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Understanding Inequality
The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2007
As the age of globalization and New Media unite disparate groups of people in new ways, the continual transformation and interconnections between ethnicity, class, and gender become increasingly complex. This reader, comprised of a diverse array of sources ranging from the New York Times to the journals...
A Reference Guide to Stoicism
A Compilation of the Principle Stoic Writings on Various Topics
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Stoicism is a 2,300 year-old Greek and Roman philosophy that addressed human happiness. This book is a compendium of principal Stoic philosophers Cicero, Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius writings arranged by topic. On escape Seneca wrote whatever your destination you will be followed by your...
by Marlon Anatol, Emily D. Bello-Pardo, Adriana Beltrán
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
The Americas face many security challenges, including drug trafficking, organized crime, guerrilla movements, terrorism, and environmental challenges. Experts have long debated whether some countries in the region can be classified as failed states. While various states in the Americas have been labeled...
Together Again
A Creative Guide to Successful Multi-Generational Living
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2006
The popular press has taken notice of two current trends in housing arrangements: three-generation households, and twenty-somethings staying at home longer. These are not separate trends, but part of a larger nationwide cultural shift to extended families reuniting.
Together Again: A Creative Guide...
by John L. Myers
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
Already a leader of the Republican party when the Civil War began, Henry Wilson had distinguished himself as the most important Congressional figure on military and antislavery and pro-black legislation during the war. During the Era of Reconstruction, Wilson fought to protect the rights of the newly-freed...
by John L. Bullion
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2001
When Waddy Bullion refers to his experience working for LBJ as a tax attorney and business advisor, he calls it "being in the boat." LBJ was the captain; the crew either met his standards for effort and excellence or they got out.
The Taste of American Place
A Reader on Regional and Ethnic Foods
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
Tracing the intertwined roles of food, ethnicity, and regionalism in the construction of American identity, this textbook examines the central role food plays in our lives. Drawing on a range of disciplines_including sociology, anthropology, folklore, geography, history, and nutrition_the editors...
by John Judis, Alan L. Berger, Bruce S. Warshal
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
When he assumed the presidency in April 1945, Harry S. Truman inherited various international sources of turmoil, including the ambiguity of American policy toward political Zionism. Three years later, President Truman recognized the State of Israel on May 14, 1948, just 11 minutes after the announcement...
All the Pope's Men
The Inside Story of How the Vatican Really Thinks
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A fascinating and enlightening look at the world’s oldest and most mysterious institution, written by an American journalist with unparalleled knowledge about the Vatican's past and present.
The sexual abuse scandals that shook American and British Catholicism in 2002 brought to light a long-standing...
An Unwanted War
The Diplomacy of the United States and Spain Over Cuba, 1895-1898
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Offner clarifies the complex relations of the United States, Spain, and Cuba leading up to the Spanish-American War and contends that the war was not wanted by any of the parties but was nonetheless unavoidable. He shows that a final round of peace negotiations failed in large part because internal political constraints limited diplomatic flexibility.
by John L. Heilbron
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2003
Containing 609 encyclopedic articles written by more than 200 prominent scholars, The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science presents an unparalleled history of the field invaluable to anyone with an interest in the technology, ideas, discoveries, and learned institutions that have shaped...
Love, Literature and the Quantum Atom
Niels Bohr's 1913 Trilogy Revisited
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Niels Bohr ranks with Einstein among the physicists of the 20th century. He rose to this status through his invention of the quantum theory of the atom and his leadership in its defense and development. He also ranks with Einstein in his humanism and his sense of responsibility to his science and...
The Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Updated and Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
The Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy is the definitive, practical guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for clinicians and researchers. IPT is a well-researched, time-limited, and diagnosis-focused therapy. An update and expansion of the original 1984, 2000, and 2007 IPT manuals, this guide...
Social Work and Service Learning
Partnerships for Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2007
This book includes conceptual chapters that define social work service learning in contrast to fieldwork, examine its place in the curriculum, and explore how and when to implement service learning into course curricula. A second section features models for service-learning courses, such as service...