crisis of Democratic Theory

The Crisis of Democratic Theory

Participatory Creativity

Participatory Creativity

The American Journal of Science

The American Journal of Science

Law in American History, Volume III

Law in American History, Volume III

The Games They Played

The Games They Played

Letters of Sidney Hook

Letters of Sidney Hook

Law in American History, Volume II

Law in American History, Volume II

The Judges of England

The Judges of England

The Genealogy and Biography of the Waldos of America from 1650 to 1883

The Genealogy and Biography of the Waldos of America from 1650 to 1883

The American Judicial Tradition : Profiles of Leading American Judges

The American Judicial Tradition : Profiles of Leading American Judges

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