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  • THE SYMMETRICAL FAMILY
    MICHAEL YOUNG / PETER WILLMOTT
    First published in 1973, The Symmetrical Family combines evidence about the family of the past with information from a sociological survey in the London region and uses both as the basis for a speculative discussion about the future. The argument is that a new style of family life has emerged. Its basis is not equality between husbands and wives but at least something approachi...

    $960.00

  • FAMILY AND CLASS IN A LONDON SUBURB
    PETER WILLMOTT / MICHAEL YOUNG
    Originally published in 1960, the authors of Family and Kinship in East London then made an intensive study of a middle-class dormitory suburb. Here families were more often on their own than in the East End, but, despite the differences between the districts, there were some similarities. The bond between mother and married daughter was almost as strong in the suburb as in the...

    $840.00

  • LEARNING BEGINS AT HOME
    MICHAEL YOUNG / PATRICK MCGEENEY
    First published in 1968, Learning Begins at Home records an attempt by two researchers to initiate and assess an innovation in a school in a working-class neighbourhood. The influence of parents upon children’s achievement is a platitude of education. The vital question is whether schools can become centres for education for adults as well as children, influencing the parents d...

    $840.00

  • INNOVATION AND RESEARCH IN EDUCATION
    MICHAEL YOUNG
    Originally published in 1965, this title looks at programmed learning, language laboratories, curricular reform, educational television, team teaching – these are just some of the fashions that were going to change education in the following decade quite as much as the introduction of comprehensive schools. Would anyone ever know what their effects are? Not unless there was a g...

    $840.00

  • VOYAGE CHARTERS
    JULIAN COOKE / TIM YOUNG / MICHAEL ASHCROFT / ANDREW TAYLOR / JOHN KIMBALL / DAVID MARTOWSKI / LEROY LAMBE
    Widely regarded as the leading authority on voyage charters, this book is the most comprehensive and intellectually-rigorous analysis of the area, is regularly cited in court and by arbitrators, and is the go-to guide for drafting and disputing charterparty contracts. Voyage Charters provides the reader with a clause-by-clause analysis of the two major charterparty forms: the G...

    $16,800.00

  • REALITY MODELED AFTER IMAGES
    MICHAEL YOUNG
    Reality Modeled After Images: Architecture and Aesthetics after the Digital Image explores architecture’s entanglement with contemporary image culture. It looks closely at how changes produced through technologies of mediation alter disciplinary concepts and produce political effects. Through both historical and contemporary examples, it focuses on how conventions of representa...

    $1,100.00

  • BRUCELLOSIS
    EDWARD J. YOUNG / MICHAEL J. CORBEL
    Fourteen brucellosis experts from seven countries discuss the history, epidemiology, microbiology, immunology, diagnosis, treatment, and control of brucellosis in animals and man. Edited by members of the World Health Organization's Expert Committee on Brucellosis, this text is the first comprehensive treatment of the disease since The Nature of Brucellosis by Wesley W. Spink i...

    $14,700.00

  • CRISIS NEGOTIATIONS
    MICHAEL MCMAINS / WAYMAN MULLINS / ANDREW YOUNG
    Crisis Negotiations: Managing Critical Incidents and Hostage Situations in Law Enforcement and Corrections, the sixth edition, is an invaluable resource for mitigating, managing, or responding to high-risk negotiation incidents. This revision includes the current research on negotiating high-risk incidents in the classroom and the field. It includes an applied analysis of the v...

    $1,700.00

  • THE FUTURE OF SOUTH KOREAN-U.S. SECURITY RELATIONS
    YOUNG-KOO CHA / JOHN Q BLODGETT / MICHAEL MAZARR / WILLIAM J TAYLOR JR
    This volume examines key issues in Republic of Korea-United States (ROK-U.S.) burden-sharing, with attention to the unique nature of the arrangement. It analyzes the security balance in Northeast Asia and future trends within the ROK-U.S. alliance. ...

    $999.00

  • THE ELMHIRSTS OF DARTINGTON
    MICHAEL YOUNG
    Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst were the founders of Dartington - she the daughter of an American millionaire who was once Secretary to the US Navy; he the son of a Yorkshire parson and secretary to Rabindranath Tagore in Bengal before he married Dorothy. They were the twentieth century’s most substantial private patrons of architecture in England as well as of the arts and educat...

    $1,060.00

  • SERVICE CHARGES IN COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES
    MICHAEL YOUNG
    First Published in 1990. The practical nature of service charges and their interrelationship with accounting and landlord and tenant law renders the topic a particularly difficult one to be taught on undergraduate courses. Michael Young has however produced a readable and logically ordered monograph on the subject, which should enable those in other disciplines to understand th...

    $1,420.00

  • THE RISE OF THE MERITOCRACY
    MICHAEL YOUNG
    Michael Young has christened the oligarchy of the future Meritocracy. Indeed, the word is now part of the English language. It would appear that the formula: IQ+Effort=Merit may well constitute the basic belief of the ruling class in the twenty-first century. Projecting himself into the year 2034, the author of this sociological satire shows how present decisions and practices ...

    $1,320.00

  • SIMULATORS FOR TRANSPORTATION HUMAN FACTORS
    MARK S. YOUNG AND MICHAEL G. LENNÉ
    Simulation continues to be a growth area in transportation human factors. From empirical studies in the laboratory to the latest training techniques in the field, simulators offer myriad benefits for the experimenter and the practitioner. This book draws together current trends in research and training simulators for the road, rail, air and sea sectors to inform the reader ho...

    $1,360.00

  • ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS: THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF MALINOWSKI (1979)
    MICHAEL W. YOUNG
    Bronislaw Malinowski is one of the founding fathers of modern social anthropology and the innovator of the technique of prolonged and intensive fieldwork. His writings about the Trobriand Islands of Papua were in their time the most formative influence on the work of British social anthropologists and are of perennial interest and importance. They produced a revolution in the a...

    $980.00

  • MANAGING A DENTAL PRACTICE THE GENGHIS KHAN WAY
    MICHAEL R. YOUNG
    Managing a Dental Practice the Genghis Khan Way shows you how to turn your practice into a successful business. Being an effective practice manager demands a clear vision, sufficient business knowledge and, above all, wise judgement. Never intended to be a theoretical book, this is a "warts-and-all" guide to managing a dental practice, written by s ...

    $1,420.00

  • CURRICULUM AND THE SPECIALIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE
    MICHAEL YOUNG / JOHAN MULLER
    This book presents a new way for educators at all levels - from early years to university - to think about curriculum priorities. It focuses on the curriculum as a form of specialised knowledge, optimally designed to enable students to gain access to the best knowledge available in any field. Papers jointly written by the authors over the last eight years are revised for this v...

    $1,380.00

  • DEALING WITH DISAFFECTION
    TIM NEWBURN / MICHAEL SHINER / TARA YOUNG
    In recent years increasing attention has been paid to issues of social exclusion and the problematic transition from youthful dependence to adult independence. Often this has had severe consequences, ranging from under achievement and disruptive behaviour in school, through the misuse of alcohol and drugs, to serious or persistent offending. Seeking to address these issues has ...

    $820.00

  • FAMILY AND KINSHIP IN EAST LONDON
    MICHAEL YOUNG / PETER WILMOTT
    First published in 1957 ,and reprinted with a new introduction in 1986, Michael Young and Peter Willmott’s book on family and kinship in Bethnal Green in the 1950s is a classic in urban studies. A standard text in planning, housing, family studies and sociology, it predicted the failure in social terms of the great rehousing campaign which was getting under way in the 1950s. Th...

    $4,500.00

  • JEFFERSON HEADACHE MANUAL
    WILLIAM B. YOUNG / STEPHEN D. SILBERSTEIN / STEPHANIE J. NAHAS / MICHAEL J. MARMURA
    According to the National Headache Foundation, over 45 million Americans suffer from chronic, recurring headaches (28 million from migraine alone). Headache is the most common complaint for which people see neurologists. Headache can impede job functioning and undermine oneÌs quality of life if not managed effectively. Despite this, research that would help in the care and mana...

    $1,295.00

  • DISTANCE TEACHING FOR THE THIRD WORLD
    MICHAEL YOUNG / HILARY PERRATON / JANET JENKINS / TONY DODDS
    This reissue, first published in 1980, is based on the experiences of the International Extension College in developing distance teaching. The volume begins by reviewing the world problems of educational quality and quantity, and then examines the ways in which print, broadcasts and group study have been used to train teachers, to improve classroom education, to teach by corres...

    $1,320.00

  • BRINGING KNOWLEDGE BACK IN
    MICHAEL YOUNG
    'This book tackles some of the most important educational questions of the day... It is rare to find a book on education which is theoretically sophisticated and practically relevant: this book is.' From the Foreword by Hugh Lauder What is it in the twenty-first century that we want young people, and adults returning to study, to know? What is it about the kind of knowledge tha...

    $1,420.00

  • A GOOD DEATH
    LESLEY CULLEN / MICHAEL YOUNG
    A Good Death is based on a survey in East London and provides a wide range of fascinating and helpful insights into all aspects of experiencing death and surviving grief. The voices in the book are those of people who have managed to cope despite being under the shadow of impending death. Their experience could be a comfort to anybody in a similar situation. A Good Death is int...

    $1,380.00

  • THE CURRICULUM OF THE FUTURE
    MICHAEL F. D. YOUNG
    In this important book the author looks back on the 'knowledge question'. What knowledge gets selected to be validated as school knowledge or as part of the school curriculum, and why is it selected? Looking forward, Young discusses how most developed countries have high levels of participation in post-compulsory education, but still use curricula designed for a time when only ...

    $1,380.00

  • CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS: METHODS IN ENZYMOLOGY
    YOUNG, MICHAEL
    The critically acclaimed laboratory standard, Methods in Enzymology, is one of the most highly respected publications in the field of biochemistry. Since 1955, each volume has been eagerly awaited, frequently consulted, and praised by researchers and reviewers alike. The series contains much material still relevant today - truly an essential publication for researchers in all f...

    $2,543.00

  • UN DÍA MARAVILLOSO PARA UNA BÚSQUEDA
    MICHAEL D. YOUNG
    El mago Jackdaw ha descifrado la Profecía en mayúsculas: un misterioso acertijo que predice el destino del reino. Después de leerlo, descubre que la única esperanza del reino está en.… alguien. Dado que falta parte de la profecía, no está claro si la única esperanza del reino está en un valiente caballero o en un sub-asistente de pastor de cabras con un nombre similar. Para ave...

    $60.00