Joseph Lee: 83 books
Innovations in Higher Education
Igniting the Spark for Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad...
The Sociology of Katrina
Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
The second edition of The Sociology of Katrina brings together the nation's top sociological researchers in an effort to deepen our understanding of the modern catastrophe that is Hurricane Katrina. Five years after the storm, its profound impact continues to be felt.
This new edition explores...
The Supreme Court and Legal Change
Abortion and the Death Penalty
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
The authors analyze abortion and death penalty decisions by the Supreme Court and argue that they provide prime examples of abrupt legal change. After proposing that the strength of legal arguments has at least as much impact on Court decisions as do public opinion and justices' political beliefs,...
Media, Social Mobilisation and Mass Protests in Post-colonial Hong Kong
The Power of a Critical Event
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2010
Since 2003, Hong Kong has witnessed a series of large-scale protests which have constituted the core of a reinvigorated pro-democracy movement. What drove tens of thousands of citizens to the street on a yearly basis to protest? What were the social and organizational bases of the protest movement?...
by Eric Friginal, Joseph J. Lee, Brittany Polat
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
This book presents a corpus-based study of spoken learner language produced by university-level ESL students in the classroom. Using contemporary theories as a guide and employing cutting-edge corpus analysis tools and methods, the authors analyse a variety of learner speech to offer many new insights...
William James, Moral Philosophy, and the Ethical Life
The Cries of the Wounded
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Virtue theory, natural law, deontology, utilitarianism, existentialism: these are the basic moral theories taught in “Ethics,” “History of Philosophy,” and “Introduction to Philosophy” courses throughout the United States. When the American philosopher William James (1842 – 1910) find...
Indian Wars: The Fightings in West Virgina, North Carolina, Montana & Illinois
History of Conflicts Between European Colonists and the Indigenous Peoples of North America: Wars in West Virgina, North Carolina, Montana & Illinois
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018
This carefully edited historical collection of has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Indian Wars is the collective name for the various armed conflicts fought by European governments and colonists, and later the United States...
The Bible and the Gun
Christianity in South China, 1860-1900
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
This book takes a new look at the impacts of Christianity in the late-nineteenth-century China. Using American Baptist and English Presbyterian examples in Guangdong province, it examines the scale of Chinese conversions, the creation of Christian villages, and the power relations between Christians...
by Michael J. Lee, Daniel C. Norvell, Joseph R. Dettori
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
The SMART Approach to Spine Clinical Research is a must-have guide for spine care professionals seeking to make a meaningful contribution to the scientific literature and advance their careers by publishing high-quality clinical research. Planning, conducting, and publishing the results of your clinical...
Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Families
A Model of Individualized Positive Behavior Support for Home and Community
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
The popular, research-based Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR) model is used in schools and childcare settings nationwide to address challenging behaviors in children with and without disabilities. Now, with the Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Families (PTR-F) model in this accessible guidebook, you can use...
Enthalpy and Internal Energy
Liquids, Solutions and Vapours
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Containing the very latest information on all aspects of enthalpy and internal energy as related to fluids, this book brings all the information into one authoritative survey in this well-defined field of chemical thermodynamics. Written by acknowledged experts in their respective fields, each of...
by Barbara Demarco-Barrett, Michael Connelly, Jeffery Deaver
Language: German
Release Date: February 28, 2019
Language: German
Release Date: February 28, 2019
Ein packendes literarisches Länderporträt Spannende Geschichten herausragender Autor/innen Ein abenteuerlicher Roadtrip quer durch die USA »Eine bessere Kurzgeschichtensammlung ist schwer zu finden - egal in welchem Genre.« Publishers Weekly Von Küste zu Küste: 14 herausragende Autorinnen und...
by Aaron Kim, Joseph Hur, Peter Lee
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
A thought-provoking compilation of young students' observations of society, Out on a Limb: From Vulnerability to Maturity will question your perspective and understanding of seemingly insignificant, everyday occurrences.