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View book details for Escaping Bondage
A Documentary History of Runaway Slaves in Eighteenth-Century New England, 17001789
Lexington Books
Escaping Bondage: A Documentary History of Runaway Slaves in Eighteenth-Century New England, 17001789 is an edited collection of runaway slave advertisements that appeared in newspapers in eighteenth-century Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. In addition to documenting the New …
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The Manila Galleons and the Dawn of the Global Economy
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
This groundbreaking book presents the first full history of the Manila galleons, which marked the true beginning of a global economy. Arturo Giraldez, the worlds leading scholar of the galleons, traces the rise of the maritime route, which began with …
View book details for Hollywood and the End of the Cold War
Signs of Cinematic Change
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
From the late 1940s until the early 1990s, the Cold War was perhaps the most critical and defining aspect of American culture, influencing television, music, and movies, among other forms of popular entertainment. Films in particular were at the center …
View book details for Fan Girls and the Media
Creating Characters, Consuming Culture
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
In the broad spectrum of popular culture, one can be a fan of just about anything: comic books, television shows, fantasy novels, movie franchises, musical artists, and so on. Because fans are fluid and ever-changing, however, defining them poses a …
View book details for Comprehending Care
Problems and Possibilities in The Ethics of Care
Lexington Books
American psychologist Carol Gilligan holds that dominant ethical theories, with their strong emphasis on rights and justice, fail to see how care is an indispensable part of moral life. This failure weakens their credibility as adequate, universal ethical theories. In …
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
French philosopher Gilles Deleuze and the psychiatrist-activist Felix Guattaris 1980 book A Thousand Plateaus is widely recognized as a masterpiece of twentieth-century Continental philosophy. Until now, however, few scholars have dared to explain the books political importance. Deleuzes Political Vision …
View book details for Community Newspapers and the Japanese-American Incarceration Camps
Community, Not Controversy
Lexington Books
Though much has been said about Japanese-American incarceration camps, little attention is paid to the community newspapers closest to the camps and how they constructed the identities and lives of the occupants inside. Dependent on government and military officials for …
View book details for Sports Betting and Bookmaking
An American History
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Horse racing in America dates back to the colonial era when street races were a common occurrence. The commercialization of horse racing produced a sport that would briefly surpass all others in popularity, with annual races such as the Kentucky …
View book details for Fluid Preservation
A Comprehensive Reference
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Fluid preservation refers to specimens and objects that are preserved in fluids, most commonly alcohol and formaldehyde, but also glycerin, mineral oil, acids, glycols, and a host of other chemicals that protect the specimen from deterioration. Some of the oldest …
View book details for Pelvic Pain Explained
What You Need to Know
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
At its heart, Pelvic Pain Explained is the story of how patients develop pelvic pain, the challenges patients and providers face throughout the diagnosis and treatment process, the difficult task of sifting through the different available treatment options, and the …
View book details for Chinese Strategy and Military Power in 2014
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese and US Assessments
Center for Strategic & International Studies
This report tracks and analyzes trends in Chinese military strategy, force structure, and regional activity. Open source material is used to detail how each branch of the Peoples Liberation Army has pursued modernization. Chinese perspectives on their militarys role and …
View book details for The Revival of Platonism in Cicero's Late Philosophy
Platonis aemulus and the Invention of Cicero
Lexington Books
Less than two years before his murder, Cicero created a catalogue of his philosophical writings that included dialogues he had written years before, numerous recently completed works, and even one he had not yet begun to write, all arranged in …
View book details for A Grammar of Cinepoiesis
Poetic Cameras of Italian Cinema
Lexington Books
Cinepoiesis, or cinema of poetry, strikes us as a strange combination, a phrase we initially read as an oxymoron. Poetry is often associated with the abstract and the evocative, while cinema suggests the concrete and the visible. Yet, various visual …
Lexington Books
Shopping as an Entertainment Experience explores the ways in which shopping has become a significant entertainment feature in our daily lives. Dr. Mark H. Moss examines the department store, the mall, and the e-store to demonstrate how shopping is often …
View book details for Unmasking Identities
An Exploration of the Lives of Gay and Lesbian Teachers
Lexington Books
Based on a qualitative research study of gay and lesbian teachers, Unmasking Identities explores how gay and lesbian teachers bring together their identities in a climate where the two have historically been pitted against each other. Janna Marie Jackson demonstrates …
View book details for Mill Power
The Origin and Impact of Lowell National Historical Park
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Mill Power documents the making of a national park that changed the concept of what a national historical park could be.For a time in the 1800s, Lowell was Massachusettss cosmopolitan, must-see second city. The citys industrial model was as high-tech …
Center for Strategic & International Studies
Nuclear Notes is a biannual publication of the CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) featuring innovative thinking by rising experts in the nuclear field. Its goal is to advance the public debate about nuclear weapons strategy, arms control, nonproliferation, disarmament, …
View book details for Contemporary Middle Class in Latin America
A Study of San Felipe
Lexington Books
In the last decades, the Latin American middle class is growing in size while becoming more heterogeneous. Sustained economic growth explains its increasing size, but behind its heterogeneity there is not only the diversification of lifestyles, but also the crystallization …
View book details for Choral Masterpieces
Major and Minor
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
In Choral Masterpieces: Major and Minor, historian Nicholas Tarling surveys the landscape of choral works, some standard masterpieces that are commonly performed by choruses around the world, others deserving a second, closer look. As noted in the foreword by Uwe …
View book details for The First U.S. History Textbooks
Constructing and Disseminating the American Tale in the Nineteenth Century
Lexington Books
This book analyzes the common narrative residing in American History textbooks published in the first half of the 19th century. That story, what the author identifies as the American creation or origins narrative, is simultaneously examined as both historic and …
View book details for African Democracy and Development
Challenges for Post-Conflict African Nations
Lexington Books
Various African nations have undergone conflict situations since they gained their independence. This book focuses on particular countries that have faced conflict (civil wars and genocide) and are now in the process of rebuilding their political, economic, social, and educational …
View book details for Pride and Profit
The Intersection of Jane Austen and Adam Smith
Lexington Books
Jane Austens novels provide timeless insight into the practice of virtues and vices. They instruct their readers in rectitude and teach them that bad character inevitably leads to bad outcomes. Austen themes include the necessity of self-command, the importance of …
Lexington Books
Bhakti is a remarkable feature and tendency of human existence having to do with one's devoted involvement with a person, object, deity, or creative project. In Bhakti and Philosophy, R. Raj Singh traces the larger meanings and roles of bhakti …
View book details for Singing in Polish
A Guide to Polish Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Singing in Polish: A Guide to Polish Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire stands as the first book-length resource for non-Polishspeaking singers, voice teachers, and vocal coaches that offers the essential tools for learning how to sing in Polish. Scholar and …
View book details for Racial Ambivalence in Diverse Communities
Whiteness and the Power of Color-Blind Ideologies
Lexington Books
This book makes use of in-depth interviews with the residents most active in shaping the racially diverse urban communities in which they live. As most of them are white and progressive, it provides a unique view into the particular ways …
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