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The Sins of Civilization
UPA
Crazy Culture is a series of broadsides against many widely held misconceptions in both academe and the general public, who is often seen clustering under the politically correct banner of multiculturalism. Heinegg confronts the notion that all cultureespecially that of …
View book details for Looters, Photographers, and Thieves
Aspects of Italian Photographic Culture in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Working toward an analysis of how photography has contributed to the construction of an Italian 'type' to serve the mandates of the new nation in the 1860s, this book engages writers and photographers who have attempted to address this in …
Scarecrow Press
Existentialism is the philosophy of human existence, which flourished first in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s and then in France in the decade following the end of World War II. The operative meaning of existentialism here is thus broader …
View book details for The Wounded Warrior Handbook
A Resource Guide for Returning Veterans
Government Institutes
The typical wounded soldier must complete and file 22 forms following an active-duty injury. To many soldiers and their families coping with the shock and reality of the injuries, figuring out what to do next_even completing tasks as seemingly easy …
View book details for Flourishing in the First Five Years
Connecting Implications from Mind, Brain, and Education Research to the Development of Young Children
R&L Education
Flourishing in the First Five Years: Connecting Mind, Brain, and Education Research to the Development of Young Children will take you on a fascinating journey of discovery about what you can do to experience the thrill of helping all young …
View book details for It's Not Because You're Black
Addressing Issues of Racism and Underrepresentation of African Americans in Academia
UPA
This book takes a realistic look at the effects of underrepresentation of African Americans in colleges and universities. It highlights local, state, and national consequences facing Americas educational future as the country becomes more diverse. It also examines the challenges …
R&L Education
In this book, Alice Healy Sesno's experience as a counselor and administrator provides powerful insights to both counselors and administrators. Start right, stay right, and build a distinguished counseling program in your school. Avoid the mistakes that can put an …
View book details for Literary Research and Canadian Literature
Strategies and Sources
Scarecrow Press
Canada's rich literary heritage, dominated by a multicultural and multilingual presence, reflects the country's unique history and experience. In addition, an emerging body of new writers is redefining both the geographic and metaphorical boundaries of Canadian literature. Coupled with the …
View book details for Handbook of Families and Work
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
UPA
This handbook is designed to illuminate issues involved in the intersection of family life and paid employment from a broad range of disciplines. These contributions by leading national and international work-family scholars represent state-of-the-art summaries of research. Topics include emerging …
View book details for Ecce Educatrix Tua
The Role of the Blessed Virgin Mary for a Pedagogy of Holiness in the Thought of John Paul II and Father Joseph Kentenich
UPA
Ecce Educatrix Tua discusses the Apostolic Letter Novo millennio ineunte (NMI), wherein John Paul II outlined the path the Church should adopt in the third millennium. The necessity 'to rediscover the full practical significance of Chapter 5 of the Dogmatic …
View book details for Church, State, and Race
The Discourse of American Religious Liberty, 17501900
UPA
This book uses the discourse of religious liberty, often expressed as one favoring a separation between church and state, to explore racial differences during an era of American empire building (17501900). Discussions of religious liberty in America during this time …
View book details for The Mantle Site
An Archaeological History of an Ancestral Wendat Community
AltaMira Press
This is the first detailed analysis of a completely excavated northern Iroquoian community, a sixteenth-century ancestral Wendat village on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The site resulted from the coalescence of multiple small villages into one well-planned and well-integrated …
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An Introduction and Annotated Bibliography
Scarecrow Press
As the first book of its kind, Nancy Lee Harpers Portuguese Piano Music: An Introduction and Annotated Bibliography fills the gap in the historical record of Portuguese piano music from its start in the 18th century to the present. While …
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
In post-Wall Germany, violenceboth real and imaginedis increasingly determining the formation of new cultural identities. Patricia Anne Simpsons book focuses on the representation of violence in three youth subcultures often characterized by aggression as they enact a rivalry for supremacy …
View book details for High-Poverty, High-Performing Schools
Foundations for Real Student Success
R&L Education
In a recent international comparative study, the United States public schools did not fare well with the rest of the world. To the disappointment of many, the No Child Left Behind law did little to improve student achievement. Nevertheless, a …
View book details for Rwanda
History and Hope
UPA
Imagine a nation with the highest proportion of women legislators in the world. Imagine a country where a democratically elected president is committed to gender equality and poverty reduction, where urban and rural schools are being wired to the Internet, …
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
While recent works of criticism on Frank O'Hara have focused on the technical similarities between his poetry and painting, or between his use of language and poststructuralism, Frank O'Hara and the Poetics of Saying 'I' argues that what is most …
View book details for The Life of Robert Loraine
The Stage, the Sky, and George Bernard Shaw
University of Delaware Press
Robert Loraine was born in a niche of time when technology exploded into a world whose keyword was Progress. Both he and his life-long friend George Bernard Shaw believed they were in an evolutionary period of humanity. Born into a …
Hamilton Books
Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power is an exploration of the many faces of the Goddess Durga in ancient and contemporary culture. This book takes us on a pilgrimage to goddess temples and natural shrines, to visit shamans and living …
View book details for Literary Research and the Era of American Nationalism and Romanticism
Strategies and Sources
Scarecrow Press
The early years of American nationhood, beginning at the close of colonial rule and ending with the onset of the Civil War, saw both a young country and its literature grow in confidence and develop an awareness of self-identity. Pride …
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On the Philosophical and Theological Background of The Art of Fugue
Scarecrow Press
Written late in his life, J. S. Bachs The Art of Fugue has long been admiredin some quarters reveredas one of his masterworks. Its last movement, Contrapunctus 14, went unfinished, and the enigma of its incompleteness still preoccupies scholars and …
Scarecrow Press
During even a cursory reading of the "literature about books," students of bibliography frequently have initial difficulties in understanding some of the terms they encounter. In A Bibliographical Companion, Roy Stokes provides an alphabetical list of such words and phrases. …
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The Electronic Wall
Scarecrow Press
During the Vietnam War, the U.S. Army deployed electronic sensors along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos, Cambodia, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam in order to detect and track troop and vehicle movements. At approximately 8,100 miles in length, …
View book details for Famous Americans
A Directory of Museums, Historic Sites, and Memorials
Scarecrow Press
People who are considered famous can be found in many different fields. This book describes 472 museums, historic sites, and memorials about 409 people in 26 categories: Actors Explorers PlaywrightsArchitects First Ladies PoetsArtists/Sculptors Frontiersmen PresidentsAthletes Journalists/Publishers Public Officials/ Author/Writers Medical …
View book details for Reaching Your Goals
The Ultimate Teen Guide
Scarecrow Press
Teens don't often realize that their daydreams can be transformed into real accomplishments. If they take those dreams seriously, and turn thoughts into action, even some of the wildest notions can become reality. Reaching Your Goals: The Ultimate Teen Guide …
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