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The Crafting of a WriterRousseau&'s Hand explores Rousseau&'s involvement in and promotion of craft in the context of the technological developments of the Enlightenment and his own European celebrity as a writer....

In The Utah State Constitution, Jean Bickmore White offers a comprehensive review of the unique historical background and the 100-year development of the Utah State Constitution. First drafted in 1896, at the beginning of Utah&'s statehood, the original constitution survived until the early 1970s with little change. Since that time there has been a...

Therapist GuideWinner of the 2011 Arthur Shapiro Award for Best Book on Hypnosis, from the Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis  An explosion of interest in the applications of hypnosis for clinical problems, especially pain, has led to a wide accumulation of research on hypnosis as a viable, beneficial supplement to treatment protocols....

Writing allows people to convey information to others who are remote in time and space, vastly increasing the range over which people can cooperate and the amount they can learn. Mastering the writing system of one's language is crucial for success in a modern society. This book examines how children learn to write words. It provides a...

Seaside StoriesIn Narratives of Positive Aging, Amia Lieblich presents a qualitative study that explores the life narratives of elderly men and women who engage in practices of "e;positive aging."e; They belong to a spontaneous community that assembles daily, early in the morning, on a beach near Tel-Aviv, Israel. At the seaside, the elders...

Nationalism, Internationalism, and Bushidō in Modern JapanInventing the Way of the Samurai examines the development of the &'way of the samurai&' - bushido - which is popularly viewed as a defining element of the Japanese national character and even the &'soul of Japan&'. Rather than a continuation of ancient traditions, however, bushido developed...