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Interpreting Earth History

A Manual in Historical Geology, Ninth Edition

By: Scott Ritter,Morris Petersen

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Interpreting Earth History

A Manual in Historical Geology, Ninth Edition

By: Scott Ritter,Morris Petersen

Historical geology courses require clear, practical examinations of pertinent concepts and procedures. The authors of Interpreting Earth History provide full-color, stand-alone exercises that identify and augment the critical features that make the identification of geologic formations possible. The Ninth Edition continues a legacy of exceptional coverage, providing the flexibility and scope necessary to engage students with geological data from a variety of sources and scales to explain geological patterns. Students will become more proficient in their ability to see and recognize geological patterns as well as the compositional and textural attributes of rocks and fossils. This classroom-tested laboratory manual has been updated and now includes an exercise that addresses the concept of climate change from the perspective of deep time.

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Waveland Press

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1478650923

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9781478650928

The Behavioral Origins of War

By: D. Scott Bennett,Allan C. Stam III

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The Behavioral Origins of War

By: D. Scott Bennett,Allan C. Stam III

In The Behavioral Origins of War, D. Scott Bennett and Allan C. Stam analyze systemic, binary, and individual factors in order to evaluate a wide variety of theories about the origins of war. Challenging the view that theories of war are nothing more than competing explanations for observed behavior, this expansive study incorporates variables from multiple theories and thus accounts for war's multiplicity of causes. While individual theories offer partial explanations for international conflict, only a valid set of theories can provide a complete explanation. Bennett and Stam's unconventional yet methodical approach opens the way for cumulative scientific progress in international relations. D. Scott Bennett is Professor of Political Science at the Pennsylvania State University. Allan C. Stam is Associate Professor in the Government Department at Dartmouth College.

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302

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University of Michigan Press

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0472022016

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9780472022014

The Politics of Military Coalitions

By: Scott Wolford

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The Politics of Military Coalitions

By: Scott Wolford

Military coalitions are ubiquitous. The United States builds them regularly, yet they are associated with the largest, most destructive, and consequential wars in history. When do states build them, and what partners do they choose? Are coalitions a recipe for war, or can they facilitate peace? Finally, when do coalitions affect the expansion of conflict beyond its original participants? The Politics of Military Coalitions introduces newly collected data designed to answer these very questions, showing that coalitions - expensive to build but attractive from a military standpoint - are very often more (if sometimes less) than the sum of their parts, at times encouraging war while discouraging it at others, at times touching off wider wars while at others keeping their targets isolated. The combination of new data, new formal theories, and new quantitative analysis will be of interest to scholars, students, and policymakers alike.

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261

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Cambridge University Press

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1316368815

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9781316368817

Knock on Wood

Nature as Commodity in Douglas-Fir Country

By: W. Scott Prudham

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Knock on Wood

Nature as Commodity in Douglas-Fir Country

By: W. Scott Prudham

Scott Prudham investigates a region that has in recent years seen more environmental conflict than perhaps anywhere else in the country--the old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest. Prudham employs a political economic approach to explain the social and economic conflicts arising from the timber industry's presence in the region. As well, he provides a thorough accounting of the timber industry itself, tracing its motivations, practices, and labor relations.

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Routledge

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1136072349

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Competing for Control

Gangs and the Social Order of Prisons

By: David C. Pyrooz,Scott H. Decker

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Gangs and the Social Order of Prisons

By: David C. Pyrooz,Scott H. Decker

Examines the role of prison gangs and their members in controlling life in prison.

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313

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Cambridge University Press

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1108498353

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9781108498357

Law and Irresponsibility

On the Legitimation of Human Suffering

By: Scott Veitch

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Law and Irresponsibility

On the Legitimation of Human Suffering

By: Scott Veitch

The law is often thought to be primarily concerned with organising responsibility by creating and imposing various obligations. This book offers a contrasting view - namely that legal institutions, through their practices, concepts and categories, in fact deflect responsibility, instead promoting an irresponsibility of sorts. This stance challenges the conventional way in which the law and its bodies have been consistently viewed.

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168

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Routledge

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1134107560

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9781134107568

Insall & Scott Surgery of the Knee E-Book

By: W. Norman Scott

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Insall & Scott Surgery of the Knee E-Book

By: W. Norman Scott

Online and in print, Insall & Scott Surgery of the Knee, edited by W. Norman Scott, MD, and 11 section editors who are experts in their fields, is your complete, multimedia guide to the most effective approaches for diagnosis and management of the full range of knee disorders affecting patients of all ages. From anatomical and biomechanical foundations, to revision total knee replacement, this authoritative reference provides the most up-to-date and complete guidance on cutting-edge surgical procedures, the largest collection of knee videos in one knee textbook. Expanded coverage and rigorous updates—including 40 online-only chapters—keep you current with the latest advances in cartilage repair and regeneration, allograft and autografts, computer robotics in total knee arthroplasty, and other timely topics. This edition is the first book ever endorsed by The Knee Society. Access the full text - including a wealth of detailed intraoperative photographs, a robust video library, additional online-only chapters, a glossary of TKR designs, quarterly updates, and more - at www.expertconsult.com. Get all you need to know about the clinical and basic science aspects of the full range of knee surgeries as well as the latest relevant information, including imaging and biomechanics; soft tissue cartilage; ligament/meniscal repair and reconstructions; partial and total joint replacement; fractures; tumors; and the arthritic knee. Master the nuances of each new technique through step-by-step instructions and beautiful, detailed line drawings, intraoperative photographs, and surgical videos. See exactly how it’s done. Watch master surgeons perform Partial and Primary TKR, Revision TKR, Tumor Replacement, Fracture Treatment, and over 160 videos on the expertconsult.com. Find information quickly and easily thanks to a consistent, highly templated, and abundantly illustrated chapter format and streamlined text with many references and chapters appearing online only. Access the fully searchable contents of the book online at www.expertconsult.com, including 40 online-only chapters, a downloadable image library, expanded video collection, quarterly updates, and a glossary of TKR designs with images and text from various device manufacturers. Grasp and apply the latest knowledge with expanded coverage of cartilage repair and regeneration techniques, expanded ligament techniques in allograft and autografts, computer robotics in surgical prognostics, fitting and techniques in partial and total knee arthroplasty, and more. Consult with the best. Renowned knee surgeon and orthopaedic sports medicine authority Dr. W. Norman Scott leads an internationally diverse team of accomplished specialists—many new to this edition—who provide dependable guidance and share innovative approaches to reconstructive surgical techniques and complications management.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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145572789X

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9781455727896

Religion and the State in American Law

By: Boris I. Bittker,Scott C. Idleman,Frank S. Ravitch

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Religion and the State in American Law

By: Boris I. Bittker,Scott C. Idleman,Frank S. Ravitch

Religion and the State in American Law provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of religion and government in the United States, from historical origins to modern laws and rulings. In addition to extensive coverage of the religion clauses of the First Amendment, it addresses many statutory, regulatory, and common-law developments at both the federal and state levels. Topics include the history of church-state relations and religious liberty, religion in the classroom, and expressions of religion in government. This book also covers the role of religion in specific areas of law such as contracts, taxation, employment, land use regulation, torts, criminal law, and domestic relations as well as in specialized contexts such as prisons and the military. Accessible to the general as well as the professional reader, this book will be of use to scholars, judges, practising lawyers, and the media.

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1001

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Cambridge University Press

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1316381137

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Jurisprudence

Themes and Concepts

By: Scott Veitch,Emilios Christodoulidis,Marco Goldoni

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Jurisprudence

Themes and Concepts

By: Scott Veitch,Emilios Christodoulidis,Marco Goldoni

Jurisprudence: Themes and Concepts offers an original introduction to, and critical analysis of, the central themes studied in jurisprudence courses. The book is presented in three parts each of which contains General Themes, Advanced Topics, tutorial questions and guidance on further reading: Law and Politics, locating the place of law within the study of institutions of government Legal Reasoning, examining the contested nature of the application of law Law in Modernity, exploring the social forces that shape legal development. This second edition includes enhanced discussion of the rise of legal positivism within the context of the rise of the modern state, the changing role of natural and human rights discourse, concepts of justice in and beyond the nation state, the impact of emergency doctrines in contemporary legal regulation, and challenges to the rule of law in light of shifting and competing demands for new types of social solidarity. Accessible, interdisciplinary, and socially informed this book has been revised to take into account the latest developments in jurisprudential scholarship.

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335

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Routledge

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1136312528

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9781136312526

Economies of Signs and Space

By: Scott Lash,John Urry

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Economies of Signs and Space

By: Scott Lash,John Urry

This is a novel account of social change that supplants conventional understandings of `society′ and presents a sociology that takes as its main unit of analysis flows through time and across space. Developing a comparative analysis of the UK and US, the new Germany and Japan, Lash and Urry show how restructuration after organized capitalism has its basis in increasingly reflexive social actors and organizations. The consequence is not only the much-vaunted `postmodern condition′ but also a growth in reflexivity. In exploring this new reflexive world, the authors argue that today′s economies are increasingly ones of signs - information, symbols, images, desire - and of space, where both signs and social subjects - refugees, financiers, tourists and fl[ci]aneurs - are mobile over ever greater distances at ever greater speeds.

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SAGE

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1848609647

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9781848609648

Book's by Scott M. Ritter

Interpreting Earth History

Interpreting Earth History

The Behavioral Origins of War

The Behavioral Origins of War

The Politics of Military Coalitions

The Politics of Military Coalitions

Knock on Wood

Knock on Wood

Competing for Control

Competing for Control

Law and Irresponsibility

Law and Irresponsibility

Insall & Scott Surgery of the Knee E-Book

Insall & Scott Surgery of the Knee E-Book

Religion and the State in American Law

Religion and the State in American Law

Jurisprudence

Jurisprudence

Economies of Signs and Space

Economies of Signs and Space

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