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The Sexual Politics of Jean-Jacques Rousseau(Updated)
by Joel Schwartz
Paperback, 203 Pages, Published 1985 by University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-74224-3, ISBN: 0-226-74224-5

"Joel Schwartz presents the first systematic treatment of Rousseau's understanding of the political importance of women, sexuality, and the family. Using both Rousseau's lesser-known literary works and such major writings as Emile, Julie, and The Second Discourse, he offers an original and provocative presentation of Rousseau's argument. To read Rousseau, Schwartz believes, is to enter into a profound discourse about the meaning of sexua ..."






THE EXTRAORDINARY PUPFISH OF CALAVERAS COUNTY
by Joel Schwartz
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2008 by Iuniverse
ISBN-13: 978-0-595-49260-2, ISBN: 0-595-49260-6

"When Jeremy McGinnis, a 15-year-old in the sleepy Gold Rush town of Murphys, discovers a retired teacher spasming with an asthma attack and out of medicine, it's a no-brainer to get him to the hospital. But the local media suddenly turns Jeremy into a hero, his second "fifteen minutes of fame". As he gets to know the teacher, Lester Crump, a man who has invested his life savings in three breeding Vietnamese miniature potbellied pigs and ..."






Bone Deep
Untangling the Twisted True Story of the Tragic Betsy Faria Murder Case (Hardback)
by Charles Henry Bosworth, Joel Schwartz
Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2022 by Citadel Press Inc.,U.S., United States
ISBN-13: 978-0-8065-4197-6, ISBN: 0-8065-4197-0

"The nature of Betsy's murder - fifty - five stab and slash wounds , some shockingly deep and damaging — were signs of rage , passion , and greed . They required an extreme amount of force and exertion - like a man of Russ's physique ..."






The Extraordinary Pupfish of Calaveras County
(Hardback)
by Joel Schwartz
Hardcover, 216 Pages, Published 2008 by Iuniverse.Com
ISBN-13: 978-1-4401-0892-1, ISBN: 1-4401-0892-7






Fighting Poverty with Virtue
Moral Reform and America's Urban Poor, 1825-2000
by Joel Schwartz
Hardcover, 376 Pages, Published 2000 by Indiana University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-253-33771-9, ISBN: 0-253-33771-2

"Fighting Poverty with VirtueMoral Reform and America’s Urban Poor, 1825–2000Joel SchwartzThe emergence, decline, and resurgence of moral reform in addressing urban poverty in theUnited States.This book is both a historical and a contemporary study of attempts to promote the self-reliance and prosperity of America’s urban poor by encouraging the practice of familiar virtues such as diligence, sobriety, thrift, and familial responsibility ..."






It Ain't Necessarily So(1st Edition)
How Media Make and Unmake the Scientific Picture of Reality
by David Murray, Samuel Robert Lichter, Joel B. Schwartz
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2001 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-1095-1, ISBN: 0-7425-1095-6






No Way Back
Why Air Pollution Will Continue to Decline (Paperback)
by Joel M. Schwartz
Paperback, 35 Pages, Published 2003 by Aei Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8447-7166-3, ISBN: 0-8447-7166-X






Urban Life and Urban Landscape Ser.
The New York Approach : Robert Moses, Urban Liberals, and Redevelopment of the Inner City
by Joel Schwartz
Hardcover, 375 Pages, Published 1993 by Ohio State Univ Pr (Txt)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8142-0588-4, ISBN: 0-8142-0588-7

"Robert P. Ingalls, Herbert H. Lehman and New York's Little New Deal (New York: New York University Press, 1975), pp. 194-96; Moses to La Guardia, August 29, ..."






The New York Approach(1st Edition)
Robert Moses, Urban Liberals, and Redevelopment of the Inner City (Urban Life and Urban Landscape Series)
by Joel Schwartz
Hardcover, 375 Pages, Published 1993 by Ohio State Univ Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-8142-0587-7, ISBN: 0-8142-0587-9

"Joel Schwartz's major reinterpretation of urban development in New York City examines Robert Moses's role in shaping the city and demonstrates for the first time that Moses's personal and ruthless crusade to redevelop New York's neighborhoods was actually sustained by his alliance with liberal city groups.After World War II, New York City forged ahead with urban renewal made possible by Title I of the Housing Act of 1949. While Title I ..."






The Sexual Politics of Jean-Jacques Rousseau(1st Edition)
by Joel Schwartz
Hardcover, 196 Pages, Published 1984 by Univ Of Chicago Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-74223-6, ISBN: 0-226-74223-7

"Joel Schwartz presents the first systematic treatment of Rousseau's understanding of the political importance of women, sexuality, and the family. Using both Rousseau's lesser-known literary works and such major writings as Emile, Julie, and The Second Discourse, he offers an original and provocative presentation of Rousseau's argument. To read Rousseau, Schwartz believes, is to enter into a profound discourse about the meaning of sexua ..."






The Greenmarket Cookbook(1st Edition)
Recipes, Tips, and Lore from the World Famous Urban Farmers' Market
by Joel Patraker, Joan Schwartz, Mary Kim
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2000 by Viking
ISBN-13: 978-0-670-88134-5, ISBN: 0-670-88134-1






It Ain't Necessarily So(Reprint)
How the Media Remake Our Picture of Reality
by Professor S. Robert Lichter, David Murray, Joel Schwartz
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2002 by Penguin Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-200146-2, ISBN: 0-14-200146-5

"Anthrax scares. Airplane crashes. The AIDS epidemic. Presidential election polls and voting results. Global warming. All these news stories require scientific savvy, first to report, and then-for the average person-to understand. It Ain't Necessarily So cuts through the confusion and inaccuracies surrounding media reporting of scientific studies, surveys, and statistics. Whether the problem is bad science, media politics, or a simple la ..."






Environmental Cardiology(1st Edition)
Pollution and Heart Disease (Issues in Toxicology)
by Aruni Bhatnagar, Diana Anderson, Mike D. Waters, Matthew Campen, Doug Dockery, M. Kleinman, Mark J. Utell, Contributor-Jesus Araujo, Victor Van Hee, Joel Kaufman, Joel Schwartz, Sanjay Rajagopalan, Robert Brook, Murray Mittleman, Sumanth Prabhu, Annette Peters, Lung-Chi Chen, A. Barchowsky, Daniel Conklin, Tim Marrs, Sanjay Srivastava, Jane Doe
Hardcover, 390 Pages, Published 2011 by Royal Society Of Chemistry
ISBN-13: 978-1-84973-005-1, ISBN: 1-84973-005-9

"Although it is widely recognized that environmental factors such as smoking, diet, exercise, and socioeconomic status affect the risk of cardiovascular disease, recent work showing the effects of other environmental factors provides a more complete assessment of the situation. This view has emerged from three developments. Firstly, there has been a sudden explosion in the prevalence of diabetes and obesity which indicates a strong envir ..."






The Extraordinary Pupfish of Calaveras County
by Joel Schwartz
216 Pages, Published 2008 by Iuniverse
ISBN-13: 978-0-595-61031-0, ISBN: 0-595-61031-5

"I was favorably impressed. Bill showed me into what he called the small conference room, and momentarily we were joined by Pillsbury doughboy Barkwell and a lawyer named Phyllis Stein, twenty years my junior and wearing a red power version of my brilliantly subdued new suit. As Bill introduced her I thought he said she was the Philistine, and by that I thought he meant she was going to play Goliath to my David. I resented her youth ..."






Robert Moses and the Modern City(1st Edition)
The Transformation of New York
by Hilary Ballon, Kenneth T. Jackson, Robert Moses, Andrew Moore, Martha Biondi, Robert Fishman, Owen D. Gutfreund, Marta Gutman, Joel Schwartz
Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2007 by W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN-13: 978-0-393-73206-1, ISBN: 0-393-73206-1

"A fresh look at the greatest builder in the history of New York City and one of its most controversial figures. “We are rebuilding New York, not dispersing and abandoning it”: Robert Moses saw himself on a rescue mission to save the city from obsolescence, decentralization, and decline. His vast building program aimed to modernize urban infrastructure, expand the public realm with extensive recreational facilities, remove blight, and m ..."






It Ain't Necessarily So
How Media Makes and Unmakes the Scientific Picture of Reality
by David Murray, Joel Schwartz, S. Robert Lichter
Paperback, 266 Pages, Published 2002 by Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN-13: 978-0-585-37990-6, ISBN: 0-585-37990-4






Fighting Poverty with Virtue
Moral Reform and America's Urban Poor, 1825-2000
by Joel Schwartz
Published 2000
ISBN-13: 978-0-253-10897-5, ISBN: 0-253-10897-7






It Ain't Necessarily So(1st Edition)
The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions
by Richard C. Lewontin, David Murray, Joel Schwartz, S. Robert Lichter
Hardcover, 330 Pages, Published 2000 by New York Review Of Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-940322-10-3, ISBN: 0-940322-10-2

"Stephen Jay Gould calls Richard Lewontin "simply the smartest man I have ever met." And not the least opinionated, either. Lewontin has long been famous among biologists for a volatile combination of feisty leftism, scientific insight, and verbal skill, which have been displayed for the more general public in his essays for what has been called The New York Review of Each Other's Books. It Ain't Necessarily So is a collection of some o ..."






The Development of New Jersey Society
(New Jersey History Series, 10)
by Joel Schwartz
Paperback, 83 Pages, Published 1997 by New Jersey Historical
ISBN-13: 978-0-89743-087-6, ISBN: 0-89743-087-5






"Noses are Red" How to Nurture your child's sense of humor(1st Edition)
by M.D. Joel L. Schwartz, Deborah Fisher, Bruce Blitz
Paperback, 46 Pages, Published 2006 by Stresslessshrink Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-0-9785885-0-2, ISBN: 0-9785885-0-9



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