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Mr. Lincoln's high-tech war : how the North used the telegraph, railroads, surveillance balloons, ironclads, high-powered weapons, and more to win the Civil War
Reveals Lincoln as our nations first hands-on Commander-in-Chief, whose appreciation for the power of technology played a critical role in the Norths Civil War victory over the less developed South.
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Coming out online: Interpretations of young men’s stories
How do young gay men experience the coming-out process by participating in Internet chat rooms? This qualitative study examined the experiences of young gay men who participated in chat rooms as they were coming out. Between December 2000 and March 2001, 13 self-identified gay men (ages 19-26) residing in an urban southern coastal community participated in face-to-face interviews. The researchers employed interpretive interactionism (Denzin, 1989) to analyze coming-out stories that captured epiphanies associated with participants' chat room interactions with gay men. Online experiences led to manifestations of greater self-acceptance. The illumination of both positive and negative experiences that resulted from chat room participation may provide valuable insight to stakeholders who aim to support young gay men as they come out. Developmental, policy, and practice implications are discussed.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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Hierarchy
Although complexity surrounds us, its inherent uncertainty, ambiguity, and contradiction can at first make complex systems appear inscrutable. Ecosystems, for instance, are nonlinear, self-organizing, seemingly chaotic structures in which individuals interact both with each other and with the myriad biotic and abiotic components of their surroundings across geographies as well as spatial and temporal scales. In the face of such complexity, ecologists have long sought tools to streamline and aggregate information. Among them, in the 1980s, T. F. H. Allen and Thomas B. Starr implemented a burgeoning concept from business administration: hierarchy theory. Cutting-edge when Hierarchy was first published, their approach to unraveling complexity is now integrated into mainstream ecological thought.
This thoroughly revised and expanded second edition of Hierarchy reflects the assimilation of hierarchy theory into ecological research, its successful application to the understanding of complex systems, and the many developments in thought since. Because hierarchies and levels are habitual parts of human thinking, hierarchy theory has proven to be the most intuitive and tractable vehicle for addressing complexity. By allowing researchers to look explicitly at only the entities and interconnections that are relevant to a specific research question, hierarchically informed data analysis has enabled a revolution in ecological understanding. With this new edition of Hierarchy, that revolution continues.
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Blackberries in the dark
Nine-year-old Austin visits his grandmother the summer after his grandfather dies and together they try to come to terms with their loss.
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Coming Out Online: Interpretations of Young Men's Stories
How do young gay men experience the coming-out process by participating in Internet chat rooms? This qualitative study examined the experiences of young gay men who participated in chat rooms as they were coming out. Between December 2000 and March 2001, 13 self-identified gay men (ages 19-26) residing in an urban southern coastal community participated in face-to-face interviews. The researchers employed interpretive interactionism (Denzin, 1989) to analyze coming-out stories that captured epiphanies associated with participants' chat room interactions with gay men. Online experiences led to manifestations of greater self-acceptance. The illumination of both positive and negative experiences that resulted from chat room participation may provide valuable insight to stakeholders who aim to support young gay men as they come out. Developmental, policy, and practice implications are discussed. Adapted from the source document.
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George Washington, spymaster : how America outspied the British and won the Revolutionary War
A biography of Revolutionary War general and first President of the United States, George Washington, focusing on his use of spies to gather intelligence that helped the colonies win the war.
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Spies, Patriots, and Traitors: American Intelligence in the Revolutionary War
Georgetown, 2014. $29.95 REVIEWED BY THOMAS B. ALLEN Veteran of more than 30 years in the CIA, Kenneth A. Daigler writes like a case officer reporting from a time machine that took him back to the American Revolution.
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The chalk box kid
Nine-year-old Gregory's house does not have room for a garden, but he creates a surprising and very different garden in an unusual place.
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