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Our Albright & Allied Families

Our Albright & Allied Families

Elinor V. Corbin

Henry M. Reigart (4) b. 1791; d. 3 October 1856; m. Elizabeth #47 Huber. 2. John Reigart (4) b. 1797; his will dated 7 August 1827; proved #48 28 March 1829; m. Ann Rohrer d/o John Rohrer and his wife Maria; she died before 7 August 1827,  ...
Cinematic Geographies and Multicultural Spectatorship in America

Cinematic Geographies and Multicultural Spectatorship in America

Amy Lynn Corbin

Here, Corbin argues that a wide swath of films about significant cultural landscapes in America evoke a sense of travel for their viewers, just by going to the movie theatre.
Improving Irrigation in Asia: Sustainable Performance of an ...

Improving Irrigation in Asia: Sustainable Performance of an ...

Elinor Ostrom

The authors of this work, Elinor Ostrom, Wai Fung Lam, Prachanda Pradhan and Ganesh P. Shivakoti provide detailed analysis of these interventions and support the conclusion that farmers can build on an innovative intervention that not only ...
How to Wreck a Building

How to Wreck a Building

Elinor Lander Horwitz

Elinor Lander Horwitz has been a freelance writer since 1963. She has written articles for newspapers and national magazines, three U.S. government publications on water quality, and over a dozen books for young readers. Ms. Horwitz ...
Choice, Rules and Collective Action: The Ostrom's on the ...

Choice, Rules and Collective Action: The Ostrom's on the ...

Elinor Ostrom

This volume brings a set of key works by Elinor Ostrom, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, together with those of Vincent Ostrom, one of the originators of Public Choice political economy.
Preventing BrandSlaughter: How to Preserve, Support, and ...

Preventing BrandSlaughter: How to Preserve, Support, and ...

David Corbin

In this book, Preventing BrandSlaughter, David Corbin outlines, in the form of a parable - the story of Reliant Hospital - how essential brand is to the foundational responsibility of any organization - attracting, engaging and keeping top ...
Understanding Institutional Diversity

Understanding Institutional Diversity

Elinor Ostrom

A leader in applying game theory to the understanding of institutional analysis, Elinor Ostrom provides in this book a coherent method for undertaking the analysis of diverse economic, political, and social institutions.
The Western River Steamboat

The Western River Steamboat

Adam I. Kane

Annalies Corbin, The Material Culture of Steamboat Passengers: Archaeological Evidence from the Missouri River, p. 5; Annalies Corbin, "Shifting Sand and Muddy Water: Historic Cartography and River Migration as Factors in Locating ...
The Archaeology of Vernacular Watercraft

The Archaeology of Vernacular Watercraft

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Rodgers, Bradley A. and Annalies Corbin 2003: Mud Box—Filled with Stone: the Wreck of the Scow Schooner Dan Hayes. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 32:210–224. Rodgers, Bradley A., James D. Moore III, Annalies Corbin, ...
The Centre of the World at the Edge of a Continent

The Centre of the World at the Edge of a Continent

Carol Corbin

15. Louisbourg Survey, 1994. 16. Candow, James A. "History of the Newfoundland Fishery." In How Deep is the Ocean? (James Candow and Carol Corbin, eds.) Sydney, N.S.: University College of Cape Breton Press, ( forthcoming). 17. Lahey ...
Traveling Spectators: Cinema, Geography, and ...

Traveling Spectators: Cinema, Geography, and ...

Amy Lynn Corbin

Abstract Traveling Spectators: Cinema, Geography, and Multiculturalism in Late Twentieth-Century America by Amy Lynn Corbin Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetoric with a Designated Emphasis in Film Studies University of California, Berkeley ...
A child's garden of sculpture: photographed at the Hirshhorn ...

A child's garden of sculpture: photographed at the Hirshhorn ...

Elinor Lander Horwitz

By Elinor Lander Horwitz Photographs by Joshua Horwitz Photographed at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Smithsonian Institution Are you puzzled by contemporary sculpture? Do you sometimes wonder what it's all about?
Sometimes it Happens

Sometimes it Happens

Elinor Lander Horwitz

A young boy discovers that sometimes even ordinary deeds can make one a hero.
The Material Culture of Steamboat Passengers: Archaeological ...

The Material Culture of Steamboat Passengers: Archaeological ...

Annalies Corbin

Perhaps this is an overstate ment of the situation, but it is not too far offthe mark.
Governing the Commons

Governing the Commons

Elinor Ostrom

Tackles one of the most enduring and contentious issues of positive political economy: common pool resource management.
Red Earth; Poems of New Mexico

Red Earth; Poems of New Mexico

Alice Corbin Henderson

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The New Poetry; An Anthology - Scholar's Choice Edition

The New Poetry; An Anthology - Scholar's Choice Edition

Alice Corbin Henderson

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The New Poetry; An Anthology. Edited by Harriet Monroe and ...

The New Poetry; An Anthology. Edited by Harriet Monroe and ...

Alice Corbin Henderson

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Madness, Magic, and Medicine: The Treatment and Mistreatment ...

Madness, Magic, and Medicine: The Treatment and Mistreatment ...

Elinor Lander Horwitz

Discusses the treatment of the mentally ill through the ages.

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