Cost Accounting: Using a Cost Management Approach

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Cost Accounting identifies the concepts and principles of cost accounting in a clear, concise, and straightforward manner. The book's organization allows instructors flexibility in selecting chapters to meet their course objectives. Rayburn first discusses the cost accounting concepts concerned with cost collection and factors that influence managerial decisions such as sales price determination. The last part of the book emphasizes the application of cost concepts in cost management analysis and the quantitative tools for decision making. The assignment material includes questions that review concepts and procedures, exercises that review the direct applications problems of varying difficulty cover the concepts in greater depth, and relevant cases that illustrate the practical problems associated with concept implementation. The cases are thought-provoking, and designed to stimulate class discussion and develop communication skills. Cost Accounting contains such a variety of problems and cases that there is sufficient material to challenge students who have had previous courses in management accounting or an extensive background in accounting and related fields.

Cost Accounting: Using a Cost Management Approach

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Cost Accounting: Using a Cost Management Approach
Letricia Gayle Rayburn
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Using activity-based management for continuous improvement: A step-by-step approach

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Using activity-based management for continuous improvement: A step-by-step approach
Tom Pryor
Manufacturer: ICMS-Integrated Cost Management Systems
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Time-based competition is here to stay. Firms wishing to compete successfully must reengineer every function within the value chain. Here is a blueprint, drawn on the author's extensive field research in over 50 companies, that addresses the practical problems and tactical issues faced by executives and managers. Scholars and students of business, operations management, strategic management, international business, organizational behavior, materials management, engineering management, purchasing, and logistics will also find this work an invaluable aid in understanding how to benchmark an organization against the best time-based competitors in the world. Through visits and interviews with material managers, procurement managers, design engineers and sales personnel, the author has compiled an unparalleled set of benchmarks and best practices in supply chain management. Some of the strategic time-based initiatives discussed include supply chain management, integrated order entry systems, process capability, component life cycle management, electronic data interchange, time-based logistics, automated manufacturing technology, design for manufacturability, and global strategic sourcing. Extra attention is given to supply chain management, a new form of business process reengineering focusing on quick response, spanning the functions of sales, order entry, design engineering, purchasing, manufacturing, and logistics. An examination of how to create a time-based culture based on the experiences of Fortune 500 firms interviewed by the author concludes this richly detailed analysis of time-based competition.

Re-Engineering for Time-Based Competition: Benchmarks and Best Practices for Production, R & D, and Purchasing

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Re-Engineering for Time-Based Competition: Benchmarks and Best Practices for Production, R & D, and Purchasing
Robert B. Handfield
Manufacturer: Quorum Books
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ASIN: B000OM6OQI

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The Moon is not just a "local" destination, argues former NASA Astronaut Harrison Schmitt. As a destination, the Moon presents us with a goal that tests our resourcefulness and determination. How much are we willing to spend to re-establish ourselves as space-farers? Return to the Moon proposes that we begin planning, and now, for the establishment of human outposts on the Moon — not just as an exercise in technology and discovery, and not just as a way of fulfilling our destiny as explorers and pioneers. Schmitt, having himself traveled to and literally walked on the Moon, is no stranger to technology, discovery, and a sense of our destiny as explorers; but in this book he focuses on a return to the moon as a business proposition.

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the Moon beckons!.......2007-05-18

I've always been a big space exploration advocate, so OK, I'm an easy sell on reasons to go out there. Having admitted my bias, I think it's fair to say that Harrison Schmitt's RETURN TO THE MOON is very convincing in asserting that the Moon's vast helium-3 deposits may well be a major part of the answer to our energy problems here on Earth, since helium-3 is an ideal fuel for nuclear fusion reactors and there's not much of it on Earth. Schmitt readily admits that a lot of work would have to be done to achieve this, especially 1) more development of fusion reactors, 2) establishing a Lunar base to mine helium-3 from the Moon's soil, and 3) setting up a transportation system to get the helium-3 from the Moon to the Earth. One big advantage here, though, it that NASA is planning to send people back to the Moon for various reasons anyway, so we would not have to go solely to mine helium-3.

Schmitt has obviously done a great deal of research on all this, mainly as a geology professor at the University of Wisconsin. I think he makes a good case for the feasiblility of it, though I'm not an engineer so I can't really assess all that he is saying. In the book's foreword, Neil Armstrong, who IS an engineer, deems the proposal "worthy of careful examination." Schmitt lays the proposal out in much detail - fusion technology, mining processes, economics, and so on - such that the book is usually dry and academic in tone and would probably lose those just moderately interested in space. But if he is right that the Moon's helium-3 will save us, we had better ALL be interested in this. We're in an energy crisis on Earth, and Schmitt estimates we'll need at least 8 times more energy production by 2050!

It is true, as some have noted, that Schmitt does not emphasize the reduction of global warming as one of the main advantages to be gleaned from helium-3 fusion, but he does say that it would help in that regard. He states that we will need a "portfolio of fusion, fission, clean coal, and solar energy (including wind)" to deal with our energy needs by 2050, and that this combination "gradually reduces the addition of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere from human sources, cutting that particular contribution to natural climate warming trends. Whether future climate warms, or warms and then cools rapidly, more electrical power will be required to counter the adverse consequences of change." (page 326) If human activity is more responsible for climate change than Schmitt believes, helium-3 fusion is even more attractive, as it releases no greenhouse gases.

By the way, the cover of RETURN TO THE MOON says that Schmitt "is currently the last human being to have STEPPED ONTO the Moon." (emphasis mine). This is a trick of semantics, because his Apollo 17 partner, Eugene Cernan, is sometimes said to be the last person to have WALKED ON the Moon. These statements are both correct in a tricky way, because Schmitt was the last person in Apollo 17 (the last human flight to the Moon thus far) to step out of the Lunar Module ONTO the Moon, while Cernan was the last person to get back into the Lunar Module after walking on the Moon!

A slight inaccuracy.......2007-02-20

The book sounds great, but the bio describes Schmitt as "the 12th and last human to have stepped on the Moon." Schmitt was the 12th human to step onto the lunar surface, but it is generally accepted that Gene Cernan is the last human to have walked on the moon since he left the lunar surface and re-entered the LEM after Schmitt.

Note: My 4-star review is arbitrary and stupid. I don't want to rate a book I haven't read and Amazon won't allow me to post this comment without assigning a rating. 4 stars is the current average review.

Comprehensive if a bit dry.......2007-02-18

If you are interested in the exploitation of space, you will find this a very thought-provoking read. The topics broached span the gamut of technical and business details that make the case for privatized lunar exploitation based on a very imminent earthly need - new sources of clean energy in the form of deuterium-helium and helium-3 fusion mined from the lunar regolith.

Oddly, one of the best arguments for the enterprise -- the chance to eliminate use of fossil fuels that are contributing to global warming -- is given the short shrift. Schmitt's politics come into play as an apologist for the far-right "counter-conspiracy" of climate change deniers. Politics are not a dominant feature of the book (or of the argument for a return to the moon) but they do occasionally pop out at you when least expected.

At least one chapter is devoted to axe-grinding about the way NASA has declined in the past few decades. Because he is well-positioned to pass judgment on these topics, this was actually very interesting (albeit secondary to the topic of a privatized lunar settlement).

You will not be fascinated by every chapter of this book. There is much material that needs to be covered to support the argument and certain topics - for example detailed business and financial forecasting - are required for making the case.

The lynchpin, of course, is the assumption that commercial deuterium-helium fusion reactors can be produced and this can only be taken as an article of faith. Schmitt is aligned with Fusion Technology Institute of the University of Wisconsin so he does have some insight into the progress on this technology but, let's face it: fusion has been 5 years away for the last 30 years. Until there exist fusion reactors that can demonstrate significant power production, the mining of lunar helium-3 will be a hard sell.

Great topic, flawed presentation.......2006-11-08

Love the topic and a lot of what Schmitt has to say, but have significant issues with the style, language and presentation.

The book's style is neither fish-nor-fowl, but occupies a middle ground between science fiction, an academic paper and a powerpoint presentation.

It largely reads like an academic paper, with countless footnotes (oddly placed at the end of each chapter, not at the end of the book) and a writing style that's hard to folow unless you are willing to find a pen & paper to take notes while you read.

In this sense it resembles the guise of a very dry academic paper - which would be fine, but at the same time it also lacks the focus and precision of an academic paper.

Previous comments have focused on some of the perceived inacuracies in across some the many specialized fields he touches, including:
- fussion reactors,
- mining technologies
- exogeology,
- economics,
- long-term energy predictions,
- spaceflight,
- management theory,
- International relations
- etc..

He certainly deserves praise for the amount of time and effort he has spent becoming conversant in all those diverse disciplines, but his presentation of each individual one is typically dry and often unequal to the complexity of the subject matter.

Finally, my primary issue with his approach is that it's based on a strange & uneasy mixture of private enterprise and Apollo-style government science projects.

Substitute taxpayers for investors, and you have much the same approach - various people representing multiple constituencies gathered around a conference table, a strategic plan, and a massive pool of cash to be deployed in pursuit of this plan.

It just doesnt work that way - no large company started life *as* a large company, and certainly not as a large company with a plan.

If/when we do see He-3 mining on the moon, it will come about as an organic process, with carpetbaggers, prospectors, conflicting claims, unrelated developments, lawsuits, booms and busts, lucky breaks, etc..

The 21st century is not for wimps.......2006-07-23

We face a great many problems in the 21st century, from global warming to population stability. Most discussions of these problems are little more than the rending of our garments or efforts to strike fear into people. Such efforts do not solve big problems.

Dr. Schmitt's work is completely different. It is a can do vision of a successful future. Such visions get people into action and keep people in action. Such visions do solve major problems. Such visions are the only things that solve such problems. This book is a world changer.

The solution of our energy problem will require the development of many pieces of the puzzle. Some will be mundane like conservation, some will be high tech, like CO2 sequestration. He3 from the moon is just plain exotic. We will need all the pieces before the solution of the whole puzzle can become clear.

The 21st century will be hard, but I promise you it is not going to be boring.

Mining the moon.(Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space)(Book review) : An article from: American Scientist

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Mining the moon.(Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space)(Book review) : An article from: American Scientist
Paul D. Spudis
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In recent years scholars have begun to acknowledge that the occult sciences were not marginal enterprises but an integral part of the worldview of many of our ancestors. Astrology was one of the many intellectual tools--along with what we consider to be the superior tools of social and political analysis--that Renaissance thinkers used to attack practical and intellectual problems. It was a coherent body of practices, strongly supported by social institutions. And alchemy was not viewed primarily as a spiritual pursuit, an idea popularized by nineteenth-century occultists, but as a part of natural philosophy. It was often compared to medicine.

Many Renaissance writers suggested links between astrology and alchemy that went beyond the use of astrological charts to determine the best time to attempt alchemical operations. Secrets of Nature shows the many ways in which astrology (a form of divination) and alchemy (an artisanal pursuit concerned with the technologies of minerals and metals) diverge as well as intersect. Overall, it shows how an appreciation of the role of the occult opens up new ways of understanding the past. Topics include the career of Renaissance astrologer Girolamo Cardano and his work on medical astrology, the astrological thinking of Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei, the history of the Rosicrucians and the influence of John Dee, the work of medical alchemist Simon Forman, and an extended critique of the existing historiography of alchemy.

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Hardbound. This monograph is essentially an atlas, illustrated by 375 figures (mainly photomicrographs) presenting the most common and significant textures of the metamorphic-metasomatic rocks from many important regions of the world. The book as a whole covers the wide spectrum of metamorphic processes and the basic relation of metamorphic processes and textures is emphasised.

Metamorphism-metasomatism is seen as an integral system where every textural intergrowth is the result of a particular process. In addition, principles of comparative anatomy (widely accepted in bioscience) are applied in metamorphic petrology and conclusions are reached inductively, based on textural analysis. The comparative anatomy approach aims at finding ideas and principles that will attempt to unify diverse, textural patterns of an evolving system (as rocks are) and integrate them into concepts of wide application.

Emphasis is put on the significance of crystalloblaste

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meh..........2007-02-12

You know, I'm all for the occassional fun, easy read where you need not think much. And in that area, this book does a decent job. I will say, some of it just comes off as entirely unbelievable and not all that clever. But I'm willing to overlook that and the fact that this Sex & The City knock-off didn't even have four original careers for the characters. My major grievance with it is the ceaseless product placement. There are so many better ways of describing a pair of shoes, a suit, or a wrist watch than the brand name. All that name dropping as an alternative to actual description is just lazy writing. If no one has told John Jeffrey this, someone ought to. I considered counting each mention of a designer, but even at ~200 pages, that's just too much work in this case. I'd be more upset about paying for the book if I hadn't gotten it half price at a used book store.

Absurdly Bad: An Assault on the Written Word.......2005-12-11

This book is a very long commercial advertisement. People say "pop-culture references"? Try to swallow this line: "Carson's Motorola Timeport two-way smart pager beeped." As a writer myself this is an insult to everything I hold dear, and at least for this gay man, "everything I hold dear" does not mean the latest pair of Prada shoes.

Funny, campy, light but could have had more.......2004-10-21

I would agree with another reviewer that this has a sort of a "Sex and the City" feel to it, with gay guys as the central theme. It is an amusing romp that attempts to be a deeper story. Relationships are at the core of the plot, and Carson's affair with a married man is probably the best element of suspense.

I just wish there had been a little more depth. These characters were a little lightweight, with a seemingly-obligatory mix of races and gay-stereotyped personalities. However, don't let this stop you if you want a fun read, as they say, for the "beach or plane." It certainly is escapist and fills the bill that way. But I wouldn't buy a sequel.

By the way, the main character Carson's experiences working for a magazine are right out of dreamland. He seems to be able to do anything he wants whenever he wants with however much money he wants. It's all fun, powerful and enriching in this book. Don't be fooled. I've worked on major NY magazines--there are no Helen Gurley Brown's anymore! Magazine editors are idealistic, underpaid and overworked people.

Improbable plot twists propped up by pop culture references.......2004-10-16

I usually like dumb and fun gay novels, but this one was too dumb for me. Several of the main subplots make twists near the end that are cliche and yet completely inconsistent with the character development in the first half of the book, which made it difficult for me to finish this book. The pop culture references also seemed gratuitous, as in "any gay person reading this book would be impressed by meeting the lead member of N-Sync."

Perfect for the Beach and Plane.......2004-04-16

I really can't imagine a more enjoyable read. Of course it's not great literature and in another couple of years it will be very dated, but it is FUN and in many places funny enough that I laughed out loud. Enjoy!

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Boyfriend Material -
Jon Jeffrey -
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Binding: Hardcover
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Great book on an important date in history

A Pretty Good Reference For A Little Known Siege

No, It's Not a Good Overview

So ended the Roman Army after almost 2 thousand years of service

Great Overview

Constantinople 1453: The end of Byzantium (Campaign)
David Nicolle
Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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Release Date: 2000-11-25

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This title details the epic four-month siege of the city of Constantinople, last vestige of the once mighty Roman and Byzantine Empires. Mehmet 'The Conqueror' led an army of 80,000 men with a massive siege train against the city. Defending were a mere 10,000 men under the Emperor Constantine XI. The Turkish artillery battered the ancient city walls mercilessly, levelling a large section. A gallant defence held off the massive Turkish assault for several hours. Refusing appeals to flee, Constantine returned to the breaches and fought until overwhelmed and killed. Thus died the last Emperor of the Byzantines, and with him his once glorious empire.

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Great book on an important date in history.......2007-05-30

This is a richly illustrated book on one of the most important events in history-1453. It chronicles the last hours of the once-mighty Byzantine Empire and how its capitol(Constantinople-modern day Istanbul) fell to the Ottoman Turks. Over 96 pages of writings, illustrations, and captions dominate this book. Its an excellent guide to begin your journey into ancient warfare history.

A Pretty Good Reference For A Little Known Siege.......2006-06-29

Generally speaking, this book is written at the high standard expected from the Osprey Publishing Company. Nevertheless, there are a few areas that could be better. First, some of the maps are too complicated and contain an inordinate amount of information. The result is a very confusing map where large amounts of text are printed in an extremely small font. Some of this information is simply unnecessary. On one map, the editor appears to have been asleep at the switch. The graphic map depicting the final phase of the siege contains the same paragraph printed twice.

The writing style is also a bit confusing. Numerous characters were involved in this battle. Some of these people are not mentioned in the Opposing Commanders section. Individuals such as Ishak Pasha and Mahmud Pasha are not mentioned until well into the book. Thus, the reader is forced to figure out the significance of these people.

One positive aspect of the book is found in the full color battle scenes which are very well done. In addition, they contain a single paragraph narrative of what the artist is trying to depict. The reader can clearly and quickly grasp the concept being presented. This is in contract to other Osprey books where the reader must flip back and forth between pages to identify a plethora of characters that are crammed into the picture.

All things considered, the author does an excellent job of depicting the siege. At times, he appears to be showing off his immense knowledge of the subject matter by inserting unknown names or referencing vague sources. Nevertheless, the book moves along at a decent pace and follows a logical progression. Bottom line, this is a pretty good reference book. The reader will definitely come away with a much better understanding of this great battle.

No, It's Not a Good Overview.......2006-05-05

Mr. Nicolle's little opus on the fall of Constantinople to the Turks is a concise overview of the end of the last vestige of the Roman Empire. It's a long, sad, and complicated bit of history, well-chronicled and illustrated by eye-witnesses and historians of the period. In fact, you can find most of their accounts for free in the public domain and 'Constantinople 1453' is too concise. It adds little.

Even the mechanics of the Byzantine walls, the cannons, and the siege are more than the length of this book allows. But a true treatment of the story requires an understanding of the relations between the Papacy and Orthodoxy, the rise of the Sultans, and Genoese and Venetian trading states.

I'm sorry, but just the last sad day in May 1453 deserves more space and much more love than the author affords. When Constantine XI Pelalogos gave his last noble speech, the crowds wept. Then, the people of the city went to Liturgy at Hagia Sophia, wept, and hugged and forgave each other. The servants in the Imperial Palace wept among the geraniums, and the Emperor himself went once more into the breach to die with his people. Everyone in the ancient city knew that doom was upon them yet they chose to a man not to flee. Just that alone deserved more loving treatment than this book gave it.

Those really interested in the topic might be better off reading Lord Norwich's superb history of Byzantium.

So ended the Roman Army after almost 2 thousand years of service.......2005-07-01

If one wants to get a good quick overview of the Fall of the once Great City of Constantinople to the Turks.Then one could do a whole lot worse than this thin little book. The only real problem that the whole story can not be told in just 80 pages. But if you want to know about the siege and sack of the city, then here you go.It does a good job tellings of Constantine XI, his forces and the Sultan and his troops. Its a sad story that was a disaster for Eastern Europe and shifted the center of power to the Atlantic States of Europe.

Great Overview.......2002-06-23

Constantinople 1453: The End of Byzantium is a well written, but concise, history of the fall of Constantinople. The book is written in the clasical Ospery tradition and as a result gives the reader all that is necessary to understand the pivatol historical event.

What the book could not do, given the limited space avaliable, is put the the event in context. If the reader is looking for an indepth analysis of why Constantinople fell this is not the book for you. It would be impossible to cover centuries of history in 90 pages. If however, you are looking for the basics of the battle, the players and the whys and wherefores the book is excellent.

I have read extensively on the subjrect and was looking for something to read that concentrated on the fall of Constantinople. I was not disappointed.

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Constantinople 1453 : The End of Byzantium (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
David Nicolle
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Constantinople 1453: The End of Byzantium (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
David Nicolle
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From October 6 through 14, 1829, in a small village just outside Liverpool, England, ten thousand spectators gathered to witness one of the most remarkable events of the Industrial Age: a battle among locomotives that became known as the Rainhill Trials. Five machines were entered in the competition: the horse-powered Cycloped attained a top speed of only five miles per hour, while Perseverence -- which looked like a giant iron bottle standing upright atop four wagon wheels -- creaked along at a walking pace. But the three-way race between Robert Stephenson's Rocket, Timothy Harworth's Sans Pareil, and the crowd favorite, John Braithwaite and John Ericson's Novelty, astonished the gathered crowds. The unfamiliar clank of machinery, huge billows of steam, and unprecedented speeds of thirty miles per hour thrilled the crowds during the trials'carnival-like atmosphere. The Rocket won the competition, though it had been claimed that the machine was not the superior locomotive. Rail, Steam, and Speed explains why and offers an absorbing account of the trials, people, and science that gave birth to steam locomotion.

The purpose of the trials had been to find a locomotive that could maintain a speed of ten miles per hour for a round trip totaling thirty-five miles, the distance separating Liverpool and Manchester, which were soon to be linked by the world's first passenger railway. But what was achieved during those nine days became a benchmark of the Industrial Revolution. Bringing the excitement of this great drama to life, Christopher McGowan introduces us to such pioneers as George Stephenson, who started as a colliery boy and finished as the father of the railways; John Ericsson, a Swedish Army officer who invented a new kind of locomotive in England but spent most of his life in the United States, where he built the Monitor for the Union Navy; and Richard Trevithick, whose eleven-year adventure in South America included winning and losing several fortunes, deserting Bolivar's army, and escaping the jaws of a crocodile. He encountered George Stephenson's son Robert in a Colombian hotel in one of the most bizarre meetings of the age.

But the real stars are the locomotives themselves. McGowan shows how locomotives work and how they were developed -- from the gargantuan beam engines condensing low-pressure steam inside enormous cylinders to the small, high-pressure-driven engines of the maverick miner Trevithick. He adapted the engines to power road carriages, but atrocious roads led him to build an engine that could run on rails. And so was born the world's first steam locomotive and modern transportation.

Rail, Steam and Speed: The "Rocket" and the Birth of Steam Locomotion.(Book review): An article from: Canadian Journal of History

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Rail, Steam and Speed: The "Rocket" and the Birth of Steam Locomotion.(Book review): An article from: Canadian Journal of History
Carolyn Dougherty
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Rail, Steam, and Speed: The "Rocket" and the Birth of Steam Locomotion
Chris McGowan
Manufacturer: Columbia University Press
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Science, Technology, and Society: A Sociological Approach is a comprehensive guide to the emergent field of science, technology, and society studies and its implications for today 's culture and society. Written in an accessible style, and designed especially for students, the book emphasizes the sociological sciences as the foundation for STS studies. It opens with a discussion of current STS topics, research tools, and theories, and tackles some of the most urgent issues on the STS agenda: power and culture, race, gender, colonialism, the internet, cyborgs and robots, and biotechnology.Case studies highlight particular ideas and their practical application. A glossary and further reading suggestions complete Science, Technology, and Society, making it an indispensable introduction to a controversial area of inquiry.

Food and Society: A Sociological Approach (Reynolds Series in Socioloy)

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Don't Bother

Food and Society: A Sociological Approach (Reynolds Series in Socioloy)
William C. Whit
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Don't Bother.......2003-07-15

This is poorly written, inadequately researched, indifferently edited, book passing itself off as scholarship. In keeping with its topic--this is sociology lite. Go read something with more nutritious substance.

Wenda K. Bauchspies, Jennifer Croissant and Sal Restivo, Science, Technology, and Society: A Sociological Approach.(Science in Society)(Science, Culture ... Review of Sociology and Anthropology

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Wenda K. Bauchspies, Jennifer Croissant and Sal Restivo, Science, Technology, and Society: A Sociological Approach.(Science in Society)(Science, Culture ... Review of Sociology and Anthropology
Louis Guay
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000UVM4SA
Release Date: 2007-08-08

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This digital document is an article from The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, published by Thomson Gale on February 1, 2007. The length of the article is 3524 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: Wenda K. Bauchspies, Jennifer Croissant and Sal Restivo, Science, Technology, and Society: A Sociological Approach.(Science in Society)(Science, Culture and Society: Understanding Science in the 21st Century)(Science and Technology in Society: From Biotechnology to the Internet)(An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies)(Making Sense of Science: Understanding the Social Study of Science)(Book review)
Author: Louis Guay
Publication: The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2007
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Volume: 44 Issue: 1 Page: 123(7)

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