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The Penn Commentary on Piers Plowman, Volume 2

C Passus 5-9; B Passus 5-7; A Passus 5-8

By: Andrew Galloway,Ralph Hanna,Stephen A. Barney

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The Penn Commentary on Piers Plowman, Volume 2

C Passus 5-9; B Passus 5-7; A Passus 5-8

By: Andrew Galloway,Ralph Hanna,Stephen A. Barney

The Penn Commentary on Piers Plowman, Volume 2, by Ralph Hanna, deliberately addresses the question of the poem's perceived "difficulty," by indicating the legitimate areas of unresolved dilemmas, while offering often original explanations of a variety of textual loci.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812248910

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9780812248913

Discontinuity Analysis for Rock Engineering

By: Stephen Donald Priest

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Discontinuity Analysis for Rock Engineering

By: Stephen Donald Priest

All rock masses contain bedding planes, fissures, fractures, joints and other mechanical defects which are here referred to as discontinuities. The requirement to provide numerical data on discontinuities for engineering design calculations has created the need to apply the mathematical methods of probability theory, statistics, vector analysis and mechanics to a topic that has previously been handled in a largely qualitative way.

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498

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0412476002

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9780412476006

Economic Growth

Unleashing the Potential of Human Flourishing

By: Edd S. Noell,Stephen L. S. Smith,Bruce G. Webb

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Economic Growth

Unleashing the Potential of Human Flourishing

By: Edd S. Noell,Stephen L. S. Smith,Bruce G. Webb

For almost 10,000 years of recorded history, most people had to eke out a living in pain and difficulty. But today, the deep poverty that was the global norm for most of human history is almost entirely foreign to citizens of the developed world. What caused this burst of prosperity? What has been its impact? In Economic Growth: Unleashing the Potential of Human Flourishing, Edd S. Noell, Stephen L. S. Smith, and Bruce G. Webb make a comprehensive case for economic growth, equipping readers with an understanding of not only its pragmatic benefits but also its moral dimensions. The authors offer empirical evidence from the past two centuries showing the relationship between growth and human well-being, greater global income equality, and environmental improvements and sustainability. They make the case that economic growth is key to lifting societies from dire poverty to prosperity and holds the promise of sustaining unreached levels of human flourishing.

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141

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AEI Press

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0844772577

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9780844772578

The Penn Commentary on Piers Plowman, Volume 4

C Passūs 15-19; B Passūs 13-17

By: Andrew Galloway,Traugott Lawler,Ralph Hanna,Stephen A. Barney

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The Penn Commentary on Piers Plowman, Volume 4

C Passūs 15-19; B Passūs 13-17

By: Andrew Galloway,Traugott Lawler,Ralph Hanna,Stephen A. Barney

Volume 4, by Traugott Lawler, creates a complete vade mecum for readers, identifying and translating all Latin quotations, uncovering allusions, providing full cross-reference to other parts of the poem, drawing in relevant scholarship, discussing all differences between the B and C texts, and unraveling difficult passages.

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520

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812250265

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9780812250268

The Cashaway Psalmody

Transatlantic Religion and Music in Colonial Carolina

By: Stephen A. Marini

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The Cashaway Psalmody

Transatlantic Religion and Music in Colonial Carolina

By: Stephen A. Marini

Singing master Durham Hills created The Cashaway Psalmody to give as a wedding present in 1770. A collection of tenor melody parts for 152 tunes and sixty-three texts, the Psalmody is the only surviving tunebook from the colonial-era South and one of the oldest sacred music manuscripts from the Carolinas. It is all the more remarkable for its sophistication: no similar document of the period matches Hills's level of musical expertise, reportorial reach, and calligraphic skill. Stephen A. Marini, discoverer of The Cashaway Psalmody, offers the fascinating story of the tunebook and its many meanings. From its musical, literary, and religious origins in England, he moves on to the life of Durham Hills; how Carolina communities used the book; and the Psalmody's significance in understanding how ritual song—transmitted via transatlantic music, lyrics, and sacred singing—shaped the era's development. Marini also uses close musical and textual analyses to provide a critical study that offers music historians and musicologists valuable insights on the Pslamody and its period. Meticulous in presentation and interdisciplinary in scope, The Cashaway Psalmody unlocks an important source for understanding life in the Lower South in the eighteenth century.

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University of Illinois Press

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025205170X

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9780252051708

Borrowed Knowledge

Chaos Theory and the Challenge of Learning across Disciplines

By: Stephen H. Kellert

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Borrowed Knowledge

Chaos Theory and the Challenge of Learning across Disciplines

By: Stephen H. Kellert

What happens to scientific knowledge when researchers outside the natural sciences bring elements of the latest trend across disciplinary boundaries for their own purposes? Researchers in fields from anthropology to family therapy and traffic planning employ the concepts, methods, and results of chaos theory to harness the disciplinary prestige of the natural sciences, to motivate methodological change or conceptual reorganization within their home discipline, and to justify public policies and aesthetic judgments. Using the recent explosion in the use (and abuse) of chaos theory, Borrowed Knowledge and the Challenge of Learning across Disciplines examines the relationship between science and other disciplines as well as the place of scientific knowledge within our broader culture. Stephen H. Kellert’s detailed investigation of the myriad uses of chaos theory reveals serious problems that can arise in the interchange between science and other knowledge-making pursuits, as well as opportunities for constructive interchange. By engaging with recent debates about interdisciplinary research, Kellert contributes a theoretical vocabulary and a set of critical frameworks for the rigorous examination of borrowing.

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303

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University of Chicago Press

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0226429806

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9780226429809

Scarborough in the Great War

By: Stephen Wynn

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Scarborough in the Great War

By: Stephen Wynn

In the early months of the war, for most people Scarborough was just another town somewhere in northern England, where exactly, they weren't entirely sure. But all of that changed at 8 am on the morning of 16 December 1914, when three vessels of the Imperial German Navy positioned themselves about 10 miles off of the north-eastern coastline and opened fire. The ensuing attack lasted for some 30 minutes and by the time it was over, 78 people, including women and children, had been killed and a further 228 were wounded.The disbelief at how the attack had been allowed to take place was keenly felt by the British public, and the Government were quick to turn the attack to their advantage by making it part of a propaganda campaign 'Remember Scarborough', which they used on Army recruitment posters.If it hadn't been before, the war had suddenly become a harsh reality for the entire nation, and the town of Scarborough was now well and truly on the map.After the war, the names of the hundreds of young men from the town who had been killed on a foreign battlefield, or the in the icy waters of the high seas, were commemorated on the Scarborough War Memorial at Oliver's Mount. All of these names, as well as those who had been killed in the raid of 16 December 1914, are a true testament to the price Scarborough paid for playing her part in the First World War.

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Casemate Publishers

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1473865115

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9781473865112

Insurance Class Actions in the United States

By: Nicholas M. Pace,Stephen J. Carroll,Ingo Vogelsang,Laura Zakaras

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Insurance Class Actions in the United States

By: Nicholas M. Pace,Stephen J. Carroll,Ingo Vogelsang,Laura Zakaras

Class actions, which are civil cases in which parties initiate a lawsuit on behalf of other plaintiffs not specifically named in the complaint, often make headlines and arouse policy debates. However, policymakers and the public know little about most class actions. This book presents the results of surveys of insurers and of state departments of insurance to learn more about class litigation against insurance companies.

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Rand Corporation

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0833042696

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9780833042699

Limited Liability

A Legal and Economic Analysis

By: Stephen M. Bainbridge,M. Todd Henderson

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Limited Liability

A Legal and Economic Analysis

By: Stephen M. Bainbridge,M. Todd Henderson

The modern corporation has become central to our society. The key feature of the corporation that makes it such an attractive form of human collaboration is its limited liability. This book explores how, by allowing those who form the corporation to limit their downside risk and personal liability to only the amount they invest, there is the opportunity for more risks taken at a lower cost.

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335

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1783473037

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9781783473038

The Audiovisual Services Sector in the GATS Negotiations

By: Patrick A. Messerlin,Stephen E. Siwek,Emmanuel Cocq

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The Audiovisual Services Sector in the GATS Negotiations

By: Patrick A. Messerlin,Stephen E. Siwek,Emmanuel Cocq

This study addresses issues posed by recent trends and developments of trade in audiovisual services.

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American Enterprise Institute

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0844771724

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9780844771724

Book's by Stephen L. Priest

The Penn Commentary on Piers Plowman, Volume 2

The Penn Commentary on Piers Plowman, Volume 2

Discontinuity Analysis for Rock Engineering

Discontinuity Analysis for Rock Engineering

Economic Growth

Economic Growth

The Penn Commentary on Piers Plowman, Volume 4

The Penn Commentary on Piers Plowman, Volume 4

The Cashaway Psalmody

The Cashaway Psalmody

Borrowed Knowledge

Borrowed Knowledge

Scarborough in the Great War

Scarborough in the Great War

Insurance Class Actions in the United States

Insurance Class Actions in the United States

Limited Liability

Limited Liability

The Audiovisual Services Sector in the GATS Negotiations

The Audiovisual Services Sector in the GATS Negotiations

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