Category: Textbooks

A History of Misunderstanding: Race and Ethnicity in the United States 8th edition Race and Ethnicity in the United States 8e (PDF) explores the complex history of cultural differences in a nation comprised of immigrants. By examining major themes of discrimination, injustice, multiculturalism, and diversity, the textbook explores the historical

This user-friendly ebook by Patricia Leavy, Research Design: Quantitative, Qualitative, Mixed Methods, Arts-Based, and Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches (PDF) provides a step-by-step guide to using the five major approaches to research design: qualitative, quantitative, arts-based, mixed methods, and community-based participatory research. Chapters on every approach follow a unique format–they present

Prominent nursing scholars explore the historical and contemporary theories that are the basis of nursing practice today. Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, 5th Edition, (PDF) continues to meet the needs of today’s college students with an increased focus on the middle range theories and practice models that link theory to

Economic concepts and techniques are communicated through a series of “big questions,” models that show how to present questions rigorously and work toward an answer. Lectures on Microeconomics (PDF) assists readers to master economic concepts and techniques by tackling basic economic and political questions through a series of models. It

Designed for advanced graduate and undergraduate students, and environmental professionals, this ebook, Environmental Microbiology 3rd Edition (PDF) builds upon the tremendous success of the previous editions with a comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of environmental microbiology as a discipline that has greatly expanded in interest and scope over the past several decades.