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Population Politics

The Choices That Shape Our Future

By: Virginia Abernethy,Garrett Hardin

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Population Politics

The Choices That Shape Our Future

By: Virginia Abernethy,Garrett Hardin

International efforts to regulate fertility rates so that populations do not grow beyond the earth's capacity have included technical assistance and capital; improved health care conditions to lower the risk of infant mortality; increased opportunities to develop literacy; the democratization of governments; and several decades of liberal immigration and refugee policies favoring third world nations. The persistence of high fertility despite international efforts confounds demographers. 'Population Politics' brilliantly dissects the paradigm responsible for the counterproductive efforts of nations and international agencies. Abernethy, a renowned anthropologist, shows why policies hamper the shift to lower fertility. Ireland, Indonesia, Cuba, China, Turkey and Egypt are but a few of the countries Abernethy examines, showing how economic, sociocultural, and agricultural factors that have caused population growth can be harnessed to stabilize population size. 'Population Politics' is a provocative examination of the influence of aid and liberal immigration policies on world population growth, and often counterproductive to the role of the United States as an industrial power. This volume's uniquely interdisciplinary perspective will enlighten the lay reader, as well as demographers and epidemiologists, conservationists, reproduction and family specialists, agricultural economists, and public health personnel. Virginia D. Abernethy is professor emeritus of psychiatry (anthropology) at Vanderbilt Medical School and was for 11 years the editor of the scholarly journal 'Population and Environment. Garrett Hardin is emeritus professor of human ecology in the Department of Biological Sciences and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Routledge

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1351320823

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9781351320825

Catalogus Translationum Et Commentariorum

By: James Hankins,Robert A. Kaster

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Catalogus Translationum Et Commentariorum

By: James Hankins,Robert A. Kaster

Annotation This volume covers six classical authors: Damianus, Geminus Rhodius, Hanno, Sallust, Themistius & Thucydides. The articles explore the influence of each in the medieval & renaissance world, followed in each case by a listing & brief description of latin commentaries before 1600.

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307

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CUA Press

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0813217296

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9780813217291

Ancestral Passions

The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings

By: Virginia Morell

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Ancestral Passions

The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings

By: Virginia Morell

This biography of the "First Family" of anthropology reveals how their discoveries, collaborations, and rivalries contributed to our own knowledge of the origins of humankind. In this fascinating and authoritative work, acclaimed science writer Virginia Morell brings to vivid life the famous and infamous Leakey family, pioneers in the field of paleoanthropology: Louis Leakey, the patriarch, who persisted through initial scientific failures and scandal-ridden divorce to achieve spectacular success in digs throughout East Africa; Mary, his second wife, who worked alongside Louis as they made their outstanding discoveries at Olduvai Gorge and elsewhere; and Richard, their son, who ascended to the top of the field in his parents’ wake, only to be threatened with both near-fatal illness and fierce professional rivalry. Morell transports us into the world of these compelling personalities, demonstrating how a small clan of highly talented and fiercely competitive people came to dominate an entire field of science and to contribute immeasurably to our understanding of the origins of humanity.

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644

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Simon and Schuster

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1439143870

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9781439143872

Go Softly All My Years

By: Virginia Benson

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Go Softly All My Years

By: Virginia Benson

Averill Lowe is teaching in the southern iron-manufacturing mid-size city of Chattanooga when Riefe Braddock offers her a job as his personal assistant. Hie engineering company has begun to turn out armaments for the possible entry of the United States into World War II that has already begun in Europe, where England is fighting the Nazis and their conquered territories all alone. Eager to be able to help the war effort, she accepts. Reife falls into grave danger in Cairo where he has traveled to find designs stolen from Braddock Engineering. Averill knows these innovative tank plans could mean victory for whoever implements them, and sets off for battle-torn North Africa. Young, idealistic, and not a little foolhardy, she braves an enemy-infested North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea to land in Cairo, intending to use the knowledge that a childhood lied in Egypt has provided to rescue Reife and the stolen designs. Personal battles in her own life begin to emerge in the form of a shattering treachery and the stunning expos of an unlikely foreign agent, as she watches the fault line?between her deep faith in a personal God and the lack of it in the man she loves?widen. Courted by two other men who love her, Averill stays true to herself while her high adventures provide readers a roller coaster of a ride.

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292

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WestBow Press

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144971272X

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The Penthouse Prince

By: Virginia Nelson

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The Penthouse Prince

By: Virginia Nelson

Single mom Jeanie Long was trying to save her butt at work by reporting her manager to the company owner. Instead, she finds herself greeted warmly by gorgeous company CEO Camden James...and introduced to his father as his fiancée. Now she’s been hired—complete with a hefty pay raise—to be the fake fiancée of the infamous “Penthouse Prince.” Camden doesn’t believe in love. He believes in mutually beneficial business arrangements. With his real fiancée off cheating on him, Camden needs someone to help him prove to his father that he’s definitely ready to marry. Yet Jeanie’s combination of beauty and bluntness act like an aphrodisiac, and their “for the press” kisses look incredibly real. So real that Jeanie and Camden are either really convincing actors...or they’ve fallen for their own charade. Each book in the Billionaire Dynasties series is STANDALONE. * The Penthouse Prince * The Irish Prince * The Firstborn Prince

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Entangled: Indulgence

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1633752046

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9781633752047

Health and Society in Britain Since 1939

By: Virginia Berridge

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Health and Society in Britain Since 1939

By: Virginia Berridge

British health policy has undergone enormous change in the post-war era. The NHS established in the post-war period has been constantly reorganised, and the role of doctors and associated medical professions has radically changed. This book considers the changes in health policy and in the service provided by the NHS, and examines in detail the 'mixed economy' of health care and the role of different providers of health care, as well as their relationships both with recipients of care and the state. In doing so, Professor Berridge sheds light on the increasingly important part that lay people, especially women, have played in the provision of health care and looks at community care and the shifting balance of power within the medical profession. The book provides a guide to changes in health and health policy during and since World War II, giving an authoritative analysis of the most recent research.

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148

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Cambridge University Press

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0521576415

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9780521576413

Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine

Volume 5

By: Philippe Collery,Peter Bratter,Lylia Khassanova,Virginia Negretti De Bratter

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Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine

Volume 5

By: Philippe Collery,Peter Bratter,Lylia Khassanova,Virginia Negretti De Bratter

Every two years, the world's leading specialists meet to exchange information on the most recent advances in understanding metals and the part they play in treating some diseases, especially cancer. Most of the elements in our environment are metals. Some are essential for life, such as copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, nickel and zinc; others are toxic, such as arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury. This book aims to help advance our knowledge of the role of metal ions in a number of fields in biology and medicine. It reproduces the papers given at the International Symposium on Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine organised in Munich in May 1998.

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804

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John Libbey Eurotext

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2742002146

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9782742002146

Inside the Welfare State

Foundations of Policy and Practice in Post-War Britain

By: Virginia Noble

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Inside the Welfare State

Foundations of Policy and Practice in Post-War Britain

By: Virginia Noble

Focusing on the politicized mechanisms of welfare distribution in post-World War Two Britain, this study demonstrates how gender and race determined the quality and quantity of benefits received by Britons seeking state aid. Scholars of public policy, law, and political history will be interested by Noble’s findings and theoretical implications.

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193

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Routledge

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1135990948

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9781135990947

Encyclopedia of the British Novel

By: Virginia Brackett,Victoria Gaydosik

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Encyclopedia of the British Novel

By: Virginia Brackett,Victoria Gaydosik

Praise for the print edition:" ... comprehensive ... Recommended.

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Infobase Learning

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1438140681

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9781438140681

Book's by Virginia Lowe

Population Politics

Population Politics

Catalogus Translationum Et Commentariorum

Catalogus Translationum Et Commentariorum

Ancestral Passions

Ancestral Passions

Go Softly All My Years

Go Softly All My Years

The Penthouse Prince

The Penthouse Prince

Health and Society in Britain Since 1939

Health and Society in Britain Since 1939

Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine

Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine

Inside the Welfare State

Inside the Welfare State

Encyclopedia of the British Novel

Encyclopedia of the British Novel

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