Political Corruption in America: An Encyclopedia of Scandals, Power, and Greed

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ABC-CLIO STEALS FROM THEIR AUTHORS.......2006-01-09

ABC-CLIO STEALS FROM THEIR AUTHORS, PAYS THEM NOTHING, AND ROBS THEM BLIND. DO NOT PURCHASE BOOKS FROM THEM OR FROM THEIR SUBSIDIARIES. BOYCOTT THESE THIEVES!!!

Detailing famous people, court cases, and events.......2004-02-08

Compiled by history writer Mark Grossman, Political Corruption In America: An Encyclopedia Of Scandals, Power, And Greed is an informationally impressive, very nicely organized, 466-page reference which lists more than 250 cross-referenced A-Z entries detailing famous people, court cases, and events of political scandals throughout the history of the United States from its inception down to the present day. Illustrated with black-and-white cartoons that mocked political corruption in newspapers throughout the years, Political Corruption In America is an excellent reference resource and a highly recommended acquisition for school and community library American History and Political Science collections.

Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia

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Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia

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World Civilizations: Volume I: To 1700
Philip J. Adler , and Randall L. Pouwels
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ASIN: 0534599346

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Succeeding in World Civilizations class isn't easy. That's why Adler and Pouwels wrote WORLD CIVILIZATIONS: VOLUME I: TO 1700 in its trademark, easy to read style. Hundreds of illustrations, maps, and documents, overviews, self-tests, and other learning aids make the history of world civilizations easier for students to study and understand. Volume 1 includes thirty concise chapters make content manageable.

World Civilizations; Sources, Images and Interpretations Volume I

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As a text: less pages to read, yet a good combo of primary and secondary readings
World Civilizations Great Supplementary Text

World Civilizations; Sources, Images and Interpretations Volume I
Dennis Sherman , A. Tom Grunfeld , Gerald Markowitz , David Rosner , and Linda Heywood
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ASIN: 0072418168

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The first in a two-volume anthology of primary, secondary and visual sources, this reader provides a broad introduction to the evolution of World Civilizations from ancient history to 1700, and gives students insight into how historians use and interpret evidence in an effort to broaden their understanding of civilizations around the world. A wide selection of documents, images, maps and charts is presented along with chapter-opening timelines, source introductions, points for consideration, and questions designed to clarify the material and stimulate discussion. The reader is organized chronologically, but also provides an alternate topical Table of Contents, which allows instructors and students to compare sources across cultures and time periods. A new feature to this edition, "Using This Book," assists students in fully analyzing sources and context.

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As a text: less pages to read, yet a good combo of primary and secondary readings.......2007-03-04

At only 226 pages for volume 1, this is a short collection of readings, which allows the teacher to assign interesting monographs or classics. What the text does it does well, such as to provide handy introductions to the readings, a few questions to consider for each source, provide maps and some pictures, end each chapter with provocative questions, and covers most regions of the world.

Each reading is two pages or less, and that allows students to get their feet wet in a nice variety of historical events, ideas, and personalities. While I wish some of the secondary sources would present a more complete history of their topics, they have been chosen well and many are selections from top scholars such as A.H.M. Jones on Rome and Euan Cameron on the Protestant Reformation.

Is it Eurocentric? Sadly, three of the fifteen chapters concern Europe from the middle ages onward, but Asia is also well represented, and one finds a chapter on the Mongols and nomads of central Asia. Central and South America is slighted, and Islam's chapter is too brief.

It is overpriced at around $53. For a few dollars less one could assign Worlds of History, ed. by Kevin Reilly, and get more sources, a longer text, better introductions, global coverage, and Reilly's expertise. But the Reilly text is the typical B/W, plain, and dense small paperback of 500 pages, whereas this text by Sherman is large size, full of colorful illustrations and maps, and easier for students to look at. Both books are viable options for world history courses.
Prof. Christensen, Biola University

World Civilizations Great Supplementary Text.......2000-11-09

This book is an excellent companion to conventional textbooks in a Global History course. The Introduction and "Consider" feature before each source helps the reader to pinpoint key ideas and important themes in the document as well as provide important background information which aides in the understanding of the source. The wide variety of sources focusing on various aspects of each topic help to provide a well-rounded view of the subject.

Europeans in the World, Volume I: Sources on Cultural Contact from Antiquity to 1700

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Europeans in the World, Volume I: Sources on Cultural Contact from Antiquity to 1700
James R. Lehning , and Megan Armstrong
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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ASIN: 0130912697

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Obsolete text -- don't waste your time.......2002-06-15

Once upon a time this book may have been useful, but now this text is more than 20 years old and badly in need of a revision. You would be better off to read a more up-to-date work instead, such as the books by Rothman and Greenland, Clayton and Hills, or MacMahon and Trichopolos.

KKM.......2000-08-01

This is a fine textbook, but I am compelled to respond to the first review. Nondifferential misclassification unfortunately does not always produce a bias towards the null. See more recent texts for details.

Good discussion of misclassification bias.......1998-04-22

Most epidemiology texts I have seen do not show a proof of the commonly stated issue that misclassification bias always produces a bias toward the null. This text provides such a proof and does so eloquently

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* Shows how parks can effectively promote both the conservation of biodiversity and rural development
* Examines the competing demands on parks and provides lessons, derived from over fifty case studies, applicable to parks around the world
* Researched and written by top scholar-practitioners from the Southern Africa Sustainable Use Specialist Group of IUCN

Parks face intense pressure both to conserve biodiversity and provide economic opportunities for rural communities. Based on the insight from over fifty case studies, this book synthesizes lessons to guide park management in transitional economies where the challenges of poverty and governance can be severe.
The central insight is that parks are common property regimes that supposedly serve society. If parks are set aside to serve poor people, should conservation demands over-rule demands for jobs and economic growth? Or will deliberately using parks as bridgeheads for better land use and engines for rural development produce more and better conservation? Accountability emerges as a major issue at all levels, including the problematic linkages between park authorities and the political system, and the ability to measure park performance. This book provides important lessons in park management regarding the relationship between conservation and commercialization, performance management, new systems of governance and management, and linkages between parks, landscape and the land-use economy.

Changing Tracks: Predators and Politics in Mt. McKinley National Park

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Classic, compelling narrative on wolves & Adolph Murie
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Changing Tracks: Predators and Politics in Mt. McKinley National Park
Timothy Rawson
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Classic, compelling narrative on wolves & Adolph Murie.......2001-12-05

Tim Rawson has written an engaging and beautifully researched book exploring the saga of wolf control in Denali National Park. He also documents this controversial issue outside that park, both in Alaska and throughout the country. It is an unthinking oversight, however, that the publisher neglected--either in the subtitle or in the Library of congress catalog info--to mention the fascinating character who resides in these pages: Adolph Murie. This lesser known brother of Olaus Murie was largely responsible for our modern day understanding that wolves are an essential part of the ecosystem. Pre Adolph Murie it was popular to think of wolves as vermin in need of extermination. Adolph's life work, as it unfolds in Rawson's pages, turns this scholarly history into compelling biography. Even if you haven't read Barry Lopez' OF WOLVES AND MEN (or if you have any interest in wolves in general), CHANGING TRACKS is a true classic.

A scholarly, involving survey.......2001-08-08

Alaska residents and students of national parks issues will find Changing Tracks involving: it details the events which shaped both Mt. McKinley Park and the national policy on dealing with predators in national parks in general, outlining the decisions and actions which have influenced park service policies throughout the country. A variety of experiences, from game managers to conservationists, are presented in this scholarly, involving survey.

Liverpool Park Estates: Their Legal Basis, Creation and Early Management (Liverpool University Press - Liverpool Historical Studies)

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Liverpool Park Estates: Their Legal Basis, Creation and Early Management (Liverpool University Press - Liverpool Historical Studies)
Susan George
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ASIN: 0853234094

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The rapid growth of nineteenth-century English cities produced leafy suburbs, and an occasional feature of these was the development of the estate park of modestly secluded Victorian villas. To preserve their valued amenities, such parks bound the middle-class owners of houses within them by restrictive legal covenants. The documents relating to such parks are often inaccessible, but for three of them in Liverpool, the available records enable their early history to be studied.

The first part of this book deals with the legal basis and evolution of the restrictive covenant, a device still of considerable importance in housing development and amenity protection across England. The second part deals individually with the three Liverpool parks, the social reasons for their foundation and growth, and the problems that beset the entrepreneurs who established them in the mid-nineteenth century (and often then lived in them) during the early years of the parks’ existence. After more than a hundred years, all three of the parks studied continue not only as highly favored residential areas, but also as exemplars of the success of the deployment of the restrictive covenant.

National Parks and Rural Development: Practice and Policy in the United States

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National Parks and Rural Development: Practice and Policy in the United States

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Visitor Management

ASIN: 155963815X

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Protecting land in parks is often seen as coming at the expense of rural economic development. Yet recent events such as the contentious debate over the development of Canyon Forest Village on the south rim of the Grand Canyon suggest just the opposite: healthy natural systems can be enormously valuable to rural economies.

National Parks and Rural Development offers a thorough examination of the interdependent roles of national parks and the economies of rural communities in the United States. Bringing together the thinking and views of economists, historians, sociologists, recreation researchers, and park managers, the book considers how those roles can be most effectively managed, as it offers:

a wide-ranging review of history and important concepts in rural development and parks management
five case studies of rural development near national parks that identify lessons learned, principles applied, mistakes committed, and advances made
personal essays from leaders in the parks management field

For each section, the editors offer introductory discussions that provide context and highlight key points. The editors also provide a detailed conclusion which summarizes policy implications and presents specific recommendations for improving rural development and park management policies.

Case studies include: Cape Cod National Seashore, Alaskan parks and wilderness areas, Yellowstone National Park, the Grand Canyon, and three parks in the Pacific Northwest (Mt. Rainier, Olympic, and North Cascades).

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The Politics and Economics of Park Management examines national protected area systems, in both developed and developing countries, that have made a transformation from fortress parks to a sustainable use model. The contributors-park management, academics, and members of nongovernmental organizations-contend that successful institutional change in protected area systems involves not only the adoption of appropriate legal and regulatory regimes covering sustainable use, but also the development of an informal culture of sustainable resource use among all of a park's stakeholders.

The TVA Regional Planning and Development Program: The Transformation of an Institution and Its Mission (Urban Planning and Environment)

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The TVA Regional Planning and Development Program: The Transformation of an Institution and Its Mission (Urban Planning and Environment)
Aelred J. Gray , and David A. Johnson
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Technopoles of the World: The Making of Twenty-First-Century Industrial Complexes

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"sil-icon-ver" bullet?
Excellent detailed explanation on various models

Technopoles of the World: The Making of Twenty-First-Century Industrial Complexes
Manuel Castells , and Peter Hall
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ASIN: 0415100143

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This is the first systematic survey of technopoles which have become a key feature of national economic development worldwide. Their varying developments are examined critically and guidelines are offered for future management.

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"sil-icon-ver" bullet?.......2001-03-03

hall and castells examine numerous attempts to successfully create techo-cities like silicon valley around the world. they judge success to be the creation of an innovative milieu, an environment so mentally attractive that firms locate there regardless of cost. a.k.a. a Marshallian or Neo-Marshallian node.

Excellent detailed explanation on various models.......1998-10-08

Contains several examples of models of industrial and high-tech parks around the world. Discusses the strengths, weaknesses and future prospects of each park.

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