Includes a collection of 168 documents in the form of official letters from military personnel, Indian Agents, and articles…

Writing with grace, humor, and an expert's eye for revealing detail, Susan Baur illuminates the processes by which…

A history of American women activists. It features biographical essays on feminist Bella Abzug and civil rights visionary…

A selection of letters, articles, and notes also includes the short story "A Couple of Writers" and the first chapters of…

Claims that while we are in many ways different from the Greeks the differences are not to be traced to a shift in basic…

Presents a cultural analysis of the conservative shift in national politics that transformed the United States during the…

Presents the story of the national controversy over the SAT and Atkinson's challenge to the dominance of the…

Showing why Afghan activists often chose to use the leverage of Western powers instead of entering into either protracted…

The managers of public organization disregard or handle poorly the critical problems involved in starting and developing new…

Looks at the way we tax the poor in the United States, particularly in the American South, where poor families are often…

Every day we are bombarded by television ads, public service announcements, and media reports warning of dire risks to our…

Explores the long and unsettled history of eugenics in the United States. This book includes shocking details demonstrating…

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In a critique of traditional approaches to autobiography, this text demonstrates that ethnic women can and do speak for…

Looks at how the case of a Kenyan student led to the ruling that the legislative veto in the Immigration and Naturalization…

Why do children seem to desire so much, so often, so soon, and why do parents capitulate so readily? This book teases out…

By analyzing the roots of these competitive after school activities and their contemporary effects, this title…

This treatise defends the literary and political integrity of South African novelist J.M. Coetzee by arguing that he…

What constitutes historical truth? How do we draw a boundary between truth and fiction? What is the relationship between…

Offers a description of the author's stint as a low-wage worker at two national toy store chains: one upscale shop and one…

The people living in rural Africa are being asked by the world community to move their families, change their means of…

Using interviews and other ethnographic materials from Texas and California, this book explores how teachers struggle to…

Gives political-economic analysis that provides historical background on the way American social policy has evolved and…

For thirty-five years Visual Thinking has been the gold standard for art educators, psychologists, and general readers…

Explains how the complex concepts of terroir and gout de terroir are instrumental to France's food and wine culture. This…

Offers a look at American ritual. This title focuses on the Miss America pageant in particular, considering its claim to be…

First published in 1998, this book is useful for those who live with or care about a young child with autism. It charts the…

Presenting a comprehensive and forceful argument against the pharmaceuticalization of medicine, this book tackles problems…

A recent study of corporate managers found that one out of five projects fail primarily because of ineffective transnational…

This collection of essays analyze a variety of cultural forms to demonstrate the centrality of masculine sentiment in…

Drawing on interviews with 115 families, the authors look at how parents plan to use this annual cash windfall to build up…

Taking us on a journey into the nation's school kitchens, this book provides a comprehensive assessment of school food in…

Considers the diverse musics and related identities that jazz communities have shaped over the course of the twentieth…

Until recently, popular biographers and most scholars viewed Alexander the Great as a genius with a plan, a romantic figure…

Provides an explanation for the increase in number of people in US prisons by more than 450%. This book examines the issue…

Dan Pagis (1930-1986) spent three of his adolescent years in a Nazi camp before arriving in Palestine in 1946. He became one…

With a combination of alphabetical and descriptive lists, this title provides all the rhetorical terms - mostly Greek and…

Along with increasing life expectancy comes the knowledge that many Americans will one day enter nursing homes. Drawing on…

In this study, the author moves beyond the impasse of the anti-porn/anti-censorship debate to analyze what hard-core film…

What is the meaning of exile? What is the role of the writer in time of war? What is the relationship of writing (memory) to…

Across the political spectrum, unwed fatherhood is denounced as one of the leading social problems of today. This book looks…

An essay that outlines a perspective for the study of leadership in administrative organizations. It was written in the…

An account of three young women who attended the University of California at Berkeley and became caught up in the tumultuous…

This is a survey of Stoic and Epicurian ideas about the soul - an introduction to two ancient schools whose belief in the…

Drawing on the academic literature and his own familiarity with current trends and controversies, Fiorino offers a view of…

This text studies conventional assumptions about public opinion, elections, and political expression in an aim to show how…

Is Marxism a reflection of the conceptual system it fights against, rather than a truly comprehensive approach to human…

This monograph explores the way that traditional oratory in a Samoan village has been shaped by the needs of the political…