Pick up the sociology textbook that helps you study, is easy to read, and has the study helps built right in. "Essentials of Sociology" takes real-world scenarios and shows you how to use sociology to analyze them. And with its updated international focus, you'll learn about other cultures while studying your own as well. "Essentials of Sociology" ...
This is one of the few medical genetics texts on a 2-year revision cycle. It provides up-to-date information that can be read, retained, and applied with ease! The 3rd Edition covers pharmacogenomics: the societal implications of technologies: the Human Genome Project; cloning, genetic enhancement, and embryonic stem cell research: new tumor ...
For courses in Freshman or Advanced Composition. This long-awaited Second Edition is organized around six thought-provoking questions intended to motivate student contemplation and inspire prolific writing. The reading selections in each chapter offer a variety of approaches to the chapter question, with representation from a host of disciplines ...
A classic comparative study of medicine and national culture, Medicine and Culture shows us that while doctors regard themselves as servants of science, they are often prisoners of custom.
Almost a decade ago, Paul Andrew Mayewski, an internationally recognized leader in climate change research, was chosen to lead the National Science Foundation's Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two (GISP2). The Ice Chronicles tells the story behind GISP2 and its product, 100,000 years of climate history. These frozen records document major ...
This volume features 16 position papers by scholars and researchers of composition and rhetoric; most are followed by invited responses by other compositionists. They approach composition from a variety of perspectives including rhetorical, historical, social, cultural, political and economic.
Having emerged from presentations given at the national Writing Program Administrators' Conference, in 2001, this collection of 24 essays assesses and challenges the current state of writing instruction, charting new directions and approaching composition studies from different perspectives.
This book documents the bases for a new view of legitimacy in general and in various parts of Asia, including China, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan. The authors see legitimacy anywhere as always partial, rather than total, and somewhat measurable. Legitimacy is specifically political, rather than more vaguely socioeconomic. It can be a ...
A practical, stimulating resource for professional writers, editors, and teachers, Solving Problems in Technical Writing shows how to use the latest research in linguistics and rhetoric and insights from today's business world to write, edit, format, and use graphics more effectively. The contributors, all outstanding professionals from academic ...
As the richest cities in the world's most populous nation, Hong Kong and Shanghai have recently experienced dynamic growth spurred by more and better-managed capital. These cities also have social problems whose solutions will cost money. Their urban populations are aging. Health finance at the level these "First World" cities demand threatens to ...
For courses in Freshman Composition, Advanced Composition, and Writing Across the Curriculum. This cross-curricular composition reader emphasizes writing as thinking. Since good questions are at the heart of good writing, the book is organized around six perennially interesting questions. The reading selections in each chapter offer a variety of ...
This work provides information about the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system security devices, including security management using the Microsoft Security Configuratin Tool Set, support for IP security, the Encrypting File System, Public Key Infrastructure, smart cards and Kerberos. 4
The wind-down from China's revolution has seen profound cultural change in ideology, religion, media and the arts, and on the social and political landscape. This study shows how social diversification during the economic boom has modified political norms and public practices.
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