Author: Assistant Professor James CornerMr. Alex S. MacLe
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: landscape, american, across, measures, taking
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2000-09-10
List price: $44.95
ISBN-10: 0300086962
ISBN-13: 9780300086966

This volume combines aerial photographs and map-drawings of the American landscape with essays that explore how various cultures have forged the landscapes in different regions of the country and what the possibilities are for future landscape design.

Author: Professor Richard G. NiemiAssistant Professor Jan
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: learn, students, makes, education, civic
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2005-05-11
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 0300107447
ISBN-13: 9780300107449

This important book takes a fresh look at what America’s high school seniors know about government and politics and how they learn it. "In this timely and persuasive book, Niemi and Junn provide the best evidence to date that civic education does make a difference in political learning and that certain curricular aspects facilitate that learning. First rate." - M. Kent Jennings, UCSB

Author: Professor Gesa E Kirsch PhDAssistant Professor Li
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Keywords: process, lived, research, archives
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2008-04-03
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0809328402
ISBN-13: 9780809328406

This collection of highly readable essays reveals that research is not restricted to library archives. When researchers pursue information and perspectives from sources beyond the archives—from existing people and places— they are often rewarded with unexpected discoveries that enrich their research and their lives.Beyond the Archives: Research as a Lived Process presents narratives that demystify and illuminate the research process by showing how personal experiences, family history, and scholarly research intersect. Editors Gesa E. Kirsch and Liz Rohan emphasize how important it is for r

Author: Ron Hira Ph.D. P.E. Assistant Professor of Public
Publisher: AMACOM
Keywords: jobs, overseas, shipping, cost, america, true, outsourcing
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2008-04-30
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 081440989X
ISBN-13: 9780814409893

The True Cost of Shipping Jobs Overseas and What Can Be Done About It Ron Hira and Anil Hira, with a Foreword by Lou Dobbs One of the most controversial topics in the news is the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries. Outsourced jobs have extended well beyond the manu­facturing sector to include white-collar professionals, particularly in information technology, financial services, and customer service. Outsourcing America reveals just how much outsourcing is taking place, what its impact has been and will continue to be, and what can be done about the loss of jobs. More than an

Author: Assistant Professor Judith Lockyer B.A. M.A. Ph.
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Pre
Keywords: william, faulkner, novels, narration, words, language, ordered
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1991-07-09
List price: $34.00
ISBN-10: 0809317028
ISBN-13: 9780809317028

Author: Assistant Professor Gregory Clark B.A. M.A. Ph.D
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Keywords: writing, studies, rhetoric, function, perspective, dialectic, conversation, social, dialogue
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 1989-12-11
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 0809315793
ISBN-13: 9780809315796

This book articulates an ethics for reading that places primary responsibility for the social influences of a text on the response of its readers.We write and read as participants in a process through which we negotiate with others whom we must live or work with and with whom we share values, beliefs, and actions. Clark draws on current literary theory, rhetoric, philosophy, communication theory, and composition studies as he builds on this argument.Because reading and writing are public actions that address and direct matters of shared belief, values, and action, reading and writing should be

Author: William Van LennepAssistant Professor Charles Bee
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Keywords: casts, together, reciepts, contemporary, comment, afterpieces, amp, part, stage, calendar, plays, entertainment, london
Number of Pages: 968
Published: 1970-08-03
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0809304376
ISBN-13: 9780809304370