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Preserving Nature in the National Parks

A History : with a New Preface and Epilogue

By: Richard West Sellars

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Preserving Nature in the National Parks

A History : with a New Preface and Epilogue

By: Richard West Sellars

This book traces the epic clash of values between traditional scenery-and-tourism management and emerging ecological concepts in the national parks, America's most treasured landscapes. It spans the period from the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872 to near the present, analyzing the management of fires, predators, elk, bear, and other natural phenomena in parks such as Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, and Great Smoky Mountains. Based largely on original documents never before researched, this is the most thorough history of the national parks ever written. Focusing on the decades after the National Park Service was established in 1916, the author reveals the dynamics of policy formulation and change, as landscape architects, foresters, wildlife biologists, and other Park Service professionals contended for dominance and shaped the attitudes and culture of the Service. The book provides a fresh look at the national parks and an analysis of why the Service has not responded in full faith to the environmental concerns of recent times. Richard West Sellars, a historian with the National Park Service, has become uniquely familiar with the history, culture, and dynamics of the Service?including its biases, internal alliances and rivalries, self-image, folklore, and rhetoric. The book will prove indispensable for environmental and governmental specialists and for general readers seeking an in-depth analysis of one of America's most admired federal bureaus.

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Yale University Press

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0300154143

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Recreation Facility Management

By: Brent A. Beggs,Richard F. Mull,Mick Renneisen,Michael A. Mulvaney

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Recreation Facility Management

By: Brent A. Beggs,Richard F. Mull,Mick Renneisen,Michael A. Mulvaney

Recreation Facility Management, Second Edition With HKPropel Access, is the fundamental text for students and new professionals who will manage a recreational facility. It outlines essential responsibilities and prepares readers to perform the duties of a manager for various types of facilities—ranging from recreation and aquatic centers, playgrounds, and parks to fitness centers, golf courses, and sport complexes—each with its own unique set of goals and challenges. Recreation Facility Management begins by defining the characteristics and expectations of the profession. It discusses the facility design and development process, including assessing needs, planning, reading blueprints, and securing funding. Topics such as facility resource management, financial issues, and human resources are explored in depth. The text then tackles strategies for utilizing facilities in a safe and efficient manner, addressing safety and security, maintenance, and emergency preparedness and response plans. Finally, a detailed examination of the operation of common types of recreation facilities is offered alongside coverage of national industry standards and guidelines. Content updates to the second edition include a new chapter on ancillary space design with a focus on sustainability and technology updates as well as accessible design. A chapter was also added to address larger-scale recreational sport events and outdoor facilities. Recreation Facility Management also includes new enhancements to help students apply and retain important information: Learning aids, including chapter objectives, review questions, and summary elements, help to facilitate learning. Case studies provide real scenarios and related discussion questions to help students better understand the material. Sample answers to the questions are provided in the instructor guide. Industry Profile features offer real-world examples from the field. Check It Out elements call out special content to help engage readers. Online materials include learning activities as well as checklists and forms from the files of actual facility managers. Recreation Facility Management offers a practical introduction to facility design, management, and maintenance for practicing recreation professionals or future professionals. It arms readers with the knowledge and skills necessary for becoming a successful facility manager in any recreation setting. Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is included with this ebook.

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Human Kinetics

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1492597635

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Newark

The Golden Age

By: Jean-Rae Turner,Richard T. Koles,Charles F. Cummings

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Newark

The Golden Age

By: Jean-Rae Turner,Richard T. Koles,Charles F. Cummings

New Year's Day 1900 heralded the beginning of Newark's Golden Age-the heyday of the city's diverse population, beautiful mansions, varied industries, and prosperous insurance, leather, and jewelry companies. Newark's crystal-clear water attracted some thirty-five breweries, including P. Ballantine & Sons and Hensler's. Frederick Law Olmsted developed Branch Brook Park, the first county park in the United States. Transportation for industrial and personal use was booming, with barges, ships, trains, and trolleys running continually. Called "the City of Churches," Newark became known for the numerous houses of worship used by its residents. Educational institutions grew, paving the way for the many schools and colleges in existence today. Newark: The Golden Age explores New Jersey's largest city through rare vintage postcard views that will captivate residents and visitors alike.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738512141

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Atlas of Nebraska

By: J. Clark Archer,Richard Edwards,Leslie M. Howard,Fred M. Shelley,Donald A. Wilhite,David J. Wishart

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Atlas of Nebraska

By: J. Clark Archer,Richard Edwards,Leslie M. Howard,Fred M. Shelley,Donald A. Wilhite,David J. Wishart

2018 Nebraska Book Award The state of Nebraska has a rich and varied culture, from the eastern metropolitan cities of Omaha and Lincoln to the ranches of the western Sand Hills. The first atlas of Nebraska published in over thirty years, this collection chronicles the history of the state with more than three hundred original, full-color maps accompanied by extended explanatory text. Far more than simply the geography of Nebraska, this atlas explores a myriad of subjects from Native Americans to settlement patterns, agricultural ventures to employment, and voting records to crime rates. These detailed and beautifully designed maps convey the significance of the state, capturing the essence of its people and land. This volume promises to be an essential reference tool to enjoy for many years to come.

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U of Nebraska Press

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080324939X

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New Directions in Garden Tourism

By: Richard W. Benfield

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New Directions in Garden Tourism

By: Richard W. Benfield

Following on from the success of Garden Tourism, this book provides an update on the statistics and growth of the global phenomenon of garden visitation. It delves into new themes and contemporary trends, from art and culture to psychographic profiling of visitors and how social media and semiotics are used to enrich visitor experience and fuel motivation. In addition to these new topics, the book also expands on important areas such as the continued rise of urban gardens, garden events, historic gardens and garden economics.

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CABI

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1789241766

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The Geography of Recreation and Leisure

By: Isobel Cosgrove,Richard Jackson

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The Geography of Recreation and Leisure

By: Isobel Cosgrove,Richard Jackson

Originally published in 1972, this book discusses changing attitudes to work and leisure and patterns of leisure activity, asking if recreation, as an economic activity, a distinctive spatial expression. It examines characteristics of spa towns and coastal resorts in the nineteenth century as well as provision of leisure amenities in urban and rural areas of contemporary Britain and the changing levels of demand for and supply of recreation in North America.

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Routledge

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1317332385

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Hotel Design, Planning and Development

By: Richard H. Penner,Lawrence Adams,Walter Rutes

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Hotel Design, Planning and Development

By: Richard H. Penner,Lawrence Adams,Walter Rutes

Hotel Design, Planning and Development presents the most significant hotels developed internationally in the last ten years so that you can be well-informed of recent trends. The book outlines essential planning and design considerations based on the latest data, supported by technical information and illustrations, including original plans, so you can really study what works. The authors provide analysis and theory to support each of the major trends they present, highlighting how the designer’s work fits into the industry's development as a whole. Extensive case studies demonstrate how a successful new concept is developed. Hotel Design, Planning and Development gives you a thorough overview of this important and fast-growing sector of the hospitality industry.

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1135140898

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The Country in the City

The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area

By: Richard A. Walker

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The Country in the City

The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area

By: Richard A. Walker

Winner of the Western History Association's 2009 Hal K. Rothman Award Finalist in the Western Writers of America Spur Award for the Western Nonfiction Contemporary category (2008). The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the world's most beautiful cities. Despite a population of 7 million people, it is more greensward than asphalt jungle, more open space than hardscape. A vast quilt of countryside is tucked into the folds of the metropolis, stitched from fields, farms and woodlands, mines, creeks, and wetlands. In The Country in the City, Richard Walker tells the story of how the jigsaw geography of this greenbelt has been set into place. The Bay Area’s civic landscape has been fought over acre by acre, an arduous process requiring popular mobilization, political will, and hard work. Its most cherished environments--Mount Tamalpais, Napa Valley, San Francisco Bay, Point Reyes, Mount Diablo, the Pacific coast--have engendered some of the fiercest environmental battles in the country and have made the region a leader in green ideas and organizations. This book tells how the Bay Area got its green grove: from the stirrings of conservation in the time of John Muir to origins of the recreational parks and coastal preserves in the early twentieth century, from the fight to stop bay fill and control suburban growth after the Second World War to securing conservation easements and stopping toxic pollution in our times. Here, modern environmentalism first became a mass political movement in the 1960s, with the sudden blooming of the Sierra Club and Save the Bay, and it remains a global center of environmentalism to this day. Green values have been a pillar of Bay Area life and politics for more than a century. It is an environmentalism grounded in local places and personal concerns, close to the heart of the city. Yet this vision of what a city should be has always been informed by liberal, even utopian, ideas of nature, planning, government, and democracy. In the end, green is one of the primary colors in the flag of the Left Coast, where green enthusiasms, like open space, are built into the fabric of urban life. Written in a lively and accessible style, The Country in the City will be of interest to general readers and environmental activists. At the same time, it speaks to fundamental debates in environmental history, urban planning, and geography.

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University of Washington Press

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0295989734

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9780295989730

Social Science In Natural Resource Management Systems

By: Marc L Miller,Richard P Gale,Perry J Brown

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Social Science In Natural Resource Management Systems

By: Marc L Miller,Richard P Gale,Perry J Brown

This book is about the conduct and contributions of applied social science. It represents the beginning of a new intellectual tradition in applied social science and its purpose is to foster an exchange among the variety of social scientists who are concerned with natural resource policy.

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1000311856

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Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society

By: Richard T. Schaefer

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Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society

By: Richard T. Schaefer

This encyclopedia offers a comprehensive look at the roles race and ethnicity play in society and in our daily lives. Over 100 racial and ethnic groups are described, with additional thematic essays offering insight into broad topics that cut across group boundaries and which impact on society.

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SAGE

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1412926947

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Managing Environments for Leisure and Recreation

By: Richard Broadhurst

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Managing Environments for Leisure and Recreation

By: Richard Broadhurst

This book seeks to bring together the different strands of thought that inform the management of settings, for leisure and recreation. It is highly illustrated with over 50 line drawings and includes many case studies from around the world.

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1134635648

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Planning Toronto

The Planners, The Plans, Their Legacies, 1940-80

By: Richard White

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Planning Toronto

The Planners, The Plans, Their Legacies, 1940-80

By: Richard White

Paris is famous for romance. Chicago, the blues. Buenos Aires, the tango. And Toronto? Well, Canada’s largest urban centre is known for being a “city that works” – a remarkably livable metropolis for its size. In this lavishly illustrated book, Richard White reveals how urban planning contributed to Toronto becoming a functional, world-class city. Focusing on the period from 1940 to 1980, he examines how planners shaped the city and its development amid a maelstrom of local and international obstacles and influences. Based on meticulous research of Toronto’s postwar plans and supplemented by dozens of interviews, Planning Toronto provides a comprehensive and lively explanation of how Toronto’s postwar plans – city, metropolitan, and regional – came to be, who devised them, and what impact they had. When it comes to the history of urban planning, the question may not be whether a particular plan was good or bad but whether in the end it made a difference. As White demonstrates, in Toronto’s case planning did matter – just not always as expected.

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UBC Press

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0774829389

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9780774829380

The Great Economic Mysteries Book

A Guide to Teaching Economic Reasoning, Grades 9-12

By: Mark C. Schug,Richard D. Western,National Council on Economic Education

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The Great Economic Mysteries Book

A Guide to Teaching Economic Reasoning, Grades 9-12

By: Mark C. Schug,Richard D. Western,National Council on Economic Education

High school students solve engaging mysteries about current events, government and the environment by responding to hints and by applying an economic way of thinking.

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Council for Economic Educat

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156183128X

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The Technology Management Handbook

By: Richard C. Dorf

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The Technology Management Handbook

By: Richard C. Dorf

If you are not already in a management position, chances are you soon will be. According to the Bureau of Statistics, the fastest growing areas of employment for engineers are in engineering/science management. With over 200 contributing authors, The Technology Management Handbook informs and assists the more than 1.5 million engineering managers in the practice of technical management. Written from the technical manager's perspective and written for technologists who are managers, The Technology Management Handbook presents in-depth information on the science and practice of management. Its comprehensive coverage encompasses the field of technology management, offering information on: Entrepreneurship Innovations Economics Marketing Product Development Manufacturing Finance Accounting Project Management Human Resources International Business

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CRC Press

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1420050567

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9781420050561

The Complete Illustrated Guidebook to Boston's Public Parks and Gardens

By: Richard J. Berenson,Jon Marcus

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The Complete Illustrated Guidebook to Boston's Public Parks and Gardens

By: Richard J. Berenson,Jon Marcus

More than 20 pages of maps show paths, roadways, natural and historic spots, and other treasures. You’ll find the locations of public services in every park and garden. There’s an illustrated history of Boston Common, 180 historic and color photos, and 12 walking tours to enjoy. “This beautiful guide is both detailed and compact—the magic formula for a successful take-along in the backpack.”—Booklist.

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Sterling Publishing Company

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0760727570

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The Riverkeeper's Guide to the Chattahoochee

By: Fred Brown,Sherri M. L. Smith,Richard Stenger

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The Riverkeeper's Guide to the Chattahoochee

By: Fred Brown,Sherri M. L. Smith,Richard Stenger

The Chattahoochee is a prototypical American river-from its headwaters in the Blue Ridge Mountains to where it flows into Apalachicola Bay, one of the most productive estuaries in North America. This entertaining, fact-filled guide covers the Chattahoochee's entire 500 mile course and 8,000 square mile watershed. The guide divides the river into ten sections, each of which includes a brief natural history and information on: camping, hiking, fishing, boating, and other recreational pursuits bodies of water that feed into the river cities and towns with river frontage manmade structures such as bridges, dams, and historic ruins environmental threats and preservation efforts Entertaining sidebars throughout highlight the people, history, culture, wildlife, and geography of the entire river valley. Understand the "Hooch," say those dedicated to its conservation, and you will know more about all of our country's waterways. This guide is the place to begin.

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University of Georgia Press

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1580720005

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Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists

By: George A. Cevasco,Lorne Hammond,Richard Harmond,Keir B. Sterling

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Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists

By: George A. Cevasco,Lorne Hammond,Richard Harmond,Keir B. Sterling

Casting a wide net, this volume provides personal and professional information on some 445 American and Canadian naturalists and environmentalists, who lived from the late 15th century to the late 20th century. It includes explorers who published works on the natural history of North America, conservationists, ecologists, environmentalists, wildlife management specialists, park planners, national park administrators, zoologists, botanists, natural historians, geographers, geologists, academics, museum scientists and administrators, military personnel, travellers, government officials, political figures and writers and artists concerned with the environment. Some of the subjects are well known. The accomplishments of others are little known. Each entry contains a succinct but careful evaluation of the subject's career and contributions. Entries also include up-to-date bibliographies and information concerning manuscript sources.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313036497

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9780313036491

Colombia

By: Sarah Woods,Richard McColl

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Colombia

By: Sarah Woods,Richard McColl

This guide to Colombia reflects the resurgence of the country among travellers following years of lawlessness. With a strong focus on the country's cultural attractions, it will appeal to visitors seeking to discover Colombia's renowned flora and fauna, as well as its historic colonial cities, and its range of eco-tourism initiatives

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Bradt Travel Guides

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1841629219

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9781841629216

The Rough Guide to Madagascar

By: Richard Trillo

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The Rough Guide to Madagascar

By: Richard Trillo

The Rough Guide to Madagascar is the ultimate travel guide to this enthralling destination. It leads you through the country with reliable information and insightful coverage of all of Madagascar's unmissable attractions, from the extraordinarily wildlife-rich national parks of Ranomafana and Antasibe-Mantadia to the alluring beaches of the fabled island of Nosy Be. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best restaurants, hotels, bars and nightlife, ensuring you make the most of your trip. Packed with pre-departure advice and practical tips, the Basics section contains all the information you need to travel around Madagascar, including transport, accommodation, outdoor activities, costs and health, while Contexts fills you in on history, music and books, and includes a handy Language section. Full coverage: Antananarivo; Antsirabe; Parc National de Ranomafana; Fianarantsoa; Ambalavao; Parc National d'Andasibe-Mantadia; Tamatave; Île Sainte Marie; Île aux Nattes; Maroantsetra; Nosy Mangabe; Parc National de Masoala; Sava (the Vanilla Coast); Diego Suarez (Antsiranana); Parc National de la Montagne d'Ambre; Parc National d'Ankarana; Nosy Be; Majunga; Parc National d'Ankarafantsika; Morondava; Allée des Baobabs; Réserve Privée Kirindy; Tsingy de Bemaraha; Belo-sur-Mer; Parc National d'Andringitra; Parc National d'Isalo; Parc National de Zombitse-Vohibasia; Tuléar; Anakao; Mangily; Andavadoaka; Fort Dauphin; Parc National d'Andohahela; Réserve Privée Berenty. (Equivalent to 182 printed pages.)

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Penguin

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0241216443

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Foundations of Public Service

By: Douglas F Morgan,Douglas F. Green,Richard T Green,Craig W Shinn,Robert K Robinson

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Foundations of Public Service

By: Douglas F Morgan,Douglas F. Green,Richard T Green,Craig W Shinn,Robert K Robinson

Designed to serve as a basic text for an introductory course in Public Administration, this innovative work provides students with an understanding of the basic management functions that are covered in all standard textbooks with two important differences. First, it is written to address the needs of both the experienced practitioner and the entry-level public servant. Case examples bridge the content-rich environment of practitioners with the basic principles of public administration sought by pre-service students. Second, the discussion of basic management practices is grounded in the political and ethical tensions inherent in the American constitutional form of governance. This reflects the authors' belief that public administration operates as an integral part of the country's political traditions, and thereby helps define the political culture. The book provides a framework for understanding American political traditions and how they inform public administration as a political practice. Key Changes in the Second Edition include: A new introductory chapter that explains what the authors mean by a constitutional approach and why that is important. An expanded discussion of the role of civil society in promoting the common good. A new section in chapter 5 on New Public Governance. Updated exhibits that incorporate up-to-date census data and revenue figures (chapter 10). A new section in chapter 14 that recognises the importance of maintaining accountability in contract and networked systems of governance. Significantly rewritten chapters to add emphasis on the relevance of the chapter material to nonprofit organisations. A significantly revised bibliography which incorporates new bodies of research that have appeared since the first edition.

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Routledge

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1317470273

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It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own

A New History of the American West

By: Richard White

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It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own

A New History of the American West

By: Richard White

A centerpiece of the New History of the American West, this book embodies the theme that, as succeeding groups have occupied the American West and shaped the land, they have done so without regard for present inhabitants. Like the cowboy herding the dogies, they have cared little about the cost their activities imposed on others; what has mattered is the immediate benefit they have derived from their transformation of the land. Drawing on a recent flowering of scholarship on the western environment, western gender relations, minority history, and urban and labor history, as well as on more traditional western sources, It’s Your Misfortune and None of My Own is about the creation of the region rather than the vanishing of the frontier. Richard White tells how the various parts of the West—its distinct environments, its metropolitan areas and vast hinterlands, the various ethnic and racial groups and classes—are held together by a series of historical relationships that are developed over time. Widespread aridity and a common geographical location between the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean would have provided but weak regional ties if other stronger relationships had not been created. A common dependence on the deferral government and common roots in a largely extractive and service-based economy were formative influences on western states and territories. A dual labor system based on race and the existence of minority groups with distinctive legal status have helped further define the region. Patterns of political participation and political organization have proved enduring. Together, these relationships among people, and between people and place, have made the West a historical creation and a distinctive region. From Europeans contact and subsequent Anglo-American conquest, through the civil-rights movement, the energy crisis, and the current reconstructing of the national and world economies, the West has remained a distinctive section in a much larger nation. In the American imagination the West still embodies possibilities inherent in the vastness and beauty of the place itself. But, Richard White explains, the possibilities many imagined for themselves have yielded to the possibilities seized by others. Many who thought themselves cowboys have in the end turned out to be dogies.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806174234

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The Atlas of California

Mapping the Challenge of a New Era

By: Richard A. Walker,Suresh K. Lodha

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The Atlas of California

Mapping the Challenge of a New Era

By: Richard A. Walker,Suresh K. Lodha

California is at a crossroads. For decades a global leader, inspiring the hopes and dreams of millions, the state has recently faced double-digit unemployment, multi-billion dollar budget deficits and the loss of trillions in home values. This atlas brings together the latest research and statistics in a graphic form that gives shape and meaning to these numbers. It shows a new California in the making, as it maps the economic, social, and political trends of a state struggling to maintain its leadership and to continue to offer its citizens the promise of prosperity. Among the world’s largest economies, California is the nation’s agricultural powerhouse, high tech crucible and leader in renewable energy. The state is the most populous and most diverse state in the continental U.S. Yet its infrastructure is coming under increasing pressure. Water supply systems are strained, the legendary highways are over capacity, and the celebrated system of public schooling is unable to offer affordable quality education at all levels. Health and welfare services, particularly for the poor, needy, disabled, and seniors, are at great risk. This indispensable resource gives readers the tools they need to understand the transformation as California attempts to forge a new identity in the midst of unprecedented challenges.

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Univ of California Press

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0520966864

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9780520966864

Sustainable Development in Changing Complex Earth Systems

By: Attila Kerényi,Richard William McIntosh

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Sustainable Development in Changing Complex Earth Systems

By: Attila Kerényi,Richard William McIntosh

This book applies system theory to analyze the operation and structure of the complex earth surface system, including the interactions between society and nature that cause environmental degradation and threats to human populations. The possible ways to harmonize the operation of a global society as a complex system using the United Nation sustainable development goals are investigated, as well as the major efforts currently implemented to achieve this objective and why many are unsuccessful. Readers will learn this material through case studies that assess the essential conditions required to occupy a planet sustainably, and examine the complex interactions between society and nature in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and outer layers of the lithosphere. The book is written for undergraduate students in geography, earth sciences, environmental sciences, and ecology, and will also appeal to environmental agency employees, nature protection representatives, teachers, and researchers.

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Springer Nature

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3030216454

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The Kingdom of Golf in America

By: Richard J. Moss

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The Kingdom of Golf in America

By: Richard J. Moss

For golf's true enthusiasts, the game is far more--and far more complex--than a simple hobby, commodity, or slice of the sports industry. It is a physical and mental place to be, a community. It has a history, a hierarchy, laws, a language, and a literature. And in Richard J. Moss, it has a chronicler. From its beginnings in the northeastern United States in the 1880s, golf has seen its popularity, and its fortunes, wax and wane, affected by politics and economics, reflecting tensions between aristocratic and democratic impulses. The Kingdom of Golf in America traces these ups and downs, ins and outs, in the growth of golf as a community. Moss describes the development of the private club and public course and the impact of wealth and the consumer culture on those who play golf and those who watch. He shows that factors like race, gender, technology, suburbanization, and the transformation of the South that shaped the nation also shaped golf. The result is a unique, and uniquely entertaining, work of cultural history that shows us golf as a community whose story resonates far beyond the confines of the course. Purchase the audio edition.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496211057

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Adventuring in Hawaii

Revised Edition

By: Richard McMahon

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Adventuring in Hawaii

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By: Richard McMahon

Adventure awaits you in Hawaii! Let Adventuring in Hawaii show you how and where to find it. Here is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to the many outdoor activities available year-round in the Islands: hiking, backpacking, cycling, mountain biking, snorkeling, scuba diving, surfing, windsurfing, kayaking, hunting, fishing. Covering all six of the main islands, Adventuring in Hawaii is also a complete, stand-alone reference, providing brief overviews of geology, geography, climate, flora, and fauna. It furnishes insights into the history and culture of the Fiftieth State and offers current information on public transportation, campgrounds, beach access, and personal safety. A helpful list of Hawaiian words is included, as well as a mini-directory of addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and web sites that will help you plan your adventures. For the not-so-active, "Adventuring by Car" sections provide directions to lesser-known but fascinating locales accessible by vehicle. So get out of that beach chair--and take this book with you!

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Real Estate Management Law

By: Richard Card,John Murdoch,Sandi Murdoch

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Real Estate Management Law

By: Richard Card,John Murdoch,Sandi Murdoch

Rev. ed. of: Law for estate management students. 4th ed. 1994.

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Fiscal Sociology and the Theory of Public Finance

An Exploratory Essay

By: Richard E. Wagner

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Fiscal Sociology and the Theory of Public Finance

An Exploratory Essay

By: Richard E. Wagner

Rejecting conventional approaches, the author offers a view of public finance as one element of a broader scheme of social theorizing. The book assumes a working knowledge of the standard conceptual framework within which the theory of public finance is commonly presented.

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1781951357

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Wildlife Wars

My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures

By: Richard Leakey,Virginia Morell

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Wildlife Wars

My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures

By: Richard Leakey,Virginia Morell

More than a memoir, this heartfelt work is an account of the famed paleoanthropologist's struggle to protect African wildlife, and captures Kenya's struggle to balance the needs of its human population with the task of maintaining the world-famous parks that are its major source of revenue.

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Macmillan

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0312303343

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Urban Forestry

Planning and Managing Urban Greenspaces , Third Edition

By: Robert W. Miller,Richard J. Hauer,Les P. Werner

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Urban Forestry

Planning and Managing Urban Greenspaces , Third Edition

By: Robert W. Miller,Richard J. Hauer,Les P. Werner

Fully updated and greatly enhanced, the Third Edition of Urban Forestry addresses current issues in planning, establishing, and managing trees, forests, and other elements of nature in urban and community ecosystems. The authors discuss why we have trees in cities and how we use them, clarify the appraisal and inventory of urban vegetation, and extensively delve into the planning and management of public as well as private vegetation. As urban forestry continues to evolve as a profession, foresters and arborists can expect many challenges as well as opportunities. The continuing development of cities has become linked to a much greater emphasis on urban vegetation, the growing demand for recreation amenities within the urban environment, and the careful and successful management of vegetation in an urban ecosystem. New ways to incorporate the highly versatile urban forest resource into the urban fabric will undoubtedly benefit the lives of its residents.

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1478629495

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Hotel Design Planning And Development

By: Walter A Rutes,Richard H Penner,Lawrence Adams

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Hotel Design Planning And Development

By: Walter A Rutes,Richard H Penner,Lawrence Adams

Previous editions published 1985 as Hotel planning and design.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393730557

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Constitutional Law

Cases, Materials, and Problems

By: Russell L. Weaver,Steven I. Friedland,Richard D. Rosen

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Constitutional Law

Cases, Materials, and Problems

By: Russell L. Weaver,Steven I. Friedland,Richard D. Rosen

Constitutional Law: Cases, Materials, and Problems, Fifth Edition by Russell L. Weaver, Steven Friedland, and Richard Rosen is designed as a teacher’s book by stimulating thought, inviting discussion, and helping professors more effectively teach. Its thought-provoking problem approach encourages students to delve deeper into constitutional doctrine and gives them an accessible and interesting way to learn constitutional issues. Problems at the beginning of each chapter are referenced throughout the text for continuity. Principal constitutional law cases are edited as lightly as possible to allow the Supreme Court to speak for itself, with shorter notes that accompany the problems. New to the Fifth Edition: Updates to the text and additional cases added throughout including: Rucho v. Common Cause; United States v. Sanchez- Gomez; Dawson v. Steager; Gamble v. United States; Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of California; Hawaii v. Trump; Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck; Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam; Knick v. Township of Scott; Murr v. Wisconsin; Ramos v. Louisiana; Bostock v. Clayton County; Georgia, Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc.; Abbott v. Perez; Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute; Sessions v. Morales- Santana; Bethune- Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections; Cooper v. Harris; Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc.; Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc.; Iancu v. Brunetti; National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra; Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky; Packingham v. North Carolina; Matal v. Tam; Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue; Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania; The American Legion v. American Humannist Association; Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission; Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Director; Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman; Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association Professors and students will benefit from: Lightly edited cases allow students to see the fullest possible analysis of the law. Diverse perspectives are presented on constitutional interpretation, federalism, and public policy. An emphasis on federalism and other oft-marginalized topi compared to other constitutional law casebooks, this text spends considerable time on federalism, balance of powers, and other topics that are sometimes only given passing reference. A complete examination of Second Amendment rights and executive power.

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Aspen Publishing

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1543830455

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Hidden History of Queens

By: Richard Panchyk

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Hidden History of Queens

By: Richard Panchyk

Queens has a history filled with fascinating firsts, cool characters and ramshackle ruins. From the nation's first modern highway to the first-ever transatlantic flight, the borough has long been at the forefront of modern transportation. Poet Clement Clarke Moore was inspired by childhood memories of Elmhurst when he wrote the poem "'Twas the Night before Christmas." The infamous William "Boss" Tweed once fled jail to a secret hideout in a Bayside hotel. The remains of the old Creedmoor Hospital complex in Queens Village are haunting, as are the eerie remnants of Fort Tilden in the Rockaways. Author Richard Panchyk reveals glimpses of the hidden history of Queens."--Back cover.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467138533

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Endangered Animals

A Reference Guide to Conflicting Issues

By: Brian Miller,Richard P. Reading

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Endangered Animals

A Reference Guide to Conflicting Issues

By: Brian Miller,Richard P. Reading

Explore the multiple issues that surround species declines and conservation efforts through the only reference source to examine the conflicting conservation issues of 49 endangered species. While the causes of endangerment are relatively easy to understand, the ultimate or underlying factors are often far more complex and difficult to address. An introduction to these issues and how to resolve them is provided in this unique collection of case studies of animal species that have been pushed to the brink of extinction. Each case study provides the following information: - Common name - Scientific name - Order - Family - Status - Threats - Habitat - Distribution - Natural history - Conflicting Issues - Future and Prognosis. Conservationists are increasingly recognizing that the ultimate causes of extinction are primarily socio-economic and political, yet biological approaches to recovery continue to dominate. More inclusive, interdisciplinary conservation programs are explored here to offer better prospects for managing problems and conflicts. In addition to the case studies, trends and common themes are explored to provide a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to conservation. Students and teachers can explore a wide variety of endangered species programs and the conflicting issues common to recovery efforts, which will enable them to evaluate conservation practice and to draw their own conclusions for improvement.

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0313007233

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