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Megilat Sefer: The Autobiography of Rabbi Jacob Emden (1697-1776)

By: Jacob Emden,Sidney B. Leperer,Meir H. Wise

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Megilat Sefer: The Autobiography of Rabbi Jacob Emden (1697-1776)

By: Jacob Emden,Sidney B. Leperer,Meir H. Wise

The autobiography of Rabbi Jacob Emden (1697-1776), now available for the first time in English translation. Translated directly from the original manuscript with notes.

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1612590020

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Small Groups and Political Behavior

A Study of Leadership

By: Sidney Verba

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Small Groups and Political Behavior

A Study of Leadership

By: Sidney Verba

Contents: Acknowledgments. I. Introduction. II. The Primary Groups and Politics. III. Experiments and the Political Process: 1. The Culture of the Laboratory. IV. Experiments and the Political Process: 2: Bridging the Gap. V. The Concept of Leadership. VI. Leadership: Affective and Instrumental, 1. VII. Leadership: Affective and Instrumental, 2. VIII. Leadership and the Norms of the Group. IX. The Participation Hypothesis, 1: Application of a Small Group Finding. X. The Participation Hypothesis, 2: The Generality of a Small Group Finding. XI. A Concluding Note. Bibliography. Index. Originally published in 1961. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400872529

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9781400872527

A History of Nerve Functions

From Animal Spirits to Molecular Mechanisms

By: Sidney Ochs

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A History of Nerve Functions

From Animal Spirits to Molecular Mechanisms

By: Sidney Ochs

Recent developments have extended our knowledge of the basic functions of nerves: notably, the demonstration of the mechanism within nerve fibers which transports a wide range of essential materials. In order to understand how this discovery occurred, it is necessary to examine its history. The story begins in ancient Greece when nerves were conceived of as channels through which animal spirits carried sensory impressions to the brain. As science developed, the discoveries of various physical and chemical agents supplanted the agency of animal spirits until the molecular machinery of transport was recognized. In this fascinating and complete history, Sidney Ochs begins with a chronological look at this path of discovery, followed in the second half by a thematic approach wherein the author describes the electrical nature of the nerve impulse, fiber form and its changes in degeneration and regeneration, reflexes, learning, memory and other higher functions in which transport participates.

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Cambridge University Press

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052124742X

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9780521247429

Harmony & Dissonance

Voices of Jewish Identity in Detroit, 1914-1967

By: Sidney M. Bolkosky

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Harmony & Dissonance

Voices of Jewish Identity in Detroit, 1914-1967

By: Sidney M. Bolkosky

Analyzing one of the most vital and significant Jewish populations in the United States, Harmony and Dissonance chronicles the intellectual, cultural, and social history of the Jews of Detroit from 1914 to 1967. Sidney Bolkosky has drawn upon resources from religious and secular Jewish institutions in Detroit and supplemented them with information and interpretations from numerous oral testimonies to place this material in the context of the city of Detroit and its unique economic and social history. Thus the book includes discussions of the effects of Detroit events on the Jewish population, from Henry Ford's promise of a five dollar per day wage to the Detroit riots of 1943 and 1967. The author contends that the peculiar history of Detroit plays a determining role in the history of its Jews. Organized chronologically, Harmony and Dissonance examines the historically shifting dynamics among Jewish groups and individuals, addressing such controversial topics as assimilation, intermarriage, religious conflicts, anti-Semitism, and East European versus German Jewish identities. In pursuing the central thesis of the problematic search for Jewish identity, which runs throughout the book and ties the work together, the author has also explored the multifaceted nature of the Jewish population of Detroit, its landsmanshaften, German Jews, "establishment" organizations and their antagonists, cultural forces, and numerous Yiddish groups. This focus on identity is sharpened as the author perceives two events increasingly directing Jewish life and thought--the Holocaust and its aftermath and the founding of the state of Israel. How those events influenced the attitudes and behavior of Detroit's Jews contributes to what one Detroit patriarch called "the Detroit difference.

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Wayne State University Press

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0814319335

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9780814319338

Cyberpop

Digital Lifestyles and Commodity Culture

By: Sidney Eve Matrix

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Cyberpop

Digital Lifestyles and Commodity Culture

By: Sidney Eve Matrix

Cyberpop is an analysis of cyberculture and its popular cultural productions. The study begins with a Foucaultian model of cyberculture as a discursive formation, and explains how some key concepts (such as 'virtuality,' 'speed,' and 'Connectivity') operate as a conceptual architecture network linking technologies to information and individual subjects. The chapters then each focus on a particular cyberfiguration, including Hollywood films (GATTACA,The Matrix), popular literature (William Gibson's Neuromancer, Scott Westerfeld's Polymorph), advertising for digital products and services (Apple Computer's '1984/McIntosh' campaign, AT&T's 'mLife' campaign), digital artworks (including virtual females such as Motorola's 'Mya' and Elite Modeling Agency's 'Webbie Tookay,' and work by visual artist Daniel Lee for Microsoft's 'Evolution' campaign), and video games (TombRaider). Each close reading illustrates the ways in which representations of digital lifestyles and identities - which typically fetishize computers and celebrate a 'high tech' aesthetic encourage participation in digital capitalism and commodity cyberculture. Matrix argues that popular representations of cyberculture often function as forms of social criticism that creatively inspire audiences to 'think different' (in the words of Mac advertising) about the consequences of the digitalization of everyday life.

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Routledge

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1135506647

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9781135506643

Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites, Second Edition

By: Arnon Bentur,Sidney Mindess

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Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites, Second Edition

By: Arnon Bentur,Sidney Mindess

Advanced cementitious composites can be designed to have outstanding combinations of strength (five to ten times that of conventional concrete) and energy absorption capacity (up to 1000 times that of plain concrete). This second edition brings together in one volume the latest research developments in this rapidly expanding area. The book is split into two parts. The first part is concerned with the mechanics of fibre reinforced brittle matrices and the implications for cementitious systems. In the second part the authors describe the various types of fibre-cement composites, discussing production processes, mechanical and physical properties, durability and applications. Two new chapters have been added, covering fibre specification and structural applications. Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites will be of great interest to practitioners involved in modern concrete technology and will also be of use to academics, researchers and graduate students.

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CRC Press

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0203088727

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9780203088722

Televised Presidential Debates and Public Policy

By: Sidney Kraus

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Televised Presidential Debates and Public Policy

By: Sidney Kraus

With this second edition, Kraus continues his examination of formal presidential debates, considering the experience of television in presidential elections, reviewing what has been learned about televised debates, and evaluating that knowledge in the context of the election process, specifically, and the political process, generally. He also examines the media and the role they occupy in presidential elections. Because critics often refer to the Lincoln-Douglas debates when reproaching presidential debates, comparisons of the two are discussed throughout the book. Much of the data and information for this accounting of televised presidential debates comes from the author's first-hand experience as one who was involved with these debates as a participant observer, on site at nearly all of the debates discussed. Throughout these discussions, emphasis is placed on the implications for public policy. To suggest policy that will be accepted and adopted by politicians and the public is, at best, difficult. Proposals for changes in public policy based on experience -- even when scientific data support those changes -- must be subjected to an assessment of the values and predispositions of the proponent. These values and predispositions, however, may not necessarily inhibit the proponent's objectivity. As such, this review of television use in the presidential election process provides the context for examining televised debates.

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Routledge

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1135447586

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9781135447588

Modern Evolutionary Economics

An Overview

By: Richard R. Nelson,Giovanni Dosi,Constance E. Helfat,Andreas Pyka,Pier Paolo Saviotti,Keun Lee,Kurt Dopfer,Franco Malerba,Sidney G. Winter

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Modern Evolutionary Economics

An Overview

By: Richard R. Nelson,Giovanni Dosi,Constance E. Helfat,Andreas Pyka,Pier Paolo Saviotti,Keun Lee,Kurt Dopfer,Franco Malerba,Sidney G. Winter

Evolutionary economics sees the economy as always in motion with change being driven largely by continuing innovation. This approach to economics, heavily influenced by the work of Joseph Schumpeter, saw a revival as an alternative way of thinking about economic advancement as a result of Richard Nelson and Sidney Winter's seminal book, An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change, first published in 1982. In this long-awaited follow-up, Nelson is joined by leading figures in the field of evolutionary economics, reviewing in detail how this perspective has been manifest in various areas of economic inquiry where evolutionary economists have been active. Providing the perfect overview for interested economists and social scientists, readers will learn how in each of the diverse fields featured, evolutionary economics has enabled an improved understanding of how and why economic progress occurs.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108677975

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9781108677974

The Unheavenly Chorus

Unequal Political Voice and the Broken Promise of American Democracy

By: Kay Lehman Schlozman,Sidney Verba,Henry E. Brady

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The Unheavenly Chorus

Unequal Political Voice and the Broken Promise of American Democracy

By: Kay Lehman Schlozman,Sidney Verba,Henry E. Brady

Examining the current state of democracy in the United States, 'The Unheavenly Chorus' looks at the political participation of individual citizens - alongside the political advocacy of thousands of organized interests - in order to demonstrate that American democracy is marred by ingrained and persistent class-based inequality.

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Princeton University Press

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0691159866

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9780691159867

African American Communication

Examining the Complexities of Lived Experiences

By: Ronald L. Jackson II,Amber L. Johnson,Michael L. Hecht,Sidney A. Ribeau

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African American Communication

Examining the Complexities of Lived Experiences

By: Ronald L. Jackson II,Amber L. Johnson,Michael L. Hecht,Sidney A. Ribeau

Now in its third edition, this text examines how African Americans personally and culturally define themselves and how that definition informs their communication habits, practices, and norms. This edition includes new chapters that highlight discussions of gender and sexuality, intersectional differences, contemporary social movements, and digital and mediated communication. The book is ideally suited for advanced students and scholars in intercultural communication, interpersonal communication, communication theory, African American/Black studies, gender studies, and family studies.

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Routledge

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1351103229

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9781351103220

Power in Movement

Social Movements and Contentious Politics

By: Sidney Tarrow

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Power in Movement

Social Movements and Contentious Politics

By: Sidney Tarrow

Social movements have an elusive power but one that is altogether real. From the French and American revolutions to the Arab Spring, and to ethnic and terrorist movements of today, contentious politics exercises a fleeting but powerful influence on politics, society and international relations. Covering key episodes up to the attack on the US Capitol in January 2021, leading scholar of politics and government Sidney Tarrow uses a number of recent, historical and comparative case studies to introduce his theory of social movements and political parties. The fourth edition of this classic study emphasizes the symbiotic relations between social movements and parties by focusing attention on the growing role of populism in Europe, Latin America, and the US; analyzes the role of social media as a mobilizing and aggregating force for social movements; highlights the relations between structural changes in the economy and new forms of contention; draws on new material on movements in the Global South and the relations between movements and democracy.

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Cambridge University Press

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100921988X

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9781009219884

War, States, and Contention

A Comparative Historical Study

By: Sidney Tarrow

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War, States, and Contention

A Comparative Historical Study

By: Sidney Tarrow

For the last two decades, Sidney Tarrow has explored "contentious politics"—disruptions of the settled political order caused by social movements. These disruptions range from strikes and street protests to riots and civil disobedience to revolution. In War, States, and Contention, Tarrow shows how such movements sometimes trigger, animate, and guide the course of war and how they sometimes rise during war and in war's wake to change regimes or even overthrow states. Tarrow draws on evidence from historical and contemporary cases, including revolutionary France, the United States from the Civil War to the anti–Vietnam War movement, Italy after World War I, and the United States during the decade following 9/11.In the twenty-first century, movements are becoming transnational, and globalization and internationalization are moving war beyond conflict between states. The radically new phenomenon is not that movements make war against states but that states make war against movements. Tarrow finds this an especially troublesome development in recent U.S. history. He argues that that the United States is in danger of abandoning the devotion to rights it had expanded through two centuries of struggle and that Americans are now institutionalizing as a "new normal" the abuse of rights in the name of national security. He expands this hypothesis to the global level through what he calls "the international state of emergency.

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Cornell University Press

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0801456231

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9780801456237

The Septuagint and Modern Study

By: Sidney Jellicoe

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The Septuagint and Modern Study

By: Sidney Jellicoe

Twenty-five years after it first appeared, Jellicoe's classic work is still one of the most comprehensive introductions to the Septuagint and cognate studies. Its completeness makes it valuable not only as a textbook, but also as a reference tool for those working in the Septuagint. In bringing together the principal features of twentieth-century Septuagint studies, the author provides a wealth of valuable information. The first part of the book traces the origins and transmission history of the LXX. The second part moves to a discussion of the various LXX manuscripts, versions, and critical editions, along with a brief discussion of language and style. The appendixes, bibliography, and various indexes increase the resource value of this volume.

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Eisenbrauns

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0931464005

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9780931464003

The Dark Side of Midnight

By: Sidney Sheldon

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The Dark Side of Midnight

By: Sidney Sheldon

Collects two works full of tortured romantic entanglements, power plays, and murder.

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0739487086

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9780739487082

Social/Emotional Issues, Underachievement, and Counseling of Gifted and Talented Students

By: Sidney M. Moon

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Social/Emotional Issues, Underachievement, and Counseling of Gifted and Talented Students

By: Sidney M. Moon

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Corwin Press

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1412904331

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Megilat Sefer: The Autobiography of Rabbi Jacob Emden (1697-1776)

Megilat Sefer: The Autobiography of Rabbi Jacob Emden (1697-1776)

Small Groups and Political Behavior

Small Groups and Political Behavior

A History of Nerve Functions

A History of Nerve Functions

Harmony & Dissonance

Harmony & Dissonance

Cyberpop

Cyberpop

Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites, Second Edition

Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites, Second Edition

Televised Presidential Debates and Public Policy

Televised Presidential Debates and Public Policy

Modern Evolutionary Economics

Modern Evolutionary Economics

The Unheavenly Chorus

The Unheavenly Chorus

African American Communication

African American Communication

Power in Movement

Power in Movement

War, States, and Contention

War, States, and Contention

The Septuagint and Modern Study

The Septuagint and Modern Study

The Dark Side of Midnight

The Dark Side of Midnight

Social/Emotional Issues, Underachievement, and Counseling of Gifted and Talented Students

Social/Emotional Issues, Underachievement, and Counseling of Gifted and Talented Students

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