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The Evangelical Age of Ingenuity in Industrial Britain

By: Joseph Stubenrauch

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The Evangelical Age of Ingenuity in Industrial Britain

By: Joseph Stubenrauch

The Evangelical Age of Ingenuity in Industrial Britain argues that British evangelicals in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries invented new methods of spreading the gospel, as well as new forms of personal religious practice, by exploiting the era's growth of urbanization, industrialization, consumer goods, technological discoveries, and increasingly mobile populations. While evangelical faith has often been portrayed standing in inherent tension with the transitions of modernity, Joseph Stubenrauch demonstrates that developments in technology, commerce, and infrastructure were fruitfully linked with theological shifts and changing modes of religious life. This volume analyzes a vibrant array of religious consumer and material culture produced during the first half of the nineteenth century. Mass print and cheap mass-produced goods—from tracts and ballad sheets to teapots and needlework mottoes—were harnessed to the evangelical project. By examining ephemera and decorations alongside the strategies of evangelical publishers and benevolent societies, Stubenrauch considers often overlooked sources in order to take the pulse of "vital" religion during an age of upheaval. He explores why and how evangelicals turned to the radical alterations of their era to bolster their faith and why "serious Christianity" flowered in an industrial age that has usually been deemed inhospitable to it.

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Oxford University Press

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0191086126

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The WPA Guide to 1930s Iowa

By: Joseph Frazier Federal Writers Project

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The WPA Guide to 1930s Iowa

By: Joseph Frazier Federal Writers Project

Originally published during the Great Depression, The WPA Guide nevertheless finds much to celebrate in the heartland of America. Nearly three dozen essays highlight Iowa's demography, economy, and culture but the heart of the book is a detailed traveler's guide, organized as seventeen different tours, that directs the reader to communities of particual social and historical interest.

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University of Iowa Press

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1587296632

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9781587296635

The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology

By: Joseph Thomas

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The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology

By: Joseph Thomas

Once considered the largest and most extensive source of biographies in the English language, The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology contains information on nearly every historical figure, notable name, and important subject of mythology from throughout the world prior to the 20th century. Spanning all fields of human effort-from literature and the arts to philosophy and science-and touching on topics from multiple areas of mythological study, including Norse, Greek, and Roman, this extraordinary reference guide continues to be one of the most thorough and accurate collections of biographical data ever created. Combining mythological and biographical entries into a single, comprehensive list, and incorporating a unique system of indicating pronunciation and orthography, The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology offers readers an unparalleled record of historically significant identities, from the obscure and forgotten newsmakers of yesteryear to the highly celebrated shapers of history that remain influential today. Volume I (A-CLU) of this exquisite four-volume set includes information on such names as John Quincy Adams, Achilles, sop, Napoleon Bonaparte, Julius Caesar, and Cleopatra, as well as a detailed introduction to the entire body of this work. JOSEPH THOMAS (1811-1891) also wrote A Comprehensive Medical Dictionary, various pronouncing vocabularies of biographical and geographical names, and a system of pronunciation for Lippincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer of the World.

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Cosimo, Inc.

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1616400692

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9781616400699

Primary Elections and American Politics

The Unintended Consequences of Progressive Era Reform

By: Chapman Rackaway,Joseph Romance

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Primary Elections and American Politics

The Unintended Consequences of Progressive Era Reform

By: Chapman Rackaway,Joseph Romance

The last twenty years has seen a series of changes to American party politics: polarization, negative partisanship, decreasing voter turnout, and decreasing faith in elections and government. In Primary Elections and American Politics, Chapman Rackaway and Joseph Romance trace the origins of these and other problems to one of the most controversial reforms in American political history: the direct partisan primary election. With a comprehensive history of the primary election, the authors link the rise of primaries to the many political ills the nation faces today. They argue that the Progressives who created the primaries mistook direct democratic reforms, like the primary, for participatory democratic reforms like deliberative polling or participatory budgeting.

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351

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State University of New York Press

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1438490593

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9781438490595

Beacon to the World

A History of Lincoln Center

By: Joseph W Polisi

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Beacon to the World

A History of Lincoln Center

By: Joseph W Polisi

A comprehensive history of the creation and growth of Lincoln Center, exploring the interconnections between politicians, financiers, and performing artists In this comprehensive history of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, longtime Juilliard president Joseph Polisi guides us through the complex convergence of the worlds of politics, finance, and the performing arts throughout the years of the Center’s history, including the roles played by Robert Moses, John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Leonard Bernstein, William Schuman, Elia Kazan, Joseph Papp, Alice Tully, Beverly Sills, and many others. Polisi’s book explores the social and political environment during the Center’s history, reflecting the growth and evolution of the performing arts in America from its post–World War II roots to the present day of global interaction. The history of the birth and growth of this unique institution is a story of determination, economic acumen, political machinations, artistic innovations, and above all the strong belief that the arts are at the center of the fabric of American society and that they should be supported and embraced by all citizens.

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Yale University Press

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0300265581

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9780300265583

The The Data Science Workshop

Learn how you can build machine learning models and create your own real-world data science projects, 2nd Edition

By: Anthony So,Thomas V. Joseph,Robert Thas John,Andrew Worsley,Dr. Samuel Asare

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The The Data Science Workshop

Learn how you can build machine learning models and create your own real-world data science projects, 2nd Edition

By: Anthony So,Thomas V. Joseph,Robert Thas John,Andrew Worsley,Dr. Samuel Asare

Gain expert guidance on how to successfully develop machine learning models in Python and build your own unique data platforms Key FeaturesGain a full understanding of the model production and deployment processBuild your first machine learning model in just five minutes and get a hands-on machine learning experienceUnderstand how to deal with common challenges in data science projectsBook Description Where there’s data, there’s insight. With so much data being generated, there is immense scope to extract meaningful information that’ll boost business productivity and profitability. By learning to convert raw data into game-changing insights, you’ll open new career paths and opportunities. The Data Science Workshop begins by introducing different types of projects and showing you how to incorporate machine learning algorithms in them. You’ll learn to select a relevant metric and even assess the performance of your model. To tune the hyperparameters of an algorithm and improve its accuracy, you’ll get hands-on with approaches such as grid search and random search. Next, you’ll learn dimensionality reduction techniques to easily handle many variables at once, before exploring how to use model ensembling techniques and create new features to enhance model performance. In a bid to help you automatically create new features that improve your model, the book demonstrates how to use the automated feature engineering tool. You’ll also understand how to use the orchestration and scheduling workflow to deploy machine learning models in batch. By the end of this book, you’ll have the skills to start working on data science projects confidently. By the end of this book, you’ll have the skills to start working on data science projects confidently. What you will learnExplore the key differences between supervised learning and unsupervised learningManipulate and analyze data using scikit-learn and pandas librariesUnderstand key concepts such as regression, classification, and clusteringDiscover advanced techniques to improve the accuracy of your modelUnderstand how to speed up the process of adding new featuresSimplify your machine learning workflow for productionWho this book is for This is one of the most useful data science books for aspiring data analysts, data scientists, database engineers, and business analysts. It is aimed at those who want to kick-start their careers in data science by quickly learning data science techniques without going through all the mathematics behind machine learning algorithms. Basic knowledge of the Python programming language will help you easily grasp the concepts explained in this book.

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Packt Publishing Ltd

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1800569408

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9781800569409

Faces of Union Soldiers at Antietam

By: Joseph Stahl & Matthew Borders

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Faces of Union Soldiers at Antietam

By: Joseph Stahl & Matthew Borders

The Battle of Antietam, fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland, was the bloodiest day in American history, with more than twenty-three thousand dead, wounded and missing. This book invites the reader to walk the routes of some of the units on the field through the stories of thirty-six individual soldiers who fought on that day. The images of the soldiers in this work, many of which have never been published before, give faces to the fighting men at Antietam, as well as insight into their lives. Join Matthew Borders and Joseph Stahl as they share their expertise and grant glimpses into the lives of those who fought to preserve the Union.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467142786

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Science, Agriculture, and Food Security

By: Joseph H. Hulse,National Research Council Canada

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Science, Agriculture, and Food Security

By: Joseph H. Hulse,National Research Council Canada

This book examines the differing concepts of food security and the practicalities, policies, and resources that shape issues of food security. It begins with discussion of the nature of food security, its components, and related concepts such as self-sufficiency and global carrying capacity. It then reviews food consumption patterns in developed nations and developing regions, and discusses the complexities of determining what constitutes an adequate diet, taking into account recommended dietary allowances, variability in food composition, dietary balance and imbalance, diet and disease, nutrient deficiencies, intolerances, and food allergies. The book also reviews divergent concepts of sustainable agriculture, examining resources and policies that influence economically efficient and ecologically conservative food production and distribution. Soil and water management, genetic diversity, atmosphere and climate, energy in agriculture, government policies, and production systems are discussed as they relate to food security. Finally, the book reviews agricultural research, notably that conducted by members of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, research on agricultural pests and diseases, the need to improve post-production systems (including markets and transportation), food science research, and future requirements for human resources to ensure food security.

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NRC Research Press

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0660162105

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9780660162102

Culture, Peers, and Delinquency

By: Joseph R Ferrari,Clifford R O'Donnell

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Culture, Peers, and Delinquency

By: Joseph R Ferrari,Clifford R O'Donnell

Increase your understanding of the etiology, prevention, and treatment of delinquency! This informative book provides you with specific strategies to assess delinquency and to increase the effectiveness of any prevention program. In addition, it presents a community peer model of delinquency with important implications for delinquency prevention programs and for delinquency research. Examining specific cultural groups in the United States, including Caucasians, East Asians, South-East Asians, Polynesians/Micronesians, and Vietnamese, as well as Japanese youths in their homeland, this model shows how families, schools, and neighborhoods affect the formation of peer groups—and how these groups can facilitate or inhibit delinquency. Culture, Peers, and Delinquency explores the interplay of historical, traditional culture with contemporary youth culture. It also examines the relationship between individual outcome and community disorganization and illustrates how peer relationships are conditioned by gender. The book will increase your understanding of the etiology, prevention, and treatment of delinquency with examples that show treatment alternatives and outcomes, focusing on: intercultural differences in major descriptors of the attitudes and activities of youth the demographics, economics, and history, as well as a fascinating and disturbing cultural analysis of the ever-increasing rate of juvenile delinquency in Japan the influence of peers and culture on Vietnamese youth gangs in Honolulu gender-difference studies of mixed-culture incarcerated adolescents—and what these youths have to say about the detention facility where they go to school a careful analysis of homes, schools, and neighborhoods in terms of their dysfunctions and how they increase the likelihood that their youth will spend time with similar peers and without adult supervision

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Routledge

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1317787498

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Book's by Joseph Ames

The Evangelical Age of Ingenuity in Industrial Britain

The Evangelical Age of Ingenuity in Industrial Britain

The WPA Guide to 1930s Iowa

The WPA Guide to 1930s Iowa

The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology

The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology

Primary Elections and American Politics

Primary Elections and American Politics

Beacon to the World

Beacon to the World

The The Data Science Workshop

The The Data Science Workshop

Faces of Union Soldiers at Antietam

Faces of Union Soldiers at Antietam

Science, Agriculture, and Food Security

Science, Agriculture, and Food Security

Culture, Peers, and Delinquency

Culture, Peers, and Delinquency

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