Thomas M Thomas: 903 books
Ladies in the Laboratory II
West European Women in Science, 1800-1900: A Survey of Their Contributions to Research
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2004
The lives of many of the nineteenth century's most notable women of science are presented in English for the first time in this companion volume to Ladies in the Laboratory: American and British Women in Science. The present volume bridges a considerable gap in English literature available on women...
by Major Thomas M. Hough
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
In 1979 the age old struggle for the control of Islam between the Shiite and Sunni sects re-emerged in the Middle East. Four events occurred in 1979 that defined the context of contemporary Middle Eastern politics: the Islamic revolution in Iran, the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli peace accords,...
New Essays on Samuel Johnson
Revaluation
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2018
New Essays on Samuel Johnson: Revaluation is a collection of essays by various hands that examines its point of focus, the inexhaustible English author Samuel Johnson, from a variety of different critical perspectives. The book also simultaneously interrogates particular texts (such as the Dictionary,...
by Thomas M. Leonard
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
The Historical Dictionary of Panama covers the history of Panama through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture....
Ireland, France, and the Atlantic in a Time of War
Reflections on the Bordeaux–Dublin Letters, 1757
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
In March 1757 – early in the Seven Years’ War – a British privateer intercepted an Irish ship, the Two Sisters of Dublin, as it returned home from Bordeaux with a cargo of wine and French luxury goods. Amongst the cargo seized were 125 letters from members of the Irish expatriate community,...
Child Welfare in the Legal Setting
A Critical and Interpretive Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
Explore legal issues that often hinder the work of child welfare practitioners!
Child Welfare in the Legal Setting: A Critical and Interpretive Perspective is a revolutionary study of the child welfare system that is essential for practitioners, educators, and students interested in public...
The Society of Jesus in Ireland, Scotland, and England, 1589-1597
Building the Faith of Saint Peter upon the King of Spain's Monarchy
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
English Catholic voices, once disregarded as merely confessional, are now acknowledged to provide important perspectives on Elizabethan society. Based on extensive archival research, this book builds on previous studies for the first thorough investigation of the Jesuit mission to England during a...
by Claudia Bernardi, Roberto Cuéllar, Rev. Carlos Sanchez
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Archbishop Romero and Spiritual Leadership in the Modern World presents a contemporary and integrated understanding of one of the most remarkable pastoral leaders of our time. This bishop, Oscar Romero of El Salvador, experienced deeply the overwhelming sufferings of the Salvadoran people, as well...
History as a Science and the System of the Sciences
Phenomenological Investigations
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
This volume goes beyond presently available phenomenological analyses based on the structures and constitution of the lifeworld. It shows how the science of history is the mediator between the human and the natural sciences. It demonstrates that the distinction between interpretation and explanation...
by Claire Milgrom, Theresa Kestly, Evangeline Munns
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2010
Adolescents are often resistant, hostile, moody, and difficult, but they can also be fascinating, creative, spontaneous, and passionate. How do mental health professionals get past the facade? Play Therapy with Adolescents is the first book to offer a complete variety of play therapy approaches specifically...
Sustainability in the Anthropocene
Philosophical Essays on Renewable Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2019
We are facing an environmental crisis that some say is ushering a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, one that threatens not only a great deal of life on the planet but also our understanding of who we are and our relation to the natural world. In the face of this crisis it has become clear that...
James K. Polk
A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2000
When he was elected President in 1845, James K. Polk was only 49 years old-at that time the youngest president ever to be elected. He faced a conflicted nation on the verge of tremendous territorial expansion. James K. Polk's four years in office marked the greatest period of territorial acquisition...
Financing Armed Conflict, Volume 1
Resourcing US Military Interventions from the Revolution to the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2016
This first part of a two-volume series examines in detail the financing of America’s major wars from the American Revolution to the Civil War. It interweaves analyses of political policy, military strategy and operations, and war finance and economic mobilization with examinations of the events...
Women in Lebanon
Living with Christianity, Islam, and Multiculturalism
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
Combining insider and outsider perspectives, Women in Lebanon looks at Christian and Muslim women living together in a multicultural society and facing modernity. While the Arab Spring has begun to draw attention to issues of change, modernity, and women's subjectivity, this manuscript takes a unique...