J Eckert: 11 books
That's a Crock, Barack
President Obama’s Record Of Saying Things That Are Untrue, Duplicitous, Arrogant And Delusional Or Barack Obama’s Lies And Why Obama Should Not Be Re-Elected
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Do you have the feeling that President Barack Obama plays fast and loose with the truth and says a whole lot of things that really don’t make sense? In That’s a crock, Barack, Ambassador Fred J. Eckert -- author of the political satire novel Hank Harrison for President that Library Journal hailed...
Offspring of Empire
The Koch'ang Kims and the Colonial Origins of Korean Capitalism, 1876-1945
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2014
According to conventional interpretations, the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910 destroyed a budding native capitalist economy on the peninsula and blocked the development of a Korean capitalist class until 1945. In this expansive and provocative study, now available in paperback, Carter J. Eckert...
by Carter J. Eckert
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
For South Koreans, the early 1960s to late 1970s were the best and worst of times—a period of unprecedented economic growth and deepening political oppression. Carter J. Eckert finds the roots of this dramatic socioeconomic transformation in the country’s long history of militarization, personified in South Korea’s paramount leader, Park Chung Hee.
by F. H. Kayser, K. A. Bienz, J. Eckert
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
While medical and hygienic developments have driven down the mortality rates of infectious diseases, pathogenic microorganisms are still a major factor in everyday clinical practice. They are still the most frequent cause of death in Third World countries. New and incurable infectious diseases are...
Human Subjects Research Regulation
Perspectives on the Future
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
Experts from different disciplines offer novel ideas for improving research oversight and protection of human subjects.
The current framework for the regulation of human subjects research emerged largely in reaction to the horrors of Nazi human experimentation, revealed at the Nuremburg trials,...
Southern Illinois University at 150 Years
Growth, Accomplishments, and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2019
Chartered in 1869, Southern Illinois University has been a stalwart presence on the southern Illinois landscape for a century and a half. This book celebrates the 150th anniversary of the university’s founding by exploring in depth its history since 1969, when the last book to celebrate a major...
Media Disparity
A Gender Battleground
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
For decades, scholars have repeatedly found the inequity of gender representations in informational and entertainment media. Beginning with the seminal work by Gaye Tuchman and colleagues, we have repeatedly seen a systemic underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in media. Examining the...
Leading Millennial Faculty
Navigating the New Professoriate
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2019
Leading Millennial Faculty: Navigating the New Professoriate explores how to effectively lead millennial faculty as they navigate the new professoriate. Contributors address some stereotypical millennial characteristics—being achievement oriented, connected to the world at large, relatively sheltered,...
Quality Assisted Living
Informing Practice through Research
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!
Doody's Medical Reviews Score: 92, 4 Stars!
"[This book] is well written and achieves its aim of exploring the meaning of quality from a range of perspectives. It has a welcome focus on the views of residents, and the authors are to be congratulated...
Perry - unser Mann im All 137: Mutanten an die Macht!
Perry Rhodan Comic
Language: German
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Putsch auf dem Friedensplaneten! Perry Rhodan geht aufs Ganze! Als Alaska Saedelaere freigesprochen wird, kocht die Stimmung auf Camelot über. In den Ausschreitungen kommt es zum Putsch - und Perry gerät zwischen die Fronten.
Underserved Communities and Digital Discourse
Getting Voices Heard
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
Underserved Communities and Digital Discourse: Getting Voices Heard presents a series of case studies which evaluate the elevation and suppression of voices within marginalized and minority communities. It examines the use of digital media and its role in the construction of reality—specifically...