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Latina Health in the United States" identifies and offers an in-depth examination of the most critical health issues that affect Latinas' health and health care within the United States. In this comprehensive resource, the contributors examine a wide variety of topics that address Latina women's health concerns such as sexual and reproductive health issues, chronic conditions such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, the impact of alcohol, ...

With essays by an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars, Dark Horizons focuses on the development of critical dystopia in science fiction at the end of the twentieth century. In these narratives of places more terrible than even the reality produced by the neo-conservative backlash of the 1980s and the neoliberal hegemony of the 1990s, utopian horizons stubbornly anticipate a different and more just world. The top-notch team of...

The first book-length interpretation of the new conservative leaders of America's largest Protestant denomination.

In this first history of psychotherapy among the Latter-day Saints, Eric G. Swedin describes how modern psychology has affected the "healing of souls" in the LDS community. But he also shows how this community melded its theological doctrines with mainstream psychiatry when secular concepts clashed with fundamental tenets of Mormonism. The psychological professions pervasive in twentieth-century American society were viewed as dangerous by som...

Doing Social Science Research gives an introductory overview of the process of social research, from research design to data collection and analysis. It provides students and teachers with a mix of resources to help them to get to grips with the main methods of social research. These resources include a set of self-directed activities designed to get students using research methods, as well as a set of readings to support these activities. The...

Der hier vorgelegte Sammelband, der an jenen anschließt, der 1990 unter demselben Titel und von denselben Herausgebern zusammengestellt erschien (RGL 102, inzwischen vergriffen), vereinigt Beiträge, die unter Berücksichtigung des aktuellen Standes der Forschung das Vorkommen von Internationalismen in Sprachen beschreiben, die bisher in dieser Hinsicht kaum oder gar nicht untersucht worden sind (Niederländisch, Ungarisch, Türkisch, Japanisch, T...

As the EU and NATO prepare to enlarge, this volume assesses the likely impact on new member states and their neighbours remaining outside these two organizations. Through a combination of thematic and case study chapters it discusses the economic and security implications of enlargement for both 'insiders' and 'outsiders'. Assesses the likely impact of EU and Nato enlargement. Investigates three thematic areas: economic cooperation, security...

Die Beiträge des Bandes konzentrieren die Auseinandersetzung mit Exilliteratur auf die jüdische Erfahrung von Exil, was dem Thema eine 2.500jährige historische Tiefe und eine entsprechende Vielfalt an literarischen Strategien, mit der Exilerfahrung umzugehen, zuspielt. Zugleich öffnet diese Perspektive Exilliteratur auch für das Spannungsfeld 'Exil und Heimkehr'. Die Aufsätze behandeln deutsche, französische und hebräische Exilliteratur, insbe...

Inter-war Paris witnessed unparalleled freedom for women, who enjoyed access to education and opportunities to participate in artistic and intellectual life. This text offers a nuanced portrait of what it meant to be a modern woman during this decisive period of modernism's development.

A new collection of essays by the internationally recognized cultural critic and intellectual historian Martin Jay that revolves around the themes of violence and visuality, with essays on the Holocaust and virtual reality, religious violence, the art world, and the Unicorn Killer, among a wide range of other topics.

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The life and times of Stephen Watts, a police officer turned private detective. This fascinating book chronicles Watt's time in the law enforcement profession, from street cop to Federal Investigator.

In ESSENTIAL ENERGY BALANCING and RELIANCE ON THE LIGHT, best-selling author Diane Stein taught readers how to heal and cleanse their souls of the negative karma suffered on Earth. Now, in ESSENTIAL ENERGY BALANCING II, she explains how to continue the process of releasing the karma through 24 individual processes, including "Connection with the Light" and "Vibrational Sealing." Readers learn to let go of karmic baggage, not just here on Earth...

Using Topographic Maps to Find DeerTopographic maps and aerial photos can lead you right to the biggest bucks you've ever seen. You just have to know how to use them.Brad Herndon takes the mystery out of finding deer with maps. Through years of dedicated hunting and careful study of maps and photos, Herndon has perfected the use of maps to find the routes deer travel. And once you know where the deer will be headed you can establish the perfec...

This book pursues possible strategies for synthesising mainly organic compounds, particularly those of interest to the health sector and related industries. Topics covered include addition reactions of aldehydes and ketones, the use of organometallic reagents to form carbon-carbon bonds (e.g., Grignard reagents), and radical reactions, including selectivity and chain reactions. Retrosynthetic analysis is introduced as a strategy for developing...

Richard Carlson has shown people how not to sweat the small stuff with their families, in love, at work and at home. Now he turns to an entirely different, and much larger, topic: how to deal with the big issues in life.

This magnificent new book demonstrates the development of a distinctive, unified culinary tradition throughout the Italian peninsula. Thematically organized and beautifully illustrated, "Italian Cuisine" is a rich history of the ingredients, dishes, techniques, and social customs behind the Italian food we know and love today.

The First Amendment to the Constitution states that Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of the press, but the definitions of "press, " "freedom, " and even "abridgment" have evolved by means of judicial rulings on cases concerning the limits and purposes of press freedoms. In How Free Can the Press Be? Randall P. Bezanson explores the changes in understanding of press freedom in America by discussing in depth nine of the most pivo...

Durchblick durch die Informationsflut einer aufstrebenden Wissenschaft Als die Bioinformatik noch in den Kinderschuhen steckte, waren Programmierkenntnisse nötig, um mit den kryptischen Programmen zu arbeiten. Ihren Boom verdankt sie dem rasanten Wachstum im Bereich Informatik und den damit einher gehenden Hard- und Software-Entwicklungen sowie dem Siegeszug des WWW. Heute gehören Techniken wie Sequenzsuchen mit dem BLAST-Algorithmus, paarweis...

Weit springen oder tief tauchen: Welche Vorteile bieten diese Fähigkeiten, und warum sind sie möglich? Auf diese und andere Fragen mehr liefert das Buch Antworten anhand von Beispielen und Erläuterungen der Zusammenhänge. Es ist in drei Teile gegliedert: Übersicht über die großen Wirbeltier-Gruppen, Vergleichende Anatomie der Organsysteme, Physikalische und biomechanische Grundsteine der Funktionsmorphologie. Gute Lesbarkeit, klare Erklärungen...