Category: Textbooks

Viewing our society from a conflict perspective. Taking a conflict approach, Stanley Eitzen, Maxine Baca Zinn, and Kelly Eitzen Smith’s Social Problems, 14th edition (PDF), examines social problems, how they are interrelated to other problems, and society’s role in their perpetuation and creation. This textbook addresses interesting subjects, such as

Applying theory to structural modelling and analysis Russell Hibbeler’s Structural Analysis 10th Edition (PDF), presents the applications and theory of structural analysis as it applies to beams, trusses, and frames. Through its reader-friendly, clear organization, the textbook emphasizes developing the ability to analyze and model a structure in preparation for

A handbook of sustainable energy, including entire energy aspects from present status to future alternatives under one umbrella Energy for Sustainable Society: From Resources to Users, (PDF) takes an interdisciplinary system approach for assessing energy systems so that readers can get the necessary technical foundation to execute their own performance

Help college students and readers connect social policy to the daily practice of social work The Policy-Based Profession 7th Edition (PDF) offers university students with a process for analyzing policies that will help them with their jobs in social work. It provides a detailed foundation for policy analysis, including chapters

Environmental Principles, 2nd Edition, (PDF) traces the evolution of environmental principles from their origins as indefinite political slogans reflecting doubts about environmental hazards to their personification in enforceable laws. Environmental law has always reacted to risks posed by industrial society but the new generation of risks has needed a new