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  • THE NAVY OF THE 21ST CENTURY, 2001-2022
    PAUL H. SILVERSTONE
    The Navy of the 21st Century, 2001– 2022 presents an all- inclusive listing of the ships that have served in the US Navy since the start of the new century. The newest and sixth volume of the US Navy Warship Series provides insight into the technological innovations and modern weaponry featured in newer naval vessels, as well as controversies over the naming conventions of ship...

    $1,260.00

  • CAREERS OF PROFESSIONAL WOMEN
    SILVERSTONE ROSALIE
    Originally published in 1980, women in the United Kingdom exhibited a pattern of work which was notably different from that in other countries of the EEC at the time. Its distinguishing feature was the high proportion of women who returned to work by the time they were forty years of age, having temporarily retired to care for young families. Although this pattern was of fairly...

    $920.00

  • DIET-RELATED DISEASES
    STEPHEN SEELY / DAVID L. J. FREED / GERALD A. SILVERSTONE / VICKY RIPPERE
    Originally published in 1985, and authored by an epidemiologists, a medical immunologist, a chemist and a clinical psychologist, this books shows that unravelling the links between diet and disease is a very complex task, and while the evidence is strong in many cases, in others if is of doubtful validity. Many of the diseases prevalent in developed countries are discussed here...

    $860.00

  • TEACHING TO EMPOWER
    DEBBIE ZACARIAN / MICHAEL SILVERSTONE
    We want students to master academic standards, and we want them to be confident, adaptive, and socially responsible. Above all, we want them to find meaning and satisfaction in their lives. Achieving these goals requires a concerted focus on the social-emotional skills that empower students in and beyond the classroom.In Teaching to Empower, Debbie Zacarian and Michael Silverst...

    $585.00

  • MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN EUROPE
    ROGER SILVERSTONE
    The importance of the daily experience of new information and communication technologies is highlighted by this timely volume. The book is based on work carried out in the European Media Technology and Everyday Life Network and is structured round a series of seven empirical case studies drawn from research within Europe. The application of this perspective draws attention not ...

    $1,200.00

  • THE NEW NAVY, 1883-1922
    PAUL SILVERSTONE
    The third volume of The U.S. Navy Warship Series covers the fifty-year period from 1883-1922. In 1883, Congress authorized the first ships of the "New Navy" and ordered removal of all obsolete ships. All US Navy ships since that time have stemmed from these first three cruisers. The numbering system in effect since 1920 was effectively begun in 1886. The ships built during the ...

    $1,560.00

  • VISIONS OF SUBURBIA
    ROGER SILVERSTONE
    Suburbia. Tupperware, television, bungalows and respectable front lawns. Always instantly recognisable though never entirely familiar. The tight semi-detached estates of thirties Britain and the infenced and functional tract housing of middle America. The elegant villas of Victorian London and the clapboard and brick of fifties Sydney. Architecture and landscapes may vary from ...

    $1,120.00

  • THE NAVY OF WORLD WAR II, 1922-1947
    PAUL SILVERSTONE
    The Navy of World War II, 1922-1946 comprehensively covers the vessels that defined this momentous 24-year period in U.S. naval history. Beginning with the lean, pared-down navy created by the treaty at the Washington Naval Conference, and ending with the massive, awe-inspiring fleets that led the Allies to victory in the Second World War, the fourth volume in the celebrated U....

    $1,380.00

  • PREVENTIVE WAR AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
    SCOTT SILVERSTONE
    This volume explores the preventive war option in American foreign policy, from the early Cold War strategic problems created by the growth of Soviet and Chinese power, to the post-Cold War fears of a nuclear-armed North Korea, Iraq and Iran. For several decades after the Second World War, American politicians and citizens shared the belief that a war launched in the absence of...

    $1,040.00

  • SHAKESPEARE, TRAUMA AND CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE
    CATHERINE SILVERSTONE
    Shakespeare, Trauma and Contemporary Performance examines how contemporary performances of Shakespeare’s texts on stage and screen engage with violent events and histories. The book attempts to account for – but not to rationalize – the ongoing and pernicious effects of various forms of violence as they have emerged in selected contemporary performances of Shakespeare’s texts, ...

    $1,560.00

  • THE NAVY OF THE NUCLEAR AGE, 1947-2007
    PAUL SILVERSTONE
    The Navy of the Nuclear Age, 1947-2007, the fifth volume in the monumental U.S. Navy Warship series, presents an all-inclusive compendium of the ships that served in the U.S. Navy from the Cold War up through the present day. Featuring radical new developments in warships such as nuclear-powered submarines and carriers equipped with ballistic missiles, the post-World War II per...

    $1,380.00

  • CIVIL WAR NAVIES, 1855-1883
    PAUL SILVERSTONE
    Civil War Navies 1855-1883 is the second in the five-volume US Navy Warships encyclopedia set. This valuable reference lists the ships of the U.S. Navy and Confederate Navy during the Civil War and the years immediately following - a significant period in the evolution of warships, the use of steam propulsion, and the development of ordnance. Civil War Navies provides a wealth ...

    $1,380.00

  • THE SAILING NAVY, 1775-1854
    PAUL SILVERSTONE
    The Sailing Navy, 1775-1854, the first volume in the definitive five-volume U.S. Navy Warship series, comprehensively details all aspects of the ships that sailed in the nascent stages of the U.S. Navy. From its beginnings as battlers of Barbary Coast pirates, to challenging the awesome might of the Royal Navy in the War of 1812, to the historic blockade that proved instrumenta...

    $1,380.00

  • INTERNATIONAL MEDIA RESEARCH
    JOHN R. CORNER / PHILIP SCHLESINGER / PROFESSOR PHILIP R SCHLESINGER / ROGER SILVERSTONE
    International Media Research offers a rigorous and critical review of key approaches and concerns that have recently defined the field of media research. In this clearly argued collection of essays, the contributors analyze and reflect upon dominant themes and debates that have made media research an increasingly important element of cultural theory. The volume begins with a cr...

    $1,240.00

  • UNDERSTANDING NEAR CRISES AND ESCALATION IN WORLD POLITICS
    STEVEN E. LOBELL / PATRICK JAMES / SCOTT A. SILVERSTONE / VICTOR ASAL / KYLE BEARDSLEY / EDWARD GONZALEZ /  
    This book introduces the near crisis phase of conflict and escalation. These time-sensitive disputes between states, and even with violent non-state actors, do not involve significant risk of military escalation, at least in the moment. Investigating how and why some near crises escalate, while others do not, requires an explanation of the different dynamics of international di...

    $1,260.00

  • WHY STUDY THE MEDIA?
    ROGER SILVERSTONE
    "It′s easy to be snobbish about media culture; the great merit of Roger Silverstone′s book is to make the reader understand just how important that culture is." - Richard Sennett, New York University "A remarkable book which argues for a new paradigm for the study of the media." - Daniel Dayan, Centre National de la Recherche "A persuasive and sophisticated discussion of the ro...

    $1,965.91

  • CARIES DENTAL
    SILVERSTONE
    Agotado

    $90.00