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This volume gathers established and new scholars working on North American immigration, transmigration, internal migration, and citizenship whose work analyzes the development of migrant and state-level institutions as well as migrant networks. With contemporary migration research most often focused on the development of transnational communities and the ways international migrants maintain relationships with their sending region that sustain ...

I have lived through a Depression, World War 11, a polio epidemic, life in the suburbs, activism, bra burning, a sexual revolution, cancer and widowhood. I have been with women who believed they belonged in the kitchen and women who left their husbands to get out of it. I had a mother who rarely said what she felt because women did not back then, and I determined to be different, and never shut my mouth. In these essays, I am sometimes angry, ...

One day can be as short as a heartbeat or last forever.

A much-needed examination of how technology has affected national security, focusing on issues such as definitions of peace and war, the conduct of and military organization for war, and the growing role of the private sector in providing security.

Incorporating the author's theories of preventive health maintenance and alternative healing, this title features general diet and nutrition information, simple recipes, and a catalogue of home remedies and tips.

From the great popularizer of alternative medicine, here is a collection of essays about his travels to South America in the early 1970s in search of information on altered states of consciousness, drug use in other cultures, and other matters having to do with the complementarity of mind and body. Andrew Weil's experiences during this time laid the foundation for his mission to restore the connection between medicine and nature. In The Marria...

This book is an introduction to the war machine of New Kingdom Egypt from c. 1575 bc-1100 bc. Focuses on the period in which the Egyptians created a professional army and gained control of Syria, creating an "Empire of Asia." Written by a respected Egyptologist. Highlights new technological developments, such as the use of chariots and siege technology. Considers the socio-political aspects of warfare, particularly the rise to power of a new g...

About the Contributor(s): James B. DeYoung, Th.D., is Professor of New Testament at Western Seminary. He completed a Bachelor of Arts in History at East Texas Baptist College, a Master of Theology degree at Talbot Theological Seminary, and went on to receive a Doctorate of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. He has authored several articles published in the 'Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society', 'The Best in Theology', and '...

Different from existing environment and development texts, this volume, rather than listing problems, making warnings and voicing advocacy, looks at practical management and problem-solving techniques.

A-level Mathematics books for the AQA and EdExcel specifications

Globalization has become a seemingly unstoppable force over recent decades and, in its wake, global notions of social justice have developed in response to its negative aspects. Neo-liberal economic policies have been a key element in the wider processes of globalization, and these policies have had a profound impact on welfare provision and the shape of social work practice. Arising dissatisfaction among users of welfare and social work servi...

The human rights of the child have been inscribed in the UN's 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, and ratified by 191 countries. Paulo David's work makes it clear, however, that too often competitive sports has yet to recognize the value of respect for international child rights norms."Human Rights in Youth Sport" offers critical analysis of some very real problems within youth sport and argues that the future development of sport depe...

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The Essence of Truth must count as one of Heidegger's most important works, for nowhere else does he give a comparably thorough explanation of what is arguably the most fundamental and abiding theme of his entire philosophy, namely the difference between truth as the "unhiddenness of beings" and truth as the "correctness of propositions." For Heidegger, it is by neglecting the former primordial concept of truth in favor of the latter derivativ...

The European Landscape is under stress of changing land use and a changing attitude of its users. Globalization, the disappearance of the iron curtain and the recent EU enlargement to 25 countries have changed the economic and environmental dimensions of Europe. Europe is changing its face from a western and eastern part to one European Union and to fast connections between its centres of activity. The rural and cultural heritage of Europe has...

Caddis flies are important indicators of environmental quality in aquatic biotopes. This Atlas is the first book which enables the identification of the entire European caddis fly fauna since McLachlan's Revision and Synopsis of 1874-1880. Identification of European caddis flies has proved difficult as a result of the widely scattered literature, and has therefore been a matter for specialists for more than hundred years. This Secon...

Die Fortbildungskurse richten sich an angehende Fachärzte für Orthopädie und orthopädische Chirurgie, aber auch an erfahrene Orthopäden in Praxis und Klinik, die von bestausgewiesenen Wissenschaftlern eine kompetente Übersicht über Neues zu aktuellen und modernen Krankheitsbildern bekommen. Strategien in moderner, invasiver und nichtinvasiver Diagnostik sowie konservativer und operativer Therapie werden didaktisch einfach erläutert und mit vie...

Romance and Rights: The Politics of Interracial Intimacy, 1945-1954 by Alex Lubin. Romance and Rights: The Politics of Interracial Intimacy, 1945-1954 is a major study of the meaning of interracial romance, love, and sex in the ten years after World War II. How was interracial romance treated in popular culture by African American civil rights leaders, soldiers, and white segregationists? Previous studies focus on the period beginning in 1967 ...

This remarkable book demonstrates the extraordinary nature of Ameen Rihani's work as a cultural ambassador, the depth of his affinities for such writers as Carlyle, Emerson, Thoreau, and Tolstoy, and the enduring relevance of his commitments to tolerance, universalism, reconciliation, and peace.

Extensive guide to the acoustic guitar, containing history, tuition and care tips. Also examines the styles of many guitar heroes.