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Émile Durkheim is often referred to as the father of sociology. Along with Karl Marx and Max Weber he was a principal architect of modern social science and whose contribution helped established it as an academic discipline. "The Division of Labor in Society", published in 1893, was his first major contribution to the field and arguably one his most important. In this work Durkheim discusses the construction of social order in modern societies, which...
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"An updated edition of a classic African American autobiography, with new supplementary materials. The preeminent American slave narrative first published in 1845, Frederick Douglass's Narrative powerfully details the life of the abolitionist from his birth into slavery to his escape to the North in 1838. Douglass tells how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and drivers, how he learned to read and write, and how...
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Organisations need to innovate and change in order to survive. So why are so many people afraid of it? How do you help people open themselves up to change? Joel Barker's best selling training program, The New Business of Paradigms, explains how the rules we live by can limit our ability to innovate and be creative. In example after example, Joel demonstrates how thinking differently is necessary for us to grow as organizations and as individuals....
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"In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the Bronze Age came to an abrupt and cataclysmic end. Kingdoms fell like dominoes over the course of just a few decades. No more Minoans or Mycenaeans. No...
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At a time when most communities' resources are stretched past the breaking point, how is it possible to deal with the enormous challenges that families, neighborhoods, cities, regions, and nations face today? This inspiring book takes readers to seven communities around the world where the people have walked out of limiting beliefs and practices that precluded solutions to major social problems, and walked on to discover bold new ways to meet their...
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The late 1600s. Distinguished English polymath, Robert Hooke, and an eccentric Dutch cloth-merchant, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek look down their handmade microscopes. What they see introduced a radical concept that swept through biology and medicine, touching virtually every aspect of the two sciences, and altering both forever. Presenting revelatory and exhilarating stories of scientists, doctors, and the patients whose lives may be saved by their work,...
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John Dewey (1859-1952) is an American philosopher and psychologist most notably remembered for his theories on progressive education. He grew up in the rapidly industrializing town of Burlington, Vermont, where he was able to witness increasing social and economic division of the classes. Although he displayed little vivacity or imagination as a child, he was immensely analytical and spent years teaching and writing on a wide range of philosophical...
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"Virtually anyone, anywhere knows that six million Jewish human beings were killed in the Jewish Holocaust. But how many African human beings were killed in the Black Holocaust - from the start of the European slave trade (c. 1500) to the Civil War (1865)? And how many were enslaved? The Black Holocaust, a travesty that killed millions of African human beings, is the most underreported major event in world history. A major economic event for Europe...
29) Making a Mummy
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What happens after death? That was a big question for ancient Egyptians. They believed that a person needed his or her body in death as much as in life. So they did all they could to preserve and protect the body. For them, preparing for life after death was an important part of life! Learn about the science behind mummification with this book created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution. This Smithsonian Informational Text builds students'...
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#1 Following the Armistice of 1918, which ended World War I, German soldiers returned home to a country economically devastated by the war. The Bavarian city of Munich was hit particularly hard, with jobless ex-soldiers wandering the streets. It was in this setting that Hitler, a 29-year-old veteran, came into contact with members of the Thule Society, a secret society...
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#1 The history of American slavery left its mark on the posterity of both slave and master and influenced relations between them for decades after the end of the old regime. Segregation is based on these assumptions and has its roots in the slavery period.
#2 The treatment of the free Negroes was similar to that of the slaves, except that they were not slaves. They were...
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#1 The New York Times and The Washington Post reported on the dangers of climate change, which was based on a special report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. They warned that warming of 1. 5 degrees Celsius would cause long-lasting or irreversible harm.
#2 Climate change is making wildfires worse, and in some cases, even causing them.
#3 The impact of climate change...
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#1 I was brought in to help find the burial sites of the boys who had died at the reform school. I had no idea how difficult this would be.
#2 I met with Glen Varnadoe, a man who believed his uncle was buried on the Dozier property. He had spent forty years working for a chemical company in Central Florida, and he was well-off. He hired a lawyer to stop the sale of the...
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La actitud es un conjunto de motivaciones, percepciones y creencias aprendidas de forma duradera que conllevan al sujeto a emitir una respuesta en determinada situación.
La actitud colectiva, por tanto, depende del aprendizaje psicosocial derivado de la interacción con los demás y del cúmulo de historicidad, valores, principios y paradigmas transmitidos.
Asimismo, la corresponsabilidad es la suma de voluntades, de esfuerzos y de recursos que...
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Book Preview: #1 Anxiety is a system that helps us recognize possible threats and dangers and keeps us safe from them. We use our senses to keep out of trouble, such as when we jump at a loud noise, look both ways before we cross the street, or sniff a yogurt container to decide whether it smells good enough to eat.
#2 When we are anxious about imaginary dangers, we become vulnerable...
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Get the Summary of Farah Stockman's American Made in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The Rexnord factory had served as one of the economic engines for the surrounding community. When it closed, hundreds of people lost their jobs. What had life been like for Shannon, Wally, and John, before the plant shut down? And what became of them after the jobs moved to Mexico and Texas?
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Rerock is a full, true look and breakdown of black communities across our nation. It shows ways to change our way of thinking so that we can get our communities back to functioning more on the positive side of the fence than the mountains of negative outlooks and actions that we have going on today. Rerock is broken down into groups that every man, woman, and child will fit into at least one, but, yes, you can fit multiple or have possibly been a...
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28 Days of Homowo - An English/Ga Bilingual BookThis book is written in a very simple way but with a profound message for both adults and children. It introduces new perspectives on the essential themes of Homowo, a Thanksgiving and New Year's celebration of the Gã of Ghana: gratitude, family, prayer, mindfulness, community and friendship.
Discover the healing balm of family activity: reading, coloring, doodling, patterning and self-expression...
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#1 The events in the cathedral of Pisa later took on mythical proportions, embodying the cultural and social upheaval that characterized the centuries that followed. With the power of reason, man could adjust the world around him, while remaining unchanged himself.
#2 The original practice of science, which was the basis of the Enlightenment, was open-mindedness. It...
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#1 Bill and Pete were best friends, and had been planning to kill Gregory Smart for years. They were waiting for him in the dark, two gangly teenagers not yet old enough to attend an R-rated movie.
#2 The two teenagers waited until Gregg Smart, a new insurance salesman, arrived at his house. They attacked him, and he screamed for help. When his wife arrived, she was...
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