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View book details for Train Up a Child
Old Order Amish and Mennonite Schools
Train Up a Child explores how private schools in Old Order Amish communities reflect and perpetuate church-community values and identity. Here, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner asserts that the reinforcement of those values among children is imperative to the survival of these …
View book details for Psychedelic Psychiatry
LSD from Clinic to Campus
LSD's short but colorful history in North America carries with it the distinct cachet of counterculture and government experimentation. The truth about this mind-altering chemical cocktail is far more complexand less controversialthan generally believed. Psychedelic Psychiatry is the tale of …
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Common Ground for Mental Health, Medical, and Legal Practitioners
An essential, evidence-based reference book for mental health professionals and medical personnel working with victims of child abuse.Acclaimed as a milestone resource by the Journal of Child and Family Studies, Treatment of Child Abuse has been updated and expanded with …
View book details for Constituting Federal Sovereignty
The European Union in Comparative Context
Addresses why, when, and how sovereign states give up some of their sovereignity to form a larger unionStarting from the premise that the system of independent, sovereign, territorial states, which was the subject of political science and international relations studies …
View book details for Creativity and Madness
New Findings and Old Stereotypes
Intrigued by history's list of "troubled geniuses,"Albert Rothenberg investigates how two such opposite conditionsoutstanding creativity and psychosiscould coexist in the same individual. Rothenberg concludes that high-level creativity transcends the usual modes of logical thoughtand may even superficially resemble psychosis. But …
British realist novelists of the nineteenth century viewed sympathy not as a feeling but as a form of imaginative thinking useful in constructing their fiction.Rae Greiner proposes that sympathy is integral to the form of the classic nineteenth-century realist novel. …
The role played by the humanities in reconciling American diversitya diversity of both ideas and peoplesis not always appreciated. This volume of essays, commissioned by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, examines that role in the half century after …
View book details for Victorian Literature and the Victorian State
Character and Governance in a Liberal Society
Studies of Victorian governance have been profoundly influenced by Discipline and Punish, Michel Foucault's groundbreaking genealogy of modern power. Yet, according to Lauren Goodlad, Foucault's analysis is better suited to the history of the Continent than to nineteenth-century Britain, with …
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A Short History of Autoimmunity
A history of autoimmunity that validates the experience of patients while challenging assumptions about the distinction between the normal and the pathological.Winner of the NSW Premier's History Award of the Arts NSWAutoimmune diseases, which affect 5 to 10 percent of …
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Creating American Television, 19481961
Outstanding Academic Title for 2007, Choice MagazineEver wonder how American television came to be the much-derided, advertising-heavy home to reality programming, formulaic situation comedies, hapless men, and buxom, scantily clad women? Could it have been something different, focusing instead on …
View book details for Bats in Forests
Conservation and Management
Although bats are often thought of as cave dwellers, many species depend on forests for all or part of the year. Of the 45 species of bats in North America, more than half depend on forests, using the bark of …
View book details for Preventing Child Trafficking
A Public Health Approach
How can a public health approach advance efforts to prevent, identify, and respond to child trafficking?Child trafficking is widely recognized as one of the critical issues of our day, prompting calls to action at the global, national, and local levels. …
View book details for Ruling But Not Governing
The Military and Political Development in Egypt, Algeria, and Turkey
Ruling But Not Governing highlights the critical role that the military plays in the stability of the Egyptian, Algerian, and, until recently, Turkish political systems. This in-depth study demonstrates that while the soldiers and materiel of Middle Eastern militaries form …
View book details for Subverting Aristotle
Religion, History, and Philosophy in Early Modern Science
How new thinking about history, evidence, and scientific authority depended on undermining the authority of Aristotelianism.The belief that Aristotles philosophy is incompatible with Christianity is hardly controversial today, writes Craig Martin. Yet for centuries, Christian culture embraced Aristotelian thought as …
The first comprehensive and definitive history of Brazil's decision to give up the nuclear weapon option.Why do countries capable of "going nuclear" choose not to? Brazil, which gained notoriety for developing a nuclear program and then backtracking into adherence to …
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Inside Psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freuds relationship with Otto Rank was the most constant, close, and significant of his professional life. Freud considered Rank to be the most brilliant of his disciples. The two collaborated on psychoanalytic writing, practice, and politics; Rank was the …
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A Guide to Theory, Research, and Practice
Demystifies online teaching for both enthusiastic and wary educators and helps faculty who teach online do their best work as digital instructors.It is difficult to imagine a college class today that does not include some online componentwhether a simple posting …
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The Illustrated Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation
The ultimate guide to understanding the biology and behavior of the amazing and underappreciated American alligator.Few scenes put the senses on edge more than a submerged alligator, only eyes and snout showing, when peering across a southern lake on a …
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The Hot Rod Industry in America, 19151990
2009 Outstanding Academic Title, ChoiceSince the mass production of Henry Fords Model T, car enthusiasts have been redesigning, rebuilding, and reengineering their vehicles for increased speed and technical efficiency. They purchase aftermarket parts, reconstruct engines, and enhance body designs, all …
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Becoming a Doctor at the Nation's Newest African American Medical School
The Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of only four predominantly Black medical schools in the United States. Among its illustrious alumni are surgeons general of the United States, medical school presidents, and numerous other highly regarded …
View book details for Women and Religion in the African Diaspora
Knowledge, Power, and Performance
This landmark collection of newly commissioned essays explores how diverse women of African descent have practiced religion as part of the work of their ordinary and sometimes extraordinary lives. By examining women from North America, the Caribbean, Brazil, and Africa, …
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Mapping Labor in the Neoliberal University
Why the Gig Academy is the dominant organizational form within the higher education economyand its troubling implications for faculty, students, and the future of college education.Over the past two decades, higher education employment has undergone a radical transformation with faculty …
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An Illustrated Tour of the Vertebrates
Gorgeous high-contrast photographs reveal the eerie beauty of the vertebrate skeleton.The vertebrate skeleton is one of natures most amazing feats. Composed of cartilage and bone, it forms the supportive structure for all the remaining aspects of our anatomy. Stripped of …
An illuminating look at the challenges and triumphs of state wildlife professionals at the forefront of the fight to protect the American wilderness.The adage "think globally but act locally" defines the work of American wildlife professionals. Their contributions, from remote …
View book details for Medicine and the Market
Equity v. Choice
Outstanding Academic Title for 2007, Choice MagazineMuch has been written about medicine and the market in recent years. This book is the first to include an assessment of market influence in both developed and developing countries, and among the very …
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