Recent developments in the use of electrospun fibrous materials, for application as scaffolds for tissue engineering and in the application of carbon fibrous materials in fuel cells, has generated ne
Based on data collected from in-depth, long term observations of 22 poor black and Latino families in a Chicago suburb, Sampson (public policy, DePaul U., Chicago) examines the impact of the family on
Reports the results of a study on how family life affects the school performance of children living in 12 poor black families in a Chicago suburb. Sampson (DePaul University) asserts that children wh
Sampson (public policy, DePaul University) directs attention to the family's role in the student's educational success and argues from that basis that school improvement efforts are best directed towa
The book details an effort to help poor black and poor Latino families learn to do the things necessary to help their children to do better in school, and argues that this family centered approach, wh
The book details an effort to help poor black and poor Latino families learn to do the things necessary to help their children to do better in school, and argues that this family centered approach, wh
Reprint of first edition. Originally published: New York: Van Pelt & Spear, 1829. Niven was a lawyer and con-man who cheated his victims, all incarcerated prostitutes, pickpockets and other petty crim
