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Taming the Elephant

Politics, Government, and Law in Pioneer California

By: John F. Burns,Richard J. Orsi

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Taming the Elephant

Politics, Government, and Law in Pioneer California

By: John F. Burns,Richard J. Orsi

The final of four volumes in the 'California History Sesquicentennial Series', this text compiles original essays which treat the consequential role of post-Gold Rush California government, politics and law in the building of a dynamic state with lasting impact to the present day.

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Univ of California Press

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0520234111

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9780520234116

English Intercourse with Siam in the Seventeenth Century

By: John Anderson

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English Intercourse with Siam in the Seventeenth Century

By: John Anderson

Originally published in 1890. This early works is a comprehensive and informative look at the subject and will appeal to any historian. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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526

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Psychology Press

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0415245486

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9780415245487

Histories are Mirrors

The Path of Conflict Through Afghanistan and Iraq

By: John F. Burns,Ian Fisher

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Histories are Mirrors

The Path of Conflict Through Afghanistan and Iraq

By: John F. Burns,Ian Fisher

Award-winning images of the conflict-filled regions that have come to define our national policy today.

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136

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Umbrage Editions

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1884167446

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9781884167447

The Leading Economic Indicators and Business Cycles in the United States

100 Years of Empirical Evidence and the Opportunities for the Future

By: John B. Guerard

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The Leading Economic Indicators and Business Cycles in the United States

100 Years of Empirical Evidence and the Opportunities for the Future

By: John B. Guerard

In a time of unprecedented economic uncertainty, this book provides empirical guidance to the economy and what to expect in the near and distant future. Beginning with a historic look at major contributions to economic indicators and business cycles starting with Wesley Clair Mitchell (1913) to Burns and Mitchell (1946), to Moore (1961) and Zarnowitz (1992), this book explores time series forecasting and economic cycles, which are currently maintained and enhanced by The Conference Board. Given their highly statistically significant relationship with GDP and the unemployment rate, these relationships are particularly useful for practitioners to help predict business cycles.

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666

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Springer Nature

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303099418X

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9783030994181

History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

By: John F. Stover

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History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

By: John F. Stover

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad in America. As an economic historian, Stover tells the history of the B & O from its beginnings in 1928, and through the dark times of this country's economic growth and downswings. He examines the programs undertaken by the company throughout its history to improve its lines, equipment, and service.

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444

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Purdue University Press

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1557530661

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9781557530660

The Defense Of The West

Strategic And European Security Issues Reappraised

By: Robert Kennedy,John M Weinstein

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The Defense Of The West

Strategic And European Security Issues Reappraised

By: Robert Kennedy,John M Weinstein

Drawing on their daily involvement with defense issues and their interactions with the military and political elements of the national security community, civilian and military defense analysts in the U.S. Army War Colleger Strategic Studies Institute offer a lucid analysis of the complex mosaic of strategic and European defense issues. Their contributions are probing, balanced, and provocative, designed for students of foreign and defense affairs, as well as for policymakers. In the first section of the book, the offensive and defensive aspects of the strategic balance between the United States and the Soviet Union are examined. Going beyond sterile, static weapons counts, the authors address the relationship between the overall disposition of military forces and deterrence and are attentive to possible future developments, including the impact of new technologies and changing Sino-Soviet relations that are likely to affect the U.S.-USSR relationship. The second section of the book focuses on crucial East-West defense issues within Europe: the balance of conventional and theater nuclear forces, prospects for European arms control, the impact of chemical weapons on deterrence and defense, and the fashioning of an effective nonnuclear NATO defense. The book concludes with a chapter that illuminates U.S.-West European historical and cultural divergences, explaining in a new way the political strains that frequently plague the alliance.

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339

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Routledge

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1000315835

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9781000315837

Faltering Economy

By: John Bellamy Foster

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Faltering Economy

By: John Bellamy Foster

The essays in this volume, by veteran economists as well as younger scholars, are part of a radical attempt to grapple with the problems of advanced capitalist development without discarding the real theoretical breakthroughs made by Keynes. The contributors argue that Keynes was correct in pointing to the economic contradictions stemming from unemployment, income inequality, and speculative finance, but failed to consider the class composition of social output, the macroeconomic effects of the modern firm, and the atrophy of investment under conditions of capitalist maturity. They thus seek to uncover the sources of stagnation under monopoly capitalism by building on the work of three of the great economists of modern times: Marx, Keynes, and Kalecki.

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NYU Press

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0853456046

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9780853456049

Crises and Compassion

From Russia to the Golden Gate

By: John M. Letiche

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Crises and Compassion

From Russia to the Golden Gate

By: John M. Letiche

The influential life of a leading Berkeley scholar who served as an adviser to the United Nations and American and African governments.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773538208

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9780773538207

The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947

By: John Lewis Gaddis

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The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947

By: John Lewis Gaddis

This book moves beyond the focus on economic considerations that was central to the work of New Left historians, examining the many other forces--domestic politics, bureaucratic inertia, quirks of personality, and perceptions of Soviet intentions--that influenced key decision makers in Washington.

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420

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Columbia University Press

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023112239X

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9780231122399

Roger's Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care

By: Donald H. Shaffner,John J. McCloskey,Elizabeth A. Hunt,Robert C. Tasker

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Roger's Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care

By: Donald H. Shaffner,John J. McCloskey,Elizabeth A. Hunt,Robert C. Tasker

Long recognized as the leading text in this dynamic field, Rogers’ Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care provides comprehensive, clear explanations of both the principles underlying pediatric critical care disease and trauma as well as how these principles are applied. Led by Drs. Donald H. Shaffner, John J. McCloskey, Elizabeth A. Hunt, and Robert C. Tasker, along with a team of 27 section editors as well as more than 250 expert global contributors, the fully revised Sixth Edition brings you completely up to date on today’s understanding, treatments, technologies, and outcomes regarding critical illness in children.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1975174224

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9781975174224

The Last Liberal Republican

An Insider's Perspective on Nixon's Surprising Social Policy

By: John Roy Price

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The Last Liberal Republican

An Insider's Perspective on Nixon's Surprising Social Policy

By: John Roy Price

The Last Liberal Republican is a memoir from one of Nixon’s senior domestic policy advisors. John Roy Price—a member of the moderate wing of the Republican Party, a cofounder of the Ripon Society, and an employee on Nelson Rockefeller’s campaigns—joined Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and later John D. Ehrlichman, in the Nixon White House to develop domestic policies, especially on welfare, hunger, and health. Based on those policies, and the internal White House struggles around them, Price places Nixon firmly in the liberal Republican tradition of President Theodore Roosevelt, New York governor Thomas E. Dewey, and President Dwight Eisenhower. Price makes a valuable contribution to our evolving scholarship and understanding of the Nixon presidency. Nixon himself lamented that he would be remembered only for Watergate and China. The Last Liberal Republican provides firsthand insight into key moments regarding Nixon’s political and policy challenges in the domestic social policy arena. Price offers rich detail on the extent to which Nixon and his staff straddled a precarious balance between a Democratic-controlled Congress and an increasingly powerful conservative tide in Republican politics. The Last Liberal Republican provides a blow-by-blow inside view of how Nixon surprised the Democrats and shocked conservatives with his ambitious proposal for a guaranteed family income. Beyond Nixon’s surprising embrace of what we today call universal basic income, the thirty-seventh president reordered and vastly expanded the patchy food stamp program he inherited and built nutrition education and children’s food services into schools. Richard Nixon even almost achieved a national health insurance program: fifty years ago, with a private sector framework as part of his generous benefits insurance coverage for all, Nixon included coverage of preexisting conditions, prescription drug coverage for all, and federal subsidies for those who could not afford the premiums. The Last Liberal Republican will be a valuable resource for presidency scholars who are studying Nixon, his policies, the state of the Republican Party, and how the Nixon years relate to the rise of the modern conservative movement.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700636137

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9780700636136

The Presidency of George W. Bush

By: John Robert Greene

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The Presidency of George W. Bush

By: John Robert Greene

The Presidency of George W. Bush is the first balanced academic study to analyze the entirety of his presidency—domestic, social, economic, and national security policies—as well as the administration’s response to 9/11 and the subsequent War on Terror. In so doing, John Robert Greene argues persuasively that the judgment of most scholars—that the Bush administration was a complete failure—has been made in haste and without the benefit of primary sources. This book is the first scholarly work to make wide use of the documents at the George W. Bush Presidential Library, many of which have only recently been made available to researchers through the Freedom of Information Act. John Robert Greene offers a balanced assessment and nuanced conclusions supported by documentary evidence. Yet in doing so he does not absolve the Bush administration of its shortcomings. The Presidency of George W. Bush shows that the administration could be vindictive, as demonstrated by the Plame Wilson affair and the firing of the US attorneys. It all too often moved too slowly, as shown by the National Security Council’s lethargic handling of terrorism pre-9/11, the failed attempt to revise Social Security, and the sluggish reaction to Hurricane Katrina. It was an administration that accepted, and acted on, the highly suspect theory of the unitary presidency as advocated by Dick Cheney and accepted by the president. On the other side of the balance sheet, however, the evidence also makes it eminently clear that the Bush administration was responsible for many positive achievements: No Child Left Behind set the nation on the road toward affecting serious educational reform. In healthcare reform, the Bush administration both strengthened the Medicare system and extended its benefits for millions of Americans. And Bush did more to combat the worldwide scourge of AIDS, particularly in Africa, than any other president. In sum, the actions of this presidency continue to affect the presidencies of each of his successors as well as the trajectory of world history to the present day.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700632689

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9780700632688

Probation Practice and the New Penology

Practitioner Reflections

By: John Deering

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Probation Practice and the New Penology

Practitioner Reflections

By: John Deering

The criminal justice system has been in a state of flux in recent decades, accompanied by growing levels of insecurity and intolerance of crime and offenders among the general population. Along with government policy and practice, these developments are seen as contributing to an increasingly punitive system that imprisons more than ever before and seeks to punish and manage offenders in the community, rather than to attempt their rehabilitation. For these reasons, along with a loss of faith in rehabilitation, the probation service is now described by many as having become a law enforcement agency, charged by government with the assessment and management of risk, the protection of the public and the management and punishment of offenders, rather than their transformation into pro-social citizens. This book explores the extent to which practitioners within the National Probation Service for England and Wales and the National Offender Management Service ascribe to the values, attitudes and beliefs associated with these macro and mezzo level changes and how much their practice has changed accordingly. By viewing examples of 'real' practice through the lens of the modernisation of public services, managerialism and theories of organisation change, the book considers how 'real' practice is likely to emerge as something unpredictable and perhaps different from the intentions of both government/management and practitioners.

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Routledge

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1317075544

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9781317075547

Critical Care Update 2010

By: Vineet Nayyar,John V Peter,Roop Kishen,S Srinivas

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Critical Care Update 2010

By: Vineet Nayyar,John V Peter,Roop Kishen,S Srinivas

This knowledge of basic sciences coupled with a keen clinical sense, attention to detail and good decision-making skills is the defining characteristic of Critical Care. However, medical knowledge of the nature needed for an exacting practice of Critical Care also requires renewal as technology in the ICU and understanding of disease processes evolve with the passage of time. This monograph has been created to fill this gap. While Critical Care is an established specialty in many parts of the world, only in recent years it has received some attention in India. It is therefore appropriate that this monograph has been planned, keeping in view the growing interest in this specialty. Some of the chapters are detailed while others provide an overview of the subject, but each one has been written in keeping with the challenges of our present times. Many of the important issues related to the practice of Critical Care in our country have been covered in this monograph. This publication has been made possible through the untiring efforts of all faculty members and with the help of a grant from one of the companies. Critical Care Update will hopefully serve consultants, junior doctors, nurses and paramedical staff as a handy book to guide practice and decision-making in the future.

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JP Medical Ltd

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9350252716

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9789350252710

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Taming the Elephant

Taming the Elephant

English Intercourse with Siam in the Seventeenth Century

English Intercourse with Siam in the Seventeenth Century

Histories are Mirrors

Histories are Mirrors

The Leading Economic Indicators and Business Cycles in the United States

The Leading Economic Indicators and Business Cycles in the United States

History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

The Defense Of The West

The Defense Of The West

Faltering Economy

Faltering Economy

Crises and Compassion

Crises and Compassion

The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947

The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947

Roger's Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care

Roger's Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care

The Last Liberal Republican

The Last Liberal Republican

The Presidency of George W. Bush

The Presidency of George W. Bush

Probation Practice and the New Penology

Probation Practice and the New Penology

Critical Care Update 2010

Critical Care Update 2010

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