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Stability and Complexity in Model Ecosystems

By: Robert M May

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Stability and Complexity in Model Ecosystems

By: Robert M May

What makes populations stabilize? What makes them fluctuate? Are populations in complex ecosystems more stable than populations in simple ecosystems? In 1973, Robert May addressed these questions in this classic book. May investigated the mathematical roots of population dynamics and argued-counter to most current biological thinking-that complex ecosystems in themselves do not lead to population stability. Stability and Complexity in Model Ecosystems played a key role in introducing nonlinear mathematical models and the study of deterministic chaos into ecology, a role chronicled in James Gleick's book Chaos. In the quarter century since its first publication, the book's message has grown in power. Nonlinear models are now at the center of ecological thinking, and current threats to biodiversity have made questions about the role of ecosystem complexity more crucial than ever. In a new introduction, the author addresses some of the changes that have swept biology and the biological world since the book's first publication.

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301

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Princeton University Press

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0691206910

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9780691206912

Little Women Abroad

The Alcott Sisters' Letters from Europe, 1870-1871

By: Louisa May Alcott,May Alcott

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Little Women Abroad

The Alcott Sisters' Letters from Europe, 1870-1871

By: Louisa May Alcott,May Alcott

In 1870, Louisa May Alcott and her younger sister Abby May Alcott began a fourteen-month tour of Europe. Louisa had already made her mark as a writer; May was on the verge of a respected art career. Little Women Abroad gathers a generous selection of May’s drawings along with all of the known letters written by the two Alcott sisters during their trip. More than thirty drawings are included, nearly all of them previously unpublished. Of the seventy-one letters collected here, more than three-quarters appear in their entirety for the first time. Daniel Shealy’s supporting materials add detail and context to the people, places, and events referenced in the letters and illustrations. By the time of the Alcott sisters’ sojourn, Louisa’s Little Women was already an international success, and her most recent work, An Old-Fashioned Girl, was selling briskly. Louisa was now a grand literary lioness on tour. She would compose Little Men while in Europe, and her European letters would form the basis of her travel book Shawl Straps. If Louisa’s letters reveal a writer’s eye, then May’s demonstrate an eye for color, detail, and composition. Although May had prior art training in Boston, she came into her own only during her studies with European masters. When at a loss for words, she took her drawing pen in hand. These letters of two important American artists, one literary, the other visual, tell a vibrant story at the crossroads of European and American history and culture.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820342874

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9780820342870

British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections

An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland

By: Christopher Wright,Catherine May Gordon

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British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections

An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland

By: Christopher Wright,Catherine May Gordon

This book sets a new standard as a work of reference. It covers British and Irish art in public collections from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the end of the nineteenth, and it encompasses nearly 9,000 painters and 90,000 paintings in more than 1,700 separate collections. The book includes as well pictures that are now lost, some as a consequence of the Second World War and others because of de-accessioning, mostly from 1950 to about 1975 when Victorian art was out of fashion. By listing many tens of thousands of previously unpublished works, including around 13,000 which do not yet have any form of attribution, this book becomes a unique and indispensable work of reference, one that will transform the study of British and Irish painting.

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950

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Yale University Press

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0300117302

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9780300117301

A Treatise on the Limitations of Actions at Law and Suits in Equity and Admiralty

By: J. K. Angell,John Wilder May

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A Treatise on the Limitations of Actions at Law and Suits in Equity and Admiralty

By: J. K. Angell,John Wilder May

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368724797

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9783368724795

Gender and the Dismal Science

Women in the Early Years of the Economics Profession

By: Ann Mari May

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Gender and the Dismal Science

Women in the Early Years of the Economics Profession

By: Ann Mari May

The economics profession is belatedly confronting glaring gender inequality. Women are systematically underrepresented throughout the discipline, and those who do embark on careers in economics find themselves undermined in any number of ways. Women in the field report pervasive biases and barriers that hinder full and equal participation—and these obstacles take an even greater toll on women of color. How did economics become such a boys’ club, and what lessons does this history hold for attempts to achieve greater equality? Gender and the Dismal Science is a groundbreaking account of the role of women during the formative years of American economics, from the late nineteenth century into the postwar period. Blending rich historical detail with extensive empirical data, Ann Mari May examines the structural and institutional factors that excluded women, from graduate education to academic publishing to university hiring practices. Drawing on material from the archives of the American Economic Association along with novel data sets, she details the vicissitudes of women in economics, including their success in writing monographs and placing journal articles, their limitations in obtaining academic positions, their marginalization in professional associations, and other hurdles that the professionalization of the discipline placed in their path. May emphasizes the formation of a hierarchical culture of status seeking that stymied women’s participation and shaped what counts as knowledge in the field to the advantage of men. Revealing the historical roots of the homogeneity of economics, this book sheds new light on why biases against women persist today.

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Columbia University Press

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0231550049

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9780231550048

Michigan

A History of the Wolverine State

By: Willis F. Dunbar,George S. May

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Michigan

A History of the Wolverine State

By: Willis F. Dunbar,George S. May

This standard textbook on Michigan history covers the entire scope of the Wolverine State's historical record. This third revised edition incorporates events since 1980 and draws on new studies to expand and improve its coverage of various ethnic groups, recent political developments, labor and business, and many other topics.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802870554

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9780802870551

Manifest Destiny's Underworld

Filibustering in Antebellum America

By: Robert E. May

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Manifest Destiny's Underworld

Filibustering in Antebellum America

By: Robert E. May

This fascinating study sheds new light on antebellum America's notorious "filibusters--the freebooters and adventurers who organized or participated in armed invasions of nations with whom the United States was formally at peace. Offering the first full-scale analysis of the filibustering movement, Robert May relates the often-tragic stories of illegal expeditions into Cuba, Mexico, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and other Latin American countries and details surprising numbers of aborted plots, as well. May investigates why thousands of men joined filibustering expeditions, how they were financed, and why the U.S. government had little success in curtailing them. Surveying antebellum popular media, he shows how the filibustering phenomenon infiltrated the American psyche in newspapers, theater, music, advertising, and literature. Condemned abroad as pirates, frequently in language strikingly similar to modern American denunciations of foreign terrorists, the filibusters were often celebrated at home as heroes who epitomized the spirit of Manifest Destiny. May concludes by exploring the national consequences of filibustering, arguing that the practice inflicted lasting damage on U.S. relations with foreign countries and contributed to the North-South division over slavery that culminated in the Civil War.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807860409

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9780807860403

The Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805

By: May Wilson McBee

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The Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805

By: May Wilson McBee

In 1781, two years after Spain took the Natchez District from the British, the Spanish commandant commenced to record all matters involving the mainly British inhabitants that would normally come before a tribunal. Those records form the basis of the first part of this book--sureties, bills of sale for land and slaves, inventories, appraisals, wills, etc. The second part of the work, Land Claims, 1767-1805, deals with British land grants in the Natchez District and is based on abstracts of land titles submitted to the United States for confirmation of land ownership. The index to the whole bears reference to 10,000 persons.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806314524

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9780806314525

A Treatise on the Law of Evidence

Vol. 2

By: Simon Greenleaf,John Wilde May

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A Treatise on the Law of Evidence

Vol. 2

By: Simon Greenleaf,John Wilde May

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

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3368720589

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9783368720582

Alternative Alcott

By: Louisa May Alcott

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Alternative Alcott

By: Louisa May Alcott

The discovery in recent years of Louisa May Alcott's pseudonymous sensation stories has made readers and scholars increasingly aware of her accomplishments beyond her most famous novel, Little Women, one of the great international best-sellers of all time. This anthology brings together for the first time a variety of Louisa May Alcott's journalistic, satiric, feminist, and sensation texts. Elaine Showalter has provided an excellent introduction and notes to the collection.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813512727

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9780813512723

The End of American Innocence

A Study of the First Years of Our Own Time, 1912-1917

By: Henry Farnham May

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The End of American Innocence

A Study of the First Years of Our Own Time, 1912-1917

By: Henry Farnham May

An historical account of the political and intellectual atmosphere of the USA in the early 20th century, which contends that the old order was being challenged and altered long before World War I. The study examines the ideas and literature of the periods before and after the War.

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Columbia University Press

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0231096534

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9780231096539

Book's by May Wilson Preston

Stability and Complexity in Model Ecosystems

Stability and Complexity in Model Ecosystems

Little Women Abroad

Little Women Abroad

British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections

British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections

A Treatise on the Limitations of Actions at Law and Suits in Equity and Admiralty

A Treatise on the Limitations of Actions at Law and Suits in Equity and Admiralty

Gender and the Dismal Science

Gender and the Dismal Science

Michigan

Michigan

Manifest Destiny's Underworld

Manifest Destiny's Underworld

The Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805

The Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805

A Treatise on the Law of Evidence

A Treatise on the Law of Evidence

Alternative Alcott

Alternative Alcott

The End of American Innocence

The End of American Innocence

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