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The bluebook: a uniform system of citation

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"This edition of The Bluebook retains the same basic approach to legal citation established by its predecessors. The layout of the Bluebook has been updated to make the information easier to access. Some citation forms have been expanded, elaborated upon, or modified from previo…

The perversion of virtue: understanding murder-suicide

by Joiner, Thomas, (Thomas E.)

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"In The Perversion of Virtue, suicide researcher Thomas Joiner explores the nature of murder-suicide and offers a unique new theory to explain this nearly unexplainable act: that 'true' murder-suicides always involve the wrongheaded invocation of one of four interpersonal virtue…

The perversion of virtue: understanding murder-suicide

by Joiner, Thomas,, Jr

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"In The Perversion of Virtue, suicide researcher Thomas Joiner explores the nature of murder-suicide and offers a unique new theory to explain this nearly unexplainable act: that 'true' murder-suicides always involve the wrongheaded invocation of one of four interpersonal virtue…

Income inequality in America: an analysis of trends

by Ryscavage, Paul

fromIssues in Work and Human Resources

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In this volume, the author seeks to analyze various aspects of growing inequality of income in society. What is income inequality? How is it measured? How does it relate to poverty? The author addresses these and other conceptual issues in the book.

Virtual orientalism: Asian religions and American popular culture

by Iwamura, Jane Naomi

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Saffron-robed monks and long-haired gurus have become familiar characters on the American popular culture scene. This book examines the contemporary fascination with Eastern spirituality and provides a cultural history of the representation of Asian religions in American mass me…

Ally: my journey across the American-Israeli divide

by Oren, Michael B.

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"New York Times bestselling author Michael B. Oren's memoir of his time as Israel's ambassador to the United States--a period of transformative change for America and a time of violent upheaval throughout the Middle East--provides a frank, fascinating look inside the special rel…

A different democracy: American government in a thirty-one-country persp…

by Taylor, Steven L.

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"Four distinguished scholars in political science analyze American democracy from a comparative point of view, exploring how the U.S. political system differs from that of thirty other democracies and what those differences ultimately mean for democratic performance. This essent…

A people's history of poverty in America

by Pimpare, Stephen

fromNew Press people's history

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"In A People's History of Poverty in America, political scientist Stephen Pimpare brings these lives and stories to the foreground, vividly describing poverty and welfare as poor and welfare-reliant Americans experience it, from the big city to the rural countryside. Through pro…

A people's history of poverty in America

by Pimpare, Stephen

fromNew Press people's history

0 Type: Book

"In A People's History of Poverty in America, political scientist Stephen Pimpare brings these lives and stories to the foreground, vividly describing poverty and welfare as poor and welfare-reliant Americans experience it, from the big city to the rural countryside. Through pro…