New Releases by D. Baker

Working from textual analyses of a large collection of early reading materials, Carolyn Baker and Peter Freebody present a thorough account of their language, form and content. Their concern in particular is with the part they play in introducing children to the conventions of written text, to school knowledge and the social relations of schooling. Embedded in the content and structure of these books they find subtle but powerful guidelines as to how children should view themselves and conceive of themselves as members of the social world.

This comprehensive story of logging, lumbering, and forest conservation in Texas records the industry''s history from the earliest days of the Republic, when a few isolated operations provided for local needs, through the first four decades of the twentieth century. Supplemented by over one hundred photographs, many never before published, the text re-creates Texas'' heyday as one of the nation''s leading timber producers. At that time, the forested area equaled the state of Indiana. In the words of one visitor, the forest was "like a vast wave that has rolled in upon a level beach ... creeping forward, thinning out, and finally disappearing, except where, along a river course, it pushes far inland."

The present publication describes one of the first studies conducted in connection with the development of an experimental Tactical Operations System (TOS). Major focus was placed upon the certitude judgment process within the TOS. In the intelligence cycle, G2 spot reports included subjective estimates of information expressed in a standard rating form. All messages were examined for presence of the required ratings of reliability of the source and accuracy of the information being sent. Assessment was made of the quantitative and qualitative improvement that could be expected under operating conditions within a computerized TOS. (Author).