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Through the lens of the premier organization for the promotion of the history of the United States, this book relates the growth of the discipline of American history in scholarship, teaching, and public history....

Incerti auctoris Liber de arboribusFor readers of the mid-first century CE, Columella compiled a comprehensive curriculum of the agricultural discipline, aiming to cover every aspect of the field that might effect economic profit and environmental stewardship. Columella combines traditional Roman moralism with an interest in experimental practices...

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In the passionate debate that currently rages over globalization, critics have        been heard blaming it for a host of ills afflicting poorer nations, everything from        child labor to environmental degradation and cultural homogenization. Now Jagdish        Bhagwati, the internationally renowned economist, takes on the critics,...

The United Nations has been called everything from "e;the best hope of mankind"e; to "e;irrelevant"e; and "e;obsolete."e; With this much-needed introduction to the UN, Jussi Hanhimaki engages the current debate over the organizations effectiveness as he provides a clear understanding of how it was originally conceived, how...

The second edition of this essential handbook provides a practical, accessible guide to all emergency situations encountered in paediatrics and neonatology, from the immediately life-threatening to the smaller but urgent problems that may arise....