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Democracy and Its Discontents

Critical Literacy across Global Contexts

By: Karyn Cooper,Robert E. White

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Democracy and Its Discontents

Critical Literacy across Global Contexts

By: Karyn Cooper,Robert E. White

This volume brings together important voices regarding constraints and potential possibilities for democracy in action. The book addresses various understandings of democracy and provides specific critiques. Connections between critique, critical literacy, and its potential for society and education are presented and organized smoothly and accessibly, facilitating easy engagement with the ideas within. These ideas have been carefully thought through so that the text becomes accessible, comprehensible and logical. Readers may benefit from this work through its synthetic, international and comparative approach to issues surrounding critical literacy and its relationship with the democratic process. Complementing the text with audio-visual content allows readers to engage with some of the foremost professionals in the field of critical literacy. Videos of Noam Chomsky add to this a definitive view of democratic practice. The authors have striven to make this “video-text” appropriate, interesting and innovative. Moreover, readers may particularly appreciate the informative summary at the end of every chapter, which is presented in more accessible terms for the uninitiated who may be interested in ways of dealing with critical literacy practices in social, political and educational contexts. This is a very personal book that surprises, represents a unique view of the interrelationship between democracy and literacy, reinterprets significant academic writings in critical pedagogy, offers an analysis of theoretical and empirical research, and provides in-depth narratives and portraits of stimulating scholars in education who have worked towards development of an engaged and empowered electorate.

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229

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Springer

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9463001069

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The Lazier Murder

Prince Edward County, 1884

By: Robert J. Sharpe

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The Lazier Murder

Prince Edward County, 1884

By: Robert J. Sharpe

In December 1883, Peter Lazier was shot in the heart during a bungled robbery at a Prince Edward County farmhouse. Three local men, pleading innocence from start to finish, were arrested and charged with his murder. Two of them — Joseph Thomset and David Lowder — were sentenced to death by a jury of local citizens the following May. Nevertheless, appalled community members believed at least one of them to be innocent — even pleading with prime minister John A. Macdonald to spare them from the gallows. The Lazier Murder explores a community's response to a crime, as well as the realization that it may have contributed to a miscarriage of justice. Robert J. Sharpe reconstructs and contextualizes the case using archival and contemporary newspaper accounts. The Lazier Murder provides an insightful look at the changing pattern of criminal justice in nineteenth-century Canada, and the enduring problem of wrongful convictions.

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209

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University of Toronto Press

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1442693444

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9781442693449

Imperial Grunts

On the Ground with the American Military, from Mongolia to the Philippines to Iraq and Beyond

By: Robert D. Kaplan

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Imperial Grunts

On the Ground with the American Military, from Mongolia to the Philippines to Iraq and Beyond

By: Robert D. Kaplan

A fascinating, unprecedented first-hand look at the soldiers on the front lines on the Global War on Terror. Plunging deep into midst of some of the hottest conflicts on the globe, Robert D. Kaplan takes us through mud and jungle, desert and dirt to the men and women on the ground who are leading the charge against threats to American security. These soldiers, fighting in thick Colombian jungles or on dusty Afghani plains, are the forefront of the new American foreign policy, a policy being implemented one soldier at a time. As Kaplan brings us inside their thoughts, feelings, and operations, these modern grunts provide insight and understanding into the War on Terror, bringing the war, which sometimes seems so distant, vividly to life.

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443

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Vintage

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0307278506

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9780307278500

Samuel and the Deuteronomist

A Literary Study of the Deuteronomic History Part Two: 1 Samuel

By: Robert Polzin

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Samuel and the Deuteronomist

A Literary Study of the Deuteronomic History Part Two: 1 Samuel

By: Robert Polzin

[Polzin's] book... will profoundly affect biblical scholarship for at least a generation." -- Frank Kermode "[A] suggestive and rich book, written in a clear and witty style." -- Marc Z. Brettler, The Journal of Religion "Literary commentary at its best." -- Adele Berlin

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320

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Indiana University Press

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0253114276

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9780253114273

The Tourist, Or Pocket Manual for Travellers

By: Robert J . Vandewater

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The Tourist, Or Pocket Manual for Travellers

By: Robert J . Vandewater

Reprint of the original, first published in 1836.

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114

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385150361

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9783385150362

Remote Sensing

Models and Methods for Image Processing

By: Robert A. Schowengerdt

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Remote Sensing

Models and Methods for Image Processing

By: Robert A. Schowengerdt

Remote sensing is the use of electromagnetic sensors to monitor the earth's surface and atmosphere. This technique can produce anything from topographic or geologic maps to two- or three- dimensional distributions of environmental parameters to the detection of developing hurricanes or floods. These sensors produce digitized data, so it is important that anyone working in remote sensing is familiar with the techniques used. This updated second edition discusses a unified framework and rationale for designing and evaluating image processing algorithms.

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588

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Academic Press

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0126289816

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9780126289817

Voyages with John

Charting the Fourth Gospel

By: Robert Kysar

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Voyages with John

Charting the Fourth Gospel

By: Robert Kysar

In this volume Robert Kysar chronicles the history of interpretation of the Fourth Gospel in the twentieth century. His study reveals four distinct critical approaches to understanding the Fourth Gospel--historical, theological, literary, and postmodernist readings. The use of these methods mirrors the history of biblical studies and influences the present state of scholarship.

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351

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Baylor University Press

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1932792430

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Colonial Families of Maryland

Bound and Determined to Succeed

By: Robert William Barnes

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Colonial Families of Maryland

Bound and Determined to Succeed

By: Robert William Barnes

The main purpose of this work is to chronicle and categorize the life experiences of 519 persons who entered Maryland as indentured servants or, to a lesser extent, as convicts forcibly transported [between 1634-1777]. The text itself is composed of solidly researched sketches of Maryland servants and convicts and their descendants, including 84 that are traced to the third generation or beyond."--Amazon.com.

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310

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806353163

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Convicts, Coal, and the Banner Mine Tragedy

By: Robert David Ward,William Warren Rogers

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Convicts, Coal, and the Banner Mine Tragedy

By: Robert David Ward,William Warren Rogers

In the late 1870s, Jefferson County, Alabama, and the town of Elyton (near the future Birmingham) became the focus of a remarkable industrial and mining revolution. Together with the surrounding counties, the area was penetrated by railroads. Surprisingly large deposits of bituminous coal, limestone, and iron ore—the exact ingredients for the manufacture of iron and, later, steel—began to be exploited. Now, with transportation, modern extractive techniques, and capital, the region’s geological riches began yielding enormous profits. A labor force was necessary to maintain and expand the Birmingham area’s industrial boom. Many workers were native Alabamians. There was as well an immigrant ethnic work force, small but important. The native and immigrant laborers became problems for management when workers began affiliating with labor unions and striking for higher wages and better working conditions. In the wake of the management-labor disputes, the industrialists resorted to an artificial work force—convict labor. Alabama’s state and county officials sought to avoid expense and reap profits by leasing prisoners to industry and farms for their labor. This book is about the men who worked involuntarily in the Banner Coal Mine, owned by the Pratt Consolidated Coal Company. And it is about the repercussions and consequences that followed an explosion at the mine in the spring of 1911 that killed 128 convict miners.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817312137

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9780817312138

Book's by Robert Mastin

Democracy and Its Discontents

Democracy and Its Discontents

The Lazier Murder

The Lazier Murder

Imperial Grunts

Imperial Grunts

Samuel and the Deuteronomist

Samuel and the Deuteronomist

The Tourist, Or Pocket Manual for Travellers

The Tourist, Or Pocket Manual for Travellers

Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing

Voyages with John

Voyages with John

Colonial Families of Maryland

Colonial Families of Maryland

Convicts, Coal, and the Banner Mine Tragedy

Convicts, Coal, and the Banner Mine Tragedy

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