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Tradition, Conflict, and Modernization

  • 1st Edition
  • October 22, 2013
  • Richard Maxwell Brown + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 1 6 7 7 - 5
Tradition, Conflict, and Modernization: Perspectives on the American Revolution aims to expand knowledge on the intellectual character of the Revolution, its relation to the trend of modernization, and its standing as a manifestation of social conflict. The book discusses the American revolution in national tradition; the collective action in England and America in 1765-1775, and back country rebellions and the homestead ethic in America in 1740-1799. The text also describes the perspective of modernization related to the American revolution, modernization, and human. Historians will find the book invaluable.

Toward a Structural Theory of Action

  • 1st Edition
  • October 22, 2013
  • Peter H. Rossi
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 8 8 2 7 - 7
Toward a Structural Theory of Action: Network Models of Social Structure, Perception, and Action centers on the concept of social structure, perceptions, and actions, as well as the strategies through which these concepts guide empirical research. This book also proposes a model of status/role-sets as patterns of relationships defining positions in the social topology. This text consists of nine chapters separated into three parts. Chapter 1 introduces the goals and organization of the book. Chapters 2-4 provide analytical synopsis of available network models of social differentiation, and then use these models in describing actual stratification. Chapter 5 presents a model in which actor interests are captured. Subsequent chapter assesses the empirical adequacy of the two predictions described in this book. Then, other chapters provide a network model of constraint and its empirical adequacy. This book will be valuable to anthropologists, economists, political scientists, and psychologists.

Advanced Materials in Catalysis

  • 1st Edition
  • October 22, 2013
  • Frank Bolz
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 9 1 5 0 - 8
Advanced Materials in Catalysis is a collection of materials that discusses various catalysts. The book presents the physical and chemical properties that indicate that a particular class of materials may be of catalytic interest. The text first covers bimetallic catalysts, and then proceeds to examining the catalytic properties of compounds such as graphite intercalation compounds; oxides with the scheelite structure; and synthetic layered silicates and aluminosilicate. The book also covers reduction catalysts, biological catalysts, and monolithic catalyst supports. The selection will be of great use to students and practitioners of chemistry, particularly those who are involved in research studies that investigate materials problems in catalysis.

Current Topics in Clinical and Community Psychology

  • 1st Edition
  • October 22, 2013
  • Charles D. Spielberger
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 1 7 4 0 - 6
Current Topics in Clinical and Community Psychology, Volume 2 covers the need of scientific work in the field of clinical and community psychology to the problems of modern society. The book discusses a new area of specialization - clinical neuropsychology; and the behavior deficits that result from brain damage in humans that may result from agents such as mind-altering drugs, alcohol, tranquilizers, and inadequate diet. The text also describes the sequential system for personality scale development; the prediction of violence with psychological tests; the relationship between depression and oral contraception. The quest for valid preventive interventions is also considered. Clinical psychologists, community psychologists, psychiatrists and students taking related courses will find the book useful.

Current Topics in Clinical and Community Psychology

  • 1st Edition
  • October 22, 2013
  • Charles D. Spielberger
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 1 7 4 1 - 3
Current Topics in Clinical and Community Psychology, Volume 3 covers new approaches to the treatment of emotional disorders. The book discusses the use of imagery, fantasy, and daydream techniques in psychotherapy; the psychosocial-behavioral model for therapeutic intervention; and theory and research on family therapy. The text describes the use of information feedback as a method of clinical intervention and consultation; the need for psychologists who work with minority groups (i.e. black community); as well as the epidemiology and prognosis of psychiatric disorders in the naval service. Community psychologists, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and students taking related courses will find the book useful.

Behavioural Psychotherapy in Primary Care

  • 1st Edition
  • October 22, 2013
  • Tom Carnwath + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 1 7 4 4 - 4
Behavioural Psychotherapy in Primary Care: A Practice Manual describes techniques suitable for treating the majority of problems commonly found in this setting which are amenable to psychological treatment. The book serves as a practice manual, and discusses techniques in behavioral analysis, problem-solving, working with families, skills training, relaxation, exposure, stimulus and reinforcement control, paradoxical prescriptions, and cognitive therapies. The assessment and treatment strategies for depression; phobias and obsessive disorders; anxiety; sexual dysfunction; obesity; alcohol abuse; smoking; and insomnia are considered. The text also describes behavioral medicine; illness behavior; and treatment adherence. Psychotherapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, social workers, health visitors and counselors will find the manual invaluable.

Regional Model Life Tables and Stable Populations

  • 2nd Edition
  • October 22, 2013
  • Ansley J. Coale + 2 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 1 7 5 2 - 9
Regional Model Life Tables and Stable Populations, Second Edition maintains the tradition of research on the analysis of fertility and mortality as related to population growth and composition. The tables presented are two principal forms: model life tables and model stable populations. The included models are models of mortality and age composition; "west" model life tables and stable populations; "north" model life tables and stable populations; "east" model life tables and stable populations; and "south" model life tables and stable populations. People involved in the study of population growth and composition will find the book useful.

Supersymmetries and Infinite-Dimensional Algebras

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 3
  • October 22, 2013
  • N. H. March
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 8 8 3 7 - 6
Recent devopments, particularly in high-energy physics, have projected group theory and symmetry consideration into a central position in theoretical physics. These developments have taken physicists increasingly deeper into the fascinating world of pure mathematics. This work presents important mathematical developments of the last fifteen years in a form that is easy to comprehend and appreciate.

Historical Geography of England and Wales

  • 1st Edition
  • October 22, 2013
  • Robert A. Dodgshon + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 8 8 4 1 - 3
This text has been designed to cover all aspects and phases of the historical geography of England and Wales in a single volume. In its substantially revised and enlarged form, the treatment of standard themes has been completely re-written to take account of recent work and shifts in viewpoint while its overall coverage has been extended to embrace newer themes like symbolic landscapes and the geography of the inter-war period. Its comprehensiveness and freshness of approach ensure its continuing value and success as a text.

Physical Properties of Tissues

  • 1st Edition
  • October 22, 2013
  • Francis Duck
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 8 8 4 2 - 0
This unique reference book describes quantitatively the measured and predicted values of all the physical properties of mammalian tissue. Reported measurements are thoroughly documented and are complemented by a range of empirical mathematical models which describe the observed physical behavior of tissue.**Intended as a broad-ranging reference, this volume gives the bioengineer, physicist, radiologist, or physiologist access to a literature which may not be known in detail. It will also be of value for those concerned with the study of a range of environmental radiation hazards.

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