David Nash: 30 books
by David Nash
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
An exact reproduction of the landmark British assessment of German military capability in the final months of World War I.
Compiled by British Intelligence, for restricted official issue by the General Staff, The German Army Handbook of April 1918 is a comprehensive assessment of the German Army...
Slavery and Public History
The Tough Stuff of American Memory
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
“A fascinating collection of essays” by eminent historians exploring how we teach, remember, and confront the history and legacy of American slavery (Booklist Online).
In recent years, the culture wars have called into question the way America’s history of slavery is depicted in books,...
Liberalism in Neoliberal Times
Dimensions, Contradictions, Limits
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2017
An exploration of the theories, histories, practices, and contradictions of liberalism today.
What does it mean to be a liberal in neoliberal times? This collection of short essays attempts to show how liberals and the wider concept of liberalism remain relevant in what many perceive to be...
Shovel Ready
Archaeology and Roosevelt's New Deal for America
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Shovel Ready provides a comprehensive lens through which to view the New Deal period, a fascinating and prolific time in American archaeology.
In this collection of diverse essays united by a common theme, Bernard K. Means and his contributors deliver a valuable research tool for...
Creating Texts
An Introduction to the Study of Composition
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Creating Texts emphasises a practical approach to composition and enables students to understand what is involved in the creation of a text and to learn from the practice of other writers. Extensively rewritten and updated from Walter Nash's earlier volume, Designs in Prose, attention is paid to 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 United States and the International Criminal Court
National Security and International Law
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2000
American reluctance to join the International Criminal Court illuminates important trends in international security and a central dilemma facing U.S. Foreign policy in the 21st century.
The ICC will prosecute individuals who commit egregious international human rights violations such as genocide....
by Colin R. Anderson, Mary A. Beckie, Eva A. Bogdan
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Few things are as important as the food we eat. "Conversations in Food Studies" demonstrates the value of interdisciplinary research through the cross-pollination of disciplinary, epistemological, and methodological perspectives. Widely diverse essays, ranging from the meaning of milk, to...
Demand Better!
Revive Our Broken Healthcare System
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
Much of the healthcare debate is centered on cost - the skyrocketing cost of direct patient care, the cost to insure millions of currently uninsured people, the administrative costs that eat up a large chunk of every healthcare dollar, the cost of defensive medicine to avert malpractice lawsuits....
The Brain and Behavior
An Introduction to Behavioral Neuroanatomy
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2010
Now in its third edition, The Brain and Behavior continues on its mission to present a simplified and accessible introduction to behavioral neuroanatomy. Human behavior is a direct reflection of the anatomy of the central nervous system, and it is the goal of the behavioral neuroscientist to uncover...
by Tom Black, George Kearton, Jack Tindale
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
What if Remain had won in 2016? What if Britain had never joined the EEC? What if groups other than Europe had decided to unite?
In this EU-themed collection from Sea Lion Press and edited by Tom Black (Agent Lavender, Shuffling the Deck, Zonen), you will find some worlds very like our own,...
Rebuilding the Ark
New Perspectives on Endangered Species Act Reform
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) may be the most powerful environmental law in the United States. Enacted in 1973, the ESA prohibits any actions that may cause harm to endangered plants and animals or the ecosystems upon which they depend. But although more than 1,200 species are protected under the...
Indigenous Homelessness
Perspectives from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
Being homeless in one’s homeland is a colonial legacy for many Indigenous people in settler societies. The construction of Commonwealth nation-states from colonial settler societies depended on the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from their lands. The legacy of that dispossession and related...
Shame and Modernity in Britain
1890 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
This book argues that traditional images and practices associated with shame did not recede with the coming of modern Britain. Following the authors’ acclaimed and successful nineteenth century book, Cultures of Shame, this new monograph moves forward to look at shame in the modern era. As such,...