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Modern Orthodox Judaism: a Documentary History

By: Zev Eleff,Jacob J. Schacter

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Modern Orthodox Judaism: a Documentary History

By: Zev Eleff,Jacob J. Schacter

Modern Orthodox Judaism offers an extensive selection of primary texts documenting the Orthodox encounter with American Judaism that led to the emergence of the Modern Orthodox movement. Many texts in this volume are drawn from episodes of conflict that helped form Modern Orthodox Judaism. These include the traditionalists' response to the early expressions of Reform Judaism, as well as incidents that helped define the widening differences between Orthodox and Conservative Judaism in the early twentieth century. Other texts explore the internal struggles to maintain order and balance once Orthodox Judaism had separated itself from other religious movements. Zev Eleff combines published documents with seldom-seen archival sources in tracing Modern Orthodoxy as it developed into a structured movement, established its own institutions, and encountered critical events and issues--some that helped shape the movement and others that caused tension within it. A general introduction explains the rise of the movement and puts the texts in historical context. Brief introductions to each section guide readers through the documents of this new, dynamic Jewish expression.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0827612893

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Ezekiel's Hope

A Commentary on Ezekiel 38-48

By: Jacob Milgrom,Daniel I. Block

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Ezekiel's Hope

A Commentary on Ezekiel 38-48

By: Jacob Milgrom,Daniel I. Block

Jacob Milgrom was a man of deep faith and deep learning. As teacher and scholar he is best known for his work on ancient Israel's religion, especially its cultic expression in tabernacle and temple. His command of this subject is evident in his massive, three-volume commentary on Leviticus (Anchor Bible Commentary) and his commentary on Numbers (JPS Torah Commentary). This provides perfect background for one who seeks to instruct us on the final chapters of Ezekiel. In this volume Milgrom guides us engagingly through Ezekiel's oracle against Gog (chs. 38-39) and his final vision of Israel's physical and spiritual restoration (chs. 40-48). Regrettably Professor Milgrom did not live to see his work on Ezekiel appear in print. Given his influence on biblical scholarship far beyond his native Jewish world, it is fitting that this final form of this project be cast as an interfaith dialogue with Daniel Block, who has himself written a major two-volume commentary on Ezekiel (NICOT). This volume offers a window into how one Jewish scholar engaged with the work of a Christian scholar. It invites readers to listen in on their conversation, in the course of which they will also hear the voices of medieval Jewish rabbis, particularly R. Eliezer of Beaugency and R. Joseph Kara. While Block and Milgrom are free to disagree in their reading of particular texts, readers will find this dialogue illuminating for their own understanding of the last chapters of Ezekiel.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1610976509

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Theory Construction and Model-Building Skills

A Practical Guide for Social Scientists

By: James Jaccard,Jacob Jacoby

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Theory Construction and Model-Building Skills

A Practical Guide for Social Scientists

By: James Jaccard,Jacob Jacoby

This book provides young scientists with tools to assist them in the practical aspects of theory construction. We take an informal journey through the cognitive heuristics, tricks of the trade, and ways of thinking that we have found to be useful in developing theories-essentially, conceptualizations-that can advance knowledge in the social sciences. This book is intended to provide the instructor with a useful source for helping students come up with ideas for research and for fine-tuning the resultant theories that emerge from such thinking. An objective of this book is to move toward a needed balance in the emphases given to theory construction and theory testing"--

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Guilford Publications

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1462542433

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The New Hebrew Nation

A Study in Israeli Heresy and Fantasy

By: Jacob Shavit

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The New Hebrew Nation

A Study in Israeli Heresy and Fantasy

By: Jacob Shavit

First Published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Psychology Press

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071463302X

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Understanding Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

By: Grace Iarocci,Jacob A. Burack,Dermot Bowler

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Understanding Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

By: Grace Iarocci,Jacob A. Burack,Dermot Bowler

Written by psychologists engaged in research, teaching, and practice, Understanding Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities encourages a nuanced, contextually informed understanding of the development of individuals with developmental disabilities. This accessible book contextualises developmental disability across the lifespan and within social systems. It will help you understand the complex interaction between genetics, environments, and experiences, in relation to specific conditions such as ADHD, autism, foetal alcohol spectrum conditions, and Down syndrome. It also introduces you to the wide range of real-world applications of developmental disabilities research and to some of the current ethical issues around genetic screening and behavioural intervention. Key learning features include: Learning objectives Focus boxes that deliver additional helpful context Chapter summaries Reflective exercises and questions, to test what you’ve learned Recommended videos This book is ideal for students studying atypical development, developmental neuropsychology, and related subjects. Grace Iarocci is Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Lab at Simon Fraser University Jacob A. Burack is Professor of School/Applied Child Psychology and Human Development at McGill University, Director of the McGill Youth Study Team, and Scientific Director of the Summit Center for Education, Research, and Training Dermot M. Bowler is Professor of Psychology and a founder member of the Autism Research Group at City, University of London

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SAGE Publications Limited

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1526485192

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Marcuse

By: Jacob McNulty

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Marcuse

By: Jacob McNulty

Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) is known to many as a leading figure of 1960s counterculture, and a "Guru of the New Left."However, the deeper philosophical background to Marcuse's thought is often forgotten, especially his significant engagement with German idealism, ancient philosophy, and a broad spectrum of problems and issues from the philosophical tradition. This much-needed book introduces and assesses Marcuse's philosophy and is ideal for those coming to his work for the first time. Jacob McNulty covers the following topics: Marcuse's life and the background to his thought, including his formative period as a student of Husserl and Heidegger and as a philosopher in Horkheimer's Institute Marcuse's recasting of metaphysics in light of Marxian and Freudian thought Marcuse and German idealism, especially the role of Kant and Hegel Marcuse's philosophy of human nature, his use of the late Freud's ideas of Eros and Thanatos Marcuse as a critic of state and monopoly capitalism Meaning, propaganda, and ideology: the political implications of language and also the centrality of free speech Marcuse's aesthetics Marcuse's legacy and his relationship to contemporary analytical philosophy (especially "analytic critical theory"). An outstanding and engaging introduction to a central figure in twentieth-century radical thought, Marcuse is essential reading for those in philosophy and related disciplines including political theory, sociology, and media and communication studies.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040150845

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United States Jewry, 1776-1985

Volume 4, the East European Period, the Emergence of the American Jew Epilogue

By: Jacob Rader Marcus

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United States Jewry, 1776-1985

Volume 4, the East European Period, the Emergence of the American Jew Epilogue

By: Jacob Rader Marcus

In the final volume of this set, Marcus deals with the coming and challenge of the East European Jews from 1852 to 1920. In United States Jewry, 1776–1985, the dean of American Jewish historians, Jacob Rader Marcus, unfolds the history of Jewish immigration, segregation, and integration; of Jewry’s cultural exclusiveness and assimilation; of its internal division and indivisible unity; and of its role in the making of America. Characterized by Marcus’s impeccable scholarship, meticulous documentation, and readable style, this landmark four-volume set completes the history Marcus began in The Colonial American Jew, 1492–1776. In the fourth and final volume of this set, Marcus deals with the coming and challenge of the East European Jews from 1852 to 1920. He explores settlement and colonization, dispersal to rural areas, life in large cities, the proletarians, the garment industry, the unions, and socialism. He also describes the life of the middle and upper class East European Jew. Special attention is paid to the growth of Zionism. In the epilogue, Marcus writes about the evolution of the "American Jew.

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Wayne State University Press

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0814345050

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9780814345054

Communism and Zionism in Palestine during the British Mandate

By: Jacob Hen-Tov

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Communism and Zionism in Palestine during the British Mandate

By: Jacob Hen-Tov

This reconstruction of Middle East politics and ideology focuses on the rise of the Zionist settlement in Palestine, the gradual emergence of Arab nationalism, and the increasing difficulties facing the British Mandatory government when reconciling the growing Arab-Jewish communal strife. The Communist International, searching for revolutionary situations in the underdeveloped world, attempted to use unrest in Palestine to undermine the Mandate. In the process two sections of the Communist movement were confronted with an expanding popular movement, Zionism, which they tried to suppress.The situation was unique. The Palestine Communist Party's leadership and membership were predominantly Jewish, and perceived the Communist International's anti-Zionist policies as a threat to the existence of the entire Jewish community. The Soviets themselves promoted an autonomous Jewish region within the Soviet Union and sought to combat manifestations of Zionism in the Middle East that might appeal to Russian Jewry.The precise mechanisms of control and policy influence that the Communist International exerted upon the Palestine Communist Party have only recently been revealed. The author's intimate knowledge of the Middle East enabled him to reconstruct the 1920s situation. By utilizing survivors' testimonies, he also was able to explain the roots of the strong anti-Israeli position taken by the Soviet Union at the time. Communism and Zionism in Palestine during the British Mandate is a vivid historical analysis and will be invaluable to those who wish to understand the complex present situation in the Middle East.

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Routledge

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1351527495

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Places in Motion

The Fluid Identities of Temples, Images, and Pilgrims

By: Jacob N. Kinnard

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Places in Motion

The Fluid Identities of Temples, Images, and Pilgrims

By: Jacob N. Kinnard

Jacob Kinnard offers an in-depth examination of the complex dynamics of religiously charged places. He argues that places are sacred because we make them sacred, and that they remain in perpetual motion, transforming themselves from moment to moment and generation to generation.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199359660

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Plasticity Theory

By: Jacob Lubliner

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Plasticity Theory

By: Jacob Lubliner

The aim of Plasticity Theory is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the contemporary state of knowledge in basic plasticity theory and to its applications. It treats several areas not commonly found between the covers of a single book: the physics of plasticity, constitutive theory, dynamic plasticity, large-deformation plasticity, and numerical methods, in addition to a representative survey of problems treated by classical methods, such as elastic-plastic problems, plane plastic flow, and limit analysis; the problem discussed come from areas of interest to mechanical, structural, and geotechnical engineers, metallurgists and others. The necessary mathematics and basic mechanics and thermodynamics are covered in an introductory chapter, making the book a self-contained text suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, as well as a reference for practitioners of solid mechanics.

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0486318206

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The Vitality of Rabbinic Imagination

The Mishnah Against the Bible and Qumran

By: Jacob Neusner

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The Vitality of Rabbinic Imagination

The Mishnah Against the Bible and Qumran

By: Jacob Neusner

Assessed against comparable documents of Scripture and the Qumran library, the Mishnah shows itself as a triumph of imagination. It exhibits remarkable capacity to think in new and astonishing ways about familiar things. This study compares the Mishnah to four biblical codes and two codes found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. The comparison provides perspective upon the uniqueness of the Mishnah in its Israelite context of Scripture and tradition. Linked to Scripture and in dialogue with Scripture, the Mishnah struck out in new paths altogether from those set forth by Scripture's codes and those that imitated them. The capacity to think in fresh ways about the Scripture's own imperatives and their implications attests to the validity of Rabbinic imagination that reaches concrete expression in the Mishnah, a triumph of reconstruction and creative recapitulation.

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University Press of America

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0761831185

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Modeling Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport

By: Jacob Bear,Alexander H.-D. Cheng

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Modeling Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport

By: Jacob Bear,Alexander H.-D. Cheng

In many parts of the world, groundwater resources are under increasing threat from growing demands, wasteful use, and contamination. To face the challenge, good planning and management practices are needed. A key to the management of groundwater is the ability to model the movement of fluids and contaminants in the subsurface. The purpose of this book is to construct conceptual and mathematical models that can provide the information required for making decisions associated with the management of groundwater resources, and the remediation of contaminated aquifers. The basic approach of this book is to accurately describe the underlying physics of groundwater flow and solute transport in heterogeneous porous media, starting at the microscopic level, and to rigorously derive their mathematical representation at the macroscopic levels. The well-posed, macroscopic mathematical models are formulated for saturated, single phase flow, as well as for unsaturated and multiphase flow, and for the transport of single and multiple chemical species. Numerical models are presented and computer codes are reviewed, as tools for solving the models. The problem of seawater intrusion into coastal aquifers is examined and modeled. The issues of uncertainty in model input data and output are addressed. The book concludes with a chapter on the management of groundwater resources. Although one of the main objectives of this book is to construct mathematical models, the amount of mathematics required is kept minimal.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1402066821

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Foundations of Human Memory

By: Michael Jacob Kahana

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Foundations of Human Memory

By: Michael Jacob Kahana

Foundations of Human Memory provides an introduction to the scientific study of human memory with an emphasis on both the major theories of memory and the laboratory studies that have been used to test those theories and inspire their further development. Written with the undergraduate student in mind, the text assumes no specific background in the subject, but a general familiarity with scientific method and quantitative approaches to the treatment of data. Foundations of human memory is organized around the major empirical paradigms used to study memory in the laboratory and the theories used to explain data obtained using those paradigms. The text begins with a focus on memory for individual items, building up to memory for associations between items, and finally to memory for entire sequences of items and the problem of memory search. Several major theories of memory are considered in detail, including strength theory, summed-similarity theory, neural network based theories, retrieved-context theory, and theories based on the division of memory into separate short-term and long-term storage systems. The text emphasizes basic research over applied problems, but brings in real-world examples and neuroscientific evidence as appropriate.

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Oxford University Press

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0199715521

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American Amnesia

How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper

By: Jacob S. Hacker,Paul Pierson

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American Amnesia

How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper

By: Jacob S. Hacker,Paul Pierson

Introduction : prosperity lost -- Coming up short -- The great divide -- The trouble with markets -- How America got rich -- "An established and useful reality" -- American amnesia -- We're not in Camelot anymore -- This is not your father's party -- The modern robber barons -- A crisis of authority -- Conclusion : the positive-sum society.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451667833

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Oceanographers and the Cold War

Disciples of Marine Science

By: Jacob Darwin Hamblin

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Oceanographers and the Cold War

Disciples of Marine Science

By: Jacob Darwin Hamblin

Oceanographers and the Cold War is about patronage, politics, and the community of scientists. It is the first book to examine the study of the oceans during the Cold War era and explore the international focus of American oceanographers, taking into account the roles of the U.S. Navy, United States foreign policy, and scientists throughout the world. Jacob Hamblin demonstrates that to understand the history of American oceanography, one must consider its role in both conflict and cooperation with other nations. Paradoxically, American oceanography after World War II was enmeshed in the military-industrial complex while characterized by close international cooperation. The military dimension of marine science--with its involvement in submarine acoustics, fleet operations, and sea-launched nuclear missiles--coexisted with data exchange programs with the Soviet Union and global operations in seas without borders. From an uneasy cooperation with the Soviet bloc in the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58, to the NATO Science Committee in the late 1960s, which excluded the Soviet Union, to the U.S. Marine Sciences Council, which served as an important national link between scientists and the government, Oceanographers and the Cold War reveals the military and foreign policy goals served by U.S. government involvement in cooperative activities between scientists, such as joint cruises and expeditions. It demonstrates as well the extent to which oceanographers used international cooperation as a vehicle to pursue patronage from military, government, and commercial sponsors during the Cold War, as they sought support for their work by creating "disciples of marine science" wherever they could.

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University of Washington Press

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0295801859

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The Toolbox

Strategies for Crafting Social Impact

By: Jacob Harold

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The Toolbox

Strategies for Crafting Social Impact

By: Jacob Harold

Transform your corner of the world with strategies from a social change visionary In The Toolbox: Strategies for Crafting Social Impact, celebrated nonprofit executive Jacob Harold delivers an expert guide to doing good in the 21st century. In the book, you'll explore nine tools that have driven world-shaking social movements and billion-dollar businesses—tools that can work just as well for a farmers market or fire department or small business. The author describes each of the tools—including storytelling, mathematical modeling, and design thinking—in a stand-alone chapter, intertwining each with a consistent narrative and full-color visual structure. Readers will also find: A consistent focus and emphasis on the work of social good and how it can be applied in any business, government agency, or nonprofit organization Dozens of poems, photos, equations, diagrams, and stories to illustrate and enrich of the core ideas of the book. A fulsome, three-chapter introduction offering an a crash course in the basics of social impact strategy in the 21st century A comprehensive strategic playbook for contributing to the shared work of building a better world An essential blueprint for anyone interested in improving the world around them, The Toolbox: Strategies for Crafting Social Impact is an incisive strategic guide that will prove to be indispensable for everyone who seeks to collaboratively build something better.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119863333

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The Talmud

What It Is and What It Says

By: Jacob Neusner

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The Talmud

What It Is and What It Says

By: Jacob Neusner

Wherever Jews have settled and whatever languages they spoke, they created a community with a single set of common values. One law, one theology defined the community throughout their many migrations. A single book explains how this came about—the Talmud. By re-framing the Torah through sustained argument and analysis, the Talmud encourages the reader to actively apply reason and practice logic. Renowned scholar Jacob Neusner introduces readers to the Talmud, defining it, explaining its historical context, and illustrating why it remains relevant today. Neusner's The Talmud: What It Is and What It Says invites readers to engage with the text, and emphasizes that the Talmud will continue to be an important cultural guidebook for Jewish life through the next millennium.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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1461645778

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Power and the Psychiatric Apparatus

Repression, Transformation and Assistance

By: Dave Holmes,Jean Daniel Jacob

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Power and the Psychiatric Apparatus

Repression, Transformation and Assistance

By: Dave Holmes,Jean Daniel Jacob

Drawing on a broad range of approaches in the fields of sociology, anthropology, political science, history, philosophy, medicine and nursing, Power and the Psychiatric Apparatus exposes psychiatric practices that are mobilized along the continuum of repression, transformation and assistance. It critically examines taken for granted psychiatric practices both past and current, shedding light on the often political nature of psychiatry and reconceptualizing its central and sensitive issues through the radical theory of figures such as Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, Goffman, and Szasz. As such, this ground-breaking collection embraces a broad understanding of psychiatric practices and engages the reader in a critical understanding of their effects, challenging the discipline’s altruistic rhetoric of therapy and problematizing the ways in which this is operationalized in practice. A comprehensive exploration of contested psychiatric practices in healthcare settings, this interdisciplinary volume brings together recent scholarship from the US, Canada, the UK, Europe and Australia, to provide a rich array of theoretical tools with which to engage with questions related to psychiatric power, discipline and control, while theorizing their workings in creative and imaginative ways.

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Routledge

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1317076893

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Pediatric Pharmacology and Drug Therapy, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America

By: Jacob V. Aranda

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Pediatric Pharmacology and Drug Therapy, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America

By: Jacob V. Aranda

Dr. Aranda is an top expert in the area of pharmacology in the pediatric population. His issue has knowledgeable authors presenting clinical reviews on a wide variety of topics, from "hot areas " of drug therapy to drug abuse in children as well as current areas of debate in neonatal drug therapy. Articles are devoted to the following topics: New and Current Drug Therapies For Asthma In Children; Psychopharmacology Of Bipolar Disorders in Children and Adolescents; Designer Drug Abuse in School Children; Dietary Supplements in Children; Anticoagulant Therapies in Children; New Antimicrobials for Gram-Positive Infections in Children; Probiotics in Newborns And Children; Anticonvulsant Therapies in Newborns and Children; Immunomodulator Drug Therapies in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in Children; Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Newborns and Children; Metformin Use in Pre-Diabetic Children and Adolescents; Problems in Drug Dosing of Obese Children; Inhaled Drugs and Systemic Steroids for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Antifungal Drugs in Newborns and Children; Antiviral Drugs In Newborns and Children; and Development of Drug Therapies for Newborns and Children. Readers will come away with the latest clinical information to help inform them when diagnosing and prescribing for children.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323552919

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9780323552912

Illuminating the Path to Vibrant American Jewish Communities

Linking Data to Policy

By: Jacob B. Ukeles

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Illuminating the Path to Vibrant American Jewish Communities

Linking Data to Policy

By: Jacob B. Ukeles

This book argues that the way to ensure that American Jewish life flourishes is to create vibrant local communities and that the ability to thrive will be won or lost in the trenches of each locality. For every generalization about the Jews of America, one can say, “maybe, but it depends where.” In the United States, Jewish life is up close and personal where local variations on national themes make a huge difference. The author presents case studies using in-depth analysis of data from nine Jewish community studies to illuminate eleven critical American Jewish policy issues. The analysis is used to formulate a range of policy options for different types of communities. This book is for anyone who cares about the future of American Jewry. It should be of particular interest to the lay leaders and professionals who play a role in Jewish nonprofits. It is also of great interest to researchers and students of Jewish studies and Jewish communal service.

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Springer Nature

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3031076427

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9783031076428

Pomegranates and Golden Bells

Studies in Biblical, Jewish, and Near Eastern Ritual, Law, and Literature in Honor of Jacob Milgrom

By: Jacob Milgrom

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Pomegranates and Golden Bells

Studies in Biblical, Jewish, and Near Eastern Ritual, Law, and Literature in Honor of Jacob Milgrom

By: Jacob Milgrom

Colleagues, students, and friends honor Professor Milgrom by celebrating his contributions to biblical and Near Eastern scholarship with special emphasis on his primary areas of expertise. The first section of the book, Ritual, Law, and Their Sources, contains thirty-five essays on cultic and legal issues found in the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint, and texts from Qumran. The second section, Other Literary, Historical, and Linguistic Studies, includes twenty-four essays, primarily dealing with interpretive issues in the Hebrew Bible.

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Eisenbrauns

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0931464870

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9780931464874

Paradise Planned

The Garden Suburb and the Modern City

By: Robert A.M. Stern,David Fishman,Jacob Tilove

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Paradise Planned

The Garden Suburb and the Modern City

By: Robert A.M. Stern,David Fishman,Jacob Tilove

Paradise Planned is the definitive history of the development of the garden suburb, a phenomenon that originated in England in the late eighteenth century, was quickly adopted in the United State and northern Europe, and gradually proliferated throughout the world. These bucolic settings offered an ideal lifestyle typically outside the city but accessible by streetcar, train, and automobile. Today, the principles of the garden city movement are once again in play, as retrofitting the suburbs has become a central issue in planning. Strategies are emerging that reflect the goals of garden suburbs in creating metropolitan communities that embrace both the intensity of the city and the tranquility of nature. Paradise Planned is the comprehensive, encyclopedic record of this movement, a vital contribution to architectural and planning history and an essential recourse for guiding the repair of the American townscape.

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The Monacelli Press, LLC

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1580933262

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9781580933261

The Game That Was

By: Richard Cahan,Mark Jacob

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The Game That Was

By: Richard Cahan,Mark Jacob

Certain to be a collector's item, The Game That Was is baseball's family album -- a unique compilation of the game's greatest players relaxing with their families, hunting with their friends, and hanging out with the neighborhood kids. From the first All-Star Game and the planting of the ivy at Wrigley Field to Jackie Robinson in his debut season and Ernie Banks on his first day as a Cub, it's a look at one of the world's largest private collections of never-before-seen baseball photography, containing hundreds of thousands of negatives dating from the 1930s to the present and depicting more than 10,000 players.

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Contemporary Books

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0809230739

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9780809230730

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