Oxford University Press USA
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Failure to Flourish: How Law Undermines Family Relationships
Huntington Clare
- Oxford university press usa
- 3 Mai 2014
- 9780199366958
Failure to Flourish: How Law Undermines Family Relationships argues that the legal regulation of families stands fundamentally at odds with the needs of families. Strong, stable, positive relationships are essential for both individuals and society to flourish, but from transportation policy to the...
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The Oxford Handbook of Leadership and Organizations
David Day
- Oxford university press usa
- 22 Avril 2014
- 9780190213800
As the leadership field continues to evolve, there are many reasons to be optimistic about the various theoretical and empirical contributions in better understanding leadership from a scholarly and scientific perspective. The Oxford Handbook of Leadership and Organizations brings together a collect...
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Fixing U.S. International Taxation
Shaviro Daniel N
- Oxford university press usa
- 8 Janvier 2014
- 9780199359769
International tax rules, which determine how countries tax cross-border investment, are increasingly important with the rise of globalization, but the modern U.S. rules, even more than those in most other countries, are widely recognized as dysfunctional. The existing debate over how to reform the U...
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Arrhythmias in Women: Diagnosis and Management
Yong-Mei Cha
- Oxford university press usa
- 2 Mai 2014
- 9780199321995
Arrhythmias in Women: Diagnosis and Treatment draws upon the experience of national leaders in the field of women's heart disease to address the unique aspects involved in the diagnosis and treatment of women with arrhythmias and implantable device therapy. Written by distinguished consultants in th...
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The Escape of the Mind is part of a current movement in psychology and philosophy of mind that calls into question what is perhaps our most basic, most cherished, and universally accepted belief--that our minds are inside of our bodies. Howard Rachlin adopts the counterintuitive position that our mi...
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ADHD and Its Many Associated Problems
Gillberg Christopher
- Oxford university press usa
- 3 Mai 2014
- 9780199938766
ADHD and Its Many Associated Problems is a clinical handbook about infants, children, adolescents, young adults, middle-aged, and elderly people with ADHD and all its many comorbidities. It is the only book on ADHD that includes the comprehensive view of the condition as but one (albeit, perhaps the...
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Understanding Antiepileptic Drugs: Guiding You Through the Maze of Opt
Steinhoff Bernhard J
- Oxford university press usa
- 2 Mai 2014
- 9780199358939
Understanding Antiepileptic Drugs enhances patient knowledge and to acts as a facilitator to fill a significant gap in patient-physician communication in the field of epilepsy. There are several studies which show evidence that compliance in taking medication is absolutely crucial for successful med...
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Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism
Ross Benjamin
- Oxford university press usa
- 4 Avril 2014
- 9780199360161
More than five decades have passed since Jane Jacobs wrote her classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities, and since a front page headline in the New York Times read, "Cars Choking Cities as 'Urban Sprawl' Takes Over." Yet sprawl persists, and not by mistake. It happens for a reason. As ...
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Alice Paul has long been an elusive figure in the political history of American women. Raised by Quaker parents in Moorestown, New Jersey, she would become a passionate and outspoken leader of the woman suffrage movement. In 1913, she reinvigorated the American campaign for a constitutional suffrage...
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Retirement and the Hidden Epidemic: The Complex Link Between Aging, Wo
Bacharach Samuel B
- Oxford university press usa
- 3 Mai 2014
- 9780199374137
Evidence from both local and national surveys suggests that substance misuse and abuse among older adults in the United States is a "hidden epidemic" that poses a major threat to the welfare and quality of life of older drinkers and their families, and has significant public health implications. Ba...
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Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: The United States and Iran in the Cold
Alvandi Roham
- Oxford university press usa
- 3 Mai 2014
- 9780199375707
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran, is often remembered as a pliant instrument of American power during the Cold War. In this groundbreaking study Roham Alvandi offers a revisionist account of the shah's relationship with the United States by examining the partnership he forged with Richar...
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Absolute Music: The History of an Idea
Bonds Mark Evan
- Oxford university press usa
- 3 Mai 2014
- 9780199343652
What is music, and why does it move us? From Pythagoras to the present, writers have struggled to isolate the essence of "pure" or "absolute" music in ways that also account for its profound effect. In Absolute Music: The History of an Idea, Mark Evan Bonds traces the history of these efforts across...
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The Oxford Handbook of Depression and Comorbidity
C Steven Richards
- Oxford university press usa
- 3 Mai 2014
- 9780199797042
Depression is frequently associated with other psychiatric disorders and is often related to chronic health problems. Depressive symptoms are also common in chronically distressed close relationships and severe interpersonal difficulties in families and at work. The topic of depressive comorbidity ...
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The Euro Crisis and Its Aftermath
Pisani-Ferry Jean
- Oxford university press usa
- 1 Avril 2014
- 9780199395910
The euro's life, while only slightly more than a decade long, has been riddled by a series of challenges and crises. The eruption of the Greek crisis in 2010 took European policymakers by surprise and forced them to design responses to a quickly deteriorating situation. Even though Europe has final ...
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Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War Mexican Cou
Avina Alexander
- Oxford university press usa
- 3 Mai 2014
- 9780199936588
Specters of Revolution examines the development of two guerrilla insurgencies led by schoolteachers in Mexico during the 1960s. Relying upon recently declassified documents and oral histories, it chronicles a history of nonviolent peasant political action, underscored by long-held rural utopian id...
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The Oxford Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Crime
Rosemary Gartner
- Oxford university press usa
- 3 Mai 2014
- 9780199838714
The Oxford Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Crime offers an unparalleled and comprehensive view of the connections among gender, sex, and crime in the United States and in many other countries. Its insights illuminate both traditional areas of study in the field and pathways for developing cutting-edge ...
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The Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and t
Parsons Lynn Hudson
- Oxford university press usa
- 1 Avril 2009
- 9780199837540
The 1828 presidential election, which pitted Major General Andrew Jackson against incumbent John Quincy Adams, has long been hailed as a watershed moment in American political history. It was the contest in which an unlettered, hot-tempered southwestern frontiersman, trumpeted by his supporters as a...
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The Working Man's Reward: Chicago's Early Suburbs and the Roots of Ame
Lewinnek Elaine
- Oxford university press usa
- 3 Avril 2014
- 9780199393596
Between the 1860s and 1920s, Chicago's working-class immigrants designed the American dream of home-ownership. They imagined homes as small businesses, homes that were simultaneously a consumer-oriented respite from work and a productive space that workers hoped to control. Stretching out of tow...
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The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research
Patricia Leavy
- Oxford university press usa
- 4 Avril 2014
- 9780199389629
The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research presents a comprehensive overview of the field of qualitative research. It is intended for students of all levels, faculty, and researchers across the social sciences. The contributors represent some of the most influential and innovative researchers in th...
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Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army's Way of War
Fair C Christine
- Oxford university press usa
- 4 Avril 2014
- 9780199395880
Since Pakistan was founded in 1947, its army has dominated the state. The military establishment has locked the country in an enduring rivalry with India, with the primary aim of wresting Kashmir from it. To that end, Pakistan initiated three wars over Kashmir-in 1947, 1965, and 1999-and failed to w...
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By the Spear: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of
Worthington Ian
- Oxford university press usa
- 2 Mai 2014
- 9780190213831
Alexander the Great, arguably the most exciting figure from antiquity, waged war as a Homeric hero and lived as one, conquering native peoples and territories on a superhuman scale. From the time he invaded Asia in 334 to his death in 323, he expanded the Macedonian empire from Greece in the west to...
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Adolescent Sexual Behavior in the Digital Age: Considerations for Clin
Fabian Saleh
- Oxford university press usa
- 28 Avril 2014
- 9780199357970
The nexus between the digital revolution and adolescent sexual behavior has posed significant challenges to mental health practitioners, attorneys, and educators. These digital technologies may facilitate dangerous behaviors and serious consequences for some youth. Adolescent Sexual Development in t...
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Philosophy at 3:AM: Questions and Answers with 25 Top Philosophers
Marshall Richard
- Oxford university press usa
- 3 Avril 2014
- 9780199969555
The appeal of philosophy has always been its willingness to speak to those pressing questions that haunt us as we make our way through life. What is truth? Could we think without language? Is materialism everything? But in recent years, philosophy has been largely absent from mainstream cultural com...
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The Ethics of Private Practice: A Practical Guide for Mental Health Cl
Walfish Steven
- Oxford university press usa
- 3 Mai 2014
- 9780199976638
The Ethics of Private Practice helps mental health professionals understand the essential ethical issues related to many of the challenges of being in independent mental health practice. Seasoned clinicians Barnett, Zimmerman, and Walfish offer readers astute insight to help them build a practice th...
