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George Gallup in Hollywood

By: Susan Ohmer

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Explores the use of George Gallup's opinion polling techniques by the film industry in the 1930's and '40's. Traces Gallup's intellectual and methodological developments, examining his comprehensive approach to market research from his early education in the advertising industry to his later work in Hollywood.

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Columbia University Press

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0231121326

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9780231121323

A Troubled Birth

The 1930s and American Public Opinion

By: Susan Herbst

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A Troubled Birth

The 1930s and American Public Opinion

By: Susan Herbst

Introduction: Birth of a Public -- President in the Maelstrom: FDR as Public Opinion Theorist -- Twisted Populism: Pollsters and Delusions of Citizenship -- A Consuming Public: The Strange and Magnificent New York World's Fair -- Radio Embraces Race and Immigration, Awkwardly -- Interlude: A Depression Needn't Be So Depressing -- Public Opinion and Its Problems: Some Ways Forward.

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311

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University of Chicago Press

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022681310X

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9780226813103

Witness to War

Mexico in the Photographs of Walter Elias Hadsell

By: Susan Toomey Frost

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Witness to War

Mexico in the Photographs of Walter Elias Hadsell

By: Susan Toomey Frost

Witness to War presents a compelling visual record of a young American man’s venture in Mexico as the country veered into revolution in the early 1900s. Walter Elias Hadsell, a skilled photographer who had recently graduated as a mining engineer, documented a critical period of foreign investment in Mexico’s mining industry and, in the process, captured scenes of Mexican life in other cities. Susan Toomey Frost draws from an extensive collection of Hadsell’s original photographic prints to narrate his ten years in Mexico. The images in Witness to War follow him from his time as a mining engineer in Mexico to his 1917 return to mining in Arizona, his home state. Planning for a future career in photography, Hadsell soon acquired the Kodak franchise for Veracruz, Mexico’s most important port since colonial times. He documented the damage done in Mexico City during a ten-day uprising in 1913 that led to the assassination of Mexican president Francisco Madero. Veracruz became a vortex for U.S. interference in the Mexican Revolution when President Woodrow Wilson invaded the country in 1914 in an attempt to thwart Mexico's successor president and to favor opposing forces. Hadsell, as a resident American citizen, had immediate access to the military operation as it unfolded. His images are essential historical records of Wilson’s intervention in Mexican affairs. Hadsell’s camera recorded images of a defenseless city disrupted by the landing of thousands of American troops. With no exit plan, U.S. forces remained for seven months before abruptly departing. Hadsell’s personal life took a tragic turn with the death of his wife, who left him with three young children, all born in Mexico. He endured another tragedy with the loss of his Veracruz studio during a period of anti-Americanism, though he ultimately left a rich legacy documenting U.S.-Mexico relations at a critical time.

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Trinity University Press

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1595349693

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9781595349699

The Development of Community Engagement from Infancy to Adulthood

By: Susan Henney,Justin Hackett

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The Development of Community Engagement from Infancy to Adulthood

By: Susan Henney,Justin Hackett

The Development of Community Engagement from Infancy to Adulthood uses a developmental perspective to trace how individuals develop the cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and moral capacity to be actively engaged in their communities. It also provides an analysis of the role of volunteerism and civic engagement in an era of social division, shrinking budgets, and shrinking services. In order to support childhood and adolescent volunteerism, we must understand how children become adults who volunteer a lot, sometimes, or not at all. This book describes the development of volunteerism from theoretical, empirical, and practical viewpoints, starting from the earliest development of empathy, through the social institutions that help shape us, to adolescence and young adulthood. It concludes with an analysis of modern ways to engage young citizens in social action. In doing so it addresses the key question – how can we encourage and support the development of the behaviors, belief systems, and ecologies that will lead to volunteerism and community involvement in our citizens? With fresh and thought-provoking arguments and insights, this book will be of interest to all academics and students working within the fields of social work, social services, volunteer management, applied social psychology, community psychology, service learning, and sociology, as well as non-profit personnel and activists.

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169

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Routledge

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1351345869

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9781351345866

"I Love Learning; I Hate School"

An Anthropology of College

By: Susan D. Blum

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"I Love Learning; I Hate School"

An Anthropology of College

By: Susan D. Blum

Frustrated by her students’ performance, her relationships with them, and her own daughter’s problems in school, Susan D. Blum, a professor of anthropology, set out to understand why her students found their educational experience at a top-tier institution so profoundly difficult and unsatisfying. Through her research and in conversations with her students, she discovered a troubling mismatch between the goals of the university and the needs of students. In "I Love Learning; I Hate School," Blum tells two intertwined but inseparable stories: the results of her research into how students learn contrasted with the way conventional education works, and the personal narrative of how she herself was transformed by this understanding. Blum concludes that the dominant forms of higher education do not match the myriad forms of learning that help students—people in general—master meaningful and worthwhile skills and knowledge. Students are capable of learning huge amounts, but the ways higher education is structured often leads them to fail to learn. More than that, it leads to ill effects. In this critique of higher education, infused with anthropological insights, Blum explains why so much is going wrong and offers suggestions for how to bring classroom learning more in line with appropriate forms of engagement. She challenges our system of education and argues for a "reintegration of learning with life.

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Cornell University Press

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1501703404

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9781501703409

The Great American Seafood Cookbook

By: Susan Herrmann Loomis

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The Great American Seafood Cookbook

By: Susan Herrmann Loomis

More than 250 seafood recipes are complemented by instructions for selecting, preparing, and cooking fish; a lexicon describing hundreds of sea creatures; and interesting digressions about fish and those who harvest them

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324

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Workman Publishing

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0894805789

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9780894805783

Made in California

Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000

By: Stephanie Barron,Sheri Bernstein,Ilene Susan Fort

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Made in California

Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000

By: Stephanie Barron,Sheri Bernstein,Ilene Susan Fort

Made in California is divided into five twenty-year sections, each including a narrative essay discussing the history of that era and highlighting topics relevant to its visual culture."--BOOK JACKET.

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Univ of California Press

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0520227654

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9780520227651

George Gallup in Hollywood

By: Susan Ohmer

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By: Susan Ohmer

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Columbia University Press

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0231121334

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9780231121330

LETTERS OF SUSAN HALE

By: Susan 1833-1910 Hale

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LETTERS OF SUSAN HALE

By: Susan 1833-1910 Hale

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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530

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Wentworth Press

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1371677921

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9781371677923

An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony

By: Susan Brownell Anthony

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An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony

By: Susan Brownell Anthony

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Wentworth Press

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0526167599

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9780526167593

Where Are My Susannas

By: Susan Hyatt

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Where Are My Susannas

By: Susan Hyatt

Discusses Susanna Wesley, Phoebe Palmer, and Aimee Semple McPherson.

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Liturgy Training Publications

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1888435038

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Book's by Susan Ohmer

George Gallup in Hollywood

George Gallup in Hollywood

A Troubled Birth

A Troubled Birth

Witness to War

Witness to War

The Development of Community Engagement from Infancy to Adulthood

The Development of Community Engagement from Infancy to Adulthood

"I Love Learning; I Hate School"

"I Love Learning; I Hate School"

The Great American Seafood Cookbook

The Great American Seafood Cookbook

Made in California

Made in California

George Gallup in Hollywood

George Gallup in Hollywood

LETTERS OF SUSAN HALE

LETTERS OF SUSAN HALE

An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony

An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony

Where Are My Susannas

Where Are My Susannas

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