American Academy of Pediatrics Baby and Child Health (American Academy of Pediatrics)

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American Academy of Pediatrics Baby and Child Health (American Academy of Pediatrics)
Jennifer Shu
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Providing the most current information on the diseases and disorders of childhood, this is an essential guide for parents with children from newborns up to 11 years.

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Good for childcare reference.......2007-08-15

This book is beautifully designed, with gorgeous pictures and attractive layouts. It is a very good "reference" book for general child healthcare topics as well as a pretty neat diagnosis section that I think all new moms can appreciate. (Sometimes we need to know a quick answer - ie. rash = ?). The book is written from a pretty clinical perpective, however, so if your looking for any reflection that goes along with these topics, this book is not the book for you.

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Compelling Thesis With Some Minor Flaws.......2005-08-01

As the subtitle states, Pauline Maier follows the evolutionary process of the American resistance movement against Britain in the Colonies from 1765 to 1776. Maier traces the ideology of resistance back across the Atlantic to a radical faction of the Whig Party in Britain known as "Real Whigs." The Real Whigs believed that since the Glorious Revolution citizens have a right and a responsibility to speak out against the abuses of power and corruption within the government. Their aim, however, was not anarchy but rather to seek redress and reform through legal means. Maier argues this Real Whig ideology was transplanted to the American colonies through various forms of Whig literatures, particularly pamphlets by such political philosophers as John Locke and John Milton. In addition, Maier points out a further source of influence were the essays published by John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon as "Cato's Letters," a primary source the author draws from extensively. The Real Whig philosophy was thus exposed at various town meetings throughout the colonies, particularly those in New England. Maier shows how assorted forms of "popular uprisings" to the Crown had existed at regional levels during the first decades of the eighteenth century. It was not until the 1760s, however, that a series of taxes levied by Britain on a variety of imported goods resulted in an increase of acts of protest and violence by the colonial radicals. Maier emphasizes how these early grievances were expressed though moderately peaceful means. The common practice of tarring and feathering of tax collectors, and later Stamp men was first initiated during this early period and for the most part became the extent of the personal violence practiced by the radicals. According to Maier, the Stamp Act of 1765 proved a watershed event for the resistance movement. Two bloody riots in Boston in August of that year bordered on chaos, but offered valuable lessons for the resistance leaders. From this point on, argues Maier, resistance against Britain became an organized movement whose centralized tactics spread throughout the colonies. The epicenter of the resistance movement was the organization dubbed the Sons of Liberty; first established in New York, with chapters soon rising up in other cities and towns throughout the colonies. Maier emphasizes that initially the colonists wanted to remain loyal to Great Britain. Reforms of oppressive governmental policies set forth against the colonials were their ultimate goal. The Sons of Liberty devised a strategy of systematic resistance through "extra-legal" not "illegal" means. If violence became necessary, destruction against official property, was preferred over harm to individuals. Maier illustrates the dismantling of tax offices and the Boston Tea Party, as examples of the former, while pointing out that rarely were official's homes destroyed. Moreover, effigies became the focus of frustration, not the officials themselves. When the Stamp Act was repealed, the resisters felt they had achieved a great victory and were content to return to life as usual under the mother country. It was only after Britain's escalation of "Intolerable Acts, however, that the resisters peaceful means proved inadequate. Maier concludes that revolution was the last resort for the colonial radicals and initiated only after all peaceful means were exhausted. Maier has written an intellectual history integrating a cause and effect methodology centering on a small group of radical resistors. The early publication date (1972) suggests the eclectic methodologies borrowed from the social sciences were not as prevalent in early American historiography as would be the case in the closing decade of the twentieth century. The author attempts to broaden her study to include the mid-Atlantic and southern colonies, however, a heavy emphasis on New England, particularly Boston, seems unavoidable. Maier prefers to consult mostly primary sources and utilizes the work of contemporary scholars sparingly. Wherever possible, period secondary sources, such as William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1771) are checked. The author cites various period correspondence, pamphlets, and a plethora of town Gazettes detailed in copious notes. Some criticisms. First, Maier fails in her efforts to effectively include all the colonies in her study. A comparative regional study far beyond the reaches of Maier's work would be needed to do justice to the complexity of the inter-colonial resistance movement. In addition, throughout the work the author assumes a considerable amount of knowledge from her readers. This approach is particularly evident with her treatment, or lack thereof, of the core of colonial radicals. For example, in the introduction, Maier explains how "A significant group of men . . . emerged as strong American partisans during the Stamp Act crisis and remained in the forefront of opposition to Britain on into the war." She goes on to list these prominent participants: "Christopher Gadsden in Charleston; Cornelius Harnett in North Carolina; Richard Henry Lee in Virginia; John Lamb and Isaac Sears in New York; Samuel Adams in Boston; . . . [and] Thomas Young . . . in Albany." Other than mere mention, Maier does not go into much detail about the lives or backgrounds of these men. More focus on this core group would have added a human dimension to her intellectual study. The fact that these men cover a wide geographical base reinforces the notion that Maier could have delved deeper into the inter-colonial aspect of the resistance movement. Aside from these nit-picks, Maier supports her thesis well throughout the book. Maier's argument centers on the premise that organized resistance as opposed to mob violence was the preferred method of expressing grievances, with revolution becoming a consideration only as a last resort. The author adequately demonstrates the resistance movement had historical precedence by tracing its origins back to the Real Whig faction in Britain. Maier's work is significant in that she shows that the colonial "radicals" were more about the Boston Tea Party and less about the more violent Boston Massacre and Lexington-Concord scenarios so prominently expressed in colonial historical literature.

From loyal opposition to American revolutionaries.......2005-02-23

Pauline Maier, currently the Willian R. Kenan Jr. Professor of American History at MIT, received her Ph.D from Harvard in 1968, one year after the publication of The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, written by her advisor and mentor Bernard Bailyn. In "From Resistance to Revolution," Maier builds upon the framework constructed by Bailyn to articulate her own answer to the Progressive and New Left interpretations of the Revolution. Maier is not so concerned about the sources of revolutionary thought as she is with tracking the development of the colonists' perception of themselves, their government and the British people. Maier, like her mentor, is convinced that "Real Whig" philosophy played a crucial role in the Revolution, yet she acknowledges that not every colonist "spent his evenings reading Francis Hutcheson's System of Moral Philosophy." Furthermore, in her words, "To acknowledge the importance of ideology in the evolution of the American revolutionary movement is not, however, to claim that ideology explains why men became revolutionaries" (xiv).

It is apparent that Maier was taught well by Bernard Bailyn. She has a captivating writing style that weaves her research throughout a well-crafted prose. Maier deserves special praise for tying events across the Atlantic-and even the Mediterranean-with the American resistance, and later revolutionary, movements. The most serious shortcoming of this book is its focus on New England, very little attention is given to events in the Middle Colonies and the South. Yet despite whatever shortcomings this book may have it is a valuable contribution to understanding the development of the American revolutionary effort.

Excellent and Pioneering Study.......2000-07-08

In this very well written book, Professor Maier describes the evolution of colonial thought and political action from protest within an accepted formula of dissent to revolution. She shows how colonial actions were based upon a perceived constitutional pattern articulated by British dissident Whig intellectuals and political publicists. From the end of the Seven Years War to the outbreak of the revolution, she shows the leaders of colonial protest working step by step to maintain what they perceived as the proper relationship between rulers and governed. Their actions greeted usually with incomprehension by British officials and politicians. Eventually, the colonials concluded that revolution was the only remaining option. Maier is particularly interested in the violent and coercive acts of the pre-revolutionary period. She shows nicely that this kind of activity (eg, the Boston Tea Party and similar events) took place within an established tradition of public violence that was usually constrained and sanctioned by community leaders and reflected a public consensus. These type of actions were 'extra-legal' as opposed to 'illegal', and were driven by the sense that the British government had violated a social contract between rulers and governed, thus legitimizing extra-legal action. Maier shows also the irrational elements of the colonial cause. For example, many believed that British actions were part of a conspiracy that included French bribery to obtain a suitable settlement at the end of the Seven Years War. There was also considerable fear of the imposition of Anglican and even Roman Catholic religion. The Quebec Act, granting religous freedom to the francophone inhabitants of Quebec, was regarded perhaps the most threatening of the so-called Intolerable Acts. Readers who have picked up recent surveys of the Revolutionary period such as Middlekauf's The Glorious Cause or Bobrick's recent book will find Maier's arguments familiar. This is because Maier's work is now fundamental to understanding the American Revolution.

The Framers: Neither Anarchists nor Statists.......1999-11-23

As Gordon Wood pointed out in the New York Times, this is a terrific piece of work. It's also an underappreciated piece of work in today's debate over the scope of government. On the one hand we have people like Garry Wills arguing that, since the Framers weren't anarchists, the Constitution supports modern-day Big Government. On the other, we have equally-wacky people on the right arguing that, since the Framers were revolutionaries, Timothy McVeigh is some sort of hero.

In fact, both are equally wrong. As Maier's book points out, the colonial era was not one in which people accepted the 20th Century Weberian notion of the state as holding a monopoly on legitimate violence. Many sorts of "insurrectionary" violence -- of the sort that Gordon Wood calls "out of doors" political action -- were implicitly, and explicitly, recognized as legitimate.

But that's not the same as saying that all violence was okay. In fact, as Maier points out again and again, colonists recognized fundamental limits on the scope, degree, and targets of popular resistance. Violence might be okay, but mostly against property -- and when against individuals, only nonlethal violence in most situations. Maier's book shows a far more sophisticated theory than appears in today's left- and right-wing caricatures of the Framers. It's also wonderfully readable and copiously documented. It should get more attention -- and with luck it will.

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From Resistance to Revolution: Colonial Radicals and the Development of American Opposition Bo Britain, 1765-1776
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Eastward Bound looks at travel and travelers in the medieval period. An international range of distinguished contributors offer discussions on a wide range of themes, from the experiences of Crusaders on campaign, to the lives of pilgrims, missionaries and traders in the Middle East. It examines their modes of travel, equipment and methods of navigation, and considers their expectations and experiences en route. The contributions also look at the variety of motives--public and private--behind the decision to travel eastwards. Other essays discuss the attitudes of Middle-Eastern rulers to their visitors. In so doing they provide a valuable perspective and insight into the behavior of the Europeans and non-Europeans alike.

Eastward Bound : Travel and Travellers, 1050-1550

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Eastward Bound : Travel and Travellers, 1050-1550
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Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan 01/31/2005
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Sixty years ago, the Nobel laureate Santiago Ramon y Cajal stated that "in the adult brain, nervous pathways are fixed and immutable; everything may die, nothing may be regenerated." Cajal's influence has been legendary--and conventional wisdom still holds that the human brain cannot repair itself. Today, however, remarkable discoveries from laboratories around the world offer a much more optimistic prognosis. In Brain Repair, three internationally renowned neuroscientists team up to offer an intriguing and up-to-the-minute introduction to the explosive advances being made in the research, technology, and treatment of brain damage. The key to neuroscience's most exciting discoveries to date is a theory that is rapidly gaining adherents in the scientific community--the theory of neuroplasticity. Unlike the prevalent notion that mental processes--like seeing, remembering, and speaking--take place only within highly specialized brain regions made up of irreplaceable and non-regenerating cells, neuroplasticity stresses that cells throughout the brain can not only regenerate, but can adapt their function to assume critical roles once performed by damaged tissue. In clear, accessible language, the authors show us that the brain manufactures a host of complex chemicals that actually foster growth in damaged brain cells. We visit the laboratories where researchers are untangling the mystery of Parkinson's disease and trying to understand what goes wrong in stroke victims, and why some, thought permanently impaired, show remarkable improvements. In addition, they discuss how even today misguided ideas can adversely affect how physicians treat patients--for example, they describe common drug treatments given to stroke and head trauma patients that can actually worsen the effects of brain damage. And, along the way, they detail the fascinating history of how brain structure and functioning has been understood and studied, from prehistoric times to the present. Over a half million people each year suffer brain-damaging injuries and diseases--but the outlook for their eventual recovery is far more hopeful than it was just a short while ago. A best-selling volume in France and Mexico, Brain Repair provides a vividly written, wide-ranging look at the leading edge of one of science's most exciting frontiers.

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A wonderfully insightful book.......1998-07-24

Although I read this book for a class I was fascinated by it. Regardless of your level of expertise this is a great book. Dr. Stein's book provides an insight into the field of brain repair that is quite unique. It presents a history of brain repair and the current status of it as well as future issues that plague such research. Well written and provides a gateway to future reading. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

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Brain Damage, Brain Repair
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Now available in paperback. Many neurological conditions are caused by damage to neurons and glial cells. For most of these diseases there are at present no effective treatments to minimise the extent of neuronal and glial loss, and no effective way of replacing what has been lost. This picture is rapidly changing. Developments in basic neuroscience have produced various potential therapies that can protect neurons and glia followiing traumatic, anoxic, infectious and immunological damage. The old doctrine that axons cannot be made to regenerate, and dead neurons cannot be replaced is no longer tenable, and a wide variety of reconstructive techniques for the nervous system are under development. These and other basic science discoveries will progress into clinical practice, and lead to a revolution in neurology and neurosurgery. This book describes the various conditions that lead to damage to the nervous system, and the ways in which they may be ameliorated. It covers the burgeoning science of reconstruction of the nervous system, through neuronal, glial and stem cell transplantation, axon regeneration, remyelination, plasticity and pharmacological interventions. The clinical conditions to which these treatments will be applied and their assessment are described. This is the first book to cover this enormous and expanding field of neuroscience and neurology. It will be useful to students and scientists working in the field of nervous system damage and reconstruction, and also to clinicians who wish to look forward to the developments which will shape the future of their practice.

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Brain Damage and Repair: From Molecular Research to Clinical Therapy

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Brain Disease: therapeutic strategies and repair

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Brain Disease: therapeutic strategies and repair
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Brain Repair (Advances in Experimental Medicine & Biology)

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Brain- Repair. Das Selbstheilungspotential des Gehirns. Oder wie das Gehirn sich selbst hilft.
Donald G. Stein , Simon Brailowsky , and Bruno Will
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Cell Therapy, Stem Cells, and Brain Repair (Contemporary Neuroscience)

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Cell Therapy, Stem Cells, and Brain Repair (Contemporary Neuroscience)
Cyndy D. Samberg
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Cell Therapy, Stem Cells, and Brain Repair reviews the most compelling treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, disorders, and injuries, including Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, traumatic brain injury, and stroke. Covering the history of cell therapy and neural transplantation, it also focuses on stem cells, including embryonic, bone marrow, and umbilical cord blood, as well as other investigative sources. This compilation explicates previous cornerstones and milestones of neurological cellular therapy, which have provided a foundation for modern stem cell research.
In Cell Therapy, Stem Cells, and Brain Repair, the challenges and current direction of cellular research are described in great detail. Modern techniques involving certain subsets of cell populations are also explained. In addition, the ongoing discovery of stem cell sources for cell therapy is discussed, while expounding upon clinical applications for cellular therapeutic brain repair as certain cells become increasingly promising.
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Inflammation 2: ISCHEMIC INJURY, INFLAMMATN/ REPAIR IN THE HEART; INFLAMMATN/REP IN LUNG & BRAIN (PRETEST KEY CONCEPTS)
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Neuroplasticity and Repair in the Central Nervous System (Offset Publications)

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Neuroplasticity and Repair in the Central Nervous System (Offset Publications)

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