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Life of a Salesman

Advice and Diversions

By: Marvin Rubinstein

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Life of a Salesman

Advice and Diversions

By: Marvin Rubinstein

National and international salespeople experience a variety of difficulties in the course of their profession, but they dont get much understanding from the public. In this personal account, Marvin Rubinstein looks back at a career traveling from city to city and country to country trying to make a buck in this eye-opening account of what its reallylike to be in the sales business. Even if youre a salesperson sitting in a comfortable chair and calling people on the phone, you can find entertainment and valuable lessons in this instructive narrative. Youll discover tips on converting prospects into customers; guidance on avoiding cultural missteps; advice on making air travel cheaper and more comfortable; and ground rules for meeting friendly members of the opposite sex (if youre in that market). Part memoir, part travelogue, and part sales guide, Rubinsteins story recalls the wide range of trials, tribulations, opportunities, and disappointments that he experienced during his lifetime of sales adventure.

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1491703253

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21st Century American English Compendium

A Portable Guide to the Idiosyncrasies, Subtleties, Technical Jargon, and Conventional Wisdom of American English

By: Marvin Rubinstein

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21st Century American English Compendium

A Portable Guide to the Idiosyncrasies, Subtleties, Technical Jargon, and Conventional Wisdom of American English

By: Marvin Rubinstein

A compendium of American proverbs, expressions, slang, colloquialisms; British-US glossary; abbreviations and acronyms and other various odds and ends. Widely used by non-native speakers and translators.

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Schreiber Publishing

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0884003167

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9780884003168

A Medieval Italian Commune

Siena Under the Nine, 1287-1355

By: William M. Bowsky,William Marvin Bowsky

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A Medieval Italian Commune

Siena Under the Nine, 1287-1355

By: William M. Bowsky,William Marvin Bowsky

Siena rivaled Florence in the arts throughout the 13th and 14th centuries: the important late medieval painter Duccio (1253?1319) was a Sienese, but worked across the peninsula, and the mural of "Good Government" by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in the Palazzo Pubblico, or town hall, is a magnificent example of late-Medieval/early Renaissance art as well as a representation of the utopia of urban society as conceived during that period. Siena was devastated by the Black Death of 1348, and also suffered from ill-fated financial enterprises. In 1355, with the arrival of Charles IV of Luxembourg in the city, the population rose and suppressed the government of the Nove (Nine), establishing that Dodici (Twelve) nobles assisted by a council with a popular majority. This was also short-lived, being replaced by the Quindici (Fifteen) reformers in 1385, the Dieci (Ten, 1386?1387), Undici (Eleven, 1388?1398) and Twelve Priors (1398?1399) who, in the end, gave the city's seigniory to Gian Galeazzo Visconti of Milan in order to defend it from the Florentine expansionism."--Wikipedia.

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Univ of California Press

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0520042565

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9780520042568

Like No Other Store . . .

The Bloomingdale's Legend and the Revolution in American Marketing

By: Marvin Traub

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Like No Other Store . . .

The Bloomingdale's Legend and the Revolution in American Marketing

By: Marvin Traub

Bloomingdale's has been the most celebrated store in the world--and its style has been copied throughout the world. As Bloomingdale's chairman for nearly 20 years, Traub played an essential role in this success. Here he tells the story of how the art of selling moved into the modern world--and how Bloomingdale's became a mecca of high style. 16 pages of photos.

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Three Rivers Press

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0812924622

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System Reliability Theory

Models, Statistical Methods, and Applications

By: Marvin Rausand,Anne Barros,Arnljot Hoyland

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System Reliability Theory

Models, Statistical Methods, and Applications

By: Marvin Rausand,Anne Barros,Arnljot Hoyland

Handbook and reference for industrial statisticians and system reliability engineers System Reliability Theory: Models, Statistical Methods, and Applications, Third Edition presents an updated and revised look at system reliability theory, modeling, and analytical methods. The new edition is based on feedback to the second edition from numerous students, professors, researchers, and industries around the world. New sections and chapters are added together with new real-world industry examples, and standards and problems are revised and updated. System Reliability Theory covers a broad and deep array of system reliability topics, including: · In depth discussion of failures and failure modes · The main system reliability assessment methods · Common-cause failure modeling · Deterioration modeling · Maintenance modeling and assessment using Python code · Bayesian probability and methods · Life data analysis using R Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in reliability engineering, this book also serves as a reference and resource for practicing statisticians and engineers. Throughout, the book has a practical focus, incorporating industry feedback and real-world industry problems and examples.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119373956

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9781119373957

Handbook of Optical Materials

By: Marvin J. Weber

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Handbook of Optical Materials

By: Marvin J. Weber

For years scientists turned to the CRC Handbook of Laser Science & Technology for reliable data on optical materials. Out of print for several years, that standard-setting work now has a successor: the Handbook of Optical Materials. This new handbook is an authoritative compilation of the physical properties of materials used in all types of lasers and optical systems. In it, scientist, author, and editor Dr. Marvin J. Weber provides extensive data tabulations and references for the most important optical materials, including crystals, glasses, polymers, metals, liquids, and gases. The properties detailed include both linear and nonlinear optical properties, mechanical properties, thermal properties together with many additional special properties, such as electro-, magneto-, and elasto-optic properties. Using a minimum of narration and logically organized by material properties, the handbook's unique presentation simplifies the process of comparing different materials for their suitability in particular applications. Appendices furnish a wealth of other useful information, including lists of the many abbreviations and acronyms that proliferate in this field. The Handbook of Optical Materials is simply the most complete one-stop source available for materials data essential to lasers and optical systems.

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1351835505

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Exploring Our Hebraic Heritage

A Christian Theology of Roots and Renewal

By: Marvin R. Wilson

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Exploring Our Hebraic Heritage

A Christian Theology of Roots and Renewal

By: Marvin R. Wilson

In this very readable sequel to his popular book Our Father Abraham — which has sold more than 70,000 copies — Marvin Wilson illuminates theological, spiritual, and ethical themes of the Hebrew scriptures that directly affect Christian understanding and experience. Exploring Our Hebraic Heritage draws from both Christian and Jewish commentary in discussing such topics as thinking theologically about Abraham, understanding the God of Israel and his reputation in the world, and what it means for humans to be created in God s image. Wilson calls for the church to restore, renew, and protect its foundations by studying and appreciating its origins in Judaism. Designed to serve as an academic classroom text or for use in personal or group study, the book includes hundreds of questions for review and discussion.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802871453

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Florentine Essays

Selected Writings of Marvin B. Becker

By: Marvin B. Becker,James R. Banker,Carol Lansing

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Florentine Essays

Selected Writings of Marvin B. Becker

By: Marvin B. Becker,James R. Banker,Carol Lansing

A collection of essays on Florentine history by a seasoned and innovative Renaissance scholar

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University of Michigan Press

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0472112252

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9780472112258

The Masks of Anthony and Cleopatra

By: Marvin Rosenberg,Mary Rosenberg

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The Masks of Anthony and Cleopatra

By: Marvin Rosenberg,Mary Rosenberg

In his analysis, Marvin Rosenberg sets out to steer a path between the "extremes" of Rome and Egypt and all they stand for: and to explore the relentless "to and back" confrontation of their different sets of values which leads ultimately to destruction.

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University of Delaware Press

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0874139244

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9780874139242

Florence in Transition

Volume One: The Decline of the Commune

By: Marvin Becker

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Florence in Transition

Volume One: The Decline of the Commune

By: Marvin Becker

Originally published in 1967. With the waning of the Middle Ages, the life of the Italian polis underwent a gradual but unmistakable transformation. The leisurely decentralization of the medieval commune, which had its roots in feudalism, the code of chivalry, and religious faith, gave place to the tight despotism of the fourteenth century. This in turn yielded to democratized government and finally to a stricter legalistic and puritanical rule. Marvin Becker's two-volume study of Florence examines this metamorphosis and establishes its relationship to the emergence of the Renaissance state. Volume One traces the decline of the communal paideia in its political, social, and cultural aspects. Through an intensive examination of the fiscal and juridical records of the period and the documents of contemporary literature, Dr. Becker demonstrates the relationship between the death of communal ideals and the centralization of political power, and between the emergence of a strong middle class and a respect for public law. He shows the patricians discovering a community of interest with the burghers, and the vendetta being replaced by courts of law. Finally, he traces the growing ability of the Florentine citizenry to cope with crisis through the newly strengthened organs of the republic. Volume Two will discuss the establishment of Florence as a Renaissance city-state with particular emphasis on the continuum between the medieval commune of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries and the centralized city of the mid-fourteenth century. A unique contribution of this volume lies in the use made of painstaking and detailed investigation of the voluminous archival resources of the Archivio di Stato of Florence—some of which have since been destroyed by the 1966 flood. In pursuit of what actually took place during communal council meetings, what legislation was passed and what rejected, Dr. Becker scrutinized tens of thousands of documents in a variety of categories, obtaining first-hand knowledge of the careers of those in power, and gaining illuminating insights into motivations and actions. Political, social, and cultural historians will find Florence in Transition, Volume One, a helpful elucidation of the dynamics of historical change and the birth of a state.

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1421430746

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Life of a Salesman

By: Marvin Rubinstein

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Life of a Salesman

By: Marvin Rubinstein

National and international salespeople experience a variety of difficulties in the course of their profession, but they don't get much understanding from the public. In this personal account, Marvin Rubinstein looks back at a career traveling from city to city and country to country trying to make a buck in this eye-opening account of what it's reallylike to be in the sales business. Even if you're a salesperson sitting in a comfortable chair and calling people on the phone, you can find entertainment and valuable lessons in this instructive narrative. You'll discover - tips on converting prospects into customers; - guidance on avoiding cultural missteps; - advice on making air travel cheaper and more comfortable; and - ground rules for meeting friendly members of the opposite sex (if you're in that market). Part memoir, part travelogue, and part sales guide, Rubinstein's story recalls the wide range of trials, tribulations, opportunities, and disappointments that he experienced during his lifetime of sales adventure.

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iUniverse

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149170327X

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Interstitial Lung Disease

By: Marvin I. Schwarz,Talmadge E. King

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Interstitial Lung Disease

By: Marvin I. Schwarz,Talmadge E. King

Interstitial Lung Disease, Fourth Edition is a complete publication of interstitial lung diseases and includes clinical, pathologic, radiologic, and physiologic evaluation of the patient with ILD. It provides a basic pathobiology and a complete description of individual disease entities. The book covers a wide array of disorders - sarcoidosis, asbestosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, drug-induced lung disease, connective tissue disease, and pulmonary vasculitis, to name but a few. This new edition also features an examination of future potential therapies for interstitial lung disease. Interstitial Lung Disease is divided into three sections. The Clinical Approach section provides the basis for recognizing the key features that allow a specific diagnosis to be achieved. The section dedicated to Basic Mechanisms emphasizes the many advances in genetics and cellular and molecular biology that have greatly expanded our understanding of the biological processes involved in the pathogenesis of the interstitial lung diseases. The third section titled Clinical Entities describes the clinical manifestations, radiologic patterns, histopathological features, and management of the specific process

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PMPH-USA

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1550091794

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9781550091793

A Cognitive Theory of Learning

Research on Hypothesis Testing

By: Marvin Levine

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A Cognitive Theory of Learning

Research on Hypothesis Testing

By: Marvin Levine

First published in 1975, A Cognitive Theory of Learning provides a history of hypothesis theory (H theory), along with the author’s research from the previous decade. The first part introduces the reader to contributions of some major learning theorists. It traces the history of H theory, reviewing the confrontation with conditioning theory, with the stress on the emergence of H theory which came to predominate. The second part describes the author’s work, presented as it emerged over time. It shows how the outcome of one experiment typically led to the next theoretical development or experiment. Originally part of The Experimental Psychology Series this reissue can now be read and enjoyed again in its historical context.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000649180

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9781000649185

Critical Care Echocardiography Review

1200+ Questions and Answers: Ebook without Multimedia

By: Marvin G Chang,Abraham Sonny,David Dudzinski,Christopher R Tainter,Ryan J Horvath,Sheri Berg,Edward Bittner

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Critical Care Echocardiography Review

1200+ Questions and Answers: Ebook without Multimedia

By: Marvin G Chang,Abraham Sonny,David Dudzinski,Christopher R Tainter,Ryan J Horvath,Sheri Berg,Edward Bittner

Prepare for success on the Examination of Special Competence in Critical Care Echocardiography (CCEeXAM)! Critical Care Echocardiography Review is a first-of-its-kind, review textbook containing over 1,200 questions and answers. Helmed by Drs. Marvin G. Chang, Abraham Sonny, David Dudzinski, Christopher R. Tainter, Ryan J. Horvath, Sheri M. Berg, Edward A. Bittner as well as a team of associated editors and authors from institutions across the nation , this highly visual resource covers every aspect of the use of ultrasound for clinical diagnosis and management in the critical care setting, providing a thorough, effective review and helping you identify areas of mastery and those needing further study.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1975144171

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9781975144173

The Next Twenty-five Years

Affirmative Action in Higher Education in the United States and South Africa

By: David Lee Featherman,Marvin Krislov,Martin Hall

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The Next Twenty-five Years

Affirmative Action in Higher Education in the United States and South Africa

By: David Lee Featherman,Marvin Krislov,Martin Hall

A penetrating exploration of affirmative action's continued place in 21st-century higher education, The Next Twenty-five Years assembles the viewpoints of some of the most influential scholars, educators, university leaders, and public officials. Its comparative essays range the political spectrum and debates in two nations to survey the legal, political, social, economic, and moral dimensions of affirmative action and its role in helping higher education contribute to a just, equitable, and vital society. David L. Featherman is Professor of Sociology and Psychology and Founding Director of the Center for Advancing Research and Solutions for Society at the University of Michigan. Martin Hall is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salford, Greater Manchester, and previously was Deputy Vice- Chancellor at the University of Cape Town. Marvin Krislov is President of Oberlin College and previously was Vice President and General Counsel at the University of Michigan.

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0472021559

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9780472021550

Single Parent Families

Diversity, Myths and Realities

By: Marvin B Sussman,Shirley Hanson

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Single Parent Families

Diversity, Myths and Realities

By: Marvin B Sussman,Shirley Hanson

Here is a comprehensive source of vital information on single parent families in contemporary society. This book analyzes literature and empirical research concerning single parent families and explores issues and challenges they face. Contributing authors from many fields and perspectives examine a broad range of subjects relating to families in which one person is primarily responsible for parenting. The only state-of-the-art compendium on the topic of single parent families available today, the book synthesizes empirical, theoretical, and contemporary literature about the diversity, myths, and realities of single parent families in western countries. Each chapter contains a demographic overview, definitions, a literature review, and implications for practice, research, education, and social policy. Theoretical and conceptual perspectives related to parenting and wider families are included. An analysis, synthesis, and commentary on single parent families concludes the volume. Themes highlighted throughout the book include socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of single parent families, cultural and ethnic features, and legal and ethical components. Some chapter topics include: single parenthood following divorce single parenthood following death of a spouse never married teen mothers and fathers female-headed homeless families adoptions by single parents noncustodial mothers and fathers grandparents as primary parents single parents of children with disabilities Single Parent Families contains additional resources useful for family professionals: an annotated bibliography, a video/filmography, and a national community resource list. The book is intended for a multidisciplinary audience, including sociologists, psychologists, health care professionals, social workers, therapists, and other researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and educators. An ideal primary or reference text for undergraduate and graduate level programs, the book can also serve as a tool for staff development and continuing education in service agencies.

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Routledge

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1317764595

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9781317764595

Shattering Hamlet's Mirror

Theatre and Reality

By: Marvin Carlson

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Shattering Hamlet's Mirror

Theatre and Reality

By: Marvin Carlson

Exploring the historical antecedents and mimetic dimensions of "Theater of the Real

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University of Michigan Press

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0472119850

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9780472119851

Isaiah 1-39

With an Introduction to Prophetic Literature

By: Marvin Alan Sweeney

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Isaiah 1-39

With an Introduction to Prophetic Literature

By: Marvin Alan Sweeney

1 Samuel is Volume VII of The Forms of the Old Testament Literature, a series that aims to present a form-critical analysis of every book and each unit in the Hebrew Bible. Fundamentally exegetical, the FOTL volumes examine the structure, genre, setting, and intention of the biblical literature in question. They also study the history behind the form-critical discussion of the material, attempt to bring consistency to the terminology for the genres and formulas of the biblical literature, and expose the exegetical process so as to enable students and pastors to engage in their own analysis and interpretation of the Old Testament texts. Antony Campbell's valuable form-critical analysis of 1 Samuel highlights both the literary development of the text itself and its meanings for its audience. A skilled student of the Hebrew scriptures and their ancient context, Campbell shows modern readers the process of editing and reworking that shaped 1 Samuel's final form. As Campbell's study reveals, the tensions and contradictions that exist in the present text reflect a massive change in the way of life of ancient Israel. Samuel, the first prophet, here emerges to preside over the rise of Saul, Israel's first king, to be the agent of Saul's rejection, and to anoint David as Israel's next king and the first established head of a royal dynasty. The book of 1 Samuel captures the work of God within this interplay of sociopolitical forces, and Campbell fruitfully explores the text both as a repository of traditions of great significance for Israel and as a paradigm of Israel's use of narrative for theological expression.

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0802841007

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Black Police in America

By: W. Marvin Dulaney

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Black Police in America

By: W. Marvin Dulaney

Clear, concise, and filled with new materials, the book sets a high standard . . . Scholars in African American, police, and urban history will all be grateful for what is certain to become a fundamental work in their fields." —The Alabama Review "A balanced, perceptive, and readable study." —Kirkus Reviews " . . . easily read and interesting text . . . " —The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) "[This] readable book is bound to explode plenty of myths. . . . This is an important book that is long overdue." —Our Texas, The Spirit of African-American Heritage "There is no better time than now for this electrifying, clear, and much needed volume." —Robert B. Ingram, President, National Conference of Black Mayors "Black Police in America is the most comprehensive and best documented study that I have read on African Americans in law enforcement." —Nudie Eugene Williams, University of Arkansas "Full of fascinating stories and accounts of racism and heroism, as well as photos and charts, this volume fills a void in the study of the African-American experience." —South Carolina Historical Magazine ". . . a fresh and original study and an important contribution to the fields of African American and urban history and criminal justice." —The Journal of American History " . . . an accomplished and wide-ranging comparative analysis of the role of race in the development and operation of police departments in America's nineteenth- and twentieth-century cities." —The Journal of Southern History African Americans demanded "colored police for colored people" for over two centuries. Black Police in America traces the history of African Americans in policing, from the appointment of the first "free men of color" as slave patrollers in 19th-century New Orleans to the advent of black police chiefs in urban centers—and explains the impact of black police officers on race relations, law enforcement, and crime.

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Indiana University Press

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0253210402

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9780253210401

Printing the Talmud

Complete Editions, Tractates, and Other Works and the Associated Presses from the Mid-17th Century through the 18th Century

By: Marvin J. Heller

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Printing the Talmud

Complete Editions, Tractates, and Other Works and the Associated Presses from the Mid-17th Century through the 18th Century

By: Marvin J. Heller

Printing the Talmud: Complete Editions, Tractates and Other Works, and the Associated Presses from the Mid-17th Century through the 18th Century is a profusely illustrated major work describing the complete editions of the Talmud printed from about 1650 to slightly after 1800. Apart from the intrinsic value of those editions, their publication was often contentious due to disputes, often bitter, between rival publishers, embroiling rabbis and communities throughout Europe. The cities and editions encompassed include Amsterdam, Frankfort am Main, Frankfurt on the Oder, Prague, and Sulzbach. This edition of Printing the Talmud addresses these editions as an opening to discuss the history of the subject presses, their other titles and their general context in Jewish history.

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BRILL

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9004376739

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Net-Works: Workplace Change in the Global Economy

A Critical and Practical Guide

By: Marvin Finkelstein

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Net-Works: Workplace Change in the Global Economy

A Critical and Practical Guide

By: Marvin Finkelstein

Net-works: Workplace Change in the Global Economy primarily discusses how sociology may be applied to the Global Net-Work Economy and the changing workplace. It demonstrates how the sociological perspective has both explanatory power and extraordinary practical applicability to the world of work and employment in the emerging global economy. Finkelstein argues that it is more accurate to think of work organizations as Net-Works, a new form of organization that links individuals, groups and organizations of all kinds in a vast web of relationships that may span locations around the world. Thus, the jobs of the future (and many of the present) will involve a new kind of work: Net-Work! In order to understand how Net-Works have emerged, Finkelstein assumes that the workplace is socially constructed, meaning that we should see jobs and work as the product of the decisions people have made throughout history and in particular social contexts. The book argues that we should not take current workplace arrangements as a given. This is why it offers a way to understand the world of work both critically and practically. Net-works presents alternatives to rigid bureaucracies and divisive hierarchies, and the practical steps that can be taken to create workplace change, arguing that such changes must not only be organizational but also societal and on a global scale.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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1461665868

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When Old Technologies Were New

Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century

By: Carolyn Marvin

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When Old Technologies Were New

Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century

By: Carolyn Marvin

In the history of electronic communication, the last quarter of the nineteenth century holds a special place, for it was during this period that the telephone, phonograph, electric light, wireless, and cinema were all invented. In When old Technologies Were New, Carolyn Marvin explores how two of these new inventions--the telephone and the electric light--were publicly envisioned at the end of the nineteenth century, as seen in specialized engineering journals and popular media. Marvin pays particular attention to the telephone, describing how it disrupted established social relations, unsettling customary ways of dividing the private person and family from the more public setting of the community. On the lighter side, she describes how people spoke louder when calling long distance, and how they worried about catching contagious diseases over the phone. A particularly powerful chapter deals with telephonic precursors of radio broadcasting--the "Telephone Herald" in New York and the "Telefon Hirmondo" of Hungary--and the conflict between the technological development of broadcasting and the attempt to impose a homogenous, ethnocentric variant of Anglo-Saxon culture on the public. While focusing on the way professionals in the electronics field tried to control the new media, Marvin also illuminates the broader social impact, presenting a wide-ranging, informative, and entertaining account of the early years of electronic media.

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Oxford University Press

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0198021380

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Another Kind of Evidence

Studies on Internalization, Annihilation Anxiety, and Progressive Symbolization in the Psychoanalytic Process

By: Norbert Freedman,Jesse D. Geller,Joan Hoffenberg,Marvin Hurvich,Rhonda Ward

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Another Kind of Evidence

Studies on Internalization, Annihilation Anxiety, and Progressive Symbolization in the Psychoanalytic Process

By: Norbert Freedman,Jesse D. Geller,Joan Hoffenberg,Marvin Hurvich,Rhonda Ward

In our current professional climate, with calls for 'evidenced-based treatment', and in light of the prestige accorded to this emblem, we can ask: for what purpose do we seek evidence? For our students? For the public at large? For an inner sense of feeling supported by science? Most disciplines are concerned with cumulative knowledge, aimed toward self-affirmation and self-definition, that is, establishing a sense of legitimacy. The three parts of this volume are directed toward the goal of affirming a public and private sense of the legitimacy of psychoanalysis, thereby shaping professional identity. In each contribution we adhere to the precepts of 'scientific inquiry', with a commitment to affirming or disconfirming clinical propositions, utilizing consensually agreed upon methods of observation, and arriving at inferences that are persuasive and have the potential to move the field forward. Beyond this, each part of this book describes distinct methodologies that generate evidence pertaining to public health policy, the persuasiveness and integrity of our psychoanalytic concepts, and phenomena encountered in daily clinical practice.

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0429910835

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Anti-Semitism

Myth and Hate from Antiquity to the Present

By: Marvin Perry,Frederick M. Schweitzer

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Anti-Semitism

Myth and Hate from Antiquity to the Present

By: Marvin Perry,Frederick M. Schweitzer

Since the 9/11/01 attacks on America, anti-Semitism has been on the rise, its roots firmly anchored in centuries-old prejudices. Schweitzer and Perry analyze the lies, misperceptions, and myths about Jews and Judaism that have been spread throughout the centuries. Beginning in antiquity and continuing into the present day, the authors explore major anti-Semitic themes: Jews as murderers of Christ; Jews as both evil capitalists and evil communists; the “myth” of the Holocaust; and the Nation of Islam’s hatred of the Jews. This is an eye-opening piece of work that, sadly, is still needed today.

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Books Are Not Life But Then What Is?

By: Marvin Mudrick

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Books Are Not Life But Then What Is?

By: Marvin Mudrick

Books Are Not Life, But Then What Is? demonstrates how much Marvin Mudrick loved life and celebrated the dignity of life in literature. “It’s helpful to be reminded now and then,” he writes, that “while novelists persist in their noisy betrayals of human dignity, living has a longer history than reading, and truth than fiction.” Mudrick insists on seeing authors and their characters as people and he describes and judges them as frankly as if they were living among us. In this collection, we meet heroes, monsters, and every shade of character in between: Chaucer, Pepys, Rochester, Boswell, Jane Austen (and Anne Elliot), Dickens (and Pecksniff), Pushkin, Tolstoy, Kafka, Edmund Wilson, and many other novelists, scholars, and critics. We get to know each of them, so vivid are Mudrick’s quotations and commentary. Essay after essay demonstrates that good criticism can amplify both life and literature.

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Berkshire Publishing Group

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1614728860

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9781614728863

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A Smorgasbord of E-Mail and Internet Wit Blended with Humorous Incidents from the Author's Wild and Woolly Life

By: Marvin Rubinstein,Marv Rubinstein

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A Smorgasbord of E-Mail and Internet Wit Blended with Humorous Incidents from the Author's Wild and Woolly Life

By: Marvin Rubinstein,Marv Rubinstein

A smorgasbord of e-mail and Internet wit blended with humorous incidents from the author's wild and wooly life, sure to light up one's lonely moments and any social gathering.

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Schreiber, Shengold Publishing

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1887563520

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Take Charge of Your Financial Future

Straight Talk on Managing Your Money from the Financial Analyst who Defied Donald Trump

By: Marvin B. Roffman,Michael J. Schwager

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Take Charge of Your Financial Future

Straight Talk on Managing Your Money from the Financial Analyst who Defied Donald Trump

By: Marvin B. Roffman,Michael J. Schwager

Forthright advice and lively anecdotes from Roffman's years on Wall Street, including the infamous 1990 incident when he was fired for accurately predicting that Donald Trump's Taj Mahal hotel and casino would be overcome by weak markets and burdensome debt. A time-tested financial guide.

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Carol Publishing Corporation

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155972207X

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9781559722070

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