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"Law Never Here": A Social History of African Amer...
$27.57
Review"A valuable piece of work that is long overdue. All levels." -- ChoiceProduct DescriptionShared racial and cultural experiences and the collective memory of those experiences play important roles in determining the responses of African Americans to issues of crime and violence. By examining Am..
"Worthy Partner": The Papers of Martha Washington ...
$91.04
Although Martha Washington has been the subject of several popular biographies, her writings, scattered into private hands, archives, and repositories, have never before been collected and published. This book attempts to publish all the known Martha Washington papers from every possible source. Mos..
(Un)Doing the Missionary Position: Gender Asymmetr...
$139.56
While the writing of other ethnic women has already been receiving considerable attention, the writing of Asian American women has not. (Un)Doing is the first feminist theoretical work to look at writing by such contemporary Asian American writers as Amy Tan, Fae Myenne Ng, R. A. Sasaki, Gish Jen, a..
A Companion to the United States Constitution and ...
$14.13
A Companion to the United States Constitution and Its Amendments is designed to show students just how revolutionary the Constitution was and how relevant it remains today. The Companion begins by revisiting the key events leading to the Constitution's ratification, including the writing of the Decl..
A Companion to the United States Constitution and ...
$12.52
Product DescriptionDesigned to help students understand the Constitution in all of its splendor and subtlety, this book introduces key events of the founding era, the Declaration of Independence, and the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention. The Constitution and its amendments are explored s..
A Disturbance in Mirrors: The Poetry of Sylvia Pla...
$94.80
This new, uncluttered study of Sylvia Plath's poetry offers a calculated balance between feminist theory and the old heritage of the New Criticism. The apparent thematic peg here is Plath's fascination with mirrors in her life and in her work. . . . This is a very solid work; it is the most readable..
A history of gardens and gardening,
$17.45
Sm Quarto, 1971, PP.345, A Comprehensive Discussion Author: Hyams, Edward Publisher: Praeger Publishers Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0460038087 ISBN-13: 9780460038089..
A Journalist's Guide to Public Opinion Polls
$14.43
This straightforward text provides journalists, both professional and student, with an explanation of the realities of an increasingly important facet of today's precision journalism--public opinion polling. The work aims to provide the skills necessary for evaluating and interpreting survey results..
A Lost Cause: Bill Clinton's Campaign for National...
$202.34
Bill Clinton's 1993-94 health care reform initiative was one of the most active and sustained presidential campaigns ever undertaken in support of a single social issue, and certainly the boldest attempt to establish national health insurance in the United States. An analysis of the Clinton campaign..
A Military History of Russia: From Ivan the Terrib...
$47.93
This book brings to light Russia's undeservedly-obscure military past, rectifying the tendency of American and Western military historians to neglect the Russian side of things. Russia, as both a Western and non-Western society, challenges our thinking about Western military superiority. Russia has ..
A Producer's Broadway Journey
$31.58
It would be difficult, indeed, to imagine anyone more qualified to give us a celebration, from the perspective of an insider, of the Broadway musical. From the first run of Guys and Dolls in 1950 to the recent debut of Rent, Stuart Ostrow, a prot^D'eg^D'e of the great composer-lyricist Frank Loesser..
A Right to Bear Arms: State and Federal Bills of R...
$12.33
The right to keep and bear arms was considered a fundamental, individual right in the original 14 states (the 13 colonies and Vermont) from the pre-Revolutionary period through the adoption of the federal Bill of Rights in 1791. A Right to Bear Arms is the first book to demonstrate the deprivation o..
A Short History of Taiwan: The Case for Independen...
$18.19
This concise account of Taiwan's history makes a cogent, compelling argument for the right of the Taiwanese people to declare their nation independent, if they so choose. Davison's bold stand unprecedented from a Western author challenges the one China notion advanced in the Shanghai Communique of 1..
A Slippery Slope: The Long Road to the Breakup of ...
$54.80
A comprehensive examination of the events that led to the Bell System breakup. . . . Argues that divestiture was the culmination of a long process of change in telecommunications policy that began several decades ago. Associates new technologies, economic pressure, and social and political developme..
A Tragedy of Arms: Military and Security Developme...
$62.55
The Maghreb--Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia--is a region overburdened by unnecessary military expenditures. Despite persistent civil conflicts and militarized regimes in a number of countries in the region, there are actually few genuine external threats, and the armed forces are now largely u..
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Abnormal Psychology across the Ages [3 volumes]: 3...
$73.42
Compiling current thought from some of the best minds in the field, Abnormal Psychology across the Ages provides essays that reflect on multiple dimensions of abnormal behavior. These experts present biological, psychological, social, cultural, and supernatural perspectives throughout human history ..
Accommodation and Resistance: The French Left, Ind...
$16.16
In this careful historical analysis, Edward Rice-Maximin documents the reactions of the French Left to the First Indochina War, 1944-1954. Unlike previous works, which dealt exclusively with the politics of the French Communists, this book is among the first to deal with the entire French left and t..
Acting Lessons for Teachers: Using Performance Ski...
$46.64
Acting Lessons for Teachers presents a solid theoretical foundation for the pedagogical benefits of enthusiastic teaching. Simply put, students are more engaged, misbehave less, and learn better from teachers who teach enthusiastically. A teacher's enthusiasm for his or her subject matter can be con..
Advertising and the Transformation of American Soc...
$126.78
In the period between 1865 to 1920, as America shifted from a rural-farming economy to urban-manufacturing, a major transformation also occurred in the behavior of the country's consumers. This change is perhaps best illustrated in the advertisements that appeared in popular magazines. They began by..
Advice Among Masters: The Ideal in Slave Managemen...
$143.13
Review What was not written about in the advice literature, may tell one almost as much as what was. There is, in short, much to be extracted from these sources, providing they are used critically and imaginatively. -The North Carolina Historical Review"What was not written about in the advice liter..
African American Civil Rights: Early Activism and ...
$106.91
This fresh and invigorating analysis illuminates the often-neglected story of early African American civil rights activism.African American Civil Rights: Early Activism and the Niagara Movement tells a fascinating story, one that is too frequently marginalized. Offering the first full-length, compre..
African American Culture and Heritage in Higher Ed...
$141.10
Leading African American scholars examine the often neglected cultural context in research and policy development in African American higher education in this collection of essays. Past research has most often been conducted by individuals unfamiliar with the historical and cultural considerations o..
African American Women and Social Action: The Club...
$142.72
Black women have a long history of collective struggle to create welfare organizations, schools, orphanages, and health centers for African Americans. Their clubs evolved for many reasons, including self-education, community improvement, and to raise the standards of black women. Many of these women..
After the Killing Fields: Lessons from the Cambodi...
$142.19
For 25 years, Cambodia's Khmer Rouge have avoided responsibility for their crimes against humanity. For 30 long years, from the late 1960s to the late 1990s, the Cambodian people suffered from a war that has no name. Arguing that this series of hostilities, which included both civil and external war..
Aging Nation: The Economics and Politics of Growin...
$14.68
With the impending retirement of some 76 million Baby Boomers, understanding the economic, political, and social issues related to the aging population is paramount. If the doom-and-gloomers have their way, the elderly will be put out to pasture, with inadequate health care and financial resources, ..