Book Reviews : Warren G. Findley and Miriam M. Bryan. Ability Grouping: 1970 Status Impact and Alternatives. Athens: University of Georgia, 1971. Pp. 94. Free upon request from Dr. Morrill M. Hall, Director, Center for Educational Imporvement, University of Georgia, Athens. GA 30601

1972 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 521-523
Author(s):  
Robert B. Frary
Keyword(s):  
Ability Grouping ◽  
University Of Georgia ◽  
Hall Director

scholarly journals Book Reviews As a Tool for Assessing Publisher Reputation

1999 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew L. Jordy ◽  
Eileen L. McGrath ◽  
John B. Rutledge
Keyword(s):  
Control Sample ◽  
Online Version ◽  
State University ◽  
University Of Georgia ◽  
Selection Tool ◽  
Louisiana State University ◽  
The Relationship

This article reports on the authors’ efforts to develop a method of using book reviews to establish the reputations of publishers. The authors examined the quality of books published by de Gruyter, Greenwood, Doubleday, University of Georgia Press, and Louisiana State University Press as it is expressed in abstracts of book reviews published in the online version of Book Review Digest. The authors extracted a sample for each publisher from Book Review Digest, examined the sample, and compared each publisher sample against a control sample. Although it is true that most book reviews are positive, there are discernible variations in how reviewers express themselves about books. The study also looks at Choice as a source of book reviews, and briefly examines the relationship between price and quality. This study adds to the literature of the use of book reviews as a selection tool.

Book Reviews

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 818-819
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Chain Store ◽  
University Of Georgia ◽  
Consumer Economy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Franklin Roosevelt

Shane Hamilton of University of Georgia reviews “The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America” by Marc Levinson. The EconLit abstract of the reviewed work begins: Explores the history of the A&P grocery chain and considers its influence in the modernization of the consumer economy. Discusses the verdict; the founder; the birth of the Great A&P; the grocer; the death of George F. Gilman; gearing for battle; the economy store; the chain-store problem; wrong turns; the profit machine; minute men and tax men; the supermarket; Franklin Roosevelt; Wright Patman; the fixer; friends; defying death; the fourth revolution; the trustbuster; Mom and Pop's last stand; the fall; and the legacy. Bibliography; index.

Book Reviews

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 229-231
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
New York University ◽  
University Of Georgia ◽  
Princeton University ◽  
The 2008 Financial Crisis ◽  
The University ◽  
Roger Williams

Richard Sylla of New York University and NBER reviews, “Political Bubbles: Financial Crises and the Failure of American Democracy” by Nolan McCarty, Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Explores the role of political bubbles and their dynamics in the 2008 financial crisis and in crises of the past. Discusses bubble expectations; ideology; interests; institutions; the political bubble of the crisis of 2008; historical lessons of the response to pops; the pop of 2008; ““pop”ulism; and how to waste a crisis. McCarty is Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs and Chair of the Department of Politics at Princeton University. Poole is Philip H. Alston Jr. Distinguished Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Georgia. Rosenthal is Professor of Politics at New York University and Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences, Emeritus, at Princeton University.”

Book Reviews

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 274-277
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Road ◽  
University Of Georgia ◽  
The Future

Robert K. Toutkoushian of University of Georgia reviews “The Road Ahead for America's Colleges and Universities,” by Robert B. Archibald and David H. Feldman. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Explores the future of US higher education, focusing on public and private nonprofit institutions, and outlines how the higher-education system's stresses and challenges arose and how they may affect the diverse set of institutions that make up the higher-education system.”

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