"The volume edited by Mark Tessler addresses a set of critical issues confronting all social scientists whose field of inquiry is extra-American.... Tessler and his contributors succeed admirably in their goal." --American Historical Review
How should scholars construct knowledge about politics, economics, and international relations in major world regions? According to the contributors to this lively volume, the conflicting approaches of regional specialists and discipline-oriented social scientists must be combined to provide a firm foundation for studying the contemporary politics...
"The volume edited by Mark Tessler addresses a set of critical issues confronting all social scientists whose field of inquiry is extra-American......
This project compares and contrasts public library§development in Montreal, Quebec, and Milwaukee,§Wisconsin. Specifically, it focuses on the§development of the Central Library in Montreal and§the Milwaukee Public Library. Increasing§urbanization, immigration, industrialization,§boosterism, and support for public education fueled§the discussion about library development in both§cities in the latter part of the nineteenth century.§ Religion and ethnicity played central roles in the§development of both libraries, and was especially§crucial, albeit in a detrimental fashion, in the...
This project compares and contrasts public library§development in Montreal, Quebec, and Milwaukee,§Wisconsin. Specifically, it focuses on the§devel...
