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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
High School to College Transition Research Studies offers two uniquely designed sections that provide a mixture of quantitative and qualitative research findings surrounding a diverse group of college students. This ground-breaking book by Terence Hicks and Chance W. Lewis provides the reader with...
From Oil to Gas and Beyond
A Review of the Trinidad and Tobago Model and Analysis of Future Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
From Oil to Gas and Beyond chronicles the history of the petroleum industry in Trinidad and Tobago and appraises major policy decisions impacting its economy. The book details the macroeconomic, commercial, and technical challenges faced by Trinidad and Tobago in the monetization of its oil and gas...
Technology and Society Reader
Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
This reader presents case studies from a number of sources that illustrate the mutual, reciprocal impact of technology on one hand and the social sciences, including government policy, on the other. Along the way, the introductory text and cases suggest that advanced technology (high tech) is not...
Exit Narratives
Reflections of Four Retired Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2010
Exit Narratives examines what constitutes good teaching and engaged learning and how to use this knowledge to support teachers in their efforts to create learning environments that encourage academic mastery and nourish students as social beings. The authors explore a range of issues: why they became...
The Vodou Ethic and the Spirit of Communism
The Practical Consciousness of the African People of Haiti
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
Using a variant of structuration theory, what Paul C. Mocombe calls phenomenological structuralism, this work explores and highlights how the African religion of Vodou and its ethic, i.e., syncretism, materialism, communal living or social collectivism, democracy, individuality, cosmopolitanism, spirit...
Peace Education and the Adult Learner
Educational Trends in a Globalized World
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Peace Education and the Adult Learner presents a survey of recent developments in adult and peace education. This book offers new educational models for teaching adult learners interested in peace education and conflict resolution. The authors masterfully situate the foundations of these models within...
Research Studies in Higher Education
Educating Multicultural College Students
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
This groundbreaking book edited by Terence Hicks, a quantitative research professor, and Abul Pitre, a qualitative research professor, builds upon the usefulness of each research method and integrates them by providing valuable findings on a diverse group of college students. This book provides the...
The Jonathan Presidency
The First Year
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
The Jonathan Presidency provides a comprehensive and unique analysis of Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan’s first twelve months in office. The Jonathan Presidency analyzes the ability of the featured Nigerian politicians to deliver their electoral promises, protect and uphold the Nigerian Constitution, and sustain a transparent, citizen-friendly administration.
The Educational Philosophy of Elijah Muhammad
Education for a New World
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
This work is the first to examine the educational philosophy of Elijah Muhammad, the patriarch of the Nation of Islam and a pivotal leader in America's history. This timely book outlines Elijah Muhammad's educational ideas in relation to critical pedagogy, multicultural education, and critical white...
Igbo Culture and the Christian Missions 1857-1957
Conversion in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2009
Igbo Culture and the Christian Missions 1857-1957: Conversion in Theory and Practice uses historical perspective to explore strategies and methods of the Protestant and the Roman Catholic missionaries in Igboland and the Igbo response during the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. The subtitle...
by Frank A. Salamone
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2009
The Hausa of Nigeria is the culmination of thirty-nine years of anthropological thought and research and many field trips to Nigeria. It is an ethnographic reflection of intense field work in Yauri and the surrounding areas that border it, as well as many trips to archives, libraries, and interview...
Defending the Old Dominion
Virginia and Its Militia in the War of 1812
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Defending the Old Dominion describes historical events in Virginia during the War of 1812, examining how Virginia’s militia was organized, supplied, and financed by the Commonwealth. The book discusses the militia’s unpreparedness in training, its lack of adequate ordnance and arms, and how that...
by Ami R. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Using James Truslow Adams’ definition of the American dream, this book investigates whether black African immigrants in Texas are achieving the American dream. Almost all of the study participants Moore interviewed considered America a land of opportunity. Additionally, most of the black African...
by Dennis J. Deeb II
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
After the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, Pakistan’s then President Pervez Musharraf declared: “The Palestinian front is affecting the entire Muslim world. All terrorists and militant activity in the world today has been initiated because of the Palestinian problem. This is because...