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States of Memory: Continuities, Conflicts, and Transformations in National Retrospection (Politics, History, ...

Duke University Press, 2003

States of Memory illuminates the construction of national memory from a comparative perspective. The essays collected here emphasize that memory itself has a history: not only do particular meanings change, but the very faculty of memory?its place in social relations and the forms it takes?varies over time. Integrating theories of memory and nationalism with case studies, these essays stake a vital middle ground between particular and universal ...

Knock, Knock It's Halloween!
Betty Schwartz

Little Simon, 2002

Knock, knock. Who's there? Ice cream. Ice cream who? Ice cream, "Boo! It's Halloween!" Have a ghoulish good time with over twenty knock-knock jokes, complete with a real working knocker!

The Costs of Living

5 reviews
Barry Schwartz

Xlibris Corporation, 2001

Thoughtful, Provocative, and Readable
Ever worry that your doctor has the HMO profit margins in mind more than your care? Ever get disgusted by big time college sports? Ever worry about the erosion of values and cohesion in your community? Then this book is for you. This is a marvelous book that explores how people should think about their places in our society. Schwartz, a Professor at Swarthmore College, has a well-deserved ...

The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

100 reviews
Barry Schwartz

Harper Perennial, 2005

Excellent and easy to read
All the information in this book rings true and a great read for those who want to simply and know that the perfect choice is not always the one that makes us the happiest if you spend all your time dwelling on finding it. If you spend a lot of time making decisions you may want to consider picking up this book. You won't be disappointed. Nice read.

The Battle for Human Nature: Science, Morality and Modern Life

3 reviews
Barry Schwartz

W. W. Norton & Company, 1987

This is an excellent book
Whomever wrote the other review probably only read the first page of the book. This book provides a very comprehensive analysis of the disciplines of economic theory, sociobiology and behavior theory. Barry Schwartz does an excellent job of illustrating the continuity between the three disciplines and gives an extensive theoretical analysis of them from within a modern conceptualization of the ...

Abraham Lincoln and the Forge of National Memory
Barry Schwartz

University Of Chicago Press, 2003

Abraham Lincoln has long dominated the pantheon of American presidents. From his lavish memorial in Washington and immortalization on Mount Rushmore, one might assume he was a national hero rather than a controversial president who came close to losing his 1864 bid for reelection. In Abraham Lincoln and the Forge of National Memory , Barry Schwartz aims at these contradictions in his study of Lincoln's reputation, from the president's death ...

Principles of Computer Networks and Communications

1 review
M Barry Dumas, Morris Schwartz

Prentice Hall, 2008

Good introduction for the layman
This was the main textbook in a course I took on networking and communications. It gives an excellent introduction to the field. It's well-written and easy to understand -- you don't need to be an engineer to grasp the concepts. It also has a lot of explanatory figures that break up the text. I highly recommended it for anyone who wants a comprehensive overview of modern networking and ...

Jewish Theology: A Comparative Study (Primary Source Series) (Primary Source Series)
Barry Schwartz

Behrman House Publishing, 1996

Learning and Memory

1 review
Barry Schwartz, Daniel Reisberg

W. W. Norton & Company, 1991

Dull, Dull, Dull
Textbooks don't have to be this dull even when they are about a dull subject. There is not an ounce of personality to be found in this textbook. There must be a better textbook for this subject. On a good note, you'll get plenty of sleep while reading this textbook. ZZZZZzzzzzzzzz!

More Isn't Always Better
Barry Schwartz

Harvard Business Review, 2006

Offering customers too many product choices may decrease their sense of well-being.

George Washington: The Making of an American Symbol (Cornell paperbacks)

1 review
Barry Schwartz

Cornell Univ Pr, 1990

An emotional re-evaluation of a stoic warrior
Schwartz presents a verbose but imaginative look at the life and times of George Washington. The book seemed to be a meditation on a single theme - George Washington was a human being with human frailties, misfortunes, and maladies. However, it is these weaknesses, according to the vibrant virtous verbiage(this is style in which Scwartz seems to sporadically specialize)of the author, that ...

Paradox of Choice
Barry Schwartz

HARPER COLLINS 7 WOR, 2005

Psychology of Learning and Behavior: Instructor's Manual and Test-Item File

1 review
Barry Schwartz, Edward A. Wasserman, ...

W W Norton & Co Ltd, 2003

The most uninspiring text-book I've personally experienced as a student
After reading this textbook one might decide hang him/herself out of sheer despair to ever be able to follow the logic of the conclusions and assumptions presented by the authors. Nevermind mistakes, lack of explanations of seemingly incosistent statements (perceived, perhaps, but that says enough about the clarity of the writing), ostensible deficit of insight and dull presentation... ...

Abraham Lincoln in the Post-Heroic Era: History and Memory in Late Twentieth-Century America
Barry Schwartz

University Of Chicago Press, 2009

By the 1920s, Abraham Lincoln had transcended the lingering controversies of the Civil War to become a secular saint, honored in North and South alike for his steadfast leadership in crisis. Throughout the Great Depression and World War II, Lincoln was invoked countless times as a reminder of America?s strength and wisdom, a commanding ideal against which weary citizens could see their own hardships in perspective. But as Barry ...

New Humanism: Art in a Time of Change

1 review
Barry Schwartz

Praeger, 1974

has unsettling images
The art depicted here under the rubric of "New Humanism" is at times very unsettling. There are not the safe depictions of abstract art. Instead, we are likely to encounter graphic, disturbing themes, that explicitly echo the worst of modern history. Or, at a more mundane level, of automobile accident victims, sprawled disfigured and torn in mixed media on a gallery floor. The book is likely ...

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