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My story begins in Montreal on August 6, 1931, the day before my father died. I was not quite five years old, and I was the fourth of six siblings that my mother was left to raise-at the height of the so-called Great Depression. I trace and comment on my...

As one of the fastest growing trends in higher education, study abroad programs are having a critical impact on the educational landscape. While international study programs generate more revenue and promote campus diversity, there are several challenges...

The media plays an intricate role in the political economy of developing nations as it conveys the social issues and impacts of a government's legislation and policy. However, information is often miscommunicated or biased in emergent economies as media...

Este libro busca que la conciencia se abra como una flor en primavera, que despierte como un oso después del invierno y con ella encontremos la tolerancia y respeto que innegablemente nos conducirá a la reconciliación con nosotros mismos y los demás,...

Las ideas acerca de estructura social y de redes sociales son tan antiguas como la humanidad misma. La gente siempre ha creído que los lazos biológicos y sociales entre los individuos son importantes. Pero no fue sino hasta principios de la década de los...

La navegación por la vida, puede convertir a las personas en instruidos marineros. Saber dar soluciones en los momentos de mayor riesgo para el naufragio, es la prueba que te convierte en el hábil capitán de tu propio barco. Si toda esta aventura, queda...

An applied case of psychology of religion to children's mental development, age-based perspectives on religion, and mental construction, covering the factors that act in the formation of religious identity.

From the beginning of time, certain women-Catherine the Great, Golda Meir, Nancy Pelosi, Margaret Thatcher, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and others-have been beacons, inspiring those who followed to fight against injustice and for ultimate equality. They often...

After Barbara Frechette arrived in Colombia in 1994 as the wife of the United States ambassador, she witnessed the fascinating rise of powerful women leaders during the uncertainty of a dangerous drug war that raged for years. Fascinated as to how and...

Despite continuing ageist beliefs that sexuality is a privilege designed only for the young and physically healthy, research continues to indicate that the majority of older adults maintain interest in sexuality and may engage in fulfilling sexual...

Although generally considered adult disorders, anxiety and depression are widespread among children and adolescents, affecting academic performance, social development, and long-term outcomes. They are also difficult to treat and, especially when they...

Rising numbers of young children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders means more students with ASD entering pre-school and the elementary grades. For these young learners, individualized instruction toward measurable goals is crucial to effective...

Monisha Pasupathi and Kate C. McLean Where Have You Been, Where Are You Going? Narrative Identity in Adolescence How can we help youth move from childhood to adulthood in the most effective and positive way possible? This is a...

Chapter 1 societal wisdom chapter 2 ideology and dictatorship chapter 3 idealsm and realism chapter 4 societal models chapter 5 ethics in society chapter 6 empirical and add the chapter 7 designing society chapter 8 re-designing society chapter 9...

No one who met Ella Young ever forgot her. Ella Young immigrated to the United States in 1925 at the age of 58, disillusioned by Ireland's civil war. In America she found a revitalizing natural beauty and a wide circle of friends among the artists and...

Through the lenses of evolutionary biology and cultural evolution, small groups of 20 to 100 people are the primary organisms within human society - in contrast to individuals, corporations, and nation states. The implications for our civilisation are...

Pensi a Roma e pensi a tutto quello che è Roma. Pensi al bello che c'era a Roma e al bello che non c'è più.

Shuttling Nomads in Mobile Times.-Research Methodology.-Identity, Interpersonal Networking, and Enterprise Management.-Seven Vignettes.-The Spatial Triangulation of Immigrant Entrepreneurship.-Association: Mediating Self-Identities.-The Double-Edged...

Parental participation has long been recognized as a positive factor in children's education. Research consistently shows that parents' contributions to their children's education lead to improvements in their academic and behavioral outcomes, from...

Bullying. Gang assaults. Rampage shootings. School violence, especially when it turns deadly, has enduring social and psychological effects on students, faculty, staff, and the community. And though a great deal of research focuses on the significant...

Causes.- Prevalence and Associated Conditions.- Case Finding and Screening.- Diagnostic Assessment.- Diagnostic Assessment.- Treatment.

Future Orientation: A Conceptual Framework.- The Evolution of Future Orientation from Infancy to Early and Middle Childhood.- Future Orientation in Personality Contexts.- How Gender Affects Future Orientation in Different Cultural Contexts.- The Affect...

The External Assets.- The Support Assets.- The Empowerment Assets.- The Boundaries-and-Expectations Assets.- The Constructive-Use-of-Time Assets.- The Internal Assets.- The Commitment-to-Learning Assets.- The Positive Values Assets.- The...

The Presence of English Sociocultural, Acquisitional, and Media Dimensions.- English in Europe.- An Empirical Approach to the Presence of English.- Descriptive Findings on the Presence of English.- Determinants of Contact, Proficiency, and Attitudes.-...

Introduction: The Social, Health, and Economic Consequences of Pastoral Sedentarization in Marsabit District, Northern Kenya.- The Setting: Pastoral Sedentarization in Marsabit District, Northern Kenya.- Time, Terror, and Pastoral Inertia:...

The ceramic assemblages from the Nabta Playa and Bir Kiseiba area have played an important role in recognizing and defining the cultural sequence in the Egyptian Western desert. The exploration of the desert sites has yielded a...

Trends in Youth Offending in Europe.- The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.- Young People's Rights: The Role of the Council of Europe.- Criminal Responsibility of Adolescents: Youth as Junior Citizenship.- Parental Responsibility for Youth...

At-Risk Youth: Identifying, Charting, and Explaining the Course of Early Involvement with Crime.- Reputation-Enhancing Goals: The Theory of Deliberate Choice.- Measuring Delinquency, Goals, and Reputational Orientations in Young Persons.- Children at...

Policing and Community in the New Security Environment.- International Counter-Terrorism Lessons: A Victorian Case Study.- Policing Democracy: The Altered Policy and Legal Environment.- The Police.- Counter-Terrorism Policing.- Communities Respond to...

IntroductionSophie Body-GendrotPart One: Contested DefinitionsPieter SpierenburgViolence: Reflections About a WordWillem de HaanViolence as an Essentially Contested ConceptPart Two: Long-Term TrendsDag LindströmHomicide in Scandinavia: Long-Term Trends...

This book has been many years in the making. My intention of writing this book is to share with people my memoirs so they can receive knowledge and comfort concerning angels and actual death experience.Author's Astrological Reading for 09-09-09:Sharing...

Drawing on contemporary and historic literary and media examples of Western colonialism and Anglophone writings, Disability, the Environment, and Colonialism traces how the perverse nature of colonialism continues to dominate the globe today.The editor...

Draws on the rich history of Black feminist writing to help scholars manage the stress of writing and publishing academic books.Writing scholarly books is stressful, and academic publishing can be intimidating-especially for women, queer folks, and...

This fully updated and revised edition includes fourteen new chapters on contemporary topics such as critical race theory, decolonizing the curriculum, economics education, and children's rights.The Social Studies Curriculum, Fifth Edition updates the...

Explores the role of the South in Black queer lesbian experiences of hurting and healing.Snapping Beans offers a collective narrative of Southern queer lesbian women and gender-nonconforming persons. Throughout the text, the American South acts as both a...

Presents the history of central New York State from the Ice Age to the present day.The central part of New York State, the homeland of the Oneida Haudenosaunee people, helped shape American history. This book tells the story of the land and the people...

The saga of New York's push to build two minor-league baseball stadiums, colored by dollars, politics, and dreams.Bush League, Big City tells the interwoven stories of two low-level minor league baseball teams brought to New York City in the late 1990s...

Establishes the central role of Afro-Puerto Ricans in the island's history and the creation of its capital city, San Juan.Originally published in Spanish in 1985 as part of a book series commissioned by Banco Popular, this slim volume makes an invaluable...

Contextualizes Sabha Theatre historically, politically, and aesthetically, revealing how it expresses a Tamil Brahmin identity that is at once traditional and modern.

Offers a new interpretation of the century-long relationship between the Western film genre and Native American filmmaking.In Native Recognition, Joanna Hearne persuasively argues for the central role of Indigenous image-making in the history of American...

Jared Hunter was fine with focusing his energy on work. He'd been able to work his way up the chain at the accounting firm, gaining the trust of the president of the company. He was perfectly satisfied with a life that forced the rumor mill to make up...

The 2019 Chinese drama Chén Qíng Lìng (CQL; translated The Untamed) quickly became a massive phenomenon, drawing millions of viewers in China and beyond. Its resonant story, rich cast of characters, and striking production captured audience attention...

Ageing of the Oppressed: A Pandemic of Intersectional Injustice explores what it is like to grow older with accumulating and intersecting discrimination. It condemns ageism and other "isms."

The book analyses the successful and impressive efforts of Chinese sportswomen in their collective striving for, and achieving of, national and international recognition, status and supremacy. Owing to their international ascendancy, these Chinese...

En Escrituras de lo diabólico, Carlos Mario Mejía Suárez estudia obras latinoamericanas donde la imagen diabólica se usa para mapear la representación literaria de formas problemáticas de alteridad. Frente a trabajos que se concentran en el diablo ya...

The book establishes that the ethnic problems in Myanmar can be solved only if the Myanmar government and the ethnic minorities in the mountainous areas, that is the frontier peoples, foster a new relationship on the basis of economic development, equal...

The book challenges white and Western feminist approaches to embodied politics, or the use of the body in everyday enactments of resistance, while mapping transgressive performances of femininities by the funkeiras, marginalized women and transfeminine...