Tabla de Contenidos: “…Innovation in housing -- The concept of innovation in the U.S. housing industry -- The U.S. housing industry as the context for innovation -- Industry characteristics and motives and their effect on innovation -- Federal efforts to promote innovation in housing -- Federal strategies for promoting innovation in housing…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Climates and Cultures in Northern America / 1 The “American Way of Life” and US Views on Climate Change and the Environment / 2 From Conservationists to Environmentalists: The American ­Environmental Movement / 3 The Role of Norms for US Foreign Climate Policy / 4 North American Climate History / 5 Hurricanes in New Orleans: Disaster Migration and Adaptation, 1718–1794 / 6 The Landscapes of Man: Ecological and Cultural Change before ­Hurricane Katrina / 7 Science (and Policy) Friction: How Mass Media Shape US American Climate Discourses / 8 “Save Ga. …”

“…In this study, Alan Paskow first asks why fictional characters, such as Hamlet and Anna Karenina, matter to us and how they emotionally affect us. He then applies these questions to painting, demonstrating that certain paintings beckon us to view their contents as real. …”
Sumario

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction -- Writing: gathering knowledge -- Printing: reaching more of us -- Mail: the snail that could -- Telegraph: uniting the united states -- Telephone: reaching without touching -- Recording: beyonce sings better than our sister -- Photography: personal and so much more -- Movies: made by more of us -- Radio: helping us through the rough years -- TV: pictures in our parlors -- Computers: beyond calculation -- The Internet: the whole world in our hands -- Electronic games: leaning forward -- Persuasion: the push never stops -- We are different: living in a world of change…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Regime uncertainty : why the great depression lasted so long and why prosperity resumed after the war -- Private profit, public risk : institutional antecedents of the modern military procurement system in the rearmament program of 1940-1941 -- Wartime prosperity? a reassessment of the U.S. economy in the 1940s -- Wartime socialization of investment : a reassessment of U.S. capital formation in the 1940s -- From central planning to the market : the American transition, 1945-1947 -- The cold war economy : opportunity costs, ideology, and the politics of crisis -- Hard coals make bad law : congressional parochialism versus national defense -- Airplanes the Pentagon didn't want, but Congress did -- Profits of U.S. defense contractors -- Public opinion : a powerful predictor of U.S. defense spending…”
Acceso con credenciales UPSA

“…The development of information technology enabled us to exchange more items of information among us no matter how far we are apart from each other. …”

“…Infectious diseases have existed longer than us, as long as us, or are relatively newer than us. …”

“…Crowded calendars and unending demands at home and work give us little time to look internally-though it is within each of us where the answers can be found.At a time when we suffer from unprecedented stress, comparison-itis and self-doubt, author Janine Garner asks us to slow down and turn our focus inward. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Main Elements of the 1985, 1990, 1996 and 2002 Farm Acts -- Food Safety, Marketing and Other Policies -- International Trade Policies -- Agri-environmental Policies -- Domestic Food Assistance Policies -- Agricultural Support in the United States -- Renewable Energy Policies -- Crop Sector Policies -- Livestock Sector Policies -- Foreword -- Executive Summary -- The Role of Agriculture in the US Economy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; The Goals of This Research; The Fragile Transition; COIN Transition; Different Levels of U.S. Involvement in Counterinsurgency; Major U.S. …”