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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Mothers aren't supposed to be angry. Still, Minna Dubin was an
angry mum: exhausted by the gruelling, thankless work of full-time
parenting and feeling her career slip away, she would find herself
screaming at her child or exploding at her husband. When Dubin
pushed past her shame and talked with other mothers about how she
was feeling, she realized that she was far from alone. Mum Rage is
Dubin's ground-breaking work of reportage about an unspoken crisis
of anger sweeping the country-and the world. She finds that while a
specific instance of rage might be triggered by something as simple
as a child who won't tie her shoes, the roots of the anger go far
deeper, from the unequal burden of childcare shouldered by mums to
the flattening of women's identities once they have kids. Drawing
on insights from mums across the spectrum of race, sexual
orientation, and class, she offers practical tools to help readers
disarm their rage in the moment, while never losing sight of the
broader social change we need to stop raging for good.
Museums offer sights into how the world works, what it means to be
human in all of its manifestations, how people are related to other
species, and what they have achieved through the ages. And museums
help kids develop their distinctive sense of self, both by seeing
their own reflections in certain respects, and by judging
themselves against other stuff that is there on offer. Museums
supply excitement, wonderment, instruction, forbidden pleasures,
enchantment, and escape, all in one extraordinary spot.' - extract
from Chapter 3, 'The First Shall Be The Last: Picturing indigenous
peoples and the sins of long ago'. Mounting Queen Victoria is an
indispensable guide to the politics of culture and identity in the
South African public sphere.
I'm Paige Dubin, an outspoken seventeen year old, and I would like
to share my world of words with you. Embark with me on a journey
through a literary land where metaphors blossom and every trail has
a surprise in store. Let luminary diction light your path as we
walk hand in hand towards the greater meaning.
Three census decades arranged alphabetically by state are covered
by this volume, with a total of 14 variables (from percent of
foreign born to percent of manufacturing employees) presented in
tabular format. . . . Researchers studying legislative behavior and
aggregate election analysis will find this series indispensable.
Choice United States Congressional Districts and Data, 1883-1913 is
an atlas of U.S. congressional districts and almost 10 times the
size of Rosenbach's effort and half a century longer in scope. It
contains maps of all congressional districts during this period and
includes the names and boundaries of all counties within each
district. For metropolitan districts it often includes minor civil
divisions such as towns, townships, and wards. In addition to the
cartographic presentation of each congressional district, this work
also presents key demographic data taken from United States
censuses relating to each district and its constituent counties.
This includes data on population, race, ethnicity, religion,
occupation, and various economic variables. This is the third
volume in a multi-volume reference work that will present
demographic data from the United States census for each
congressional district from the first congress in 1789 until 1956.
Like its predecessors, United States Congressional Districts and
Data, 1883-1913 will be particularly useful for studying
legislative behavior and aggregate election analysis. It will be
welcomed by researchers interested in these and other areas
requiring U.S. census and congressional data.
This book attempts to explain what went wrong in California's
restructured energy markets and what must be done to restore
California's economy and build new electricity systems. The
intention here is to reconcile the principles of competition and
regulation. California had a severe electricity crisis for about
thirteen months beginning in May of 2000. The economic consequences
and political fallout that arose from this crisis persist.
California's economy continues to suffer and the state's treasury
is deeply in debt. The state's three investor-owned utilities were
nearly financially decimated. San Diego Gas & Electric has
recovered to a greater degree than the other two only because its
retail prices are about three times the national average and, for a
time, well above the other two IOUs in California. Southern
California Edison has recently been restored to investment grade
and was granted a rate increase. Pacific Gas & Electric is
emerging from bankruptcy. This book discusses all of this in
greater detail. The problems and consequences arising from
California's ill-fated foray into electricity market restructuring
could damage the state for years to come. Challenges of this nature
are not new to the Golden State. In the past, as we explain here,
pragmatic, not entrenched, approaches have worked best in
California. If California is to relatively quickly restore its
previous enviable economic vitality and recover from the damage
done to tarnish its luster, pragmatic approaches must again be
used.
Empirical Studies In Applied Economics presents nine previously
unpublished analyses in monograph form. In this work, the topics
are presented so that each chapter stands on its own. The emphasis
is on the applications but attention is also given to the
econometric and statistical issues for advanced readers.
Econometric methods include multivariate regression analysis,
limited dependent variable analysis, and other maximum likelihood
techniques. The empirical topics include the measurement of
competition and market power in natural gas transportation markets
and in the pharmaceutical market for chemotherapy drugs. Additional
topics include an empirical analysis of NFL football demand, the
accuracy of an econometric model for mail demand, and the
allocation of police services in rural Alaska. Other chapters
consider the valuation of technology patents and the determination
of patent scope, duration, and reasonable royalty, and the reaction
of financial markets to health scares in the fast-food industry.
Finally, two chapters are devoted to the theory and testing of
synergistic health effects from the combined exposure to asbestos
and cigarette smoking.
The current book describes the chemical and physical behaviour of
polymers and biopolymers that form highly associating structures in
equilibrium solution. It summons the established results known of
polymer complexes in solution, taking into account also the recent
developments in biotechnology concerning this topic, in
technological applications of polymer-protein interactions, in
fluorescence and scattering techniques for the study of intra- and
interpolymer association and in the study of ionomers in solution.
The book covers the whole range from synthesis and fundamental
aspects to applications and technology of associated polymers.
Drawing upon extensive interviews, a broad sampling of media accounts, legal documents, and his own observations of important events, Steven Dubin surveys the censorship issues surrounding visual art, photography, and film, as well as artistic upstarts such as video and performance art. He examines both the nature of art work which disarms its viewers and the social reaction to it - the dual meaning of arresting images. Combining the eye of an aesthete and the rigour of a social scientist, Dubin offers insights into contemporary society and politics.
South African society has been refashioned since the first open
elections were held in 1994; if democracy is the theory then
transformation is the practice. This is apparent in the nation's
museums, where collection and exhibition policies, staffs and
audiences have been changed in fundamental ways. Such changes have
impacted the range of these institutions, including those focusing
on art, natural history and science, cultural history, local
events, and military matters. Steven C. Dubin examines the various
strategies museums have adopted to shed their former ideological
biases and become more inclusive. This book also notes that in this
process, museums have developed into lively centers of
debate--noisy democratic forums recovering the past and generating
fresh information, seasoned with a dash of controversy.
Studies in Consumer Demand - Econometric Methods Applied to Market
Data contains eight previously unpublished studies of consumer
demand. Each study stands on its own as a complete econometric
analysis of demand for a well-defined consumer product. The
econometric methods range from simple regression techniques applied
in the first four chapters, to the use of logit and multinomial
logit models used in chapters 5 and 6, to the use of nested logit
models in chapters 6 and 7, and finally to the discrete/continuous
modeling methods used in chapter 8. Emphasis is on applications
rather than econometric theory. In each case, enough detail is
provided for the reader to understand the purpose of the analysis,
the availability and suitability of data, and the econometric
approach to measuring demand.
Taxpayer compliance is a voluntary activity, and the degree to
which the tax system works is affected by taxpayers' knowledge that
it is their moral and legal responsibility to pay their taxes.
Taxpayers also recognize that they face a lottery in which not all
taxpayer noncompliance will ever be detected. In the United States
most individuals comply with the tax law, yet the tax gap has grown
significantly over time for individual taxpayers. The US Internal
Revenue Service attempts to ensure that the minority of taxpayers
who are noncompliant pay their fair share with a variety of
enforcement tools and penalties. The Causes and Consequences of
Income Tax Noncompliance provides a comprehensive summary of the
empirical evidence concerning taxpayer noncompliance and presents
innovative research with new results on the role of IRS audit and
enforcements activities on compliance with federal and state income
tax collection. Other issues examined include to what degree
taxpayers respond to the threat of civil and criminal enforcement
and the important role of the media on taxpayer compliance. This
book offers researchers, students, and tax administrators insight
into the allocation of taxpayer compliance enforcement and service
resources, and suggests policies that will prevent further
increases in the tax gap. The book's aggregate data analysis
methods have practical applications not only to taxpayer compliance
but also to other forms of economic behavior, such as welfare
fraud.
Pain management is an essential part of clinical practice for all
healthcare providers from trainees, physician assistants and nurse
practitioners through to practising physicians. Problem-Based Pain
Management is a collaboration between experts in anesthesiology,
geriatric medicine, neurology, psychiatry and rehabilitation which
presents a multidisciplinary management strategy. Over 60 chapters
follow a standard, easy-to-read, quick access format on: clinical
presentation, signs and symptoms, lab tests, imaging studies,
differential diagnosis, pharmacotherapy, non-pharmacologic
approach, interventional procedure, follow-up and prognosis. The
broad spectrum of topics include headache, neck and back pain,
bursitis, phantom limb pain, sickle cell disease and palliative
care. Unlike other large, cumbersome texts currently available,
this book serves as a quick, concise and pertinent reference in the
diagnosis and management of common pain syndromes.
Drawing from the wealth of academic literature about Eurovision
written over the last two decades, this book consolidates and
recognizes Eurovision's relevance in academia by analysing its
contribution to different fields of study The book brings together
leading Eurovision scholars from across disciplines and from across
the globe to reflect on the intersection between their academic
fields of study and the Eurovision Song Contest by answering the
question: What has Eurovision contributed to academia? The book
also draws from fields rarely associated with Eurovision, such as
Law, Business and Research Methodologies, to demonstrate the song
contest's broad utility in research, pedagogy and in practice Given
its interdisciplinary approach, this volume will be of interest to
scholars and students working in cultural, media, and communication
studies, as well as those interested in the intersections of
culture, media, nationalism, education, pedagogy, and history
As South Africa’s democracy matures, Steven Dubin’s Spearheading
Debate: Culture Wars & Uneasy Truces analyses the following
questions: How does the state mediate between traditional tribal
authority and constitutional law in matters such as initiation
customs or the rights of women, children and homosexuals? What are
the limitations on artistic freedom in a society where
sensitivities over colonial- and apartheid-era representations are
acute? Whose histories are venerated and whose are obliterated? How
does race open up discussions or close down dialogue? What are the
parameters of freedom of speech when minorities fear that hateful
language may trigger actual violence against them? And do legacies
of oppression generate exclusive insights and grant special rights?
Examining disputes over South African art, music, media, editorial
cartoons, history, public memory, and a variety of social
practices, Spearheading Debate extends the culture-wars perspective
to new territory, demonstrates its cross-cultural applicability,
and parses critical debates within this vibrant society in
formation.
In this sophomore tale of our otherworldly duo, Dreary and Naughty
get off to an unlucky start on Valentine's Day weekend. All the
boys of Whispering Hills High have a crush on Naughty, which drives
a wedge between them (while Dreary is, well, dead to all the
girls). Can their feelings for each other survive under the trials
and tribulations of the dreaded Valentine's Day exchange? Taking us
all back to the days when not everyone was remembered on the
cardstock holiday, Friday the 13th of February is the perfect
message about what's truly important in love and friendship.
A study of the American cultural wars taking place in controversial
museum exhibitions Museums have become ground zero in America's
culture wars. Whereas fierce public debates once centered on
provocative work by upstart artists, the scrutiny has now expanded
to mainstream cultural institutions and the ideas they present. In
Displays of Power, Steven Dubin, whose Arresting Images was deemed
"masterly" by the New York Times, examines the most controversial
exhibitions of the 1990s. These include shows about ethnicity,
slavery, Freud, the Old West, and the dropping of the atomic bomb
by the Enola Gay. This new edition also includes a preface by the
author detailing the recent Sensation! controversy at the Brooklyn
Museum. Displays of Power draws directly upon interviews with many
key combatants: museum administrators, community activists,
curators, and scholars. It authoritatively analyzes these episodes
of America struggling to redefine itself in the late 20th century.
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