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Capitalism and Perpetual Adolescence: Essays and Lectures of George S. Becker

Edited by Jonathan D. Lewis Md

By: George S. Becker

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Capitalism and Perpetual Adolescence: Essays and Lectures of George S. Becker

Edited by Jonathan D. Lewis Md

By: George S. Becker

What is thinking but the courage to work alone developing concepts that are lasting because they grow out of a living relationship to a subject matter. Academic fashions come and go while the thought of the social anthropologist George Becker remains the contemporary of the future. Here assembled by his student and friend, the psychiatrist Jon Lewis, some of the essential papers unpublished in Beckers lifetime. The range is great: from Female Delinquency to Jonestown. The depth is compelling. The critique of other thinkers in the field are incisive. And a final virtue: the style is clear, without the need for scholarly obfuscations. Walter A Davis, Professor of English Emeritus, Ohio State University. Author of Deaths Dream Kingdom, Deracination and Inwardness and Existence.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1514460661

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9781514460665

On Board RMS Titanic

Memories of the Maiden Voyage

By: George Behe

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On Board RMS Titanic

Memories of the Maiden Voyage

By: George Behe

This is the very first book in which Titanic’s passengers and crewmen are permitted to tell the story of the disaster entirely in their own words via the texts of letters, postcards, diary entries and memoirs that were written before, during and immediately after the maiden voyage itself. Many of the pre-sailing documents were written by people who later lost their lives in the sinking and represent the last communications that these people ever had with their friends and loved ones at home. These letters and postcards give an unparalleled description of the events that occurred during the five days that Titanic was at sea, and the communications that were written by survivors after the sinking describe the horror of the disaster itself and the heartbreak they experienced at the loss of their loved ones. This moving book, by Titanic expert George Behe, also contains brief biographies of the passengers ? victims as well as survivors ? who wrote the documents in question.

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The History Press

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0752483056

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9780752483054

Understanding Social Research

Perspectives on Methodology and Practice

By: George McKenzie,Jane Powell,Robin Usher

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Understanding Social Research

Perspectives on Methodology and Practice

By: George McKenzie,Jane Powell,Robin Usher

In 1991 the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) published "Postgraduate Taining Guidelines". Throughout the document emphasis is placed on the need for universities to make postgraduate research students aware of the methodological issues that affect their work.; This text explores the relationship between knowledge, methodology and research practice across the broad spectrum of the social sciences in langage that is accessible to researchers at all levels of their research careers. It follows the themes that there is no single practice or correct methodology, and that the diversity and variety in terms of methodology and disciplinary focus are a sign of the sophistication and complexity of the proceses of social research. The text examines socio-cultural contexts of social research and relates them to contemporary shifts in focus such as feminism, critical theory and postmodernism. The importance of selecting the research methodology most appropriate to the subject discipline concerned is emphasized.

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Routledge

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1135712263

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9781135712266

Identity Economics

How Our Identities Shape Our Work, Wages, and Well-Being

By: George A. Akerlof,Rachel E. Kranton

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Identity Economics

How Our Identities Shape Our Work, Wages, and Well-Being

By: George A. Akerlof,Rachel E. Kranton

Annotation. This work bridges a critical gap in the social sciences. It brings identity and norms to economics. People's notions of what is proper, and what is forbidden, and for whom, are fundamental to how hard they work, and how they learn, spend, and save.

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Princeton University Press

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0691152551

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9780691152554

Historical Dictionary of Finland

By: Titus Hjelm,George Maude

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Historical Dictionary of Finland

By: Titus Hjelm,George Maude

Finland was part of Sweden until 1809, it then became a Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire until it declared its independence on December 6, 1917. From these humble beginnings, Finland has emerged as an important player in the European Union and the world. Historical Dictionary of Finland, Third Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Finland.

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481

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538111543

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9781538111543

German-American Names

By: George Fenwick Jones

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German-American Names

By: George Fenwick Jones

A dictionary of German names, the derivations, and meanings.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806317647

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9780806317649

Exploring New Religions

By: George D. Chryssides

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Exploring New Religions

By: George D. Chryssides

An objective, well-researched history of contemporary new religions and cults.New religious movements - popularly known as cults - arouse strong public opinion and most books on the subject are polemical, giving hostile reaction rather than informed exploration. Exploring New Religions provides an account of a wide variety of new religions, focusing on their origins, beliefs and practices, which are set out in a dispassionate way, leaving readers to form their own value judgements. George Chryssides provides important analysis of the killer cults-the Jonestown People's Temple, Waco, the Solar Temple and Heaven's Gate-examining the factors that made their followers willing to die for their cause. Older groups like the Jehovah's Witnesses and Latter-day Saints (Mormons) are discussed, and Chryssides traces the development of a variety of strands of spirituality, ranging from New Thought, Spiritualism and Theosophy. Subsequent chapters include the Baha'i, the Family (formerly Children of God), the Hare Krishna movement (ISKCON), the Jesus Army, the Rastafarians, the Church of Scientology, Transcendental Meditation (TM) and the Unification Church ('the Moonies'). Lower profile groups are also discussed including: EST (Erhard Seminar Training), the New Kadampa Tradition, Brahma Kumaris, Sai Baba, Subud and the Western Buddhist Order. A study of the New Age phenomenon, and an account of societal responses to new religions at religious, societal and political levels is also included.

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417

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0826438903

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9780826438904

Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism

By: George Marsden

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Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism

By: George Marsden

A balanced overview and narrative survey of American fundamentalism and Evangelicalism, as well as an interpretive analysis of several important themes. PB, 208 pages, suitable as a supplemental text for colleges, seminaries, or church study.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802805396

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9780802805393

Dakota Seas

By: C. George Lynn

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Dakota Seas

By: C. George Lynn

Dean Samuels, a brilliant geophysicist, has created a computer-driven device that utilizes magnetic acceleration and gravity yield (Maggie) to achieve the miracle of time travel. With the assistance of his lifelong friend, Guy Lazarus, Samuels is transported back to the Cretaceous period, when dinosaurs ruled the earth. Once transmission is complete, Lazarus must dismantle the equipment and move everything to a safe location before insurgents can steal the priceless technology. After narrowly escaping a devastating bomb blast and deadly pursuit, Lazarus locates his former girlfriend, Betsy Pettis, on a ranch hidden deep in the Black Hills of South Dakota and reconstructs Maggie. Now he must face the perilous mission of finding Samuels on an earth seventy million years younger and returning him to the present. Can Lazarus successfully locate Samuels, survive a near-death encounter with a monstrous Tyrannosaurus Rex, and evade the subversive forces plotting to steal Maggie's incredible technology?

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iUniverse

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059583647X

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9780595836475

The Lancaster Law Review

Vol. I

By: Henry Clay Brubaker,Charles Israel Landis,George Ross Eshleman,Isaac Clinton Arnold

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The Lancaster Law Review

Vol. I

By: Henry Clay Brubaker,Charles Israel Landis,George Ross Eshleman,Isaac Clinton Arnold

Reprint of the original, first published in 1884.

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3385333407

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9783385333406

Painting and Sculpture in Europe, 1880-1940

By: George Heard Hamilton

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Painting and Sculpture in Europe, 1880-1940

By: George Heard Hamilton

This new edition of 'a book that offers the best available grounding in its huge subject,' as the Sunday Times called it, includes color plates and a revised and expanded bibliography. Professor Hamilton traces the origins and growth of modern art, assessing the intrinsic qualities of individual works and describing the social forces in play. The result is an authoritative guide through the forest of artistic labels-Impressionism and Expressionism, Symbolism, Cubism, Constructivism, Surrealism, etc.-and to the achievements of Degas and Cezanne, Ensor and Munch, Matisse and Kandinsky, Picasso, Braque, and Epstein, Mondrian, Dali, Modigliani, Utrillo and Chagall, Klee, Henry Moore, and many other artists in a revolutionary age.

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Yale University Press

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0300056494

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9780300056495

The Heroic Leadership Imperative

How Leaders Inspire and Mobilize Change

By: Scott T. Allison,George R. Goethals

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The Heroic Leadership Imperative

How Leaders Inspire and Mobilize Change

By: Scott T. Allison,George R. Goethals

In The Heroic Leadership Imperative, Scott T. Allison and George R. Goethals identify leaders who have succeeded in meeting all three categories of needs and they discuss such leaders' appeal by way of a unique integration classic and contemporary psychology relevant to understanding all facets of heroism and heroic leadership.

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1839091770

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The Rise of Law and Economics

An Intellectual History

By: George L. Priest

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The Rise of Law and Economics

An Intellectual History

By: George L. Priest

This is a history—though, intentionally, a brief history—of the rise of law and economics as a field of thought in the U.S. college and law school academy, though the field has expanded to Europe and South America and will expand further as other legal systems develop. This book explains the origins of the field and the sources of its growth during its formative period. It describes the intellectual roots of the field, and the field’s relationship to the understanding of the role of the legal system in directing the functioning of the economy. It describes the effect of the Great Depression and the expansion of governmental power on advancing the functional approach. The book then addresses the work of Aaron Director, during the late 1950s, on focusing economic analysis as a means of understanding the effects of the legal and regulatory system on the allocation of resources in the society. Then it turns to the subsequent intellectual founders of the field—Ronald Coase, Guido Calabresi, and Richard Posner—and attempts to explain the significance of their work. It also discusses the efforts of Robert Bork and Henry Manne toward the influence of law and economics on public policy. The book ends with the founding of the American Law and Economics Association in 1991. This is an essential companion to law and economics texts for undergraduate law and economic students and, especially, a general supplement to first-year casebooks for law school students.

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Routledge

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1000701174

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9781000701173

Handbook of Psychology, Clinical Psychology

By: Irving B. Weiner,George Stricker,Thomas A. Widiger

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Handbook of Psychology, Clinical Psychology

By: Irving B. Weiner,George Stricker,Thomas A. Widiger

Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118404459

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9781118404454

The American Cyclopaedia

Vol. 2

By: George Ripley,Charles A. Dana

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The American Cyclopaedia

Vol. 2

By: George Ripley,Charles A. Dana

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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3382815664

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9783382815660

Last Glimpse

By: Tracy L George

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Last Glimpse

By: Tracy L George

In Dayton, every parent can get a glimpse into their child’s future. By law, the government can also eliminate those children whose glimpse shows them to be a threat to civilization. In most cases, parents see their children growing up to be artists, teachers, or even doctors. Unfortunately for Prudence, she is predicted to be a murderer. In an attempt to change her fate, Prudence is thrown into The Hive to endure a rigorous correctional program. After sixty days, if she can alter her future, they will let her go back home. But if she can’t, she will be euthanized “for the safety of society”. Angry and confused, she is trapped in a digital world of violence, dangerous inmates, sinister droids, and corrupt guards. It isn’t long before she starts to wonder if surviving the program is even possible. How can she prove to this artificially intelligent machine that she couldn’t kill a spider, let alone a human being? All she has to keep her sane is her pod-mate, Tilde, and a handsome guard named Noah, who, for some secret reason, keeps going out of his way to keep her alive. Somehow, Prudence must survive the perils of the Hive and decide her fate for herself. Is she the big-hearted smart-ass that she sees in the mirror, or the treacherous killer that the glimpsing predicted her to be?

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Tracy George

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9798506024569

Thinking about the Future

By: George P. Shultz

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Thinking about the Future

By: George P. Shultz

In a rich and varied career, George P. Shultz has aided presidents, confronted national and international crises, and argued passionately that the United States has a vital stake in promoting democratic values and institutions. In speeches, articles, congressional testimony, and conversations with world leaders, he has helped shape policy and public opinion on topics ranging from technology and terrorism to drugs and climate change. The result is a body of work that has influenced the decisions of nations and leaders, as well as the lives of ordinary people. In Thinking About the Future, Shultz has collected and revisited key writings, applying his past thinking to America's most pressing contemporary problems. Each chapter includes new commentary from the author, providing context, color, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of how decisions are made in the halls of power. In the more than half a century since Shultz entered public life, the world has changed dramatically. But he remains guided by the belief that "you can learn about the future—or at least relate to it—by studying the past and identifying principles that have continuing application to our lives and our world.

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