Building Walls puts the recent calls to build a border wall along the US-Mexico border into a larger social and historical context. Its three sections contrast categorical thinking and anti-immigrant
Ethnography as Risky Business addresses how to carry out ethnographic fieldwork on socio-political conflict and collective violence with a focus on the global south. Drawing on real-life case studies,
How Can So Many Be Wrong presents the knowledge needed to analyze and judge where eyewitnesses are the linchpin of the case. It presents current findings of all state supreme courts and the Federal Ci
This volume examines halakha and the challenge of the Israeli sovereignty. It traces the use and collective recognition of halakhic sources from the late 19th century to the first decades of the estab
In American Lovers, Victor de Munck draws on evolutionary, cognitive, and social theories to present a cultural model of romantic love. de Munck draws on interviews with gay, straight, and polyamorous
This book studies the development of expressions of female adolescent sexuality in the United States from 1850 to 1965. It suggests that during this time, adolescent girls went from being perceived as
Narrative Productions of Meaning explores how stories, ranging from self-stories to those told by media, social activists, politicians, social policy makers, and social service providers, shape the me
The decision by the British Raj in 1917 to permit Indians into the Indian Army's officer corps was a key turning point in modern South Asian military history. This book analyzes the political, mil
This book explores the fine line between fiction and history and considers how France’s cultural production has contributed to shaping the image of the French Resistance. Though an examination o
This is the untold story of the brave Korean men who took to the skies more than twenty years before the Tuskegee Airmen fought in World War II. It identifies the first Korean aviator and ties the ori
This book addresses the growing concern that few practicing teachers in the United States are prepared to handle the demands of educating students for our changing global context.
The Green Thread is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that takes the risk of departing from the long-standing human perception of plants—defined by what they are thought to lack, includi
Using the rubric of the “Global South,” this volume allows scholars from underrepresented regions to offer commentary on the ecological conditions and environmental cultures in the develop
Linda Hogan and Contemporary Taiwanese Writers: an Ecocritical Study of Indigeneities and Environment forges links between an author whose work belongs to a well known body of indigenous literature, N
Revisioning War Trauma in Cinema: Uncoming Communities is timely, participating in the debate concerning trauma and representation, and offers a Lacanian augmentation to current understanding. The boo
Hume says we never have grounds to believe in miracles. He’s right, but many commentators misunderstand his theory of probability and therefore his argument. This book shows that Humean probabil
Race and Partisanship in California Redistricting covers fifty years of redistricting in California, tracing the interaction between race and partisanship and directly tying California’s success
This book combines Latin American literature, cultural and gender studies, and history of science to consider the literary perspective of the discourse of natural history in women’s travel narra
In a 1967–68 interview to be published posthumously, the founder of Russian formalism Viktor Shklovsky spoke freely and without fear of censorship about life in Russia and his relationship with
Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education examines forms of pedagogy such as service-learning, experiential learning, and problem-based learning in order to determine how students make connec
Ethical veganism is the view that raising animals for food is an immoral practice that must be stopped because of the harm it causes to the animals, the environment, and our health. Carlo Alvaro argue
This study comprehensively and systematically explores how Theodore Roosevelt understood, massed, and wielded power to pursue his vision for an America that was the world’s most prosperous, just
This book argues for the importance of second chances and the importance of human services within the communities most affected by crime and the criminal justice system.
This book explores Larkin’s engagement with popular culture both as a threat to poetic authority and as a necessary form of cultural capital. It reveals the processes by which the social, contem
In conversation with the ethical-theological-philosophical role of love in the Abrahamic traditions and U.S. immigration, personal testimonies of refugee families seeking asylum join the witness of th
Big Box Schools examines the current educational reform movement and the negative impact of the adoption of the big box business model to public education, especially on students, families, and commun
This book explains the foreign policy of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. It argues that Renzi’s domestic focus and outsider status are critical in allowing us to make sense of Renzi’s
The Struggle over Human Rights uses empirical evidence to prove that pressures placed by the NIEO on the international system shaped the human rights doctrine of the Carter administration. Carter&rsqu
Gisella Perl’s memoir is an extraordinarily candid account of women’s extreme efforts to survive Auschwitz. It was the first memoir by a woman survivor and established the model for unders
Gisella Perl’s memoir is an extraordinarily candid account of women’s extreme efforts to survive Auschwitz. It was the first memoir by a woman survivor and established the model for unders
This book uses historical and contemporary cases to underscore the promise and perils of medical activism or silence during humanitarian crises. The author argues that both totalitarian and democratic
This book demonstrates how media technologies shape amateur sports and how some of these sports are modified. The author uses an innovative measuring approach to analyze how people use media technolog
This volume examines the complexities created by Pokémon GO—the smartphone augmented reality game— from an anthropological perspective. Through detailed text analyses, links to wide
This book expands on moral injury discourse and defines a new approach to conceptualizing and addressing moral injuries by articulating a new term—moral orienting systems—that better descr
In 1913the United States was one of the last major economies to establish a central bank. This book examines the history and evolution of central banking in the United States from the perspective of c
This book examines politics in terms of space fiction, international relations and theory, using the Star Wars and Star Trek television and movie franchises to illustrate these dimensions.
