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The Kelloggs

The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek

By: Howard Markel

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The Kelloggs

The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek

By: Howard Markel

***2017 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist for Nonfiction*** "What's more American than Corn Flakes?" —Bing Crosby From the much admired medical historian (“Markel shows just how compelling the medical history can be”—Andrea Barrett) and author of An Anatomy of Addiction (“Absorbing, vivid”—Sherwin Nuland, The New York Times Book Review, front page)—the story of America’s empire builders: John and Will Kellogg. John Harvey Kellogg was one of America’s most beloved physicians; a best-selling author, lecturer, and health-magazine publisher; founder of the Battle Creek Sanitarium; and patron saint of the pursuit of wellness. His youngest brother, Will, was the founder of the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, which revolutionized the mass production of food and what we eat for breakfast. In The Kelloggs, Howard Markel tells the sweeping saga of these two extraordinary men, whose lifelong competition and enmity toward one another changed America’s notion of health and wellness from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, and who helped change the course of American medicine, nutrition, wellness, and diet. The Kelloggs were of Puritan stock, a family that came to the shores of New England in the mid-seventeenth century, that became one of the biggest in the county, and then renounced it all for the religious calling of Ellen Harmon White, a self-proclaimed prophetess, and James White, whose new Seventh-day Adventist theology was based on Christian principles and sound body, mind, and hygiene rules—Ellen called it “health reform.” The Whites groomed the young John Kellogg for a central role in the Seventh-day Adventist Church and sent him to America’s finest Medical College. Kellogg’s main medical focus—and America’s number one malady: indigestion (Walt Whitman described it as “the great American evil”). Markel gives us the life and times of the Kellogg brothers of Battle Creek: Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and his world-famous Battle Creek Sanitarium medical center, spa, and grand hotel attracted thousands actively pursuing health and well-being. Among the guests: Mary Todd Lincoln, Amelia Earhart, Booker T. Washington, Johnny Weissmuller, Dale Carnegie, Sojourner Truth, Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and George Bernard Shaw. And the presidents he advised: Taft, Harding, Hoover, and Roosevelt, with first lady Eleanor. The brothers Kellogg experimented on malt, wheat, and corn meal, and, tinkering with special ovens and toasting devices, came up with a ready-to-eat, easily digested cereal they called Corn Flakes. As Markel chronicles the Kelloggs’ fascinating, Magnificent Ambersons–like ascent into the pantheon of American industrialists, we see the vast changes in American social mores that took shape in diet, health, medicine, philanthropy, and food manufacturing during seven decades—changing the lives of millions and helping to shape our industrial age.

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0307948374

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Origin Story: The Trials of Charles Darwin

By: Howard Markel

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Origin Story: The Trials of Charles Darwin

By: Howard Markel

A lively account of how Darwin’s work on natural selection transformed science and society, and an investigation into the mysterious illness that plagued its author. By early morning of June 30, 1860, a large crowd began to congregate in front of Oxford University’s brand-new Museum of Natural History. The occasion was the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and the subject of discussion was Charles Darwin’s new treatise: fact or fiction? Darwin, a simultaneously reclusive and intellectually audacious squire from Kent, claimed to have solved “that mystery of mysteries,” introducing a logical explanation of the origin of species—how they adapted, even transmogrified, through natural selection. At stake, on that summer’s day of spirited debate, was the very foundation of modern biology, not to mention the future of the church. Without fear of exaggeration, Darwin’s thesis would forever change our understanding of the life sciences and the natural world. And yet the author himself was nowhere to be found in the debate hall—instead, he was miles away, seeking respite from a spate of illnesses that had plagued him for much of his adult life. In Origin Story, medical historian Howard Markel recounts the two-year period (1858 to 1860) of Darwin’s writing of On the Origin of Species through its spectacular success and controversy. Simultaneously, Markel delves into the mysterious health symptoms Darwin developed, combing the literature to emerge with a cogent diagnosis of a case that has long fascinated medical historians. The result is a colorful portrait of the man, his friends and enemies, and his seminal work, which resonates to this day.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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An Anatomy of Addiction

Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug Cocaine

By: Howard Markel

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An Anatomy of Addiction

Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug Cocaine

By: Howard Markel

Acclaimed medical historian Howard Markel traces the careers of two brilliant young doctors—Sigmund Freud, neurologist, and William Halsted, surgeon—showing how their powerful addictions to cocaine shaped their enormous contributions to psychology and medicine. When Freud and Halsted began their experiments with cocaine in the 1880s, neither they, nor their colleagues, had any idea of the drug's potential to dominate and endanger their lives. An Anatomy of Addiction tells the tragic and heroic story of each man, accidentally struck down in his prime by an insidious malady: tragic because of the time, relationships, and health cocaine forced each to squander; heroic in the intense battle each man waged to overcome his affliction. Markel writes of the physical and emotional damage caused by the then-heralded wonder drug, and how each man ultimately changed the world in spite of it—or because of it. One became the father of psychoanalysis; the other, of modern surgery. Here is the full story, long overlooked, told in its rich historical context.

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0307379817

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Literatim

Essays at the Intersections of Medicine and Culture

By: Howard Markel

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Essays at the Intersections of Medicine and Culture

By: Howard Markel

In 1959, shortly before his death and while reflecting over his roller-coaster career as a Hollywood film director, Preston Sturges (who I write about more fully later in this book) remarked, "the only amazing thing about my career...is that I ever had one at all." (1) The same might be said about my career as a physician and historian of medicine. As a young boy, some of my best companions were the characters I met on the pages of novels, stories, theatrical scripts, and screenplays. Fascinated by human stories, contradictions, both moral and physical, and worlds so vastly different from my middle-class, suburban Detroit upbringing, I was inspired to I try my hand at writing some of my own tales. In my teens, I was an active participant in my high school's theatre program (thankfully, in an era when taxpayers still supported the arts as a critical part of the public school curriculum) and wrote a series of incredibly bad plays. Soon enough, I was confronted by the decidedly difficult time I had in coming up with believable plots, a serious handicap for any budding fabulist."--

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An Anatomy of Addiction

Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug, Cocaine

By: Howard Markel

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Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug, Cocaine

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Quarantine!

East European Jewish Immigrants and the New York City Epidemics of 1892

By: Howard Markel

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Quarantine!

East European Jewish Immigrants and the New York City Epidemics of 1892

By: Howard Markel

This riveting story of the typhus and cholera epidemics that swept through New York City in 1892 has been updated with a new preface that tackles the COVID-19 pandemic. Winner, 2003 Arthur J. Viseltear Prize for Outstanding Book in the History of Public Health, American Public Health Association In Quarantine! Howard Markel traces the course of the typhus and cholera epidemics that swept through New York City in 1892. The story is told from the point of view of those involved—the public health doctors who diagnosed and treated the victims, the newspaper reporters who covered the stories, the government officials who established and enforced policy, and, most importantly, the immigrants themselves. Drawing on rarely cited stories from the Yiddish American press, immigrant diaries and letters, and official accounts, Markel follows the immigrants on their journey from a squalid and precarious existence in Russia's Pale of Settlement, to their passage in steerage, to New York's Lower East Side, to the city's quarantine islands. This updated edition features a new preface from the author that reflects on the themes of the book in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. At a time of renewed anti-immigrant sentiment and newly emerging infectious diseases, Quarantine! provides a historical context for considering some of the significant problems that face American society today.

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1421443678

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When Germs Travel

Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America and the Fears They Have Unleashed

By: Howard Markel

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When Germs Travel

Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America and the Fears They Have Unleashed

By: Howard Markel

The struggle against deadly microbes is endless. Diseases that have plagued human beings since ancient times still exist, new maladies make their way into the headlines, we are faced with vaccine shortages, and the threat of germ warfare has reemerged as a worldwide threat. In this riveting account, medical historian Howard Markel takes an eye-opening look at the fragility of the American public health system. He tells the distinctive stories of six epidemics–tuberculosis, bubonic plague, trachoma, typhus, cholera, and AIDS–to show how our chief defense against diseases from outside the United States has been to attempt to deny entry to carriers. He explains why this approach never worked, and makes clear that it is useless in today’s world of bustling international travel and porous borders. Illuminating our foolhardy attempts at isolation and showing that globalization renders us all potential inhabitants of the so-called Hot Zone, Markel makes a compelling case for a globally funded public health program that could stop the spread of epidemics and safeguard the health of everyone on the planet.

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Origin Story: The Trials of Charles Darwin

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The Kelloggs

The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek

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Literatim

Essays at the Intersections of Medicine and Culture

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The Pleasure of Their Company

A Reminiscence

By: Howard Taubman

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The Pleasure of Their Company

A Reminiscence

By: Howard Taubman

(Amadeus). The New York Times music and drama critic recalls friends and associates over a 57-year career. HARDCOVER.

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Practitioner's Guide to Litigating Insurance Coverage Actions

By: Jerold Oshinsky,Theodore A. Howard

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Practitioner's Guide to Litigating Insurance Coverage Actions

By: Jerold Oshinsky,Theodore A. Howard

Practitionerand’s Guide to Litigating Insurance Coverage Actions, Second Edition is a comprehensive, two-volume manual that offers an excellent framework for understanding the complex practical and procedural issues that can arise in insurance coverage disputes. Written by insurance litigators with extensive experience from both the policyholder and insurance company perspective, Practitionerand’s Guide to Litigating Insurance Coverage Actions reveals hard-won strategies and proven-effective litigation tools to help you successfully prepare or defend an insurance coverage case. Masterfully organized and streamlined in a two-volume format, Practitionerand’s Guide to Litigating Insurance Coverage Actions walks you through the logical sequence of events as an insurance coverage litigation case evolves. Youand’ll find: Step-by-step guidance through every stage of case preparation and litigation. Balanced and“best-practiceand” recommendations for counsel to policyholders and insurance companies. And much more! Model Forms include: Notice Letters Initial Pleadings Preliminary Motions Discovery Requests Summary Judgment Motions Motions at Trial Opening and Closing Statements Trial Briefs and Jury Instructions Motions and Briefs during Appeals Process Settlement Agreements

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When's Recess?

Playing Your Way Through the Stresses of Life

By: Howard Papush,Howard Papush Aka Dr Play

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Playing Your Way Through the Stresses of Life

By: Howard Papush,Howard Papush Aka Dr Play

If you've been yearning for "recess," THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU! Looking for permission to play? YOU'VE GOT IT! Want some fun ideas to try out with your co-workers, your family, and your friends? IT'S RIGHT HERE! Ever wonder if it's possible to stay young without the use of cosmetic surgery or anti-aging supplements? DR. PLAY HAS THE PRESCRIPTION! Howard Papush, often referred to as Dr. Play, is a nationally-known motivational speaker whose informative and entertaining LET'S PLAY AGAIN seminars have shown participants from Microsoft, Xerox, Toyota, Merrill Lynch, Blue Cross, City University of New York, The Walt Disney Company, American Heart Association, United States Postal Service, and countless other organizations how to bring more joy into their work, their relationships, and indeed their lives. He is a former television executive who once worked closely with legendary TV personalities Johnny Carson, Barbara Walters, Dick Clark, Allen Funt, Ralph Edwards, and "Howdy Doody." As a talent executive at The Tonight Show, he was instrumental in the show's first-time appearances of Jay Leno, Suzanne Somers, Chevy Chase, Natalie Cole, Marvin Hamlisch, Wayne Dyer, Carl Sagan, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. In this book, Dr. Play not only gets you in touch with your creative soul, but also offers powerful tools to better manage your stress levels, whether on the job or at home. You are given permission to bring toys to work, skip merrily down the corridors of corporate headquarters, and even play with your food. Want to discover how some well known celebrities played as children? Hear about a surprise party that is really different? Learn how to deal with your inner child "itching" for a play break when you're either in the midst of an important business meeting or cleaning your home? "WHEN'S RECESS?" Right now - just OPEN the book!

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1412033462

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The Practical Pediatrician

The A to Z Guide to Your Child's Health, Behavior, and Safety

By: Howard Markel,Frank A. Oski

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The Practical Pediatrician

The A to Z Guide to Your Child's Health, Behavior, and Safety

By: Howard Markel,Frank A. Oski

Covers common childhood diseases, behavior problems, nutrition, immunizations, television, discipline, divorce, and first aid

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W H Freeman & Company

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The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix

By: Howard Markel

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The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix

By: Howard Markel

An NPR Best Book of the Year An authoritative history of the race to unravel DNA’s structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians. James Watson and Francis Crick’s 1953 discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and Crick do it—and why were they the ones who succeeded? In truth, the discovery of DNA’s structure is the story of five towering minds in pursuit of the advancement of science, and for almost all of them, the prospect of fame and immortality: Watson, Crick, Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins, and Linus Pauling. Each was fascinating and brilliant, with strong personalities that often clashed. Howard Markel skillfully re-creates the intense intellectual journey, and fraught personal relationships, that ultimately led to a spectacular breakthrough. But it is Rosalind Franklin—fiercely determined, relentless, and an outsider at Cambridge and the University of London in the 1950s, as the lone Jewish woman among young male scientists—who becomes a focal point for Markel. The Secret of Life is a story of genius and perseverance, but also a saga of cronyism, misogyny, anti-Semitism, and misconduct. Drawing on voluminous archival research, including interviews with James Watson and with Franklin’s sister, Jenifer Glynn, Markel provides a fascinating look at how science is done, how reputations are undone, and how history is written, and revised. A vibrant evocation of Cambridge in the 1950s, Markel also provides colorful depictions of Watson and Crick—their competitiveness, idiosyncrasies, and youthful immaturity—and compelling portraits of Wilkins, Pauling, and most cogently, Rosalind Franklin. The Secret of Life is a lively and sweeping narrative of this landmark discovery, one that finally gives the woman at the center of this drama her due.

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When Germs Travel

Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America and the Fears They Have Unleashed

By: Howard Markel

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Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America and the Fears They Have Unleashed

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Cummings Otolaryngology E-Book

Head and Neck Surgery, 3-Volume Set

By: Paul W. Flint,Bruce H. Haughey,Valerie J. Lund,K. Thomas Robbins,J. Regan Thomas,Marci M. Lesperance,Howard W. Francis

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Cummings Otolaryngology E-Book

Head and Neck Surgery, 3-Volume Set

By: Paul W. Flint,Bruce H. Haughey,Valerie J. Lund,K. Thomas Robbins,J. Regan Thomas,Marci M. Lesperance,Howard W. Francis

The most comprehensive, multi-disciplinary text in the field, Cummings Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, 7th Edition, provides detailed, practical answers and easily accessible clinical content on the complex issues that arise for otolaryngologists at all levels, across all subspecialties. This award-winning text is a one-stop reference for all stages of your career—from residency and board certification through the challenges faced in daily clinical practice. Updated content, new otology editor Dr. Howard W. Francis, and new chapters and videos ensure that this 7th Edition remains the definitive reference in today's otolaryngology. - Brings you up to date with the latest minimally invasive procedures, recent changes in rhinology, and new techniques and technologies that are shaping patient outcomes. - Contains 12 new chapters, including Chronic Rhinosinusitis, Facial Pain, Geriatric Otology, Middle Ear Endoscopic Surgery, Pediatric Speech Disorders, Pediatric Cochlear Implantation, Tongue-Ties and Lip Ties, Laryngotracheal Clefts, and more. - Covers recent advances and new approaches such as the Draf III procedure for CRS affecting the frontal recess, endoscopic vidian and posterior nasal neurectomy for non-allergic rhinitis, and endoscopic approaches for sinonasal and orbital tumors, both extra- and intraconal. - Provides access to 70 key indicator (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Key Indicator Procedures), and surgical videos – an increase of 43% over the previous edition. - Offers outstanding visual support with 4,000 high-quality images and hundreds of quick-reference tables and boxes. - Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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0323612172

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The Measurement & Management of Clinical Outcomes in Mental Health

By: John S. Lyons,Kenneth I. Howard,Michael T. O'Mahoney,Jennifer D. Lish

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The Measurement & Management of Clinical Outcomes in Mental Health

By: John S. Lyons,Kenneth I. Howard,Michael T. O'Mahoney,Jennifer D. Lish

THE COMPLETE PSYCHOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNER Of Related interest Arthur E. Jongsma, Jr. and L. Mark Peterson This valuable guide provides a thorough introduction to treatment planning and contains all of the necessary elements for developing formal treatment plans. In an easy-reference, prewritten format, this book presents detailed problem definitions, treatment goals, objectives, therapeutic interventions, and DSM-IVTM diagnoses for over thirty common clinical problems. Practitioners in the field will find this book to be a great time-saver and an invaluable reference. 1995 (0-471-11738-2) 176 pp. THERASCRIBETM FOR WINDOWS(r) The Computerized Assistant to Psychotherapy Treatment Planning. Arthur E. Jongsma, Jr., L. Mark Peterson, and Kenneth Jongsma. This revolutionary computerized treatment planning software lets you create detailed, customized treatment plans easily and quickly. Designed for use in both inpatient and outpatient settings, its user-friendly format allows clinicians to easily access a wide variety of behavioral definitions, treatment goals and objectives, therapeutic interventions, and DSM-IV diagnoses from its huge database. Its well-organized reports are designed to meet the requirements of Medicare, HMOs, and other third-party payers, which makes this program an important tool for evaluating and treating mental illness. 1997 (0-471-18415-2) 4 3.5 disks THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO MANAGED BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE Edited by Chris E. Stout and Gerald A. Theis Managed care has radically altered the mental health services landscape. This loose-leaf style reference manual, which is updated semiannually, offers in-depth analysis from leading experts of changes in practice management, quality and outcome issues, technology, and automation. It also addresses important legal, regulatory, fiscal, and contractual concerns. Packed with practical tools and useful sample forms, the Guide includes a comprehensive glossary of managed care terms and a complete list of managed care organizations. 1996 (0-471-12586-5) 324 pp. THE MEASUREMENT & MANAGEMENT OF CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN MENTAL HEALTH Once used almost exclusively by psychotherapy researchers, clinical outcomes testing is quickly becoming a standard component of mental health practice. JCAHO has mandated that outcomes must be included in mental health record keeping by the end of the decade, and the six largest managed care firms have announced plans to begin tracking clinical outcomes. While debates over the potential advantages and disadvantages of this move rage on, the fact remains that all clinicians in managed care systems will soon be compelled to incorporate outcomes assessment into their clinical routines. The Measurement and Management of Clinical Outcomes in Mental Health prepares clinicians and administrators for this inevitability. Written by a team of experts with extensive experience in design and implementation, this timely book explores the rationale behind outcomes measurement and offers readers concrete advice and guidelines on conducting accurate and effective outcomes measurement. In the first half of the book, the authors review the conceptual and practical aspects of outcomes management. Among the issues receiving special attention are: the psychometrics of outcomes; measuring patient satisfaction; implementation strategies; the role of consumer characteristics in outcomes management, especially in regard to needs-based planning; case-mix adjustment strategies; and barriers to implementation and strategies for overcoming them. The second half of the book is devoted entirely to detailed case examples. Over the course of five chapters, the authors vividly illustrate their approaches to outcomes management in five different specialty areas—outpatient psychotherapy, acute psychiatric services, community services, child and adolescent services, and substance-abuse treatment services. The first comprehensive guide to designing and implementing outcomes evaluation systems, The Measurement and Management of Clinical Outcomes in Mental Health is an important resource for all mental health practitioners as well as mental health and managed care administrators.

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0471154296

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Homeless

Poverty and Place in Urban America

By: Ella Howard

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Poverty and Place in Urban America

By: Ella Howard

Homeless explores the efforts of private and public institutions to solve the problem of homelessness by tracing the rise and fall of skid rows in America through the lens of New York's Bowery. Crowded onto skid rows, the homeless lived apart from the middle classes, who saw them as an aberrant population.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812244729

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City of promises : a history of the jews of New York

By: Deborah Dash Moore,Howard B. Rock,Jeffrey S. Gurock,Annie Polland,Daniel Soyer

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City of promises : a history of the jews of New York

By: Deborah Dash Moore,Howard B. Rock,Jeffrey S. Gurock,Annie Polland,Daniel Soyer

New York Jews, so visible and integral to the culture, economy and politics of America's greatest city, has eluded the grasp of historians for decades. Surprisingly, no comprehensive history of New York Jews has ever been written. City of Promises: The History of the Jews in New York, a three volume set of original research, pioneers a path-breaking interpretation of a Jewish urban community at once the largest in Jewish history and most important in the modern world.

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NYU Press

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0814717314

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Religion in a Changing Workplace

By: Elaine Howard Ecklund,Denise Daniels,Christopher P. Scheitle

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Religion in a Changing Workplace

By: Elaine Howard Ecklund,Denise Daniels,Christopher P. Scheitle

Drawing on more than 15,000 surveys and 300 in-depth interviews on the subject of faith at work in the US, this book shows how a wide range of workers understand their work vis-a-vis their faith and makes the case that employers should accommodate religious self-expression at work.

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Oxford University Press

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019767500X

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Politics in Georgia

By: Robert M. Howard,Arnold Fleischmann,Richard N. Engstrom

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Politics in Georgia

By: Robert M. Howard,Arnold Fleischmann,Richard N. Engstrom

This new edition has been extensively updated to reflect developments in Georgia politics and government since 2007—a decade that has seen three presidential election cycles, two midterm elections, and a census. Updates reflect not only changes in how Georgia is governed but also the economic and social trends helping to drive those changes. These include the continued growth and dispersal of His panic and Asian populations; the decline, by a variety of measures, of rural areas; and the moderating effect of probusiness government factions on social conservative agendas. This edition maintains the book’s comparative approach, which examines the state from three revealing perspectives. This allows readers to determine the extent to which Georgia is similar to its peers on such topics as the length and features of the constitution, the organization of the state government, and the nature of policies. All this allows students and scholars to have a better understanding of the political and economic dynamics of Georgia and the relationship of those dynamics to national political and economic developments. The result is a thorough, up-to-date resource on Georgia’s dynamic political system. Features: -Coverage of trends and events since the prior edition appeared in 2007 -Analysis of the most recent state elections -A rewritten chapter on the judiciary that reflects greater representation of women and minorities on the bench and a sharp rise in Republican appointees -A rewritten chapter on policy, with added detail on such topics as transportation, the environment, education, social welfare, and public safety and security -Extensive revisions to sections on the U.S. Constitution -The removal of a chapter on public opinion so that its contents can be more tightly woven throughout the book -Greater attention to the increased power of interest groups -Acknowledgment throughout of the impact of the web and social media in politics and government

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0820351776

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Open versus Closed

Personality, Identity, and the Politics of Redistribution

By: Christopher D. Johnston,Howard G. Lavine,Christopher M. Federico

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Open versus Closed

Personality, Identity, and the Politics of Redistribution

By: Christopher D. Johnston,Howard G. Lavine,Christopher M. Federico

Debates over redistribution, social insurance, and market regulation are central to American politics. Why do some citizens prefer a large role for government in the economic life of the nation while others wish to limit its reach? In Open versus Closed, the authors argue that these preferences are not always what they seem. They show how deep-seated personality traits underpinning the culture wars over race, immigration, law and order, sexuality, gender roles, and religion shape how citizens think about economics, binding cultural and economic inclinations together in unexpected ways. Integrating insights from both psychology and political science - and twenty years of observational and experimental data - the authors reveal the deeper motivations driving attitudes toward government. They find that for politically active citizens these attitudes are not driven by self-interest, but by a desire to express the traits and cultural commitments that define their identities.

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Cambridge University Press

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110815591X

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Programme Aid and Development

Beyond Conditionality

By: Geske Dijkstra,Howard White

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Beyond Conditionality

By: Geske Dijkstra,Howard White

Deals with one of the core issues of modern development economics Interest to academics and policy makers

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Routledge

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1134697066

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9781134697069

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication

By: Giles/Pierson,Howard Giles

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Journal of Asian Pacific Communication

By: Giles/Pierson,Howard Giles

Research into language issues and communication problems is investigated across a range of disciplines and appears in a wide diversity of published outlets. In addition, any linguistic and communication problems faced by Southeast Asian immigrants elsewhere in the world are also located in disparate contexts. This journal is the first real attempt to provide a forum for such widespread concerns to be published in the English Language.

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Multilingual Matters

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1853590983

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Hypermobility of Joints

By: Peter Beighton,Rodney Grahame,Howard Bird

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Hypermobility of Joints

By: Peter Beighton,Rodney Grahame,Howard Bird

This third edition of Hypermobility of Joints follows the same format as its successful predecessors. The aim of those editions was to provide an overview of hyperlaxity of joints and this edition follows that aim by describing the most recent research and new developments in biochemistry as well as providing practical advice on clinical features and management. Further chapters provide illustrative case histories, a review of hypermobility in the performing arts and sports and an outline of heritable hypermobility syndromes. Hypermobility of Joints has implications for a wide number of specialties although it will particularly be of interest to rheumatologists, orthopedic surgeons and medical geneticists.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1447136330

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A History of the Oratorio: The oratorio in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

By: Howard E. Smither

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A History of the Oratorio: The oratorio in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

By: Howard E. Smither

With this volume, Howard Smither completes his monumental History of the Oratorio. Volumes 1 and 2, published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1977, treated the oratorio in the Baroque era, while Volume 3, published in 1987, explored th

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UNC Press Books

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0807825115

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The Baseball Talmud

The Definitive Position-by-Position Ranking of Baseball's Chosen Players

By: Howard Megdal

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The Baseball Talmud

The Definitive Position-by-Position Ranking of Baseball's Chosen Players

By: Howard Megdal

Updated and expanded edition! From the icons of the game to the players who got their big break but never quite broke through, The Baseball Talmud provides a wonderful historical narration of Major League Jewish Baseball in America. All the stats, the facts, the stories, and the (often unheralded) glory. This delightful compmendium reveals that there is far more to Jewish baseball than Hank Greenberg's powerful slugging and Sandy Koufax's masterful control. From Ausmus to Zinn, Berg to Kinsler, Holtzman to Yeager, and many others, Howard Megdal draws upon the lore and the little-known details that increase our enjoyment of the game. This new, expanded edition of The Baseball Talmud rewrites the history of Jewish baseball and is a book that every baseball fan should own.

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Triumph Books

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163727033X

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Judging Law and Policy

Courts and Policymaking in the American Political System

By: Robert M. Howard,Amy Steigerwalt

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Judging Law and Policy

Courts and Policymaking in the American Political System

By: Robert M. Howard,Amy Steigerwalt

To what extent do courts make social and public policy and influence policy change? This innovative text analyzes this question generally and in seven distinct policy areas that play out in both federal and state courts—tax policy, environmental policy, reproductive rights, sex equality, affirmative action, school finance, and same-sex marriage. The authors address these issues through the twin lenses of how state and federal courts must and do interact with the other branches of government and whether judicial policy-making is a form of activist judging. Each chapter uncovers the policymaking aspects of judicial process by investigating the current state of the law, the extent of court involvement in policy change, the responses of other governmental entities and outside actors, and the factors which influenced the degree of implementation and impact of the relevant court decisions. Throughout the book, Howard and Steigerwalt examine and analyze the literature on judicial policy-making as well as evaluate existing measures of judicial ideology, judicial activism, court and legal policy formation, policy change and policy impact. This unique text offers new insights and areas to research in this important field of American politics.

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Routledge

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1136887601

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9781136887604

Democracy and Authenticity

Toward a Theory of Public Justification

By: Howard H. Schweber

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Democracy and Authenticity

Toward a Theory of Public Justification

By: Howard H. Schweber

In Democracy and Authenticity Professor Howard Schweber examines a basic problem for liberal democracies. When a political entity is characterized by a multitude of identities and values, certain constraints apply to reasons for citizens and public officials to justify coercive political actions. The author argues that justifications based on particular religious doctrines are not a proper basis for government actions that affect everyone. He then develops a concept of public justification intended to guide citizens in a liberal democracy through the work of creating policies that satisfy their responsibilities to one another.

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1139505335

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