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An almost obsessive interest in the human body in literary and
psychological theory over the past ten years has uncovered not just
the physical body but the body as metaphor, political emblem,
social construction, and symptom.
The Wounded Body builds on this recent interest in the body by
providing an ambitious interdisciplinary exploration of the wounded
body in literature from Homer to Toni Morrison. Guided by insights
from phenomenology to Jungian archetypal psychology, Dennis
Slattery argues that the body in its scarred, marked, diseased,
tattooed, or otherwise afflicted state is not only an individual
phenomenon but, in the hands of the poet, a cultural symptom, a
place of suffering, as well as a way of seeing and ordering the
experience of the one who is wounded.
International economic integration is perceived as one of the
paramount forces shaping the modern world. Many organizations, both
public and private, are trying to combine economic activities
across international borders. The European Union and the North
American Free Trade Area are two examples of government-managed
international economic integration. Private organizations include
various criminal groups as well as international churches.
International economic integration is not a recent phenomenon; its
roots can be traced back to the Roman Empire. "International
Economic Integration in Historical Perspective" departs from the
conventional short-term analysis and takes a long-term view of the
process, offering perspectives that are both detailed and diverse.
Dennis M. P. McCarthy examines seven types of organizations that
exemplify international economic integration, such as colonial
empires, merchant associations, religious empires, criminal
empires, free trade areas, customs unions and common markets.
Representative examples of each type are analyzed in a comparative
framework. An introduction defines key terms and concepts; a
retrospective summarizes the main insights that emerge from the
book. Endnotes and a detailed bibliography offer readers ways to
pursue topics further.
This timely and unique book demonstrates that international
economic integration is an economic and political process that also
involves political economy." International Economic Integration in
Historical Perspective "will prove indispensable to students and
general readers who wish to gain a firm understanding of
international economics and the processes that shape the world
today.
This volume brings together many of the leading researchers on
human intelligence and cognition to address issues including
definition, measurement, and instructional design. Its publication
is a result of the Inaugural Spearman Seminar recently held at the
University of Plymouth -- a seminar that is slated to become a
regularly scheduled event providing a major international forum for
the presentation of work on human abilities. To properly inaugurate
this series, scientific experts in this field were asked to reflect
on various issues raised but not resolved in Charles Spearman's
classic work, The Abilities of Man: Their Nature and Measurement,
published in 1927. As a result of this approach, the book offers a
unique overview of the way in which the study of human abilities
has developed since 1927, and of current positions in the field. It
offers exhaustive discussions on: * the nature of cognitive
abilities and intelligence -- a review of how the factor analytic
approach to abilities which grew out of Spearman's work has
developed, thoughts regarding the contribution of a cross-cultural
perspective, and an elucidation of some of the conceptual issues
which often cloud discussions of ability; * different aspects of
the contribution of cognitive psychology to our understanding of
abilities -- the relationship between Spearman's g and working
memory, links between attention and cognitive style, and the area
of spatial abilities; * recent developments in latent variable and
item response modeling; and * applied issues -- the argument that
little predictive value can be gained in occupational selection
from measuring abilities other than Spearman's g, and the question
of aptitude treatment interactions in education.
This volume brings together many of the leading researchers on
human intelligence and cognition to address issues including
definition, measurement, and instructional design. Its publication
is a result of the Inaugural Spearman Seminar recently held at the
University of Plymouth -- a seminar that is slated to become a
regularly scheduled event providing a major international forum for
the presentation of work on human abilities. To properly inaugurate
this series, scientific experts in this field were asked to reflect
on various issues raised but not resolved in Charles Spearman's
classic work, "The Abilities of Man: Their Nature and Measurement,
" published in 1927.
As a result of this approach, the book offers a unique overview of
the way in which the study of human abilities has developed since
1927, and of current positions in the field. It offers exhaustive
discussions on:
* the nature of cognitive abilities and intelligence -- a review
of how the factor analytic approach to abilities which grew out of
Spearman's work has developed, thoughts regarding the contribution
of a cross-cultural perspective, and an elucidation of some of the
conceptual issues which often cloud discussions of ability;
* different aspects of the contribution of cognitive psychology to
our understanding of abilities -- the relationship between
Spearman's "g" and working memory, links between attention and
cognitive style, and the area of spatial abilities;
* recent developments in latent variable and item response
modeling; and
* applied issues -- the argument that little predictive value can
be gained in occupational selection from measuring abilities other
than Spearman's "g," and the question of aptitude treatment
interactions in education.
International economic integration is not a recent phenomenon; its
roots can be traced back to the Roman Empire. This informative
volume departs from the conventional short-term analysis and takes
a long-term view of the process, offering perspectives that are
both detailed and diverse. Author Dennis McCarthy examines seven
types of organizations that exemplify international economic
integration (colonial empires, merchant associations, religious
empires, criminal empires, free trade areas, customs unions and
common markets), and representative examples of each type are
analyzed in a comparative framework. Timely and unique, this book
demonstrates that international economic integration is an economic
and political process that also involves political economy. With an
introduction defining key terms and concepts; a retrospective
summarizing the main insights, and endnotes and a detailed
bibliography offering readers ways to pursue these topics further,
McCarthy's book will prove indispensable to students and general
readers who wish to gain a firm understanding of international
economics and the processes that shape the world today.
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Selected Letters (Hardcover)
Joseph Campbell; Edited by Dennis Patrick
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Inadequate investment in innovation is particularly costly in
today's globally competitive environment where continued
technological advancements are critical to sustaining economic
prosperity. The government has a critical role in ensuring that
society's general interest in innovation, and the public good
associated with innovation, is represented in private-sector
decision making. This can be accomplished through a variety of
programs and initiatives that reward innovation at all levels. The
various activities that make this possible fall into two general
categories: (1) the creation and maintenance of a legal environment
that encourages private sector investment in innovation (patents
and the relaxation of antitrust); and (2) the provision of
incentives to overcome the natural inclination of private parties
to consider only their private benefits when choosing the level of
innovation in which to invest (governmental grants and contracts to
targeted tax incentives). The role of government, more
specifically, can be found in three key areas: (1) funding of
research and development performed in the private sector; (2)
funding of Federal laboratory research activities and the effective
transfer of that knowledge to the private sector; and (3)
encouraging the industry-university collaboration in research and
development. It is these three areas of research that generate
technologies fundamental to increasing the rate of technological
development in the private sector, and it is these areas that are
the focus of this book.
This book is about public education reform and the future of pubHc
education funding. Given the many articles, books, and conferences
that have focused on the issue of public education reform, it is
reasonable to ask whether the world needs still another volume on
this subject. In my defense, I would argue that, although there is
a large literature on public education reform, there is precious
little that tries to sketch the big picture. Too often, both in
research and in practice, it is easy to lose sight of the forest,
for all the focus on the individual trees. While such detailed
analysis is of critical value, that value derives both from its
specificity and from its ability to fit into a larger, coherent
whole. Unfortunately, our understanding of the public education
process is still incomplete and disconnected, particularly with
regard to the connections between research, policy, and practice.
This book is an attempt to step back for a moment to get one's
bearings before jumping headlong back into the forest. It is my
hope that this book will be of value to a wide variety of reader-
researchers in departments of economics and schools of education,
policy makers at all levels, and, of course, the practitioners
slogging away in the trenches.
This book is about public education reform and the future of pubHc
education funding. Given the many articles, books, and conferences
that have focused on the issue of public education reform, it is
reasonable to ask whether the world needs still another volume on
this subject. In my defense, I would argue that, although there is
a large literature on public education reform, there is precious
little that tries to sketch the big picture. Too often, both in
research and in practice, it is easy to lose sight of the forest,
for all the focus on the individual trees. While such detailed
analysis is of critical value, that value derives both from its
specificity and from its ability to fit into a larger, coherent
whole. Unfortunately, our understanding of the public education
process is still incomplete and disconnected, particularly with
regard to the connections between research, policy, and practice.
This book is an attempt to step back for a moment to get one's
bearings before jumping headlong back into the forest. It is my
hope that this book will be of value to a wide variety of reader-
researchers in departments of economics and schools of education,
policy makers at all levels, and, of course, the practitioners
slogging away in the trenches.
Inadequate investment in innovation is particularly costly in
today's globally competitive environment where continued
technological advancements are critical to sustaining economic
prosperity. The government has a critical role in ensuring that
society's general interest in innovation, and the public good
associated with innovation, is represented in private-sector
decision making. This can be accomplished through a variety of
programs and initiatives that reward innovation at all levels. The
various activities that make this possible fall into two general
categories: (1) the creation and maintenance of a legal environment
that encourages private sector investment in innovation (patents
and the relaxation of antitrust); and (2) the provision of
incentives to overcome the natural inclination of private parties
to consider only their private benefits when choosing the level of
innovation in which to invest (governmental grants and contracts to
targeted tax incentives). The role of government, more
specifically, can be found in three key areas: (1) funding of
research and development performed in the private sector; (2)
funding of Federal laboratory research activities and the effective
transfer of that knowledge to the private sector; and (3)
encouraging the industry-university collaboration in research and
development. It is these three areas of research that generate
technologies fundamental to increasing the rate of technological
development in the private sector, and it is these areas that are
the focus of this book.
Dante has it right: we are on more than a journey; we are on a
pilgrimage. Author Dennis Patrick Slattery, who has been teaching
Dante's works for more than twenty years, believes that our life
stories are embedded in the journey of this pilgrim. In "Day-to-Day
Dante, " Slattery presents passages from Dante Alighieri's
fourteenth-century poem "The Divine Comedy" to assist you in
searching for the core elements of your personal myth. "Day-to-Day
Dante" is divided into 365 entries and reflections so you may
explore and meditate on one page per day for a year. Each entry and
reflection is followed by a writing meditation to help you arrive
at your own insights about your personal travels and travails.This
examination of Dante's pilgrimage will help you deepen the
understanding of yourself and the larger political, social, and
religious worlds. Through "Day-to-Day Dante" you can connect more
deeply with your own narrative, following Dante's journey from out
of a dark wood to a vision of the transcendent.
In A Brotherhood of Liberty, Dennis Patrick Halpin shifts the focus
of the black freedom struggle from the Deep South to argue that
Baltimore is key to understanding the trajectory of civil rights in
the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the 1870s and
early 1880s, a dynamic group of black political leaders migrated to
Baltimore from rural Virginia and Maryland. These activists, mostly
former slaves who subsequently trained in the ministry, pushed
Baltimore to fulfill Reconstruction's promise of racial equality.
In doing so, they were part of a larger effort among African
Americans to create new forms of black politics by founding
churches, starting businesses, establishing community centers, and
creating newspapers. Black Baltimoreans successfully challenged Jim
Crow regulations on public transit, in the courts, in the voting
booth, and on the streets of residential neighborhoods. They formed
some of the nation's earliest civil rights organizations, including
the United Mutual Brotherhood of Liberty, to define their own
freedom in the period after the Civil War. Halpin shows how black
Baltimoreans' successes prompted segregationists to reformulate
their tactics. He examines how segregationists countered activists'
victories by using Progressive Era concerns over urban order and
corruption to criminalize and disenfranchise African Americans.
Indeed, he argues the Progressive Era was crucial in establishing
the racialized carceral state of the twentieth-century United
States. Tracing the civil rights victories scored by black
Baltimoreans that inspired activists throughout the nation and
subsequent generations, A Brotherhood of Liberty highlights the
strategies that can continue to be useful today, as well as the
challenges that may be faced.
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Crimisle (Paperback)
Dennis Patrick Treece
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Crimisle (Hardcover)
Dennis Patrick Treece
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