E Brown: 200 books
African Americans of Alexandria, Virginia
Beacons of Light in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Sitting just south of the nation's capital, Alexandria has a long and storied history." "Still, little is known of Alexandria's twentieth-century African American community. Experience the harrowing narratives of trials and triumph as Alexandria's African Americans helped to shape not only their hometown...
Regional Economic Problems
Comparative Experiences of Some Market Economies
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Originally published in 1977. This book provides the first concise non-technical account of what the main kinds of regional problems are, how they arise, and the kinds of policy which have been used to tackle them in the UK, USA and Western Europe. The book starts with a discussion of why "regional...
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...
Southeastern Grasslands
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
A holistic approach to analyzing distinct grassland habitats that integrates ecological, historical, and archaeological data
Today the southeastern United States is a largely rural, forested, and agricultural landscape interspersed with urban areas of development. However, two centuries ago it...
by Michael E. Telzrow, Neville Public Museum of Brown County
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2010
In 1897, the Wisconsin state legislature approved the creation of the Wisconsin State Reformatory on a 200-acre site between Green Bay and De Pere. It was born during a period of profound change when liberal reformers began to question the traditional punitive approach employed in American prisons. The...
Ranger Up!
True Stories of National Park Service Protection Rangers
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
'Ranger UP' gives the reader a behind the scene glimpse into the real life adventures of our multi-talented National Park Rangers that work in our parks across the U.S. This collection of true short stories includes high adventure incidents from all of the major disciplines of Protection Rangers which...
by E. Philip Brown
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2017
The Merrimack Valley became home to Greeks after the great immigration to the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. After its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1832, Greece had inadequate resources for its citizens, which led to much hardship. Many of these refugees came to the Merrimack...
Improving the U.S. Military’s Understanding of Unstable Environments Vulnerable to Violent Extremist Groups
Insights from Social Science
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
For over a decade, operations associated with irregular warfare have placed large demands on U.S. ground forces and have led to development of new Army and Joint doctrine. This report helps analysts identify and assess twelve key factors that create and perpetuate environments susceptible to insurgency,...
by C Loring Brace, Kaye Brown, Matt Cartmill
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
Histories of American Physical Anthropology in the Twentieth Century chronicles the history of physical anthropology_or, as it is now known, biological anthropology_from its professional origins in the late 1800 up to its modern transformation in the late 1900s. In this edited volume, 13 contributors...
Aspies on Mental Health
Speaking for Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
People with Asperger Syndrome (AS) can be particularly at risk of developing mental health difficulties such as anxiety and depression. Here, adults with Asperger Syndrome speak out about their own experiences of mental health issues, offering sound advice for other Aspies and providing valuable insights...
Southern Women Playwrights
New Essays in History and Criticism
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
This timely collection addresses the neglected state of scholarship on southern women dramatists by bringing together the latest criticism on some of the most important playwrights of the 20th century.
Coeditors Robert McDonald and Linda Rohrer Paige attribute the neglect of southern women...
Tell Me What Happened
Questioning Children About Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Represents a scholarly and ambitious attempt to improve the quality of interviews received by the courts and minimize the risks of miscarriages of justice, for victims and defendants
This book updates the previous review of research on children’s testimony—reexamining and readdressing how...
Philosophical Pragmatism and International Relations
Essays for a Bold New World
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
What are the implications of philosophical pragmatism for international relations theory and foreign policy practice? According to John Ryder, “a foreign policy built on pragmatist principles is neither naïve nor dangerous. In fact, it is very much what both the U.S. and the world are currently...
Quick Reference to Adult and Older Adult Forensics
A Guide for Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2010
2010 AJN Book of the Year Award Winner in Gerontologic Nursing!
"[This book] is a wonderful guide to adult and elder forensics, and an important reference for all health care providers who care for adults and the elderely...Highly recommended."
--CHOICE
"It's about time this book...