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Hazlitt, Coleridge, and the Distresses of the Regency

By: Robert Keith Lapp

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Contest for Cultural Authority

Hazlitt, Coleridge, and the Distresses of the Regency

By: Robert Keith Lapp

By taking seriously Hazlitt's own classification of these articles as "political essays," and by relocating them within the turbulent public debates of the late Regency, Robert Keith Lapp discovers in them an indispensable critique of Coleridge's conservative response to the post-Waterloo crisis known as the "Distresses of the Country.""--BOOK JACKET.

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Wayne State University Press

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0814328334

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9780814328330

San Francisco Lithographer

African American Artist Grafton Tyler Brown

By: Robert J. Chandler

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San Francisco Lithographer

African American Artist Grafton Tyler Brown

By: Robert J. Chandler

Grafton Tyler Brown—whose heritage was likely one-eighth African American—finessed his way through San Francisco society by passing for white. Working in an environment hostile to African American achievement, Brown became a successful commercial artist and businessman in the rough-and-tumble gold rush era and the years after the Civil War. Best known for his bird’s-eye cityscapes, he also produced and published maps, charts, and business documents, and he illustrated books, sheet music, advertisements, and labels for cans and other packaging. This biography by a distinguished California historian gives an underappreciated artist and his work recognition long overdue. Focusing on Grafton Tyler Brown’s lithography and his life in nineteenth-century San Francisco, Robert J. Chandler offers a study equally fascinating as a business and cultural history and as an introduction to Brown the artist. Chandler’s contextualization of Brown’s career goes beyond the issue of race. Showing how Brown survived and flourished as a businessman, Chandler offers unique insight into the growth of printing and publishing in California and the West. He examines the rise of lithography, its commercial and cultural importance, and the competition among lithographic companies. He also analyzes Brown’s work and style, comparing it to the products of rival firms. Brown was not respected as a fine artist until after his death. Collectors of western art and Americana now recognize the importance of Californiana and of Brown’s work, some of which depicts Portland and the Pacific Northwest, and they will find Chandler’s checklist, descriptions, and reproductions of Brown’s ephemera—including billheads and maps—as uniquely valuable as Chandler’s contribution to the cultural and commercial history of California. In an afterword, historian Shirley Ann Wilson Moore discusses the circumstances and significance of passing in nineteenth-century America.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806145250

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9780806145259

Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper

How Innovation Keeps Proving the Catastrophists Wrong

By: Robert Bryce

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How Innovation Keeps Proving the Catastrophists Wrong

By: Robert Bryce

In the face of today's environmental and economic challenges, doomsayers preach that the only way to stave off disaster is for humans to reverse course: to de-industrialize, re-localize, ban the use of modern energy sources, and forswear prosperity. But in this provocative and optimistic rebuke to the catastrophists, Robert Bryce shows how innovation and the inexorable human desire to make things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is providing consumers with Cheaper and more abundant energy, Faster computing, Lighter vehicles, and myriad other goods. That same desire is fostering unprecedented prosperity, greater liberty, and yes, better environmental protection. Utilizing on-the-ground reporting from Ottawa to Panama City and Pittsburgh to Bakersfield, Bryce shows how we have, for centuries, been pushing for Smaller Faster solutions to our problems. From the vacuum tube, mass-produced fertilizer, and the printing press to mobile phones, nanotech, and advanced drill rigs, Bryce demonstrates how cutting-edge companies and breakthrough technologies have created a world in which people are living longer, freer, healthier, lives than at any time in human history. The push toward Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is happening across multiple sectors. Bryce profiles innovative individuals and companies, from long-established ones like Ford and Intel to upstarts like Aquion Energy and Khan Academy. And he zeroes in on the energy industry, proving that the future belongs to the high power density sources that can provide the enormous quantities of energy the world demands. The tools we need to save the planet aren't to be found in the technologies or lifestyles of the past. Nor must we sacrifice prosperity and human progress to ensure our survival. The catastrophists have been wrong since the days of Thomas Malthus. This is the time to embrace the innovators and businesses all over the world who are making things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper.

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401

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PublicAffairs

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161039206X

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9781610392068

Education Research and Evaluation: For Policy and Practice?

By: Robert G. Burgess

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Education Research and Evaluation: For Policy and Practice?

By: Robert G. Burgess

Much has been written on the styles, strategies and tactics associated with educational research and evaluation, but relatively little on the social processes associated with the methodology. Few books consider the relationship of research and evaluation to policy and practice and this book opens up key debates in that field. It identifies, through contributions from the USA and Britain, some of the major processes involved, examines the problems of conducting research and evaluation and the ways in which they can be overcome, and details case studies in which problems and processes are encountered.; Probably of worldwide interest to students, researchers, academics, policy makers and practitioners, the authors present an examination of a range of different dimensions associated with educational research and evaluation conducted for policy and practice.

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202

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Routledge

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1135395853

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9781135395858

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

C. L. Dellums and the Fight for Fair Treatment and Civil Rights

By: Robert L Allen

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Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

C. L. Dellums and the Fight for Fair Treatment and Civil Rights

By: Robert L Allen

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters created a sea of change in labour and race relations in the US. For the first time in US history, a black labour union played a central role in shaping labor and civil rights policy. Based on interviews and archival research, this new book tells the story of the union and its charismatic leader C.L. Dellums, starting from the BSCP's origins as the first national union of black workers in 1925. In 1937, the BSCP made history when it compelled one of the largest US corporations - the Pullman Company - to recognize and negotiate a contract with a black workers' union. C. L. Dellums was a leading civil rights activist as well as a labor leader. In 1948, he was chosen to be the first West Coast Regional Director of the NAACP. This book is an inspiring testament to both him and the unions transformative impact on US society.

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Routledge

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1317262972

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What Works in Schools

Translating Research into Action

By: Robert J. Marzano

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What Works in Schools

Translating Research into Action

By: Robert J. Marzano

Any school in the United States can operate at advanced levels of effectiveness—if it is willing to implement what is known about effective schooling. "If we follow the guidance offered from 35 years of research," says author Robert J. Marzano, "we can enter an era of unprecedented effectiveness for the public practice of education." In What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Action, Marzano synthesizes that research to provide clear and unequalled insight into the nature of schooling. Marzano defines the factors affecting student achievement and offers compelling answers to once-elusive questions: How can schools set academic goals that do not underestimate student potential? How critical are staff collegiality and professional development? Do all students have equal opportunity to learn, given current curriculum requirements? Supplemental versus required content-is there room for redefinition? What types of parental and community involvement make a real difference? What instructional strategies really work? What influence can an individual teacher have (as separate from the influence of the overall school)? How can teachers manage classrooms that promote positive student-and-teacher relationships? How can teachers structure their curricula to better sequence and pace content? Can teachers really overcome a student’s negative home environment? How does an understanding of motivation theories help students and teachers overcome learning obstacles? What specific learning strategies can enhance learned intelligence and background knowledge? In each chapter, Marzano recommends specific-and attainable-action steps to implement successful strategies culled from the wealth of research data. Schools can and do affect student achievement. In his latest work, Marzano leads the way in establishing positive approaches that can make the long-held dream of effective public education a reality.

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225

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ASCD

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1416601341

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9781416601340

Canadian Literary Landmarks

By: John Robert Colombo

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Canadian Literary Landmarks

By: John Robert Colombo

Canadian Literary Landmarks

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319

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Dundurn

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0888820739

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9780888820730

Chuck Close

By: Robert Storr,Chuck Close,Kirk Varnedoe,Deborah Wye

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Chuck Close

By: Robert Storr,Chuck Close,Kirk Varnedoe,Deborah Wye

For the past 30 years, American artist Chuck Close (b. 1940) has concentrated on essentially one subject: the human face. This volume, the most comprehensive assessment of Close's work yet published, includes portraits of Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Alex Katz, Lucas Samaras, and others. It accompanies a mid-career retrospective opening at The Museum of Modern Art, New York in February 1998. 178 illustrations, 113 in color.

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The Museum of Modern Art

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0870700669

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9780870700668

Contest for Cultural Authority

Hazlitt, Coleridge, and the Distresses of the Regency

By: Robert Keith Lapp

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Contest for Cultural Authority

Hazlitt, Coleridge, and the Distresses of the Regency

By: Robert Keith Lapp

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San Francisco Lithographer

San Francisco Lithographer

Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper

Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper

Education Research and Evaluation: For Policy and Practice?

Education Research and Evaluation: For Policy and Practice?

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

What Works in Schools

What Works in Schools

Canadian Literary Landmarks

Canadian Literary Landmarks

Chuck Close

Chuck Close

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