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Backwards, in High Heels

Faith Whittlesey, Ronald Reagan's "Madam Ambassador" in Switzerland and the West Wing

By: Thomas J. Carty

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Backwards, in High Heels

Faith Whittlesey, Ronald Reagan's "Madam Ambassador" in Switzerland and the West Wing

By: Thomas J. Carty

“A careful, in-depth account of Ambassador Faith Whittlesey’s time both in and outside of Washington . . . a pioneer for women in politics” (American Swiss Foundation). “Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did,” so the saying goes, “but she did it backwards and in high heels.” Faith Whittlesey popularized this quotation during the 1980s, and many attribute the line to her. In this book, the life and career of Faith Whittlesey gives concrete meaning to the quotation. Raised in western New York State by highly motivated Irish-American parents of limited means, she worked to reach an eminent position as Ronald Reagan’s ambassador to Switzerland—twice—and to serve as the highest-ranking woman on Reagan’s White House staff from 1983–1985. There, she occupied the West Wing office soon to be Hillary Clinton’s, and as a widow since 1974 with three children, provided a female influence of her own to presidential culture well before it was fashionable. After leaving government service, Whittlesey practiced private-sector diplomacy, serving from 1989 as Chairman and then Emeritus of the American Swiss Foundation, organizing several private high-level delegations to visit China, and participating, both publicly and at times “behind the scenes,” in discussion of the most significant public policy issues of recent decades. This book “tells the story of the political career of a remarkable and sometimes polarizing political figure,” who despite daunting obstacles, was able to achieve exceptional influence, then use her position for the furtherance of common good (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

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Casemate

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1612001602

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9781612001609

American Genesis

A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870-1970

By: Thomas Parke Hughes

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American Genesis

A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870-1970

By: Thomas Parke Hughes

American Genesis is the story of America's love affair-and inextricable entaglement-with technology from 1870-1970, the greatest period of productivity the world has ever known.

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548

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Penguin (Non-Classics)

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0140097414

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9780140097412

Canadian Geography

A Scholarly Bibliography

By: Thomas A. Rumney

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Canadian Geography

A Scholarly Bibliography

By: Thomas A. Rumney

Canadian Geography: A Scholarly Bibliography is a compendium of published works on geographical studies of Canada and its various provinces. It includes works on geographical studies of Canada as a whole, on multiple provinces, and on individual provinces. Works covered include books, monographs, atlases, book chapters, scholarly articles, dissertations, and theses. The contents are organized first by region into main chapters, and then each chapter is divided into sections: General Studies, Cultural and Social Geography, Economic Geography, Historical Geography, Physical Geography, Political Geography, and Urban Geography. Each section is further sub-divided into specific topics within each main subject. All known publications on the geographical studies of Canada—in English, French, and other languages—covering all types of geography are included in this bibliography. It is an essential resource for all researchers, students, teachers, and government officials needing information and references on the varied aspects of the environments and human geographies of Canada.

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801

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Scarecrow Press

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0810867184

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9780810867185

Immune Modulating Agents

By: Thomas F. Kresina

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Immune Modulating Agents

By: Thomas F. Kresina

Discussing the systemic immune response in the contexts of health, disease, and therapy, this unique resource-the only broadly based book of its kind available on the subject-offers comprehensive examinations of the pathways and agents that affect the human immune response and provides state-of-the-art presentations on practical methods of immune modulation. Focuses on the immune response and modulation in infectious diseases, such as HIV, hepatitis, and parasitic infections and highlights immune modulating agents in gastrointestinal diseases, sepsis, cancer, and autoimmunity! Written by over 50 international authorities representing distinguished institutions in nine countries, Immune Modulating Agents introduces basic immunoregulatory mechanisms as homeostasis details cytokines, cellular and humoral immune responses, and hematopoiesis describes neuroendocrine - immune system interactions and the role of psychological stress on immune competence delineates factors that influence disease susceptibility, including nutrition covers drug delivery systems, gene therapy, organ transplantation, arthritis treatment, and vaccination strategies shows how to design clinical trials using immune modulating agents and more!

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574

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CRC Press

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1000110125

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9781000110128

Multicultural Understanding of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

Implications for Mental Health Assessment

By: Thomas M. Achenbach,Leslie Rescorla

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Multicultural Understanding of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

Implications for Mental Health Assessment

By: Thomas M. Achenbach,Leslie Rescorla

With an eye toward prevention and treatment, the book discusses specific contributions that multicultural research can make to identifying children and families at risk and developing effective clinical services."--BOOK JACKET.

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Guilford Press

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1593853483

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9781593853488

American Genesis

A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870–1970

By: Thomas P. Hughes

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American Genesis

A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870–1970

By: Thomas P. Hughes

The book that helped earn Thomas P. Hughes his reputation as one of the foremost historians of technology of our age and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1990, American Genesis tells the sweeping story of America's technological revolution. Unlike other histories of technology, which focus on particular inventions like the light bulb or the automobile, American Genesis makes these inventions characters in a broad chronicle, both shaped by and shaping a culture. By weaving scientific and technological advancement into other cultural trends, Hughes demonstrates here the myriad ways in which the two are inexorably linked, and in a new preface, he recounts his earlier missteps in predicting the future of technology and follows its move into the information age.

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University of Chicago Press

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022677290X

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America's Church

The National Shrine and Catholic Presence in the Nation's Capital

By: Thomas A. Tweed

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America's Church

The National Shrine and Catholic Presence in the Nation's Capital

By: Thomas A. Tweed

The National Shrine in Washington, DC has been deeply loved, blithely ignored, and passionately criticized. It has been praised as a "dazzling jewel" and dismissed as a "towering Byzantine beach ball." In this intriguing and inventive book, Thomas Tweed shows that the Shrine is also an illuminating site from which to tell the story of twentieth-century Catholicism. He organizes his narrative around six themes that characterize U.S. Catholicism, and he ties these themes to the Shrine's material culture--to images, artifacts, or devotional spaces. Thus he begins with the Basilica's foundation stone, weaving it into a discussion of "brick and mortar" Catholicism, the drive to build institutions. To highlight the Church's inclination to appeal to women, he looks at fund-raising for the Mary Memorial Altar, and he focuses on the Filipino oratory to Our Lady of Antipolo to illustrate the Church's outreach to immigrants. Throughout, he employs painstaking detective work to shine a light on the many facets of American Catholicism reflected in the shrine.

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Oxford University Press

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0199782989

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Backwards, in High Heels

Faith Whittlesey, Ronald Reagan's "Madam Ambassador" in Switzerland and the West Wing

By: Thomas J. Carty

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Faith Whittlesey, Ronald Reagan's "Madam Ambassador" in Switzerland and the West Wing

By: Thomas J. Carty

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Backwards, in High Heels

Backwards, in High Heels

American Genesis

American Genesis

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Immune Modulating Agents

Immune Modulating Agents

Multicultural Understanding of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

Multicultural Understanding of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

American Genesis

American Genesis

America's Church

America's Church

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