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Society-- a Complex Adaptive System

Essays in Social Theory

By: Walter Frederick Buckley

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Society-- a Complex Adaptive System

Essays in Social Theory

By: Walter Frederick Buckley

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Taylor & Francis

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9057005379

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9789057005374

Mathematics for the Environment

By: Martin Walter

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Mathematics for the Environment

By: Martin Walter

Mathematics for the Environment shows how to employ simple mathematical tools, such as arithmetic, to uncover fundamental conflicts between the logic of human civilization and the logic of Nature. These tools can then be used to understand and effectively deal with economic, environmental, and social issues. With elementary mathematics, the book se

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CRC Press

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1439834733

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9781439834732

How America Gets the News

A History of U.S. Journalism

By: Ford Risley,Ashley Walter

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How America Gets the News

A History of U.S. Journalism

By: Ford Risley,Ashley Walter

This concise history of American journalism introduces readers to the news media from the first colonial newspapers to today’s news conglomerates and the rise of the digital media. Authors Ford Risley and Ashley Walters examine historical trends, discuss significant individuals, and examine noteworthy news organizations.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442235276

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9781442235274

Labor Economics From A Free Market Perspective: Employing The Unemployable

By: Walter Block

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Labor Economics From A Free Market Perspective: Employing The Unemployable

By: Walter Block

Labor is the most important of the three traditional factors of production (land, labor and capital), accounting for some 75% of the GDP. It is therefore important to focus on issues of labor economics. In this book the approach taken will be that of the free market philosophy of libertarianism, the perspective that allows the maximum of freedom, consistent with the responsibility of all to respect the equal rights of all others.The position of this book on unions is unique outside of the libertarian movement, and this is indicative of its analysis of several other issues, such as minimum wages. For scholars on the left, it is almost true that unions can do no wrong (for Marxists, they do not do enough, but that is another story). Their role is to raise wages for the workingman, and this task is almost unstintingly applauded. Conservatives, on the other hand, oppose unions root and branch (except for their support of foreign wars, which is also another story). To this end they support a welter of regulations, designed to reduce their power: limitations of check offs, forced secret ballots, etc.For libertarians, the analysis depends, intimately, on whether or not these are voluntary organizations. If they are, there is no more justification for imposing secret ballots on them than to do so for the chess or garden club. If they are not, they should not be weakened by restrictions, but, rather, banned, and their leaders imprisoned.

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World Scientific

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9814475866

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9789814475860

Up from the Projects

An Autobiography

By: Walter E. Williams

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Up from the Projects

An Autobiography

By: Walter E. Williams

Nationally syndicated columnist and prolific author Walter E. Williams recalls some of the highlights and turning points of his life. From his lower middle class beginnings in a mixed but predominantly black neighborhood in West Philadelphia to his department chair at George Mason University, Williams tells an "only in America" story of a life of achievement.

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Hoover Press

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0817912568

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9780817912567

Kissinger

A Biography

By: Walter Isaacson

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Kissinger

A Biography

By: Walter Isaacson

The definitive biography of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and how his ideas still resonate in the world today from the bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs. By the time Henry Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973, he had become, according to the Gallup Poll, the most admired person in America and one of the most unlikely celebrities ever to capture the world's imagination. Yet Kissinger was also reviled by large segments of the American public, ranging from liberal intellectuals to conservative activists. Kissinger explores the relationship between this complex man’s personality and the foreign policy he pursued. Drawing on extensive interviews with Kissinger as well as 150 other sources, including US presidents and his business clients, this first full-length biography makes use of many of Kissinger’s private papers and classified memos to tell his uniquely American story. The result is an intimate narrative, filled with surprising revelations, that takes this grandly colorful statesman from his childhood as a persecuted Jew in Nazi Germany, through his tortured relationship with Richard Nixon, to his later years as a globe-trotting business consultant.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439127212

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9781439127216

God and Gold

Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World

By: Walter Russell Mead

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God and Gold

Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World

By: Walter Russell Mead

A stunningly insightful account of the global political and economic system, sustained first by Britain and now by America, that has created the modern world. The key to the two countries' predominance, Mead argues, lies in the individualistic ideology inherent in the Anglo-American religion. Over the years Britain and America's liberal democratic system has been repeatedly challeged—by Catholic Spain and Louis XIV, the Nazis, communists, and Al Qaeda—and for the most part, it has prevailed. But the current conflicts in the Middle East threaten to change that record unless we foster a deeper understanding of the conflicts between the liberal world system and its foes.

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Vintage

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0375713735

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9780375713736

The Fernández Case

By: Richard Walter

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The Fernández Case

By: Richard Walter

In Spring 1973, Private Invesitagor Frank Corbett is hired by Elena Fernández to find her missing brother, Manuel. Frank’s search takes him from Washington, D.C. to Buenos Aires to northern Argentina. Along the way, he is aided by an Argentine journalist who helps him understand and navigate the treacherous territory of a country ruled by the military and rife with revolutionary activity. In his search, he encounters presumed enemies who become allies and presumed friends who become enemies. His search ends with an action-packed conclusion that tests the limits all of Frank’s abilities.

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iUniverse

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1663208557

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9781663208552

The Year that Didn't Exist

By: Walter Smith

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The Year that Didn't Exist

By: Walter Smith

Walter’s freshman year at a top Engineering School wasn’t what he had hoped for. Academic success was a given but wasn’t college supposed to be about freedom, drugs and wild sex? This was 1969 after all. But as Walter laments “freshman year was just OK, I somehow missed out on that sex thing.” Walter was hoping sophomore year will be his MVP season. Regrettably it wasn’t, it was a nothing, in fact it was The Year that Didn’t Exist. The story opens with Walter’s big mistake: securing off-campus housing with two roommates he finds intolerable. One chapter details his accidental meeting, and getting stoned with Jane and Tom H. They, activist-celebrities, on their way to a Vietnam protest rally at the Tute, Tom being the keynote speaker. Several chapters are devoted to his introduction and obsession with recreational drugs, pot, hashish, LSD and Ludes. How he meets his first girlfriend, the result of a bet, as to who would score better on a biology test, is thoroughly, but not graphically detailed. And finally, the only real highlight of his meaningless year, teaming up with drug buddy Strappa and winning a collegiate bowling championship, provides a humorous ending to the saga. The Year that Didn’t Exist should strike chords that ring true in almost everyone and hopefully transport the reader back to their college days, days perhaps simpler and likely filled with unbound optimism.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1685627986

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9781685627980

The Tragedy of U.S. Foreign Policy

How America's Civil Religion Betrayed the National Interest

By: Walter A. McDougall

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The Tragedy of U.S. Foreign Policy

How America's Civil Religion Betrayed the National Interest

By: Walter A. McDougall

A fierce critique of civil religion as the taproot of America’s bid for global hegemony Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Walter A. McDougall argues powerfully that a pervasive but radically changing faith that “God is on our side” has inspired U.S. foreign policy ever since 1776. The first comprehensive study of the role played by civil religion in U.S. foreign relations over the entire course of the country’s history, McDougall’s book explores the deeply infused religious rhetoric that has sustained and driven an otherwise secular republic through peace, war, and global interventions for more than two hundred years. From the Founding Fathers and the crusade for independence to the Monroe Doctrine, through World Wars I and II and the decades-long Cold War campaign against “godless Communism,” this coruscating polemic reveals the unacknowledged but freely exercised dogmas of civil religion that bind together a “God blessed” America, sustaining the nation in its pursuit of an ever elusive global destiny.

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Yale University Press

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0300224516

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9780300224511

The Man That Got Away

The Life and Songs of Harold Arlen

By: Walter Rimler

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The Man That Got Away

The Life and Songs of Harold Arlen

By: Walter Rimler

Over the Rainbow," "Stormy Weather," and "One for My Baby" are just a few of Harold Arlen's well-loved compositions. Yet his name is hardly known--except to the musicians who venerate him. At a gathering of songwriters George Gershwin called him "the best of us." Irving Berlin agreed. Paul McCartney sent him a fan letter and became his publisher. Bob Dylan wrote of his fascination with Arlen's "bittersweet, lonely world." A cantor's son, Arlen believed his music was from a place outside himself, a place that also sent tragedy. When his wife became mentally ill and was institutionalized he turned to alcohol. It nearly killed him. But the beautiful songs kept coming: "Blues in the Night," "My Shining Hour," "Come Rain or Come Shine," and "The Man That Got Away." Walter Rimler drew on interviews with friends and associates of Arlen and on newly available archives to write this intimate portrait of a genius whose work is a pillar of the Great American Songbook.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252097572

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9780252097577

Head's Broadcasting in America

A Survey of Electronic Media (1-download)

By: Michael A. McGregor,Paul D. Driscoll,Walter Mcdowell

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Head's Broadcasting in America

A Survey of Electronic Media (1-download)

By: Michael A. McGregor,Paul D. Driscoll,Walter Mcdowell

This book documents the dramatic changes in the field of electronic media in the past decade and provides informed insights in the exciting, and changes yet to come. It examines the transition in broadcasting from analog to digital transmission and the changing business models of electronic media.

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Routledge

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1317347927

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9781317347927

The Myth of American Diplomacy

National Identity and U.S. Foreign Policy

By: Walter L. Hixson

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The Myth of American Diplomacy

National Identity and U.S. Foreign Policy

By: Walter L. Hixson

In this major reconceptualization of the history of U.S. foreign policy, Walter Hixson engages with the entire sweep of that history, from its Puritan beginnings to the twenty-first century’s war on terror. He contends that a mythical national identity, which includes the notion of American moral superiority and the duty to protect all of humanity, has had remarkable continuity through the centuries, repeatedly propelling America into war against an endless series of external enemies. As this myth has supported violence, violence in turn has supported the myth. The Myth of American Diplomacy shows the deep connections between American foreign policy and the domestic culture from which it springs. Hixson investigates the national narratives that help to explain ethnic cleansing of Indians, nineteenth-century imperial thrusts in Mexico and the Philippines, the two World Wars, the Cold War, the Iraq War, and today’s war on terror. He examines the discourses within America that have continuously inspired what he calls our “pathologically violent foreign policy.” The presumption that, as an exceptionally virtuous nation, the United States possesses a special right to exert power only encourages violence, Hixson concludes, and he suggests some fruitful ways to redirect foreign policy toward a more just and peaceful world.

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Yale University Press

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030015013X

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9780300150131

Toward a Libertarian Society

By: Walter Block

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Toward a Libertarian Society

By: Walter Block

Walter Block has for decades been one of the most effective and indefatigable defenders of libertarianism. One feature in his writing stands out, from his classic Defending the Undefendable to the present. He consistently applies the principles of libertarianism to every situation in a bold and original way. Readers of Toward a Libertarian Society, a collection of his articles from lewrockwell.com, will find this feature abundantly on display. Block believes that libertarianism has three components: foreign policy, economic policy, and policies on personal liberties. He devotes a separate part of the book to each of these components. In foreign affairs, Block is a resolute non-interventionist. He is an anarchist who rejects the state altogether; but, so long as a state exists, it should confine its foreign policy to defense against invasion. Doing so is in line with the tradition of Washington and John Quincy Adams. In our own day, Ron Paul has been the foremost champion of non-intervention; and Paul has few, if any, more ardent advocates than Walter Block. In economic policy, Block defends the free market against all types of interference. One issue especially concerns him: the activities of labor unions. Against union advocates, Block emphasizes that wages depend on workers’ marginal productivity. Block is equally decisive in macroeconomics. He calls for the total abolition of the Fed. Block, never one to avoid controversy, argues that much in the contemporary feminist movement is antithetical to libertarianism. Readers will learn his views about abortion, stem-cell research, and punishment theory. He is a firm advocate of the possibility and desirability of political secession. Reading Toward a Libertarian Society is the equivalent of a college course in libertarianism, taught by a master teacher.

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Ludwig von Mises Institute

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1610166299

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9781610166294

Watching What We Watch

Prime-Time Television Through the Lens of Faith

By: Walter T. Davis, Jr.,Teresa Blythe,Gary Dreibelbis,Mark Scalese,Elizabeth Winslea

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Watching What We Watch

Prime-Time Television Through the Lens of Faith

By: Walter T. Davis, Jr.,Teresa Blythe,Gary Dreibelbis,Mark Scalese,Elizabeth Winslea

Offers counsel on how to address messages of popular culture as reflected on television today, explaining how to view programs in light of faith, values, and belief systems as a means of identifying appropriate broadcasts. Original.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664226965

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9780664226961

George F. Kennan

Cold War Iconoclast

By: Walter L. Hixson

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George F. Kennan

Cold War Iconoclast

By: Walter L. Hixson

Kennan embodied the contradictions of Cold War anti-communism and a distrust of democracy, particularly as expressed in American anti- communist hysteria. Kennan later moved toward a "realist" perspective, shedding ideology and addressing himself to the practical issues of detente and arms control. This intellectual biography will serve general readers as well as students and scholars. Excellent notes and bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Columbia University Press

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0231068956

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9780231068956

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Society-- a Complex Adaptive System

Society-- a Complex Adaptive System

Mathematics for the Environment

Mathematics for the Environment

How America Gets the News

How America Gets the News

Labor Economics From A Free Market Perspective: Employing The Unemployable

Labor Economics From A Free Market Perspective: Employing The Unemployable

Up from the Projects

Up from the Projects

Kissinger

Kissinger

God and Gold

God and Gold

The Fernández Case

The Fernández Case

The Year that Didn't Exist

The Year that Didn't Exist

The Tragedy of U.S. Foreign Policy

The Tragedy of U.S. Foreign Policy

The Man That Got Away

The Man That Got Away

Head's Broadcasting in America

Head's Broadcasting in America

The Myth of American Diplomacy

The Myth of American Diplomacy

Toward a Libertarian Society

Toward a Libertarian Society

Watching What We Watch

Watching What We Watch

George F. Kennan

George F. Kennan

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