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View book details for Administration and the Other
Explorations of Diversity and Marginalization in the Political Administrative State
Lexington Books
Administration and the Other examines the social construction of groups of people and resultant policy impacts in the discourse of the American Republic from before its founding to the present. The book suggests that from pre-revolutionary interactions between early colonialists …
View book details for Purging the Republican Party
Tea Party Campaigns and Elections
Lexington Books
This is the first book that explains the Tea Partys successful primary campaign against Republicans in Name Only (RINOs). Grassroots Tea Party activists adopted this strategy in 2009 shortly after the movement emerged. The first successful campaign occurred in upstate …
View book details for Religion, Politics, and American Identity
New Directions, New Controversies
Lexington Books
Scholarship on the role of religion in American public life has taken on a new urgency in the increasingly contentious wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001. This volume brings together an impressive group of scholars to build on …
Lexington Books
This handbook promotes a comprehensive strategy founded on evidence-based programming for juvenile justice systems to adopt or enhance their current system. The comprehensive strategy is supported strongly by the broad research base that is now available. This strategy recognizes, first, …
View book details for Educational Theory and Jewish Studies in Conversation
From Volozhin to Buczacz
Lexington Books
Educational Theory and Jewish Studies in Conversation: From Volozhin to Buczacz, by Harvey Shapiro, PhD, brings together two different fields of studymodern Jewish studies and contemporary educational theoryto provide new theoretical frameworks for their interaction. Although Jewish studies and education …
View book details for The Life and Times of Charles R. Crane, 18581939
American Businessman, Philanthropist, and a Founder of Russian Studies in America
Lexington Books
In The Life and Times of Charles R. Crane, Norman E. Saul analyzes the contributions of Charles R. Crane, world traveler, businessman, diplomat, and philanthropist in the setting of his times. Crane acquired his appreciation for Russian culture and life …
View book details for New Immigrants, Changing Communities
Best Practices for a Better America
Lexington Books
This book is a product of research stemming from a multiyear project conducted by Elzbieta M. Gozdziak and Micah N. Bump for the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University. The project studied immigration integration in areas …
View book details for Latinos and the Voting Rights Act
The Search for Racial Purpose
Lexington Books
This volume explores the role race and racism played in the Texas redistricting process and the creation and passage of the states Voter Identification Law in 2011. The author puts forth research techniques designed to uncover racism and racist intentions …
View book details for With Rifle & Petticoat
Women as Big Game Hunters, 1880-1940
Derrydale Press
The image that comes to mind when you think of big game hunters is of African safaris with men carrying enormous guns hunting exotic game. But there were women on those trips as well, and not just the trips to …
View book details for An American Stand
Senator Margaret Chase Smith and the Communist Menace, 1948-1972
Lexington Books
Margaret Chase Smith was the first woman in American history elected in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the first politician to take a public stand against McCarthyism, and the first woman of a major political party to …
UPA
The End of French Rule in Cameroon is a study of the decolonization movement in Cameroon. It analyzes the reforms introduced by France in Cameroon after World War II, the circumstances surrounding the unsuccessful attempt of the UPC to seize …
View book details for Gravissimum Educationis
Golden Opportunities in American Catholic Education 50 Years after Vatican II
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Gravissimus Educationis: Golden Opportunities in American Catholic Education 50 Years after Vatican II reviews the development of American Catholic schools since the promulgation of Gravissimus Educationis, the only document on education produced by the Ecumenical Council known as Vatican II. …
Falcon Guides
A richly photographed and information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran, Basic Illustrated Poisonous and Harmful Plants distills years of knowledge into an affordable visual guide. Whether planning a trip or thumbing for facts in the …
View book details for Knack Dog Care and Training
A Complete Illustrated Guide to Adopting, House-Breaking, and Raising a Healthy Dog
Globe Pequot Press
Carina MacDonalds fun, upbeat presentation ranges from the basics of choosing and getting a dog to a wonderfully complete, visually organized treasure-trove of tips on training ones dog, addressing behavior problems, and making sure he or she stays healthy.
View book details for Transforming Higher Education
Economy, Democracy, and the University
Lexington Books
The university is being transformed and can be transformed. This doubleness informs this book. 'Transforming' in 'transforming higher education' can be read as adjective, suggesting that higher education is being transformed by the social and political situation in which it …
Falcon Guides
A heart-warming, thoroughly modern, marvelously illustrated guide, BoundaryWaters Canoe Camping is aimed at paddlers in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota and covers places to go, planning a canoe trip, navigating, selecting a canoe and rigging it out, selecting …
View book details for How to Die in the Outdoors
From Bad Bears to Toxic Toads, 110 Grisly Ways to Croak
Falcon Guides
By living a normal, boring life like most people do, one has an excellent chance of becoming yet another statistic on the proverbial list of the leading causes of death. Of course, the process can be accelerated a bit by …
View book details for Baseball's Most Notorious Personalities
A Gallery of Rogues
Scarecrow Press
Of the 17,000-plus players who have donned major league uniforms over the years, not all were particularly nice or ethical. In fact, the actions of a handful were so heinous, they left an indelible mark on the sport. In Baseballs …
Roberts Rinehart
The essential guide to the land and history of the US national historical parks and sites. It is the sequel to Exploring National Parks and Monuments.
M. Evans & Company
The crime takes place late one night in the mansion of Illinois Governor-elect Maitland Ashmore. His only son, Day, is bludgeoned to death, gruesomely slaughtered in his own bed. This is a textbook murderno witnesses, no apparent motives, not a …
Falcon Guides
Knot-making is simpler than ever. This new easy-to-follow guide, published in partnership with Outward Bound, includes information on using knots in your favorite outdoor activities. Outdoor expert Buck Tilton takes you step-by-step through each bend and turn with clear instructions …
Lyons Press
A dreamers handbook for kidsand parentsoffering practical resultsAll kids love the idea of a hideawaya place that is theirs, no parents allowed. But how on earth can they actually build one? In Forts for Kids, an inspirational yet practical guide, …
View book details for Biomedicine as a Contested Site
Some Revelations in Imperial Contexts
Lexington Books
While literature on medicine and colonialism has increased rapidly in the past nearly two decades, this volume presents yet another way of looking at ideas of medicine, health, and disease. It portrays the role played by power in various ways …
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"The Finest Gun in the World"
Derrydale Press
In this long-awaited book, Michael McIntosh reveals information on Fox guns never before published and offers a fascinating look at the busy life and changing times of the mercurial genius behind them.Ansley H. Fox was an inventor, a professional live-pigeon …
View book details for The Dark Fountain
A Novel of Horror
M. Evans & Company
Bible-toting Earle Leonard Nelson fancied himself a man of mission. The Lamb of God, in fact, divinely empowered to cleanse the world of sin. But the priesthood that carried him across the country from San Francisco to Buffalo and ultimately …
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