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Long Lost Blues

Popular Blues in America, 1850-1920

By: Peter C. Muir

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Long Lost Blues

Popular Blues in America, 1850-1920

By: Peter C. Muir

Mamie Smith's 1920 recording of ""Crazy Blues"" is commonly thought to signify the beginning of commercial attention to blues music and culture, but by that year more than 450 other blues titles had already appeared in sheet music and on recordings. In this examination of early popular blues, Peter C. Muir traces the genre's early history and the highly creative interplay between folk and popular forms, focusing especially on the roles W. C. Handy played in both blues music and the music business. Long Lost Blues exposes for the first time the full scope and importance of early popular blues to mainstream American culture in the early twentieth century. Closely analyzing sheet music and other print sources that have previously gone unexamined, Muir revises our understanding of the evolution and sociology of blues at its inception.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252056043

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9780252056048

Food, Globalization and Sustainability

By: Peter Oosterveer,David A. Sonnenfeld

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Food, Globalization and Sustainability

By: Peter Oosterveer,David A. Sonnenfeld

Food is increasingly traded internationally, thereby transforming the organization of food production and consumption globally and influencing most food-related practices. This transition is generating unfamiliar challenges related to sustainability of food provision, the social impacts of international trade and global food governance. Distance in time and space between food producers and consumers is increasing and new concerns are arising. These include the environmental impact of food production and trade, animal welfare, the health and safety of food and the social and economic impact of international food trade. This book provides an overview of the principal conceptual frameworks that have been developed for understanding these changes. It shows how conventional regulation of food provision through sovereign national governments is becoming elusive, as the distinctions between domestic and international, and between public and private spheres, disappear. At the same time multi-national companies and supranational institutions put serious limits to governmental interventions. In this context, other social actors including food retailers and NGOs are shown to take up innovative roles in governing food provision, but their contribution to agro-food sustainability is under continuous scrutiny. The authors apply these themes in several detailed case studies, including organic, fair trade, local food and fish. On the basis of these cases, future developments are explored, with a focus on the respective roles of agricultural producers, retailers and consumers.

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297

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Routledge

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1136529632

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9781136529634

Applied Bayesian Modelling

By: Peter Congdon

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Applied Bayesian Modelling

By: Peter Congdon

This book provides an accessible approach to Bayesian computing and data analysis, with an emphasis on the interpretation of real data sets. Following in the tradition of the successful first edition, this book aims to make a wide range of statistical modeling applications accessible using tested code that can be readily adapted to the reader's own applications. The second edition has been thoroughly reworked and updated to take account of advances in the field. A new set of worked examples is included. The novel aspect of the first edition was the coverage of statistical modeling using WinBUGS and OPENBUGS. This feature continues in the new edition along with examples using R to broaden appeal and for completeness of coverage.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118895061

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9781118895061

Sounds of the New Deal

The Federal Music Project in the West

By: Peter Gough

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Sounds of the New Deal

The Federal Music Project in the West

By: Peter Gough

At its peak the Federal Music Project (FMP) employed nearly 16,000 people who reached millions of Americans through performances, composing, teaching, and folksong collection and transcription. In Sounds of the New Deal, Peter Gough explores how the FMP's activities in the West shaped a new national appreciation for the diversity of American musical expression. From the onset, administrators and artists debated whether to represent highbrow, popular, or folk music in FMP activities. Though the administration privileged using "good" music to educate the public, in the West local preferences regularly trumped national priorities and allowed diverse vernacular musics to be heard. African American and Hispanic music found unprecedented popularity while the cultural mosaic illuminated by American folksong exemplified the spirit of the Popular Front movement. These new musical expressions combined the radical sensibilities of an invigorated Left with nationalistic impulses. At the same time, they blended traditional patriotic themes with an awareness of the country's varied ethnic musical heritage and vast--but endangered--store of grassroots music.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252097017

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9780252097010

CISSP For Dummies

By: Lawrence C. Miller,Peter H. Gregory

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CISSP For Dummies

By: Lawrence C. Miller,Peter H. Gregory

If you're ready to pursue CISSP certification, this book is packed with vital information you'll need to know and loaded with tips to help you succeed. Includes practice exam questions and both timed and untimed sample tests--

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1119210232

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9781119210238

Retrometabolic Drug Design and Targeting

By: Nicholas Bodor,Peter Buchwald

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Retrometabolic Drug Design and Targeting

By: Nicholas Bodor,Peter Buchwald

Innovative approach to drug design that's more likely to result in an approvable drug product Retrometabolic drug design incorporates two distinct drug design approaches to obtain soft drugs and chemical delivery systems, respectively. Combining fundamentals with practical step-by-step examples, Retrometabolic Drug Design and Targeting gives readers the tools they need to take full advantage of retrometabolic approaches in order to develop safe and effective targeted drug therapies. The authors, both pioneers in the fields of soft drugs and retrometabolic drug design, offer valuable ideas, approaches, and solutions to a broad range of challenges in drug design, optimization, stability, side effects, and toxicity. Retrometabolic Drug Design and Targeting begins with an introductory chapter that explores new drugs and medical progress as well as the challenges of today's drug discovery. Next, it discusses: Basic concepts of the mechanisms of drug action Drug discovery and development processes Retrometabolic drug design Soft drugs Chemical delivery systems Inside the book, readers will find examples from different pharmacological areas detailing the rationale for each drug design. These examples set forth the relevant pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of the new therapeutic agents, comparing these properties to those of other compounds used for the same therapeutic purpose. In addition, the authors review dedicated computer programs that are available to support and streamline retrometabolic drug design efforts. Retrometabolic Drug Design and Targeting is recommended for all drug researchers interested in employing this newly tested and proven approach to developing safe and effective drugs.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118407768

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9781118407769

Ecotoxicology

By: Peter G. C. Campbell,Peter V. Hodson,Pamela M. Welbourn,David A. Wright

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Ecotoxicology

By: Peter G. C. Campbell,Peter V. Hodson,Pamela M. Welbourn,David A. Wright

Ecotoxicology offers a comprehensive overview of the science underpinning the recognition and management of environmental contamination. It describes the toxicology of environmental contaminants, the methods used for assessing their toxicity and ecological impacts, and approaches employed to mitigate pollution and ecological health risks globally. Chapters cover the latest advances in research, including genomics, natural toxins, endocrine disruption and the toxicology of radioactive substances. The second half of the book focuses on applications, such as cradle-to-grave effects of selected industries, legal and economic approaches to environmental regulation, ecological risk assessment, and contaminated site remediation. With short capsules written by invited experts, numerous case studies from around the world and further reading lists, this textbook is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate one-semester courses. It is also a valuable reference for graduate students and professionals. Online resources for instructors and students are also available.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108890784

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Long Lost Blues

Popular Blues in America, 1850-1920

By: Peter C. Muir

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Long Lost Blues

Popular Blues in America, 1850-1920

By: Peter C. Muir

The first comprehensive examination of the early blues industry and the music it produced

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Book's by Peter C. Muir

Long Lost Blues

Long Lost Blues

Food, Globalization and Sustainability

Food, Globalization and Sustainability

Applied Bayesian Modelling

Applied Bayesian Modelling

Sounds of the New Deal

Sounds of the New Deal

CISSP For Dummies

CISSP For Dummies

Retrometabolic Drug Design and Targeting

Retrometabolic Drug Design and Targeting

Ecotoxicology

Ecotoxicology

Long Lost Blues

Long Lost Blues

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