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Jarret Ruminski examines ordinary lives in Confederate-controlled Mississippi to show how military occupation and the ravages of war tested the meaning of loyalty during America's greatest rift. The extent of southern loyalty to the Confederate...

How women have expanded the creative reach of calypso, soca, and steelband musicIn the 1990s, expressive culture in the Caribbean was becoming noticeably more feminine. At the annual Carnival of Trinidad and Tobago, thousands of female masqueraders...

An international reassessment of the great writer's workContributions by Robert Butler, Ginevra Geraci, Yoshinobu Hakutani, Floyd W. Hayes III, Joseph Keith, Toru Kiuchi, John W. Lowe, Sachi Nakachi, Virginia Whatley Smith, and John ZhengCritics in this...

Conversations with Madeleine L'Engle is the first collection of interviews with the beloved children's book author best known for her 1962 Newbery Award-winning novel, A Wrinkle in Time. However, Madeleine L'Engle's accomplishments as a...

This volume brings together the most up to date analyses of civil society in Africa from the best scholars and researchers working on the subject. Being the first of its kind, it casts a panoramic look at the African continent, drawing out persisting, if...

Multicultural aspects of psychology have received some attention in the literature in the last decade. A number of texts currently address these significant concerns, for example, Counseling the Culturally Different (Sue & Sue, 2008); Handbook of...

This handbook addresses universal developmental and cultural factors contributing to child and adolescent mental health and well-being across the globe. It examines sociocultural contexts of development and identifies children's and adolescents'...

This book is comprised of a collection of essays compiled by presenters who attended the annual Peace as a Global Language Conference at Rikkyo University in 2013, which took as its theme Peace and Welfare in the Local and Global Community. From civil...

About 2500 years ago Daniel, the Hebrew prophet, penned some incredible words. He wrote a history book in reverse, as it were. He was seeing forward through 'history' in the same way we look back through it. Quite an incredible claim, yet as is...

Sobre la obraAl hablar de Teoría Fundamentada, los nombres de Glaser, Strauss-Corbin y Charmaz surgen como las tres perspectivas principales para elaborar una TF. Sin embargo, son pocos quienes han determinado las implicaciones de orden ontológico,...

Goddess Pages: Honey, Full Moons and Daggers is as much a journey through womanhood, as it is an exquisitely written book of poetry. Through words, Shepsa courses through the faces of the Goddess; seductively sensual, heroically maternal, and radically...

West Medford, Massachusetts has been home to a thriving African American community, where families have lived for generations since the end of the Civil War. The stories of its residents have been fading as elders die and families move away. Most of the...

This exploratory study aimed at assessing the cultural determinants of the weight of health problems in Cameroon with focus on the experience of person living with epilepsy in the Manguissa community. It also took into consideration socio-economic and...

This book is about the year 2011and the 99%. In a rush to punish President Obama, the 99% elected more of the "NO" party into office in the 2010 midterms. Even after eight years of economic manipulations which resulted in our financial meltdown, the 99%...

En el "Altar del perro", Mandutre nos expone con gracia y crudeza algunas de las consecuencias de un grave problema social: la pobreza. Muchas mujeres, en estado de indefensión, se ven obligadas a prostituirse para obtener dinero y, así, satisfacer sus...

On a dark night on a dark road in Northern Los Angeles oncoming white lights suddenly slanted and went askance from the roadway. But the vehicle didn't stop - instead it immediately regained it's straight-on trajectory and came again towards them and...

I believe reading and writing are essential tools neededevery day to expand on a child's literacy and comprehension skills. Expanding their vocabularyis very important for not only articulation but communicative skills. I do also believe thatreading as a...

The is an activity book made for children which will talk about feminism and just being a woman.*There are some pages that show parts of the women's body. It is meant for a child to learn about the woman's body.*

This book is for both managers and those they manage. It is for both individuals and teams. It is a practical book which, I hope, will speak to both your hearts and your minds.Since this book was first published in 2000, I have received many...

The Future of Work and Life ReimaginedIn a world where technology evolves at breakneck speed, one question remains pertinent: how will Artificial Intelligence reshape our future? AI-Powered Tomorrow: How Humanoid Robots Will Transform Labor and Daily...

This book is all about the writer's almost accidental experiences as an independent 'insider' living in a range of African communities while developing some strong friendships. Each chapter brings surprises as she survives perils, challenges and some...

Reading the Chronicles of an Appalachian Woman will inspire one with hope. Today´s culture consist of extraordinary lack but be assured that there are positive solutions in a crying and dying generation. Kay is a Christian single woman who made the...

My LegacyA couple of weeks before my mother's death, she called me aside and said, "I want you to be the executor of my estate. Your older brother Eric is too busy. I want you to do it." I felt very unworthy and unqualified for the task, but I agreed to...

Newman has taken a subject that has spanned decades and caused grave problems to all concerned, namely the Middle East, and offers a unique solution to the conflict there. First, he gives us a comprehensive view of the entire area; the historical and the...

A young man is excited as he joins the Ugandan army to serve his nation and better his life. Little did he know that the regime he is serving in is one of the greatest dictators to be known to the world. Mica takes us through his hard childhood, training...

Beast Too: Dead Man Writing is the most recent compilation of columns written by America's most prolific Black newspaper journalist, Lucius Gantt! This book is a must have for anyone desiring to know the truth about African-American feelings about life,...

In Reflections in the Dark Room: The Black Essays, author Richard Kenyada examines the rich mosaic of contemporary African American culture - from politics, race and war, to love, self-reliance and personal responsibility. With the election of Barack...

Ø More than 1.2 million people die in road traffic crashes every yearØ As many as 50 million people are injured or disabled by road traffic crashes every yearØ Road traffic crashes cost countries up to 4% of their Gross National ProductØ ...

Aims to construct an economic philosophy from indigenous African thought.

Juxtaposes feminist and queer activism in Britain and the United States in the face of resurgent conservatism during the 1980s.

Conversations with prominent Italian feminist thinkers Lea Melandri, Luisa Muraro, and Adriana Cavaero, as well as three essays - appearing in English for the first time - by author, journalist, and renown political figure Rossana Rossanda.

Traces the Trump administration's surprising support for LGBTI human rights abroad to Trump's indifference and the cynicism and political interests of Christian conservative elites.

Essays in the field of comparative world religions and corresponding axial civilizations.The post-World War II idea of the Axial Age by Karl Jaspers, and as elaborated into the sociology of axial civilizations by S. N. Eisenstadt in the later twentieth...

Investigates the professional practices of astrologers in urban India and their popularity among the educated middle and upper classes.

Finalist in the 2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Social Sciences categoryRomantic Mediations investigates the connections among British Romantic writers, their texts, and the history of major forms of technical media from the turn of...

Bringing together theoretical perspectives from both comparative politics and public law, this book examines the reasons why certain countries criminalize same-sex activities while others have carved into law the requirement that sexual minority...

Focusing on the broad range of attitudes Black people employ to make sense of their Blackness, this volume offers the latest research on racial identity. The first section explores meaning-making, or the importance of holding one type of racial-cultural...