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This book provides a comprehensive mathematical description and analysis of the delegate allocation processes in the US Democratic and Republican presidential primaries, focusing on the role of apportionment methods and the effect of thresholds¿the minimum levels of support required to receive delegates. The analysis involves a variety of techniques, including theoretical arguments, simplicial geometry, Monte Carlo simulation, and examination ...

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An ethnographic study of African American-Latino community relationships in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Provides an innovative anthology of fairy tales and related criticism that reflects current, interdisciplinary scholarship on oral traditions and the cultural history of the fairy tale. Tales range chronologically from ancient Egypt to the twenty-first century, and include examples from the Middle East, India, Japan, and Central America as well as Europe and North America.

Presents lesser-known fairy tales featuring animals both wild and gentle who appear in imaginative landscapes and enjoy a host of surprising talents. With striking illustrations by Lina Kusaite and introductions by Jennifer Schacker and Christine A. Jones, the offbeat, haunting stories in this collection are rich and surprisingly relevant, demanding creative reading by audiences aged young adult and up.