In The Political Economy of Japanese Monetary Policy, Cargill, Hutchison, and Takatoshi investigate the formulation and execution of monetary and financial policies in Japan within a broad technical, political, and institutional context. Their emphasis is on the period since the collapse of the Bret[...]

Fighting a guerilla war on foreign soil for the first time in American history, the SEALs in Vietnam found that this atypical form of warfare demanded that new tactics, new strategic applications of force, and a new understanding of a complex social and cultural enmity be found. "SEAL Warrior" goes [...]

Takes you inside the world of business marketing experts, showing you what you need to know to be successful. This title highlights the similarities between consumer goods and business-to-business marketing, presents a managerial rather than a descriptive treatment of business marketing, and reflect[...]

A critical examination of urban policies and management practices used to make cities sustainable. With an international perspective, the book describes urban environmental agendas and how they arose in the context of globalization, urban economic restructuring, and the need to make cities competiti[...]

"Since test items are the building blocks of any test, learning how to develop and validate test items has always been critical to the teaching-learning process. As they grow in importance and use, testing programs increasingly supplement the use of selected-response (multiple-choice) items with con[...]

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the professional development of counselors and therapists over the career lifespan. Drawing on their own extensive experience as psychotherapists, supervisors, teachers, and researchers, as well as from their own extensive study of the topic, previously[...]

Provides an introduction to the science of plants, combining the real-world examples with information on plant biodiversity and ecology, including topics like biotechnology, economic botany, and plant/human interactions. This book includes elements of botany: the structure, function, reproduction, p[...]

Designed for the musicianship portion of the freshman theory sequence, Benjamin/Horvit/Nelson, this title presents music that is chosen to challenge and not overwhelm.[...]

The authorities in power in England during Thomas Paine's lifetime saw him as an agent provocateur who used his seditious eloquence to support the emancipation of slaves and women, the demands of working people, and the rebels of the French and American Revolutions. History, on the other hand, has c[...]