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Knoxville, Tennessee

A Mountain City in the New South

By: William Bruce Wheeler

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Knoxville, Tennessee

A Mountain City in the New South

By: William Bruce Wheeler

In this new edition, Wheeler argues that, like Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby (1925), Knoxvillians have fabricated for themselves a false history, portraying themselves and their city as the almost impotent victims of historical forces that they could neither alter nor control. The result of this myth, Wheeler says, is a collective mentality of near-helplessness against the powerful forces of isolation, poverty, and even change itself. But Knoxville's past is far more complicated than that, for the city contained abundant material goods and human talent that could have been used to propel Knoxville into the ranks of the premier cities of the New South - if those assets had not slipped through the fingers of both the leaders and the populace.

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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1572333367

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9781572333369

Discovering the Global Past

By: William Bruce Wheeler,Franklin Doeringer,Merry E. Wiesner,Kenneth R. Curtis

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Discovering the Global Past

By: William Bruce Wheeler,Franklin Doeringer,Merry E. Wiesner,Kenneth R. Curtis

This successful world history reader in the popular DISCOVERING series contains a six-part pedagogical framework that guides readers through the process of historical inquiry and explanation. Each chapter is organized within the same pedagogical framework: The Problem, Background, The Method, The Evidence, Questions to Consider, and Epilogue. The text emphasizes historical study as interpretation rather than memorization of data. The Fourth Edition integrates new documents and revised coverage throughout, while the comparative chapters contribute to a more thorough and balanced examination of global history.

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1111355983

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Knoxville, Tennessee

A Mountain City in the New South

By: William Bruce Wheeler

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Knoxville, Tennessee

A Mountain City in the New South

By: William Bruce Wheeler

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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TVA and the Tellico Dam

A Bureaucratic Crisis

By: William Bruce Wheeler,Michael J. McDonald

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TVA and the Tellico Dam

A Bureaucratic Crisis

By: William Bruce Wheeler,Michael J. McDonald

This is a study of TVA management of Tellico Dam. Part of the ambitious New Deal project to bring modernity to Appalachia, TVA planning was far-reaching, often far-sighted, but also controversial, involving mass migration of people from their ancestral homes and threats to species, like the snail darter.

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308

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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1572333707

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9781572333703

Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws

Incredible True Stories of Wild West Showdowns and Frontier Justice

By: William MacLeod Raine

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Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws

Incredible True Stories of Wild West Showdowns and Frontier Justice

By: William MacLeod Raine

This in-depth collection, unchanged since the 1940s, tells of the most legendary heroes and villains of the Old West. Get swept back to a time when sheriffs did their best to keep order in a lawless land. Read about the likes of Tom Horn, the “Apache Kid,” “Bucky” O’Neill, Tom Nickson, and many more! Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws is a classic for everyone interested in history and what is was like in the Old West. The detail of every story grabs the attention of the reader and doesn't let go. Learn the early stories of famous foes like Billy the Kid and what he was like from both a personal and business standpoint. If you like stories of heroes and the people who tried to take them down, then you are in for a wild ride. Novelist William MacLeod Raine recalls standoffs, shootouts, rowdy saloons, brave men who protected innocent townspeople, and villains who put the “wild” in Wild West. Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws is a sure shot for anyone interested in the history and romance of the Old West.

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280

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Skyhorse

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1626366438

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9781626366435

Sagebrush Rebel

Reagan's Battle with Environmental Extremists and Why It Matters Today

By: William Perry Pendley

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Sagebrush Rebel

Reagan's Battle with Environmental Extremists and Why It Matters Today

By: William Perry Pendley

The fascinating story of how Ronald Reagan, self-proclaimed "sagebrush rebel," took his revolutionary energy policies to Washington and revitalized the American economy. Governor Reagan, with his unbridled faith in American ingenuity, creativity, and know-how and his confidence in the free-enterprise system, believed the United States would “transcend” the Soviet Union. To do so, however, President Reagan had to revive and revitalize an American economy reeling from a double-digit trifecta (unemployment, inflation, and interest rates), and he knew the economy could not grow without reliable sources of energy that America had in abundance. The environmental movement was in its ascendancy and had persuaded Congress to enact a series of well-intentioned laws that posed threats of great mischief in the hands of covetous bureaucrats, radical groups, and activist judges. A conservationist and an environmentalist, Ronald Reagan believed in being a good steward. More than anything else, however, he believed in people; specifically, for him, people were part of the ecology as well. That was where the split developed. William Perry Pendley, a former member of the Reagan administration and author of some of Reagan's most sensible energy and environmental policies, tells the gripping story of how Reagan fought the new wave of anti-human environmentalists and managed to enact laws that protected nature while promoting the prosperity and freedom of man—saving the American economy in the process.

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517

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Simon and Schuster

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1621571815

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9781621571810

Shaping the Future

A Dynamic Process for Creating and AchievingYour Company's Strategic Vision

By: William P. BELGARD

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Shaping the Future

A Dynamic Process for Creating and AchievingYour Company's Strategic Vision

By: William P. BELGARD

The true heroes of transformation within organizations are not just CEOs, but managers who create energy, gain alignment, and solidify the will within the company to turn the strategic vision into reality. Shaping the Future provides how-to guidance -- plus examples based on interviews with executives from companies like Boeing, Microsoft, Rockwell-Collins, and Harley-Davidson -- to help businesses create a strong future. Rethinking many classic assumptions about change, Shaping the Future emphasizes the importance of making a single, critical change -- the strategic imperative -- rather than many smaller ones. The book presents a practical and unique Transformational Model, consisting of five key steps necessary to overcome resistance and effect large-scale change within an organization. Demonstrating an exciting new approach to an ever-more critical challenge, Shaping the Future provides thoughtful and tested guidance for true change leaders.

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AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn

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0814413129

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9780814413128

Life of the Marlows

A True Story of Frontier Life of Early Days

By: William Rathmell

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Life of the Marlows

A True Story of Frontier Life of Early Days

By: William Rathmell

Rathmell's book, biased in favor of the five Marlow brothers, has long been out of print. Robert K. DeArment has sifted through the evidence and presents an objective, annotated edition. Readers can judge for themselves: were the Marlows as law-abiding as Rathmell claims?

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University of North Texas Press

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1574411799

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9781574411799

Discovering the Western Past: Since 1500

By: Merry E. Wiesner,Julius Ralph Ruff,William Bruce Wheeler

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Discovering the Western Past: Since 1500

By: Merry E. Wiesner,Julius Ralph Ruff,William Bruce Wheeler

This is the second of two volumes which guide students through the steps that an historian would take in analyzing historical events and evidence. Each chapter presents a specific historical issue for evaluation, and political, social, diplomatic, cultural, economic and intellectual subjects are examined in a balanced coverage of topics.

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0395638984

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9780395638989

Discovering the Western Past: To 1789

By: Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks,Merry E. Wiesner,Julius Ralph Ruff,William Bruce Wheeler

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Discovering the Western Past: To 1789

By: Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks,Merry E. Wiesner,Julius Ralph Ruff,William Bruce Wheeler

This supplemental text, designed for use in any Western civilization course, explores historical material using the discovery approach, which presents students with a series of historical problems--and the evidence they can use to analyze and solve these problems. Each chapter follows a six-step system that allows students to follow a scholarly historical investigation from beginning to end.

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0395976138

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9780395976135

Discovering the American Past: A Look at the Evidence, Volume II: Since 1865

By: William Bruce Wheeler,Lorri Glover

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Discovering the American Past: A Look at the Evidence, Volume II: Since 1865

By: William Bruce Wheeler,Lorri Glover

This primary source reader in the popular DISCOVERING series contains a six-part pedagogical framework that guides students through the process of historical inquiry and explanation. The text emphasizes historical study as interpretation rather than memorization of data. Each chapter is organized around the same pedagogical framework: The Problem, Background, The Method, The Evidence, Questions to Consider, and Epilogue. Volume II of the Eighth Edition integrates new documents and revised coverage throughout. For example, there are new chapters on the controversial decision to flood the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite in the early twentieth century, and the rise of the religious right in the late twentieth century. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

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400

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Cengage Learning

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1305630432

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9781305630437

Saving Water in a Desert City

By: William E. Martin,Helen M. Ingram,Nancy K. Laney,Adrian H. Griffin

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Saving Water in a Desert City

By: William E. Martin,Helen M. Ingram,Nancy K. Laney,Adrian H. Griffin

This book was stimulated by and sets out to analyse a political battle over water pricing by a municipal system. Originally published in 1984, this title provides improved methods for demand function estimation where block rates are involved, suggests procedures for rational pricing of municipal water, and explains how politics can dominate when real decisions are made. Due to the additional virtue of this title being easy to read, it is ideal for students interested in environmental studies, economics, and policy making, as well as for those involved with municipal services and resource management in general.

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126

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Routledge

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1317352971

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9781317352976

A Republic of Statutes

The New American Constitution

By: William N. Eskridge (Jr.),John A. Ferejohn

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A Republic of Statutes

The New American Constitution

By: William N. Eskridge (Jr.),John A. Ferejohn

William Eskridge and John Ferejohn propose an original theory of constitutional law whereby, while the Constitution provides a vision, our democracy advances by means of statutes that supplement or even supplant the written Constitution.

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Yale University Press

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0300120885

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9780300120882

Discovering the Ancient Past

A Look at the Evidence

By: Merry E. Wiesner,William Bruce Wheeler,Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks,Franklin Doeringer,Julius Ruff

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Discovering the Ancient Past

A Look at the Evidence

By: Merry E. Wiesner,William Bruce Wheeler,Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks,Franklin Doeringer,Julius Ruff

Incorporating the latest scholarship, this upper-level ancient history text guides students through the process of historical inquiry and exploration. Covering topics ranging from the need for water in ancient societies to the problem of ancient suicide, this narrative presents a balanced, cultural approach within a chronicle of historical events and evidence, thereby promoting critical thinking, sharpening analytical skills, and building student interest. This text offers a unique, multi-part pedagogical framework. Each chapter is organized by "The Problem," "Sources and Method," "The Evidence," "Questions to Consider," and the "Epilogue." Diverse primary source materials include documents, maps, art, city plans, and statistical data. At the end of each chapter, the central theme, or "problem," is tied to contemporary issues.

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302

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Wadsworth Publishing

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0618379304

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9780618379309

Discovering the Western Past

A Look at the Evidence, Volume I: To 1789

By: Merry E. Wiesner,Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks,Julius R. Ruff,William Bruce Wheeler

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Discovering the Western Past

A Look at the Evidence, Volume I: To 1789

By: Merry E. Wiesner,Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks,Julius R. Ruff,William Bruce Wheeler

This successful western history version of the popular Discovering series provides a broad range of both visual and written sources within a unique pedagogical framework. Its unique structure promotes critical thinking, sharpens analytical skills, and builds student interest in the subject matter. The text emphasizes historical study as interpretation rather than memorization of data, with actual documents and artifacts from which students develop answers to historical questions.

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0618312927

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9780618312924

Discovering the Global Past

By: Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks,William Bruce Wheeler,Franklin Doeringer,Kenneth R. Curtis

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Discovering the Global Past

By: Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks,William Bruce Wheeler,Franklin Doeringer,Kenneth R. Curtis

This successful world history reader in the popular DISCOVERING series contains a six-part pedagogical framework that guides students through the process of historical inquiry and explanation. Each chapter is organized within the same pedagogical framework: The Problem, Background, The Method, The Evidence, Questions to Consider, and Epilogue. The text emphasizes historical study as interpretation rather than memorization of data. The Fourth Edition integrates new documents and revised coverage throughout, while the comparative chapters contribute to a more thorough and balanced examination of global history. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

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Cengage Learning

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1111341427

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9781111341428

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Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee

Discovering the Global Past

Discovering the Global Past

Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee

TVA and the Tellico Dam

TVA and the Tellico Dam

Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws

Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws

Sagebrush Rebel

Sagebrush Rebel

Shaping the Future

Shaping the Future

Life of the Marlows

Life of the Marlows

Discovering the Western Past: Since 1500

Discovering the Western Past: Since 1500

Discovering the Western Past: To 1789

Discovering the Western Past: To 1789

Discovering the American Past: A Look at the Evidence, Volume II: Since 1865

Discovering the American Past: A Look at the Evidence, Volume II: Since 1865

Saving Water in a Desert City

Saving Water in a Desert City

A Republic of Statutes

A Republic of Statutes

Discovering the Ancient Past

Discovering the Ancient Past

Discovering the Western Past

Discovering the Western Past

Discovering the Global Past

Discovering the Global Past

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