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Medical ethics is the disciplined study of medical morality, with two goals: critically appraising current medical morality and identifying how it should be improved. Medical morality has three components. Physicians, patients, communities, and policy makers have beliefs about what is …
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The Teachers Guide to Technology in the Classroom
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Remixing the Curriculum offers educators a way to rethink traditional curricular approaches through a curricular remix, a concept in which a curriculum becomes different from its original form, retaining its basic foundational elements, but experiencing a metamorphosis to create a …
View book details for How to Demolish Racism
Lessons from the State of Hawai'i
Lexington Books
This book describes racist rule in Hawaii during the first half of the twentieth century and how statehood made possible a fundamental transformation. Based on a multicultural ethos, top political power shifted from Whites to Japanese and later to other …
View book details for Plato the Teacher
The Crisis of the Republic
Lexington Books
In this unique and important book, William Altman shines a light on the pedagogical technique of the playful Plato, especially his ability to create living discourses that directly address the student. Reviving an ancient concern with reconstructing the order in …
View book details for Adorno and Philosophical Modernism
The Inside of Things
Lexington Books
Adorno and Philosophical Modernism: The Inside of Things offers an original interpretation and vigorous defense of Theodor Adornos idea of philosophy as the practice of what Roger Foster calls philosophical modernism. Adornos philosophical writings, from the early 1930s to the …
View book details for Nigeria, Africa, and the United States
Challenges of Governance, Development, and Security
Lexington Books
The U.S. Department of Defense is fighting a new shadow war in Africa. Africa is the battlefield of tomorrow, and the United States military is spreading secret wars in the continent. This book explores how and why this has happened. …
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Percussion instruments such as drums, cymbals, gongs, and xylophones comprise one of the largest and ever-expanding areas of music performance, composition, and sound effects. Profusely illustrated, A Dictionary for the Modern Percussionist and Drummer is an essential resource for any …
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This is the first book to present both the arguments for and against Barack Obamas presidency and its policies. In it, prominent political scientists and Washington think tank scholars address Obamas domestic, economic and foreign policies and his political legacy. …
View book details for Strategies for Success among African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans
Overachieve, Be Cheerful, or Confront
Lexington Books
How can African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans from the former British colonies be so different in their approaches toward social mobility? Chrystal Y. Grey and Thomas Janoski state that this is because native blacks grow up as strangers in their own …
View book details for The Mexican American Community College Experience
Fostering Resilience, Achieving Success
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
The Mexican American Community College Experience addresses the challenge ofeducating Mexican American students, the largest segment of the growing Latino population, in community colleges, the largest institutions in todays landscape of higher education. It describes the cultivation of resilience in …
View book details for Nietzsche and Classical Greek Philosophy
Beautiful and Diseased
Lexington Books
Nietzsche and Classical Greek Philosophy: Beautiful and Diseased explains Friedrich Nietzsches ambivalence toward Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Daw-Nay N. R. Evans Jr. argues that Nietzsches relationship to his classical Greek predecessors is more subtle and systematic than previously believed. He …
View book details for Gender Quotas in South America's Big Three
National and Subnational Impacts
Lexington Books
Since the return of democracy to Latin America, policies intended to promote the inclusion of women and other underrepresented groups have been increasingly adopted throughout the region. Gender quotas have been one of the most popular and effective mechanisms employed …
View book details for On the Private and Public Virtues of an Honorable Entrepreneur
Preventing a Separation of the Honorable and the Useful
Lexington Books
Alexis de Tocquevilles writings on honor, and his observation that a democracys definition of honor stands for the peculiar individual character of that nation before the world, provide inspiration for an ideal entrepreneurial innovator discussed in this book. Beginning with …
View book details for Reading the Novels of John Williams
A Flaw of Light
Lexington Books
John Williams, as the New Yorker noted recently, was author of the greatest American novel youve have never heard of. He died in obscurity, but has enjoyed a literary renaissance due to the worldwide critical acclaim greeting recent reissues of …
View book details for English Learners at the Top of the Class
Reading and Writing for Authentic Purposes
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
English Learners at the Top of the Class is a practice oriented book that also contributes to the professional literature. It is written for teacher candidates and both new and experienced practicing teachers who want to design and deliver effective …
Lexington Books
The Mythology of the Animal Farm in Childrens Literature: Over the Fence analyzes the ways in which myths about farmed animals lives are perpetuated in childrens materials. Specifically, this book investigates the use of five recurring thematic devices in about …
View book details for The Mythology Surrounding Freud and Klein
Implications for Psychoanalysis
Lexington Books
In The Mythology Surrounding Freud and Klein, Charlotte Schwartz challenges the current misperceptions and theoretical ideas surrounding Sigmund Freud and Melanie Klein through a systematic review of their respective theoretical work and clinical studies. Specifically, Schwartz argues against the current …
View book details for Chinas Assistance Program in Xinjiang
A Sociological Analysis
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Chinas Assistance Program in Xinjiang: A Sociological Analysis examines the partnership assistance program (PAP) in Xinjiang of northwestern China, which was initially implemented by the Chinese government during the 1990s. It was dramatically upgraded in 2010 following the 2009 riot …
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How to Build Brands and Business by Inspiring Action
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How can marketers navigate the growing array of marketing specialties, multiplying media options and data sources, and increasing content saturation to improve effectiveness and return on investment?How can they provide consumers with seamless experiences of value across channels that overcome …
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A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents about What Matters Most
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Finding Quality Early Childcareis a tool for parents to use in selecting quality childcare that best meets the needs of their family. This book reviews foundational elements of childcare, such as health and safety features, while explaining educational strategies, including …
Lexington Books
Working Women in American Literature, 18651950 consists of eight original essays by literary, historical, and multicultural critics on the subject of working women in late-nineteenth- to mid-twentieth-century American literature. The volume examines how the American working woman has been presented, …
View book details for How the Police Generate False Confessions
An Inside Look at the Interrogation Room
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Despite the rising number of confirmed false confession cases, most people have a hard time grasping why someone would confess to a crime they did not commit, or even why a guilty person would admit to something that could put …
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Re-Imagining and Re-Purposing Our Schools
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Children enter the world curiously hard-wired for creativity and imagination. After a few short years of school, something drastically changes for them. Why? There is an unmistakable and deliberate attempt to control the learning of young people who find themselves …
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U.S. Latino Literature is defined as Latino literature within the United States that embraces the heterogeneous inter-groupings of Latinos. For too long U.S. Latino literature has not been thought of as an integral part of the overall shared American literary …
View book details for The Energy Wise Workplace
Practical and Cost-Effective Ideas for a Sustainable and Green Workplace
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Most people spend a good deal of time and a little more than half of their energy, money and resources in an effort to make their homes more efficient, for both themselves and the planet. But five days a week …
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