Rowman Littlefield Publishers imprint: 5577 books
What's Wrong with Protectionism
Answering Common Objections to Free Trade
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2018
Putting tariffs on imported goods or setting other barriers to international trade can be tempting for politicians. They assume that many of their constituents believe that free trade is not fair trade and that other countries aren’t playing by the rules. This belief makes it easy for industry leaders...
Hacked
The Inside Story of America's Struggle to Secure Cyberspace
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
The spectacular cyber attack on Sony Pictures and costly hacks of Target, Home Depot, Neiman Marcus, and databases containing sensitive data on millions of U.S. federal workers have shocked the nation. Despite a new urgency for the president, Congress, law enforcement, and corporate America to address...
Reaching Out to Children and Families
Students Model Effective Community Service
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2000
Community service and learning experiences are booming as we enter the 21st century. This practical guide assists college students and other constituents as they psychologically prepare for volunteering, service-learning, practicums, fieldwork assignments, and internships in a diverse and ever-changing...
Dawn of the Belle Epoque
The Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and Their Friends
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
A humiliating military defeat by Bismarck's Germany, a brutal siege, and a bloody uprising—Paris in 1871 was a shambles, and the question loomed, "Could this extraordinary city even survive?"
With the addition of an evocative new preface, Mary McAuliffe takes the reader back to...
Twilight of the Belle Epoque
The Paris of Picasso, Stravinsky, Proust, Renault, Marie Curie, Gertrude Stein, and Their Friends through the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2014
Mary McAuliffe’s Dawn of the Belle Epoque took the reader from the multiple disasters of 1870–1871 through the extraordinary re-emergence of Paris as the cultural center of the Western world. Now, in Twilight of the Belle Epoque, McAuliffe portrays Paris in full flower at the turn of the twentieth...
The Kinks
A Thoroughly English Phenomenon
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Emerging from the same British music boom that birthed the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, Dave and Ray Davies’s band, the Kinks, became one of England’s most influential groups. Remembered best for such singles as “You Really Got Me,” “Lola,” and “Sunny Afternoon,” the Kinks produced...
Historical Dictionary of American Theater
Beginnings
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings covers the history of theater as well as the literature of America from 1538 to 1880. The years covered by this volume features the rise of the popular stage in American during the colonial era and the first century of the United States of America,...
Marilyn Monroe Day by Day
A Timeline of People, Places, and Events
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
From hefty biographies and fact-based novels to photograph collections and memoirs, more books have been written about Marilyn Monroe than any other female over the past century. However, no biography—regardless how authoritative—can contain all of the facts and events of an individual’s life,...
Telling Stories
Postmodernism and the Invalidation of Traditional Narrative
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 1995
Asks important questions about the very nature of stories and examines why we read stories rather than just learning the endings.
Women Drummers
A History from Rock and Jazz to Blues and Country
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
In 1942, drummer Viola Smith sent shock waves through the jazz world by claiming in Down Beat magazine that “hep girls” could sit in on any jam session and hold their own. In Women Drummers: A History from Rock and Jazz to Blues and Country, Angela Smith takes Viola at her word, offering a comprehensive...
Wonderfully Wordless
The 500 Most Recommended Graphic Novels and Picture Books
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Wonderfully Wordless: The 500 Most Recommended Graphic Novels and Picture Books is the first comprehensive best book guide to wordless picture books (and nearly wordless picture books). It is an indispensable resource for parents and teachers who love graphic storytelling or who recognize the value...
With Byrd at the Bottom of the World
The South Pole Expedition of 1928-1930
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
With Byrd at the Bottom of the World vividly recounts American explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s expedition to the South Pole. From the sublime to the ridiculous, author and fellow explorer Norman D. Vaughan recalls the historic moments, practical jokes, jealousies, and affection among compatriots facing the dangers of a frozen and inhospitable continent.
by William A. Everett, Paul R. Laird
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
The Broadway musical has greatly influenced both American and world culture. Shows such as Oklahoma! and Annie Get Your Gun are as American as apple pie, while the long runs of imports such as Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and Les Misérables have broken records. Shows filled with rock and pop music...
by Thomas S. Hischak
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
For more than a century, original music has been composed for the cinema. From the early days when live music accompanied silent films to the present in which a composer can draw upon a full orchestra or a lone synthesizer to embody a composition, music has been an integral element of most films....