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Principles of Macroeconomics

Activist vs Austerity Policies

By: Howard J. Sherman,Michael A. Meeropol

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Principles of Macroeconomics

Activist vs Austerity Policies

By: Howard J. Sherman,Michael A. Meeropol

Principles of Macroeconomics by Howard J. Sherman and Michael A. Meeropol differs from other texts in that this book stresses far more the inherent instability of the macro-economy. The details of the business cycle come early and are integrated throughout the core of usual macro topics (C, I, G, X). The book puts inflation into its proper perspective by recognising that unemployment is the much greater threat to the economic well being of the vast majority of the people. Instead unemployment and its human toll are given far greater emphasis than other texts. The Keynesian model is fully developed; so is the statistical analysis of Wesley Mitchell. The neoclassical model is covered in both its historical evolution and in its implications for current policy debates. Finally, there is strong coverage of the Euro-zone crisis and its linkages to the United States.

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Routledge

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1317462130

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9781317462132

The Lucifer Principle

A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

By: Howard Bloom

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The Lucifer Principle

A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

By: Howard Bloom

“A philosophical look at the history of our species which alternated between fascinating and frightening . . . like reading Dean Koontz or Stephen King.” —Rocky Mountain News The Lucifer Principle is a revolutionary work that explores the intricate relationships among genetics, human behavior, and culture to put forth the thesis that “evil” is a by-product of nature’s strategies for creation and that it is woven into our most basic biological fabric. In a sweeping narrative that moves lucidly among sophisticated scientific disciplines and covers the entire span of the earth’s—as well as mankind’s—history, Howard Bloom challenges some of our most popular scientific assumptions. Drawing on evidence from studies of the most primitive organisms to those on ants, apes, and humankind, the author makes a persuasive case that it is the group, or “superorganism,” rather than the lone individual that really matters in the evolutionary struggle. But biology is not destiny, and human culture is not always the buffer to our most primitive instincts we would like to think it is. In these complex threads of thought lies the Lucifer Principle, and only through understanding its mandates will we able to avoid the nuclear crusades that await us in the twenty-first century. “A revolutionary vision of the relationship between psychology and history, The Lucifer Principle will have a profound impact on our concepts of human nature. It is astonishing that a book of such importance could be such a pleasure to read.”—Elizabeth F. Loftus, author of Memory

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Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

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0802192181

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9780802192189

Technological Utopianism in American Culture

Twentieth Anniversary Edition

By: Howard P. Segal

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Technological Utopianism in American Culture

Twentieth Anniversary Edition

By: Howard P. Segal

Featuring twenty-five writers in all, this book includes Howard P. Segal's acclaimed work on utopian visionaries.

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Syracuse University Press

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0815630611

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9780815630616

The Social Meaning of Modern Biology

From Social Darwinism to Sociobiology

By: Howard Kaye

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The Social Meaning of Modern Biology

From Social Darwinism to Sociobiology

By: Howard Kaye

The Social Meaning of Modern Biology analyzes the cultural significance of recurring attempts since the time of Darwin to extract social and moral guidance from the teachings of modern biology. Such efforts are often dismissed as ideological defenses of the social status quo, of the sort wrongly associated with nineteenth-century social Darwinism. Howard Kaye argues they are more properly viewed as culturally radical attempts to redefine who we are by nature and thus rethink how we should live. Despite the scientific and philosophical weaknesses of arguments that "biology is destiny," and their dehumanizing potential, in recent years they have proven to be powerfully attractive. They will continue to be so in an age enthralled by genetic explanations of human experience and excited by the prospect of its biological control.In the ten years since the original edition of The Social Meaning of Modern Biology was published, changes in both science and society have altered the terms of debate over the nature of man and human culture. Kaye's epilogue thoroughly examines these changes. He discusses the remarkable growth of ethology and sociobiology in their study of animal and human behavior and the stunning progress achieved in neuropsychology and behavioral genetics. These developments may appear to bring us closer to long-sought explanations of our physical, mental, and behavioral "machinery." Yet, as Kaye demonstrates, attempts to use such explanations to unify the natural and social sciences are mired in self-contradictory accounts of human freedom and moral choice. The Social Meaning of Modern Biology remains a significant study in the field of sociobiology and is essential reading for sociologists, biologists, behavioral geneticists, and psychologists.

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225

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Routledge

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1351473948

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9781351473941

Medieval Misogyny and the Invention of Western Romantic Love

By: R. Howard Bloch

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Medieval Misogyny and the Invention of Western Romantic Love

By: R. Howard Bloch

Until now the advent of Western romantic love has been seen as a liberation from—or antidote to—ten centuries of misogyny. In this major contribution to gender studies, R. Howard Bloch demonstrates how similar the ubiquitous antifeminism of medieval times and the romantic idealization of woman actually are. Through analyses of a broad range of patristic and medieval texts, Bloch explores the Christian construction of gender in which the flesh is feminized, the feminine is aestheticized, and aesthetics are condemned in theological terms. Tracing the underlying theme of virginity from the Church Fathers to the courtly poets, Bloch establishes the continuity between early Christian antifeminism and the idealization of woman that emerged in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. In conclusion he explains the likely social, economic, and legal causes for the seeming inversion of the terms of misogyny into those of an idealizing tradition of love that exists alongside its earlier avatar until the current era. This startling study will be of great value to students of medieval literature as well as to historians of culture and gender.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226059901

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9780226059907

American Yachts in Naval Service

A History from the Colonial Era to World War II

By: Kenneth Howard Goldman

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American Yachts in Naval Service

A History from the Colonial Era to World War II

By: Kenneth Howard Goldman

Before there was a U.S. Navy, several Colonial navies were all-volunteer--both the crews and the vessels. From its beginnings through World War II, the Navy has relied on civilian sailors and their fast vessels to fill out its ranks of small combatants. Beginning with the birth of the yacht in the Netherlands in the 17th century , this illustrated history traces the development of yacht racing, the advent of combustion-engine power and the contribution privately owned vessels have made to national defense. Vessels conscripted during the Civil War served both the Union and Confederacy--sometimes changing sides after capture. The first USS Wanderer saw the slave trade from both sides of the law. Aboard the USS Sylph, Oscar-winning actor Ernest Borgnine fought the Third Reich's U-boats under sail. USS Sea Cloud made history as the first racially integrated ship in the Navy, three years before President Truman desegregated the military.

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McFarland

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1476682607

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9781476682600

The Miracle of Jimmy Carter

By: Howard Melvin Norton,Bob Slosser

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The Miracle of Jimmy Carter

By: Howard Melvin Norton,Bob Slosser

Here is Jimmy Carter-man of faith and politics-as seen by two veteran newsmen, Pulitzer-Prize winner Howard Norton and former assistant new editor in Washington for The New York Times, Bob Slosser.

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Bridge-Logos

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0882701975

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9780882701974

Transnationalism and Society

An Introduction

By: Michael C. Howard

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Transnationalism and Society

An Introduction

By: Michael C. Howard

In the past, as in the present, transnationalism has played a vital role in the development of wealth, technology and art in all societies touched by cultures other than their own. This timely book provides an introduction to the social and cultural aspects of transnationalism, particularly focusing on the modern world since 1500, with an emphasis on the past 200 years. Topics covered include the role of migration, the development of cities, the effect of transnationalism on marriage and families, the presence of transnational corporations, dress, religion and art. A key text for understanding our increasingly transnational world. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

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0786486252

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9780786486250

Rethinking Sincerity and Authenticity

The Ethics of Theatricality in Kant, Kierkegaard, and Levinas

By: Howard Pickett

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Rethinking Sincerity and Authenticity

The Ethics of Theatricality in Kant, Kierkegaard, and Levinas

By: Howard Pickett

This above all: To thine own self be true," is an ideal—or pretense—belonging as much to Hamlet as to the carefully choreographed realms of today’s politics and social media. But what if our "true" selves aren’t our "best" selves? Instagram’s curated portraits of authenticity often betray the paradox of our performative selves: sincerity obliges us to be who we actually are, yet ethics would have us be better. Drawing on the writings of Immanuel Kant, Søren Kierkegaard, and Emmanuel Levinas, Howard Pickett presents a vivid defense of "virtuous hypocrisy." Our fetish for transparency tends to allow us to forget that the self may not be worthy of expression, and may become unethically narcissistic in the act of expression. Alert to this ambivalence, these great thinkers advocate incongruent ways of being. Rethinking Sincerity and Authenticity offers an engaging new appraisal not only of the ethics of theatricality but of the theatricality of ethics, contending that pursuit of one’s ideal self entails a relational and ironic performance of identity that lies beyond the pure notion of expressive individualism.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813940168

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9780813940168

The Southern Mystique

By: Howard Zinn

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The Southern Mystique

By: Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn examines the politics of the South and his own experiences there. The South has long been surrounded in mystique. In this powerful volume, drawing on Zinn's own experiences teaching in the South and working within the Southern civil rights movement, Zinn challenges the stereotypes surrounding the South, race relations, and how change happens in history. With a new introduction from the author.

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eBookIt.com

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1456611097

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9781456611095

Truth Needs No Ally

Inside Photojournalism

By: Howard Chapnick

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Truth Needs No Ally

Inside Photojournalism

By: Howard Chapnick

7. Developing Your Portfolio

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University of Missouri Press

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0826209556

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9780826209559

Marc Blitzstein

His Life, His Work, His World

By: Howard Pollack

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Marc Blitzstein

His Life, His Work, His World

By: Howard Pollack

A composer and lyricist of enormous innovation and influence, Marc Blitzstein remains one of the most versatile and fascinating figures in the history of American music, his creative output running the gamut from films scores and Broadway operas to art songs and chamber pieces. A prominent leftist and social maverick, Blitzstein constantly pushed the boundaries of convention in mid-century America in both his work and his life. Award-winning music historian Howard Pollack's new biography covers Blitzstein's life in full, from his childhood in Philadelphia to his violent death in Martinique at age 58. The author describes how this student of contemporary luminaries Nadia Boulanger and Arnold Schoenberg became swept up in the stormy political atmosphere of the 1920s and 1930s and throughout his career walked the fine line between his formal training and his populist principles. Indeed, Blitzstein developed a unique sound that drew on everything contemporary, from the high modernism of Stravinsky and Hindemith to jazz and Broadway show tunes. Pollack captures the astonishing breadth of Blitzstein's work--from provocative operas like The Cradle Will Rock, No for an Answer, and Regina, to the wartime Airborne Symphony composed during his years in service, to lesser known ballets, film scores, and stage works. A courageous artist, Blitzstein translated Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera during the heyday of McCarthyism and the red scare, and turned it into an off-Broadway sensation, its "Mack the Knife" becoming one of the era's biggest hits. Beautifully written, drawing on new interviews with friends and family of the composer, and making extensive use of new archival and secondary sources, Marc Blitzstein presents the most complete biography of this important American artist.

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Oxford University Press

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0199977089

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9780199977086

Hollywood's Miracles of Entertainment

By: John Howard Reid

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Hollywood's Miracles of Entertainment

By: John Howard Reid

120 movies are detailed in this 8th book in the "Hollywood Classics" series. The movies range from marvels of special effects like "King Kong" to the first sound-on-disc feature, "Don Juan". Charismatic film stars like Humphrey Bogart, Jeanette MacDonald, Bing Crosby, Deanna Durbin, John Wayne, Errol Flynn, Eddie Cantor, Lana Turner, Alan Ladd, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Kay Francis, John Garfield, Jane Powell and Roy Rogers enlivened many of these classic films.

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Lulu.com

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1411635221

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9781411635227

The Philosophy of Human Nature

By: Howard P. Kainz

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The Philosophy of Human Nature

By: Howard P. Kainz

What, exactly, is human nature? What makes humans different from animals (if there is any difference)? In this book, Howard Kainz presents a philosophical analysis of the various concepts of human nature and the many controversies that have surrounded them for centuries. He explores issues such as whether human beings are truly free, whether human instincts differ from animal instincts, and the realities of human maturity.

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0812699343

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9780812699340

Book's by Howard Melvin Norton

Principles of Macroeconomics

Principles of Macroeconomics

The Lucifer Principle

The Lucifer Principle

Technological Utopianism in American Culture

Technological Utopianism in American Culture

The Social Meaning of Modern Biology

The Social Meaning of Modern Biology

Medieval Misogyny and the Invention of Western Romantic Love

Medieval Misogyny and the Invention of Western Romantic Love

American Yachts in Naval Service

American Yachts in Naval Service

The Miracle of Jimmy Carter

The Miracle of Jimmy Carter

Transnationalism and Society

Transnationalism and Society

Rethinking Sincerity and Authenticity

Rethinking Sincerity and Authenticity

The Southern Mystique

The Southern Mystique

Truth Needs No Ally

Truth Needs No Ally

Marc Blitzstein

Marc Blitzstein

Hollywood's Miracles of Entertainment

Hollywood's Miracles of Entertainment

The Philosophy of Human Nature

The Philosophy of Human Nature

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