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Reconsidering Roots

Race, Politics, and Memory

by Erica L. Ball, Norvella Carter, Warren Chalklen
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017

This wide-ranging interdisciplinary collection—the first of its kind—invites us to reconsider the politics and scope of the Roots phenomenon of the 1970s. Alex Haley’s 1976 book was a publishing sensation, selling over a million copies in its first year and winning a National Book Award and...
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Texans on the Brink

Threatened and Endangered Animals

by Neil B. Ford, David Ford, Jeremy D. Maikoetter
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2019

What good is a rattlesnake? What purpose do animals serve? All species play a vital role in their biological communities, and the removal of just one can have a noticeable and catastrophic ripple effect. Yet social and political pressures frequently pit species conservation against economic...
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Staff Officers in Gray

A Biographical Register of the Staff Officers in the Army of Northern Virginia

by Robert E. L. Krick
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2003

This indispensable Civil War reference profiles some 2,300 staff officers in Robert E. Lee's famous Army of Northern Virginia. These men--ordnance officers, engineers, aides-de-camp, and quartermasters, among others--worked at the side of many of the Confederacy's greatest figures, helping to feed...
Book cover of Changing Perspectives on the Archaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley
by Gregory L. Fox, Paul P. Kreisa, David H. Dye
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011

Fourteen experts examine the current state of Central Valley prehistoric research and provide an important touchstone for future archaeological study of the region. The Mississippi Valley region has long played a critical role in the development of American archaeology and continues to be widely...
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The Florida Manatee

Biology and Conservation

by Roger L Reep, Robert K Bonde
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010

Much of what we know about manatee biology and behavior has been learned in the years after they were first declared an endangered species in 1967. Roger Reep and Robert Bonde have been at the forefront of manatee research for more than two decades. The Florida Manatee offers an engaging, accessible...
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The Rock-Art of Eastern North America

Capturing Images and Insight

by Daniel Arsenault, Mary R. McCorvie, Johannes H.N. Loubser
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010

Showcases the wealth of new research on sacred imagery found in 12 states and 4 Canadian provinces. In archaeology, rock-art—any long-lasting marking made on a natural surface—is similar to material culture (pottery and tools) because it provides a record of human activity and ideology...
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Preventive Measures

Building Risk Assessment and Crisis Early Warning Systems

by Adeel Ahmed, Günther Baechler, Doug Bond
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 1998

State failure, ethnopolitical war, genocide, famine, and refugee flows are variants of a type of complex political and humanitarian crisis, exemplified during the 1990s in places like Somalia, Bosnia, Liberia, and Afghanistan. The international consequences of such crises are profound, often threatening...
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Effective Risk Communication

A Message-Centered Approach

by Matthew W. Seeger, Robert Littlefield, Robert R. Ulmer
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2008

Coordination of risk assessments and risk communication strategies requires information sharing and establishing networks of working relationships between groups and agencies. Establishing these relationships necessitates overcoming - stitutional, cultural, and political boundaries. Signi?cant barriers...
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Chlorinated Solvents

A Forensic Evaluation

by Robert D Morrison, Brian L Murphy, Robert Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015

Environmental forensics is emerging and evolving into a recognized scientific discipline with numerous applications, especially regarding chlorinated solvents. This unique book provides the reader with a concise compilation of information regarding the use of environmental forensic techniques for...
Book cover of Public Modalities
by Phaedra Carmen Pezzullo, Robert Asen, Helene A. Shugart
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010

This book explores the ways that scholars, journalists, politicians, and citizens conceive of “the public” or “public life,” and how those entities are defined and invented. For decades, scholars have used the metaphors of spheres, systems, webs, or networks to talk about, describe, and map...
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Flip the Switch, Lose the Weight

Proven Strategies to Fuel Your Metabolism and Burn Fat 24 Hours a Day

by Robert K. Cooper, Leslie L. Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007

Discover how easy it can be to drop those unwanted pounds by flipping the switch that revs up metabolism to maximize fat burning all day long Could losing weight really be as simple as flipping a switch? Absolutely, says Dr. Robert Cooper, one of America's leading weight-loss researchers. The...
Book cover of Lexikon Raumphilosophie
by Stephan Günzel, Franziska Kümmerling, Kurt Röttgers
Language: German
Release Date: October 1, 2013

Der Raum und das Verständnis des Raums sind als große neue Themen der Philosophie im Gespräch. Die damit zusammenhängenden Fragen gewinnen derart an Bedeutung, dass von einem ›spatial turn‹ der Wissenschaft gesprochen wird, in Entsprechung zum ›linguistic turn‹, der das Gesicht der Philosophie...
Book cover of Digestive Disorders of the Forestomach, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, E-Book
by Meredyth L. Jones, DVM, MS
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017

This issue, edited by Drs. Robert Callan and Meredyth Jones, focuses on Digestive Disorders in Ruminants. Article topics include: Rumen (Forestomach) Development and Function; Diagnostic Approach to Forestomach Diseases; Clinical Rumen Acidosis; Diagnosis and Herd Management of Subclinical Rumen Acidosis;...
Book cover of The Historical Jesus
by Robert M. Price, John Dominic Crossan, Luke Timothy Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2010

The scholarly quest for the historical Jesus has a distinguished pedigree in modern Western religious and historical scholarship, with names such as Strauss, Schweitzer and Bultmann highlighting the story. Since the early 1990s, when the Jesus quest was reawakened for a third run, numerous significant...
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