B L Thomas: 87 books
by Allen Peterkin, Arthur W. Frank, David H. Flood
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire...
Taking Chances
The Coast after Hurricane Sandy
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Humanity is deeply committed to living along the world’s shores, but a catastrophic storm like Sandy—which took hundreds of lives and caused many billions of dollars in damages—shines a bright light at how costly and vulnerable life on a shoreline can be. Taking Chances offers a wide-ranging...
In Search of Humanity
Essays in Honor of Clifford Orwin
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
This collection of essays, offered in honor of the distinguished career of prominent political philosophy professor Clifford Orwin, provides a wide context in which to consider the rise of “humanity” as one of the chief modern virtues. A relative of—and also a replacement for—formerly more...
Diplomatic Games
Sport, Statecraft, and International Relations since 1945
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
International sporting events, including the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup, have experienced profound growth in popularity and significance since the mid-twentieth century. Sports often facilitate diplomacy, revealing common interests across borders and uniting groups of people who are otherwise...
Say It Plain
A Century of Great African American Speeches
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2006
A moving portrait of how black Americans have spoken out against injustice—with speeches by Thurgood Marshall, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, and more.
In “full-throated public oratory, the kind that can stir the soul”, this unique anthology collects the transcribed speeches of the...
by Stephen Aron, Edward J. Cashin, David Grimsted
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
This collection of 17 biographies provides a unique opportunity for the reader to go beyond the popular heroes of the American Revolution and discover the diverse populace that inhabited the colonies during this pivotal point in history.
The Taste of American Place
A Reader on Regional and Ethnic Foods
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
Tracing the intertwined roles of food, ethnicity, and regionalism in the construction of American identity, this textbook examines the central role food plays in our lives. Drawing on a range of disciplines_including sociology, anthropology, folklore, geography, history, and nutrition_the editors...
Political Communication
The Manship School Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
A new era of political power has arrived, one in which the social media forces of Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter indisputably play a larger role in the political process. In this revised and expanded edition of Political Communication: The Manship School Guide, edited by Robert Mann and David D. Perlmutter,...
by Keri J. Sansevere, Michael J. Gall, Ross Thomas Rava
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
A 2018 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
New scholarship provides insights into the archaeology and cultural history of African American life from a collection of sites in the Mid-Atlantic.
This groundbreaking volume explores the archaeology of African American life and cultures in the...
United States–Latin American Relations, 1850–1903
Establishing a Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2014
During the second half of the 19th century several forces in the United States, Latin America, and Europe converged to set the stage for the establishment of a more permanent relationship between the United States and Latin America. The key factors--security, economics, and modernization--created...
Viewpoints on Media Effects
Pseudo-reality and Its Influence on Media Consumers
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Viewpoints on Media Effects: Pseudo-reality and Its Influence on Media Consumers continues the ongoing research of media effects by illuminating not only the negative effects of media consumption, but also some of the pro-social aspects, with a special focus on social media. Recommended for scholars...
by Susan M. Alt, Melissa R. Baltus, Kenneth B. Farnsworth
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Analyses of big datasets signal important directions for the archaeology of religion in the Archaic to Mississippian Native North America
Across North America, huge data accumulations derived from decades of cultural resource management studies, combined with old museum collections, provide...
by Thomas L Curtright, David B Fairlie, Cosmas K Zachos
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
This is a text on quantum mechanics formulated simultaneously in terms of position and momentum, i.e. in phase space. It is written at an introductory level, drawing on the remarkable history of the subject for inspiration and motivation. Wigner functions — density matrices in a special Weyl representation...
Solar Versus Nuclear
Choosing Energy Futures
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Solar Versus Nuclear: Choosing Energy Futures study is an eight-chapter text that studies the long-term
implications of Sweden's decisions to explore nuclear energy and other alternative development options. Sweden's high standards of living, energy intensive industries, advanced technology in many...