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  • Apollo in the Age of Aquarius

    by Neil M. Maher ...
    In summer 1969, astronauts landed on the moon and hippie hordes descended on Woodstock—two era-defining events that are not entirely coincidental. Neil M. Maher shows how NASA’s celestial aspirations were tethered to terrestrial concerns of the time: the civil rights struggle, the antiwar movement, environmentalism, feminism, and the culture wars. ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

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  • Nature's New Deal

    The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Roots of the American Environmental Movement

    by Neil M. Maher ...
    The Great Depression coincided with a wave of natural disasters, including the Dust Bowl and devastating floods of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Recovering from these calamities--and preventing their reoccurrence--was a major goal of the New Deal. In Nature's New Deal, Neil M. Maher examines the history of one of Franklin D. Roosevelt's boldest and most successful experiments, the Civilian ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Apollo in the Age of Aquarius

    by Neil M. Maher ...
    Winner of the Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature AwardA Bloomberg View Must-Read Book of the YearA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year“A substance-rich, original on every page exploration of how the space program interacted with the environmental movement, and also with the peace and ‘Whole Earth’ movements of the 1960s.”—Tyler Cowen, Marginal RevolutionThe summer of 1969 saw ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Apollo in the Age of Aquarius

    by Neil M. Maher ...
    Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 32 min

    The summer of 1969 saw astronauts land on the moon for the first time and hippie hordes descend on Woodstock for a legendary music festival. For Neil M. Maher, the conjunction of these two era-defining events is not entirely coincidental.With its lavishly funded mandate to send a man to the moon, Apollo became a litmus test in the 1960s culture wars. Many people believed it would reinvigorate a ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • A Field on Fire

    The Future of Environmental History

    by Mark D. Hersey, Ted Steinberg, Marco Armiero, Kevin C. Armitage, Brian C. Black, Lisa M. Brady, Karl Boyd Brooks, Robert Wellman Campbell, Brian Allen Drake0, Sterling Evans1, Sara M. Gregg2, Shen Hou3, Neil M. Maher4, Christof Mauch5, Daniel T. Rodgers6, Adam Rome7, Edmund Russell8, Mikko Saikku9, Frank Zelko0 ...
    A frank and engaging exploration of the burgeoning academic field of environmental historyInspired by the pioneering work of preeminent environmental historian Donald Worster, the contributors to A Field on Fire: The Future of Environmental History reflect on the past and future of this discipline. Featuring wide-ranging essays by leading environmental historians from the United States, Europe, ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Psychology-Based Activities for Supporting Anxious Language Learners

    Creating Calm and Confident Foreign Language Speakers

    Edited by Dr Neil Curry, Dr Kate Maher ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Guidebooks for Language Teachers
    A quiet, anxious class can be an uncomfortable learning experience for all concerned, yet it can be a situation language educators regularly face. This volume offers a range of activities which teachers can use with both classes and individual students to reduce their anxiety and increase their confidence for speaking. Drawn from a variety of theoretical backgrounds and educational contexts, the ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • New Jersey's Natures

    Environmental Histories of the Garden State

    by Raechel Lutz, Chad Anderson, Erin Becker-Boris, Michael Chiarappa, James J. Gigantino II, Robert Hoberman, Jordan P. Howell, Charlotte Leib, Aris Damadian Lindemans, Tina Peabody1, Zachary Rouhas2, Christopher J. Slaby3, Andrew Urban4, Christine Woodside5, Sevin Yildiz6, Melissa Ziobro7, Dan Druckenbrod II8 ...
    Series series CERES: Rutgers Studies in History
    New Jersey’s Natures takes up the challenge of expanding academic and popular conceptions of New Jersey and its landscapes through the lens of environmental history. Scholars’ essays showcase the ways in which nature is integral to understandings of the state and its past as well as its future. These essays show that New Jersey should no longer solely be known as a place where pollution and ... Read more

    $22.29 USD

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  • Visible Learning and the Science of How we Learn

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  • Trekonomics

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