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Defending Public Schools addresses the historical, current, and future context of public schools in the United States. While the essays provide an overview of education and schooling issues, the overarching concern is that public schools are under attack and deserve to be defended.

?The body of this book consists of a general introductory essay, five chapters on specific tribal groups from Massachusetts to Virginia, a brief conclusion, and a bibliographical essay. The authors address an important topic in the ethnohistory of the eastern United States--the persistence of Indian enclaves that long ago were submerged within American society. They also ask an important question--what are the strategies by which these submerg...

Dalton combines the scholarly literature on public law and judicial impact with recent studies of policy implementation at the state level. He emphasizes the underlying constitutional, organizational, psychological, and political factors that shape public policy outcomes, arguing that a sound grasp of these factors can lead to an understanding of the gap between theory and practice in democratic politics. He examines the historical development...

This compelling book shows companies new methods of marketing communication that will break through the noise created by the competition and allow them to differentiate their offerings and their brands.

A collection of expert essays examines the privacy rights that have been lost in the post-9/11 era-giving students and others the knowledge they need to take back their constitutional protections.

The story of an estimated half-million American men and women who went to Canada as a result of their opposition to the Vietnam War, this book, which focuses on those who remained in Canada, offers a resister's eye view of the most traumatic war in American history.

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Examines the films which portray Christ's Passion.

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For more than 30 years, the action movie has been the film genre that most represents Hollywood to the world, and represents the world to American audiences. Still, the action film has never received the critical attention it deserves. Studying its various trends and visual excesses, Action Speaks Louder: Violence, Spectacle, and the American Action Movie traces the genre's evolution and sources to reveal how it has come to assume its place of...

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Mikhail Gorbachev's rise to power in 1985 signalled the beginning of significant improvements in Soviet-Israeli relations. This study describes how eased tensions between the USSR and Israel have been achieved and analyzes the Soviet Union's reasons for advancing diplomatic relations with Israel.

This volume examines the influence of ethnicity, gender, and generation on our health choices, focusing in particular on the the choices of British Asian mothers: Asian women who are born and raised in Britain but are members of a globally dispersed ethnic group. The author uses original empirical research to explore the interconnections between the different factors and the ways in which these women combine western and nonwestern health disco...

With an Introduction by Anthony D. Pellegrini, this work is one of the most extensive studies of early language and literacy undertaken to date. This volume describes the four interdisciplinary facets of a three-year longitudinal investigation of the early literate and linguistic experience and know

What do Lizzie Borden and O. J. Simpson have in common? Or the Lindbergh baby and Gary Gilmore? They were all the focus of famous crimes and/or trials in the United States. In this five-volume set, historical and contemporary cases that not only "shocked the nation" but that also became a part of the popular and legal culture of our country are discussed in vivid, and sometimes shocking, detail. Each chapter focuses on a different crime or tri...

As a major transplantation center, the University of Pittsburgh has conducted more than 300 liver transplants. Because the problems faced by an institution contemplating the initiation of such an organ transplantation program are many, unique, and often unexpected, the university has been beseiged by requests from other physicians and hospitals for training and advice. This book represents much of the accumulated experience on hepatic transpla...

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