The most reader friendly text in its field, the seventh edition presents a comprehensive overview of education in America. It provides in-depth commentary on educational history, philosophy, and governance, while giving special attention to current critical topics such as student diversity, standards and testing.

Combining the brevity of a streamlined "Introduction to Education" text with the support package of a much more expensive book, the brief edition of "Teachers, Schools, and Society" encourages experienced instructors to explore their own creativity while ensuring that newer faculty can teach the course with confidence. David Sadker's and Karen Zittleman's lively writing style c...(展开全部)

The most reader friendly text in its field, the eighth edition presents a comprehensive overview of education in America. It provides in-depth commentary on educational history, philosophy, and governance, while giving special attention to current critical topics such as student diversity, standards and testing. New to this edition is a broader coverage of different kinds of di...(展开全部)

Ever since its first edition, education professors have relied on the Sadkers for their comprehensive coverage of all aspects of American education. Teachers, Schools, and Society provides in-depth coverage of the foundations of education (history, philosophy, governance, and law) while also presenting a clear overview of what it means to be a teacher today, and including comm...(展开全部)

Law and Society, Fourth Edition, offers a contemporary overview of the structure and function of legal institutions, along with a lively discussion of both criminal and civil law and their impact on society. Unlike other books on law and society, Matthew Lippman takes an interdisciplinary approach that highlights the relevance of the law throughout our society. Distinctive cove...(展开全部)

A new edition of an accessible introduction to the ancient New World civilization incorporates the latest archaeological findings, including the discoveries of San Bartolo murals, new information about the founders of the Tikal and Copan communities, and the regional significance of the Ek' Balam kingdom. Original.

This much revised and reorganized edition of Intellectuals and Society is more than half again larger than the first edition. Four new chapters have been added on intellectuals and race, including a chapter on race and intelligence. These new chapters show the radically different views of race prevailing among the intelligentsia at the beginning of the twentieth century and at ...(展开全部)

This text introduces students to the purpose and practice of law through excerpts from recent and classic cases, and discussion of trends in legal studies. Selections from diverse, interdisciplinary sources include topics such as court opinions; sociological, psychological and anthropological analyses of legal phenomena; historical and philosophical approaches to law; and liter...(展开全部)

Building Construction Handbook is an authoritative reference for all students and professionals. It is full of detailed drawings that clearly illustrate the construction of building elements. The principles and processes of construction are explained with the concepts of design included where appropriate. Extensive coverage of building construction practice and techniques, repr...(展开全部)

《Atkins物理化学》(第7版影印版)由Peter Atkins等教授编著的Physical Chemistry是国外优秀的物理化学教材之一，被国内一些高等学校用作物理化学课程的教学参考书。随着近年来“双语”教学工作的开展，部分高等学校相继在物理化学课程的“双语”教学中使用了该教材，深受读者欢迎。该教材自初版以来，作者不断地对其进行补充和修订，平均每四年再版一次，《Atkins物理化学》是第七版(2002年出版)。全书分为平衡篇、结构篇和速率篇共二十九章。每一章前均有本章内容框架提示；每一章后均列出了本章的重要概念和公式以及参考阅读资料的目录，并配有本章的练习题和思考题。全书最后附有物理化学常用数据表、习题答案和索引。