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The Myth of Race

The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea

By: Robert W. Sussman

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The Myth of Race

The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea

By: Robert W. Sussman

Biological races do not exist—and never have. This view is shared by all scientists who study variation in human populations. Yet racial prejudice and intolerance based on the myth of race remain deeply ingrained in Western society. In his powerful examination of a persistent, false, and poisonous idea, Robert Sussman explores how race emerged as a social construct from early biblical justifications to the pseudoscientific studies of today. The Myth of Race traces the origins of modern racist ideology to the Spanish Inquisition, revealing how sixteenth-century theories of racial degeneration became a crucial justification for Western imperialism and slavery. In the nineteenth century, these theories fused with Darwinism to produce the highly influential and pernicious eugenics movement. Believing that traits from cranial shape to raw intelligence were immutable, eugenicists developed hierarchies that classified certain races, especially fair-skinned “Aryans,” as superior to others. These ideologues proposed programs of intelligence testing, selective breeding, and human sterilization—policies that fed straight into Nazi genocide. Sussman examines how opponents of eugenics, guided by the German-American anthropologist Franz Boas’s new, scientifically supported concept of culture, exposed fallacies in racist thinking. Although eugenics is now widely discredited, some groups and individuals today claim a new scientific basis for old racist assumptions. Pondering the continuing influence of racist research and thought, despite all evidence to the contrary, Sussman explains why—when it comes to race—too many people still mistake bigotry for science.

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Harvard University Press

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0674417313

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Chronological and Background Charts of Church History

By: Robert C. Walton

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Chronological and Background Charts of Church History

By: Robert C. Walton

See how the rich tapestry of nearly 2,000 years of church history unfolded. Packed with teaching and learning tools, from charts and timelines, to maps and visual guides, Chronological and Background Charts of Church History will help you quickly grasp the historic foundation on which contemporary Christianity rests. This revised and expanded edition contains 126 charts (43 of which are new) that cover: The history of the ancient church The medieval church The Reformation The modern European church The American church and more The accessible visual presentation is perfect for enhancing every type of teaching and learning situation and style, including homeschooling curricula and tutoring, church classes and Sunday school. ZondervanCharts are ready references for those who need the essential information at their fingertips. Accessible and highly useful, the books in this library offer clear organization and thorough summaries of issues, subjects, and topics that are key for Christian students and learners. The visuals and captions will cater to any teaching methodology, style, or program.

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Zondervan Academic

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0310528798

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Corporate Stakeholder Democracy

Politicizing Corporate Social Responsibility

By: Robert Braun

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Corporate Stakeholder Democracy

Politicizing Corporate Social Responsibility

By: Robert Braun

Most practitioners and decision makers look at corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a socially responsible management practice on top of what company leaders generally do: focus on the sustainable, long term financial profitability of their corporation. This book focuses on a political understanding of CSR: the author bridges politics with corporate social responsibility and in a creative and provocative manner. Braun seeks to explore why and how corporations are to be seen as political actors with important roles in our current societies. The first part discusses the social context, the various stakeholder approaches and it also endeavors – with the help of the historic/political parallel of the bourgeois revolutions in the 19th century – to define the corporate polity. The second part analyses the new kind of political operational logic from the viewpoint of the different areas of corporate operation; it gives an overview of the consequences for the individual areas of operation and indicates how corporate policy can be realized in the given field of operation. The third part of the book introduces the institutions necessary for the creation of the corporate polity.

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Central European University Press

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9633862949

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Heart and Soul

Five American Companies That Are Making the World a Better Place

By: Robert L. Shook

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Heart and Soul

Five American Companies That Are Making the World a Better Place

By: Robert L. Shook

Heart and Soul, Shook takes readers on heartwarming journeys through some of America's most successful companies; Mary Kay (Dallas), whose primary focus has always been to be a vehicle for women's success and independence in a world that often supports neither; the company now has more than 2 million women working toward their dreams in 37 countries. DaVita (Los Angeles/Denver), America's largest dialysis company, which transformed its culture from a financially oriented bureaucracy to a company focused on excellent customer service and improving and extending the lives of millions of patients. In Return (Cincinnati), a company that intentionally employs those with brain injury and other neurological challenges. World Wide Technology (St. Louis), the largest African-American - owned business in the nation, which thrives on biblical principles of fairness and caring. Starkey Laboratories (St. Paul/Minneapolis), whose employees travel to remote places to provide more than 50,000 hearing aids to the poor. To the employees of these companies, success is measured by the good they accomplish in the world. However, profiting and caring aren't mutually exclusive - these companies demonstrate how any company of any size can do both.

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1459604083

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Clinical Neuropsychology of Alcoholism

By: Robert G Knight,Barry E. Longmore

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Clinical Neuropsychology of Alcoholism

By: Robert G Knight,Barry E. Longmore

Alcohol abuse is a major health problem in most parts of the world. This book focuses on the way in which alcohol affects the brain, with the aim of describing advances in the neuropsychology of alcoholism in a way that makes this work accessible to clinicians from a variety of backgrounds who treat people with alcohol-related problems.; The book is divided into four parts. Part One provides an introduction to the medical and neurological conditions that can result from alcoholism, and to the process of neuropsychological assessment. The problems involved in conducting research in this area are also considered. In Part Two, research that focuses directly on changes to the nervous system is surveyed. This includes studies of both the short-term and the chronic neurological changes in the brain caused by alcohol. In Part Three, studies of the neuropsychological effects of acute intoxication, social drinking and alcohol abuse are described. Finally, in Part Four, the implications of neuropsychological research for the assessment and management of patients with alcohol problems are considered. The objective of this book is to collate the range of research work that is relevant to understanding how alcohol affects the brain. This includes both the acute and the chronic effects, at both the biological and physiological levels.

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Psychology Press

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1134833709

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Total Heart Health

How to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease with the Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health

By: Robert H. Schneider,Jeremy Z. Fields

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Total Heart Health

How to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease with the Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health

By: Robert H. Schneider,Jeremy Z. Fields

How to prevent and treat heart disease with Maharishi Consciousness based care. Readers discover a bold new approach to heart disease based on the world's oldest holistic system of care.

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Basic Health Publications, Inc.

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1591200873

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The Ethics of Nonviolence

Essays by Robert L. Holmes

By: Robert L. Holmes

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The Ethics of Nonviolence

Essays by Robert L. Holmes

By: Robert L. Holmes

Robert Holmes is one of the leading proponents of nonviolence in the United States, and his influence extends to the rest of the world. However, he has never presented his views on nonviolence in full-length book form. The Ethics of Nonviolence brings together his best essays on the topic, both classic works and more obscure pieces, as well as several important essays that have never been published. Holmes started his career by following Dewey and James, and then turned toward metaethics. The Vietnam War finally led him toward moral problems related to war and violence. For the last forty years he has been a great proponent of nonviolence and pacifism in the style of Tolstoy and Gandhi. If ethics is meant to be more than a purely academic exercise, the theoretical ethics of philosophy must be shown to be relevant to applied morality; the ongoing process of making moral judgments must add value to the world we live in. For Robert Holmes, no aspect of reality is more in need of ethical thinking and reform than the culture of war and violence that cannot be ignored. There are morally viable alternatives to this violence, Holmes argues, and he scrutinizes the sources and implications of such positions. Holmes shows that nonviolence and pacifism can lead us toward a more peaceful and humanely dignified world.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1623565804

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Robert Smithson

By: Robert Smithson,Eugenie Tsai,Cornelia H. Butler,Thomas E. Crow,Alexander Alberro,Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.),Moira Roth,Whitney Museum of American Art

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Robert Smithson

By: Robert Smithson,Eugenie Tsai,Cornelia H. Butler,Thomas E. Crow,Alexander Alberro,Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.),Moira Roth,Whitney Museum of American Art

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0520244095

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Designing Teacher Evaluation Systems

New Guidance from the Measures of Effective Teaching Project

By: Thomas Kane,Kerri Kerr,Robert Pianta

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Designing Teacher Evaluation Systems

New Guidance from the Measures of Effective Teaching Project

By: Thomas Kane,Kerri Kerr,Robert Pianta

WHAT IS EFFECTIVE TEACHING? It’s not enough to say “I know it when I see it” – not when we’re expecting so much more from students and teachers than in the past. To help teachers achieve greater success with their students we need new and better ways to identify and develop effective teaching. The Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project represents a groundbreaking effort to find out what works in the classroom. With funding by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the MET project brought together leading academics, education groups, and 3,000 teachers to study teaching and learning from every angle. Its reports on student surveys, observations, and other measures have shaped policy and practice at multiple levels. This book shares the latest lessons from the MET project. With 15 original studies, some of the field’s most preeminent experts tap the MET project’s unprecedented collection of data to offer new insights on evaluation methods and the current state of teaching in our schools. As feedback and evaluation methods evolve rapidly across the country, Designing Teacher Evaluation Systems is a must read and timely resource for those working on this critical task. PRAISE FOR DESIGNING TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEMS “This book brings together an all-star team to provide true data-driven, policy-relevant guidance for improving teaching and learning. From student achievement to student perceptions, from teacher knowledge to teacher practices, the authors address key issues surrounding the elements of a comprehensive teacher evaluation and improvement system. Highly recommended for anyone seriously interested in reform.” —PETE GOLDSCHMIDT, Assistant Secretary, New Mexico Public Education Department “This book is an invaluable resource for district and state leaders who are looking to develop growth and performance systems that capture the complexity of teaching and provide educators with the feedback needed to develop in their profession.” —TOM BOASBERG, Superintendent, Denver Public Schools “A rare example of practical questions driving top quality research and a must read for anyone interested in improving the quality of teaching.” —ROBERT C. GRANGER, Former President (Ret.), The William T. Grant Foundation “This will be the ‘go to’ source in years to come for those involved in rethinking how teachers will be evaluated and how evaluation can and should be used to increase teacher effectiveness. The superb panel of contributors to this book presents work that is incisive, informative, and accessible, providing a real service to the national efforts around teacher evaluation reform.” —JOHN H. TYLER, Professor of Education, Brown University

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118837185

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Rational Egoism

A Selective and Critical History

By: Robert Shaver

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Rational Egoism

A Selective and Critical History

By: Robert Shaver

The first full-length treatment of rational egoism.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521632536

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Struggle for Kenya

The Loss and Reassertion of Imperial Initiative, 1912-1923

By: Robert M. Maxon

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Struggle for Kenya

The Loss and Reassertion of Imperial Initiative, 1912-1923

By: Robert M. Maxon

This book details the evolution of British policy toward Kenya from 1912 to 1923.

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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0838634869

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9780838634868

Racism

By: Robert Miles,Malcolm Brown

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Racism

By: Robert Miles,Malcolm Brown

This fully updated new edition of the hugely popular Racism provides a thought-provoking account of the history and debate about the concept, combining both historical and theoretical analysis.

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Psychology Press

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0415296765

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Corporate Governance

By: Robert A. G. Monks,Nell Minow

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Corporate Governance

By: Robert A. G. Monks,Nell Minow

In the wake of the recent global financial collapse the timely new edition of this successful text provides students and business professionals with a welcome update of the key issues facing managers, boards of directors, investors, and shareholders. In addition to its authoritative overview of the history, the myth and the reality of corporate governance, this new edition has been updated to include: analysis of the financial crisis; the reasons for the global scale of the recession the failure of international risk management An overview of corporate governance guidelines and codes of practice; new cases. Once again in the new edition of their textbook, Robert A. G. Monks and Nell Minow show clearly the role of corporate governance in making sure the right questions are asked and the necessary checks and balances in place to protect the long-term, sustainable value of the enterprise. Features 18 case studies of institutions and corporations in crisis, and analyses the reasons for their fall (Cases include Lehman Brothers, General Motors, American Express, Time Warner, IBM and Premier Oil.)

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0470972742

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Marketing in Healthcare-Related Industries

By: Robert E. Hinson,Ogechi Adeola,Yam B. Limbu,Emmanuel Mogaji

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Marketing in Healthcare-Related Industries

By: Robert E. Hinson,Ogechi Adeola,Yam B. Limbu,Emmanuel Mogaji

Marketing in Healthcare-Related Industries captures the concepts and complexities of marketing healthcare in today’s environment. The book provides detailed conceptual and practical insights that will be of great benefit to healthcare scholars and practitioners. Topics on healthcare marketing have been carefully selected to provide wide coverage and are illustrated by mini-cases with a highly practical marketing tool kit for healthcare managers included. The healthcare sector in the 21st century face a multiplicity of challenges, which include changing disease patterns, more technology-driven health interventions, a more assertive and quality conscious clientele, as well as a rapidly growing for-profit segment of the industry. This places more responsibilities on healthcare service providers in both the public and private sectors, to deliver value-for-money services at competitive costs. To respond to the changing business environment, a carefully crafted marketing approach is needed by all players in the industry to create value and sustain the confidence of clientele and stakeholders. Praise for Marketing in Healthcare-Related Industries: "Marketing in Healthcare-Related Industries is a timely book as the healthcare industry grows more customer-focused and faces increasing pressure to deliver high-quality service at more affordable costs. This book will serve as a roadmap for practitioners as it synthesizes insights from many marketing researchers into useful and actionable advice. It should also help students easily master the application of marketing principles to the healthcare industry with tools like review questions at the end of each chapter and mini-cases to apply marketing concepts." ~ Dr. Bruce A. Huhmann, Department Chair and Professor of Marketing, Virginia Commonwealth University "Marketing In Healthcare-related Industries could not have come at a better time. Just as the epidemiological and demographic transitions have changed the cycle of planning, resource allocation, delivering, monitoring and evaluating healthcare (especially in developing countries), shrinking domestic and donor resources for health, and ambitious agendas like the Universal Health Coverage 2030 Agenda, make it imperative that healthcare providers do more with less. This book provides a clear road map to a MARKETING TRANSITION, which links healthcare and marketing in a way hitherto not so clearly outlined. The Toolkit will be a valuable tool for undergraduate and graduate students in healthcare provision, as well as health practitioners who have traditionally not been trained in this area. I commend it highly as a must-read book in this area." ~ Dr. Victor Asare Bampoe - Former Deputy Minister of Health, Ghana and currently Director & Coordinator, Global Financing & Technical Support, Joint United Nation Programme on HIV&AIDS, Geneva "A truly remarkable scholarly work of our time. An easy-to-read and insightful book that captivates the reader, whether practitioner or student." ~ Dr. Abigail Mensah, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana "This book is well-written, easy-to-understand, and very up-to-date in its approach to marketing in healthcare-related industries. It is useful for undergraduate and graduate students as well as healthcare practitioners." ~ Dr. Gouher Ahmed, Professor of Strategic Leadership & International Business, Skyline University College, UAE

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IAP

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1648021085

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9781648021084

Is It Worth Dying For?

How To Make Stress Work For You - Not Against You

By: Robert S. Eliot,Dennis L. Breo

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Is It Worth Dying For?

How To Make Stress Work For You - Not Against You

By: Robert S. Eliot,Dennis L. Breo

A groundbreaking examination of stress and its effects on health and disease Cardiologist Robert S. Eliot identifies “hot reactors”—apparently healthy people who overreact to such common occurrences as losing a tennis game or missing a train. If you are a “hot reactor,” you may be responding to stress with an all-out physical effort that is taking a heavy toll on your health . . . without your even being aware of it. Based on more than twenty years of research with thousands of patients, Is it Worth Dying For? takes stress management out of pop psychology and puts it into mainstream medicine. Dr. Eliot identifies the ways in which stress affects the heart, the blood vessels, and the body and gives us new, objective ways of detecting stress before any damage is done. He offers a complete program for recognizing, reducing, and reversing the hidden effects of stress in your life—to make stress work for you, not against you. You’ll learn: • How to take your own “stress temperature” (the results may surprise you) • Whether you are a “hot” or “cold” reactor • How to relieve work-related stress • How to reduce your dependency on alcohol, drugs, and tobacco • How to keep your sense of control and self-mastery in practically any situation • Plus a complete stress-reducing nutrition plan; relaxation therapy techniques; and a twenty-minute-per day, three-day-per-week aerobic fitness program to strengthen your heart

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Bantam

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0307874427

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9780307874429

Paediatric Cardiology

By: Robert H. Anderson,Edward J. Baker,Andrew Redington,Michael L. Rigby,Daniel Penny,Gil Wernovsky

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Paediatric Cardiology

By: Robert H. Anderson,Edward J. Baker,Andrew Redington,Michael L. Rigby,Daniel Penny,Gil Wernovsky

As patients live longer and need to be treated over the long term and the management of pediatric cardiology problems and congenital heart disease moves more into the mainstream, turn to Pediatric Cardiology for current clinical guidance. Trust Dr. Robert Anderson, godfather of cardiac morphology, to bring you coverage of potential cardiovascular anomalies, all potential diseases related to anomalies or developmental problems, and methods for management and treatment. New contributors from all over the world-including 70% new to this edition-present the latest challenges in the field and emphasize the adolescent and post-operative outcomes for management. Now, in full color, this leading reference offers you everything you need to treat and manage pediatric heart conditions. A comprehensive and exhaustive reference of fundamental and clinical aspects of heart disease in infancy and childhood. The contributors are well-known experts in the field and the editors are a world class group who have published extensively in the field. Emphasizes the treatment of corrected congenital heart disease for coverage of the clinical management of cardiac problems in the adolescent and young adult. Integrates development in chapters on lesions to make physiology clinically relevant for the specific cardiac lesions. Provides the latest clinical perspectives on neonate cardiac development management issues so you can offer the best long-term care. Presents the contributions of 70% new authors, from all over the world, in a consistent format to make referencing global perspectives quick and easy. Captures the nuances of the anatomical structure of lesions through full-color illustrations depicting morphologic, congenital, and surgically corrected examples for exceptional visual guidance.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702037354

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9780702037351

Chronological and Background Charts of Church History

By: Robert C. Walton

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Chronological and Background Charts of Church History

By: Robert C. Walton

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Zondervan Academic

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Musical Debate and Political Culture in France, 1700-1830

By: Robert James Arnold

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Musical Debate and Political Culture in France, 1700-1830

By: Robert James Arnold

The first full-length treatment of the operatic querelles in eighteenth-century France, placing individual querelles in historical context and tracing common themes of authority, national prestige and the power of music over popular sentiment.

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