This compelling book explores the challenges to theory, politics, and human identity that we face on the threshold of the third millennium. It follows on the successor of Best and Kellner's two previo
Massive geopolitical shifts and dramatic developments in computerization and biotechnology are heralding the transformation from the modern to the postmodern age. We are confronted with altered modes
This study of a southern city during WWII combines descriptive narrative and analysis to reveal how the war altered the city and the lives of its residents, and demonstrates how factors such as race,
"One of the greatest sources of prophetic vision is found by better understanding our past," says Rick Joyner. "I studied Christ's interaction with the apostles as well as the life of t
An essential resource for students of social policy and social welfare as well as for social welfare practitioners and other human services professionals, this text examines the policymaking activity
This text addresses the difficulties of balancing the imperatives of sustainability with the pressing challenges facing some of the world's most underdeveloped areas. Various perspectives are brought
Dew discusses the ways World War II impacted Charlotte and the lives of its residents. Prominence is given to the interaction of religions, race, ethnicity, class, gender, and religion in shaping the
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A common misconception holds that Marco Polo "opened up" a closed and recalcitrant "Orient" to the West. However, this sweeping history covering 4,000 years of international relations from the perspec
This introduction defines higher education distance learning and discusses its trends, technology, distance learners, student development approaches, supportive distance communities, and student affai
Stretching from the shores of Turkey to the Ionian Sea east of Italy, the Greek islands have been the crossroads of the Mediterranean since the time of Homer. Over the centuries, Phoenicians, Athenia
Historians' conception of plantation life in the American South, both post- and antebellum, derives almost exclusively from the written record, hence mainly from the white owners' perspectives. In Cre
Do I Need to See the Doctor? has been designed to assist you with some of life's common health problems. It won't replace your doctor, but it will give you the knowledge you need to begin to deal with
Manufacturing systems don't exist in a vacuum, isolated from the rest of the company, but they are often managed that way. A truly effective, highly competitive manufacturing company integrates its ma
This book examines the lives of the men and women who emerged from the margins of Philippine society to mobilize a mass following.Instead of focusing on national heroes, this volume f
A fundamental goal of biological research on ontogeny is to discover when and how developmental changes can be induced as well as the consequences, limits, and mechanisms underlying such changes. With
Germans to America provides both genealogists and researchers of family history with the first extensive, indexed source of German-surname immigrants who came to all ports in the United States between
In her University of BC Sedgewick Lecture for 1999, Sandra Djwa relates the life and times of two illustrious professors of English who were among the most influential teachers in Canada's history. Fr
Scholars, creative writers, poets, translators, and biographers contribute 34 essays on American writer Bishop (1911-79). Their concerns include her crucial and troubled relationship with her birthpla
The Great Good Place argues that "third places" - where people can gather, put aside the concerns of work and home, and hang out simply for the pleasures of good company and lively conversation - are
Spanning the years 1840-1875, Beyond the Boundaries focuses on the settlement of Upper Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, telling the story of reluctant pioneers who attempted to establish a decent measur
This collection brings together twenty-seven essays by influential literary and cultural historians, as well as representatives of the vanguard of postmodernist economics. Contributors include: Jean-J
Paul visits a city park through the seasons and observes Mallard ducks as they develop from egg to duckling to fledgling, in a new title of a nature series that features flaps with interesting facts h
In a new addition to a nature series which features interesting facts hidden under flaps, Jenny watches a pond through spring and summer and witnesses six stages in the life cycle of a Leopard Frog.
