Race and racism are interconnected historically and in the modern world. This connection is related to changing social, political, and economic conditions that impact how we think of others and oursel
James (sociology and criminal justice, St. Thomas Aquinas College, New York) and Barbara (criminal justice and political science, Marist College, New York) discuss various theories and practices regar
Scholars of philosophy, religion, and media consider critical thinking within biblical texts, contemporary perspectives on critical thinking and the Bible, postmodern perspectives, voices of caution,
This manual can be used as a supplement to any text in a course in statistics which focuses on behavioral sciences issues, such as psychology, criminal justice, and business. The manual outlines impor
After the collapse of the military regime in 1991, Ethiopia's successor state, which is led by the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has been faced with the task of putting de
These two works belong to that group of books written by one of this century's fiercest and most devoted child advocates. In the first, Korczak uses fiction to reveal the joys and sorrows of a child,
This book explores the increasingly significant role of blacks in the nation's armed services. Blacks represent only 12 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 20 percent of all active duty milita
The Association for Core Texts and Courses (ACTC) asserts its commitment to coming together and speaking about the scientific, the political, and the artistic to live together in an enlightened fashio
African American artists during the Harlem Renaissance were social activists, making a significant contribution to black culture and aesthetics. This book engages the philosophical discourse of Kennet
In the early hours of July 14, 1958. Iraqimilitry officers the British installed Iraqi monarchy. The Free Officers coup initiated an era of military and subsequently British rule that only ended with
This book advances the argument that the events of July 14, 1958, when Iraqi military officers overthrew the British-installed Iraqi monarchy, constituted simultaneously as a coup and a revolution for
Forgotten Reformer traces criminal justice practice and reform developments in late nineteenth-century America through the life and career of Robert McClaughry, a leading reformer. As a warden of one
The result for the history of Judaism of a documentary reading of the Rabbinic canonical sources illustrates the working of that hypothesis. It is the first major outcome of that hypothesis, but there
This Way Out, a report of work done six decades ago in Howard Hall, the maximum security section of St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, DC, is immediately pertinent to today's forensic and mental
This Way Out, a report of work done six decades ago in Howard Hall, the maximum security section of St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C., is immediately pertinent to today's forensic and menta
Choreographing Creativity: Teaching as Artistic and Technical within the Curriculum of Composition views teaching as a combination of artistic and technical elements, similar to a figure skating or d
This book explores financing arrangements in Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda, introducing scholarship on post-colonial healthcare strategies in Africa during a decade of market-oriented healthcare reform.
This book follows a single tractate through the principal documents of formative Judaism as Neusner has presented them. Neusner shows how his academic commentaries, outlines and comparisons and theolo
This book offers the reader a step-by-step, practice-oriented framework for implementing a rural economic development planning strategy through the implementation of broadband telecommunications. The
This extraordinary book brings long years of ethnographic engagement with the Ongee and the Jarawa, otherwise known as the Andaman Islanders, to render an intimate history of their contact with trader
This edited transcript of over 900 pages of testimony, charges, interrogatories, examinations and cross-examinations of the witnesses for and against Navy Captain Uriah Phillips Levy at the Naval Cour
In Immigration and Xenophobia Rosana Barbosa discusses Portuguese migration to Rio de Janeiro from 1822 to 1850 as a significant aspect of the city's history. During the first half of the nineteenth c
The importance of moving toward a national policy to end homelessness is crucial. In this striking examination of the roles that homeless people and the U.S. government play in causing and curtailing
This book has relevance for those interested in understanding Russia's course in international relations under the leadership of Vladimir Putin. This book will inform the reader and is especially rele
Ranging geographically and chronologically across world history, Mazrui (director, Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton U.) explores some of the multifaceted implications of his central co
Sociology was in serious trouble in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Harvard University was down to only 67 students majoring in sociology in 1992. Yale's department faced a 40% cut in faculty and near
Through exploring the particular importance of the fraternal relationship among the dynasties of the Hellenistic world in Thy Brother's Blood, Dr. Benjamin Scolnic demonstrates how adherence to or rej
Compassion, courage, honesty, integrity, loyalty, responsibility, and wisdom are qualities we all admire and desire for our children as well as ourselves. Profiles in Character presents twenty-six ins
The advent of a new media landscape in the Arab world, a landscape that includes the Internet, the transnational satellite news station Al Jazeera, and other challenges to the old state-run monopolist
This timely work discusses the role of Arab transnational media in the emergence of a new pan-Arabism. McArabism, the author suggests, represents the convergence of local tribal identities with global
Historically, James K. Polk is described as a spoilsman who appointed officers based upon their party affiliation rather than their qualifications. This book, however, asserts that Polk merely followe
The first book of its kind, Progressive Dispensationalism presents a comprehensive and collaborative look at the arguments against, and the errors within, the progressive dispensationalist movement. T
Capitalism, maintains Bernstein (State U. of New York at Purchase), "is the only moral political-economic system because it alone embodies the rational principles upon which human survival and prosper
Comparing the Mishnah to four biblical codes and two codes found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, Neusner (Bard College) argues that the Mishnah is unique in its Israelite context of Scripture and traditio
In this book, Jing Luo provides a comprehensive introduction of Chinese life and culture. Designed for use as a college text, Luo's examination combines traditional culture, contemporary culture and c
For his own and other undergraduate philosophy students, who are increasingly hard-headed business majors who want practical answers rather than abstract speculation, Reeves offers an interpretation o
The book investigates the development of Igbo satire from its ritual origins as a censure tool to its present function as an aesthetic/entertainment tool.
