The Cultural Shaping of Accounting
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    The Cultural Shaping of Accounting
    Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui
    Manufacturer: Quorum Books
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    ASIN: 0899309534

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    An important but usually overlooked variable that affects the process and product of accounting is culture. Consensus on what constitutes proper accounting methods and behavior varies among countries, and it is this cultural relativism and its impacts that Riahi-Belkaoui explores here. His purpose is to elaborate on the nature of cultural relativism in accounting and in the interpretation of accounting data. He thus shows the way culture determines accounting judgments, and explains the intercultural differences in the perception of accounting concepts, and in the field's self-regulation internationally. His point is that accounting is actually a cultural rather than a technical process, and that professionals as well as academics should be aware of this. A challenging, useful discussion for teachers, graduate students, and accounting practitioners, particularly in international settings.

    Giving and Receiving Criticism: Practical Techniques for Interpersonal Effectiveness (Fifty-Minute Series)
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      Giving and Receiving Criticism: Practical Techniques for Interpersonal Effectiveness (Fifty-Minute Series)
      Patti Hathaway
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      Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden: Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians (Borealis)
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • How to grow corn -- Indian style
      • Hidatsa Gardening Techniques
      • An unique & enduring contricution to Native American studies
      • Re-enactors and gardeners alike will LOVE this book!
      Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden: Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians (Borealis)
      Gilbert L. Wilson
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      ASIN: 0873512197

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      Includes sustainable gardening methods from seed preparation to harvest, including the ceremonies, songs, and stories required for a bountiful harvest.

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      5 out of 5 stars How to grow corn -- Indian style .......2007-07-19

      This is a unique and irreplaceable book. In the early 20th century, the author interviewed Buffalo Bird, an old Hidasta Indian woman about Indian farming methods in the mid 19th century. The result is a primer on how the Indians grew corn and other crops on the Great Plains. Interspaced with the explanation of agricultural techniques are charming stories, songs, recipes, and ancedotes told by Buffalo Bird. She also describes how the Indians preserved their crop.

      The Hidasta lived in North Dakota and this book is a primer on how to garden in the State without recourse to chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or motor powered equipment. The Hidasta grew five crops: corn, beans, squash, sunflower seeds, and tobacco. Their methods of cultivation, storage, and usage of each crop is described, usually with enough detail to be copied by the modern low-impact sustainable agriculturalist. A large number of illustrations and photographs supplement the text and show how the Indians built fences, dug storage pits, dried squash, and laid out their fields.

      A good introductory essay introduces the Hidasta, Bird Woman, and the author to the reader. The whole book is only about 150 pages, but there's a wealth of cultural and agricultural information here presented in a charming and easy-to-digest format.

      Smallchief

      5 out of 5 stars Hidatsa Gardening Techniques.......2003-10-15

      A "must have" for anyone who is interested in doing a garden using authentic Native American practices, as used in the tribes in the Missouri Valley area. Details on laying out the garden, maintaining it, food storage, construction of tools, etc. are all included with sufficient clarity for reproduction.

      5 out of 5 stars An unique & enduring contricution to Native American studies.......2000-08-07

      Originally published in 1917, reissued in 1987, now released again with a new introduction by Jeffrey R. Hansen, Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden presents an agricultural calendar year's activities as remembered by Buffalo Bird Woman, an accomplished Hidatsa gardener born around 1839. Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden was a doctoral dissertation by a man who believed "It is of no importance that an Indian's war costume struck the Puritan as the Devil's scheme to frighten the heart out of the Lord's annointed. What we want to know is why the Indian donned the costume, and his reasons for doing it (p.xix)." Wilson also went on to write Goodbird the Indian His Story and Waheenee: An Indian Girl's Story (biography of Buffalo Bird Woman, 1839-1921). Using biography to study a culture was effective because it highlighted the variety of traumatic cultural shifts, changes, and transmutations painfully experienced by Buffalo Bird Woman and her family. The use of empathy informs the dated, 'superior' dominant culture outlook. Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden has been called a classic anthropological document. It certainly is that and more. As a model of respectful viewing and learning, as a mirror of the complex lifeway of ;the agricultural Plains Indians, as a chronicle of human adaptation, survival and ingenuity in the face of cultural disenfranchisement, Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden sets the bar for the standard. In addition, it gives eloquent testimony to one of the enduring gifts of the Hidatsa - their varieties of corn, squash, beans, and sunflowers. Even more enduring, perhaps, is the contribution highlighted by Jeffrey Hanson: "buffalo Bird Woman's Garden is not the end, but the beginning. It is a foundation, a viewpoint, and it presents a cultural relationship with nature that we can all appreciate and from which we can all derive benefit. (p.xxiii). Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden describes planting, preparation, cultivating, harvesting and storing practices, as well as traditional songs and prayers sung to honor and encourage the garden's yield. Beautifully detailed drawings by her son Edward Goodbird illustrate Buffalo Bird Woman's descriptions of gardening and storing produce and other activities. It is easy to see that modern ethnologists and authors such as W. Michael and Kathleen O'Neal Gear drew fairly heavily from the information presented in Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden. This is an enduring testament to a lifeway revalued today perhaps more as it should be.

      Nancy Lorraine, Reviewer

      5 out of 5 stars Re-enactors and gardeners alike will LOVE this book!.......2000-07-17

      This is a Minnesota Historical Society reprint of the anthropological study done by Gilbert Wilson in 1917, originally published as "Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians: An Indian Interpretation." Wilson was among the first of a new school of American anthropologists that felt Indian cultures should speak for themselves, and not be spoken for by "white man's" interpretations. Consequently, the book really is, as the subtitle says, "an Indian interpretation." Most of the text is translated directly from Buffalo Bird Woman's own words, complete with stories, jokes, and personal anecdotes about village life. By the time you are done reading it, you will feel as if you met her personally.

      I bought it because I am a Minnesota gardener, so I wanted to see what tips I might pick up from the ways of the indigenous people. The book is rich with useful gardening lore, including diagrams of various tools and structures, along with detailed descriptions of the different kinds of beans, corn, and squash that the Indians grew. Plus, there are native recipes you can try.

      I was surprised to learn that, when the Indians dried squash, they didn't use mature fruits with hard skins like we do today, but preferred to cut them when they were 4 days old -- at about 3 1/2 inches diameter. They were more tender that way, easier to slice, and they dried better. The best squashes were marked in the field and allowed to mature for seed.

      I also found it interesting that the Indians kept the different colors of corn separate, not like the multi-colored "Indian corn" we buy today for fall decorations. Although Buffalo Bird Woman did not understand the science behind genetics, she and her fellow Hidatsa gardeners did notice that corn varieties will "travel" (her word) from one patch to another if different colors are planted too closely together. So, women with adjoining fields would agree to plant the same varieties side-by-side, to help prevent this "traveling."

      The Hidatsa women also understood the principles of good seed-saving techniques, and carefully chose seed from the very best squashes and corn ears in the crop, thereby improving their strains from year to year. Composting, however, was apparently unknown. Leaves and brush were burned, not composted, and they regarded manure as a dirty substance to be removed from the garden. But the Hidatsa did know the value of fallowing, and would allow a less-productive field rest a minimum of two years to renew itself.

      Some of the techniques in this book are still quite useful today. I have begun pre-spouting my squash seeds, and planting them in the SIDES of the hills instead of on top, to help prevent the heavy rains from damaging the seedlings. Some of the fencing designs have found their way into my rustic Minnesota garden, too.

      This book is also a priceless resource for "living history" re-enactors or "back to the land" homesteaders who might want to know how to build a traditional corn-drying platform, a food-storage cache, a homemade rake, or any of the other tools used successfully for many centuries before the Europeans came here. Simply a delightful book!

      Astronomy No. 17: Extending Science (Extending Science)
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        Astronomy No. 17: Extending Science (Extending Science)
        Patrick Moore , and Bernard Abrams
        Manufacturer: Trans-Atlantic Publications
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        Studies in Natural Product Chemistry : Structure and Chemistry, Part C (Studies in Natural Products Chemistry)
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          Studies in Natural Product Chemistry : Structure and Chemistry, Part C (Studies in Natural Products Chemistry)
          Atta-Ur-Rahman
          Manufacturer: Elsevier Science
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          Hardbound. Natural products chemistry covers a fascinating area of organic chemistry and its study has enriched organic chemistry in a myriad of different ways. In recent years the thrust has been in three major directions: advances in stereoselective synthesis of bioactive natural products, developments in structure elucidation of complex natural products through the applications of multidimensional NMR and mass spectroscopy, and the integration of bioassay procedures with the isolation processes leading to the isolation of active principles from the extracts.The present volume reflects these developments, and the growing emphasis on bioactive natural products, chemical constituents of echinoderms, diterpenoids from Rabdosia and Eremophila sp., structural studies on saponins, marine sesquiterpene quinones and antimicrobial activity of amphibian venoms. The reviews on bioactive metabolites of Phomophis, cardenolide detection

          Domination in Graphs (Pure and Applied Mathematics)
          Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
          • intricate and rigorous chapters
          Domination in Graphs (Pure and Applied Mathematics)
          Teresa W. Haynes , Stephen Hedetniemi , and Peter Slater
          Manufacturer: CRC
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          ASIN: 0824700341

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          "Presents the latest in graph domination by leading researchers from around the world-furnishing known results, open research problems, and proof techniques. Maintains standardized terminology and notation throughout for greater accessibility. Covers recent developments in domination in graphs and digraphs, dominating functions, combinatorial problems on chessboards, and more."

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          4 out of 5 stars intricate and rigorous chapters.......2006-09-13

          The editors have collected a set of research papers on graph domination. This book is a companion to "Fundamentals of Domination in Graphs" by the same editors. Readers might well want to consult both books.

          The book is best suited to a reader majoring in maths or computer science. The chapters are very theoretical and can be dense reading. Theorems are stated and proved rigorously. Which is as it should be. Except that this scarcely makes for quick reading.

          In some instances, the results or subject of a chapter can be easily described. Like where we have a graph G=(V,E) of vertices V and edges E. And there is a subset S of vertices. S is defined to be k-dominating if every vertex in V-S is within k hops of a vertex in S. One chapter gives results for this distance domination of graphs.
          Fundamentals of Domination in Graphs (Pure and Applied Mathematics)
          Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
          • intricate extensions of graph theory
          Fundamentals of Domination in Graphs (Pure and Applied Mathematics)
          Teresa W. Haynes , Stephen Hedetniemi , and Peter Slater
          Manufacturer: CRC
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          ASIN: 0824700333

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          "Provides the first comprehensive treatment of theoretical, algorithmic, and application aspects of domination in graphs-discussing fundamental results and major research accomplishments in an easy-to-understand style. Includes chapters on domination algorithms and NP-completeness as well as frameworks for domination."

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          4 out of 5 stars intricate extensions of graph theory.......2006-05-22

          Many of the ideas discussed have been circulating for years. But confined to specialist journals, making it quite difficult for an outsider to come to grips with this subject. The authors have done the reader a favour, by providing a coherent conceptual framework.

          The entire book is an advanced foray into graph theory. Dense with theorems. Chapters do have problem sets, which you might need to do. Basically, this monograph is pure maths. Though perhaps after reading the book, you will be able to find applications elsewhere? The first chapter, which acts as a motivator for the rest of the book, has examples drawn from such fields as social networks and land surveying.

          A good prior background for this book is Knuth's volume that covers graphs, from his series "The Art of Computer Programming".
          Bounds for the domination number of grid graphs (Internal report)
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            E. J Cockayne
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            Contributions to the theory of domination, independence and irredundance in graphs (Internal report)
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              E. J Cockayne
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              Domination of graphs with maximum degree three (UCD/CCM report)
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                Domination parameters for the bishops graph (Internal report)
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                  The domination-compliance graph of a tournament (UCD/CCM report)
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                    Global domination of factors of a graph with application in networked and parallel computation
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                      Julie R Carrington
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                      Graph theoretic parameters concerning domination, independence and irredundance (Internal report)
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                        Béla Bollobás
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                        K-domination and k-independence in graphs (Rapports de recherche. Université Paris-Sud. Centre d'Orsay. Laboratoire de recherche en informatique)
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                          O Favaron
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                          General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior
                          Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                          • Robertson has written an in-depth, thoughtful book
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                          • Excellent bio of an often over-looked hero of the war
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                          General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior
                          James I. Jr Robertson
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                          A Confederate general who ranks with Lee, Jeb Stuart, and Stonewall Jackson but whose achievements have been unfairly neglected until now, finally receives his due in this invaluable biography by a noted historian of the Civil War. Drawing extensively on newly unearthed documents, this work provides a gripping battle-by-battle assessment of Hill's role in Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and other battles. 8 pages of photographs.

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                          3 out of 5 stars Robertson has written an in-depth, thoughtful book.......2006-08-06

                          however I can see how some civil war buffs would feel that this book looks at A.P. Hill through rose colored glasses. A.P. Hill was exactly the kind of general that Longstreet hated, proud, political, overly aggressive...He was passionate about his men and his cause but much like Hood lacked tactical and strategic skills. The corp he commanded at Gettysburg should have gone to D.H. Hill. In 1864 and 1865 he provided steady, reliable service but never distinquished himself.

                          5 out of 5 stars Excellent Coupling of Psycho-History and Battle Narrative.......2005-02-11

                          Despite his meteoric rise to command troops in nearly every battle of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, Ambrose Powell Hill was arguable the Confederacy's most underrated general. Rising from a colonel of a Virginia infantry regiment to Major General in command of the new Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, A.P. Hill was perhaps best known for leading his Light Division on a forced march from Harper's Ferry to arrive in the nick of time to save Lee from total defeat at the Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg. James I Robertson Jr. has thoroughly examined the perplexities of a complex man: one who could display the virtues of righteousness and compassion one moment and become impetuous, childish and unforgiving the next. What is more, Robertson's battle narratives are enthralling, placing heavy emphasis on infantry soldiering in the foulest of weather, rugged terrain and the difficulties of communications in an age when battle communiques traveled only as fast as a man could ride a horse. How a man of Hill's temperament, racked by life-long bouts of illness, and wounds handles rapid promotion, and, at which point reaches a level of incompetence, is the theme of Robertson's compelling story. From the age of twelve, young Powell read the exploits of Napoleon Bonaparte and was inspired to become a soldier. Hill entered West Point in 1842 in the infamous class of 1846. His classmates were Thomas J. Jackson, George Pickett and George McClellan, to name a few. Hill formed an immediate dislike for Jackson that would last for the rest of his life, while forming a close friendship with his roommate McClellan. In 1844, while returning to West Point from summer furlough, Hill contracted gonorrhea in New York City. He was forced to take an extended sick leave home, requiring him to repeat a year of studies. Upon graduation, Hill was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Artillery Regiment.                 Robertson paints Hill's military career after West Point was one of sickness and boredom. In Mexico, Hill came down with typhoid fever that left him bedridden for six weeks. In Florida he would battle disease and boredom for six long years, especially repeated prostate problems associated with the untreatable venereal disease. Because of poor health, Hill requested to be transferred to a desk job in Washington.                 Hill's gift for staff work brought him to the attention of Jefferson Davis. After Succession, Hill not only chose loyalty to Virginia but also saw war as a chance for rapid promotion.                 Hill was appointed colonel in the 13th Virginia Infantry. He drove his men hard, and trained his regiment to the peak of proficiency. This leadership style would remain a permanent characteristic of A.P. Hill and would produce substantial benefits in future campaigns. Robertson shows a compassionate side of A.P. Hill during this period. During First Battle of Bull Run/Manassas, Hill would often be seen offering a weary soldier his horse while he walked alongside. He once noticed a sergeant who was obviously sleep deprived, and allowed him to lie down for a couple hours to regain his strength. These acts of kindness did not go unnoticed by his men. Typhoid fever, measles, mumps, diarrhea, dysentery and jaundice soon ran rampant among Hill's regiment. Much to his chagrin, Hill was held in reserve during the actual battle yet, a rapid series of promotions would soon follow. Hill was promoted to Brigadier General for the Peninsula Campaign. Hill soon gained a reputation for leading from the front in battle, distinguishable by the red or calico "battle shirt" he always wore in combat. Soon afterwards, he was promoted to Major General, commanding the infamous Light Division in the Seven Days Battles. In just ninety-days, Hill went from a colonel in charge of one regiment, to major general in charge of a division. Here, the author begins to raise doubt about how well Hill handled the transition, while weaving a compelling battle narrative. Hill's independent nature soon led to clashes with his two immediate superiors. As already mentioned, Hill despised Jackson and he did not care all that much for James Longstreet either. During the Peninsula Campaign, Hill and Longstreet got into a childish squabble that almost had tragic consequences. A war correspondent had been traveling with Hill's headquarters during that campaign. He wrote a series of newspaper articles that drastically inflated Hill's accomplishments at Mechanicsville and Fraser's Farm. According to Robertson, Longstreet felt slighted after he read the articles. Longstreet then wrote a "rebuttal," via his chief of staff, Moxley Sorrel and sent the letter to be published in a rival newspaper. Sorrel routinely acted as official liaison between Hill and Longstreet. After this incident, however, Hill refused to communicate with Sorrel. Consequently, Longstreet placed Hill under arrest. Hill, accosted Lee requesting he be relieved from Longstreet's command. A series of nasty letters passed between Hill and Longstreet until Hill finally challenged Longstreet to a duel. Lee had to quickly intercede to avoid a disaster. Another episode involved Hill's nemesis, Jackson. Lee had devised a plan for Hill's division to cross the Chicahominy River and attack Union forces at Mechanicsville. Hill was to wait until Jackson, enroute from his famed Shenandoah Campaign, arrived to support Hill's attack. On the morning of the scheduled day of the attack; Hill's division was assembled early and ready for battle. Hill's men waited for hours with no sign of Jackson. Finally at 3:00 PM, General Hill crossed the Chicahominy and advanced towards Mechanicsville without "Stonewall." Hill successfully drove the Federals from Mechanicsville; however, they dug in at Beaver Dam Creek and could not be dislodged. As a result, the day ended in stalemate with Hill suffering a high butcher's bill.Naturally, Hill blamed Jackson for failing to arrive at the rendezvous on time. The relationship between Hill and Jackson worsened, until Hill was ultimately placed under arrest for a second time, and, as punishment, Lee sent Hill to act as rear guard of Lee's army. This is how the Light Division, hitherto marching at the van , would find itself in Harper's Ferry while the Battle of Antietam was under way. As we know, Hill would redeem himself by saving Lee from possible defeat, and command a corps at Gettysburg. A federal sharpshooter ended the life of Gen. A.P. Hill on April 2, 1865, killing him while Hill reconnoitered his forward positions at Petersburg. Robertson's analysis of Hill's vulnerable pride, bordering on disrespect, the childish in-fighting within Lee's command, coupled with forceful battle narrative, makes this book difficult to put down. Five-stars and highly recommended!

                          5 out of 5 stars Excellent bio of an often over-looked hero of the war.......2004-10-15

                          General A. P. Hill has been too long ignored by historians despite his pivotal role in the Army of Northern Virginia. Robertson gives us an interesting account of the general's early life and career, including his cadet years at West Point, up until his tragic death just days before Appomattox. A must-read for any serious student of the War and for those interested by the early lives and training of War Between the States heroes.

                          1 out of 5 stars Sloppy piece of hack work.......2004-02-07

                          For those used to Robertson's ponderous and derivitive offerings, this will come as no surprise. His "find" that Hill suffered from V.D. has been readily apparent to anyone who ever read the general's correspondence (and who can recognize a 19th century euphamism). As for the rest, Roberston's factual blunders (like his ridiculous mention of the non-existent shoe factory in Gettysburg) are surpassed only by his uncritical fawning over his subject.

                          A. P. Hill was a fine soldier. He deserves a better biographer.

                          5 out of 5 stars Justice Given to Hill.......2003-10-11

                          A few months ago I saw a civil war magazine in the racks at the bookstore it had an article about the fifty best generals in the war I flipped through the list naturally you have Lee, "Stonewall" Jackson, James longstreet, and U.S. Grant but A. P. Hill is not he is cast aside by the likes of Benjamin "Spoons" Butler. Likewise he has few scenes in "Gods and Generals" and Gettysburg an earlier book on him Lee's forgotten general hit it right on the nose.

                          Now howver famed Civil War historian James I., Jr. Robertson gives a revealing look at the Confederacy's forgotten hero. A feirce warrior and proud man almost to a fault Hill is not as famous as Jackson or Lee who have endless amounts of books written on them. This book made me know more of Hill than any previous source. It exstensively covers Hill's role in all the battles he was in and also attempts to trace why Hill was not as effective as commander of the 3rd Corp as he was in command of his famed Light Division (the largest in the confederate army). You will come away from this book with a greater understanding of A.P. Hill as a man as well as a commander. Hill was not without failure but he is definitely not given full justice in the history books here's to Robertson for attempting to correct that.
                          General A. P. Hill - The Story of a Confederate Warrior
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                            General A. P. Hill - The Story of a Confederate Warrior
                            James I. Robertson
                            Manufacturer: Random House
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                            Binding: Hardcover
                            ASIN: B000JMGKWG

                            Black Physicians in the Jim Crow South
                            Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                            • Ward's Black Physicians in the Jim Crow South
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                            • Black Physicians in the Jim Crow South
                            Black Physicians in the Jim Crow South
                            Thomas J., Jr. Ward
                            Manufacturer: University of Arkansas Press
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                            Binding: Hardcover

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                            4 out of 5 stars Ward's Black Physicians in the Jim Crow South.......2007-03-09

                            I thoroughly enjoyed and was enriched by this history. It seems to reconfirm what was occuring in my research area [History of St. Agnes Hospital and Training School for Nurses - Raleigh, NC]. Although I contacted Dr. Ward by email and got a response, I only wish I had been able to contact him before he published. I am very pleased with the amount and caliber of American medical history which he has provided. It in not just Black history. There is yet so much more to record in the history books and textbooks of today and tomorrow.

                            5 out of 5 stars For Medical History buffs as well as African American Studies.......2006-01-31

                            When author Thomas Ward first set out to write this history, he received a gentle but fortuitous dope-slap from one of his early interviewees. When asked what it was like to be a black physician in the South in the late 1950's, Dr. Page replied, "I don't know, but I can tell you what it was like to be Matthew Page." Thus Ward avoids the common trap of trying to homogenize experiences which were actually quite diverse.

                            Which is not to say he doesn't explore common threads, such as the rise and fall of black medical colleges, the policies of philanthropists and the AMA which excluded black doctors from pursuing specialities and research, their social status - or lack thereof - in the Southern black and white communities, their exclusion from residencies, medical societies, denial of hospital privileges, etc. But individual motivations, educations, and practices varied widely, as did race commitment. Class consciousness caused some to exploit members of the black lower classes (e.g.. black doctors participated in the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment up until it was shut down in the 1970's) while it motivated others to work to uplift the underprivileged black masses. Some used a medical degree as their ticket out of the South altogether, while others became the pillars of their community.

                            This book is a welcome addition to our growing awareness of how Jim Crow's legacy continues to have consequences for the entire nation. It's of interest to medical history buffs as well as African American studies.

                            5 out of 5 stars Black Physicians in the Jim Crow South.......2004-09-09

                            The book was both interesting and inspirational. It's portrayal of the stuggle of black physicians is eye opening and should be required reading for all students of this country's history.
                            Black Physicians in the Jim Crow South.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Southern History
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                              Black Physicians in the Jim Crow South.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Southern History
                              William C. Hine
                              Manufacturer: Southern Historical Association
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                              Binding: Digital
                              ASIN: B00096ZE2E
                              Release Date: 2005-08-30

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                              Title: Black Physicians in the Jim Crow South.(Book Review)
                              Author: William C. Hine
                              Publication: Journal of Southern History (Magazine/Journal)
                              Date: February 1, 2005
                              Publisher: Southern Historical Association
                              Volume: 71 Issue: 1 Page: 184(2)

                              Article Type: Book Review

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