David H Johnson: 25 books

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1918

Winning the War, Losing the War

by Matthias Strohn, James S. Corum, David T. Zabecki
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018

In 2018, the world will be commemorating the centenary of the end of the First World War. In many ways, 1918 was the most dramatic year of the conflict. After the defeat of Russia in 1917, the Germans were able to concentrate their forces on the Western Front for the first time in the war, and the...
Book cover of Handbook for Small Science Centers
by Pat Adams, American Association of Museums, Association of Science-Technology Centers
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006

There has been, and continues to be, an explosion of interest in developing new small science centers that is changing the world of museums. This handbook is designed to be a one-stop source for future and current centers, and anyone interested in the important roles these institutions play in their...
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Diasporas

Concepts, Intersections, Identities

by Jeffrey Lesser, Homi Bhabha, Peter Mandaville
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013

Featuring essays by world-renowned scholars, Diasporas charts the various ways in which global population movements and associated social, political and cultural issues have been seen through the lens of diaspora. Wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, this collection considers critical concepts shaping...
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Marginality and Crisis

Globalization and Identity in Contemporary Africa

by Olutayo C. Adesina, Osita Agbu, Olajide Olayemi Akanji
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010

Marginality and Crisis: Globalization and Identity in Contemporary Africa extends the scope and understanding of the effects of globalization and its forces on Africa. With each chapter written by specialists who recognize that the future of Africa is entwined with that of the rest of the world, this...
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Christian Higher Education

Faith, Teaching, and Learning in the Evangelical Tradition

by Bruce Ashford, Paul Bialek, Peter Cha
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2018

Our world is growing increasingly complex and confused—a unique and urgent context that calls for a grounded and fresh approach to Christian higher education. Christian higher education involves a distinctive way of thinking about teaching, learning, scholarship, curriculum, student life,...
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Place Matters

Criminology for the Twenty-First Century

by David Weisburd, John E. Eck, Anthony A. Braga
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016

Over the last two decades, there has been increased interest in the distribution of crime and other antisocial behavior at lower levels of geography. The focus on micro geography and its contribution to the understanding and prevention of crime has been called the 'criminology of place'. It pushes...
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Congress and Harry S. Truma

A Conflicted Legacy

by Donald A. Ritchie, Michael J. Devine, Senator George S. McGovern
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This collection of essays examines President Truman’s somewhat contentious relationships with Congress. Authors evaluate Truman’s successes and defeats and measure him against later presidents of the United States. While the Truman era has been perceived as a stalemate between the executive and...
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Van Gogh among the Philosophers

Painting, Thinking, Being

by Pauline E. Erickson, Alina N. Feld, Stephen A. Erickson
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017

This volume brings Continental philosophical interpretations of Van Gogh into dialogue with one another to explore how for Van Gogh, art places human beings in their world, and yet in other ways displaces them, not allowing them to belong to that world.
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Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality

Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions

by Vishal Agarwal, Arik Ascherman, Sherry H. Blumberg
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2005

Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions provides a forum for prominent religious scholars to examine the state of religious knowledge and theological reflection on spiritual development in childhood and adolescence. Featuring essays from thinkers...
Book cover of Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Child Migrants
by Carlos Aguilar, Mary Grace Antony, Heather L. Bridges
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017

As global societies grapple with an unprecedented refugee and migration crisis, child refugees and migrants—who constitute a particularly vulnerable immigrant category—have been surprisingly overlooked in immigration scholarship. This book addresses this lapse by presenting interdisciplinary perspectives...
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A Sense of Regard

Essays on Poetry and Race

by Martha Collins, Camille T. Dungy, Tony Hoagland
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2015

A Sense of Regard, says Laura McCullough, “is an effort to collect the voices of living poets and scholars in thoughtful and considered exfoliation of the current confluence of poetry and race, the difficulties, the nuances, the unexamined, the feared, the questions, and the quarrels across aesthetic...
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