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Air Transport Policy and National Security: A Political, Economic, and Military Analysis

Examines an important type of Spanish-American essay - one that deals with the problems of a developing civilization - and places its focus on the history of ideas rather than on literature per se, pointing up the hemispheric pattern of intellectual development in most of the major Spanish-American countries and revealing a general pattern in cultural development.

Cokers of Carolina: A Social Biography of a Family

Collected in this volume are the most distinguished addresses of Smith - scientist, inventor, educator, religious leader, and humanist. He presents his philosophy of education and raises and attempts to answer some of the questions that concern young people. He also discusses the influence of science, the place of religion, and the accomplishments and needs of twentieth-century America.

Directly or obliquely, while reading Gibbon or shopping for toys at F.A.O. Schwarz, Slavitt addresses, invokes, or simply enjoys the civilization that has been the poet's true subject from the time of the wandering bards. Upon the foundation of technical mastery, he has begun to build an oeuvre to assert himself, and, with insouciance and gaiety, to grow into his majority.

The story of the Santee is, in fact, the story of a major part of the Carolinas east of the Appalachians, for the river drains an immense area of both states from the mountains to the ocean. Savage also describes fully the change-over from the agricultural Old South to the industrial New South, a change sparked largely by the hydroelectric power of the Santee.

In assessing what the paradoxes meant to Plato, O'Brien uses certain broad principles of inquiry. First, he insists, any platonic doctrine must be placed in the context of Plato's whole philosophy - a truism not always honored. Second, the conversations of the dialogue form do not merely embellish Plato's philosophical statements but radically affect their expression.

Supreme Court as Final Arbiter in Federal-State Relations, 1789-1957

This story includes several episodes in the life of Delilah, a black woman. In her youth she had been careless and free with her love; now at forty she is old and worn. Delilah is not an altogether lovely character. She is mean, stubborn, and antisocial. Each reader must decide for himself whether the circumstances of her life justify her attitudes.

This is the story of Leonidas Polk, whose name was destined to become a national byword. In 1889 he was elected president of the Farmers' Alliance, the largest agricultural organisation in American history. The agrarian reforms that Polk had championed led to the agrarian crusade and the New Deal.

This is the story of the successful communal living in South Union, Kentucky, by the Shakers. Although quiet and conservative in matters of dress and living quarters, these people believed in the usefulness of modern invention that would make God's work"" easier and better. This book about their beliefs and way of life contributes to a better understanding of this socioreligious group.

In this study, Morrison traces Daniels's editorial opinions and policies from his early editorial apprenticeship to his appointment as Wilson's secretary of the navy. Morrison sheds light on the relationship between Daniels's editorial views and the various forces active in the state and nation between 1890 and 1912.

End of an Alliance: James F. Byrnes, Roosevelt, Truman, and the Origins of the Cold War

in 1911 McKimmon became North Carolina's first state home demonstration agent. In those days the home agent was a combination of errand girl, family counselor, emergency nurse, and instructor in housekeeping techniques. This is the story of the people with whom McKimmon worked for twenty-six years in the capacity of a home demonstration agent.

How Shall They Hear Without a Preacher?: The Life of Ernest Fremont Tittle

Arabian Oil: America's Stake in the Middle East

Analyses the relations of religion and science in today's crisis - one that presses upon us with unprecedented intensity. This crisis is composed of two great challenges, he says, science and Marxism. These he analyzes in all their complex interrelations with man's efforts toward a better society.

Markham writes with indignant sympathy for the mass of the Yugoslav people, who for centuries have endured persecution from almost every national group in Europe and who face the steam roller of communism. To him, Tito and his Moscow-directed communism are not the salvation of Yugoslavia, as many have thought, but a deadly menace to Yugoslav prosperity and peace.

The English language has proved inadequate to express and activate the expanding functions of government. A new language known as Federal Prose has triumphantly risen to fill this need. It can give voice to the government mind or express the purposes of administrative democracy. This book explains the origins of Federal Prose, demonstrates its logic, and offers detailed instructions for its use.

As one of the key figures in the political and cultural development of North Carolina in the twentieth century, William Louis Poteat lived during a time, from 1856 to 1938, when the scientific and technological progress of mankind was greater than in any comparable period of history.

Although North Carolina provided its share of finances, supplies, and volunteers for the regular army and for the state militia, those who served found themselves ill-equipped, poorly fed, and stationed in unhealthy locations. The chief results of the war were injurious, to such an extent that the state became the Rip Van Winkle state for several decades.

In this volume, Lee relates the events and decisions of the Montgomery Convention to the political and social loyalties of the framers of the Confederate States' constitution. The political alienation of the South, caused in part by the growing industrialism of the North, is shown to be directly connected to the southern constitutional discontent.

This vigorous and concise history combines clarity of approach with keen insights on the patterns of South Carolina politics, agriculture, industry, education, transportation, and race relations. Lander's study gathers the manifold developments of the state's last hundred years into specific problem areas with a perceptive eye for contrast and implication.

This is the first entirely scientific and factual analysis of the radio industry. It is an illuminating book - a book that not only shows what the people think of radio but points out the dangers to radio inherent in a complacent acceptance of favorable questionnaire results.

The enthusiastic reception granted Foreign Enterprise in India upon its publication in 1964, has led to the preparation of this supplement with corresponding chapters in which new developments in the particular fields that were discussed in the first book are set forth.

This comprehensive, pioneering study of the laws governing foreign enterprise in India contains the necessary legal information that a foreign investor would need before charting a course in international business. It is a thorough examination and analysis of all relevant laws of India.

This is an examination of one of the many humanitarian movements that have sought to influence the public to improve conditions regarded as contrary to Christian and democratic doctrines. It is an important study because of its origin, its spectacular role on the congressional scene, its method of operation, and its objective.

This study of the American monetary management under the Federal Reserve System during the postwar period reviews the system from its beginning in 1913 through World War II and analyzes its policies during the five postwar monetary cycles. Important activities of the Federal Open Market Committee and Board receive special attention.

Church Children's Home in a Changing World