Portraits of Public Service

Portraits of Public ServiceReveals the often untold stories of front line public servants. Community health workers, elections officers, emergency managers, air traffic controllers, government meteorologists, US federal service photographers, and arts and cultural workers perform critical roles, though rarely receive public attention. Their stories told here help reveal this hidden world to provide a rare view of government service.

The authors draw on a solid base of sociological literature

This third edition is a reprint of the revised and corrected 1989 edition

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it looks at how coatings and additives can be combined synergistically to optimize the quality of fresh horticultural produce

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Advances in automation will enable forestry operations to be conducted in a more sustainable way

Breeding programs have to keep pace with pathogenic changes and ensure different sources of resistance are present in current barley cultivars

and why you have never heard of it

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This book is just what it says it is: A theory of textuality divided into two parts

The chapter then highlights the problems for food waste accounting and the impact of food waste on natural resources