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Rationality and the Social Sciences. Contributions to the Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences.

BENN, S.I. & MORTIMORE, G.W. ed. · 1976

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Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976. Hardcover. Slight bump to top of spine, o/wise good condition in price-clipped dj. Explores the concepts of rationality that are used by social scientists in the formation of hypotheses, models, and explanations. Examines the variety of the concep...

Endocrine Genetics. Memoirs of the Society for Endocrinology. No. 15.

SPICKETT, S.G. with SHIRE, J.G.M. ed. · 1967

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Cambridge University Press, 1967. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. Presents the proceedings of s symposium held in Churchill College, University of Cambridge in 1966. Examines the mode of action of hormones, major gene variation in endocrine systems, & quantitative variations ...

Control Mechanisms of Growth and Differentiation. Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology. No. XXV.

DAVIES, D.D. & BALLS, M. ed. · 1971

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Cambridge University Press, 1971. Hardcover. A touch of foxing to top edges, o/wise good condition in dj. Examines simple systems of development in bacteria and slime moulds, molecular aspects of development, the formation & control of pattern in differentiation & development ...

Usability. Turning Technologies Into Tools.

ADLER, Paul S. & WINOGRAD, Terry A. · 1992

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Oxford University Press, 1992. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. Examines European experiences that suggest five key criteria for effective human-centered design of advances manufacturing technology; presents an empirical study of equipment design practices in US industry which...

Territorial Politics and Government in Montana 1864-89.

SPENCE, Clark C. · 1975

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University of Illinois Press, 1975. Hardcover. Good condition. No dj. B/W photos. An in-depth analysis of the political system of Montana during the time it was a territory. 327pp.

John Randolph of Roanoke. A Study in American Politics with Selected Speeches and Letters.

KIRK, Russell. · 1964

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Henry Regnery, 1964 (1951). Hardcover. Good condition. No dj. Examines Randolph's principles & their political influence. 485pp.

Utopias On Puget Sound 1885 - 1915.

LEWARNE, Charles Pierce. · 1978

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University of Washington Press, 1978 (1975). Wrappers. B/W plates. Good condition. Traces the history of five utopian communities at Home, Burley, Freeland, Equality & Port Angeles, & the influence they had in the state even after they ceased to exist. 325pp.

The Southwest Pacific to 1900. A Modern History: Australia, New Zealand, The Islands, Antarctica.

GRATTAN, C. Hartley. · 1963

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University of Michigan Press, 1963. Hardcover. Small torn section to dj, fep clipped, o/wise condition vg. Part of the History of the Modern World series. Examines the history of white settlement in Australia, New Zealand, the islands and the expolration of Antarctica. xiv, 55...

Manifest Destiny and Mission in American History. A Reinterpretation.

MERK, Frederick with MERK, Lois Bannister. · 1963

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Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Hardcover. Gilt to decorated spine. No dj. Good condition. Examines American public opinion regarding expansionist projects in the US in the 19th century. xi, 266pp, xiii.

Glimpses of the Harvard Past.

BAILYN, Bernard, FLEMING, Donald, HANDLIN, Oscar, & THERNSTROM, Stephan. · 1986

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Harvard University Press, 1986. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. B/W photos & illus. Examines the history, students & characters of Harvard University. Published for its 350th anniversary. x, 149pp. ISBN 0674354435.

Making America Corporate. 1870 - 1920.

ZUNZ, Olivier. · 1990

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University of Chicago Press, 1990. Hardcover. Tears to dj, o/wise good condition. B/W plates. Examines "...the connections between business and society forged during the early years of the modern American corporation". 267pp.

The Poverty of Abundance. Hoover, the Nation, the Depression.

ROMASCO, Albert U. · 1965

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Oxford University Press, 1965. Hardcover. Slight sunning to spine of price-clipped dj, o/wise good condition. An in-depth examination of Hoover's presidency from 1929 to 1933. 282pp.

History of the Philadelphia National Bank. A Century and a Half of Philadelphia Banking, 1803 - 1953.

WAINWRIGHT, Nicholas B. · 1953

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Philadelphia National Bank, 1953. 1st edition. Hardcover. B/W plates & illus. Good condition. No dj. Marks the 150th anniversary of the Bank, tracing its history from 1803 to 1953. ix, 263pp.

Uprooted Americans. Essays to Honor Oscar Handlin.

BUSHMAN, Richard L., HARRIS, Neil et al. · 1979

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Little, Brown & Co., 1979. Hardcover. Fep removed, o/wise good condition in dj. B/W photos. Includes essays entitled: Witchcraft and Local Culture in Hamptom, New Hampshire; The Politics of Industrialism: Massachusetts, 1830 - 1870; Cherokee Anomie, 1794 - 1809: New Roles for ...

The Transportation Frontier. Trans-Mississippi West 1865 - 1890.

WINTHER, Oscar Osburn. · 1964

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Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964. Hardcover. Good condition. No dj. B/W photos & illus. Maps to endpapers. Examines the development of transportation west of the Mississippi River from the end of the Civil War to the passing of the American frontier. Part of the Histories of the...

Henry Demarest Lloyd and the Empire of Reform.

DESTLER, Chester McArthur. · 1963

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University of Pennsylvania Press, 1963. Hardcover. Spine of price-clipped dj sunned, o/wise condition vg. Ex-libris stamp to title-page. B/W photos & illus. Examines Lloyd's intellectual development & reform career during a turbulent period in American history. 657pp.

Finance and Enterprise in Early America. A Study of Stephen Girard's Bank, 1812 - 1831.

ADAMS, Donald R. Jr. · 1978

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University of Pennsylvania Press, 1978. Hardcover. Some wear to dj, some pen annotations, o/wise good. Provides a study "...not only of an influential man and the bank he operated in Philadelphia but also of the growing interdependence between the institutions of government an...

Social Planning by Frontier Thinkers.

ANDREWS, Matthew Page. · 1944

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Richard R. Smith, 1944. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. Examines through a dialogue the shortcomings of those espousing notions of social planning, providing a summary of their ideas in education, politics, the economy etc. 94pp.

Two Sisters for Social Justice. A Biography of Grace and Edith Abbott.

COSTIN, Lela B. · 1983

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University of Illinois Press, 1983. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. Examines the lives of the Abbott sisters in the first half of the 20th century who were integral in the debated on suffrage, workers' rights, child labor laws, juvenile delinquency, social security etc. 315pp.

The Mechanics of Baltimore. Workers and Politics in the Age of Revolution, 1763 - 1812.

STEFFEN, Charles G. · 1984

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University of Illinois Press, 1984. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. Ex-libris stamp to title-page. Examines how urban craftsmen played a crucial role in shping the political life of the new American republic. 296pp.