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This reference discusses in detail the broad realm of preclinical drug development. Topics range from assessment of pharmacology and toxicology to the regulatory expectations that support clinical trials. Providing chapters on pharmacokinetics, modeling and simulation, formulation and routes of administration, toxicity evaluations, the assessment of drug absorption and metabolism, and interspecies scaling, this guide is a fundamental resource for medicinal chemists, biologists, and other specialists in the drug development sciences.
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Cincinnati house museum noted for paintings, European and Chinese decorative art. 2 volumes, slipcased.
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FALSE DEPTH.......2007-05-11
This is absolutely the worst book I've ever read about Kant, it has nothing to do with his doctrine, and it falls in deliberated distortions about the essence of critical thought. The main task of Heidegger is embodied in a struggle against german idealism (specifically advanced enlightenment), so the main purpose for this book will be to dissolve heterogeneity (superiority) of understanding (over) and sense, appealing on a famous Kantian passage that more or less says "there exist two logs of knowledge, the ones are coming probably from a common root, but unknown for us" (KrV B 29). In his pretension, Heidegger claims to discover this "common root" (considered in german idealism as the last unity of a dialectical process, then, a rational one) in time, specifically, in the doctrine of the self-affection as it is exposed in the transcendental aesthetics (KrV B 67), so, his main thesis can be found in paragraph n° 34, there, Heidegger says: "Time, and the 'I think', doesn't confront themselves now as incompatibles and heterogeneous, nevertheless, they are the same", and further he adds "pure sensibility (time) and pure reason not only are homogeneous, moreover they own to the unity of the same essence". All the book is ever enclosing to this thesis (as it was offered in Being and Time, not in the KrV), of course on different ways, as for example, in his treating on the concepts of ontology, intuitus originaria, metaphysica generalis, finiteness of human knowledge, schematism, etc... And this thesis was far before offered to us by Erich Adickes and the realistic interpretations.
But the fact is that this has nothing to do with Kantian philosophy, and Heidegger never notice to the reader where Kant stops and Heidegger start. Thus, in front of this thesis Kant already expressed in his time that "understanding and sensibility become brothers, in spite of their heterogeneity, to engender our knowledge, AS IF one faculty had its origin in the other, or AS IF both of 'em had a common origin, THOUGH IT CAN NOT BE, or at least it is not-understandable that the heterogeneous get engendered from a common root" (Kant, Anthropology, par. 31), and he also warned us from this misleading in his transcendental deduction (1787), concerning the same topic treated in relation to this in the aesthetics (inner sense), but now, obviously accurated, in KrV B 152 - B 159. But Heidegger intentionally doesn't consider the second edition deduction.
Why then, an acknowledged philosopher ignores this basic start point? It is there a hidden purpose? Probably in its more surfaced task, yes. But the historical context may clarify us the fact that such a kind of interpretations are engaged to struggle against modernity and its methods, trying to replace `em both by a new dark age through an ad auctoritas interpretandi method. Against this, Kant also said "in philosophy, there is no classic author" (Answer to Eberhard, 1st, secc. Part 3) The book, in relation to Heidegger's rhetoric, can be useful and "clarifying", but in relation to Kant and modern philosophy, it can be reduced to "nothing". The not-understandable that Kant names in the passage above means a type of nothingness (nihil negativum, KrV B 348, like saying "squared circle"), and it was remembered to us how is present in this kind of interpretations by T. W. Adorno, in his Negative Dialectics: "the doctrine of the being hide and exploit dialectics that makes mix up pure particularization and pure universality, both equally undetermined; emptiness becomes a mythic cuirass".
Don't buy this piece of trash, unless you want to impress a fooled girl in the faculty with this "technical nothingness".
Nicolás Guzmán Grez.
systematic and technical Heidegger.......2005-09-01
It is primarily and for the most part a readable translation of some very difficult to translate, much less understand and appropriate, esoteric thought. An absolute must read for any would-be Heideggerians, and not a bad place to get some insight into Kant at the same time.
Easily among Heidegger's best works.......2003-09-27
A masterpiece in its own right.
The origin of Deconstruction. Read before `Being and Time'........2000-02-22
Intended to be part of `Being and Time', but published separately and after BT. Heidegger's intention for `Kant and The Problem of Metaphysics' is straight forward; that is, Rational-Cognitive subjectivity (as presented in Kant's `Critique of Pure Reason') is not a tenable basis for metaphysics. Why? Because `time' alone can provide a foundation for metaphysics; thereby, dispensing with Reason, subjectivity and the rest of Kant's transcendental machinery. Heidegger claims to have `found Kant out'; that is, earlier editions of Kant's Critique has time as a much more important notion. Heidegger accuses Kant of recoiling from the primacy of time, and goes on to demonstrate that time is the basis of any possible metaphysics; to be carried out as a fundamental ontology via `Being and Time'.
Watch out for Heidegger's own recoil regarding spatiality and its relation to time.
Being and Time, Part II.......2000-02-05
This is perhaps the second most important text from Heidegger behind the monumental Being and Time. Where Being and Time ends abruptly without venturing into the destruction of the history of western ontology, the "Kant book" appears to be a sketch of the possible direction of Heidegger's fundamental ontology.
Surprisingly enough, Heidegger offers a rather faithful exegesis of Kant's discussion of the schematism from the Critique of Pure Reason. This is a close and careful reading of Kant which demonstrates Heidegger's skill at reconstruction of an existing text. The short Part One of this book is a work of art as Heidegger clearly defines Kant's project as a groundwork for metaphysics, that is, as ontology, by tracing the initial remarks by Kant to their Greek and scholastic origins. Therefore, Heidegger argues that the Kant of the First Critique does not bring forth a theory of knowledge (and against the Prolegomena that Kant is making a foundation for science), but rather, that the real project is a critique of metaphysics by returning to ontology as the groundwork for metaphysics. Thus, this project runs straight into Heidegger's own concerns of the possibility of anthropology.
Included in this edition is a transcript of the historical (and highly entertaining) debate between Heidegger and Ernst Cassier from the Davos lectures. Along with this, the editors have included other illuminating notes, drafts, and forwards.
Whether for or against Heidegger, this book clearly demonstrates the enormous philosophical skills of Martin Heidegger.
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The Ada 2005 Reference Manual combines the International Standard ISO/IEC 8652/1995(E) for the programming language Ada with the corrections of the Technical Corrigendum 1 approved by ISO in February 2001 and with the Amendment 1 expected to be approved by ISO in late 2006 or early 2007. Both the Technical Corrigendum 1 and the Amendment 1 list only the changes made to the International Standard.
The Ada 2005 Reference Manual incorporates these changes in the overall standard text and thus will replace the former versions as an indispensable working companion for anybody using Ada professionally or learning and studying the language systematically. In naming this version, we have chosen the vernacular term Ada 2005 used by the Ada community to refer to the interesting extensions made to the language Ada by the Amendment 1.
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- Beautiful Teachings for a Troubled Time
- If only the LDS had a similar leader now.
- Paranoia in Print
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Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson
Ezra Taft Benson
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Beautiful Teachings for a Troubled Time.......2006-05-30
Were the teachings of this book followed by the majority of this nation and world, we would not be facing the problems we currently face today. His lectures on pride are among the most profound I've read, and his teachings on true Christ-like living are inspiring. Apparently Dave "the Penstemon" has not read the book (and is also apparently fond of communism - which is not mentioned in this book).
If only the LDS had a similar leader now........2005-06-08
Now with Bush having burned the constitution and Bill of Rights outright in his "Patriot" act (barf bags are on the left- don't believe me, read the document), it is interesting that LDS stand by doing nothing, even helping his "cause".
I have nothing more to say other than it is hard to have hope in these conditions, but read the b of mormon before you judge anyone, knowledge only comes with a truly open mind to catch it.
And do it yourself, DIY.
Paranoia in Print.......2005-02-12
If you think the John Birch Society is mainstream, you will love this book. Ezra Taft Benson was a passionate believer in Mormonism, American imperialism, the teachings of the John Birch Society and in the belief that the founding fathers created the U.S. Constitution out of divine inspiration.
This particular book does a good job of summarizing the many teachings of Ezra Taft Benson. The basic teachings of Ezra taft Benson are:
1- Mormonism is God's Plan and America was created for the furtherance of that plan
2- Communism is Satan's Plan
3- Creeping socialism will ultimately lead to communism
4- The Book of Mormon is a real record of native americans that shows us the way to live
5- As part of God's plan, the U.S. Constitution and strict interpretation of it is the main means by which Satan's plan will be thwarted.
Given that the Book of Mormon is a profoundly racist document where God curses the wicked with dark skin but turns their skin white again after they become faithful, using that book as a capstone to your religion is a dangerous matter. One aspect of the Book of Mormon that has provided paranoia to Mormons and made the red scare tactics of Joe McCarthy resonate with Mormon was the discussion of "secret combinations" and the "gadianton robbers." Ezra Taft Benson bought into that stuff hook line and sinker and dragged down many zealots with him into the dark paranoid world of conspiracies and evil just under the surface.
As for the U.S. Constitution, like many others right wing nut-jobs, it is usually a veiled belief in states rights and in making America a land not for diversity, but conformity to a particular world view.
For a better understanding of Ezra Taft Benson and what he stood for and what his impact was on the Mormon religion, please read "Mormon Hierarchy, Extensions of Power" by D. Michael Quinn. He devotes an entire chapter to Ezra Taft Benson that is enlightening as well as frightening.
Those who follow Ezra Taft Benson to the letter just might find themselves quitting Mormonism to become "real" mormons ironically living in a communal lifestyle in Colorado City.
ETB a modern Moroni-like figure.......1998-10-22
Ezra Taft Benson is honored (and spurned) by L.D.S. and non-L.D.S. alike as a clarion voice of freedom regarding the manifest destiny of the Constitution of the United States and the threats which it faces by a modern secret combination that seeks to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations and countries. Ezra Taft Benson, probably more than any other L.D.S. chief leader has spoken more clearly, frequently, and convincingly on this subject. This volume, more than any others with his name on it, is particularly important in that it was published when he was President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its review by the sitting First Presidency is mentioned in the preface pages. The last third portion of the book is devoted to the subject of freedom, with many powerful L.D.S. General Conference talk excerpts.
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Fr. Robert Taft, the leading scholar of Byzantine Liturgy, presents in vivid detail the actual experience of the Byzantine Church's liturgy throughout the centuries. In this examination, he offers the words of Byzantine commentators themselves on the details of Byzantine rituals, from the processional liturgies processing through the streets of Constantinople to the sometimes unruly and unseemly behavior of the people in attendance. Some of the material presented in these Distinguished Lecture acts as a corrective to the all-too-common myth of some "Golden Age" of Byzantine Liturgy which, "instead of being 'scrutinized,' has often been invented and exploited to justify decisions already made, or reduced to cliches in support of some vision or other of reality that will not stand up to a rereading of the sources."
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"Liturgy as the Byzantines Saw It" is a very well done work.......2007-07-15
This history is a very well done and focused work. I would recommend it to those who enjoy really learning about a very significant element of Byzantine History; The Liturgy.
One great book on the Byzantine Liturgy!.......2007-03-30
As always, Father Taft is both authoritative and fascinating. As all scholars of Byzantine liturgy agree, he has a thorough command of the sources, in the original languages. See, for example, his excellent work on the
Liturgy of the Hours. His documentation, where needed, is remarkably extensive. Don't argue with him that receiving Communion in the hand is not an ancient practice! He provides a page and a half of references on this single point. His approach in this book (liturgy from the viewpoint of the common man or woman) is relatively new, both for him and for us. As he points out, however, through this method of study, fresh insights abound. Besides, he has an excellent command of the language, with a delightful style of conveying his message. (With regard to Church leaders, he says, "Would that some current would be running through the bulb," or something equivalent.) Point well taken, like so many others. Read this book! You won't regret it.
--Michael Gilligan, Ph.D.
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One's appreciation of a beautiful painting is enhanced by knowing about the aesthetic choices the artist made in composition and execution of the painting. It is also enhanced by knowing how the artist's selection and use of materials - and their interplay with light - affects what we see in the painting. This book discusses the physics and materials science that go into making a painting appear the way it does: the physical principles behind the colors one sees in paintings and how they change with illumination; the pigments, binders, varnish, and support materials used in both old and modern paintings; the optics and microscopic structure of paint films; and the various physical and chemical methods used to investigate and authenticate paintings. Chapters on dating, binders, and dendochronology are contributed by experts in the respective fields. Based on courses given at Cornell and Arizona, the treatment requires no prior knowledge of physics or chemistry. The insights gained from this book can help the amateur or connoisseur and also the artist understand the advantages and limitations of materials used in paintings, and it can help the historian and conservator authenticate and preserve works of art.
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- Another Minor Miracle from Ann Patchett
- Disarming simplicity
- A beautiful voice, but the story doesn't gel
- Patchett's weakest novel is still a good read
- Not her best
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Taft: A Novel
Ann Patchett
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John Nickel is a black ex-jazz musician who only wants to be a good father. But when his son is taken away from him, he's left with nothing but the Memphis bar he manages. Then he hires Fay, a young white waitress, who has a volatile brother named Carl in tow. Nickel finds himself consumed with the idea of Taft -- Fay and Carl's dead father -- and begins to reconstruct the life of a man he never met. But his sympathies for these lost souls soon take him down a twisting path into the lives of strangers...
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Another Minor Miracle from Ann Patchett.......2006-06-28
In a book that is set far away in place, character, and circumstance from her justly celebrated novel "Bel Canto," Patchett has crafted a story that reveals once again that the extraordinary lies just beneath the surface in even the most "ordinary" of people. Nickel, the black manager of a Memphis bar and a former jazz musician struggling with his own losses, hires Fay, a white teenage girl, as a waitress. Against his better judgment he becomes increasingly involved in her life and that of her younger brother Carl, a troubled kid who spells trouble for Nickel. As the characters try to make sense of their own circumstances and find a way to move forward with their lives, dangerous collisions become inevitable and choices must be made. Hovering over everything is Taft, the dead father of Fay and Carl, whose life and experience could not be more different than that of Nickel, and who haunts both Nickel's and the reader's thoughts. The book is well-plotted, with enough suspense to keep the reader turning the pages, as Ms. Patchett performs her own magic, showing us that nothing, and no one, is simple.
Disarming simplicity.......2005-12-26
One characteristic of Ann Patchett's work is her simplicity. All her works concentrate on the emotional interrelationships of a small group of people, often in an enclosed community and/or over a short space of time. This is seen most clearly in her masterpiece BEL CANTO, but TAFT also displays a similarly beguiling compression. There are scarcely a dozen character, and the whole action takes place within a few miles of the small Memphis bar managed by the narrator-hero John Nickel. In fact, very little actually happens until the very end, though the emotional turmoil of affections and loyalties is quite intense. What some other readers saw as a weakness, I treasure as one of the book's greatest strengths.
Nickel, a former blues musician turned bar manager, yearns for his son whom his estranged lover, the child's mother, has taken out of state. In some kind of emotional compensation, he finds himself involved in the lives of a fatherless young waitress who comes to work in his bar and her younger brother. Nickel is not a wholly admirable character, though he strives to do the right thing. Patchett has caught especially well the manner in which emotional trauma can ricochet until a person no longer knows his true feelings or even his own best interest. Looking at her innocent girl-next-door face on her publicity photo, it is hard to imagine that she has been there, felt that, but this book must surely have been born out of experience.
Presumably outside her experience, though, is the specific life of her African-American narrator, John Nickel. I was greatly impressed by her daring in writing about such a world from the inside, but I have to admit that some of the language seems borrowed from hard-boiled fiction rather from life, and I cannot judge whether she captures the particular world of the blues musician. I felt very confident, though, in her description of the work of the bar. And, where it really matters, in the workings of the human heart, Patchett is admirably color-blind and has close to perfect pitch.
The most unusual technical aspect of this book, which gives it its title, is Nickel's imagined reconstructions of the relation between the two young people and their dead father, Taft. These episodes become increasingly detailed as the book goes on, and form a parallel strand in the narrative, almost as though Nickel were there himself, engaging in a form of time-traveling. It is clear that Nickel comes to identify with his imagined Taft, whom he uses as a sort of touchstone of fatherhood. Some readers may have been puzzled by this, but I liked it for its ability to reflect on the soul of the central character (Nickel, not Taft, who in a real sense does not exist). All Patchett's novels, with the partial exception of her first, seem to require some kind of artifice to bring out the feelings of her characters in their purest form. In TAFT, this artifice is perhaps too obvious, a mere authorial device. In THE MAGICIAN'S ASSISTANT, she uses literal but fantastic magic tricks for the same purpose, but the device is more seamlessly incorportated into the fabric of the novel. Surely one of the great reasons for her success with BEL CANTO is her ability to parlay a real-life event (the capture of a South American embassy by terrorists) into an almost magical suspension of time.
But the real value of TAFT is its pay-off. The beauty of its ending--not too neat but deeply satisfying--kept me awake for most of the night after I finished it. The mainly internal action of the book culminates in a climactic event which at last reminds Nickel of his true priorities. In the last two chapters, Patchett's handling of the strand of magic reconstruction is particularly impressive, finally linking the two characters of Taft and Nickel, and bringing about another of those gentle miracles that one has come to associate with her work.
A beautiful voice, but the story doesn't gel.......2005-11-27
I was completely mezmorized by the first quarter of the book. Even though Anne Patchett is writing as a white woman, her characterizations of John, the black male ex-drummer and bar manager, and of the other bar employees ring true. The little details in the relationships between the characters, their idiosynchrocies and habits, are intriguing. The theme of loyalty and love surrounding John's longing for his son is equally compelling. BUT - when we get to the heart of the story, where John is pulled into alove-lust relationship with Fay, my stomach had a sinking "oh-no" feeling. And this instant reaction was correct. This plot line was flat and unbelievable, even repellant. So, too, are issues with Carl, Fay's drug-dealing brother. Anne Patchett is an incredibly talented author. I highly enourage you to read Bel Canto or The Magician's Assistnat instead.
Patchett's weakest novel is still a good read.......2005-08-15
It's true that Taft is not Ann Patchett's strongest work - and even she's admitted that Taft is not the best title for a book. However, it speaks well for her that Taft is still a good read. It's a story primarily of fatherhood and loyalty - however misplaced. I've read all but one of Patchett's books, starting with the non-fiction Truth and Beauty, and think that Patchett is one of the best novelists writing today. Patchett has a gift for language and is poetic without being thick. She also knows how to weave a story and her characters, even those that aren't as well fleshed out, stay with you long after you've read the last page. If you've never read a book by Patchett, Bel Canto and The Magician's Assistant are better than Taft, but if you've read her other works and want an engaging page turner that's far better than average, Taft is a worthy read. In fact, even if a reader started with Taft, they'd get a good enough taste of Patchett's talents that they'd seek out her other works and be even more impressed with whatever Patchett book found its way into their hands next.
Not her best.......2005-04-01
I think Taft would have been more believable if the story was actually written by a black man. I think it's arrogant for Patchett to think she can write in a black man's voice. I loved The Patron Saint of Liars, but Taft was a bit of a mess.
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Beginning with former president Theodore Roosevelt's return in 1910 from his African safari, Chace brilliantly unfolds a dazzling political circus that featured four extraordinary candidates. When Roosevelt failed to defeat his chosen successor, William Howard Taft, for the Republican nomination, he ran as a radical reformer on the Bull Moose ticket. Meanwhile, Woodrow Wilson, the ex-president of Princeton, astonished everyone by seizing the Democratic nomination from the bosses who had made him New Jersey's governor. Most revealing of the reformist spirit sweeping the land was the charismatic socialist Eugene Debs, who polled an unprecedented one million votes.
Wilson's "accidental" election had lasting impact on America and the world. The broken friendship between Taft and TR inflicted wounds on the Republican Party that have never healed, and the party passed into the hands of a conservative ascendancy that reached its fullness under Reagan and George W. Bush. Wilson's victory imbued the Democratic Party with a progressive idealism later incarnated in FDR, Truman, and LBJ.
1912 changed America.
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The author takes history's most interesting election and somehow makes it boring.......2007-05-26
The 1912 presidential election is probably the most fascinating in U.S. history. It is the only election in which a sitting president - William Howard Taft, this case - finished third(!) in both the popular (23%) and electoral (1.5% - only eight electoral votes) vote count. But not only that, a fourth contender, Socialist Eugene Debs, also managed to score an impressive 6 percent of the vote, including a massive 16.42% vote share in Oklahoma. A Socialist in double digits in OK? Tell me more! But sadly, this book did not - and that's far from its only problem. As many of the other reviewers have pointed out, the book is poorly written, dry, and boring. How the author managed to take such an interesting subject and make it so drab is beyond me - it's almost like he possesses a strange anti-talent. But all in all, the book was so dim that it is one of only two that I've ever returned after purchase. I can only hope another historian will come along and give this election the treatment that it deserves.
Political history at its very best.......2007-03-05
I read 1912 expecting your typical Woodwardesque political history. What I got was probably the best read of the year and one of my favorite works of nonfiction. Not only was 1912 the election that changed America, it also firmly established conservative principles of the Republican party while featuring a cast of four of the most colorful characters ever featured in a presidential election. I was especially impressed with the treatment of Eugene V. Debs, usually overlooked by historians except for the bit of trivia about pulling 1 million votes from prison. I whole-heartedly recommend James Chase brilliant 1912.
Reviewed by Jim Melcher.......2007-01-26
Political commentator George Will once said that presidential elections are one of the main elements in American life preventing life from becoming dull. One of the best examples one could use to prove Will's point is the American presidential election of 1912. So, it isn't surprising that the late Bard College professor James Chace chose to write a book length treatment of the subject in 1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs-The Election That Changed the Country, published in 2004. No other American election has featured a former president (Theodore Roosevelt), the current president (William Howard Taft), and a future president (Woodrow Wilson) among the candidates. Once one throws in the strongest Socialist candidacy ever (that of Eugene Debs), and the unusual success of a third party that has not been equaled since (Roosevelt's Progressive Party finished second in both the popular and electoral votes), all of the ingredients are in place for a good story.
Chace was equal to this challenge in this, his ninth book. While academic historians won't see a great deal that is new in terms of primary source materials here, Chace's use of existing sources is detailed and exhaustive and will be more than adequate to satisfy readers in the general public. 1912 is not merely a rundown of the facts of the 1912 campaign, but a book that Chace makes a strong and successful effort to provide context about how each of the four men got to where they were in 1912. While this would be useful in any campaign history, it is particularly crucial for the 1912 election. Taft was Roosevelt's handpicked successor for the 1908 Republican nomination, and Chace does a good job tracing how the once-close friends became such bitter enemies by 1912 that they split the Republican Party in a way it has not been divided before or since. The divisions within Debs' socialist movement and the strains his relentless political activity placed on his marriage are chronicled well, too, as is the improbable political rise of Woodrow Wilson from former President of Princeton University to President of the United States. Chace is effective in painting a picture of the personalities of all four candidates.
In addition to the development of the candidates' personalities and positions, Chace also develops several other themes in this book. Chief among these is the changing American society of the time and how this presidential campaign may have been the most radical in American history in proposing change and solutions. The role of race in the campaign and the political careers of the four candidates also receive extensive attention, particularly Wilson's segregationist views. To a modern reader, this is one of the reasons why Wilson generally comes off as the least sympathetic of the four candidates in this book.
The subtitle "The Election That Changed The Country" suggests that a major theme of the book will be the ways in which American politics was transformed by this election. Here, Chace is not on his strongest ground. Overall, he does a better job of explaining what was different about this election than what was transforming in it. A relatively brief epilogue is his chief vehicle for laying this out. However, he does do a good job in the final section of the book in discussing what became of each of the four candidates after the election. For those with an interest in American elections, the United States of the early 20th century, or simply those with an interest in strong political personalities, Chace's book will prove to be very worthwhile reading indeed.
Interesting but shallow & not very well-written.......2007-01-17
I'm not a historian, but enjoy most popular history books. That said, I found this book to be quite disappointing, not least because it is not very well-written at all. (Where was the editor??) As others have mentioned, there was too little clear explanation of the conflicting political philosophies. Finally, the author does not prove his own subtitle --- i walked away from it unconvinced by his premise that it changed the rest of the 20th century. Glad i didn't pay full price!
Great overview of the election.......2007-01-06
Chace presents an excellent account of an important election in American history. This was the most successful election for two parties outside of the main ones. The Democrats took the election with a victory for Woodrow Wilson but TR's progressive party and Debs socialist party polled amazing results given their standing. This book goes beyond the 1912 election and takes people through the world war showing what happened to each of these parties and the men. Debs life in particular was interesting and seeing the way in which the government reacted was indicative of the future. The book is very well written and worth taking the time to explore.
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New Drug Approval Process, Fourth Edition, Accelerating Global Registrations (Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences)
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