Guyana: Experience With Macroeconomic Stabilization, Structural Adjustment, and Poverty Reduction

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This book analyzes Guyana's experience with macroeconomic stablization and structural reforms between 1989 and 2000 and discusses the risks and challenges that the country faces in its quest to achieve sustainable growth and further reduce poverty. During this period, Guyana transitioned successfully from a state-controlled to a market economy. Stability was restored, growth recovered markedly, and poverty declined as a result of implementing strong macroeconomic policies and wide-ranging structural reforms. The success of the poverty reduction strategy that the country has developed hinges on the implementation of sound economic policies, further lowering of the country's external debt burden, acceleration of the restructuring of institutions and the economy, and the existence of a stable political environment.

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In a series of remarkable forays, Robert Post develops an original account of how law functions in a democratic society. His work offers a radically new perspective on some of the most pressing constitutional issues of our day, such as the regulation of racist speech, pornography, and privacy.

Drawing on work in sociology, philosophy, and political theory, Post demonstrates that the law establishes distinct and competing forms of social order: democracy, in which the law embodies the possibilities of collective self-determination; community, in which the law articulates and enforces a common social identity; and management, in which the law creates the conditions for accomplishing specific goals. Debates over the boundaries between these distinct domains, Post argues, are central to some of the most intractable problems of modern constitutional law. Here we see, for instance, how the controversy over the regulation of racist speech negotiates the boundary between communitarian and democratic forms of social ordering. We see how public forum doctrine, a crucial but notoriously mysterious component of First Amendment jurisprudence, arbitrates distinctions between the social domains of democracy and management. Taking up specific court cases, such as that against Hustler magazine and that allowing prayers before state legislatures, Post shows us what is actually at stake in these constitutional struggles.

A highly complex and sophisticated account of the operation of constitutional law in modern society, Constitutional Domains is essential reading for lawyers, social theorists, and makers of public policy.

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David Kuter and a host of leading international researchers summarize in one volume all the knowledge of thrombopoietins (TPO) available today. The distinguished experts review the history of the search to discover TPO, describe the molecular and biological characteristics of this new molecule, and present the results of the preclinical animal experiments that will guide clinical use of this new hormone. Along the way they provide the most recent and comprehensive guide to the biology of megakaryocytes and platelets.

Molecular Structures and Dimensions Volume 5: Bibliography 1972-73: Organic and Organometallic Crystal Structures (Molecular Structure and Dimensions)
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Molecular Structures and Dimensions Volume 5: Bibliography 1972-73: Organic and Organometallic Crystal Structures (Molecular Structure and Dimensions)

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Fundamental Principles of Quantum Mechanics with Elementary Applications
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don't use this to learn QM

Fundamental Principles of Quantum Mechanics with Elementary Applications
Edwin C. Kemble
Manufacturer: Dover Publications Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0486604721

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don't use this to learn QM.......2005-06-09

Kemble's text was one of the first on quantum mechanics, coming out in the 1930s, when all this was sparkingly new. You may want to read the book if you are a historian of science, to get an understanding of how QM was understood and taught then.

But if you want to learn the book's subjects for the first time, then you should use more recent texts. For one thing, these tend to be much better illustrated. Kemble's book was written at a time when diagrams were expensive to incorporate, even in black and white. Newer books offer an easier time, with graphics for major topics.

THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM MECHANICS WITH ELEMENTARY APPLICATIONS.

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THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM MECHANICS WITH ELEMENTARY APPLICATIONS.
Edwin C. Kemble
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The Fundamental Principles of Quantum Mechanics With Elementary Applications
Edwin C. Kemble
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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This edition of the pamphlet is unique in its inclusion of selections from Paine's other writings from 1775-1776--additional essays that contextualize Common Sense and provide unusual insight on both the writer and the cause for which he wrote. The volume introduction focuses on Paine's childhood and early adult years in England, arguing for the significance of personal experience, environment, career, and religion in understanding Paine's influential political writings.

America A Concise History 2e Volume 1 and Common Sense and Related Writing and: William Lloyd Garrison and Envisioning America

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America A Concise History 2e Volume 1 and Common Sense and Related Writing and: William Lloyd Garrison and Envisioning America
Thomas P. Slaughter , William Lloyd Garrison , William E. Cain , and Peter C. Mancall
Manufacturer: Bedford/St. Martin's
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America A Concise History 2e Volume 1 and Jesuit Relations and Common Sense and: Related Writings and Southern Horrors

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America A Concise History 2e Volume 1 and Jesuit Relations and Common Sense and: Related Writings and Southern Horrors
Allan Greer , Thomas P. Slaughter , and Jacqueline Jones Royster
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COMMON SENSE & RELATED WRITING
Thomas Paine
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Common Sense and Related Writings
Thomas/ Slaughter, Thomas P. (EDT) Paine
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Few eras in U.S. history have begun with more optimistic promise and ended in more pessimistic despair than the 1960s. When JFK became president in 1960, the U.S. was the hope of the world. Ten years later American power abroad seemed wasted in the jungles of Indochina, and critics at home cast doubt on whether the U.S. was really the "land of the free and the home of the brave." This book takes an encyclopedic look at the decade--at the individuals who shaped the era, the civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's movement, and the youth rebellion. It covers the political, military, social, cultural, religious, economic, and diplomatic topics that made the 1960s a unique decade in U.S. history.

The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series - The 1960s (The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series)

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The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series - The 1960s (The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series)
William O'Neill
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This volume includes 500 biographies of Americans -- from the artists and writers to the politicians and military figures, the reformers and the criminals -- who flourished during the tumultuous 1960s. Rather than focusing on a subject's entire life, more detail is placed on events in the life and contributions of the biographee. In addition, the volume is arranged in a handy A-Z format and includes an occupational subject list and comprehensive index.

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Journal, published by Royal Geographical Society on March 1, 1997. The length of the article is 483 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: American Beginnings: Exploration, Culture and Cartography in the Land of Norumbega.
Author: Kirsten A. Seaver
Publication: The Geographical Journal (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1997
Publisher: Royal Geographical Society
Volume: v163 Issue: n1 Page: p96(2)

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American Beginnings : Exploration, Culture, and Cartography in the Land of Norumbega

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American Beginnings : Exploration, Culture, and Cartography in the Land of Norumbega
Emerson W.; Churchill, Edwin A.; D'Abate, Richard Baker
Manufacturer: Univ of Nebraska Pr
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American Beginnings: Exploration, Culture, and Cartography in the Land of Norumbega
Emerson W. et al Baker
Manufacturer: University of Nebraska Press
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Paul Alan Cox has been honored worldwide for his work as an ethnobotanist, searching for plants that can be used to cure breast cancer, AIDS, and other diseases. Cox was recently hailed by Time magazine as a "hero of medicine" and awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for his work in Samoa, where in one year he made important ethnobotanical discoveries, gained official protection for a rare species of flying fox, launched an international campaign to save a 30,000-acre rain forest from logging, and then helped to rebuild a village destroyed by a hurricane.

In Nafanua, Cox describes his experiences in Samoa, where he studied traditional rain forest remedies with native healers and was honored by the villagers of Falealupo with the chiefly title of Nafanua, the legendary goddess who saved Samoa. A gifted storyteller, Cox describes a world that is an amalgam of the indigenous and the industrial, where ancient beliefs and communal values coexist with Jeeps, SPAM, and transistor radios. In addition to describing his research, Cox discusses the historic misperception of the South Seas, early explorers, and missionaries, who today are more often ecological than religious. A beautifully written story of scientific and personal discovery, Nafanua is a testament to the power of nature to both heal and destroy - and to the equally powerful human capacity for faith and perseverance against seemingly impossible odds.

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Important implications for conservation-with-development.......2002-06-14

This unique and fascinating book by Dr. Cox has important implications for development practitioners and academics interested in political ecology as well as ethnobotanists. The challenges faced by the people of Falealupo village in choosing between preserving their forest or building a school for their children are typical of the environmental trade-offs that many people in developing countries feel compelled to make simply to achieve, by our standards, a minimally acceptable standard of living. The solution presented by Dr. Cox, in which social networks are built such that people willing to invest in the preservation of ecosystems are put into direct contact with those people overseeing these ecosystems (without government or NGO intervention) has important lessons for people interested in promoting "Conservation-with-Development" approaches to economic development. This text also illustrates the complex ways that the human imprint on ecosystems is embedded in power-laden social networks and that change involves contestation and negotiation of power within these networks. This book thus holds important insights for those interested in political ecology. (For those interested in these topics, Dr. Cox's contribution to People, Plants and Justice - Charles Zerner, ed., Cambridge University Press, 2000 - makes an informative companion-piece to Nafanua.)

Finally, as a person who has lived in Samoa for several years as a volunteer teacher and as someone who conducts ecological research there, I find Dr. Cox's presentation of the people of Samoa, shown from a more personalized perspective rather than an academic one, to be open, honest and fair. He avoids falling into the trap of romanticizing or essentializing the people as "ecologically noble savages" that live in perfect harmony with their environment that has become so common in depictions of indigenous peoples in the popular media. When I read the book, I often saw the Samoa that I knew from my own personal experience.

Not a boring ethnobotanical work.......2001-11-23

First I must say that I am not saying that ethnobotany is boring. I am just saying it seems boring to me and it might to others, but even if you know nothing of botany and have little interest in it you will find great interest in this book. It is a fascinating narrative and Paul brings you into the Samoan world as well as a palagi really can.

I had a chance to hear Paul Cox speak and he talked about how the rainforest became his mother. The book starts with the death of his mother by cancer. He travels to Samoa to search for a possible cure in the rain forest, his quest however becomes to save the rainforest from the forces of globalization. I think the most compelling issue of this book is the positive and negative aspects of western scholarship when it comes in touch with another land and culture.

Paul is a very good storyteller and makes you want to continue reading.

Married to a Hamo (Samoan).......2001-09-01

This was an outstanding work. I am a palagi who has been married to a Samoan woman for 9 years and have had extensive dealings with Samoans for 14 years. We visited Western Samoa in 1988, so I have seen the culture first-hand, as well as my state-side exposure with Samoan American organizations. I could almost see myself interacting with the people as he related his accounts... although my 50 or so word Samoan vocabulary can't be compared with the author. He truly captures the essence of Samoa and its people.

Great Book!.......1999-01-15

This is a most interesting book, the story of how the author came to live in Samoa,and fell in love with the people and their tropical forest environment. When faced with a seemingly hopeless situation, namely the destruction of a huge area of tropical forest, the author recounts his experience in helping to save these sacred lands--through purchasing the logging rights from the outsiders who were beginning to bulldoze the forests, and turning the control of the forests over to the local community. The book is filled with fascinating stories, and the people and their forests come alive in its pages. I was particularly moved by Cox's account of living through a typhoon and barely managing to save his family and Samoan friends as the waves continued to pound apart each of the shelters that they took refuge in. A wonderful narrative of live on this remote Pacific Island, of botanical studies, conservation and committment to a cause. Truely this book will be an inspiration for people who are looking for real life heroes--in this case the lineage of elderly healers who have been the guardians of their sacred traditions for thousands of years, who worked with Paul Cox to ensure that their plants, many with profoundly important uses, would be preserved for future generations. I gave this book to several friends. It is, quite simply, a wonderful read.

Great Book!.......1999-01-15

This is a most interesting book, the stody of how the author came to live in Samoa,and fell in love with the people and their tropical forest environment. When faced with a seemingly hopeless situation, namely the destruction of a huge area of tropical forest, the author recounts his experience in helping to save these sacred lands--through purchasing the logging rights from the outsiders who were beginning to bulldoze the forests, and turning the control of the forests over to the local community. The book is filled with fascinating stories, and the people and their forests come alive in its pages. I was particularly moved by Cox's account of living through a typhoon and barely managing to save his family and Samoan friends as the waves continued to pound apart each of the shelters that they took refuge in. A wonderful narrative of live on this remote Pacific Island, of botanical studies, conservation and committment to a cause. Truely this book will be an inspiration for people who are looking for real life heroes--in this case the lineage of elderly healers who have been the guardians of their sacred traditions for thousands of years, who worked with Paul Cox to ensure that their plants, many with profoundly important uses, would be preserved for future generations. I gave this book to several friends. It is, quite simply, a wonderful read.

NAFANUA: Saving the Samoan Rain Forest.(Review) (book review): An article from: The Geographical Review

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NAFANUA: Saving the Samoan Rain Forest.(Review) (book review): An article from: The Geographical Review
Kara Caesar
Manufacturer: American Geographical Society
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ASIN: B00099OWJC
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Review, published by American Geographical Society on October 1, 1999. The length of the article is 673 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: NAFANUA: Saving the Samoan Rain Forest.(Review) (book review)
Author: Kara Caesar
Publication: The Geographical Review (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 1999
Publisher: American Geographical Society
Volume: 89 Issue: 4 Page: 610

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NAFANUA Saving the Samoan Rain Forest
Paul Alan Cox
Manufacturer: Freeman
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