Cost cutting and improving productivity are objectives that have always been--and continue to be--critically important to businesses. Today, being efficient isn't simply "best practice;" it's essentia
This book considers the complexities of human nature from a biological, psychological, and evolutionary standpoint and demonstrates how common modern behaviors can be traced back to early man.
An outstanding resource for contemporary American Indians as well as students and scholars interested in community and ethnicity, this book dispels the myth that all American Indians live on reservati
This book provides a comprehensive, cutting-edge look at the problems that impact the way we conduct intervention and treatment for youth in crisis today—an indispensable resource for practitioners, s
Welcome to the uncertain world of "Radio 2.0"—where podcasts, mobile streaming, and huge music databases are the new reality, as are tweeting deejays and Apple's Siri serving as musi
This revised edition examines North and South Korea's political, socio-economic, and cultural history from Neolithic to the early 21st century, including issues of recent political unrest and preparat
The first cookbook to present the dishes of more than 120 ethnic groups now in America, The American Ethnic Cookbook for Students illustrates how those dishes have changed throughout the years. This c
Covering everything from the arts to food and drink, religion, social customs, and technology, this volume provides an in-depth, accessible look at the social, cultural, economic, and political aspect
This book provides detailed and engaging narratives about 25 pivotal events in Asian American history, celebrates Asian Americans' contributions to U.S. history, and examines the ways their experience
In this reference for general readers in middle school and up, Thorpe (U. of Waikato, New Zealand) draws on six years of research on snowboarding culture in Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand, Switzer
"A wise and gentle guide, Merete Leonhardt-Lupa takes the reader's hand and accompanies her on a most extraordinary journey: pregnancy through new motherhood. A Mother is Born reminds us that the psyc
"An excellent guide to O'Connor, both as an introduction for new readers and a source of supplemental information for those more familiar with her oeuvre." Booklist
Tennessee Williams is generally regarded, along with Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, as one of the greatest American dramatists of the 20th century. This reputation rests upon more than 40 years of
This fascinating study relates horror film to recent interpretations of the body and the self, drawing from feminist film theory, psychoanalytic theory, cultural criticism and gender studies. Applying
This book uses historical commentary and recipes to trace the history of American cooking from the first European contact with Native Americans to the 1970s.
Recent revisions of the idea of "separate spheres," which governed Victorian scholarship of the past two decades, have provoked considerable interest in both domestic and political fiction of the peri
Although their settings span a wide geographical area, from the South Pacific to India, Maugham's exotic short stories, novels, and travelogues all, ultimately, focus on the creation of a masculine Br
