University: 748 books
The Ethnographic I
A Methodological Novel about Autoethnography
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2004
A methodological textbook on autoethnography should be easily distinguishable from the standard methods text. Carolyn Ellis, the leading proponent of these methods, does not disappoint. She weaves both methodological advice and her own personal stories into an intriguing narrative about a fictional...
The Life Triumphant
Mastering the Heart and Mind
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2016
From the author of As a Man Thinketh. Every being lives in his own mental world. His joys and sorrows are the creations of his own mind, and are dependent upon the mind for their existence. In the midst of the world, darkened with many sins and sorrows, in which the majority live, there abides another...
The Quest for Prosperity
Reframing Political Economy
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2017
Envisioning a different mode of economic relations requires a rethinking of the classical frames of references we commonly take for granted. The implicit assumptions that we carry into critical debates are the stumbling blocks for finding useful solutions to age-old economic problems. And these impediments...
Woman as Prophet in the Home and the World
Interdisciplinary Investigations
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
This first-ever interdisciplinary study of woman as prophet shows that, in these troubling times, ordinary women—especially Christian women—need to function as prophets by proclaiming, in word and deed, the indispensability of lovingly seeking the welfare of others. More specifically, social science...
Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality
Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2005
Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions provides a forum for prominent religious scholars to examine the state of religious knowledge and theological reflection on spiritual development in childhood and adolescence. Featuring essays from thinkers...
Feminists, Feminisms, and Advertising
Some Restrictions Apply
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Feminists, Feminisms, and Advertising provides feminist analyses of the historical relationships between the advertising industry and the women’s movement in the United States. Contributors consider the ways that advertisers encode race, ethnicity, gender, and heteronormativity into advertising...
by Alex Bates, Koichi Haga, Ursula Heise
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
What can ecocriticism do when engaging with Japanese literature and culture? This edited volume Ecocriticism in Japan attempts to answer this question. The contributors place themselves inside the domestic fields of production of works of art and express their concerns and ideas for the English-speaking...
by Peter Lamb, Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations, Staffordshire University
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Socialism has been an influential force for social change for almost two centuries. Its philosophy and ideology have inspired millions while simultaneously arousing fear and revulsion in its enemies. Having emerged after the French Revolution in the effort to build upon and develop the egalitarian...
Ethnography
A Way of Seeing
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2008
One of anthropology's leading writers on ethnographic methods, Harry Wolcott discusses the fundamental nature of ethnographic studies. Tracing its development from its disciplinary origins in sociology and anthropology, he points out what is distinctive about ethnography and what it means to conduct...
Multiphase Flow Analysis Using Population Balance Modeling
Bubbles, Drops and Particles
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Written by leading multiphase flow and CFD experts, this book enables engineers and researchers to understand the use of PBM and CFD frameworks. Population balance approaches can now be used in conjunction with CFD, effectively driving more efficient and effective multiphase flow processes. Engineers...
Kids These Days
Facts and Fictions About Today's Youth
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2006
Kids snatched from their bedrooms, shot at in school, fatter than ever, prone to risk-taking and cruelty_is childhood today as bad as the news accounts would have us believe? Is this generation headed for disaster? Kids These Days: Facts and Fictions About Today's Youth critically examines the hottest...
Confrontation and Compromise
Presidential and Congressional Leadership, 2001-2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2007
The authors examine the relationship between President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress to explore political leadership in American politics. Six case studies make clear that individual leaders in both the Congress and the administration provide the direction, coherence, and energy that leadership...
by Fiona Robertson-Snape, Peter Lamb, Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
The Historical Dictionary of International Relations is a general guide to the theory and practice of the relations between states, and between states and other actors on the world stage. It introduces readers to the real world operations of international relations, and is thus concerned with the...
Collaborating against Human Trafficking
Cross-Sector Challenges and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
In the fight against human trafficking, cross-sector collaboration is vital—but often, systemic tensions undermine the effectiveness of these alliances. Kirsten Foot explores the most potent sources of such difficulties, offering insights and tools that leaders in every sector can use to re-think...