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  • MODERN LABOR ECONOMICS
    RONALD G. EHRENBERG / ROBERT S. SMITH / KEVIN F. HALLOCK
    Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy, now in its fifteenth edition, continues to be the leading text for one-semester courses in labor economics at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It offers a thorough overview of the modern theory of labor market behavior and reveals how this theory is used to analyze public policy. Designed for students who may not have exte...

    $4,500.00

  • BEHAVIOURAL PRODUCTION
    ROBERT STUART-SMITH
    Autonomous manufacturing and cyber-physical systems are key enabling technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4) which are currently being incorporated into the building design and construction industries. These emerging IR4 technologies have the potential to effectively improve construction affordability and productivity, address current and future building demand, ...

    $1,000.00

  • WARFARE AND DIPLOMACY IN PRE-COLONIAL WEST AFRICA
    ROBERT S. SMITH
    Originally published in 1976, this book combines detailed technical studies of the diplomacy of the land and waterborne warfare of pre-colonial West Africa. It draws attention to the connexion between these topics as dual aspects of international relations and refers to those parts of West African indigenous diplomacy, showing how these resembled and diverged from practice else...

    $840.00

  • KINGDOMS OF THE YORUBA
    ROBERT SMITH
    Originally published in 1969 and as a second edition in 1976, this book gives a general account of the major Yoruba kingdoms and provides a synthesis of Yoruba and Igbomina history, culture and archaeology. The reasons for, and the chronology of the decline and fall of Old Oyo are also discussed. Much of the history reconstructed in this book was done so almost wholly from oral...

    $840.00

  • POWER, PHILOSOPHY AND EGALITARIANISM
    ROBERT C. SMITH
    In this book, Robert C. Smith presents a philosophical and empirical examination on the subordination of women and blacks in the United States. Comparing liberalism—specifically the major social contract philosophies—and Marxism on the nature of the subordination of blacks and women and their proposals, if any, for women’s and black liberation, Smith argues that sexual and raci...

    $1,160.00

  • SOCIAL JUSTICE IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY
    TOM TYLER / ROBERT J BOECKMANN / HEATHER J SMITH / YUEN J HUO
    Issues of social justice have been an important part of social psychology since the explosion of psychological research that occurred during and after World War II. At that time, psychologists began to move away from earlier theories that paid little attention to people's subjective understanding of the world. As increasing attention was paid to people's thoughts about their so...

    $1,200.00

  • IMMIGRATION AND STRATEGIC PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNICATION
    ROBERT SMITH / DON WAISANEN / GUILLERMO YRIZAR BARBOSA
    This book engages a key question facing governments and similar institutions in countries of immigration or emigration: how should these governments and institutions communicate with immigrants so that they will listen to and act on their messages? Drawing on original research with Mexican emigrants in New York and the Mexican government’s Seguro Popular health care program, th...

    $640.00

  • THE AGE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
    ROBERT BENNETT / HARRY SMITH / CARRY VAN LIESHOUT / PIERO MONTEBRUNO / GILL NEWTON
    This landmark research volume provides the first detailed history of entrepreneurship in Britain from the nineteenth century to the present. Using a remarkable new database of more than nine million entrepreneurs, it gives new understanding to the development of Britain as the world’s ‘first industrial nation’. Based on the first long-term whole-population analysis of British s...

    $1,260.00

  • PROMOTING HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
    JURGEN SCHMANDT / ROBERT WILSON / SUZANNE E SMITH / BRIAN H MULLER
    In the wake of declining federal involvement in state affairs, state governments have taken the initiative in creating science and technology policies and programs for economic development. The contributors to this study look at the attempts of eight states—California, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and T ...

    $1,200.00

  • GEOGRAPHIES OF DEVELOPMENT
    ROBERT POTTER / TONY BINNS / JENNIFER ELLIOTT / ETIENNE NEL / DAVID SMITH
    Now in its fourth edition, Geographies of Development: An Introduction to Development Studies remains a core, balanced and comprehensive introductory textbook for students of Development Studies, Development Geography and related fields. This clear and concise text encourages critical engagement by integrating theory alongside practice and related key topics throughout. It demo...

    $1,520.00

  • EXTENDING MODULES
    NGUYEN VIET DUNG / DINH VAN HUYNH / PATRICK F SMITH / ROBERT WISBAUER
    Module theory is an important tool for many different branches of mathematics, as well as being an interesting subject in its own right. Within module theory, the concept of injective modules is particularly important. Extending modules form a natural class of modules which is more general than the class of injective modules but retains many of its desirable properties. This bo...

    $5,100.00

  • AN ATLAS OF GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY
    J. RICHARD SMITH, GIUSEPPE DEL PRIORE, ROBERT L. COLEMAN AND JOHN M. MONAGHAN
    The latest edition of An Atlas of Gynecologic Oncology continues its coverage of the innovative techniques in investigation and surgery on the brink of becoming established as part of the gynecologic surgeon’s repertoire, now including the exciting developments in uterine transplantation. ...

    $5,300.00

  • SPIRIT AND CAPITAL IN AN AGE OF INEQUALITY
    ROBERT P. JONES AND TED A. SMITH
    Spirit and Capital in an Age of Inequality brings together a diverse group of scholars, activists and public intellectuals to consider one of the most pressing issues of our time: increasing inequalities of income and wealth that grate against justice and erode the bonds that hold society together. The contributors think through different religious traditions to understand and ...

    $1,160.00

  • COGNITIVE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
    PHILIP J. SMITH AND ROBERT R. HOFFMAN
    This volume provides an exceptional perspective on the nature, evolution, contributions and future of the field of Cognitive Systems Engineering (CSE). It is a resource to support both the teaching and practice of CSE. It accomplishes this through its organization into two complementary approaches to the topic. The first is an historical perspective: In the retrospections of l...

    $1,620.00

  • BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY SINCE 1945
    MARK GARNETT / SIMON MABON / ROBERT SMITH
    British Foreign Policy since 1945 brings a chronological approach to the study of British foreign policy since the Second World War in order to make the principal events and dynamics accessible within a broader historical and cultural context. The key features included in this book: a detailed chronological survey of developments in post-war British politics; an integrated disc...

    $1,160.00

  • FAITH AND FANATICISM
    ROBERT HOOWORTH-SMITH
    The Spanish Inquisition is often seen as the archetype of religious fervour and fanaticism, and several of the papers here naturally focus on its activities. Overall, however, this volume aims to look at the broader context of religious attitudes in Spain, from the end of the 15th to the late 17th century. In an examination of how the religious orders behaved, the contributors ...

    $1,240.00

  • ROUTLEDGE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF SPORT PSYCHOLOGY
    ROBERT J. SCHINKE, KERRY R, MCGANNON AND BRETT SMITH
    Contemporary sport psychology is a rapidly developing and theoretically rich discipline, and a sophisticated and challenging profession. The Routledge International Handbook of Sport Psychology offers a comprehensive and authoritative guide to contemporary sport psychology in all its aspects. Written by a team of world-leading researchers and practitioners from five continents,...

    $1,460.00

  • THE HISTORY OF FORT OCRACOKE IN PAMLICO SOUND
    ROBERT K. SMITH
    Pamlico Sound is one of the most storied bodies of water among North Carolina's Outer Banks. Early colonists to Roanoke Island used it for protection. Blackbeard the pirate was killed there in 1718, and General Washington relied on it for transportation in the Revolutionary War. It wasn't a surprise, then, that the Confederate bastion of Fort Ocracoke was built in those same wa...

    $229.00

  • IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF THE SHARK
    MARTIN F. FLAJNIK / ROBERT B. SIM / SYLVIA L. SMITH
    Sharks belong to the oldest vertebrate species that possess immune systems similar to that of mammals. This makes them a great model species to study the fundamentals of the mammalian immune system. This book describes the cellular, genetic, and molecular specifics of immune systems in sharks and uses them to understand shark immunity as well as the evolution of immune systems ...

    $1,800.00

  • VARIABILITY IN HUMAN PERFORMANCE
    THOMAS J. SMITH / ROBERT A. HENNING / MICHAEL G. WADE / THOMAS FISHER
    Understanding the conditions under which variability in performance may arise, and the processes related to its emergence, gives us insight into the development of techniques for improving the quality of performance.This book introduces a comprehensive framework for understanding human performance variability in terms of how human control of behavior is closely tied to design f...

    $1,800.00

  • PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT
    ROBERT P. ARCHER, STEVEN R. SMITH
    The first edition of Personality Assessment provided an overview of the most popular self-report and performance-based personality assessment instruments. The chapter authors were key members in creating or developing the research base for the eight test instruments covered in the book. The text was geared with graduate-level clinical, school, and counseling psychology courses ...

    $2,420.00

  • A HISTORY OF BRITISH LIVESTOCK HUSBANDRY, TO 1700
    ROBERT TROW-SMITH
    First Published in 2005. This book is a history of the techniques of livestock husbandry in Britain and of the evolution of British breeds of domesticated animals of the farm. Adequate background on the business of buying and selling stock and of the influence of the market upon pastoral policy has been included throughout. As such, this title will be of use to new students and...

    $980.00

  • A HISTORY OF BRITISH LIVESTOCK HUSBANDRY, 1700-1900
    ROBERT TROW-SMITH
    First Published in 2005. History books have told us for far too long that farming in Britain was, in the eighteenth century, Tull's drill, Townshend's turnips, and Bakewell's metamorphosis of the cow and sheep; in the nineteenth century, corn laws, Coke's enlightened Norfolk squire-dom, and the collapse of the cereal market; and in both centuries, enclosures. In this volume the...

    $1,320.00

  • COUNSELING AND FAMILY THERAPY WITH LATINO POPULATIONS
    ROBERT L. SMITH
    For the Latino population, the family bond is powerful and enduring. Family serves as the primary source of support, care, guidance, and healing; all difficulties that arise for an individual are surmounted together. Therefore, a practitioner working with a Latino client must gain the trust and respect of the family in order to carry out treatment efficiently. He or she must es...

    $1,340.00

  • OUTLAWS WITH BADGES
    LAURENCE J. YADON / ROBERT BARR SMITH
    In the Old West, upright lawmen were scarce. Often, the men who were bound to keep the peace were just as corrupt as the men they pursued. These dishonest deputies chose their professions based on convenience rather than conviction, and the most revered were often the wiliest. These men held grudges, ruled with violence, and instilled fear in all who crossed their paths. Offere...

    $251.00

  • ANALYZING FRICTION IN THE DESIGN OF RUBBER PRODUCTS AND THEIR PAIRED SURFACES
    ROBERT HORIGAN SMITH
    Taking a mechanistic approach that emphasizes the physical behavior of rubber as it slides, Analyzing Friction in the Design of Rubber Products and Their Paired Surfaces integrates the engineering and scientific evidence demonstrating that the laws of metallic friction do not apply to rubber. The book also presents a newly developed, scienti ...

    $5,100.00

  • THE RUSSIAN PEASANT 1920 AND 1984
    ROBERT ERNEST FREDERICK SMITH
    First published in 1977, The Russian Peasant 1920 and 1984 is a significant contribution to history. ...

    $2,540.00

  • EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
    ROBERT LASLETT / COLIN SMITH
    This latest new edition of Effective Classroom Management is written for new teachers and those who train and guide them. It combines sound practical advice on lesson organisation and teaching methods with an exploration of teachers' feelings about themselves and the children they teach. In this second edition, classroom management is considered from four aspects: management in...

    $1,380.00

  • ADVANCED SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
    STEVEN ADAMSON / DAVID ROBERTS / LEROY SCHUBERT / ROBERT V. SMITH / ROBERT SOGEGIAN / DANIEL WALTERS
    Advanced Satellite Communications ...

    $970.00

  • WOUNDED LORD: READING JOHN THROUGH THE EYES OF THOMAS
    ROBERT H. SMITH
    John's gospel does not record "Thomas's doubt," as later generations of Christians have branded the story. Rather, John presents Thomas's faith. In this work, Robert H. Smith approaches Thomas as one who believes in the reality of incarnation: God has a body. Too often, Smith argues, Christians read John's gospel for its lyrical discourses. The resulting portrait of Jesus is a ...

    $461.00


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