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With declassified government documents and photos, this expanded edition discusses the circumstances surrounding the deliberate destruction of one of Canada's greatest technical achievements. Added information answers the question of whether or not the American government wished Canada to continue the development.

How we vary our speech is fundamental in signalling who we are, where we're from and where we're going. How and when does such variation arise? Here, leading experts Jennifer Smith and Mercedes Durham address this question through a sociolinguistic analysis of the speech of preschool children in interaction with their primary caregivers. Bringing together two fields of linguistic research - variationist sociolinguistics and first language acquisition - the study focusses both qualitative and quantitative analysis of a range of variables to show when and how variation is acquired by young children, and the effect the caregiver's interaction has on this process. In doing so, they tackle a fundamental question in language research: when and how do children acquire the highly complex patterns of variation widely attested in adult speech?

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction to Population Health: From Theory to Practice -- Part I Small-Town America and Its Population Health Contexts -- 2 Rural and Small-Town America: Definitions -- 3 The Rural Contexts of Population Health in Small-Town America: Consequences of Ongoing Changes -- Part II Stories of Small Cities of Kansas -- 4 Small Cities of Kansas: Stories of Recent Changes -- 5 Health in Small Cities of Kansas: Stories of Recent Concerns -- Part III Approaches, Methods, and Study Sample -- 6 Approaches and Methods: How to Study Spatial Associations of Population Health in Small-Town America -- 7 The Study Sample: A Description of Its Spatial, Lifestyle, and Health Data -- Part IV Rurality, Spatial Factors, and Lifestyle in Small Cities of Kansas -- 8 Spatial Associations of Lifestyle in Small Cities of Kansas: Correlational Analyses -- 9 Rurality and Spatial Associations of Lifestyle in Small Cities of Kansas: Comparative Correlational Analyses -- Part V Rurality, Spatial Factors, and Health Status in Small Cities of Kansas -- 10 Spatial Associations of Health in Small Cities of Kansas: Correlational Analyses -- 11 Rurality and Spatial Associations of Health in Small Cities of Kansas: Comparative Correlational Analyses -- Part VI Problems and Prospects of Spatial Planning and Design for Population Health in Small-Town America -- 12 Built Environment and Population Health in Small Cities of Kansas: Study Limitations, Findings, and Implications -- 13 Health Promotion in Small-Town America: Traditional and Participatory Approaches and Some General Principles -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

"Following one of the most contentious and truth-challenged presidential administrations and elections in U.S. history, there has never been a greater need for an American government text like this--evidence-based, critically thoughtful, and contemporary in tone and touch. This text teaches students to think analytically by presenting current political science theories and research in answering the engaging, big questions facing American politics today. It serves as an introduction to the discipline-covering the Constitution, political behavior, formal and informal institutions, and public policy--by reflecting the theoretical developments and types of empirical inquiry conducted by researchers. For introductory courses in American government, this text covers theory and methods as well"--