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The Catholic University of America Press Augustine in His Own Words
Book SynopsisThis volume offers a comprehensive portrait of St. Augustine (354-430) drawn from the breadth of his writings and from the long course of his career. One chapter is devoted to each of his masterpieces (Confessions, On the Trinity, and City of God) and one
£27.96
John Wiley & Sons Into God
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Rutgers University Press Reel Vulnerability Power Pain and Gender in
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Probing and insightful prose combined with brilliant textual analysis makes Reel Vulnerability a welcome and original addition to gender film criticism.” -- Dennis Bingham * author of Whose Lives Are They Anyway?: The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre *"By challenging the assumption that the suffering body is vulnerable, Hagelin creates an alternate logic for feminist scholars that demands that we rethink Hollywood’s uses of pain and victimization as entrees to gender." -- Susan Jeffords * University of Washington *“Probing and insightful prose combined with brilliant textual analysis makes Reel Vulnerability a welcome and original addition to gender film criticism.” -- Dennis Bingham * author of Whose Lives Are They Anyway?: The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre *"By challenging the assumption that the suffering body is vulnerable, Hagelin creates an alternate logic for feminist scholars that demands that we rethink Hollywood’s uses of pain and victimization as entrees to gender." -- Susan Jeffords * University of Washington *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I1. The Furies, The Men, and the Method2. Victimized, Violent, and DamnedPart II3. The Body at War4. Matthew Shepard’s Body and the Politics of Queer VulnerabilityPart III5. The Violated Body after 9/116. Vulnerability by ProxyAfterwordNotesBibliographyIndex
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Making the Scene in the Garden State Popular
Book SynopsisExplores New Jersey's musical heritage through stories about the musicians, listeners and fans who came together to create sounds from across the popular music spectrum. From the beginnings of recording in Thomas Edison's factories to Bruce Springsteen and beyond, the book examines the sounds, sights and textures of music in New Jersey.Trade Review"The New Jersey music stories told in these pages are often punctuated by chance occurrences, dumb luck, unexpected brilliance, and a little magic. They also give us a view into the bigger patterns of cultural and historical change that are far more than a local matter. From MacLeod's 'scenes' come bigger shifts. Read this and be reminded of the ways in which popular (and sometimes unpopular!) music and the people who make it, listen to it, and dream through it do things out there on the margins that, finally, reshape the center." -- Warren Zanes * author of Petty: The Biography *"Music History was Made Here" by Tom Wilk * New Jersey Monthly *"Exploring New Jersey's Musical History" by Gary Wein * NJ Stage *"History of Jersey music, Jersey ‘Lips,' virtual Hudson events: recommendations to pass the time" by Jim Testa https://www.nj.com/hudson/2020/03/history-of-jersey-music-jersey-lips-virtual-hudson-events-recommendations-to-pass-the-time.html * NJ.com *"In many ways, MacLeod hits his finest notes [by] providing readers with useful miniature stories about the lives and times of Jersey Shore musicians and their audiences. Chockful of new information and helpfully resourced with the fruits of countless interviews, Making the Scene in the Garden State should enjoy a large audience both for the book’s scholarly value, as well as for its engaging anecdotes about New Jersey’s role in changing American musical culture for all time." * New Jersey Studies *"MacLeod offers a useful local cultural history that will enrich understanding of twentieth-century America for undergraduates and general-audiences alike. Meanwhile, professional scholars can add Making the Scene in the Garden State to their list of works that shine a light into the nation's unjustly overlooked corners." * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Making Scenes 1. Thomas Edison and the First Recording Studio 2. The Victor Talking Machine Company and the Scene at Home 3. Jazz at the Cliffside: The Studios of Rudy Van Gelder 4. Transylvania Bandstand and Rockin’ with the Cool Ghoul 5. The Upstage Club and the Asbury Park Scene 6. “Drums Along the Hudson”: The Hoboken Sound Conclusion: Making the Scene in the Twenty-First Century Acknowledgments Notes Index
£24.69
Rutgers University Press Only at ComicCon Hollywood Fans and the Limits of
Book SynopsisOnly at Comic-Con examines the relationship between exclusivity and the proliferation of media industry promotion at the San Diego Comic-Con, from the convention’s founding in 1970 to its current status as a destination for hundreds of thousands of pop culture fans and a hub of Hollywood hype and buzz.Trade Review"This is an important book for fan studies and beyond. Not only a brilliant exploration of Comic-Con’s history and place in contemporary culture, it also takes seriously aspects of this experience that have been under-researched. What are the meanings and values of waiting in line? How does Hall H operate? And how have licensees become so central to the event? Assessing fans’ liminal positioning, Erin Hanna acutely theorises 'exclusivity' and its (re)configurations. Start the queue here – this is a must-read for anyone interested in aspirational and affective labor, as well as Hollywood’s attempts to build cultural capital for its blockbusters." -- Matt Hills * author of Fan Cultures and Doctor Who: The Unfolding Event *“This exciting, well-researched book situates Comic-Con within the confluence of fandom, industry, and convergence. Erin Hanna expertly reveals how industry efforts to generate publicity for major media brands hinge on the production of exclusivity for a select number of fans.” -- Derek Johnson * author of Media Franchising: Creative License and Collaboration in the Culture Industries *"Imaginary Worlds" podcast with Erin Hanna https://soundcloud.com/emolinsky/once-and-future-comic-con * Imaginary Worlds *"Only at Comic-Con is a valuable contribution to both media industries and fan studies, as Hanna’s work integrates the two disciplines seamlessly in a powerful argument about the limits of exclusivity, capital, and exploitation." * Media Industries Journal *Table of ContentsContents Introduction: The San Diego Comic-Con and the Limits of Exclusivity 1 Origin Stories: Comic-Con and the Future of All Media 2 The Liminality of the Line and the Place of Fans at Comic-Con 3 Manufacturing “Hall H Hysteria:” Hollywood and Comic-Con 4 Ret(ail)con: From Dealers’ Room to Exhibit Hall Conclusion: From Franchise Wars to Fry Fans: Comic-Con Anywhere Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£21.74
Rutgers University Press Living When Everything Changed My Life in
Book SynopsisIn this compelling memoir, Mary Kay Thompson Tetreault describes how a Catholic girl from small-town Nebraska discovered her callings as a feminist, as an academic, and as a university administrator. With remarkable candor and compassion, she reflects on how second-wave feminism has transformed academia and how much reform is still needed. Trade Review“This is one of the bravest books about the long trajectory of leadership in higher education that I have read in a long time. Tetreault takes us on both a personal and professional journey through her triumphs and tribulations as she balances essentially three worlds every day; that of administrator and leader, academic, and wife and mother." -- Yolanda Moses * co-author of How Real is Race: A Sourcebook on Race, Culture and Biology *“Living When Everything Changed is a remarkably candid account of an academic and administrative career filled with both successes and failures. While it offers a sometimes-painful picture of academic conflicts, paralysis, and betrayals, over the course of her career Tetreault and her colleagues grappled with many of the most important issues in higher education over several decades. In this sense it is surely true that Tetreault’s career (including her preparation for her career) took place in “interesting times,” and this volume offers readers a rare glimpse of the complicated mix of motivations, personalities, values and ideologies that animated both challenges to the status quo and resistance to those challenges.” -- Abigail J. Stewart * co-author of An Inclusive Academy: Achieving Diversity and Excellence *"Selected New Books on Higher Education," compiled by Ki-Jana Deadwyler and Ruth Hammond https://www.chronicle.com/article/Selected-New-Books-on-Higher/247595 * Chronicle of Higher Education *"The strengths of this memoir lie in the author's honesty about her ambition as well as her insecurities. We follow her interior and outward struggle as she advocates for herself and her career while navigating a minefield of departmental territorialism, faculty egos, institutional hierarchy, cultural norms, and power dynamics, as well as emerging pressures of gender and race diversity in the world of higher education." * EqualwRites *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Preface Chapter One: My Life as a Professor Begins Chapter Two: Going Home and Leaving Home Chapter Three: Nestled in the Bosom of Catholicism Chapter Four: Wandering in the Wilderness Chapter Five: Finding Love and Work Chapter Six: Becoming the Men We Wanted to Marry Chapter Seven: My Lewis and Clark Chapter Concludes Chapter Eight: A Deanery of My Own Chapter Nine: Second Chance to Be a Provost Chapter Ten: Opportunity and Ambition Overshadowed by Ambivalence Chapter Eleven: Shifting My Gaze Forward Chapter Twelve: Among the Most Interesting Provost’s Position in the Country Chapter Thirteen: A Wild Patience Has Taken Me This Far
£21.74
Rutgers University Press The Bartonellas and Peruvian Medicine The Work
Book SynopsisExplores the events surrounding the discovery of the etio-pathogenic agent of the Oroya Fever, also known as Peruvian Verruga or Carrión's disease by Dr. Alberto Leonardo Barton. Graciela S. Alarcón and Renato D. Alarcón recount Barton's persistent work against scepticism, obstacles, and limitations imposed by members of Peru's medical elites of the time.Trade Review“The Bartonellas and Peruvian Medicine provides historical depth to the fascinating saga of the elucidation of Oroya fever and Verruga Peruana, the 'national disease' of Perú. The authors reveal, in an eminently readable and richly illustrated format, the personalities and achievements of Alberto Barton, Daniel Alcides Carrión and other key figures in a sometimes turbulent voyage of discovery. This book could very well become a classic of Latin American medical history.” -- David Warrell * coeditor of Oxford Textbook of Medicine; Emeritus Professor of Tropical Medicine, Oxford University *“A detailed masterpiece that unveils the life events of the man who discovered the etiological agent of Carrión’s disease, a malady that killed thousands of railroad workers in the highlands of Peru. It narrates concisely and with precision, with well documented sources, the tenacity of a researcher. The authors take us on an inspirational journey of a scientist determined to succeed in the face of adversity. A must read for researchers who are seeking to improve the well-being of their peers through their scientific research as a priority, instead of the laureate recognitions of society.” -- German Henostroza * Director, Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham *“The Bartonellas and Peruvian Medicine provides historical depth to the fascinating saga of the elucidation of Oroya fever and Verruga Peruana, the 'national disease' of Perú. The authors reveal, in an eminently readable and richly illustrated format, the personalities and achievements of Alberto Barton, Daniel Alcides Carrión and other key figures in a sometimes turbulent voyage of discovery. This book could very well become a classic of Latin American medical history.” -- David Warrell * coeditor of Oxford Textbook of Medicine; Emeritus Professor of Tropical Medicine, Oxford University *“A detailed masterpiece that unveils the life events of the man who discovered the etiological agent of Carrión’s disease, a malady that killed thousands of railroad workers in the highlands of Peru. It narrates concisely and with precision, with well documented sources, the tenacity of a researcher. The authors take us on an inspirational journey of a scientist determined to succeed in the face of adversity. A must read for researchers who are seeking to improve the well-being of their peers through their scientific research as a priority, instead of the laureate recognitions of society.” -- German Henostroza * Director, Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham *Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENT Dedication. Preface. Acknowledgements. On behalf of the family. Foreword. Alberto Leonardo Barton: Biographic notes. Bartonella bacilliformnis. Pre-Inca and Inca Periods Conquest and Viceroyalty Republican Period Pre-Carrión;s period Carrión’s period Post-Carrión’s period Post Carrión and Post Alberto L. Baron’s period Carrión’s disease. The Other Bartonellas. Reflexions and Perspectives: Barton, the Bartonellas and Peruvian Medicine. Conclusions. Comments: Alberto Leonardo Barton and Bartonella bacilliformis.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington v.1 Revolutionary
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. June-September 1775 -- 2. September-December 1775 -- 3. January-March 1776 -- v. 4. April-June 1776 -- v. 5. June-August 1776 -- v. 6. August 1776-October 1776 -- v. 7. October 1776-January 1777 -- v. 8. January-March 1777 -- v. 9. March-June 1777 -- v. 10. June-August 1777.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington v.3 Revolutiona
Book SynopsisCovers the final months of the siege of Boston. Washington's correspondence and orders for this period reveal an uncompromising attitude toward reconciliation with Britain and a single-minded determination to engage the enemy forces in Boston before the end of the winter.Table of Contents1. June-September 1775 -- 2. September-December 1775 -- 3. January-March 1776 -- v. 4. April-June 1776 -- v. 5. June-August 1776 -- v. 6. August 1776-October 1776 -- v. 7. October 1776-January 1777 -- v. 8. January-March 1777 -- v. 9. March-June 1777 -- v. 10. June-August 1777.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington v.3 JuneSept
Book SynopsisPart of a series which covers the eight precedent-setting years of Washington's presidency and his brief retirement. Volume three covers most of the summer of 1789 and focuses on the problems facing the new administration.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington v.6 13 August20
Book SynopsisDocuments Washington's decisions and actions during the heart of the New York campaign, from late summer to early fall 1776, when his opponent, General William Howe, took the offensive and outmanoeuvred the American forces in and around New York City by amphibious landings.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of James Madison v. 3 1 March 18026
Book SynopsisDuring the period of this third volume of the ""Secretary of State"" series, Madison was concerned with ongoing problems in foreign policy, particularly US relations with the European powers. Diplomatic letters describe his efforts to defend American commercial rights.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington v.6 Presidential
Book SynopsisThis volume of the papers of George Washington covers the period when his attention was devoted to several matters of national significance: the Residence and Funding Acts; Indian affairs; Harmar's expedition in the Northwest Territory; and intrigues of foreign agents on America's frontiers.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington v.7 Presidential
Book SynopsisThis volume presents documents written during the final sessions of the First Congress. Congress passed legislation that established a national bank and federal excise, and increased the size of the army. Washington also gave a lot of time to the new federal city on the Potomac.
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Meditation and the Martial Arts
Book SynopsisThis book provides an approach to understanding the connection between martial arts and spirituality in such diverse disciplines as Japanese aikido, Chinese tai chi chuan, Hindu yoga, Christian asceticism, Zen Buddhism and Islamic Jihad.Table of ContentsThe way of spiritual harmony -- Daoist moving meditation -- Yoga/Zen/Jihad -- The spiritual combat -- Toward a moral equivalent of war -- Postlude: on the concept of peace.
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia The Papers of George Washington v. 12
Book SynopsisVolume 12 of the ""Presidential Series"" continues the fourth chronological series of ""The Papers of George Washington"". This series includes the public papers written by or presented to Washington during his two administrations.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington
Book SynopsisPart of the ""Revolutionary War Series"", this work documents a period that includes the Continental Army's last weeks at Valley Forge, the British evacuation of Philadelphia, and the Battle of Monmouth Court House. It begins with George Washington's army at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, celebrating the alliance between the United States and France.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington 1 November 1778
Book SynopsisCovers the period 1 November 1778 through 14 January 1779. This title begins with George Washington at Fredericksburg, New York, watching New York City for signs that the British were about to evacuate North America. The British had different intentions, however, dispatching the first of several amphibious expeditions to invade the Deep South.
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University of Virginia Press A Guide to Documentary Editing
Book SynopsisExploring the central role that electronic technology plays in the editing process, this book provides a treatment of the craft's fundamental issues. It covers locating and collecting sources, transcribing source texts, conventions of textual treatment, dealing with nontextual elements, and preparing editions for publishers.
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia National Park Roads A Legacy in the American
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA gracefully written, impeccably researched, major study of something of importance not only to Americans but to anyone interested in public access to regions of scenic, historical, or ecological significance. National Park Roads will be a major work of lasting value, with no other book remotely on its scale or in its class.–John Stilgoe, Harvard University, author of Train Time: Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping of the United States Landscape.For most Americans, to visit a national park is to experience its roads. While it's easy to lament that fact and to see roads as modern intrusions into otherwise pristine nature, Tim Davis insists that roads and road building sit at the very heart of national park history. Roads shape the view, define the line between preservation and use, and demonstrate above all else that our national parks are landscapes where nature and culture intersect. National Park Roads is a stunning history of the built environment that will change the way we see our national parks.–Paul Sutter, University of Colorado, author of Driven Wild: How the Fight against Automobiles Launched the Modern Wilderness Movement.
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Avoiding War with China Two Nations One World
Book SynopsisAre the United States and China on a collision course? In this timely new work, renowned professor of international relations Amitai Etzioni explains why this would be disastrous and points to the ways the two nations can avoid war.Trade ReviewDrawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of the history and current state of U.S.-China relations, Etzioni sorts out the many myths and common misconceptions and contrasts them with reality. His book outlines the truly essential issues concerning competition and cooperation between the two countries. His proposal for realistic ways to construct a more peaceful relationship is poised to inspire important debates over U.S.-Asia policy.- Ho-fung Hung, Johns Hopkins University, author of The China Boom: Why China Will Not Rule the World;""Etzioni has written a brilliant little book that meticulously examines the issues between the United States and China and the interests and emotions that bear on them. There is no better way to get up to speed on the increasingly tense relations between Washington and Beijing than to read Avoiding War with China.""- Ambassador Chas W. Freeman Jr., former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs;""If the United States and China ever go to war, everybody on this earth stands to lose. And if the United States and China are friends, the entire world stands to gain. Indeed, things that make the United States and China interdependent in this world are much more and far greater than things that divide the two. In this book, Etzioni clearly points out that in this globalized world, relationships between great powers should adopt geoeconomic principles, which often result in a win-win situation, and should shy away from geopolitical considerations, which are always zero-sum games.""- Patrick C. P. Ho, Deputy Chairman and Secretary General of the China Energy Fund Committee;""In a short book pointedly titled Avoiding War with China, Amitai Etzioni has a more concrete idea of how China should be accommodated. Etzioni, a professor at George Washington University, is no softie. Having escaped from Nazi Germany as a child, he served as a commando in the Arab-Israeli war of 1948. Etzioni knows what war is like, in contrast to most armchair warriors in Washington or indeed Beijing.... [E]minently sensible.""- The New Yorker;""In Avoiding War With China, Amitai Etzioni says that even optimists give the U.S. and China only a one-in-four chance of peace. He thinks those odds can be improved.""- The Daily Beast;""Prepare for back-to-school political debates: Avoiding War with China – Amitai Etzioni. Without classes, club meetings and homework assignments taking up your time, summer is the perfect opportunity to catch up on current events around the world, and Avoiding War with China will help you do just that. From the first chapter, readers will begin to learn everything about the U.S. relationship with China and why Etzioni thinks that war between the two countries could be coming sooner than we think.""- The GW Hatchet;""Anyone considering how the United States and China might avoid a devastating war will want to read this timely book. Stimulating and engaging, this elegant work not only offers a fresh look at these two nation's multifaceted relationship, but dissects major issues with precision. This is a must read for today's national debate on America’s China policy.""- Chunjuan Nancy Wei, University of Bridgeport;""The originality of this work is that it addresses numerous policy recommendations to the United States, instead of to China, as is the case with the vast majority of publications, in order to ensure what is called a peaceful ‘transition of power’ between Washington and Peking, while not jeopardizing the fundamental interests of the United States in East Asia.""- Phébé (published by Le Point);""[A]n important contribution to the burgeoning literature on the future of Sino?U.S. relations.... Etzioni's call for a 'vigorous, comprehensive public debate about U.S.?China policy' that can avoid 'a drift to war without compromising any of the core interests of the United States and its allies' is a valuable counterweight to the structural pessimism that infuses much of academic and public discussions of the future of Sino?U.S. relations today.""- Political Science Quarterly
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University of Virginia Press After Virginia Tech
Book SynopsisAward-winning journalist Thomas Kapsidelis examines the decade after the Virginia Tech massacre through the experiences of survivors and community members who advocated for reforms in gun safety, campus security, trauma recovery, and mental health.
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University of Virginia Press TwiceDivided Nation National Memory
Book SynopsisThe first thoroughly interdisciplinary study to examine how the transatlantic relationship between the United States and Britain helped shape the conflicts between North and South in the decade before the American Civil War, Twice-Divided Nation addresses that influence primarily as a problem of national memory.
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University of Virginia Press A Little Child Shall Lead Them
Book SynopsisThis historical anthology brings together court cases, government documents, personal and scholarly writings, speeches, and journalism to represent the diverse voices and viewpoints of the battle in Prince Edward County for - and against - educational equality.
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University of Virginia Press Erotic Citizens
Book SynopsisUncovering the more prurient aspects of nation-building, Erotic Citizens establishes the narrative of sexual ruin as a genre whose sustained rejection of marriage acted as a critique of that which traditionally defines a democracy: the social contract and the sovereign individual.
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Bad Men Creative Touchstones of Black Writers
Book SynopsisHow have African American writers drawn on bad men and black boys as creative touchstones for their evocative and vibrant art? This is the question posed by Howard Rambsy's new book, which explores bad men as a central, recurring, and understudied figure in African American literature, and music.Trade ReviewIn this highly original study, Howard Rambsy offers cogent and thoughtful analyses of black writing and puts a wide variety of contemporary African American literary and cultural works in conversation with creative theory.
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia The Presidency
Book SynopsisFollowing the election of Donald Trump, the office of the US president has come under scrutiny like never before. Featuring penetrating insights from high-profile presidential scholars, The Presidency provides the deep historical and constitutional context needed to put the Trump era into its proper perspective.
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Fictions of Whiteness Imagining the Planter
Book SynopsisThe first book-length study to engage with the literary construction of whiteness in the francophone Caribbean, Fictions of Whiteness examines the neglected beke figure in the longer history of Antillean literature and culture.Trade ReviewSophisticated, lively, and sharp, this book is a highly original contribution to francophone Caribbean studies." - Martin Munro, Florida State University, author of Writing on the Fault Line: Haitian Literature and the Earthquake of 2010
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Students to Soldiers Secret Military Education
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Wayne State University Press Older Jews and the Holocaust
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McGraw-Hill Education Home Staging That Works Sell Your Home in Less
Book Synopsis Want to sell your home at a premium price—now? Never mind simply tidying up: an amazing 91% of real estate professionals say professional staging is the way to go. But sure enough, hiring a staging consultant will cost you. Thankfully, you can now get all the secrets and techniques the pros don’t want you to know, from one of America’s most successful staging experts. Home Staging That Works shows you how to turn any home into a showpiece that buyers will be fighting over. With specific recommendations on what to do, keep, chuck, fix, paint, replace, avoid, update, show, hide, highlight, and more, you’ll learn how to: Focus on your potential buyers’ tastes (not your own) • Create curb appeal • Drive Internet interest with photos that flatter your home • De-clutter and pre-pack at the same time • Clean anTable of ContentsFEATURES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE: STAGING FOR THE RIGHT AUDIENCE What Is Staging? Out with the "You": Disengaging from Your Home Saying Good-Bye to Your Home Five Ways to Say Good-Bye In with the New: Figuring Out Your Target Market Looking at the Overall Statistics Asking the Pros: Interviewing Realtors Understanding the Generations Baby Boomers What Boomers Want Generation Jones What Jonesers Want Generation X What Gen Xers Want Generation Y What Gen Yers Want Media Influence on the Generations Deciding on Your Target Generation Determining Your Market by the Time You've Spent in Your Home The Next Step: Creating a Great First Impression CHAPTER TWO: FIRST IMPRESSIONS The First Look: Attracting Internet Shoppers The Drive-By: Making the Most of a Buyer's Second Look Staging the Exterior The Approach: Driveways and Walks The Front Yard Creating a Staged Garden The Facade: Looking Good The Front Door Other Outside Entry Ideas The Inside Entry: Creating a Sense of Welcome Begin with Your Hall Closet Provide Seating if Possible Unclutter the Space Make Use of Mirrors Work with Color Impressing Your Target Buyer If Time and Money Are Short The Next Step: Creating Space CHAPTER THREE: CREATING SPACE Taking the "You" Out of Your Home Prepacking Why Not Show Your Home Empty? If Uncluttering Seems Utterly Overwhelming When Couples Differ in Uncluttering Ability Help Children Unclutter A Silver Lining to the Staging Process Keep Your Eyes on the Prize Everything You Need to Know About Boxes What Boxes to Use Supplies for Packing Out with the Personal and Possibly Contentious Removing Objects with Possibly Contentious Affiliations Removing All Photographs and Portraits Deciding What Furniture and Rugs to Remove Removing Freestanding Bookcases and Entertainment Centers Removing Rugs That Are Too Stained or Too Small for the Space Removing Selected Furniture and Rugs Clearing the Decks and the Depths: Advanced Uncluttering Uncluttering All Lateral Surfaces Tackling Closets and Drawers Clearing Hallways Uncluttering Mudrooms and Vestibules Uncluttering the Kitchen Uncluttering Bathrooms Your Home Office Uncluttering the Dining Room and Living Room Uncluttering Bookcases Uncluttering Bedrooms Uncluttering Guest Rooms, Sewing Rooms, and Multipurpose Rooms Uncluttering the Laundry Area Managing Pets and Their Paraphernalia Uncluttering Porches and Patios Uncluttering Basements, Garages, and Outbuildings Revisiting Your Clutter Hot Spots Double-Checking Your Uncluttering Through a Camera Lens Recognizing What You Have Accomplished If Time and Money Are Short The Next Step: Fixing and Cleaning CHAPTER FOUR: WHAT TO FIX AND HOW TO CLEAN How Do You Know What to Fix? Do a Walk-Through with an Observant Outsider Get a Preinspection Why You Can't Just Ignore What's Broken Commonly Needed Repairs Yards and Gardens Gutters and Downspouts Roofs Air-Conditioning Condensers and Trash Cans Driveways and Walkways Decks, Terraces, and Fences Windows from the Outside terior Wall and Trim Paint Interior Walls and Ceilings Overhead Lighting and Ceiling Fans Windows from the Inside Staircases Wall-to-Wall Carpeting Flooring Doors and Doorways Kitchens Bathrooms Clean Is What Sells Yards and Gardens Roofs and Exterior Walls Windows Interior Walls and Ceilings Overhead Lighting and Ceiling Fans Floors and Carpets Kitchens Bathrooms Laundry Rooms Fireplaces, Radiators, and Other Heat-Related Objects Basements, Attics, Garages, and Outbuildings If Time and Money Are Short The Next Step: Setting the Stage CHAPTER FIVE: SETTING THE STAGE Deciding Each Room's Purpose Targeting Room Usage to Your Most Likely Buyers Creating Vignettes That Charm Your Buyers Avoiding Multipurpose Rooms When Possible Thinking About Flow Finding Each Room's Architectural Focus Using Color Complementary Colors Warm versus Cool Colors Moods Associated with Particular Colors Color as a Generational Cue Generational Preferences for Color and Design Aesthetics Identifying and Remedying Each Room's Hierarchy of Colors Creating Balance Avoiding Heavily Imbalanced Room Usage Balancing the Style Throughout Your Home Balancing the Furniture Within Each Room Choosing Artwork to Suit Your Buyers Using Mirrors to Enhance Spaces Balancing the Light and Dark in Each Room Staging the Key Rooms in Your Home Styling the Kitchen and Dining Room to Sell Styling the Living Room to Sell Styling Bedrooms to Sell Styling Children's Rooms to Sell Styling Guest Rooms to Sell Styling the Home Office to Sell Styling Bathrooms to Sell Going Back over Your Home as a Whole If Time and Money Are Short The Next Step: Presenting Your Home to Buyers CHAPTER SIX: PRESENTING YOUR HOME TO BUYERS Using the Power of the Camera's Eye Taking Another Walk-Through with a Camera Staying Involved if Someone Else Takes Your Photos If You Have Just Two Weeks to Do It All Keeping Your Home Presentable While You're Showing It INDEX
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MI - New York University The Marriage Buyout The Troubled Trajectory of U.S. Alimony Law
Book SynopsisFrom divorce court to popular culture, alimony is a dirty word. In short, critics of alimony claim it has no place in contemporary visions of marriage as a partnership of equals. The author argues that alimony is often the only practical tool for ensuring that divorce does not treat today's primary caregivers as if they were suckers.Trade ReviewThe Marriage Buyout is a comprehensive and thorough review of alimony's history, rationale, promises, and pitfalls. To solve the dilemmas of contemporary alimony law, the book advocates a pathbreaking solution that makes 'I do' really matter. Cynthia Lee Starnes is already widely recognized for her profound insights into alimony, and this book provides an even stronger basis for that reputation. Although the book is centered on alimony, Starnes applies her analytical lens to other issues that arise at the end of marriage, providing new insights into our entire system of divorce. -- Naomi Cahn,Harold H. Greene Professor of Law, George Washington University Law SchoolThe Marriage Buyout is an unusual book: it is both entertaining and profound. Professor Starnes has produced a readable and incisive critique of alimony law within the United States and elsewhere as well as a creative framework for reform. Law students and practicing lawyers will surely benefit from her careful exposition of competing approaches to alimony. Her proposed use of a partnership buyout model would take us a long way toward a coherent and fair theory of alimony. The book should be read, and read again, by any groups involved in family law reform. -- Barbara A. Atwood,Mary Anne Richey Professor of Law Emerita, University of ArizonaProfessor Starnes rigorously analyzes our outmoded, gender-imbalanced approach to the financial effects of marital, cohabitant and co-parental relationship dissolution. Her devastating analysis makes it clear that policymakers concerned about the well-being of all family members after divorce or separation should take heed of her courageous, well-grounded and clearsighted proposals to reconceptualize economic justice in the family. -- Theresa Glennon,Temple University Beasley School of LawStarnesprovides a historic overview of alimony, detailing its evolution, justification, and criticism overtime. The first part of the book reviews the history of alimony, grounded in old legal theories that the interests of women merged with their husbands and therefore the latter had a perpetual duty to support them. This section also discusses the decline of alimony with changes in marriage law in the 1970s and the many myths that surround spousal support. Parts 2 and 3 discuss how current alimony law operates and the crisis in theories justifying it. The last part of the book offers a new theory of alimony as a buyout for stay-at-home moms who have been partners in a marriage and who have forgone income in return for raising children. This delightfully written and informative book on an overlooked subject is suited for collections on family law, feminism, and gender politics.Summing Up: Highly Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I. Alimony Reflections 1. Who Cares about Alimony? 2. Alimony's Heritage: The Helpless, the Blameless, and the Clean-Break Losers 3. Alimony and Mother Myths Part II. Alimony Mechanics 4. The Contemporary State of Alimony 5. Alimony in Context: A Comparative Perspective Part III. Alimony Theory6. Reasons Matter: Alimony, Intuition, and the Remarriage Termination Rule7. The Search for a Contemporary RationalePart IV: Alimony Reform8. A Marital Partnership Model: Alimony as Buyout9. Beyond Alimony: Lovers, Parents, and PartnersConclusionNotesIndexAbout the Author
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MI - New York University Living Outside Mental Illness
Book SynopsisAn essential volume for improving understanding of the recovery process for people diagnosed with schizophreniaSchizophrenia is widely considered the most severe and disabling of the mental illnesses. Yet recent research has demonstrated that many people afflicted with the disorder are able to recover to a significant degree.Living Outside Mental Illness demonstrates the importance of listening to what people diagnosed with schizophrenia themselves have to say about their struggle, and shows the dramatic effect this approach can have on clinical practice and social policy. It presents an in-depth investigation, based on a phenomenological perspective, of experiences of illness and recovery as illuminated by compelling first-person descriptions.This volume forcefully makes the case for the utility of qualitative methods in improving our understanding of the reasons for the success or failure of mental health services. The research has important clinicaTrade ReviewDavidson takes an interesting approach to the disorder and makes a compelling case for the use of person centered narratives to find out what is going on with recovery in persons with schizophrenia. Recommended. * Choice *Living Outside Mental Illness is more than a recapitulation of previously published research. * Metapsychology Online Book Reviews *Davidsons book leaves one with an image of the inside of schizophrenia as essentially mysterious but the possibilities of recovery as hopeful if uncertain. * Journal of Mental Health *This volume makes the case for the utility of qualitative methods in improving our understanding of the reasons for the success or failure of mental health services. * Family Therapy *I see this book as an important accomplishment. It contains numerous helpful suggestions about how to go about eliciting narratives as a means of encouraging patients along their recovery journey. * Psychiatric Services *The book provides a window into the experiences of a person with schizophrenia . . . a rich narrative. * The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease *Table of ContentsForeword by John S. Strauss Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Is There an Outside to Mental Illness? (With Maria O'Connell, David Sells, and Martha Staeheli)2. Eliciting Narratives 3. Understanding Narratives 4. Living Inside Schizophrenia 5. Living Outside Schizophrenia Conclusion Epilogue Works Cited Index About the Author
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New York University Press 1929 Mapping the Jewish World
Book SynopsisFeatures an array of scholars of Jewish history, 1929 surveys the Jewish world in one year offering clear examples of the transnational connections which linked Jews to each other-from politics, diplomacy, and philanthropy to literature, culture, and the fate of Yiddish-regardless of where they lived.Trade ReviewAnthologies are notoriously difficult to evaluate because they are disparate. Withal, the interesting material presented in these articles more than compensates for the inability of some contributors to march under the assigned 1929 banner. -- Henry L. Feingold * The Journal of American History *This wide-ranging and innovative collection of essays presents the distinct features of the interwar period in Jewish history throughout the world. Using the year 1929 as a focal point, the volume's essays depict the transition from the tumultuous, yet often hopeful, 1920s to the dire straits of the 1930s. This is a splendid overview of the demographic, political and cultural ferment of the era. -- Derek Penslar,University of Oxford and University of TorontoThe books greatest success lies not only in elevating the importance of 1929 as a turning point in Jewish history, but also in problematizing the very notion of periodization. Furthermore, the collections focus on this particular year manages to successfully upset several paradigms dominating the study of modern Jewish history and literature. This volume will prove a welcome addition to surveys of modern Jewish history * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction Hasia R. Diner and Gennady EstraikhPart I: Global Ties 1 Living Locally, Organizing Nationally, and Thinking Globally: The View from the United StatesHasia R. Diner 2 Jewish Diplomacy at a Crossroads David Engel 3 The Stalinist "Great Break" in Yiddishland Gennady Estraikh 4 Permanent Transit 5 Polish Jewry, American Jewish Immigrant Philanthropy, and the Crisis of 1929Rebecca Kobrin 6 Jewish American Philanthropy and the Crisis of 1929Rakefet Zalashik 7 Territorialism and the ICOR "American Commission of Scientists and Experts" to the Soviet Far EastHenry SrebrnikPart II: Local Stories 8 From Universal Values to Cultural Representations Avner Ben-Zaken 9 The Struggle over Yiddish in Postimmigrant America Eric L. Goldstein 10 When the Local Trumps the GlobalJeffrey LesserPart III: Literature 11 Patterning a New LifeGabriella Safran 12 David VogelGlenda Abramson 13 Radical Conservatism Joseph Sherman 14 Desire, Destiny, and DeathMikhail KrutikovIndex Contributors
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New York University Press White by Law 10th Anniversary Edition
Book SynopsisWhite by Law was published in 1996 to immense critical acclaim, and established Ian Haney López as one of the most exciting and talented young minds in the legal academy. The first book to fully explore the social and specifically legal construction of race, White by Law inspired a generation of critical race theorists and others interested in the intersection of race and law in American society. Today, it is used and cited widely by not only legal scholars but many others interested in race, ethnicity, culture, politics, gender, and similar socially fabricated facets of American society.In the first edition of White by Law, Haney López traced the reasoning employed by the courts in their efforts to justify the whiteness of some and the non-whiteness of others, and revealed the criteria that were used, often arbitrarily, to determine whiteness, and thus citizenship: skin color, facial features, national origin, language, culture, ancestry, scientific opiniTrade ReviewWhite by Law remains the definitive work on how American law constructed a & white race at the turn of the twentieth century. Haney López has added a chapter to the new edition, a sobering analysis of how, in our own time, 'colorblind' law and policy threaten to perpetuate, not eliminate, racial inequality. A must-read -- Mae M. Ngai, author of Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern AmericaTen years after its initial publication, White by Law remains the definitive treatment of the naturalization cases, and provides a compelling account of the role of law in constructing race. A wonderful combination of thematic development and historical excavation, one leaves this revised edition with a thoroughgoing understanding of the ways in which citizenship functioned not only to include and exclude but as a process through which people quite literally became white by law. -- Devon W. Carbado, Professor of Law and Associate Dean, UCLA School of LawPraise for the 10th Anniversary Edition White by Law remains one of the most significant and generative entries in the crowded field of & whiteness studies. Ian Haney López has crafted a brilliant study, not merely of how & race figures in the juridical logic of U.S. citizenship, but of the ways in which law fully participates in the wholesale manufacture of those naturalized groupings we know as 'races.' A terribly important work. -- Matthew Frye Jacobson, author of Roots Too: White Ethnic Revival in Post-Civil Rights AmericaPraise for the 1st edition: Haney López performs a major service for anyone truly interested in understanding contemporary debates over racial and ethnic politics. . . . A sobering and crucial lesson for a society committed to equality and fairness. -- Martha Minow,Harvard Law SchoolHere is one work that proved challenging to review with a fresh eye, having been widely reviewed and discussed since its original publication more than 10 years ago….While one’s first question upon picking up such a book could easily be & why bother? with the re-release of an older work, in this case, the strategy works….[T]he addition of the author’s personal narrative in the Preface and his intriguing view into the future with the new conclusion will add to the book’s pedagogical value. In sum, Haney Lopez has provided a piece of scholarship worthy of bringing out a curtain call on its 10th anniversary. * Law and Politics Review *Table of ContentsPreface to the Revised and Updated Edition Acknowledgments A Note on Whiteness 1. White Lines 2. Racial Restrictions in the Law of Citizenship 3. The Prerequisite Cases 4. Ozawa and Thind 5. The Legal Construction of Race 6. White Race-Consciousness 7. The Value to Whites of Whiteness 8. Colorblind White Dominance Appendix A. The Racial Prerequisite CasesAppendix B. Excerpts from Selected Prerequisite Cases Notes Bibliography Table of Legal Authorities Index About the Author
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New York University Press Celluloid Sermons The Emergence of the Christian
Book SynopsisArgues that the church's involvement in filmmaking unintentionally contributed to the spread of secularizationTrade ReviewEnthusiasts of American religion and film will find a treasure trove as the authors catalog with wit and anecdotal flair the movies, producers, and trends that constituted this fledgling & Christian film industry. -- William D. Romanowski,Calvin CollegeLindvall and Quicke's Celluloid Sermonsis a history of the Christian film industry that undertakes the gargantuan task of outlining its unique production, distribution and exhibition practices. Detailing different key contributors, it provides a loosely chronological look at the development of this breakaway cottage industry from the 1930s through to the 1980s. -- Hannah Graves * Scope: An Online Journal of Film and Television Studies *This will be a valuable addition to academic collections with strong religious studies and/or communications programs. -- S.B. Plate * CHOICE *Reveals an entirely new area of intersection between Christianity and cinema. Celluloid Sermons provides a foundational study of how Christian groups used film as part of the construction of their own identities. A & must read for any scholar or layperson interested in American history, culture, and religion. -- Anne Moore,University of CalgaryThrough ground breaking research, Lindvall and Quicke uncover forgotten films from Protestant producers like Irwin Moon, Carlos Baptista, and Ken Curtis. The earnest, embarrassing, and energizing are all recounted with respect and rigor. -- Craig Detweiler,Pepperdine Universityhighly informative volume * American Studies *Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations 1 God Talks 2 Evangelical Film Auteurs 3 Methodist and Ecumenical Films 4 Reformed and Dissenting Images 5 The Studio Era of Christian Films 6 The Master Filmmakers 7 Mark IV and Apocalyptic Film 8 Global Film Evangelism 9 Conclusion: A Modest Renaissance before the End Appendix: Chronology of Christian Film History Notes Selected Bibliography Index About the Authors
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New York University Press Belva Lockwood The Woman Who Would Be President
Book SynopsisRecounts the life story of one of the nineteenth century's most surprising and accomplished advocates for women's rightsTrade Review"Norgren has written an engrossing and insightful book about Belva Lockwood, a woman who, through tenacity, drive and self worth, accomplished more in the 19th century than many modern women accomplish. Because Lockwood was known to few and most of her personal papers were destroyed after her death, Norgren has done an exemplary job of illuminating the life of this varied and accomplished woman." * The Law and Politics Book Review *"Long before Hillary Clinton, there was Belva Lockwood: two-time presidential hopeful, Lockwood campaigned in 1884 and 1888 on a platform of women's suffrage. In the first full-length biography of this feminist pioneer, legal historian Norgren has meticulously researched what little has remained of Lockwoods papers, most of which were destroyed after her death." * Publishers Weekly Annex *"An engaging account of Belva Lockwoods struggles and achievements as one of the first women to enter the legal profession in the United States in the late 19th century." * Canadian Journal of Law and Society *"Highly recommended." * Choice *"Many biographers would balk at the paucity of archival sources, but Norgren persisted. . . . In [Norgrenl;s] credible narrative, Lockwood emerges as a shrewd self-promoter, never hesitating to garner publicity for herself and her causes. . . . In eloquent detail, Norgren shows how Lockwood loved the law." * New York Sun *"Astonishingly, this is the first scholarly biography of 19th-century activist Belva Lockwood. Lawyer, lobbyist, wife, mother, and contemporary of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lockwood was among the most formidable of equal rights advocates. The first female lawyer admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the relentlessly ambitious Lockwood ran for the U.S. presidency in 1884 and 1888 on the Equal Rights Party ticket. Later she concentrated on her work for the Universal Peace Union and her Washington, D.C., legal practice while maintaining a demanding public-speaking schedule. Her life was never easy, as she constantly fought to surmount political and legal barriers and to support her family. Although few of Lockwood's papers have survived, Norgren has delivered an able and long overdue study of Lockwoods life, drawing on newspapers, magazines, organizational records, and the papers of Lockwood's contemporaries. Though the book emphasizes Lockwoods career, the inclusion of information on her family and friends gives added dimension. Highly recommended for both public and academic libraries; essential for womens history collections." * Library Journal, starred review *"For those interested in U.S. womens history or the nineteenth-century practice of law, Norgens work is a must." * Law and History Review *"Jill Norgrens study of Belva Lockwood (which comes with a graceful preface by Ruth Bader Ginsburg) is a very unusual book. . . . Norgren has the great discernment to see Lockwoods life as large and anticipatory rather than eccentric and half-realized. A legal historian of considerable skill, she ploughed through reams of records to construct an account of Lockwoods legal career. . . . The comparison [of Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi to] Belva Lockwood is illuminating, because it was Lockwoods instinct for opportunity that took her out of women's politics, with their intact principles, into the thick of things. . . . The biographies of these women will be composed of the workaday, disenchanted materials of political livesperseverance, competence, canniness, and, yes, a facility for the quick grabthat Belva Lockwood cultivated and prized." -- Christine Stansell * The New Republic *"Exceptionally well-researched. Norgrens contribution is to situate Lockwood among a generation of female activists. Norgren is successful in moving the woman who would be president to her proper standing as a pioneering lawyer who would change America." -- Jean Baker * American Historical Review *"In this thoroughly researched and beautifully written biography, Jill Norgren traces Belva Lockwoods dogged efforts to earn a living as a lawyer in Washington while caring for her daughter and becoming a leading advocate for womans suffrage and the peaceful arbitration of international disputes. Norgrens brilliant study makes clear why Lockwoodthe first woman to argue before the Supreme Court (1879) and run for President (1884 and 1888)belongs in the ranks of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Frances Willard" -- John M. Ferren,author of Salt of the Earth, Conscience of the Court: The Story of Justice Wiley Rutledge"Jill Norgren beautifully weaves the personal and political ordeals of Belva Lockwoods life into a compelling story that illuminates Lockwood's enduring contributions. This is a dramatic account of a pioneering woman whose life in the law still resonates in contemporary times." -- Joan Biskupic,author of Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most influenti"Jill Norgrens biography of Belva Lockwood is a gem. Not only does she describe the amazingly full life of an important woman now practically forgotten, but she takes us into the politics of the late-nineteenth century women's reform movement in a way few other authors have done. This is a must-read book." -- Melvin I. Urofsky,editor of the Journal of Supreme Court History"Jill Norgrens splendid biography of one of historys most astonishing pioneersfirst woman counsel before the Supreme Court, visionary for equal rights, international peace activist, Indian rights litigator, presidential candidateis provocative, challenging, galvanizing! Brilliantly researched, vividly written, and profoundly discerning. Everybody concerned about justice, human rights, the future of democracy, and womens power will rush to read, and assign, this important book." -- Blanche Wiesen Cook,author of Eleanor Roosevelt"Belva Lockwood lived a life of firsts as a practicing lawyer at a time when women were rare in any profession. She was the first woman admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court and twice ran for President of the United States. Jill Norgren captures the story of this forgotten heroine in a biography as fast paced and interesting as the life Lockwood led." -- Barbara Babcock,Judge John Crown Professor of Law, Emerita, Stanford University, and author of Clara Shortridge Foltz: Constitution Maker"Norgren eloquently and succinctly educates the reader on the story of the first woman to ever be allowed to argue before the United States Supreme Court, as well as the first woman to ever launch two full scale bids for this countrys presidency . . . Norgrens writing is engaging and her narrative is accessible yet rich with fact." * Feminist Review *"Jill Norgren has written a fascinating biography of one of the forgotten icons of nineteenth century feminism. Thanks to Norgren, [Lockwood] will become a role model for current and future women politicians." * Foreword Magazine *Table of ContentsForeword by Justice Ruth Bader GinsburgPrologue and Acknowledgments 1 Early a Widow2 In Search of a New Identity 3 Apprenticeship 4 Becoming a Lawyer 5 Notorious Ladies 6 A Tougher Fight 7 Woman Lawyer 8 The Practice of Law 9 Lady Lobbyist10 Lockwood for President11 Life on the Platform 12 Lay Down Your Arms! 13 The Power of Association 14 Pushing for Place 15 AWorld's Fair and a Million-Dollar Case 16 Aging Soldiers of Cause Epilogue Notes Index About the Author
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New York University Press Gender Violence Interdisciplinary Perspectives
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New York University Press Cut It Out The CSection Epidemic in America
Book SynopsisTrade Review"By looking at the power structures of the medical, legal, and professional organizations involved, the politics that devalue women, the organizational arrangements and protocols of hospitals, and the professional standards used in medicine and the insurance industry, she discovers a culture that avoids risk and encourages planning to avoid adverse outcomes...A useful addition to health sciences and academic library collections." * Library Journal *"Must Read! Anyone riveted by Rick Lake's documentary The Business of Being Born should snag a copy of Cut It Out." * Fit Pregnancy *"It is thoroughly researched, cogently argued, and elegantly expressed given the level of detail it provides medical professionals, decision makers in the health sector, and of course actual and potential mothers and fathers who could all benefit from the information it provides." * New York Journal of Books *"Birth by Caesarean section is expensive and carries a higher risk of medical complications than vaginal birth. Yet in 2011, 33% of US births were by Caesarean. To investigate why, sociologist Theresa Morris crunched the numbers and interviewed more than 100 medical staff and mothers. The culprit, she concludes in this excellent and detailed study, is a risk-averse US medical culture that favours heavily managed birthssuch as the overzealous use of fetal heart monitors, which restrict the mother's movementand that frowns on women having vaginal births after Caesareans." * Nature *"Perhaps the most important of all is that Theresa Morris provides lists of things we can actually DO to lower the cesarean section rate. Did I cheer when the first thing she mentioned was recommend that women take an independent birth class? Maybe a little. Morris solutions were more than just for women but for their providers, for insurance companies and policy makers. Cut It Out: The C-Section Epidemic in America, is an important book and one I would strongly encourage anyone who seeks change in childbirth to carefully read." * Mama Birth *"In Cut It Out, she refreshingly steers clear of the home-birthing-good, hospitals-bad dogma that tends to dominate this conversation, instead encouraging empathy with all involved...Morriss impressive research, as well as the solutions she offers to women, providers and policy planners, makes the book an important contribution to the C-section debate." * New York Times Book Review *"Morris provides a thorough analysis of how this epidemic developed and suggests ways that this problem might be ameliorated.Her book is the clearest and fullest sociological analysis of the C-section epidemic that I have seen to date." * American Journal of Sociology *"A Trinity College professor, inspired by her own experiences, takes a critical look at Caesarean sections in her new book, Cut It Out: The C-Section Epidemic in America." -- William Weir * The Hartford Courant *"Engagingly written, rigorously researched, and compellingly argued, this book [is] a must-read not only for womens health advocates and scholars of reproduction, but also for those engaged in health care policy." -- Susan Markens,author of Surrogate Motherhood and The Politics of Reproduction"In this thoughtful and engaging study, Morris demonstrates how hospitals, insurers, and professional societies have defined cesarean surgery as best practice, even when it is not in the interest of either the mother or her baby. In doing so, she illustrates the importance of organizational context in understanding contemporary medical procedures underscoring how these processes are not necessarily good for patients." -- Beth Mintz,author of The Power Structure of American Business"Theresa Morris calls the C-section epidemic a paradox: doctors don't like it, women don't like it, and we know it's a danger to our health. Yet like a bad habit, we can't seem to stop doing more and more cesareans. Why? Morris demystifies the paradox in clear, accessible terms: rather than & patient choice or doctors' convenience, it is our systems and institutions driving this addictive behavior. Morris takes you inside those systems and institutions with a critical eye as well as a compassionate ear for the human beings caught in them, and offers concrete solutions to address this major threat to women's and babies' health." -- Jennifer Block,author of Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care"Cut It Outserves as an important resource to understand the complex birthingparadox currently at the root of the increasing C-section rate in the United States." * Sex Roles *"The authors suggestions include changing insurance rules to compensate women and children with poor birth outcomes independent of fault; encouraging the use of doulas, midwives, and out-of-hospital care; counting C-section rate as a hospital quality measure; and loosening policies that reduce physician choice. Morriss powerful book deserves the attention of policymakers." * STARRED Publishers Weekly *"A major strength in this book is that Morris examines an assortment of data sources and thus achieves a multifaceted research approach for analyzing the increasing number of C-sections being performed." * Sociology of Health & Illness *"Cut It Outis a compelling examination of the risks associated with cesarean surgery, the reasons for the rise in the cesarean surgery rate, and solutions to address the problem." * The Family Way Publications *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I. The Root of the Problem1 The Liability Threat in Obstetrics Part II. Control Systems Embedded in Hospitals2 The Tyranny of the Rules 3 Too Much Information: How Technology Raises the Stakes Part III. The Effects of Organizational Constraints4 The Big Kahuna: Repeat C-Sections 5 Women's Lack of Choice in Labor and Birth Conclusion: A Roadmap for Change Methods Appendix NotesReferences Index About the Author
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New York University Press Unbecoming Blackness The Diaspora Cultures of
Book SynopsisUncovers an important, otherwise unrecognized century-long archive of literature and performance that reveals Cuban America as a space of overlapping Cuban and African diasporic experiences.Trade ReviewUnbecoming Blacknessis a stunning tour de force: it serves as a call for those critically engaged in the African diaspora work with a focus on Latin America to return to the archive and to study the wealth of information that remains there, unnoticed....Lopez forces readers to rethink notions of blackness so that these ideas are specific to place, yet also to consider the fluidity of these discourses in relation to physical movement and their reestablishment in new locations. His study also demands fluent interdisciplinarity: Lopez analyzes texts, photographs, sound recordings, and film, all of which challenge readers to expand beyond their comfort zone as scholars. This text is an extraordinary addition to Cuban studies, Cuban American studies, US Latina/o and Latin American studies, American studies, African American studies, and African diasporic studies. -- Vanessa K. Valdes * MELUS: The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States *Unbecoming Blackness promises to make a transformative impact on Cuban American Literary Studies; it will certainly put López on the map as one of the fields most important and groundbreaking scholars. -- Ricardo Ortiz,author of Cultural Erotics in Cuban AmericaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Alberto O'Farrill: A Negrito in Harlem 2 Re/Citing Eusebia Cosme3 Supplementary Careers, Boricua Identifications4 Around 1979: Mariel, McDuffie, and the Afterlives of Antonio 5 Cosa de Blancos: Cuban American Whiteness and the Afro-Cuban-Occupied House Conclusion: "Write the Word Black Twice"Notes Index About the Author
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New York University Press Girl Zines
Book SynopsisWith names like "The East Village Inky", "Mend My Dress", "Dear Stepdad", and "I'm So Fucking Beautiful", zines created by girls and women make feminism's third wave visible. This book argues that these quirky, personalized booklets are tangible examples of the ways that girls and women 'do' feminism.Trade Review"Its thrilling to see zines taken seriously in Piepmeiers Girl Zines, which explores the world of handmade magazines created by women as a kind of social activism." * Bookforum *"I’m grateful to Piepmeier for her attempt to rescue zines from inferiority among older generations of feminists." * Bookforum *"Before you could Tweet your every thought to the world, young women cut, pasted, Xeroxed, and traded their own handmade magazines through the mail. In fact, the gorgeously glossy mag youre holding in your hands right now started off as a zine. Girl Zines analyzes the beginning of the movement and its revolution grrrl style roots, as well as the way zinesters used the medium to explore race, sexuality, and identity." * Bust Magazine *"Piepmeiers careful study of the zine movement in girl culture is a powerful and convincing articulation of the ways womens and girls activism has developed, and the creative forms it has taken." -- Leslie Heywood,editor of The Womens Movement Today"Feminist identities are the central concern of Piepmeier's Girl Zines, the first full-length academic study of young women's zine production to take third-wave politics as a serious subject of inquiry." -- Red Chidgey * Signs *"Piepmeier's work is an insightful and long-overdue engagement with the feminist work in zines, which played a pivotal role not only in Riot Grrrl but also in the development of the Third Wave in general." -- Virginia Corvid * Feminist Collections *"“[Piepmeier is] one of third-wave feminism’s astute voices... As the wealth of examples she brings to her argument reveals, the author has done careful research on the significance of this medium and its use as a tool for making the voices of third-wave feminists heard. The study is important in that it affirms the continuity and relevance of feminism and does so in a way that delights as well as informs... Summing Up: Essential." * CHOICE *"“In , author Alison Piepmeier defends the grrrl ethos with a scholarly take that points to the movement as a key part of feminist history; one that enabled women to gain more presence in a male-dominated world, albeit through flimsy, phantasmagorical photocopies passed around in the 1990s. Here Piepmeier brings forth a local study that, whether you agree with it or not, steadfastly lodges zine culture into the feminist archive." -- Broken Pencil"Overall, [Piepmeiers] analysis about the political role that grrrl zines played is dead on. They were central to the evolution of my own feminist development in college in the early 1990s, speaking directly to my feelings of exclusion, disgust with pop culture, and surliness about the lingering sexism that second-wave feminism had failed to abolish." * The American Prospect *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword by Andi Zeisler Introduction 1 "If I Didn't Write These Things No One Else Would Either": The Feminist Legacy of Grrrl Zines and the Origins of the Third Wave 2 Why Zines Matter: Materiality and the Creation of Embodied Community 3 Playing Dress-Up, Playing Pin-Up, Playing Mom: Zines and Gender 4 "We Are Not All One": Intersectional Identities in Grrrl Zines 5 Doing Third Wave Feminism: Zines as a Public Pedagogy of Hope Conclusion Appendix: Where to Find Zines Notes Index About the Author
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New York University Press Theory and Practice Nomos XXXVII
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An impressive collection of essays on a central problem of political theory. I recommend it highly." -- Jeffrey C. Isaac,Indiana University
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New York University Press Knowing Teaching and Learning History
Book SynopsisRepresents a unique effort by an international group of scholars to understand the future of teaching and learning about the pastTrade Review"This is not a static voyage; rather, it is one that will take the interested reader on a wonderful journey of discovery and reexamination. . . . Captured within its pages, Knowing provides an educational framework that anchors the discipline and centers its impact upon society." * Canadian Social Studies *"A remarkable intellectual synthesis by the key people who have made history education a very new field, linking practice, theory and historical perspective." -- William Weber,editor of The History Teacher"A state-of-the-art compendium of interdisciplinary understandings of how we best learn history." -- Leon Fink,professor of history, University of Illinois at Chicago; Vice President, Teaching Division, AHA"Knowing, Teaching, and Learning History examines the current state of history education by exploring the connections between the historical discipline, learning theory, and classroom practice. This interdisciplinary collection of articles addresses recent developments in the theory and practice of history education by scrutinizing how historical narratives are learned and what disciplinary practices and habits of mind facilitate historical understanding. Contributions by historians, teacher educators, educational psychologists, and classroom teachers bridge institutional boundaries and explore history education from elementary schools to university classrooms." -- Loretta Sullivan Lobes,Executive Director, National History Education Network, Carnegie Mellon University"The 22 useful and engaging essays in this book represent leading work in the scholarship of teaching and learning related to history. The collection is a valuable effort. Hopefully these essays will do much to bridge the gap between historians, teacher educators, and teachers." * Teaching History *
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New York University Press The Wrong Complexion for Protection
Book SynopsisWhen the images of desperate, hungry, thirsty, sick, mostly black people circulated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it became apparent to the whole country that race did indeed matter when it came to government assistance. The authors place the government response to natural and human-induced disasters in historical context over the years.Trade ReviewA fine overview for those interested in the subject matter. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *The Wrong Complexion for Protectionis an intellectual version of a 'greatest hits' album, combining autobiography and research findings to give a picture of the authors' important contributions to the field of environmental justice, and a picture of what environmental justice has contributed to political science and other fields. -- Patrick S. Roberts * Political Science Quarterly *A fascinating insiders account from the frontlines of the struggle to get the government to act fairly in the face of environmental injustice, with vast implications for future disasters. -- Timmons Roberts,co-author of A Climate of InjusticeThe brutal realities of institutional racism in disaster readiness, response, and recovery are unveiled here in black and white, through compelling case studies, jaw-dropping statistics, and thoroughly documented sociological and historical data. -- David Naguib Pellow,co-author of The Slums of Aspen: Immigrants vs. the Environment in America’s EdenTable of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Preface Introduction: Anatomy of Vulnerability 1. Race, Place, and the Environment in a Small Southern Town: A Personal Perspective from Robert D. Bullard 2. Growing Up in a City That Care Forgot, New Orleans: A Personal Perspective from Beverly Wright 3. The Legacy of Bias: Hurricanes, Droughts, and Floods 4. Recovery and Reconstruction in Post-Katrina New Orleans: A Time for Healing and Renewal 5. The Wrong Complexion for Protection: Response to Toxic Contamination 6. Nightmare on Eno Road: Poisoned Water and Toxic Racism in Dickson, Tennessee 7. Living and Dying on the Fenceline: Response to Industrial Accidents 8. Separate and Unequal Treatment: Responseto Health Emergencies, Human Experiments, and Bioterrorism Threats: 9. Critical Conditions: Fixing a Broken System Notes References Index About the Authors
£55.50
Syracuse University Press The Grandest Madison Square Garden
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewLeaving no stone—or brick—unturned she weaves together every tantalizing aspect of the creation of Stanford White’s magnificent Madison Square Garden. I found this in-depth work by Suzanne Hinman quite remarkable. Hinman’s skillful narrative hand, sense of structure, and the incredible amount of historical detail she weaves into every chapter make a wonderful book for anyone who enjoys a great read. What a splendid book! This scholarly history of the second Madison Square Garden (1890-1925) provides an important addition to the story of New York City Gilded Age architecture, entertainment, and popular culture. This building, it must be noted, lasted only a few years. In a rapidly changing city, this Palace of Pleasure was torn down to make way for a great Cathedral of Insurance. Thus, this book is especially rich in expanding our knowledge of the work of the architect Stanford White and the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The author has read widely and presents her findings in highly readable prose. This is a book for scholars and lay readers alike. A detailed and wide-ranging account of the Gilded Age from its picaresque characters, social choreography, and cultural preferences to its volatile economy, favorite restaurants, and even construction technology, with Stanford White and his beloved Madison Square Garden at the center of it all. Hinman observes the complex lives of her subjects with assurance in this accessible study that will appeal to readers interested in late 19th-century American architecture and sculpture, New York City, and LGBTQ history. Hinman uses the construction of the second Madison Square Garden as an armature upon which to hang a depiction of the Gilded Age. The Grandest Madison Square Garden will appeal to a wide audience. It tells an inherently fascinating story and does so with evident enthusiasm. Ought to be in collections devoted to New York City, the Gilded Age, architecture, art, and entertainment history. . . . Highly Recommended.
£20.66
MP-SYR Syracuse University P The Bear Tree and Other Stories from Cazenovias
Book SynopsisThe historic lakeside village of Cazenovia in the scenic Finger Lakes region is one of the jewels of Central New York, and yet very few books have told its story. The Bear Tree and Other Stories from Cazenovia's History explores the unheralded, inaccurately told, and long-forgotten tales of the town.
£16.10
Syracuse University Press Café Shira
Book SynopsisClosely based on the author’s own experiences over the twenty-five years he devoted to running a café that became an important Jerusalem cultural venue and landmark, Café Shira is a work of disarming tenderness and bittersweet love.
£19.76
Syracuse University Press A Plague of Cholera and Other Stories
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