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Realism, Philosophy and Social Science

By: K. Dean,J. Joseph,J. Roberts,C. Wight

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Realism, Philosophy and Social Science

By: K. Dean,J. Joseph,J. Roberts,C. Wight

The authors examine the relationship between social science and philosophy and ask what sort of work social science and an accompanying philosophy should do. They reintroduce the question of ontology, through the work of Roy Bhaskar. The book argues against philosophising and is committed to a philosophical approach grounded in the social sciences.

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0230502075

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Momordica genus in Asia - An Overview

By: L.K. Bharathi,K Joseph John

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Momordica genus in Asia - An Overview

By: L.K. Bharathi,K Joseph John

Asiatic Momordica comprises 10 species of which 3 are monoecious and rest dioecious. They are unique in the sense that all are wild or cultivated vegetables with medicinal uses. Barring bitter gourd, all are under utilized vegetables with little research and conservation efforts. In this book, the authors have presented the available information on various aspects of Asiatic Momordica like taxonomy, cytogenetics, crop improvement, origin, ethnobotany and crop production at one place. The book is well illustrated with color maps and photographs depicting habit, morphology and distribution of individual taxa. Species distribution map for all Indian taxa, descriptor for characterization and preliminary evaluation of dioecious and monoecious group available varieties, keys for botanical identification are some of the unique features of the book. The book will be useful to botanists, horticulturists, foresters, environment educators, conservation biologists, plant science students in general and all interested in agrobiodiversity.

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8132210328

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Tall Walls and High Fences

Officers and Offenders, the Texas Prison Story

By: Bob Alexander,Richard K. Alvord

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Tall Walls and High Fences

Officers and Offenders, the Texas Prison Story

By: Bob Alexander,Richard K. Alvord

Texas has one of the world’s largest prison systems, in operation for more than 170 years and currently employing more than 28,000 people. Hundreds of thousands of people have been involved in the prison business in Texas: inmates, correctional officers, public officials, private industry representatives, and volunteers have all entered the secure facilities and experienced a different world. Previous books on Texas prisons have focused either on records and data of the prisons, personal memoirs by both inmates and correctional officers, or accounts of prison breaks. Tall Walls and High Fences is the first comprehensive history of Texas prisons, written by a former law enforcement officer and an officer of the Texas prisons. Bob Alexander and Richard K. Alford chronicle the significant events and transformation of the Texas prison system from its earliest times to the present day, paying special attention to the human side of the story. Incarceration policy evolved from isolation to hard labor to rodeo and educational opportunities, with reform measures becoming an ever-evolving quest. The complex job of the correctional officer has evolved as well—they must ensure custody and control over the inmate population at all times, in order to provide a proper environment conducive to safety and positive change. Alexander and Alford focus especially on the men and women who work with diligence and dedication at their jobs “inside the walls,” risking their lives and—in too many instances—giving their lives in a peculiar line of duty most would find unpalatable. Within these pages are stories of prison breaks, bloodhounds chasing escapees, and gunfights. Inside the walls are deadly confrontations, human trafficking, rape, clandestine consensual trysts, and tricks turned against correctional officers. Famous people and episodes in Texas prison history receive their due, from Texas Rangers apprehending and placing outlaws in prison to the famed gunfighter John Wesley Hardin’s time in and out of prison. Tall Walls and High Fences covers numerous convict escape attempts and successes, including the 1974 prison siege at Huntsville and the 2007 prisoner gunfight and escape at the Wynne Unit. Throughout this long history Alexander and Alford pay special tribute to the more than 75 correctional officers, lawmen, and civilians who lost their lives in the line of duty.

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I am heartily ashamed

Volume II: The Revolutionary War's Final Campaign as Waged from Canada in 1782

By: Gavin K. Watt

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I am heartily ashamed

Volume II: The Revolutionary War's Final Campaign as Waged from Canada in 1782

By: Gavin K. Watt

The second installment in Gavin K. Watt’s Revolutionary War series, I am heartily ashamed picks up where A dirty, trifling piece of business leaves off. It’s a new year with new challenges. An incredibly fierce Canadian winter was endured before raiding was resumed against the enemy’s frontiers. The rebels’ Mohawk region defence soon fell into disarray when two colonels jousted for control. Continued negotiations encouraged Vermont to not support the rebellion and the republic became a haven for loyalists escaping persecution. Vermont’s adherents even felt free to militarily challenge New York. After the poor results of Ross’s October raid, Haldimand chose to alter his strategy. For years, his native allies had sent small war parties against the frontiers and, that summer, he gave command of large projects to First Nations leaders whose methods greatly challenged the rebels. A new British ministry announced a cessation of arms in July, soon followed by peace talks. Despite the ceasefire, Washington ordered an attack on the new British post at Oswego, which failed miserably. When Haldimand discovered that the treaty’s articles threatened the security of Canada and made no provisions for the natives or loyalists, he confessed, "My soul is completely bowed down with grief I am heartily ashamed.

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The Peninsula and Seven Days

A Battlefield Guide

By: Brian K. Burton

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The Peninsula and Seven Days

A Battlefield Guide

By: Brian K. Burton

The rich oral traditions of the Athabaskan Indians from southwestern Oregon are showcased in these pages for the first time. This volume features vivid and humorous tales of familiar Tricksters: Coyote, known for his unusual sexual prowess and escapades that often go awry; the vain and gullible Grizzly Bear; and Raccoon, often greedy and ever elusive.

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Texas Place Names

By: Edward Callary,Jean K. Callary

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Texas Place Names

By: Edward Callary,Jean K. Callary

“[A] linguist . . . takes readers on a tour across the state, using names and language to tell its history.” ―Alcalde Was Gasoline, Texas, named in honor of a gas station? Nope, but the name does honor the town’s original claim to fame: a gasoline-powered cotton gin. Is Paris, Texas, a reference to Paris, France? Yes: Thomas Poteet, who donated land for the town site, thought it would be an improvement over “Pin Hook,” the original name of the Lamar County seat. Ding Dong’s story has a nice ring to it; the name was derived from two store owners named Bell, who lived in Bell County, of course. Tracing the turning points, fascinating characters, and cultural crossroads that shaped Texas history, Texas Place Names provides the colorful stories behind these and more than three thousand other county, city, and community names. Drawing on in-depth research to present the facts behind the folklore, linguist Edward Callary also clarifies pronunciations (it’s NAY-chis for Neches, referring to a Caddoan people whose name was attached to the Neches River during a Spanish expedition). A great resource for road trippers and historians alike, Texas Place Names alphabetically charts centuries of humanity through the enduring words (and, occasionally, the fateful spelling gaffes) left behind by men and women from all walks of life. “[A] quite useful book.” ―Austin American-Statesman

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Organizational Stress: A Study Of Role Conflict

By: K. Harigopal

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Organizational Stress: A Study Of Role Conflict

By: K. Harigopal

This book examines role conflict in all its dimensions and also provides an overall comprehensive model. The genesis of conflict, in both the objective and subjective realms, with factors that moderate it are discussed in addition to the resolution of conflict.

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Algebraic Art

Mathematical Formalism and Victorian Culture

By: Andrea K. Henderson

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Algebraic Art

Mathematical Formalism and Victorian Culture

By: Andrea K. Henderson

Algebraic Art explores the invention of a peculiarly Victorian account of the nature and value of aesthetic form, and it traces that account to a surprising source: mathematics. The nineteenth century was a moment of extraordinary mathematical innovation, witnessing the development of non-Euclidean geometry, the revaluation of symbolic algebra, and the importation of mathematical language into philosophy. All these innovations sprang from a reconception of mathematics as a formal rather than a referential practice—as a means for describing relationships rather than quantities. For Victorian mathematicians, the value of a claim lay not in its capacity to describe the world but its internal coherence. This concern with formal structure produced a striking convergence between mathematics and aesthetics: geometers wrote fables, logicians reconceived symbolism, and physicists described reality as consisting of beautiful patterns. Artists, meanwhile, drawing upon the cultural prestige of mathematics, conceived their work as a 'science' of form, whether as lines in a painting, twinned characters in a novel, or wavelike stress patterns in a poem. Avant-garde photographs and paintings, fantastical novels like Flatland and Lewis Carroll's children's books, and experimental poetry by Swinburne, Rossetti, and Patmore created worlds governed by a rigorous internal logic even as they were pointedly unconcerned with reference or realist protocols. Algebraic Art shows that works we tend to regard as outliers to mainstream Victorian culture were expressions of a mathematical formalism that was central to Victorian knowledge production and that continues to shape our understanding of the significance of form.

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Drug Delivery (book)

By: Ashim K. Mitra,Deep Kwatra,Aswani Dutt Vadlapudi

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Drug Delivery (book)

By: Ashim K. Mitra,Deep Kwatra,Aswani Dutt Vadlapudi

Drug Delivery is the latest and most up-to-date text on drug delivery and offers an excellent working foundation for students and clinicians in health professions and graduate students including nursing, pharmacy, medicine, dentistry, as well as researchers and scientists. Presenting this complex content in an organized and concise format, Drug Delivery allows students to gain a strong understanding of the key concepts of drug delivery. This text focuses on the basic concepts of drug delivery while thoroughly examining various topics such as: CNS delivery Gene delivery Ocular delivery World-wide research on drug delivery Recent advances in drug delivery A significant advancement has been made in the field of drug delivery. This text provides a detailed overview of drug delivery systems, routes of drug administration and development of various formulations. The cutting edge research being carried out in this field will be compiled and a focus on worldwide research on drug delivery and targeting at the molecular, cellular, and organ levels will also be summarized. Each new print copy includes access to the Navigate Companion Website including: Chapter Quizzes, Interactive Glossary, Crossword Puzzles , Interactive Flashcards, and Matching Exercises

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State Traditions and Language Regimes

By: Linda Cardinal,Selma K. Sonntag

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State Traditions and Language Regimes

By: Linda Cardinal,Selma K. Sonntag

Language policies are political. They have political consequences as well as political origins. In State Traditions and Language Regimes, scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America shift focus from the consequences of language policies to how and why states make language policy choices. This shift, theorized through the concept of "language regime," inserts an urgently needed political science perspective into the current dialogue between sociolinguists, who research the societal effects of language policies, and political theorists of language rights, who analyze the normative implications of policies. New analytical tools drawn from comparative politics are showcased to analyze paths taken by different states in establishing language regimes, at times disrupted and redirected at critical junctures. Contributions to the volume include analyses of Canada's increasingly court-driven language policies, the United States’ bifurcated language regime in the aftermath of 9/11, Ireland’s conflicted protection of the Irish language, France's linguistic Jacobin tradition disrupted by Europeanization, the role of political parties and coalitions in language regime stability and change in Taiwan and Southeast Asia, Poland's war-torn history informing policy toward regional languages, and the role of English in international peace-building. While other books look at the political and societal effects of language policy, none seeks to employ a historical institutionalism approach which sets language policy choice in the context of power relations embedded in state traditions. State Traditions and Language Regimes offers a comparative politics perspective, one that enriches interdisciplinary debate on language policy.

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Pell Mellers

Race and Memory in a Carolina Pocosin

By: K. Paul Johnson

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Pell Mellers

Race and Memory in a Carolina Pocosin

By: K. Paul Johnson

William Fred Johnson (d. 1937), son of John Henry Johnson, married Mamie Eva Dunlow (1903-1970), daughter of William Bernard Dunlow (1873-1941) and Susan Lillie Miller (1878-1960).

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Buddhism Between Religion and Philosophy

Nāgārjuna and the Ethics of Emptiness

By: Rafal K. Stepien

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Buddhism Between Religion and Philosophy

Nāgārjuna and the Ethics of Emptiness

By: Rafal K. Stepien

Nāgārjuna is the most influential of all Buddhist thinkers following the Buddha himself. Throughout his works, Nāgārjuna calls on us to completely abandon all our views. But how could anyone possibly do that? This book shows not only how Nāgārjuna's truly radical teaching of "abelief" makes perfect sense within his Buddhist philosophy, but how it stands at the summit of his religious mission to care for all living beings. Rather than treating any one aspect of Nāgārjuna's ideas in isolation, here he emerges as forging a single system of thought and practice, one that challenges the very ways in which we think about religion and philosophy.

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0197771300

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The Life of George Borrow

By: Clement K. Shorter

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The Life of George Borrow

By: Clement K. Shorter

Reproduction of the original: The Life of George Borrow by Clement K. Shorter

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Reconstructing Post-Nationalist Liberal Pluralism

From Interest to Identity

By: K. Smits

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Reconstructing Post-Nationalist Liberal Pluralism

From Interest to Identity

By: K. Smits

This book examines liberal theory's attempts to accommodate pluralism, asking two fundamental questions: 1. How and why have theorists based their defences and proposed revisions of liberal pluralism upon particular and contestable definitions of what is the relevant and significant plurality? 2. Can a revised liberal pluralism account for the political significance of sub-national identity group membership?

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Spiritual Sensations

Cinematic Religious Experience and Evolving Conceptions of the Sacred

By: Sarah K. Balstrup

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Spiritual Sensations

Cinematic Religious Experience and Evolving Conceptions of the Sacred

By: Sarah K. Balstrup

The secular, pluralist culture of the West encourages a subjective approach to spiritual truth where stimulating emotional experiences, such as those provided by film, can contribute to personal conceptions of the sacred. Examining Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) as the principal case-study and Gaspar Noé's Enter the Void (2009) and Lars von Trier's Melancholia (2011) as comparative examples, Sarah Balstrup argues that these directors harness the affective properties of film to generate altered states of perception in a manner analogous to religious practice. Powerful feelings of dissociation and indescribable significance typical of mystical testimony appear in viewer responses to these films, demonstrating the continued sacralisation of such states of mind. In their own way, each film confronts the viewer with an apocalyptic revelation of the impersonal forces of the universe, moving away from personhood and the human narrative, into pure sensation. They present a non-deterministic spiritual truth that can be intuited but not explained, mirroring developments in the religious sphere. Investigating the relationship between cinematic technique and religious experience, Spiritual Sensations offers an alternative approach to the study of religion and film that has been principally focused on narrative symbolism and the dramatisation of values. Spiritual Sensations makes a further contribution to the field by analysing films contextually, considering viewers' subjective responses in light of religious and cultural change.

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An International Bibliography of African Lexicons

By: Melvin K. Hendrix

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An International Bibliography of African Lexicons

By: Melvin K. Hendrix

Contains 3,500 entries, representing almost 700 African languages and over 200 dialects, spanning over 400 years of African lexicographical writing and research.

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The Science Orbit Chemistry 06

By: K. Rajalaxmi, Dr. R.L. Madan

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The Science Orbit Chemistry 06

By: K. Rajalaxmi, Dr. R.L. Madan

The series provides a body of knowledge, methods, and techniques that characterize science and technology so that students use these efficiently. A conscious attempt has been meeting to help students experience science in varied and interesting ways while actively involving them in their own learning.

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9352721144

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Historical Dictionary of Iraq

By: Beth K. Dougherty,Edmund A. Ghareeb

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Historical Dictionary of Iraq

By: Beth K. Dougherty,Edmund A. Ghareeb

The Historical Dictionary of Iraq, Second Edition covers the history of Iraq through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has several hundred cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Iraq.

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Beacons of Liberty

International Free Soil and the Fight for Racial Justice in Antebellum America

By: Elena K. Abbott

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Beacons of Liberty

International Free Soil and the Fight for Racial Justice in Antebellum America

By: Elena K. Abbott

The fascinating story of how free African Americans and runaway slaves crossed international borders to fight for freedom and racial justice.

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EVOLUTION ORIENTED GENOME PERSONALISED

THE BIG BANG AND ITS OUTPUT. An Interdisciplinary Textbook. Introduction by: Guy DIRHEIMER

By: Hani K. RIZK

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EVOLUTION ORIENTED GENOME PERSONALISED

THE BIG BANG AND ITS OUTPUT. An Interdisciplinary Textbook. Introduction by: Guy DIRHEIMER

By: Hani K. RIZK

ABOUT THE BOOK The Book is an interdisciplinary textbook, written with the intent of introducing two new concepts. A. The Association Constant (Ka) versus Entropy and Chaos. 1. The formation and evolution of chemical and biological compounds on atomic and molecular scales are the work of the four natural forces, enhanced by the existence of the natural constants and their remarkable adjustment. And the work of the covalent and noncovalent forces (bonds) being derived from the natural forces. So is the evolution of living organisms but with the essential and indispensable impact of the environment, violent and punctuate. 2. The effects of the natural forces (through the covalent and noncovalent bonds) is expressed by Ka. Therefore, Ka preserves what nature accomplishes by protecting matter against the action of entropy (a faulty distribution of matter), and by preserving free energy (-ΔG) against the action of chaos (a faulty distribution of energy). Evolution is an obligation to elegance and wisdom. 3. The Book draws straight and clear line connecting general relativity, i.e. gravity (the infinite large), quantum mechanics (the infinite small), and biology (the infinite complex). B. Individuality of the Human Genome. 1. Our uniqueness as species (Homo sapiens) is invariantly encoded in the protein-coding genes (about 2 percent of our DNA). These genes are invariably found in every human being. They are species - specific, responsible for the human genesis and form the human genophenotype. Our uniqueness as individuals variantly resides in the rest of our DNA (the nonprotein-coding DNA, about 98 percent of our genome) and in the histones (chemical modifications and compaction of nucleosomes). They constitute the epigenetic factors responsible for the formation of the epigenetic phenotype, which is variably different from one individual to another. They are individual - specific. Epigenetic factors variantly effect and regulate gene expression. For example, the craniofacial structure in mice is encoded in 300 protein-coding genes. The expression of these genes is regulated by 4000 different sequences of nonprotein-coding DNA called enhancers. Thus, the number of different forms of the craniofacial structure that might develop in mice is 300 exponentiated 4000 epiphenotypes. Other than enhancers, there are the mobile elements of DNA, dsRNA-coding DNA, chemical modification of DNA (e.g., methylation), and so forth. 2. Mind exclusively exists in man as an emergent phenomenon. 3. All scientific data presented in the Book are entirely intended to reflect, to explain, or to prove the Two Concepts rather than to discuss their significances and originalities. The interdisciplinarity of the Book offers a unique opportunity for understanding how astrophysics, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and biology are interrelated. Hani K. Rizk

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On the Theory and History of Ideological Production

Juan Carlos Rodríguez and His Contemporaries

By: Malcolm K. Read

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On the Theory and History of Ideological Production

Juan Carlos Rodríguez and His Contemporaries

By: Malcolm K. Read

On the Theory and History of Ideological Production promotes the existence of an ‘ideological unconscious’, understood primarily as a product of social relations, not of the Ideological State Apparatus. Attention focuses upon the transition from feudalism to capitalism, as theorised by the Spanish Marxist and former student of Althusser, Juan Carlos Rodríguez. Theorization of the ‘ideological unconscious’ presupposes a change of terrain from the individual/society opposition to a problematic based on the ‘social formation’. The present text assesses Rodríguez’s work alongside that of his contemporaries, Fredric Jameson, Noam Chomsky, Terry Eagleton, Roy Bhaskar, Slavoj Žižek, and others.

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Murder Cases of the Twentieth Century

Biographies and Bibliographies of 280 Convicted or Accused Killers

By: David K. Frasier

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Murder Cases of the Twentieth Century

Biographies and Bibliographies of 280 Convicted or Accused Killers

By: David K. Frasier

From Jack Henry Abbott, who stabbed a waiter through the heart for not allowing him to use the toilet, to the "Zodiac," an unknown California serial killer who may have murdered as many as 37 people, this reference work details 280 of the most famous murder cases of the twentieth century. Each entry contains, when applicable, birth and death dates, aliases, occupation, location of the murders, weapons used, number of victims, and the time period when the killings occurred. Films, plays, television shows, videos and audio programs based on or inspired by the case are then cited, followed by a brief overview of the murder case and a bibliography of English-language works related to it.

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Light is a Messenger

The Life and Science of William Lawrence Bragg

By: Graeme K. Hunter

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Light is a Messenger

The Life and Science of William Lawrence Bragg

By: Graeme K. Hunter

Sir Lawrence Bragg was only 25 when he won the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics - the youngest person ever to win a Nobel Prize. Bragg won the Nobel Prize for discovering how to use X-rays to determine the atomic structures of crystals and molecules. This book is the biography of Bragg, who struggled to emerge from the shadow of his father.

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Language Planning and National Identity in Croatia

By: K. Langston,A. Peti-Stantic

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Language Planning and National Identity in Croatia

By: K. Langston,A. Peti-Stantic

Following the collapse of the former Yugoslavia, Croatian was declared to be a separate language, distinct from Serbian, and linguistic issues became highly politicized. This book examines the changing status and norms of the Croatian language and its relationship to Croatian national identity, focusing on the period after Croatian independence.

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Analytical Chemistry, International Adaptation

By: Gary D. Christian,Purnendu K. Dasgupta,Kevin A. Schug

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Analytical Chemistry, International Adaptation

By: Gary D. Christian,Purnendu K. Dasgupta,Kevin A. Schug

With the 7th Edition of Analytical Chemistry renowned chemists, Purnendu (Sandy) Dasgupta and Kevin Schug, both of the University of Texas Arlington, join the author team. The new edition focuses on more in-depth coverage of the principles and techniques of quantitative analysis and instrumental analysis (aka Analytical Chemistry). The goal of the text is to provide a foundation of the analytical process, tools, and computational methods and resources, and to illustrate with problems that bring realism to the practice and importance of analytical chemistry. It is designed for undergraduate college students majoring in chemistry and in fields related to chemistry.

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The Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms, Second Edition

Revised and Expanded

By: Donald K. McKim

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The Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms, Second Edition

Revised and Expanded

By: Donald K. McKim

This second edition of the Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms provides a comprehensive guide to nearly 7,000 theological terms—1,000 more terms than the first edition. McKim’s succinct definitions cover a broad range of theological studies and related disciplines: contemporary theologies, biblical studies, church history, ethics, feminist theology, global theologies, hermeneutics, liberation theology, liturgy, ministry, philosophy, philosophy of religion, postcolonial theology, social sciences, spiritually, worship, and Protestant, Reformed, and Roman Catholic theologies. This new edition also includes cross-references that link readers to other related terms, commonly used scholarly abbreviations and abbreviations for canonical and deuterocanonical texts, an annotated bibliography, and a new introductory section that groups together terms and concepts, showing where they fit within particular theological categories. No other single volume provides the busy student, and the theologically experienced reader, with such easy access to so many theological definitions.

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Deliver Us from Evil

The Slavery Question in the Old South

By: Lacy K. Ford

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Deliver Us from Evil

The Slavery Question in the Old South

By: Lacy K. Ford

A major contribution to our understanding of slavery in the early republic, Deliver Us from Evil illuminates the white South's twisted and tortured efforts to justify slavery, focusing on the period from the drafting of the federal constitution in 1787 through the age of Jackson. Drawing heavily on primary sources, including newspapers, government documents, legislative records, pamphlets, and speeches, Lacy K. Ford recaptures the varied and sometimes contradictory ideas and attitudes held by groups of white southerners as they tried to square slavery with their democratic ideals. He excels at conveying the political, intellectual, economic, and social thought of leading white southerners, vividly recreating the mental world of the varied actors and capturing the vigorous debates over slavery. He also shows that there was not one antebellum South but many, and not one southern white mindset but several, with the debates over slavery in the upper South quite different in substance from those in the deep South. In the upper South, where tobacco had fallen into comparative decline by 1800, debate often centered on how the area might reduce its dependence on slave labor and "whiten" itself, whether through gradual emancipation and colonization or the sale of slaves to the cotton South. During the same years, the lower South swirled into the vortex of the "cotton revolution," and that area's whites lost all interest in emancipation, no matter how gradual or fully compensated. An ambitious, thought-provoking, and highly insightful book, Deliver Us from Evil makes an important contribution to the history of slavery in the United States, shedding needed light on the white South's early struggle to reconcile slavery with its Revolutionary heritage.

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0199723036

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