This volume examines interreligious encounters and dialogue between adherents to African traditional religion, Christianity, and Islam in Sierra Leone. The author is particularly concerned to discover
The academic study of Japanese immigrants and their descendants living abroad has tended to focus on a few aspects, particularly racial discrimination, but social scientists here look at ethnic identi
Until now, important research on the historical records of comets and meteor showers from China, Japan, and Korea has remained the exclusive preserve of those with expertise in the relevant languages.
Frisch and Kelly (both political science, California State U.-Channel Islands) chart the two-year struggle between President Carter and the US Congress over funding for water projects that culminated
Currently an assistant superintendent for an urban school district in the Midwest, Campbell has some 30 years of experience in public education as a teacher, curriculum facilitator, principal, and nat
Pimlott (Niagara U., Niagara Falls, NY) traces the history of EMILY's List--Early Money Is Like Yeast--a political action committee founded in 1985 to support female pro-choice, pro-ERA Democratic can
Hua (political science, U. of Louisville) presents ten chapters examining the relationship between Islam, Muslims, and democratization within the context of Asian cultures from the perspective of theo
The Internet is lowering barriers to information exchange and export to an unprecedented degree. This book is the first systematic investigation of how e-commerce impacts export marketing and perform
This study by Collins (Pepperdine U.) explores the role of higher education in aiding poverty reduction in international development. Building on a theoretical framework that focuses on development, p
Gu is an independent scholar and researcher who worked as a Chinese diplomat in the Middle East, and she has written this volume on Chinese law and politics in order to show how modern legal concepts
Lopez (English literature, U. de Barcelona) analyzes two texts, Carter's Heroes and Villains of 1969 and Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit of 1985, offering a critical discourse. She begins w
Looking at the depiction of British and American institutions that hold captives, Alber (English, University of Freiburg) investigates the ways in which Charles Dickens' mature fiction, prison novels
Masiero (American literature, U. of Venice) argues for the conflation of Philip Roth with his recurring character Nathan Zuckerman, who features in 9 of the prominent author's novels. She contends tha
An expert on Islamic education, Dr. Eeqbal Hassim runs his own consultancy, focusing on teacher professional development across Australia in the area of Muslim education. He holds a PhD in Islamic stu
Lehrer, a post-doctoral researcher at Washington State University's Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, focuses on farm bill debates during the period between 2005 and 2008. The author suggests
Presented by Mbanaso (director, E. Franklin Frazier Center for Social Work Research, Howard U.) and Korieh (history, Marquette U.), 11 chapters explore different facets of the relationship between min
Lang (applied linguistics, U. of Texas-Pan American) presents findings from a 1996-1998 case study investigating the development of article performance in the spontaneous English speech of a nine-year
Klein, a consultant for a school district in Anaheim, presents her study of California Virtual Charter Schools (CAVA) as part of a movement to provide alternatives to traditional schooling. CAVA is sa
Because getting into good Korean universities is so competitive and they are not considered as having as much cachet as overseas schools, well-off parents often travel to North America as part of a 'p
Furniss (art and art history, U. of Texas at Arlington) presents an archaeological study of musical instruments in ancient China during the Eastern Zhou and Han periods that also discusses their role
Cribb (English, Coventry U, UK) presents findings from his recently-completed doctoral studies (U. of Reading, UK) exploring discourse and the non-native English speaker. Cribb's main thesis is that c
This book introduces the resources of contemporary social system theory, as pioneered by the German sociologist Niklas Luhmann and associated theorists. Luhmann's theory is very different from the gen
Sharrad (postcolonial literatures, Wollongong University, Australia) wrote the essays in this volume over a period of several years. They are bound together by the subject of postcolonial writing in E
"It's harder than it looks" Stephenson states in his study of farmers' markets in Oregon. As a professor at Oregon State University and coordinator of the Small Farms Project, he has had ample opportu
He, a highly respected research engineer who has worked for the likes of Panasonic and BrainMedia, delivers this thorough discussion of watermarking technologies and their relationship to copyright p
Ma (East Asian history, University of Louisville) looks at the writing of female journalists in China from 1898 to 1937 through the periodicals that they edited and wrote themselves. Unlike Western fe
This translation of selected poems and essays by the Hindi writer Mahadevi Varma (1907-1987) is a welcome addition to international feminist studies. Anantharam (women's studies and gender research, U
A US Army Judge Advocate (JAG), Stigall believes that we (without explaining who that includes and excludes) must aggressively ferret out, detain, and interrogate terrorists in order to prevent anothe
Futurology is a risky if growing field. In this follow-up to the 2002 Internet use survey reported in Up for Grabs: The Future of the Internet I (2008), Raine (Pew Internet & American Life Project
