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After Tobacco: What Would Happen If AmericansStopped SmokingEdited by Peter Bearman, Sociology; Kathryn Neckerman;and Leslie Wright | Columbia University PressThis book considers the economic impact of reducingsmoking rates on tobacco farmers, cigarettefactory workers, the southeastern regionaleconomy, state governments, tobacco retailers, thehospitality industry, and nonprofit organizations whomight benefit from the industry’s philanthropy. It alsoweighs how reduction in smoking will affect mortalityrates, medical costs, and Social Security and considersthe implications of more rigid tobacco control policy.Physics of Solar EnergyC. Julian Chen, Applied Physics | John Wiley & SonsIn recent years, the world has been calling for anenergy revolution. The renewable energy industrywill drive an expansion of the global economy andcreate more “green” jobs. Solar energy offers a ubiquitous,inexhaustible, clean, and highly efficient way ofmeeting the energy needs of the twenty-first century.This book is designed to give the reader solid footingin the general and basic physics of solar energy, whichwill be the basis of research and development infuture solar engineering.No Return, No Refuge:Rites and Rights in Minority RepatriationElazar Barkan, Institute for the Study of HumanRights; and Howard Adelman | Columbia UniversityPressReviewing cases of ethnic displacement throughoutthe twentieth century in Europe, Asia,and Africa, Adelman and Barkan discuss howthe emphasis on repatriation during the last severaldecades has obscured other options, leaving refugeesin camps for years. Rather than perpetuate a belief inreturn as a right without the prospect of realization,the authors call for solutions that bracket return as aprimary focus in cases of ethnic conflict.Superscript 37Link back to contents page