Built from the ground up to focus on what matters to students in today's high-tech, globalized world, Dean Karlan and Jonathan Morduch's Microeconomics represents a new generation of products optimized for digital delivery and available with the best-in-class adaptive study resources in McGraw-Hill's LearnSmart™ Advantage Suite. Engagement with real-world problems is built into the very fabri…
Clear. The Micro Economy Today introduces economics in clear, understandable language that engages all students. Core economic concepts are clearly defined and connected to real-world policy issues and current events. The consistent underlying themes of market vs. government, balanced perspec¬tives and policy focus help bring clarity to the economic issues students encounter every day. Cur…
Social Psychology explores the human world around us. Written in the tradition of the liberal arts, Social Psychology's style allows any student to access the rich teachings of this young and exciting science. Whether students are interested in business, teaching, law, psychology, or other areas that invite exploring our social world, the text is accessible and easy to understand. In Social Ps…
Context can make all the difference. Take those milk crates on the front cover, for example. By themselves, they're just milk crates—but grab a few more, arrange them in a certain pattern: suddenly they represent the American flag. The next time you look at the cover, will you see the crates, or pieces of the flag above? Government Matters seeks to put American Government in context for stud…
With Connect Mass Communications, the Introduction to Mass Communication: Media Literacy and Culture program integrates an interactive eBook with dynamic online activities and assignments that help students study more efficiently and effectively. McGraw-Hill LearnSmart", McGraw-Hill's adaptive learning system, assesses students' knowledge of course content and maps out personalized study plans …
WHAT TOOLS ARE IN THE TOOLKIT OF AN EXCELLENT SPECIAL EDUCATOR, AND HOW CAN TEACHER PREPARATION programs provide these tools in the most efficient, effective way possible? This practical, clearly written book is grounded in current research and policy as well as the author's extensive experience as a teacher educator. It identifies what special education teachers need to know to work competentl…
Whether you are an experienced teacher, principal, or coach or are just starting out, you will find the 100 literacy and learning lessons an invaluable resource for energizing your teaching and learning and raising achievement and enjoyment. While each lesson stands on its own and can be read in any order, taken together the lessons create a compelling and comprehensive portrait of the expert p…
The tenth edition of d/ner/ca, Russia, and the Cold War traces U.S. foreign policies in general, and American-Russian relations in particular, from the pre-World War II years through the Cold War of 1945 to 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed. Chapters covering the post-1991 era describe what some expert observers see as a new Cold War emerging. Some of the additions in the new edition inclu…
The eighth edition of Social Stratification and Inequality continues to provide a _ comprehensive, up-to-date exploration of the economic and social divisions in human societies. Extensive comparative information, as well as an overview of how social stratification has changed and evolved over time, gives readers a global perspective on class conflict. Praised for its thorough research and scho…
Applied research methods in criminal justice and criminology provides a solid foundation in research methods for undergraduated students who are studying to become practitioners in the criminal justice field. This text takes a practical applied approach that is both engaging and useful in developing students into ducated consumers of research.
ADDRESSING A KEY SKILL IN READING, WRITING, AND SPEAKING, THIS COMPREHENSIVE BOOK IS grounded in cutting-edge research on vocabulary development. It presents evidence-based instructional approaches for at-risk students, including English language learners and those with learning difficulties. Coverage ranges from storybook reading interventions for preschoolers to direct instruction and indepen…
There are many ways to arrange human lives—different kinds of families, economies, and governments; and endlessly varied values, beliefs, norms, and customs. Using a comparative framework, Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies, Sixth Edition, provides a broad and comprehensive sociological description of Japan, Mexico, Egypt, Germany, and the San peoples of Namibia. Wor…
I wrote the first edition of this book during a time of rapid change in my favorite academic discipline— anthropology. My colleagues and I were excited about new discoveries and directions in all four of anthropology's subfields—biological anthropology, anthropological archaeology, sociocultural anthropol¬ogy, and linguistic anthropology. My goal was to write a book that would capture that…
Communication is one of the most popular college majors in the country, suggesting that students are interested in the way in which messages are created and exchanged. We are surrounded by media and media technology today that con¬tinually mediate our experiences with ourselves, with others, and with the broader group we identify as "society." We've moved from traditional "mass" media that ope…
Now that you have your big idea, how will you find and win your first investor? You need a pitch deck the perfect set of slides to persuade investor to back you and your venture. But a pitch deck isn't merely a business plan put into PowerPoint—nor does a pitch deck magically turn into investor capital. A pitch deck communicates your vision and competence and can be used as part of an investo…
Contemporary labor Economics presents labor economics as an applied field of micro and macro theory, no longer an area tangential to the core of analytical economics, but rather a critical component of that core. In the tenth edition, the authors deliver new and updated discussions of public policy issues and coverage of the current economic crisis while still integrating traditional topics suc…
Learn the basics of clear, effective legal writing using a hands-on approach! The applied, practical approach of Basic Legal Writing for Paralegals combines legal concepts and terminology with hands-on applications in legal drafting. It provides students with all the basic tools they need to commu¬nicate effectively in the legal field. Topics are presented in a straightforward and comprehens…