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This book makes a crucial bridge between the newly emerging Jewish Studies and Cultural Studies that will be essential reading for critics in both fields as well as those concerned with issues of identity and multiculturalism." --Nick Mirzoeff, author of An Introduction to Visual Culture What does it mean to be Jewish in today's world? In his new book, Jon Stratton helps readers understand the nature of being Jewish as a racial and ethnic iden...

Researchers found that lactoferrin, when activated, functions as a potent antimicrobial intervention. It protects food by removing harmful bacteria from the surface and by starving bacteria before they can multiply and produce harmful toxins. This book details microbial blocking technology to protect foods from harmful microbes.

A summary of block copolymer chemical structures and synthesis. It discusses physical methods of characterization such as computer simulation, microhardness, dielectric spectroscopy, thermal mechanical relaxation, ultrasonic characterization, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray scattering, and NMR, among others. It also outlines rheological and processing parameters in the multiphase polymer systems with stable microstructures.

China's recent reforms have led to unprecedented economic growth, if this continues, China will be able to turn its great potential power into actual power. The result could be, in the very long term, the rise of China as a rival to the United States as the world's predominant power, in the nearer term, China could become a significant rival in the East Asian region. In this context, the issue for U.S. policy is how to handle a rising power, a...

This illustrated, accessible, and academically credible history of 19th- and 20th-century Glasgow introduces much original material and comprehensively integrates social, economic, cultural and political themes into the fascinating story of the city's rise, fall, and rise. Maver traces its position from the second city of the empire at the end of the 19th century through the industrial decline of the 20th century to a city of tourism, culture,...

Wilhelm G. Grewe's "Epochen der Völkerrechtsgeschichte", published in 1984, is widely regarded as one of the classic twentieth century works of international law. This revised translation by Michael Byers of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, makes this important book available to non-German readers for the first time. "The Epocs of International Law" provides a theoretical overview and detailed analysis of the history of international ...

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More than 20 years after the fall of Saigon, Vietnam still haunts us. It is the war that never seems to go away. Arnold Isaac's readable and insightful new book, "Vietnam Shadows, " is an effort to explore comprehensively the many facets of this phenomenon." -- "Chicago Tribune

The choice of examples used in this text clearly illustrate its use for a one-year graduate course. The material to be presented in the classroom constitutes a little more than half the text, while the rest of the text provides background, offers different routes that could be pursued in the classroom, as well as additional material that is appropriate for self-study. Of particular interest is a presentation of the major central limit theorems...

In this thought-provoking work, one of the world's leading library educators and thinkers seeks to bring a set of core values back into focus by considering the questions on the minds of most librarians today.

′Joe is Joe, a different label is not going to make him suddenly think he is someone else′ (Joe′s Mum) Quotations like this about five year old Joe are used to illustrate this text, which draws on the experience of learning disabilities in the family.

People and Forests explores the complex interactions between local communities and their forests, focusing on the rules by which communities govern and manage their forest resources.

Authoritative and comprehensive, this updated edition will help catalogers and others in the library to apply suggested headings to works of fiction, enrich catalog entries, and point library users in the right direction.

For classroom teachers and reading specialists, this unique resource provides a complete, year-round collection of easy-to-use teaching ideas and activity sheets to supplement any developmental or remedial reading program in grades 1 through 6. All of this material is conveniently organized into 12 monthly sections plus an introduction and is printed in a spiral-bound format that folds flat for photocopying. Here are just a few of the teaching...

Celebrates the storytelling traditions of Innu women from Labrador while shedding light on their efforts to preserve both their land and their traditional way of life for future generations. An inspiring collection of memoirs, legends, poetry, essays, speeches, and testimonies, this text is an indispensible resource for students of Indigenous studies, women's studies, and environmental studies.

What are the most common American expressions? If someone calls you a 'Philadelphia lawyer', should you take it as a compliment? What is the difference between 'tabling a motion' in the US and in the UK? Can you distinguish between a tortilla and a tostada? A group of lions is called a 'pride'. What do you call a ground of tigers? These are but a few examples of what this compendium helps you to work out. It picks up where the common dictionar...

AIDS (autoimmune deficiency syndrome) is a devastating human disease cause by HIV, a human immunodeficiency virus, which may be transmitted by either sexual or other contacts in which body fluids are exchanged. Cases of AIDS have been reported in a majority of countries throughout the world, indicating that the HIV/AIDS epidemic is international in scope.This book deals with the mathematical and statistical techniques underlying the models use...

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Experimental work on meditation and the nature of pain by a distinguished senior Americanist.

I can't recommend this book highly enough!" -Katha Pollitt In our ironic, "postfeminist" age few experiences inspire the kind of passions that breastfeeding does. For advocates, breastfeeding is both the only way to supply babies with proper nutrition and the "bond" that cements the mother/child relationship. Mother's milk remains "natural" in a world of genetically modified produce and corporate health care. But is it a realistic option f...