Selected New Books at MTSU Library for May 1997

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  • 100s: Philosophy
  • 150s: Psychology
  • 300s: Social Sciences
  • 320s: Political Science
  • 330s: Economics
  • 340s: Law
  • 360s: Social Problems and Services
  • 370s: Education
  • 590s: Zoology
  • 700s: The Arts
  • 740s: Drawing and Decorative Arts
  • 750s: Painting
  • 770s: Photography
  • 780s: Music
  • 790s: Sports and Performing Arts
  • 800s: Literature
  • 900s: Geography and History

    • 100s: Philosophy


    100 P54g
    Philosophy : a guide through the subject
    edited by A.C. Grayling.
    Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
    1. Philosophy.

    128.2 K56p
    Philosophy of mind
    Jaegwon Kim.
    Boulder, Col. : Westview Press, 1996.
    1. Philosophy of mind.

    150s: Psychology


    152.1 M63v
    The visual brain in action
    A. David Milner and Melvyn A. Goodale.
    Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
    1. Visual cortex. 2. Visual pathways.

    300s: Social Sciences


    303.4833 St6s
    Silicon snake oil : second thoughts on the information highway
    Clifford Stoll.
    New York : Anchor Books : Doubleday, 1996, c1995.
    1. Computers and civilization. 2. Internet (Computer network) 3. Information technology.

    303.484 G56g
    Grassroots resistance : social movements in twentieth century America
    Robert A. Goldberg.
    Prospect Heights, Ill. : Waveland Press, Inc., 1996, c1991.
    1. Social movements--United States--History--20th century.

    320s: Political Science


    320.01 N55 Ow2
    Nietzsche, politics, and modernity : a critique of liberal reason
    David Owen.
    London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1995.
    1. Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900--Contributions in political science. 2. Liberalism.

    323.11924 G54s
    Search out the land : the Jews and the growth of equality in British colonial America, 1740-1867
    Sheldon J. Godfrey & Judith C. Godfrey.
    Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1995.
    1. Jews--Emancipation--Canada. 2. Canada--Ethnic relations.

    323.448 Sm6r
    Report on the collection and use of social security numbers
    by Robert Ellis Smith.
    Providence, RI : Privacy Journal, c1990.
    1. Privacy, Right of--United States. 2. Social security--Law and legislation. 3. Social security records--Law and legislation. 4. Conflict of laws--Privacy, Right of

    330s: Economics


    330.973 J631b
    The black book of economic information : a guide to sources and interpretation
    David B. Johnson ; under the general editorship of Alan S. Blinder. Sun Lakes, AZ : Thomas Horton and Daughters, c1996.
    1. Economics--Statistical methods--Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. United States--Economic conditions--Statistical services --Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. United States--Economic conditions--Statistical methods--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

    332.632 F49c
    Financial derivatives : managing and regulating off-balance sheet risks
    editors, Thomas J. Courchene and Edwin H. Neave.
    Kingston, Ont. : John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, [1995]
    1. Derivative securities--Congresses. 2. Financial engineering--Congresses. 3. Risk management--Congresses.

    332.67254 B77m
    Multiemployer plans: a guide for new trustees
    Joseph A. Brislin.
    Brookfield, WI : International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, c1996.
    1. Pension trusts--United States.

    332.673 F76o
    Foreign capital in Latin America
    Jose Antonio Ocampo and Roberto Steiner, editors.
    Washington, D.C. : Inter-American Development Bank ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press [distributor], 1994.
    1. Investments, Foreign--Latin America.

    336.346 Un32d
    Debt ceiling limit issue : hearing before the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, February 8, 1996.
    Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1996.
    1. Debt--United States. 2. Budget deficits--United States.

    338.1 P88i
    Intercountry comparisons of agricultural output and productivity
    by D.S. Prasada Rao.
    Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1993.
    1. Agriculture--Economic aspects--Statistics. 2. Agricultural productivity--Statistics. 3. Gross domestic product --Statistics.

    339.22 D25p
    Property and inequality in Victorian Ontario : structural patterns and cultural communities in the 1871 census
    Gordon Darroch and Lee Soltow.
    Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c1994.
    1. Wealth--Ontario--History--19th century. 2. Real property--Social aspects--Ontario--History--19th century. 3. Equality --Ontario--History--19th century.

    340s: Law


    R 343.73 F877e
    Planning for large estates
    Douglas K. Freeman ; updates by: Stephanie G. Rapkin.
    New York, N.Y. : Matthew Bender, 1985-
    1. Inheritance and transfer tax. 2. Estate planning. 3. Gifts--Taxation.

    R 344.73023 J63h, 1996
    How to apply for and win Social Security Administration disability benefits 1997
    by Frederick A. Johnson.
    Columbia, Md. : March 3rd Books, 1996.
    1. Insurance, Disability--United States. 2. Social Security--United States.

    360s: Social Problems and Services


    364.68 J98
    Juvenile and adult boot camps
    Lanham, Md. : American Correctional Association, 1996.
    1. Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States. 2. Alternatives to imprisonment--United States. 3. Prisons--United States. 4. Prison Administration-- United States.

    368.4 T38s
    Selfish generations? : how welfare states grow old
    David Thomson.
    Cambridge, UK : White Horse Press, 1996.
    1. Social security--New Zealand. 2. Intergenerational relations--New Zealand.

    370s: Education


    371.1 M91s
    The Schools and staffing survey : recommendations for the future
    John E. Mullens, Daniel Kasprzyk.
    [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, [1996].
    1. Teachers--United States--Statistics. 2. School administrators--United States--Statistics. 3. Teachers--Supply and demand--United States--Statistics. 4. Public schools--United States--Statistics. 5. Private schools--United States --Statistics. 6. Educational surveys.

    590s: Zoology


    591.51 Ev64r
    Evolution of social behaviour patterns in primates and man : a joint discussion meeting of the Royal Society and the British Academy
    edited by W.G. Runciman, John Maynard Smith & R.I.M. Dunbar.
    Oxford ; New York : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, c1996.
    1. Primates--Behavior--Congresses. 2. Social behavior in animals--Congresses. 3. Behavior evolution--Congresses. 4. Human behavior--Social aspects--Congresses.

    Curriculum 595.78 Pri
    An extraordinary life : the story of a monarch butterfly
    by Laurence Pringle ; paintings by Bob Marstall.
    New York : Orchard Books, 1997.

    700s: The Arts


    700.973 Ar7f
    Art out there : toward a publicly engaged art practice
    [participants, Deborah Wye ... [et al.] ; editor, Jean Fulton].
    Chicago, Ill. : School of the Art Institute of Chicago, c1996.
    1. Public art--United States. 2. Art and society--United States. 3. Art, Modern--20th century--United States--Themes, motives. 4. Artists, American--Interviews. 5. Museum curators--United States--Interviews.

    704.0396 P87b
    Black art and culture in the 20th century
    Richard J. Powell.
    New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 1997.
    1. Afro-American art--20th century. 2. Art, Black.

    740s: Drawing and Decorative Arts


    745.54 W67p
    Paperwork : the potential of paper in graphic design
    written by Nancy Williams ; designed by Williams and Phoa.
    London : Phaidon, c1993.
    1. Paper. 2. Graphic arts. 3. Paper work.

    749.3 F46m
    Modern chairs
    Charlotte Fiell and Peter Fiell.
    Koln : Benedikt Taschen, c1993.
    1. Furniture design--History--20th century. 2. Chair design.

    750s: Painting


    751.42 W52h
    How to draw and paint wild flowers
    Keith West.
    Portland, Or. : Timber Press, in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1993.
    1. Flower painting and illustration. 2. Wild flowers in art.

    770s: Photography


    779.092 M31s
    Still time
    Sally Mann.
    New York : Aperture, c1994.
    1. Mann, Sally, 1951- 2. Photography, Artistic.

    780s: Music


    781.2 B12d
    Dalcroze today : an education through and into music
    Marie-Laure Bachmann ; translated by David Parlett ; translation edited by Ruth Stewart ; preface by Jack P.B. Dobbs.
    Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1993, c1991.
    1. Jaques-Dalcroze, Emile, 1865-1950. 2. Musical meter and rhythm. 3. Musico-callisthenics. 4. Music--Instruction and study.

    784.48 B41s
    Seems like old times : a story of the Midwest's big bands
    Loren B. Belker.
    [Lincoln, NE] : J & L Lee Publishers, [c1992]
    1. Big bands--Middle West. 2. Dance orchestras.

    784.5 L49p
    Popular music in the United States
    by Michael Leckrone.
    Dubuque, Iowa : eddie bowers publishing, 1991.
    1. Popular music--United States. 2. Big bands--United States. 3. Musicians--United States.

    787.612 L52c
    Customising your electric guitar
    by Adrian Legg.
    New York : Amsco Publications, 1983,c1981.
    1. Guitar--Customizing.

    790s: Sports and Performing Arts


    792.9 In1d
    In contact with the gods? : directors talk theatre
    edited by Maria M. Delgado & Paul Heritage.
    Manchester ; New York, NY : Manchester University Press ; New York, NY : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, c1996.
    1. Theater--Production and direction. 2. Theatrical producers and directors--Interviews.

    796.068 B61b
    Bowls of glory, fields of dreams : great stadiums and ballparks of North America
    by Steve Blickstein.
    Encino, Calif. : Cherbo Publishing Group, c1995.
    1. Stadiums--History. 2. Sports facilities--History. 3. Stadiums. 4. Sports facilities. 5. Corporate sponsorship.

    796.5 D55a
    Adventure travel North America
    by Pat Dickerman.
    Scottsdale, Ariz. : Adventure Guides, c1993.
    1. Outdoor recreation--United States--Directories. 2. Outdoor recreation--Canada--Directories.

    800s: Literature


    809.1 R68s
    Strangers and pilgrims; an essay on the metaphor of journey,
    by Georg Roppen and Richard Sommer.
    New York, Humanities Press [c1964]
    1. English poetry--19th cent.--History and criticism. 2. Poetry--History and criticism. 3. Metaphor.

    813.54 L619o 1991
    Out of control
    G. Gordon Liddy.
    New York : St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1991, c1979.

    820.9 Ex7c 1975
    The Explicator cyclopedia.
    Edited by Charles Child Walcutt and J. Edwin Whitesell.
    Chicago, Quadrangle Books, 1966-
    1. English literature--History and criticism--Dictionaries. 2. American literature--History and criticism--Dictionaries.

    843 D541p
    La princesse de Tiali : [roman]
    Nafissatou Niang Diallo.
    Dakar : Nouvelles editions africaines, c1987.

    863.09 P96c 1995
    El cuento hispanoamericano
    Enrique Pupo-Walker, coordinador.
    Madrid : Editorial Castalia, c1995.
    1. Short stories, Spanish American--History and criticism.

    863.64 Al21c
    Cuento para Susana
    Josefina R. Aldecoa ; ilustraciones, Cristina Mampaso.
    Madrid : Anaya, 1988.

    863.64 M523c
    La ciudad de los prodigios
    Eduardo Mendoza.
    Barcelona : Seix Barral, 1996, c1986.

    900s: Geography and History


    910.285 Un2e
    Understanding GIS : the ARC/INFO method : self-study workbook : PC version
    [Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.].
    Redlands, Calif. : Environmental Systems Research Institute ; Somerset, N.J. : J. Wiley, [1995]
    1. Geographic information systems. 2. Information storage and retrieval systems--Goegraphy. 3. Geography--Data processing. 4. PC ARC/INFO (Computer system) 5. ARC/INFO (Computer program)

    942.1 R39l
    London & its people : a social history from medieval times to the present day
    John Richardson.
    London : Barrie & Jenkins, 1995.
    1. London (England)--History. 2. London (England)--Social conditions. 3. Social life History 4. London (England)

    944.081 C81i
    Intellectuals in history : the Nouvelle revue francaise under Jean Paulhan, 1925-1940
    Martyn Cornick.
    Amsterdam ; Atlanta, GA : Rodopi, 1995.
    1. Paulhan, Jean, 1884-1968. 2. Nouvelle revue francaise. 3. France--Intellectual life--20th century. 4. France--History --1914-1940.

    946 M33s
    Ser espanol
    Julian Marias.
    Barcelona, Espana : Planeta, 1987.
    1. Spain--Civilization.

    956.6 D12h
    The history of the Armenian genocide : ethnic conflict from the Balkans to Anatolia to the Caucasus
    Vahakn N. Dadrian.
    Providence, RI : Berghahn Books, 1997, c1995.
    1. Armenian massacres, 1915-1923.

    R 973.042 W37i
    Immigrants from Great Britain and Ireland : a guide to archival and manuscript sources in North America
    compiled by Jack W. Weaver and DeeGee Lester.
    Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c1986.
    1. British Americans--History--Archival resources--North America--Directories. 2. British--Canada--History--Archival resources--North America--Directories. 3. Irish Americans--History--Archival resources--North America--Directories. 4. Irish--Canada--History--Archival resources--North America--Directories. 5. United States--Emigration and immigration --Archival resources--North America--Directories.

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