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  • The Schooled Society

    The Educational Transformation of Global Culture

    by David P. Baker ...
    Only 150 years ago, the majority of the world's population was largely illiterate. Today, not only do most people over fifteen have basic reading and writing skills, but 20 percent of the population attends some form of higher education. What are the effects of such radical, large-scale change? David Baker argues that the education revolution has transformed our world into a schooled society—that ... Read more

    $26.29 USD

  • Global Mega-Science

    Universities, Research Collaborations, and Knowledge Production

    by David P. Baker, Justin J.W. Powell ...
    Never has the world been as rich in scientific knowledge as it is today. But what are its main sources? In accessible and engaging fashion, Global Mega-Science examines the origins of this unprecedented growth of knowledge production over the past hundred and twenty years. David P. Baker and Justin J.W. Powell integrate sociological and historical approaches with unique scientometric data to argue ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The Schooled Society

    The Educational Transformation of Global Culture

    by David P Baker ...
    "Path-breaking . . . offers a rich, encompassing, global perspective on education . . . articulates an educationally-grounded vision of contemporary society." —David John Frank, University of California, IrvineOnly 150 years ago, the majority of the world's population was largely illiterate. Today, not only do most people over fifteen have basic reading and writing skills, but 20 percent of the ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How Universities Transform Occupations and Work in the 21st Century

    The Academization of German and American Economies

    Edited by Manfred Stock, Alexander Mitterle, David P. Baker ...
    Series Book 47 - International Perspectives on Education and Society
    Advanced education is often thought to respond to the demands of the economy. Market forces create new occupations, and then universities respond with degrees and curricula tailored to produce graduates with the required skills. Presented here is ground-breaking comparative research on an underappreciated, yet growing, concurrent alternative process: universities and their expanding research ... Read more

    $108.29 USD

  • The Century of Science

    The Global Triumph of the Research University

    Edited by Justin J. W. Powell, David P. Baker, Frank Fernandez ...
    Series Book 33 - International Perspectives on Education and Society
    Winner of the 2017 Award for Significant Research on International Higher Education (CIHE/ASHE)Winner of the 2018 American Publishers Awards for Professional & Scholarly Excellence: Education TheoryIn The Century of Science, a multicultural, international team of authors examine the global rise of scholarly research in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and health (STEM+) fields. This ... Read more

    $39.39 USD

  • The New Financial Capitalists

    Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the Creation of Corporate Value

    by George P. Baker, George David Smith ...
    Kohlberg Kravis Roberts's approach to leveraged buyouts was an important aspect of the corporate restructuring and governance reforms in the American economy from the mid-1970s through 1990. During that period, KKR crafted a series of progressively more elaborate deals tailored to specific companies and market conditions. Through its creative debt financing and its relationships with an evolving ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

  • A Literary Field Guide to Northern Appalachia

    by Todd Davis, Noah Davis, Carolyn Mahan, janan alexandra, David Baker, Susan Barba, Sarah Barber, Robin Becker0, Lisa Bellamy1, Dave Bonta2, Elizabeth Bradfield3, Joseph J. Capista4, Stacie Cassarino5, George David Clark6, Grant Clauser7, J.L. Conrad8, Geffrey Davis9, Alison Deming0, Chard deNiord1, Rebecca Foust2, Hannah Fries3, Michael Garrigan4, Adam Giannelli5, Margaret Gibson6, Charity Gingerich7, Andrew C. Gottlieb8, Willard P. Greenwood II9, Jeff Gundy0, K.A. Hays1, John Hodgen2, Henry Hughes3, M.J. Iuppa4, Julie Swarstad Johnson5, Kasey Jueds6, Julia Spicher Kasdorf7, Daniel Lassell8, Sydney Lea9, Diane LeBlanc0, Xiaoly Li1, Anni Liu2, Marjorie Maddox3, Kerrin McCadden4, Abby Minor5, Roger Mitchell6, Nik Moore7, Aimee Nezhukumatathil8, Leah Poole Osowski9, Sean Prentiss0, L. Renée1, Jack Ridl2, Christina Seymour3, Neil Shepard4, Julia Shipley5, Betsy Sholl6, David Shumate7, Matthew J. Spireng8, Eleanor Stanford9, Jordan Temchack0, Philip Terman1, Chase Twichell2, Lee Upton3, Judith Vollmer4, Ryan Walsh5, Henry Walters6, Jerry Wemple7, Karen J. Weyant8, Joe Wilkins9, Emily Beam0, Joe Beam1, Allyson Comstock2, Roberto D’Amanda3, Ashley Hamersma4, Gary Hawkins5, Talley V. Kayser6, Gwen Noll7, Ray Noll8, Henry Shearon9, Quinlin Taylor0, Sarah E. Allen1, Carl Engstrom2, Jerry D. Hassinger3, Andrew L. Shiels4, Hannah L. (Cave) Stout5, Sarah Blake6, Shara McCallum7 ...
    Series Book 59 - Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books
    Northern Appalachia is one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth and home to a broad range of ecological and human cultures. With A Literary Field Guide to Northern Appalachia, editors Todd Davis and Noah Davis recognize and celebrate this diversity and the fact that humans are storytelling creatures who develop relationships with their landscapes at the intersection of art and science.A ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Death Is No Excuse

    Planning for Death, Disability, Divorce and Other Disasters

    by David Baker ...
    What do Abraham Lincoln, Pablo Picasso, Aretha Franklin and Howard Hughes all have in common? They died without wills, left messy estates and tormented their surviving families who had to lawyer up and fight through the resulting nightmares for years. Whether the reasons for this are death denial, penny-pinching or just too busy to be bothered, the majority of Americans will die in exactly the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • US Air Power 1945-1990

    Volume 1 - US Fighters and Fighter-Bombers, 1945-1949

    by David Baker ...
    Series Book 2 - Technology@War
    In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the air forces of the United States faced unprecedented challenges. Demobilization had stripped the armed forces of millions of personnel, while the rapid transition from a wartime economy strained the aviation industry at the same time as the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) was re-established as the independent US Air Force (USAF). US Air Power 1945 ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rocket Boys

    The Exhilarating Exploits of the Early Mach Busters from 1945 onwards

    by David Baker ...
    This narrative chronicles pioneers who propelled aviation beyond limits through fearless rocket-powered flight.This is a tale of the generation of test pilots flying experimental aircraft powered by rocket motors during the period from 1945 to the mid-1970s. It is not a technical description of the aircraft they flew but the narrative of the men who built the machines and the pilots who took to ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • VIPER 4 FOG Of DEATH - An Elite "Black" Operations Squad

    VIPER, #4

    by David Baker ...
    Series Book 4 - VIPER
    VIPER 4 - Fog Of Death - An Elite "Black" Operations SquadAmy Ainsworth is a young British girl, born and bred in Gloucester. She has never had a good relationship with her mother due to her parent’s very strict Catholic upbringing and views. She left the family home eleven years ago in search of a new life in the Philippines. After securing a job, she was struggling in her personal life and had ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • VIPER 3 - Bad Russian Blood

    VIPER, #3

    by David Baker ...
    Series Book 3 - VIPER
    Viper 3 ‘Bad Russian Blood’ is David Baker’s 3rd adult Novel;A highly trained Russian operative, code named ‘The Phantom’ arrives on British soil in the early hours of 17th December. His route on board an old trawler, across the North Sea from Holland, landing him at Britain’s east coast harbour of Lowestoft.His believed mission is to protect the Russian Minister of Internal Affairs, Corruption ... Read more

    $3.99 USD