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Book SynopsisOffers an investigation into what is left of a monotheistic religious spirit - notably, a minimalist faith that is neither confessional nor credulous. Articulating this faith as works and as an objectless hope, this book deconstructs Christianity in search of the historical and reflective conditions that provided its initial energy.Trade Review"An astutely reasoned philosophical text, offering a revolutionary analysis of theistic religion." -The Midwest Book Review "An outstanding, groundbreaking work." -- -Laurens ten Kate University of Utrecht
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Fordham University Press The Beginning of Heaven and Earth Has No Name
Book SynopsisHeinz von Foerster was the inventor of second-order cybernetics, which recognizes the investigator as part of the system he is investigating. The Beginning of Heaven and Earth Has No Name provides an accessible, nonmathematical, and comprehensive overview of Heinz von Foerster's cybernetic ideas and of the philosophy latent within them.Trade Review"Heinz Von Foerster spent most of his career seeking to understand cognition based on neurophysiology, mathematics, and philosophy. He came to a new understanding of knowledge which led to a new epistemology. What this book reveals is that after retiring from the University of Illinois, von Foerster reinterpreted his earlier professional training in physics and the sciences generally from the new perspective. The conversational structure and style of the book brilliantly gives von Foerster the opportunity to retell the story of creation by referring to all of the various branches of natural science, but with the additional insight of the new epistemology. This is a remarkable achievement which will delight any serious student of the natural sciences or of scientific writing. The scholarship that went into the conversation that the book records, both the questions and the answers, is impressive. The ideas here will be of particular interest to ambitious younger scientists looking for new lines of research." -- -Stuart Umpleby George Washington University "I know of no other such a broad and coherent statement of Foerster's essential thinking." -- -Ranulph Glanville Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Cybernetics, The Bartlett, University College London, UKTable of ContentsA Fore-word by the Series Editor An Author's Fore-words Fore-wards with Two Editors Fore-taste of an Author with Two Editors 1. First Day: Building Blocks, Observers, Emergence, Trivial Machines 2. Second Day: Innovation, Life, Order, Thermodynamics 3. Third Day: Movement, Species, Recursion, Selectivity 4. Fourth Day: Cognition, Perception, Memory, Symbols 5. Fifth Day: Communicating, Talking, Thinking, Falling 6. Sixth Day: Experiences, Heuristics, Plans, Futures 7. Seventh Day: Rest, Rest, Rest, Rest Epilogue in Heaven ... Translators' Notes Notes
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Fordham University Press Contested Loyalty Debates over Patriotism in the
Book SynopsisSituational and wartime constructions of "Patriotism" and "Loyalty" shaped American discourse and actions throughout the Civil War. While most scholarly work on Civil War Era nationalism has focused on southern identity and Confederate nationhood, this volume examines the variable, fluid constructions of these concepts in the Civil War Era North.Table of ContentsForeword by Gary W. Gallagher Introduction Robert M. Sandow 1. “Dedicated to the Proposition”: Principle, Consequence, and Duty to the Egalitarian Nation, 1848–1865 Melinda Lawson 2. Connecticut Copperhead Constitutionalism: A Study of Peace Democratic Political Ideology during the Civil War Matthew Warshauer 3. “I Do Not Understand What the Term ‘Loyalty’ Means”: The Debate in Pennsylvania over Compensating Victims of Rebel Raids Jonathan W. White 4. “We Are Setting the Terms Now”: Loyalty Rhetoric in Courtship Julie A. Mujic 5. Loyal to the Union: College-Educated Soldiers, Military Leadership, Politics, and the Question of Loyalty Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai 6. “Patriotism Will Save Neither You Nor Me”: William S. Plumer’s Defense of an Apolitical Pulpit Sean A. Scott 7. “American Matrons and Daughters”: Sewing Women and Loyalty in Civil War Philadelphia Judith Giesberg 8. “A Source of Mortification to All Truly Loyal Men”: Allegheny Arsenal’s Disloyal Worker Purge of 1863 Timothy J. Orr 9. “All of That Class That Infest N.Y.”: Perspectives on Irish American Loyalty and Patriotism in the Wake of the New York City Draft Riots Ryan W. Keating 10. “Deeds of Our Own”: Loyalty, Soldier Rights, and Protest in Northern Regiments of the United States Colored Troops Thaddeus Romansky List of Contributors Index
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University of New Mexico Press Anasazi America Seventeenth Centuries on the
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University of New Mexico Press Drawing into Architecture The Sketches of
Book SynopsisKnown internationally for designing buildings that take their inspiration from the land, Antoine Predock explores many of his ideas about architecture through the fluent medium of drawing. This collection of 172 sketches, many published here for the first time, surveys nearly fifty years of his work.
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University of New Mexico Press The HalfWhite Album
Book SynopsisA powerful debut collection that explores lives lived between worlds. Sylvester masterfully weaves together fiction, poetry, and nonfiction to give readers a poignant though fractured view of her characters’ lives, their loves, and their struggles.Trade ReviewThe Half-White Album is an astounding healing performance of soulful losses and strong-hearted connections within Diné families, friends, and a people. Told through a multitude of carefully curated genres, Cynthia Sylvester's debut collection shares a song of restoration and grounding, of humor and tragedy, of ancestors and the individuals who live through them today."--Natanya Ann Pulley, author of With Teeth "The Half-White Album is a stunning powerhouse of literary music! Sylvester writes with deep heart and compassion, introducing us to characters we can't help but love, even as they fall. Her lush, gorgeous language is a song that heals not only the story but also the reader."--Susan Power, author of Sacred Wilderness
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University of New Mexico Press As We See It Conversations with Native American
Book SynopsisInvites readers to explore the work of ten contemporary Native American photographers - Jamison Banks, Anna Hoover, Tom Jones, Larry McNeil, Shelley Niro, Wendy Red Star, Beverly Singer, Matika Wilber, William Wilson, and Tiffiney Yazzie - showcasing the extraordinary achievements of these groundbreaking photographers.Trade ReviewAs We See It provides a unique and fascinating perspective into the international significance of contemporary Native American photography. The strength of this book resides in its well-written and extended dialogues with both well-established and lesser-known Indigenous artists. Fricke successfully advances Indigenous perspectives on their own works, as well as on Edward Curtis's historical photographs." - Laura E. Smith, author of Horace Poolaw, Photographer of American Indian Modernity
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University of New Mexico Press Defender of the Underdog Pelham Glassford and
Book SynopsisIn 1932, the worst year of the Great Depression, more than twenty thousand mostly homeless World War I veterans trekked to the nation’s capital to petition Congress to grant them early payment of a promised bonus. Washington, DC, police chief Pelham Glassford defied the government for months and found food and shelter for the veterans.Trade ReviewIn admirably clear, direct, and lucid prose, Ferguson invites us to join him on a journey through Pelham Glassford's life and career. . . . Glassford has much to teach us about life, leadership, empathy, and integrity." - Rory McGovern, author of George W. Goethals and the Army: Change and Continuity in the Gilded Age and Progressive EraTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. BeginningsChapter 2. Monastery on the HudsonChapter 3. A New Officer for a New ArmyChapter 4. On the Border, Prelude to FranceChapter 5. The German Spring Offenses and the Allied DefensesChapter 6. St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne OffensesChapter 7. Soldiering in PeacetimeChapter 8. The New Police ChiefChapter 9. Walter Waters: Glassford's Friendly EnemyChapter 10. The Bonus Veterans ArriveChapter 11. The Anacostia Flats CampChapter 12. Painting the Bonus Army RedChapter 13. Pretext for ExpulsionChapter 14. No Good Deed Goes UnpunishedChapter 15. Whitewashing the ExpulsionChapter 16. AftermathChapter 17. Factories in the Field and Communists on the HorizonChapter 18. Sob Sisters and BusybodiesChapter 19. Ranching, Policing, and PoliticsChapter 20. The Later YearsAfterwordNotesReferences
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University of New Mexico Press Citizen Carl The Editor Who Cracked Teapot Dome
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Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc Curriculum Development in Nursing Education
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Johns Hopkins University Press Integrating Women into the Astronaut Corps
Book SynopsisIn documenting these events, Foster offers a broader understanding of the difficulties in sexually integrating any workplace, even when the organization approaches the situation with as positive an outlook and as strong a motivation as did NASA.Trade Review"This book is the first one to examine seriously how women finally joined the NASA astronaut corps... Rich in documentary sources and strengthened by oral histories, this book offers memorable stories illustrating the texture of this significant transition." (Margaret A. Weitekamp, National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution)"Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Beyond Rosie the Riveter2. Wilma Deering Meets Captain Janeway3. ''The Damn Crazy Things!''4. Making Space5. ''The Strange Ones''6. Defying Gravity7. ''NASA Sutra''8. Uninvited HeroicsEpilogueNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Aha Moment
Book SynopsisAs Jones shows, it can often pay to take an absurd idea seriously.Trade ReviewThe Aha! Moment is not bogged down with scientific detail and tech talk; in fact, it asks a multitude of absurd questions meant to promote innovative and logical brainstorming. Jones gives dozens of examples from his own body of work... While his examples dominate more than half of the book, they are intriguing and stimulating, acting as a means to promote creativity in fellow scientists and artists. -- Aimee Jodoin Foreword Reviews A top pick not to be limited to science holdings, this will reach many a general-interest reader with its fascinating, readable and lively insights. Midwest Book Review David Jones sees himself as the court jester of science and, as with jesters of old, he is allowed to say things that other mortals might think but dare not speak... Most of the book is an eclectic blend of Jones the chemist and Daedalus the mad scientist and together they make entertaining reading. You'd be mad not to buy it -- John Emsley Chemistry World A practical blueprint to bolster one's own creative process, a treasure map to innovative insights. -- Bob Grant The Scientist A fascinating insight into one man's never-ending search for ideas. -- Jessica Griggs New ScientistTable of ContentsPreface: Creativity in My Career1. A Theory of Creativity2. The Creative Environment3. Thoughts on the Random Ideas Generator4. Intuition and Odd Notions5. Creativity in Scientific Papers6. Heat and Gravity7. Astronomical Musings8. Rotating Things9. Explosions and Fuses10. Tricks with Optics11. Properties of Materials12. Physical Phenomena I Have Noticed13. Odd Notions I Have Played With14. Literary Information15. Inventions We Need but Don't Have16. A List of Silly Questions17. A Short Guide to Being CreativeNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Engineering War and Peace in Modern Japan
Book SynopsisThe role of engineering communities in taking Japan from a defeated war machine into a peacetime technology leader.Naval, aeronautic, and mechanical engineers played a powerful part in the military buildup of Japan in the early and mid-twentieth century. They belonged to a militaristic regime and embraced the importance of their role in it. Takashi Nishiyama examines the impact of war and peace on technological transformation during the twentieth century. He is the first to study the paradoxical and transformative power of Japan's defeat in World War II through the lens of engineering.Nishiyama asks: How did authorities select and prepare young men to be engineers? How did Japan develop curricula adequate to the task (and from whom did the country borrow)? Under what conditions? What did the engineers think of the planes they built to support Kamikaze suicide missions? But his study ultimately concerns the remarkable transition these trained engineers made afterTrade ReviewAn extremely well-researched study that is of great value to historians of twentieth-century Japan and historians of aviation. -- D. Colin Jaundrilll Military History Nishiyama is to be praised for the variety of sources he uses to study the role of engineers in the creation of modern Japan, both in times of war and peace. In particular, his work has benefited from personal interviews and correspondence with 18 former military engineers and their relatives, many connected with the Shinkansen project. This, along with reference to biographies and autobiographies, allows the author to construct a more human account of these technical problem solvers and their ability to adapt to the new demands of peacetime. -- M. William Steele American Historical Review Nishiyama's work provides us with an important foundation that challenges historians of technology of modern Japan and beyond to combine top-down and bottom-up methodologies in new and innovative ways. -- Aaron Stephen Moore Technology and Culture How Japan came to develop such a train [the Romance Car SE3000] and its successor, the famous Shinkansen "bullet train," is the subject of [this] fascinating book by Takashi Nishiyama. -- Charles Day Physics Today ... Nishiyama's study represents a substantial contribution to the history of modern Japan. Journal of Japanese Studies ... Engineering War and Peace in Modern Japan should be read by anyone interested in a complex aspect of the Pacific War and its consequences. Michigan War Studies Review ... This is a useful study and should be read by those interested in engineering cultures, postwar demilitarization, and the politics of technological innovation. The Historian ... This is a useful study and should be ready by those interested engineering cultures, postwar demilitarization, and the politics of technological innovation. The HistorianTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNotes on TransliterationIntroduction Technology and Culture, War and Peace1. Designing Engineering Education for War, 1868–19422. Navy Engineers and the Air War, 1919–19423. Engineers for the Kamikaze Air War, 1943–19454. Integrating Wartime Experience in Postwar Japan, 1945–19525. Former Military Engineers in the Postwar Japanese National Railways, 1945–19556. Opposition Movements of Former Military Engineers in the Postwar Railway Industry, 1945–19577. Former Military Engineers and the Development of theShinkansen, 1957–1964Conclusion: Legacy of War and DefeatA Note on the Appendix and SourcesAppendix: List of InformantsNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Great Powers Small Wars
Book SynopsisCase studies examine the economics, domestic politics, and international factors that ultimately shaped military events more than military capacity and strategy.Trade ReviewA short review cannot do justice to the richness, the comprehensiveness, and the scholarly depth of Thomas's work, which will surely serve as a leading text in its area for many years. War in History JournalTable of ContentsList of TablesList of FiguresPreface: Asymmetric Conflicts: An Equation With Many UnknownsAcknowledgments1. Origin and Development of the Asymmetric Conflict ConceptPostwar Peace: From Total War to Asymmetric ConflictsCritical Approaches to the Concept of Asymmetric ConflictDefining Asymmetric ConflictDeveloping an Analytical Model of Asymmetric Conflict2. Identifying the Asymmetry Factor in Armed ConflictsData Sources and Methods of AnalysisIdentifying Asymmetry in the Structural and Dynamic Characteristics of Armed ConflictsImpact of the Asymmetry Factor on Conflicts Involving the Great PowersConclusions3. The Dissolution of the British Empire and Asymmetric Conflicts in DependenciesThe Dissolution of the British EmpireAsymmetric Armed Conflicts Accompanying the Colonies' Struggle for IndependenceFactors in the British Political Defeat in Asymmetric Conflicts in Its ColoniesConclusion4. The US War in Iraq, 2003–2011The War's Objectives and Legitimation of the War's CauseCourse of the War and the Evolution of StrategiesThe War's OutcomesDiscussion of the War's Outcome in the United StatesConclusionsConclusion: Analyzing Asymmetric Conflicts Using the ModelAppendix: List of Armed Conflicts from the Cosimo Database Used in the StudyNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Crisis in an Atlantic Empire
Book SynopsisReflecting the authors' masterful use of archival sources and their magisterial knowledge of the era's complex metropolitan and colonial institutions, this volume is the capstone of a research endeavor spanning nearly sixty years.Trade ReviewIn a sophisticated, literate, and detailed analysis, eminent historians Barbara Stein and Stanley Stein dissect the interwoven responses between 1808 and 1810 in Spain and New Spain (Mexico) to the challenges resulting from Napoleon's invasion of the Iberian peninsula and the Bourbon monarchs' abdications... Based heavily on extensive archival and published primary sources, this deftly argued, magisterial work, along with its three preceding volumes- Silver, Trade, and War; Apogee of Empire; and Edge of Crisis-belongs in every academic and large public library. Essential. Choice This book is a gold mine for the sheer amount of primary sources brought to the surface...[and] a valuable contribution to the shelf of any historian dealing with the independence era in any of the Spanish colonies. H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsProloguePart One: Metropole1. A National Drama, Act II: Aranjuez2. Bayonne3. Dos de Mayo: Insurgency4. Sevilla: The Struggle for Supremacy in Spain and New SpainPart Two: Colony5. A Contested Authority6. New Spain's Cuban Counterpoint7. The Powerful and Insecure: Mexico City'sAlmaceneros, 1808 1918. The Audiencia de México, Iturrigaray, and Talamantes9. Melchor Talamantes: Criollo Exponent of New Spain's Interests10. Sevilla's Comisionados and Mexico City's Juntas11. Viceroy Iturrigaray: Criollos and a Viceroy's Grand Design12. Anatomy of a Colonial Coup d'État: Mexico City, 1808Part Three: Metropole13. Junta de Sevilla, Consejo de Castilla, and the Genesis of the Junta Central14. Junta Central: Ideologues and Ideology15. Junta Central versus Junta de Sevilla: The Colonial Question16. Financing the Resistance in Spain17. Dissolution of the Junta Central18. Regencia and Junta de Cadiz19. The Pivotal Orden of 17 May 181020. Colonial Insurrection and the Call for the CortesPart Four: Colony21. An Eroding Colonial System: New Spain, 1808–181022. Fissures in the Colonial Elite: Merchants23. Fire under the Embers: Between Preemptive Coup and Insurrection24. The Regencia's Comisionados and Bishop-Elect Abad y Queipo25. Oprimidos y Opresores26. "No Hay Más Recurso Que Ir a Coger Gachupines"ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Roads and Ecological Infrastructure Concepts and
Book SynopsisConceptual and practical, this book will influence the next decade or more of road design in ecologically sensitive areas and should prevent countless unnecessary wildlife fatalities.Trade ReviewRoad kills seriously affect some animal populations, and this book should be required reading for high school and college students, faculty, and general readers. CHOICE Reviews A primary goal of the editors is to broaden the reader's view of road impacts on small animals by providing the ecological context within which the public infrastructure (roads, bridges, etc.) functions... The book is a call to action for researchers, engineers, landscape planners, and others involved with road ecology to collaborate... to reach common goals. Herpetological Review University researchers, government agencies involved in transportation issues, land managers, conservation biologists, and anyone concerned with the losses to herpetofauna and small mammals because of roads will find this volume to be an important and insightful resource. Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of ContentsList of ContributorsForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. A History of Small Animal Road EcologyChapter 2. Natural History and Physiological Characteristics of Small Animals in Relation to RoadsChapter 3. Direct Effects of Roads on Small Animal PopulationsChapter 4. Road Effects on Habitat Quality for Small AnimalsChapter 5. Engaging the Public in the Transportation Planning ProcessChapter 6. The Current Planning and Design Process Chapter 7. Sources of FundingPractical Example 1Chapter 8. Planning and Designing Mitigation of Road Effects on Small AnimalsChapter 9. Mitigating Road Effects on Small AnimalsChapter 10. Modifying Structures on Existing Roads to Enhance Wildlife PassageChapter 11. Construction and MaintenanceChapter 12. Monitoring Road Effects and Mitigation Measures and Applying Adaptive ManagementPractical Example 2Chapter 13. The Road AheadIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Reading Galileo
Book SynopsisThis important text will be of interest to a wide range of historians-of science, of scholarly practices and the book, and of early-modern intellectual and cultural history.Trade ReviewThis work provides an interesting historical examination of Galileo’s original text. Recommended—ChoiceRaphael’s book is an uncommon and very welcome contribution to the ever-growing Galileo scholarship.—Annals of ScienceEye-opening...Raphael's brilliant epilogue has far-reaching implications for narratives of change. Her critique of the prevailing historiography of the Scientific Revolution highlights deep flaws in its warfare model of change, in which traditionalists fight innovators and noncombatants are irrelevant. Leading by example, she suggests that researchers learn to appreciate that most readers neither embrace nor reject novelty in toto. The pick-and-choose eclecticism that Raphael has found among readers of Two New Sciences makes for less triumphalist melodrama, but much more convincing history.—Michael H. Shank, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Renaissance QuarterlyRenée Raphael's Reading Galileo: Scribal Technologies and the "Two New Sciences" gives a telling account of the reception of a seminal work of the Scientific Revolution, which has wider implications for the history of reading and of the nature of intellectual traditions at the time more generally.—Michael Hunter, Birkbeck, University of London, American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1 An anonymous annotator, Baliani, and the "ideal" readerChapter 2 Editing, Commenting, and Learning Math from GalileoChapter 3 Modifying authoritative reading to new purposesChapter 4 An annotated book of many usesChapter 5 The University of Pisa and a Dialogue between Old and NewChapter 6 Jesuit bookish practices applied to the Two New SciencesEpilogue NotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Smart University
Book SynopsisHow surveillance perpetuates long-standing injustices woven into the fabric of higher education.Higher education increasingly relies on digital surveillance in the United States. Administrators, consulting firms, and education technology vendors are celebrating digital tools as a means of ushering in the age of smart universities. By digitally monitoring and managing campus life, institutions can supposedly run their services more efficiently, strengthen the quality of higher education, and better prepare students for future roles in the digital economy. Yet in practice, these initiatives often perpetuate austerity, structural racism, and privatization at public universities under the guise of solving higher education''s most intractable problems. In Smart University, Lindsay Weinberg evaluates how this latest era of tech solutions and systems in our schools impacts students'' abilities to access opportunities and exercise autonomy on their campuses. Usin
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American Psychological Association Consultation in Psychology
Book Synopsis Increasingly, psychologists are being enlisted to provide consultation in clinical, health, corporate, and community settings, although many have received only minimal training in consultation. This volume provides a comprehensive foundation to develop or enhance consultation practice. Consultation is a distinct professional practicewith goalsand functionsdifferentfrom direct clinical service or clinical supervision. While all consultation settings require certain basic competencies, each setting requires additional unique ones. Thus, the opening chapters of this book introduce a competency-based, multicultural, and ethical approach to consultation that is relevant to all contexts, while subsequent chapters build on this foundation and describe the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for consultation in a variety of specific contexts.These include medical, pediatric, forensic, school, corporate, leadership, family, religious, police, and military settings. Both studeTable of Contents Contributors IntroductionCarol A. Falender and Edward P. ShafranskePart I: Foundations of Consultation Practice Chapter 1: Consultation in Psychology: A Distinct Professional PracticeCarol A. Falender and Edward P. Shafranske Chapter 2: The Competency Framework: Best Practices in ConsultationCarol A. Falender and Edward P. Shafranske Chapter 3: Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Consultation for PsychologistsJeffrey E. Barnett Chapter 4: Consultation in Health Service Psychology: The Present and the FutureDavid J. Martin Chapter 5: Consultation in Interprofessional Practice and CollaborationPatricia Arredondo Chapter 6: Can You See Me Now? Understanding Culture and Multicultural Phenomena as Essential to the Process of ConsultationWilliam D. ParhamPart II: Exemplars and Approaches Chapter 7: Pediatric ConsultationMichael C. Roberts, Rebecca J. Johnson, and Christina M. Amaro Chapter 8: Consultation in Medical SettingsBarbara Cubic Chapter 9: Consultation in LeadershipJennifer Wootten and Nadine J. Kaslow Chapter 10: Consultation in Corporations and OrganizationsRodney L. Lowman Chapter 11: School-Based ConsultationMarkeda Newell, Carly Tindall, Kelsie Reed, and Scott Zwolski Chapter 12: Consultation With Religious Professionals and InstitutionsThomas G. Plante Chapter 13: Forensic ConsultationJeffrey N. Younggren, Michael C. Gottlieb, and Cassandra L. Boness Chapter 14: Custody Case Family ConsultationG. Andrew H. Benjamin and Florence W. Kaslow Chapter 15: Consultation in Police and Public Safety PsychologyCary L. Mitchell and Edrick H. Dorian Chapter 16: Consultation Within the Military SettingChristina L. Schendel and Carrie H. Kennedy Afterword: Advancing Consultation PracticeCarol A. Falender and Edward P. Shafranske Index About the Editors
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American Psychological Association Cognitive Dissonance
Book Synopsis 2019 Outstanding Academic Title What mental process occurs when a person does something she knows is unhealthy? When an honest person tells a 'white lie,' what happens to his or her sense of integrity? If we must choose between two equally attractive options, why does our value judgement of the options change after the choice has been made? In 1954 Dr. Leon Festinger first posited a theory of cognitive dissonance to describe the psychological phenomenon that occurs in these situations. In the years since, cognitive dissonance has become a central pillar of psychological theory, as was documented in the first edition of this book. In this new and fully-updated edition, editor Eddie Harmon-Jones brings the study of cognitive dissonance into the twenty-first century. Contributors survey recent discoveries about the role dissonance plays in a variety of information processes, as well as connections between dissonance processes and other motivational procTrade Review2019 Outstanding Academic Title “Cognitive Dissonance is a must-read for anyone studying social psychology. Now in its second edition, this work continues to show the utility of Festinger’s seminal theory but also modernizes it and, perhaps, expands on it…. Highly recommended.” —ChoiceCognitive Dissonance is a must-read for anyone studying social psychology. Now in its second edition, this work continues to show the utility of Festinger's seminal theory but also modernizes it and, perhaps, expands on it...Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsContributors Foreword to the First Edition Foreword to the Second Edition Preface Chapter 1: An Introduction to Cognitive Dissonance Theory and an Overview of Current Perspectives on the TheoryEddie Harmon-Jones and Judson MillsPart I: Perspectives Employing the Original Version of the Theory Chapter 2: Improving the 1957 Version of Dissonance TheoryJudson Mills Chapter 3: A Radical Point of View on Dissonance TheoryJean-Leon Beauvois and Robert-Vincent Joule Chapter 4: Understanding the Motivation Underlying Dissonance Effects: The Action-Based ModelEddie Harmon-Jones and Cindy Harmon-Jones Chapter 5: What Is Cognitive Consistency, and Why Does It Matter?Bertram Gawronski and Skylar M. Brannon Chapter 6: Dissonance Now: How Accessible Discrepancies Moderate Distress and Diverse DefensesIan McGregor, Ian R. Newby-Clark, and Mark P. ZannaPart II: The Role of the Self in Dissonance Chapter 7: Dissonance, Hypocrisy, and the Self-ConceptElliot Aronson Chapter 8: Self-Affirmation Theory: An Update and AppraisalJoshua Aronson, Geoffrey Cohen, and Paul R. Nail Chapter 9: In Search of the Motivation for Dissonance Reduction: The Drive to Lessen Aversive ConsequencesJoel CooperPart III: Mathematical Models, Neural Activations, and Affective Responses Chapter 10: Modeling Cognitive Dissonance as a Parallel Constraint Satisfaction Network With LearningStephen J. Read and Brian M. Monroe Chapter 11: Neural Basis of Cognitive DissonanceKeise Izuma and Kou Murayama Chapter 12: Moving Beyond Attitude Change in the Study of Dissonance-Related Processes: An Update on the Role of DiscomfortPatricia G. Devine, John M. Tauer, Kenneth E. Barron, Andrew J. Elliot, Kristen M. Vance, and Eddie Harmon-Jones Appendix A: Social Communication and Cognition: A Very Preliminary and Highly Tentative DraftLeon Festinger (1954) Appendix B: Reflections on Cognitive Dissonance: 30 Years LaterLeon Festinger (1987) Appendix C: Historical Note on Festinger’s Tests of Dissonance TheoryJudson Mills Index About the Editor
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The University of North Carolina Press Pauli Murray A Personal and Political Life
Book SynopsisThe Rev. Dr. Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray (1910-1985) was a trailblazing social activist, writer, lawyer, civil rights organizer, and campaigner for gender rights. In this intimate biography, Troy Saxby provides the most comprehensive account of Murray's inner life to date, revealing her struggles in poignant detail.Trade ReviewThere's so much to glean from this book, so many milestones Saxby says Murray set, that you almost can't stop reading despite watching the discomfort, obvious pain, and inner struggle she endured. Through letters and articles she wrote, readers get to know Murray as she perceived herself. Those personal peeks are engrossing, especially given the legacy she left. . . . Any reader who wants to know more about social justice pioneers should get a bead on it.--The Washington Informer This detailed biography on an underrated social and politlcal activist results in an ambitious undertaking by Saxby, whose emphasis on Murray's private life tells a history of trials based on personal experiences and records.--Library Journal
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The University of North Carolina Press Race for Profit How Banks and the Real Estate
Book SynopsisNarrating the story of a sea-change in housing policy and its dire impact on African Americans, Race for Profit reveals how the urban core was transformed into a new frontier of cynical extraction.Trade ReviewTaylor's novel analysis, vivid storytelling, clear argumentation, and encyclopedic mastery of the historiography make [Race for Profit] a future classic." - The Metropole"Essential for readers wishing to understand the depth and differentials of U.S. racial discrimination, Taylor's masterly expose of the political economy of the racially bifurcated market systematically lays bare how residential segregation made profits from race; it also illustrates the mismatch of market solutions to racist policies and practices and underscores the limits of legislation alone to undo institutional racism." - Library Journal, starred review"Among the myriad strengths of Race for Profit is Taylor's thoughtful and poignant analysis of the structures of meaning that undergird the racialized political economy of homeownership in this period." - H-Net Reviews"In this meticulously researched and well-written volume, Taylor . . . highlights an important chapter in African American history, focusing on how mortgage bankers and the FHA turned the promise of black home ownership into an urban nightmare, ultimately reinforcing historic urban-suburban racial segregation." - CHOICE"In her thorough examination of a purposefully erased chapter of housing policy, Taylor achieves a compelling history for both specialists and the general-interest reader. The concept of predatory inclusion, perhaps Taylor's most important contribution, offers an important framework for critiques of housing under capitalism. . . . [and] suggests a more revolutionary rethinking of our contemporary relationship to housing." - Carolina Planning Journal"The product of a seasoned author, Taylor's book strikes a tough balance. It details the intricacies of HUD policy while holding readers close through very human depictions of the experiences and manipulations of those policies. . . . There's within its pages new ways to interrogate the story we tell about policy gone wrong." - Black Perspectives"Taylor grounds her analysis in extensive archival research and in conversation with the historiography that it both extends and challenges." - Metropolitics"Narrating the story of a sea-change in housing policy and its dire impact on African Americans, Race for Profit reveals how the urban core was transformed into a new frontier of cynical extraction." - Democratic Left "Details bungling mismanagement, gross corruption, distorted incentives, civil rights regulations that went unheeded and unenforced - what Taylor calls a system of "predatory inclusion" that was distinct yet not entirely free from the racist system of exclusion that preceded it." - The New York Times"The book makes a strong case that giving so much power to profit-driven industries doomed the program's goals from the start, and there are clear parallels to the later subprime mortgage crisis of the 2000s. Race for Profit is an important addition to the literature on predatory lending and housing discrimination, as well as a valuable warning." - Foreword Reviews"Like many historians, Taylor stays close to the history she documents and doesn't set out to address the present day in a sustained or direct way. She doesn't propose a solution to these perpetual abuses, and certainly not a neat, bipartisan policy move. In her telling, the problems are deep and abiding. They have to do with the degree to which the "American Dream" has become synonymous with the big yet also small accomplishment of owning a house." - The New Republic"A groundbreaking new book." - The New Yorker"A rich economic and policy history, Race for Profit begins and ends its account of housing inequality with people. . . . In crisp and empathetic detail, Taylor . . . discusses the Black people who were cynically given predatory loans to purchase dilapidated houses and who eventually fought back." - The Nation"Taylor lays bare the naked racism, unethical practices, and rampant profiteering that saturated all aspects of the federal government and real estate industry's treatment of Black America." - Planning Perspectives"Taylor's new and critical addition to the canon of housing-inequality scholarship illuminates how the private real estate industry, even in the era of supposed "Fair Housing," failed Black people by preying on them for profit. It also reveals how mistaken American ideas about real estate-specifically, the idea of homeownership as a pillar of the American Dream-fueled the system that encouraged the pillaging of Black capital, while ultimately betraying the American public writ large." - Public Books“What’s the last great book you read?”“I can’t just name one. I want to highlight three great books I recently read on America’s political economy. The first, Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership, by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, is an expertly told history of the post-civil rights emergence of what Taylor terms “predatory inclusion”. The second, From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century, by William A. Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen, is the best booklong case for reparations. The third, The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States, by Walter Johnson, adroitly examines a U.S. history of imperial racial capitalism with its crosswinds centered in St. Louis.” - Dr. Ibram Kendi, New York Times, March 20201
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The University of North Carolina Press White Philanthropy
Book SynopsisSince its publication in 1944, many Americans have described Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma as a defining text on US race relations. Here, Maribel Morey confirms with historical evidence what many critics of the book have suspected: it was not commissioned, funded, or written with the goal of challenging white supremacy.
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The University of North Carolina Press Shirley Chisholm
Book SynopsisInterweaves Shirley Chisholm's public image, political commitments, and private experiences to create a definitive account of a consequential life. In so doing, Anastasia Curwood suggests new truths for understanding the social movements of Chisholm's time and the opportunities she forged for herself through coalition building.
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The University of North Carolina Press Catastrophic Diplomacy US Foreign Disaster
Book SynopsisOffers a sweeping history of US foreign disaster assistance, highlighting its centrality to twentieth-century US foreign relations. Spanning over seventy years, the book examines how the US government, US military, and their partners in the American voluntary sector responded to major catastrophes around the world.
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The University of North Carolina Press Rap and Redemption on Death Row
Book SynopsisA hip-hop-rich prison memoir, this book chronicles Alim Braxton's struggles and triumphs as he attempts to record an album while on death row, something no one has done before. Braxton's world is complex: full of reflections on guilt, condemnation, incarceration, religious awakening, and the redemptive power of art.
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University of Nebraska Press The Masters
Book SynopsisProvides stories and highlights from the Masters from its inception up through 2018. Trade Review"It is often said that the real Masters doesn't begin until the back nine on Sunday. Mr. Sowell's nuanced descriptions of those holes make it clear why the chase on Sunday afternoons is so often thrilling."—John Paul Newport, Wall Street Journal“Sowell gives us the Masters in full flower.”—Booklist“An entertaining read that enthusiasts will enjoy.”—Library Journal"This third edition provides a rich historical view of the course where success breeds legends and where failure can haunt even the most brilliant golfer’s career. . . . If you are a golf fan or enjoy watching this tournament that is the unofficial start of spring, The Masters is one of the best books on the sport and this tradition."—Jason Schott, Brooklyn Digest"Using a unique format in which the history of events that happened at each hole is described, Sowell will inform readers about golfers in every era."—Lance Smith, Guy Who Reviews Sports Books“Every kind of book on the Masters that could be written had been written, until David Sowell came along. He takes a route previously not taken, giving each of the eighteen holes of Augusta National its own fifteen minutes of fame.”—Furman Bisher, the late legendary sports columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution who covered the Masters for more than sixty years“We have always wondered why the Masters is a tradition unlike any other. David Sowell has an answer. . . . He covers the magical moments of the good, the grand, and the also-ran on a course that itself is a memorial to Bobby Jones.”—Sidney L. Matthew, author and producer of Life and Times of Bobby JonesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Hole No. 1 Hole No. 2 Hole No. 3 Hole No. 4 Hole No. 5 Hole No. 6 Hole No. 7 Hole No. 8 Hole No. 9 Hole No. 10 Hole No. 11 Hole No. 12 Hole No. 13 Hole No. 14 Hole No. 15 Hole No. 16 Hole No. 17 Hole No. 18 Appendix 1: Masters Champions Appendix 2: 2018 Qualifications for Invitation Index
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MJ - Ohio University Press The Brontës and the Fairy Tale
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MP-ALA American Library Assoc Less is More
Book SynopsisWeeding is the unglamorous side of the ""library selection"" coin, yet for vibrant, quality collections, it is critically important. This guide explains the ins and outs, including why weeding is such an important task. It outlines the steps to get started; and clarifies how to use automation tools in weeding.
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MG - Human Kinetics Winning Wrestling Moves
Book SynopsisWith more than 700 detailed photographs illustrating moves and countermoves, this book shows how to handle any opponent in virtually any situation. It provides high school and college wrestlers and their coaches with various fundamentals and fresh refinements in wrestling techniques.Trade Review"This book contains easy-to-follow material for the beginning wrestler as well as enough detail to aid the seasoned coach and athlete. A great addition for the serious wrestler."Tom and Terry Brands1993 World Wrestling Champions—USA"This is one of the most technically elaborate wrestling books I have ever read. The precise descriptions and accompanying photos will be of great benefit to all who want to increase their knowledge of wrestling. It covers all aspects of wrestling, from takedowns to pins."Russ HellicksonHead Wrestling Coach, The Ohio State UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1. Basic SkillsChapter 2. TakedownsChapter 3. Escapes and ReversalsChapter 4. Breakdowns, Rides, and PinsChapter 5. Freestyle Turns
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates
Book SynopsisThese twenty-five interviews with Joyce Carol Oates from early in her career to the present are the first such collection to be published. In conversations from sources as diverse as major news magazines and small scholarly journals, Oates candidly talks about her work, her concepts of literature, her methods of writing, and many other topics.
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Conversations with Saul Bellow
Book SynopsisIn this collection of interviews spanning 1953 to 1991, Saul Bellow speaks with his interviewers of the changing role of fiction, the literary establishment, and the place of literature in modern life. Since no definitive biography of Bellow has yet been written, these interviews provide valuable insights into this pre-eminent American novelist.
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Conversations with Ralph Ellison
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John Wiley & Sons Essentials of Nursing Law and Ethics
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John Wiley & Sons Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health
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Kogan Page Making Hybrid Working Work A Practical Guide for
Book SynopsisGary Cookson is the Founder and Director of EPIC, a consultancy where he helps clients to improve workplace performance. Based in Cheshire, UK, he has more than 20 years' experience in both strategic and operational HR, Learning and Development (L&D) and Organization Development (OD) roles in the public, private and voluntary sectors. He is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development), a Fellow of the LPI (Learning and Performance Institute) and a qualified coach. He is the author of HR for Hybrid Working, also published by Kogan Page.
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Kogan Page Advanced Methods for Human Resource Management R
Book SynopsisDr Paul Joseph-Richard is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management (HRM) at Ulster University Business School, UK. He teaches HRM and Research Methods modules in a range of Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes. He is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD) and his research has been published in several journals such as Studies in Higher Education and Human Resource Development International.
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Kogan Page Effective Brand Building Unlock Growth with
Book SynopsisAndrew Geoghegan is an experienced CMO and brand strategist who has held senior roles at businesses including Diageo, PepsiCo, William Grant & Sons, and PZ Cussons. Based in London, UK he has worked on brands including Guinness, Johnnie Walker and Tropicana. His paper on creating a culture of effectiveness at Diageo won Gold, Best New Learning, and Best Use of Data from the IPA in 2020 and in 2022 and 2023 he was recognised as one of the top 100 marketers by Marketing Week. He has written a regular column for Marketing Week since 2018.
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Johns Hopkins University Press Averting the Digital Dark Age
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Johns Hopkins University Press At the Foot of the Himalayas
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Johns Hopkins University Press Living without Itch
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Johns Hopkins University Press Criticizing Science
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Johns Hopkins University Press Loving Someone with a Mental Illness or History
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Johns Hopkins University Press Change Is Possible
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Johns Hopkins University Press Brilliant Modernism
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Johns Hopkins University Press Climate Justice and the University
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American Psychological Association Crises in the Psychotherapy Session
Book SynopsisWhat do you do when your client flies into a rage or has a severe panic attack during a therapy session?Author Julian D. Ford explains how to harness such crises for breakthroughs. Crises that eruptin themidst ofapsychotherapy session can be overwhelming not just for the client but also for the therapist. Yet every crisis also can be a therapeutic breakthrough. With this book,therapistslearn how to transform such critical moments in psychotherapy into powerful and positive turning points. ? Drawing from trauma and attachment theory and the essential principles of psychotherapy and crisis management, Ford explains how crises can be understood as episodes of extreme emotional dysregulation. With a series ofin-depthcase examples, Ford shows how therapists can utilize emotion regulation as a practical framework to deescalate crises. ? Each case study is a transcript of a psychotherapy session, complete with dialogue and commentary, featuringreal-lTrade ReviewFord (Univ. of Connecticut) is truly a pioneer in the treatment of trauma…This volume is particularly valuable, as part 2 includes six transcripts of therapy sessions based on recorded sessions, as reenacted by graduate students…Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. General readers. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Transforming Crises into Turning Points in PsychotherapyI. Essential Principles and Practices for Resolving Crises in the Psychotherapy Session 1. A Phase-Based Crisis Model 2. Emotional Dysregulation and Adaptive Self-Regulation 3. Essential Elements of Crisis Intervention 4. Essential Psychotherapy Principles and Practices 5. An Integrative Approach to Resolving Crises in the Psychotherapy Session 6. Crises as a Challenge to Therapist Self-RegulationII. Case Session Transcripts of In-Session Critical Moments 7. Supporting a Recently Traumatized Youth in a Crisis of Dissociation and Self-Harm 8. Engaging a Sexually Traumatized Youth in Therapy 9. Understanding and Working with Dissociative States 10. A Crisis of Trauma and Distress Across Generations 11. Helping a Family Cope with the Threat of Revictimization 12. Defusing Violence and Facilitating Recovery from Profound Dissociation Epilogue References
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John Wiley & Sons Psychological Assessment of Emotional
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