Robert S Davis: 22 books

Book cover of The Politically Correct University

The Politically Correct University

Problems, Scope, and Reforms

by Robert Maranto, Fredrick Hess, Richard Redding
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009

The Politically Correct University shows how the universities' quest for 'diversity' has produced in too many departments a stifling uniformity of thought. Required reading for those who want American universities to eschew political correctness." — Michael Barone, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Book cover of Societies in Eclipse

Societies in Eclipse

Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands Indians, A.D. 1400-1700

by Marvin T. Smith, Stephen Williams, David G. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2005

While contact with explorers, missionaries, and traders made a significant impact on natives of the Eastern Woodlands, Indian peoples cannot be solely understood from the historical record. Here, in Societies in Eclipse, archaeologists combine recent research with insights from anthropology, historiography,...
Book cover of Genetics

Genetics

Science, Ethics, and Public Policy

by Mark P. Aulisio, Françoise Baylis, Geoffrey D. Block
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2005

Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional...
Book cover of Futuristica: Volume 1
by Stephanie Burgis, Anne E. Johnson, Robert Lowell Russell
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016

What does the future hold for us? This anthology of nineteen diverse stories from authors around the world shows us a future full of adventure, intrigue, fun, heart-ache, and wonder.A imprisoned space pirate from Phobos is given a last chance for freedom, but only if he’s willing to kill his younger...
Book cover of Harvard Classics Volume 51
by Robert Matteson Johnston, Golden Deer Classics, William Scott Ferguson
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2017

Volume 51 contains a total of 60 lectures covering 12 topics: History Poetry Natural Science Philosophy Biography Prose Fiction Criticism and the Essay Education Political Science Drama Voyages and Travels Religion
Book cover of Histories of Southeastern Archaeology
by David G. Anderson, Gregory A. Waselkov, Stephen Williams
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010

This volume provides a comprehensive, broad-based overview, including first-person accounts, of the development and conduct of archaeology in the Southeast over the past three decades. Histories of Southeastern Archaeology originated as a symposium at the 1999 Southeastern Archaeological Conference...
Book cover of How Effective Is Correctional Education, and Where Do We Go from Here? The Results of a Comprehensive Evaluation
by Lois M. Davis, Jennifer L. Steele, Robert Bozick
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014

This report assesses the effectiveness of correctional education programs for both incarcerated adults and juveniles and the cost-effectiveness of adult correctional education. It also provides results of a survey of U.S. state correctional education directors that give an up-to-date picture of what...
Book cover of William James, Moral Philosophy, and the Ethical Life
by Guy Axtell, Gregory Eiselein, Jacob L. Goodson
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...
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