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Co-published with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, this book offers a critical assessment of European Union developments since 1994. It combines the texts of the five Paul-Henri Spaak lectures given at Harvard University in the 1994-2000...

In Silent Topics, film historian Anthony Slide looks at various under-discussed and generally undocumented areas of silent film. The two lengthiest essays discuss the release of British silent films in the United States and the contribution of gays and...

Written for safety managers of both large and small fleets of vehicles, this complete guide shows you how to identify and understand your three key responsibilities as a safety manager: prevent accidents, protect your company's property against potential...

Science museums are in the business of making science accessible to the public-a public constantly bombarded with new information and research results. How the public understands this information will affect what they expect and take away from a museum's...

Science museums are in the business of making science accessible to the public-a public constantly bombarded with new information and research results. How the public understands this information will affect what they expect and take away from a museum's...

Although the phenomenon of library anxiety and its debilitating effects on library use have been observed for years, it has only recently been studied in a systematic and scientific manner. This is the first in depth look at the origins and subsequent...

Joseph P. Fitzpatrick, S.J. - priest, internationally-acclaimed scholar, activist-was intensely involved in the ongoing studies of the Puerto Rican people, their culture, and their problems as migrants in the U.S. mainland.The Stranger Is Our Own...

Returning to the kibbutz of his childhood to attend his father's funeral, Avraham Balaban confronts his buried yet still intensely painful childhood memories. Comparing the kibbutz of today with that of his early years, the author weaves together two...

As the institution with the oldest, largest, and most actively managed program in the world, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) encompasses thirty years of experience in appraising, accessioning, preserving, describing and...

Addressing the most common causes of excavation, trenching, and shoring violations, Excavation Safety provides you with the insight you need to ensure compliance and protect workers' lives and company investments. The author provides step-by-step methods...

This multi-disciplinary collection blends broad overviews and case studies as well as different theoretical perspectives in a critique of the relationship between United States philanthropic foundations and movements for social change. Scholars and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357976923Author A MarshFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Alpha EditionPublisher Alpha EditionWeight(grams) 245g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781667804026Author Katherine GrealisFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint BookbabyPublisher BookbabyWeight(grams) 140g

The new Homeland Security Law Handbook provides a comprehensive reference book for business, industry, and government as well as those faced with the new legal and security issues raised by new public laws, a new regulatory framework, and a new...

Managing Electrical Safety provides an overview of electric basics, hazards, and established standards that enables you to understand the hazards you are likely to encounter in your workplace. Focusing on typical industrial environments-which utilize...

Despite the West's privileging of slenderness as an aesthetic ideal, the African Diaspora has historically displayed a resistance to the Western European and North American indulgence in "fat anxiety." The Embodiment of Disobedience explores the ways in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733521031Author Andre HowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Bcg PublishingPublisher Bcg PublishingWeight(grams) 331g

To learn more about Rowman & Littlefield titles please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.Book InformationISBN 9780761823582Author Kevin DurandFormat HardbackPage Count 306Imprint University Press of AmericaPublisher University Press of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357979276Author David Ames WellsFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Alpha EditionPublisher Alpha EditionWeight(grams) 132g

To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com.Book InformationISBN 9781556127625Author Mary Heather MacKinnonFormat PaperbackPage Count 397Imprint Sheed & Ward,U.S.Publisher Rowman &...

In this rich collection of essays, editors Dale McConkey and Peter Augustine Lawler explore the contributions that religious faith and morality can make to a civil society. Though the level of religious expression has remained high in the United States,...

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Water Frontier focuses principally on southwest Indochina (from modern southern Vietnam into eastern Cambodia and southwestern Thailand), which it calls the Lower Mekong region. The book's excellent contributors argue that, during the eighteenth and...

A selection of readings by Joseph Campbell, including the editor's comments on the influence of mythology on personal and societal behaviour and the evolution of the creative mythologies of today. The development of Campbell's thought is traced and an...

Due to the economic globalization over the last twenty years, white workers have seen their racial dominance challenged and the security of their jobs assaulted, making them ripe for mobilization. On the Fault Line examines the American Patriot...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357973267Author L A AbbottFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Alpha EditionPublisher Alpha EditionWeight(grams) 145g

Conducted by NIOSH, these comprehensive case studies bring the latest research and technology to bear on workplace health problems which companies are likely to encounter at a variety of worksites. These hard-to-find case studies have been selected based...

What does rock art say about gender and how can our understanding of gender shape the way that we view rock art? A significant contribution to the relatively unexplored field of gender in rock art, this volume contains a wealth of information for...

The public increase of interest in the past has not necessarily brought with it a greater understanding about how archives are formed. To this end, Richard Cox takes a serious look at archival repositories and collections. Cox suggests that archives do...

Pierce helps you take control of the dizzying process of effecting changing procedures, processes, and attitudes in your company's safety and health program and then position your operations for continuous improvement. He reviews Total Quality and its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357973113Author McIvor-TyndallFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Alpha EditionPublisher Alpha EditionWeight(grams) 204g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357932172Author William Bell CraftonFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Alpha EditionPublisher Alpha EditionWeight(grams) 50g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357973175Author Henry StantonFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Alpha EditionPublisher Alpha EditionWeight(grams) 77g

In recent years, the world has witnessed enormous changes in the political borders between nation-states. These changes have highlighted the function and meaning of physical borders in the construction of nationality. While previous anthropological...

Unlike many other books about the American founding, this new work by two of the most prominent scholars of American political history emphasizes the coherence and intelligibility of the social compact theory. Social compact theory, the idea that...

Homing Devices is a collection of ethnographies that address the central problem affecting not only the United States but also other developed and developing nations around the globe-affordable housing. These ethnographies cut across national and...

One philosopher identified and defined five types of justice: interpersonal justice, commutative justice, distributive justice, communal justice, and social justice. Moving from the end of slavery to the present, this book discusses how and why African...

Written in an easy-to-read conversational tone, Beyond Safety Accountability explains how to develop an organizational culture that encourages people to be accountable for their work practices and to embrace a higher sense of personal responsibility. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357925907Author Jonathan Mayhew WainwrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 20Imprint Alpha EditionPublisher Alpha EditionWeight(grams) 45g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781878483836Author Center Puerto Rican StudiesFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Centro PressPublisher Centro PressWeight(grams) 336g