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Black Directors in Hollywood

By: Melvin Donalson

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Hollywood film directors are some of the world's most powerful storytellers, shaping the fantasies and aspirations of people around the globe. Since the 1960s, African Americans have increasingly joined their ranks, bringing fresh insights to movie characterizations, plots, and themes and depicting areas of African American culture that were previously absent from mainstream films. Today, black directors are making films in all popular genres, while inventing new ones to speak directly from and to the black experience. This book offers a first comprehensive look at the work of black directors in Hollywood, from pioneers such as Gordon Parks, Melvin Van Peebles, and Ossie Davis to current talents including Spike Lee, John Singleton, Kasi Lemmons, and Carl Franklin. Discussing 67 individuals and over 135 films, Melvin Donalson thoroughly explores how black directors' storytelling skills and film techniques have widened both the thematic focus and visual style of American cinema. Assessing the meanings and messages in their films, he convincingly demonstrates that black directors are balancing Hollywood's demand for box office success with artistic achievement and responsibility to ethnic, cultural, and gender issues.

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University of Texas Press

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0292782241

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9780292782242

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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Scarecrow Press

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0810814781

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9780810814783

Contested Conventions

The Struggle to Establish the Constitution and Save the Union, 1787–1789

By: Melvin Yazawa

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Contested Conventions

The Struggle to Establish the Constitution and Save the Union, 1787–1789

By: Melvin Yazawa

Contested Conventions is a cohesive and compelling account of the defining issues that led to the establishment of the Constitution; it should appeal to history students and scholars alike.

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JHU Press

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1421420260

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9781421420264

Change and Stability

A Cross-national Analysis of Social Structure and Personality

By: Melvin L. Kohn

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Change and Stability

A Cross-national Analysis of Social Structure and Personality

By: Melvin L. Kohn

In societies that experience rapid social transformation, does an individual's social position have a major influence on their personality? Exploring this, and related questions, Melvin Kohn presents a detailed overview of how social structure relates to personality in a variety of different countries in vastly different political and social contexts. Case studies include the US, communist Poland, Japan, and Poland and the Ukraine during their transition to capitalism.

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Routledge

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1317262611

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9781317262619

Traces in the Dust

Carbondale's Black Heritage 1852-1964

By: Melvin LeRoy Green Macklin

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Traces in the Dust

Carbondale's Black Heritage 1852-1964

By: Melvin LeRoy Green Macklin

(From the Preface) Traces in the Dust focuses upon the African American families and residents of Carbondale since the founding of the Carbondale Township (1852). It is meant to provide a glimpse of the growth, progress, and development of the Black American community in the city through the exploration of recorded data and oral history.

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Turner Publishing Company

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1681622165

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9781681622163

The Forensic Case For Five Fold Leadership

By: Melvin T. Hayes

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The Forensic Case For Five Fold Leadership

By: Melvin T. Hayes

At Jesus's birth, angels rejoiced, singing, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men" (Luke 2:14). Satan, on the other hand, trembled, for he suspected the reason for Jesus's arrival. He came to destroy the devil's work (1 John 3:8). When humanity crucified God's Son, Satan believed the turn of events tipped in his favor. So, he thought. The Forensic Case for Fivefold Leadership reveals how the Lord has gifted his people with supernatural tools "to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature" (Eph. 4:12-13 NIV).

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Fulton Books, Inc.

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1637101341

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9781637101346

Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership

Theory, Research, and Managerial Applications

By: Bernard M. Bass,Ralph Melvin Stogdill

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Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership

Theory, Research, and Managerial Applications

By: Bernard M. Bass,Ralph Melvin Stogdill

For 15 years and through two editions, this handbook has been indispensable for serious students of leadership. Now, in this third edition, Bass introduces a decade of new findings on the newest theories and models of leadership. With over 1,200 pages of essential information, Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership will continue to be the definitive resource for managers for years to come.

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Simon and Schuster

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0029015006

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9780029015001

The Tangled Wing

Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit

By: Melvin Konner

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The Tangled Wing

Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit

By: Melvin Konner

A vital updating of a seminal work of science First published to great acclaim twenty years ago, The Tangled Wing has become required reading for anyone interested in the biological roots of human behavior. Since then, revolutions have taken place in genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. All of these innovations have been brought into account in this greatly expanded edition of a book originally called an "overwhelming achievement" by The Times Literary Supplement. A masterful synthesis of biology, psychology, anthropology, and philosophy, The Tangled Wing reveals human identity and activity to be an intricately woven fabric of innumerable factors. Melvin Konner's sensitive and straightforward discussion ranges across topics such as the roots of aggression, the basis of attachment and desire, the differences between the sexes, and the foundations of mental illness.

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Macmillan

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0805072799

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9780805072792

A Voice That Spoke for Justice

The Life and Times of Stephen S. Wise

By: Melvin I. Urofsky

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A Voice That Spoke for Justice

The Life and Times of Stephen S. Wise

By: Melvin I. Urofsky

In the first half of this century, a talented and charismatic leadership restructured the American Jewish community to meet the demands and opportunities of a pluralistic, secular society. The work of this generation of titans still guides the current modes of American Jewish life. The last of these giants was the influential reformer Stephen S. Wise--a progenitor of American Zionism, creator of the American and World Jewish Congresses, and founder of the Jewish Institute of Religion. As rabbi of the Free Synagogue, Wise led the fight for a living Judaism responsive to social problems. This engrossing study is more than a chronicle of an ethnic community's adjustment to a host society. Thanks to Melvin Urofsky's painstaking research, it succeeds in revealing the true story behind a legendary and controversial figure in American Jewish history.

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State University of New York Press

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1438422571

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9781438422572

A Better Guide Than Reason

Federalists and Anti-Federalists

By: Melvin Eustace Bradford

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A Better Guide Than Reason

Federalists and Anti-Federalists

By: Melvin Eustace Bradford

Describes the influence of the anti-federalists in American political tradition.

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Transaction Publishers

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1412816017

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9781412816014

The Copper Treasure

By: Melvin Burgess

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The Copper Treasure

By: Melvin Burgess

From the critically acclaimed and best-selling author of Smack comes a middle-grade tale of adventure and cunning in the spirit of Treasure Island Victorian London in the 1850's: Jamie, Ten Tons and Davies are young "mudlarks"--scavengers who eke out a meager existence by reclaiming bits of coal, rope, and anything of value from the muddy banks of the River Thames. Anything they find might keep them from starving for one more day. When they see a massive roll of copper fall off a ship, the trio comes up with a daring plan to retrieve it and make their fortunes. But can three small boys alone retrieve the impossibly heavy copper from the bottom of the Thames? They resolve to find a way--or die trying.

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Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

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1627799141

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9781627799140

New Arenas for Community Social Work Practice with Urban Youth

Use of the Arts, Humanities, and Sports

By: Melvin Delgado

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New Arenas for Community Social Work Practice with Urban Youth

Use of the Arts, Humanities, and Sports

By: Melvin Delgado

This book demonstrates the potential of after-school activities ranging from from sports to the visual and performing arts and the humanities to transform young lives. Case studies of exemplary organizations and innovative communities within urban centers throughout the U.S. round out the work.

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Columbia University Press

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0231114621

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9780231114622

Monopole Antennas

By: Melvin M. Weiner

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Monopole Antennas

By: Melvin M. Weiner

Monopole Antennas" provides an industry standard for the modeling, testing, and application of airborne and ground-based monopole antennas. This book, with more than double the content of the author's previous, sold-out book, "Monopole Elements on Circular Ground Planes", includes structures in proximity to flat Earth in addition to those in free

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CRC Press

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0203912675

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9780203912676

Community Health Workers in Action

The Efforts of "Promotores de Salud" in Bringing Health Care to Marginalized Communities

By: Melvin Delgado

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Community Health Workers in Action

The Efforts of "Promotores de Salud" in Bringing Health Care to Marginalized Communities

By: Melvin Delgado

Community Health Workers in Action proposes support and expansion of the role of community health workers in meeting the health needs of marginalized groups in United States cities (although their potential reach is not limited to any one group or geographical section). Given the health inequities that continue to touch the lives of millions of people of color across the country, these professionals' efforts--which translate to innovative, community-centered responses designed to reach particularly vulnerable populations--are quite timely. In order to truly understand the topic of health care, one must first explore its historical contexts, socio-cultural factors, and the ways in which values play a critical role in shaping a worldview of the right to quality care. This book offers readers a window into the dynamic field that continues to expand in highly creative and cost-effective ways, which ultimately shape one major piece of the complicated puzzle that is health care in America.

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Oxford University Press

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0190691034

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9780190691035

Naked Came the Post-Postmodernist

A Mystery

By: Sarah Lawrence College, Writing Class WRIT-3303-R,Melvin Jules Bukiet

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Naked Came the Post-Postmodernist

A Mystery

By: Sarah Lawrence College, Writing Class WRIT-3303-R,Melvin Jules Bukiet

Who killed Eric Davenport? A senior mathematics professor at Underhill College has been found dead in his office, the victim of murder. At Underhill, a small liberal arts college with a pricy tuition and a pampered student body, all of the students are close to their professors. But at least one loved Eric Davenport in a deeply inappropriate fashion. Some hated him. And then there is the faculty at war with itself. And the idiotic administration. And the twin boys who live next to campus. And what’s with all those praying mantises? The collective work of Sarah Lawrence writing class 3303 - R, taught by novelist Melvin Jules Bukiet, here is a send-up of contemporary campus life that is also the latest installment in an inglorious literary tradition of wacky fun. And the mayhem hasn’t stopped. Soon, a student is found dead in the library, and, from the quad to the dorms, crime scenes and crises begin to multiply. A wealthy alumni donor becomes alarmed. Enter a libidinous medical examiner. Depicting rampant insecurities and raging egos, and with a cast of characters from conflicted faculty to student cliques, from hemp kids to Ugg girls and the J Crew crew, Naked Came the Post-Postmodernist takes us on a journey some may find eerily familiar. . . . Already featured in the New York Times (“A Whodunit Committed by a Whole Classroom”), this first example of collegiate episodic experimental fiction is certain to draw wide attention on publication.

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Simon and Schuster

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1628723130

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9781628723137

Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? (20 Questions)

By: Gilda Berger,Melvin Berger

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Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? (20 Questions)

By: Gilda Berger,Melvin Berger

The follow-up to the fun and informative 20 Questions #1: Why Do Feet Smell? A follow-up to 20 Questions: Why Do Feet Smell? (Spring 2012) featuring fun facts about animals. Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? will ask and answer the questions about animals that kids are really curious about. Each book in the 20 questions series contains 20 questions and answers, with a full-color photograph on every page. Read the question on the right and turn the page to see the answer on the left!

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Scholastic Inc.

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0545563240

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9780545563246

The Interpreting Angel Motif in Prophetic and Apocalyptic Literature

By: David P. Melvin

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The Interpreting Angel Motif in Prophetic and Apocalyptic Literature

By: David P. Melvin

Melvin traces the emergence and development of the motif of angelic interpretation of visions from late prophetic literature (Ezekiel 40-48; Zechariah 1-6) into early apocalyptic literature (1 Enoch 17-36; 72-82; Daniel 7-8). Examining how the historical and socio-political context of exilic and post-exilic Judaism and the broader religious and cultural environment shaped Jewish angelology in general, Melvin concludes that the motif of the interpreting angel served a particular function. Building upon the work of Susan Niditch, Melvin concludes that the interpreting angel motif served a polemical function in repudiating divination as a means of predicting the future, while at the same time elevating the authority of the visionary revelation. The literary effect is to reimagine God as an imperial monarch who rules and communicates through intermediaries-a reimagination that profoundly influenced subsequent Jewish and Christian tradition.

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Fortress Press

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1451469667

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9781451469660

The Gunn-Hilsum Effect

By: Melvin Shaw

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The Gunn-Hilsum Effect

By: Melvin Shaw

The Gunn-Hilsum Effect covers the physical principles controlling the operation of transferred electron devices. These devices have been proven quite useful in the generation, amplification, and processing of microwave signals well into tens of gigahertz range. Organized into seven chapters, the book focuses on the analytical and numerical approaches of the two vital aspects of device behavior for a given bulk semiconductor: boundary conditions or contacts and the local circuit environment. The opening chapter of this book discusses the negative differential mobility (NDM) characteristics for a range of electric fields in the velocity-field relation of specific semiconductors and the response of such a sample to a charge fluctuation, leading to the growth of stationary and/or traveling high electric field domains. The next two chapters describe how the boundary conditions and the circuit control the manifestation of current instabilities in such systems and how this control can be understood in a simple manner. Chapters 4 and 5 discuss the numerical and experimental investigations of comparatively long bulk samples, with an emphasis on the essential NDM semiconductor n-GaAs. These chapters also examine the production of different current-voltage relationships and instabilities by cathode contacts and the control of the oscillatory characteristics of an electrically unstable sample by different circuit conditions. Chapter 6 presents both time-independent and time-dependent computations, with the latter focusing on the small-signal impedance and stability aspects. The last chapter of this book addresses the construction and evaluation of typical short devices, describes how their oscillatory characteristics compare with the long samples studied in the first six chapters, and discusses the use of short devices as amplifiers. This book is an ideal source for device engineers and designers wishing to apply transferred electron devices in creative ways.

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Elsevier

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0323141552

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9780323141550

New York Times v. Sullivan

Civil Rights, Libel Law, and the Free Press

By: Kermit L. Hall,Melvin I. Urofsky

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New York Times v. Sullivan

Civil Rights, Libel Law, and the Free Press

By: Kermit L. Hall,Melvin I. Urofsky

Illuminating a classic case from the turbulent civil rights era of the 1960s, two of America's foremost legal historians-Kermit Hall and Melvin Urofsky-provide a compact and highly readable updating of one of the most memorable decisions in the Supreme Court's canon. When the New York Times published an advertisement that accused Alabama officials of willfully abusing civil rights activists, Montgomery police commissioner Lester Sullivan filed suit for defamation. Alabama courts, citing factual errors in the ad, ordered the Times to pay half a million dollars in damages. The Times appealed to the Supreme Court, which had previously deferred to the states on libel issues. The justices, recognizing that Alabama's application of libel law threatened both the nation's free press and equal rights for African Americans, unanimously sided with the Times. As memorably recounted twenty years ago in Anthony Lewis's Make No Law, the 1964 decision profoundly altered defamation law, which the Court declared must not hinder debate on public issues even if it includes "vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials." The decision also introduced a new First Amendment test: a public official cannot recover damages for libel unless he proves that the statement was made with the knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false. Hall and Urofsky, however, place a new emphasis on this iconic case. Whereas Lewis's book championed freedom of the press, the authors here provide a stronger focus on civil rights and southern legal culture. They convey to readers the urgency of the civil rights movement and the vitriolic anger it inspired in the Deep South. Their insights place this landmark case within a new and enlightening frame.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700618031

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9780700618033

New Frontiers for Youth Development in the Twenty-first Century

Revitalizing & Broadening Youth Development

By: Melvin Delgado

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New Frontiers for Youth Development in the Twenty-first Century

Revitalizing & Broadening Youth Development

By: Melvin Delgado

-- Steven R. Rose, Social Work with Groups.

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364

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Columbia University Press

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0231122802

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9780231122801

The Political Economy of Racism

By: Melvin Leiman

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The Political Economy of Racism

By: Melvin Leiman

An intense and compact resource for understanding how the political economy of racism evolved in the United States.'' - Science & Society Racism is about more than individual prejudice. And it is hardly the relic of a past era. This scholarly, readable, and provocative book shows how the persistence of racism in America relies on the changing interests of those who hold the real power in society and use every possible means to hold onto it.

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1459610504

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9781459610507

Asset Assessments and Community Social Work Practice

By: Melvin Delgado,Denise Humm-Delgado

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Asset Assessments and Community Social Work Practice

By: Melvin Delgado,Denise Humm-Delgado

Needs assessments identify the needs for services, answering questions about who needs these services and in what priority. Asset assessments focuses on existing resources; combing both needs and asset assesments helps find the gaps in these services and is useful to organizations and communities.

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Oxford University Press

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0199735840

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9780199735846

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