Although all advanced industrial societies have urban and regional development policies, such policy in the United States historically has taken on a very distinct form. Compared with the more top-dow
This text provides an analysis of the social and cultural impacts of war, social unrest and political violence in two societies that have undergone traumatic conflict and upheaval. By investigating va
Anthropologists consider the single undisturbed site that remains to demonstrate the life of the Cayuga people in upstate New York before the 1779 Sullivan Campaign in which the new US government dest
Segall presents this book based on 20 years of research spurred by her experiences in Kurdistan in the early 1990s, which she refers to as the "forgotten spring" in analogy to the recent Arab Spring.
This publication explores the tensions between the extraliterary (historical, social, and political) and the literary in Hebrew fiction from the late nineteenth century forward. The roots for this tit
"Irishness" has often meant self-dramatization because Ireland is commonly represented, and has historically represented itself, as a nation of storytellers, musicians, and virtuoso performers. Like m
Social performances, particularly instances of oral storytelling suitable after a few drinks, are embedded in the fiction of James Joyce and the drama of Samuel Beckett, says Friedman (English and com
Sixteen contributions provide a systematic critical examination of the complex nature of Middle East politics from a citizenship perspective. Topics include the citizenship approach from the perspecti
Our Democracy and the American Indian and Other Works is a compilation and academic review of Laura Cornelius Kellogg’s written work, most notably, Our Democracy and the American Indian: A Presentatio
Successful learning communities can reinvent undergraduate education for the better. This volume explores the challenges, opportunities, and strategies involved in creating learning communities that
Cuno (history, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Desai (women's studies, U. of Connecticut) present a collection of 12 papers originally presented in preliminary versions at the eponymous intern
Through the lens of cultural studies, 14 essays explore the way that women writers attempted to use their writings and their personal relationships to fashion gender roles and other political cultural
Originally published by Greenwood Press (1987); presented here with a new preface by the editors. Thirteen essays by historians, sociologists, anthropologists, philosophers, political scientists, and
Since W. B. Yeats wrote in 1890 that "the man of science is too often a person who has exchanged his soul for a formula," the anti-scientific bent of Irish literature has often been taken as a given.
Since W. B. Yeats wrote in 1890 that "the man of science is too often a person who has exchanged his soul for a formula," the anti-scientific bent of Irish literature has often been taken as a given.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is perhaps the greatest surviving work of early Mesopotamian literature. According to legend, Gilgamesh built the city walls of Uruk, modern-day Iraq, to protect his people from
In the final volume of the Memory Ireland series, scholars of English literature and Irish studies who specialize in Joyce explore his use of and contribution to cultural memory. They cover amnesia, f
Literature scholars, historians, and political and other social scientists focus on two periods that stand out in Irish history the way certain moments stand out in an individual's memory. Rather than
With neoliberal assumptions dominating much of the academic peacebuilding literature, this volume edited by Smith (sociology, U. of Pittsburgh) and Verdeja (political science and peace studies, U. of
Lindio-McGovern (sociology, Indiana U.) and Wallimann (Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse U.) present 11 papers that explore experiences of Third World women with the gendered
Treasured in the Arab-American literary community, Through and Through is a collection of ten broadly interrelated stories originally published in 1990. One of the first books of modern Arab American
Ireland has been rated the number one place to live because it successfully combines the most desirable elements of a modern society—the world’s fourth highest GDP per person and
In the past twenty-five years Iran has experienced a revolution and a turbulent post revolutionary period under an Islamic state that declared itself the government of the oppressed while it struggled
Written by scholars from a range of disciplines concerned with the Middle East and Islam (history, religious studies, anthropology, sociology, political science) and covering the Muslim world extensiv
Kilito (French, Muhammad V U., Rabat, Morocco) explores the nature of authorship, the multifarious issues of personal and cultural ownership, and the different ways of challenging and subverting such
Kheirabadi (international studies, Portland State U. and social science Marylhurst U.) explores the rationale behind the physical structure and spatial patterns of traditional Iranian cities. Very fe
Ten essays explore the contributions of Jews to American sports. Including an introductory overview of the topic, the essays discuss: Jewish boxers from 1890 to 1950, Jewish women athletes, Jews and t
This book debunks the conventional stereotype that Jews and sports are somehow anathema and clearly demonstrates that sports have long been a significant institution in Jewish American life.Jews were
In this charming autobiographical essay, Albert Schweitzer tells of his first nineteen years in Upper Alsace and his youthful discoveries of religion, music, and the inspiration of friendship. Even in
