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Examines gang activities in East Los Angeles. This book is written by the author of "Mexican Americans" and co-author (with Leo Grebler) of "The Mexican American People.

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?Recommended for college libraries and for large public libraries.?-Library Journal

?Goldstein, Professor of Law at Yale Law School, presents a well-researched contribution to the scholarly literature on the insanity defense.?-National Review

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Ernest Tuveson here shows that the idea of the redemptive mission which has motivated so much of the United States foreign policy is as old as the Republic itself. He traces the development of this element of the American heritage from its beginning as a literal interpretation of biblical prophecies. Pointing to the application of the millenarian ideal to successive stages of American history, notably apocalyptic events like the Civil War, Tuv...

Misunderstood and stereotyped, the black family in America has been viewed by some as pathologically weak while others have acclaimed its resilience and strength. Those who have drawn these conflicting conclusions have gnerally focused on the nuclear family--husband, wife, and dependent children. But as Elmer and Joanne Martin point out in this revealing book, a unit of this kind often is not the center of black family life. What appear to be ...

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Die Edition Schott spiegelt die ganze Vielfalt der Musik in einer umfassenden Noten-Bibliothek für den Schüler, Amateur- und Profi-Musiker wider. Die Edition Schott bietet Musik von der Renaissance bis zur Moderne, vom Solo-Instrument bis zum Orchester, von klassischen Standardwerken bis zu interessanten Raritäten. Sie enthält rund zwanzig der anerkannten und bestens bewährten Schott-Instrumentalserien, wie Gitarren-Archiv, Violin-Bibliothek, ...

The Mahabharata, " an ancient and vast Sanskrit poem, is a remarkable collection of epics, legends, romances, theology, and ethical and metaphysical doctrine. The core of this great work is the epic struggle between five heroic brothers, the Pandavas, and their one hundred contentious cousins for rule of the land. This is the first volume in what will ultimately become a multi volume edition encompassing all eighteen books.

The authors postulate that aggression is always a consequence of frustration. They indicate manifestations of this sequence in almost every field of human behavior and interpret aggression as assuming many forms and as being affected by other psychological factors.

Nicely conceived, very clearly written. . . . A high level of philosophic substance and sophistication." --David M. Mowry, SUNY at Plattsburgh

More than 1600 entries--books, journal articles, reports, and dissertations--are included in this bibliography. A descriptive annotation is supplied for almost every entry. The emphasis is on English-language materials published in the 1960s and 1970s. Author-title and keyword-in-context indexes are included to provide access to individual works and specific areas of interest.

?Nowhere in the literature do we have as extensive a description of the prospective law student, his academic ability, his collegiate background, his place of residence, his ethnic and religious category, his parents' occupation, education and income, nor do we have the association of all these factors with categories of law schools. The book provides us with solid documentation of these facts.?-Choice

The reason why clinical science has not solved the riddle of cancer may not lie totally within the realm of the laboratory. It may lie in part in the mind and emotions of the patient. After two decades of research and psychotherapeutic work with cancer patients, Lawrence LeShan offers new evidence and startling insights into why some individuals get cancer while others do not--and why some are able to fight successfully for their lives while o...

?There is an excellent introductory chapter on the historian's task in general, and an equally rewarding final chapter on fact and symbol in historical writing. While the writers and writings with which the author is chiefly concerned are scriptural or early Christian, the problems and principles involved are ever new. His style is remarkably lucid, his scholarship impressive.?-New York Times

Nicely conceived, very clearly written. . . . A high level of philosophic substance and sophistication." --David M. Mowry, SUNY at Plattsburgh