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Autos and Progress analyzes autos as both tools for and cultural symbols of Brazil's status as a modern nation. This book details attempts to remake the nation physically and economically, through road building, the establishment of a domestic auto industry, and the founding of Brasilia, as well as culturally and politically with the transformation...

The Invention of Brownstone Brooklyn offers an original and captivating history of gentrification, challenging the conventional wisdom that New York City began a comeback in the 1990s and locating the roots of Brooklyn's revival in the social upheavals of the 1960 and 1970s....

Expanded and fully updated, the    Crisis Intervention Handbook: Assessment, Treatment, and Research, Third Edition focuses on crisis intervention services for persons who are victims of natural disasters, school-based and home-based violence, violent crimes, and personal or family crises. It applies a unifying model of crisis intervention, making...

God, the Best, and Evil is an original treatment of notable problems about God and his actions towards human beings. Bruce Langtry examines implications of divine omnipotence, omniscience, and perfect goodness for God's providence; the apparent fact that God could have created a better world than this one; and the problem of evil....

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How the Constitution Can Make Our Military StrongerSurveys show that the all-volunteer military is our most respected and trusted institution, but over the last thirty-five years it has grown estranged from civilian society. Without a draft, imperfect as it was, the military is no longer as representative of civilian society. Fewer people accept...