Michele Scott: 23 books

Book cover of The Angels of Ropemaker Place
by Michele Gorman writing as Jamie Scott
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013

Sometimes even bankers need a little divine intervention.In this wee short story, shoe-shine man, Mr. Packer, looks after more than his customers' shoes in the lobby of Ropemaker Place.
Book cover of Ancient Rhetorics and Digital Networks
by Michele Kennerly, Damien Smith Pfister, Scott Haden Church
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018

An examination of two seemingly incongruous areas of study: classical models of argumentation and modern modes of digital communication What can ancient rhetorical theory possibly tell us about the role of new digital media technologies in contemporary public culture? Some central issues we...
Book cover of Antidemocracy in America

Antidemocracy in America

Truth, Power, and the Republic at Risk

by Michelle Wilde Anderson, Lisa Wade, Thomas J. Sugrue
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019

On Election Day in 2016, it seemed unthinkable to many Americans that Donald Trump could become president of the United States. But the victories of the Obama administration hid from view fundamental problems deeply rooted in American social institutions and history. The election’s consequences...
Book cover of Climate Choices

Climate Choices

How Should We Meet the Challenges of a Warming Planet

by Michele Archie, Scott London
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015

CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT ONLY AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM. It is also a public-health issue, a national security risk, and an economic challenge of considerable magnitude. And it has only been recently that the public debate has shifted away from weighing the evidence to asking what we should do about our...
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 Gender and Families
by Scott Coltrane, Michele Adams
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2008

When we talk about family values, like whether children need two parents, we are also talking about gender values, because a 'yes' answer to this question might imply that only women with husbands should have children. In the same way, when we talk about gender issues, such as whether men should be...
Book cover of Immigrant Children

Immigrant Children

Change, Adaptation, and Cultural Transformation

by Susan S. Chuang, Michele Adams, Lisa Baumwell
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011

Over the past several decades, the demographic populations of many countries such as Canada as well as the United States have greatly transformed. Most striking is the influx of recent immigrant families into North America. As children lead the way for a 'new' North America, this group of children...
Book cover of Religion and Regimes

Religion and Regimes

Support, Separation, and Opposition

by Rebekah Samaniego, Paul Christopher Manuel, Christopher Marsh
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013

This work is a collection of essays that describe and analyze religion and regime relations in various nations in the contemporary world. The contributors examine patterns of interaction between religious actors and national governments that include separation, support, and opposition. In general,...
Book cover of Thinking with Bruno Latour in Rhetoric and Composition
by Clay Spinuzzi, Carl G. Herndl, S. Scott Graham
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015

Best known for his books We Have Never Been Modern, Laboratory Life, and Science in Action, Bruno Latour has inspired scholarship across many disciplines. In the past few years, the fields of rhetoric and composition have witnessed an explosion of interest in Latour’s work. Editors Paul Lynch and...
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