5009 results for '"Daugherty, Paul R.'

Knowledge spaces offer a rigorous mathematical foundation for various practical systems of knowledge assessment. An example is offered by the ALEKS system (Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge...

One of the main themes that has emerged from behavioral decision research during the past three decades is the view that people's preferences are often constructed in the process of elicitation. This...

"An interesting book with an interesting concept. The articles are well-written and shed new light on old and neglected material". -- The Classical Outlook.

This volume brings together twenty-five of R. Crumb’s most ambitious, acclaimed, and profound comics.One of the most influential and iconic cartoonists of our time, R. Crumb is celebrated for pushing...

Draws on a number of disciplines to explore the Roman family from the first century BC to the fourth century AD, focusing on the centuries bracketing the change of era. Explains or translates most of...

A rewritten and re-organised edition of The Physiological Ecology of Seaweeds (1985). Seaweed Ecology and Physiology surveys the broad literature, but it is not merely an update of the earlier book...

Based on first-hand observation, this book analyzes various approaches to government intervention in the field of environmental control and presents the findings of an empirical project designed to...

Out of the social and economic turmoil of Europe in the 1930s, the Popular Front emerged as the spearhead of the left's bid to stop fascism in its tracks. Fifty years on from the birth of the Popular...

The two plays collected in this volume represent Genet's first attempts to analyze the mores of a bourgeois society he had previously been content simply to vilify. In The Maids, two domestic...

Wyck, heir to a mysterious, ancient legacy, embarks on a perilous, epic quest to fulfill his destiny, unleashing an unpredictable, potentially deadly chain of events

Why were Prometheus and Loki envisioned as chained to rocks? What was the Golden Calf? Why are mirrors believed to carry bad luck? How could anyone think that mortals like Perseus, Beowulf, and St...

'The Wall', the lead story in this collection, introduces three political prisoners on the night prior to their execution. Through the gaze of an impartial doctor--seemingly there for the men's...

A unique, stunningly illustrated look at the origins, development, and future prospects of citiesMore than half the world's population lives in cities, and that proportion is expected to rise to...

The image of the great artist as a suffering visionary is a recent invention, observes sociologist Nathalie Heinich--an invention rooted in the "canonization" of Vincent van Gogh as a cultural hero...