David C Johnson: 25 books

Book cover of Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia
by Dr. Ian G. Baird, Corey L. Bell, Dr. Stephen C. Berkwitz
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers...
Book cover of Waves of Protest

Waves of Protest

Social Movements Since the Sixties

by David G. Bromley, Diana Gay Cutchin, Luther P. Gerlach
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 1999

This book updates and adds to the classic Social Movements of the Sixties and Seventies, showing how social movement theory has grown and changed_from an earlier emphasis on collective behavior, to the resource mobilization approach, and currently to analyses that emphasize culture, ideology, and...
Book cover of Histories of Southeastern Archaeology
by David G. Anderson, Gregory A. Waselkov, Stephen Williams
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010

This volume provides a comprehensive, broad-based overview, including first-person accounts, of the development and conduct of archaeology in the Southeast over the past three decades. Histories of Southeastern Archaeology originated as a symposium at the 1999 Southeastern Archaeological Conference...
Book cover of Television and the Self

Television and the Self

Knowledge, Identity, and Media Representation

by Amanda S. McClain, Brian McKernan, Cynthia J. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013

Sitting prominently at the hearth of our homes, television serves as a voice of our modern time. Given our media-saturated society and television’s prominent voice and place in the home, it is likely we learn about our society and selves through these stories. These narratives are not simply entertainment,...
Book cover of Imaginarium 2013
by Amal El-Mohtar, Susie Moloney, Claire Humphrey
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013

Imaginarium 2013: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing is a reprint anthology to be published annually by ChiZine Publications, collecting speculative short fiction and poetry (science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, etc.) that represents the best work produced by Canadian writers. Canadian...
Book cover of Chimpanzee Rights

Chimpanzee Rights

The Philosophers’ Brief

by Kristin Andrews, Gary L Comstock, Crozier G.K.D.
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018

Since 2013, an organization called the Nonhuman Rights Project has brought before the New York State courts an unusual request—asking for habeas corpus hearings to determine whether Kiko and Tommy, two captive chimpanzees, should be considered legal persons with the fundamental right to bodily liberty. While...
Book cover of Marginality and Crisis

Marginality and Crisis

Globalization and Identity in Contemporary Africa

by Olutayo C. Adesina, Osita Agbu, Olajide Olayemi Akanji
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010

Marginality and Crisis: Globalization and Identity in Contemporary Africa extends the scope and understanding of the effects of globalization and its forces on Africa. With each chapter written by specialists who recognize that the future of Africa is entwined with that of the rest of the world, this...
Book cover of Christian Higher Education

Christian Higher Education

Faith, Teaching, and Learning in the Evangelical Tradition

by Bruce Ashford, Paul Bialek, Peter Cha
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2018

Our world is growing increasingly complex and confused—a unique and urgent context that calls for a grounded and fresh approach to Christian higher education. Christian higher education involves a distinctive way of thinking about teaching, learning, scholarship, curriculum, student life,...
Book cover of Place Matters

Place Matters

Criminology for the Twenty-First Century

by David Weisburd, John E. Eck, Anthony A. Braga
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016

Over the last two decades, there has been increased interest in the distribution of crime and other antisocial behavior at lower levels of geography. The focus on micro geography and its contribution to the understanding and prevention of crime has been called the 'criminology of place'. It pushes...
Book cover of Connecting Teaching and Learning

Connecting Teaching and Learning

History, Evolution, and Case Studies of Teacher Work Sample Methodology

by Ronald A. Beghetto, Karen S. Buchanan, Barbara Chesler Buckner
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011

As accountability in education has become an increasingly prominent topic, teacher preparation programs are being asked to provide credible evidence that their teacher candidates can impact student learning. Teacher Work Samples, first developed 30 years ago, have emerged as an effective method...
Book cover of Mapping the Megalopolis

Mapping the Megalopolis

Order and Disorder in Mexico City

by María Claudia André, Charlotte Blair, Jennifer L. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017

Mapping the Megalopolis: Order and Disorder in Mexico City brings the humanities and the social sciences into a conversation about Mexico City in its social, political, and aesthetic manifestations. Through a shared exploration of the order and disorder that mutually constitute the city, contributing...
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