Roderic Schmidt's Books

Introduction to the life, times, and key achievements of Martin Van Buren while including step-by-step illustrations with easy to follow directions that allow the reader to draw what they are learning.

Describes the importance of land warfare in history, new ways of performing such warfare, and the new and future weapons and vehicles used by the infantry.

Discusses the weapons, training, and possible missions of infantry units in the future.

An introduction to the life, times, and key achievements of Abraham Lincoln, including step-by-step directions so readers can draw what they are learning.

Introduction to the life, times, and key achievements of Zachary Taylor while including step-by-step illustrations with easy to follow directions that allow the reader to draw what they are learning.

Introduction to the life, times, and key achievements of James Madison while including step-by-step illustrations with easy to follow directions that allow readers to draw what they are learning.

This volume covers the geographical spread of Christianity in its first three centuries. It is arranged by continents - Asia, Europe and Africa - to show the gradual development of Christian communities down to the Council of Nicaea in 325. The area surveyed stretches from Wales to the borders of India, and from the Northern coasts of the Black Sea to the plains of Morocco. The result is a picture not only of the outward development of early Christianity but of the variety that existed within it as well.

In developing countries, the extent to which intellectuals disengage themselves in state activities has widespread consequences for the social, political, and economic development of those societies. Roderic Camps’ examination of intellectuals in Mexico is the first study of a Latin American country to detail the structure of intellectual life, rather than merely considering intellectual ideas. Camp has used original sources, including extensive interviews, to provide new data about the evolution of leading Mexican intellectuals and their relationship to politics and politicians since 1920.

Gaviota Beginnings traces the three generations of Californios beginning with Sean Michael O'Shea, who settles in the upstart community of Santa Barbara following his flight from the mountains north of Dublin. Sean Michael's narrative quickly becomes the narrative of his son, Sean Miguel Lopez O'Shea, and finally ends with the story of Miguel Lopez O'Shea. Each in his turn helps us to understand both the joys and sorrows of the continuing strife that early Californios faced in this battleground of a central coast.

* Accessible yet rigorous examination of the concept of organizational climate * Practical case studies illustrate the causes and consequences of various climate factors * Includes 'how to' suggestions for improvements, providing the reader with a cost-effective way of conducting their own assessments

This work introduces the basic theories and experimental methods of anionic polymerization as well as the synthesis, analysis and characteristics of anionic polymerized products. It details the creation of linear and branched polymers, random and block copolymers, graft and macromonomers, and many other substances. The work emphasizes the relations

During more than twenty years of field research, Roderic Ai Camp built a monumental database of biographical information on more than 3,000 leading national figures in Mexico. In this major contribution to Mexican political history, he draws on that database to present a definitive account of the paths to power Mexican political leaders pursued during the period 1884 to 1992. Camp’s research clarifies the patterns of political recruitment in Mexico, showing the consequences of choosing one group over another. It calls into question numerous traditional assumptions, including that upward political mobility was a cause of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Comparing Mexican practices with those in several East Asian countries also allows Camp to question many of the tenets of political recruitment theory. His book will be of interest to students not only of Mexican politics but also of history, comparative politics, political leadership, and Third World development.

Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies.

This graduate text on viscoelastic materials addresses design applications as diverse as earplugs, computer disks and medical diagnostics.

This book is an excellent primer for students to learn about physical properties, particularly mechanical properties of heterogeneous and multiphase materials and the cultivation of physical insight. Written by a prominent author who pioneered many of the concepts, this book provides a comprehensive coverage of fundamental and current topics in traditional composites and new heterogeneous materials.Topics covered include:

This study of the United Nations in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific evaluates the organization's role and performance in Cambodia and over refugees; regarding human rights, development, environment and the needs of women; within regional cooperation; and as an instrument of state policy. These cases illustrate how multilateral conduct through the United nations provides a barometer indicating the intensity with which policy initiatives and values are sustained by relevant governmental interests alike. In the regional settings considered, conduct towards and within the UN has amplified unresolved value differences regarding relations with major powers, sustainability, and national identity.

A comprehensive introduction to the mathematical foundations of movement and actuation that apply equally to animals and machines. This textbook offers a computational framework for the sensorimotor stage of development as applied to robotics. Much work in developmental robotics is based on ad hoc examples, without a full computational basis. This book's comprehensive and complete treatment fills the gap, drawing on the principal mechanisms of development in the first year of life to introduce what is essentially an operating system for developing robots. The goal is to apply principles of development to robot systems that not only achieve new levels of performance but also provide evidence for scientific theories of human development.

Adam O'Kee is the half-Cherokee son of a prosperous brothel owner from the gold rush town of Bodie, California. Young and strong-willed, Adam is forced to grow up quickly after the unexpected death of his beloved mother. Left without family, Adam flees the little town to begin his life anew at the tender age of eight. Mathilda Jamison and her family are on their way to California when they are left stranded with their covered wagon on the vast plains east of the Sierra-Nevada. With few supplies left and the danger of predators emerging from the prairie, Mathilda and her family are rescued by Adam, who falls in love with the sensitive and intelligent young woman. Struggling to fight discrimination and the oppression of social order, Adam and Mattie seek out a better life for themselves, first in the Sierras then on a ranch in the central valley town of Modesto. Set from the beginning of the California Gold Rush in the1860's to the 1880's, Out of Bodie is a tender love story retold in the 1950's by a now aging Mattie to her great-grandson, Little Adam O'Kee. Author Bio: Roderic Schmidt is a college English teacher at Allan Hancock College in California. He has enjoyed writing for nearly 30 years and plans to publish more of his novels and short stories in the near future. The inspiration for Out of Bodie came from actual events told to him by his grandmother. Mr. Schmidt currently lives in Lompoc, California.

An introduction to the life, times, and key achievements of Abraham Lincoln, including step-by-step directions so readers can draw what they are learning.

Introduction to the life, times, and key achievements of Zachary Taylor while including step-by-step illustrations with easy to follow directions that allow the reader to draw what they are learning.

Introduction to the life, times, and key achievements of James Madison while including step-by-step illustrations with easy to follow directions that allow readers to draw what they are learning.

a novel of troublesome timesand bitter struggles in nineteenth centurySierra Nevada

Discusses the weapons, training, and possible missions of infantry units in the future.

Provides an informative introduction to the life, times, and key achievements of George W. Bush while including step-by-step directions that allow readers to draw what they are learning.

Describes the importance of land warfare in history, new ways of performing such warfare, and the new and future weapons and vehicles used by the infantry.

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