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""Citizenship of the United States"" by Frederick Van Dyne is a comprehensive guide to the legal and historical aspects of American citizenship. The book covers the nature and acquisition of citizenship, including birthright citizenship, naturalization, and derivative citizenship. It also explores the rights and...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

In the Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion (1992), John Zaller set out one of the most influential models of opinion formation: he presented the public as a pliable instrument of political elites, who are able to garner support simply by sending "cues" through...

This thought-provoking volume confronts the expected tension between care and justice as moral orientations. These original essays, by renowned educators, reveal how these two moral orientations can work together to produce wiser and more practical policies and practices. The authors explore problems at every...

What role do Chinese popular associations play in the expansion of civil society and democratization? Under Mao few associations were permitted to exist, while today over 200,000 associations are officially recognized. Are they important foundations of civil society, or vehicles for state corporatism and...

The incoming national administration has the opportunity to make a sharp break, in both domestic and international issues, with the failed, destructive policies of the past eight years.Mandate for Change provides in detail what should be done in each and every important area, in...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

Dismissing oversimplified and politically charged views of the politics of Shi'ite Islam, Said Amir Arjomand offers a richly researched sociological and historical study of Shi'ism and the political order of premodern Iran that exposes the roots of what became Khomeini's theocracy.Author: Sa?d Amir ArjomandISBN-10:...

Author: James L. Ritchie-DunhamISBN-10: 0990715329ISBN-13: 9780990715320Publisher: Vibrancy Ins, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/27/2024Pages: 200Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d

This book tells a story of serendipity. Two Christian monks left China about 1274, headed to Jerusalem. Travelling on an itinerary similar to that Marco Polo had taken, they reached Iran, ruled by a Mongol dynasty, the Ilkhans. There, what they never had expected...

Since the late 20th century, humanity has faced several challenges that make us feel increasingly vulnerable. Increasing territorial and social disadvantages, lagging regions and municipalities, the drastic deterioration of the quality of life of the people living there, economic processes and sustainability issues are...

With so many social challenges facing our world, trying to effect change feels daunting. The problems are complex, the politics murky, and the players innumerable. Yet, every day there are regular heroes making a significant impact on our most intractable social issues. "Can't Not...

Keepers of the House is a series of poems about teaching English in a public high school, and how a school can be a home for students and their teacher. Written by a veteran educator, working with a diverse population that ranges from underprivileged...

Beyond Sled Dogs and GoldSomewhere between myths and hard facts you find Nome, poised also between yesterday and tomorrow. Drawing on his background in anthropology and an equal passion for history, Michael Engelhard surveys the seam that links two neighboring continents through the lens...

How Maoism Was Made focuses on the history of the early years in China after 1949, featuring new scholarship by academics across Europe and North America. The field of early PRC history has been transformed by the unprecedented accessibility of archives from the 1990s...

'Broken, ' the first book in the debut Dark Romance/Psychological Thriller series by M.A. McNally, centres on the questions many women ask themselves: where would I be now if I'd never laid eyes on him and would my life have turned out any differently?"Jayden...

Radical Nurses unearths the extraordinary stories of 28 nurses who defied expectations, shattered norms, and redefined what it means to care. From fearless activists on the front lines of social justice to visionary writers who illuminated the profession, from steadfast nuns whose faith shaped...

Mind over Matter is an interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring how spirituality changes lives in a variety of ways. Unlike much philosophically rooted literature on spirituality, it encourages an understanding of what can be achieved through faith, belief, and self-confidence, without reliance on specific...

Robert Gass served as a firefighter in the FDNY for 27 years, witnessing firsthand the challenges, triumphs, and hidden complexities of urban firefighting. His experiences responding to fires and emergencies in New York City shaped his deep respect for the profession and the men...

Madness, Psychiatry, and Empire in Postcolonial Literature provides a comparatist interrogation of empire through archives of history, science, and literature. The book analyzes Aim? C?saire's Discourse on Colonialism to shed light on C?saire's critique of psychological and medical discourses of the colonized's mind. The...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

The Social Significance of Short Stature draws on the social, psychological, and physical aspects of a uniquely stigmatized group of persons who share the rare and unusual quality of being extremely diminutive in size. In a world of average-sized persons where the concept of...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Researchers and scientists have searched and searched for an answer to how our sexual orientation is developed or created without success. They have found valuable information that may be part of the answer or caused by the answer, but never the complete answer to...

Henry J Lewis Jr. has presented a collection of essays rooted in sociological, organizational, and the psycho-socio-cultural theories of complex networks of behavioural interactions. He addresses several transformational challenges that Jamaica, and to a large extent the entire Caribbean region, must grapple with in...

The second edition of the Message to a Blackman in Africa is an expansion of the first edition which was written three years ago. This is a doctrine of the African social insurgency; it defies conventional thinking with an open argument that prods the...

This book tries hard to summarise to a more accessible language the fundamental concepts of Marxism without tone down the scientific and revolutionary characteristics.Author: Robin GoodfellowISBN-10: 2371610127ISBN-13: 9782371610125Publisher: Association Robin GoodfellowLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/26/2016Pages: 86Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.18d

Scholarship on the history of West Germany's educational system has traditionally portrayed the postwar period of Allied occupation as a failure and the following decades as a time of pedagogical stagnation. Two decades after World War II, however, the Federal Republic had become a...

A book explaining the common knowledge that we are all human, and no power exist to control us. That taxes are paid to idiots who attempt to take controlAuthor: Anthony James Francis Mantova S. F. O.ISBN-10: 1500404438ISBN-13: 9781500404437Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/03/2014Pages:...

This volume contains two vintage studies on the history of alcohol in Africa and Asia, with information on historical production techniques, popularity and influence, notable producers, and many other related aspects. This fascinating volume will appeal to those with an interest in the historical...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

First published in 1993. Any political system must respond to the needs of its' peoples and the European Community was no exception. This book, an all-round guide to the education of pupils with special educational needs in Europe, examines the policy and practice of...

When and why do people obey political authority when it runs against their own interests to do so? This book is about the channels beyond direct repression through which China's authoritarian state controls protest and implements ambitious policies from sweeping urbanization schemes that have...

The essays in this volume, by veteran economists as well as younger scholars, are part of a radical attempt to grapple with the problems of advanced capitalist development without discarding the real theoretical breakthroughs made by Keynes. The contributors argue that Keynes was correct...

The Poverty of Structuralism is the first in a sequence of volumes which examine in turn the basic ideas of Saussure, Marx and Freud, and analyse the way in which they have been developed and applied to art, culture and modern textual theory. The...

This interdisciplinary work presents an integration of theory and research on how children develop their thinking as they participate in cultural activity with the guidance and challenge of their caregivers and other companions. The author, a leading developmental psychologist, views development as an apprenticeship...

A practical, comprehensive approach to the major areas of social work with older adults Social Work with Older Adults provides pre- and in-service social workers with a clear and engaging all-in-one resource for working with older adults. This practical and comprehensive text examines the...

Author: Brian GoldmanISBN-10: 144345107XISBN-13: 9781443451079Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2024Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.31w x 0.80d

Author: Nathanyel Ben IsraelISBN-10: 1698718551ISBN-13: 9781698718552Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/03/2025Pages: 236Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

From the early days of navigating the world with bare hands to harnessing tools that transformed stones and sticks, human ingenuity has birthed science and technology. As societies expanded, the complexity of our tools grew, raising a crucial question: do we control them, or...

An essential handbook of policing leadership behavioural skills for both professional police officers and policing students aspiring to join the force. The behaviours examined are of relevance to all ranks and roles, from a newly appointed police constable to an executive officer.Behavioural soft skills...

Master Strategy, Conquer Challenges, and Lead to Victory ⚔️ The Art of War by Sun Tzu ⚔️ The ultimate guide to strategy, leadership, and success For over 2,500 years, Sun Tzu's The Art of War has stood as the definitive text on strategy, tactics,...

The book is a collection of essays covering a range of subjects from science to history and social commentary as well as personal revelations.The author was born in Baltimore, MD in 1950. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 1972. He has authored one...

Justice, equity, and fairness are central concerns of everyday life. We frequently assess the fairness of individual acts, social programs, and institutional policies. This book explores how distributions of costs and benefits determine our intuitions about fairness. Some chapters examine the extent to which...