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Crisis and Commonwealth
Marcuse, Marx, McLaren
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
Crisis and Commonwealth: Marcuse, Marx, McLaren advances Marcuse scholarship by presenting four hitherto untranslated and unpublished manuscripts by Herbert Marcuse from the Frankfurt University Archive on themes of economic value theory, socialism, and humanism. Contributors to this edited collection,...
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition
Chicago Style for Students and Researchers
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
When Kate L. Turabian first put her famous guidelines to paper, she could hardly have imagined the world in which today’s students would be conducting research. Yet while the ways in which we research and compose papers may have changed, the fundamentals remain the same: writers need to have a strong...
by Hanes Walton, Robert C. Smith, Sherri L. Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
This dynamic and comprehensive text from nationally renowned scholars continues to demonstrate the profound influence African Americans have had -- and continue to have -- on American politics. Through the use of two interrelated themes -- the idea of universal freedom and the concept of minority-majority...
Reflections From the Wrong Side of the Tracks
Class, Identity, and the Working Class Experience in Academe
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2005
In this edited collection of narrative-based, critically situated essays, each contributor explores how class has affected his/her personal and academic lives. The collection is divided into three sections: i) narratives that critique the meritocracy; ii) narratives that trace the effects of middle...
Chimpanzee Rights
The Philosophers’ Brief
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...
Presidential Swing States
Why Only Ten Matter
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
The 2016 presidential race is arguably already over in 40 states and the District of Columbia. If recent presidential election trends are any indication of what will happen in 2016, Democrats in Texas and Republicans in New York might as well stay home on election day because their votes will matter...
Ku Klux Klan
With Appendices Containing the Prescripts of the Ku Klux Klan, Specimen Orders, and Warnings
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2013
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.
Chapter I. The Origin
Chapter II. The Spread of the Klan
Chapter III. The Transformation
Chapter IV. The Decline
Chapter V. Disbandment
APPENDICES.
Appendix I. Prescript...
by Léonard de Vinci, R.F. S. D.C.
Language: French
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: July 21, 2015
La perspective est la première chose qu’un jeune Peintre doit apprendre pour savoir mettre chaque chose à sa place, et pour lui donner la juste mesure qu’elle doit avoir dans le lieu où elle est : ensuite il choisira un bon maître qui lui fasse connoître les beaux contours des figures,...
by C. Lee Harrington, Anthony R. Bardo, Rebecca G. Adams
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
The intersections of aging, media, and culture are under-explored given trends in population aging, rapid increases in the mediation of everyday life, and the growing cultural significance of media consumption at the global level. This book brings together an international collection of critical scholars,...
Individual Positive Behavior Supports
A Standards-Based Guide to Practices in School and Community Settings
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
Aligned with the Association for Positive Behavior Support’s Standards of Practice, this graduate-level text is an authoritative PBS primer for professionals preparing for work in educational and community-based settings. More than 60 leading scholars present the critical skills and knowledge...
Scholarship Reconsidered
Priorities of the Professoriate
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Shifting faculty roles in a changing landscape
Ernest L. Boyer's landmark book Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate challenged the publish-or-perish status quo that dominated the academic landscape for generations. His powerful and enduring argument for a new approach to...
by Kameelah L. Martin, Beauty Bragg, James Manigault-Bryant
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
With a focus on the connected spiritual legacy of the black Atlantic, Literary Expressions of African Spirituality leads the way to more comprehensive trans-geographical studies of African spirituality in black art. With essays focusing on African spirituality in creative works by several trans-Atlantic...
by Gary L. Kreps, Allan D. Peterkin, Karina Willes
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
This co-edited volume addresses a population of people whose lack of health care access, mistreatment in health care settings, and refusal of health care services are often omitted from discussions about health care disparities and insurance reform. The perspectives and needs of LGBT people should...
by C A L L R E
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
This is the story of a guy who started life in an ordinary way … but adversity and hardships prepared him for an extraordinary destiny. A fickle-minded youth, without really meaning to, becomes a graphic designer. Despite having passion to execute something incredible, he loses his path and becomes...