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A Brief History of Citizenship
$19.51
From Plato to Rorty, A Brief History of Citizenship provides a concise survey of the idea of citizenship. All major periods are covered, beginning with Greece and Rome, continuing on to the Middle Ages, the American and French Revolutions, and finally to the modern era. Heater effectively argues tha..
A Doomsday Reader: Prophets, Predictors, and Hucks...
$16.68
A collection of pronouncements, edicts, and scriptures predicting the apocalypseThe approach of the year 2000 has made the study of apocalyptic movements trendy. But groups anticipating the end of the world will continue to predict Armageddon even after the calendar clicks to triple 0s.A Doomsday Re..
A Law of Her Own: The Reasonable Woman as a Measur...
$9.57
Despite the apparent progress in women's legal status, the law retains a profoundly male bias, and as such contributes to the pervasive violence and injustice against women.In A Law of Her Own, the authors propose to radically change law's fundamental paradigm by introducing a "reasonable woman stan..
A Peculiar Crusade: Willis M. Everett and the Malm...
$15.22
Fresh insights into the infamous Malmedy Massacre a Nazi war-crime targeting American POWsIn the wake of World War II, 74 members of the Nazi SS were accused of a war crime soon to be known as the Malmedy Massacre in which a large number of American prisoners of war were murdered during the Battle o..
Adolescent Boys: Exploring Diverse Cultures of Boy...
$8.72
A flurry of best-selling works has recently urged us to rescue and protect boys. They have described how boys are failing at school, acting out, or shutting down emotionally. Lost in much of the ensuing public conversation are the boys themselves-the texture of their lives and the ways in which they..
African American Literary Theory: A Reader
$17.15
The first volume to expound African American literary theory from the 1920s to presentAfrican American Literary Theory: A Reader is the first volume to document the central texts and arguments in African American literary theory from the 1920s through the present. As the volume progresses chronologi..
African American Literature Beyond Race: An Altern...
$14.64
It is widely accepted that the canon of African American literature has racial realism at its core: African American protagonists, social settings, cultural symbols, and racial-political discourse. As a result, writings that are not preoccupied with race have long been invisible-unpublished, out of ..
After the War on Crime: Race, Democracy, and a New...
$26.36
Since the 1970s, Americans have witnessed a pyrrhic war on crime, with sobering numbers at once chilling and cautionary. Our imprisoned population has increased five-fold, with a commensurate spike in fiscal costs that many now see as unsupportable into the future. As American society confronts a mu..
Afterburner: Naval Aviators and the Vietnam War
$9.77
View the Table of Contents.Read the Prologue."An exceptionally well written, well documented, fast-moving account."-Washington Times"This is a book written on multiple levels, and well worth reading."-M.S. Naval Institute Proceedings"This book is a welcome addition to the history of naval aviation a..
Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality...
$8.07
Navigates the divergent cultural meanings of health, and its entanglement with morality in current political discourseYou see someone smoking a cigarette and say, “Smoking is bad for your health,” when what you mean is, “You are a bad person because you smoke.” You encounter someone whose body size ..
American Cool: Constructing a Twentieth-Century Em...
$9.61
Cool. The concept has distinctly American qualities and it permeates almost every aspect of contemporary American culture. From Kool cigarettes and the Peanuts cartoon's Joe Cool to West Side Story (Keep cool, boy.) and urban slang (Be cool. Chill out.), the idea of cool, in its many manifestations,..
American Karma: Race, Culture, and Identity in the...
$23.34
The Indian American community is one of the fastest growing immigrant communities in the U.S. Unlike previous generations, they are marked by a high degree of training as medical doctors, engineers, scientists, and university professors.American Karma draws on participant observation and in-depth in..
American Monster: How the Nation's First Prehistor...
$9.33
Fresh insights into the ongoing fascination with dinosaurs and their place in 19th century American nationalismIn 1801, the first complete mastodon skeleton was excavated in the Hudson River Valley, marking the climax of a century-long debate in America and Europe over the identity of a mysterious c..
American Republicanism: Roman Ideology in the Unit...
$72.08
The origins of the U.S. Constitution are the source of endless debate. What did the founders intend when they drafted this monumental work How should we interpret their formulations in the contemporary world Is the Constitution a living, breathing document, as is so frequently said, or is it more ..
American Social and Political Thought: A Concise I...
$17.19
This reader provides substantial extracts from the core texts in the field of American social and political thought. It demonstrates the rich intellectual tradition of the United States, giving an unparalleled understanding of American society and politics through the reproduction of key writings fr..
An Anthology of Interracial Literature: Black-Whit...
$11.13
A white knight meets his half-black half-brother in battle. A black hero marries a white woman. A slave mother kills her child by a rapist-master. A white-looking person of partly African ancestry passes for white. A master and a slave change places for a single night. An interracial marriage turns ..
An Interpretation of the Qur'an: English Translati...
$9.86
A comprehensive and accurate rending of the Qur'an into modern English, approved by Al-Azhar University in CairoTo followers of Islam, the Qur'an is the literal word of God, revealed through Muhammad, the last of the line of prophets, containing all that is necessary to lead a life of righteousness...
An Islam of Her Own: Reconsidering Religion and Se...
$12.37
As the world grapples with issues of religious fanaticism, extremist politics, and rampant violence that seek justification in either “religious” or “secular” discourses, women who claim Islam as a vehicle for individual and social change are often either regarded as pious subjects who subscribe to ..
An Unusual Relationship: Evangelical Christians an...
$75.37
Itis generally accepted that Jews and evangelical Christians have little incommon. Yet special alliances developedbetween the two groups in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Evangelicalsviewed Jews as both the rightful heirs of Israel and as a group who failed torecognize their true savior. Co..
Army of Manifest Destiny: The American Soldier in ...
$10.80
The day-to-day experiences of the American soldiers fighting in the Mexican WarJames McCaffrey examines America's first foreign war, the Mexican War, through the day-to-day experiences of the American soldier in battle, in camp, and on the march. With remarkable sympathy, humor, and grace, the autho..
Asian/Pacific Islander American Women: A Historica...
$9.93
A groundbreaking anthology devoted to Asian/Pacific Islander American women and their experiencesAsian/Pacific Islander American Women is the first collection devoted to the historical study of A/PI women's diverse experiences in America. Covering a broad terrain from pre-large scale Asian emigratio..
Atlas of the Great Irish Famine
$113.38
Best Reference Books of 2012 presented by Library JournalThe Great Irish Famine is the most pivotal event in modern Irish history, with implications that cannot be underestimated. Over a million people perished between 1845-1852, and well over a million others fled to other locales within Europe and..
Avant-Garde Film (Anthology Film Archives 3)
$111.32
Book by Sitney, P Author: Sitney, P Adams Publisher: NYU Press Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0814777945 ISBN-13: 9780814777947..
BAD MOTHERS: The Politics of Blame in Twentieth-Ce...
$9.83
In the past quarter century, "bad" mothers have moved noticeably toward center stage in American culture. While Susan Smith will eventually fade from the tabloids, the monster mother that she represents has a storied and long history. Mothers have been blamed for a host of problems, from autism in c..
Bananas and Business: The United Fruit Company in ...
$72.27
For well over a century, the United Fruit Company (UFCO) has been the most vilified multinational corporation operating in Latin America. Criticism of the UFCO has been widespread, ranging from politicians to consumer activists, and from labor leaders to historians, all portraying it as an overwhelm..