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In this powerful new study Mary Ellison demonstrates the unique role of black music as an articulation of black aspirations and fears, and as a reaction to a range of social, economic, and political realities. She reveals black music as a soundtrack for life in all its complexity. Through a very close examination of lyrics, musical style, and form in black music throughout history, Ellison brings to light a genre of music varied in its intenti...

Prominent school-of-education faculty researchers provide perspectives on the school reform movement. The contributors represent a wide range of disciplines and address controversial issues in education - including equity and excellence, parental choice and pre-school education.

This examination of the theory behind employee rights suggests a need to look at rights and responsibilities issues in a broad management context. It is a summary of current knowledge in this sphere. Case studies, court decisions and quantified data document specific ideas throughout the text.

This study of economic history since World War II explores why trade and payments have evolved as they have, the prospects for future evolution, and the range of policy adjustments likely to be required. The author reveals distinct cycles in world trade and explores the J-curve effect.

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The purpose of this work is to offer a clear physical explanation of the Coriolis force. Meterologists and oceanographers have invoked this somewhat mysterious force to explain the apparent equilibrium of a system of wind patterns or ocean currents in the presence of horizontal pressure gradients so that the velocity of fluid lies among isobars. The force is named for Gustave Gaspard Coriolis (1792-1843), a French mathematician who studied its...

The economic futures of the United States, Canada, and Japan are tightly linked by the extremely powerful trade network these nations share. Yet because of trade and domestic policies aimed at preserving economic and, some argue, cultural integrity, there has at times been considerable friction among the three nations. Much of the recent trade animus of the U.S. has been aimed Japan, the country with the largest trade surplus with the United S...

This volume presents a theoretical and empirical study of the relationship between entrepreneurship and the process of long-term regional change. The author identifies five major innovative entrepreneurial roles and their historical antecedents. He then explores the macro effects of these roles.

Sobel examines key social and political issues surrounding the white collar working class, identifying a system of stratification within the working class, scrutinizing the proletarianization questions, and demonstrating the political consequences of structural class.

De Boor/Newalds große deutsche Literaturgeschichte ist seit über zwei Jahrzehnten das Standard-Handbuch zum Gegenstand. Sie verbindet sachliche Information und problemgeschichtliche Orientierung miteinander. Diese Bände bieten dem Studierenden genau das, was er braucht: den Stoff, den die Verfasser in vorbildlicher Form ausbreiten, Kenntnisse, die die Autoren nicht voraussetzen, sondern vermitteln, und dies alles auf den Stand der heutigen Fo...

Approaching the problem of homelessness from a broad public policy perspective, this book focuses on the American political economy and how it permits community development patterns based on racism and self-interest.

During its four decades of statehood, Israel has experienced nationalistic, cultural and ethnic conflicts, but a remarkable lack of class struggle. The author of this study claims that the strange lack of class conflict is the result of political design and necessity.

A revelation and a source of hope. Background essays give a historical overview of how the early pessimistic concentration on pathology has given way to greater emphasis on survivors' adaptive potential and strengths. Many contributors stress the importance of remembering and facing the pain that memory brings, an emphasis shared by Jewish tradition. Jewish ChronicleThis is the first comprehensive anthology on the psychological treatment of Ho...

Let me tell you a story, " each film seems to offer silently as its opening frames hit the screen. But sometimes the film finds a voice--an off-screen narrator--for all or part of the story. From "Wuthering Heights" and "Double Indemnity" to "Annie Hall" and "Platoon, " voice-over narration has been an integral part of American movies.Through examples from films such as "How Green Was My Valley, " "All About Eve, " "The Naked City, " and "Barr...

A distinguished group of criminal justice specialists examine the impact of the new U.S. sentencing guidelines, imposed in 1987, on law enforcement, the prosecution, and courts, and corrections.

Examines management practices behind Korea's successful transformation from an underdeveloped nation into a major world player. The contributors study the success story and point to the economic policies of government, a well-disciplined labour force, and a homogenous culture.

Ross here presents a comparative historical study of European neutrality policy with special reference to the problem posed to neutral countries by the imposition of international collective sanctions. The study takes the form of an extended and detailed comparative examination of Swedish and Swiss responses to the League of Nation's embargo against Italy in 1935-36 and the United Nation's sanctions against Rhodesia in 1965-79. Through this an...

An examination of the relationship between the Western powers and the Soviet Union with regard to Berlin, from WW II to the 1971 Four Power Agreement, ending with an assessment of its implications for the future.

Themen: Neuaufbau nach der Katastrophe, Altertum und Mittelalter, die zeitgeschichtliche Forschung, das Problem der deutschen Nationalgeschichte, zur Veränderung der deutschen Geschichtswissenschaft in den sechziger Jahren.

The first serious study of the likely road to independence, and the consequences, "Scottish Independence" starts with a detailed guide to the stages along the route to independence and goes on to analyze the legal, political and economic effects.