From
humanities to the sciences, diverse subjects, dynamic
authors
Fall 2009 Catalog
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Mapping
New Jersey
An Evolving Landscape
Edited and with an Introduction by
Maxine N. Lurie and Peter O. Wacker
Mapping
New Jersey, the first interpretive atlas of the state in more
than one hundred years, traces changes in environment, land use
patterns, demography, transportation, economy, and politics over the
course of many centuries and illuminates the state’s transformation
from a simple agricultural society to a post-industrial and culturally
diverse place inhabited by more people per acre than anywhere else in
the country. This oversize volume is filled with 225 colorful maps,
graphs, and diagrams and divided into six topical chapters . . . Read
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American Cinema of the
1910s
Themes and Variations
Edited by Charlie
Keil and Ben Singer
The essays
in American Cinema of the 1910s
explore the rapid developments of the decade that began with D. W.
Griffith’s unrivaled one-reelers. By the end of the decade, filmmaking
had become a true industry, complete with vertical integration,
efficient specialization and standardization of practices, and
self-regulatory agencies. Read
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Why Don't Jumbo Jets
Flap Their Wings?
Flying
Animals, Flying Machines, and How They Are Different
David E. Alexander
Why Don't Jumbo Jets Flap Their Wings?
offers a fascinating explanation of how nature and human engineers each
arrived at powered flight. What emerges is a highly readable account of
two very different approaches to solving the same fundamental problems
of moving through the air, including lift, thrust, turning, and
landing. The book traces the evolutionary process of animal flight-in
birds, bats, and insects-over millions of years and compares it to the
directed efforts of human beings to create the aircraft over the course
of a single century. Read
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