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This book focuses attention upon rural social policy and welfare issues within selected areas in the US, Australia, continental Europe and Britain as well as in countrysides within less industrialised India and Mexico. This edited collection adds to the new genre of geopolitical and socio-economic rural transnational studies. Discusses the multi-dimensional factors affecting rural space, socio-political urban-rural power relations, conflicting...

Great Events from History: The 20th Century (1901-1940) organizes coverage of world events chronologically for in-depth understanding in historical context. Continuing the series Great Events from History, these volumes bring up the world's most important events and developments from 1901 through 1940. The events covered include the curriculum-oriented geopolitical events of the era--from World War I (1914-1918) and the Russian Revolution (191...

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Long before snowmobiles, paved roads, and SUVs were introduced into Yellowstone National Park, a myriad of companies offered buggy and stage rides through the Park, with their drivers telling stories to their passengers. This work includes the campfire stories of the traders and trappers, Yellowstone as it was portrayed in early photos and movies.

Includes interviews with popular Chicano/a writers, asking each about language and life between languages, about the creative drive that has guided them in their craft and commits them to their art. This work explains how each author reiterates issues that have concerned Mexican Americans since at least 1848.

My name is John Crichton. "I'm lost." An astronaut. Shot through a wormhole. In some distant part of the universe. "I'm trying to stay alive." Aboard this ship. "This living ship." Of escaped prisoners." During its fourth and--for the present--final season, "Farscape" was the Sci-Fi Channel's highest rated original series. With its dedicated fan-base, "Farscape" seasons are still top-billing Sci Fi DVDs. This first substantial analysis of the ...

One of the major works of twentieth-century anthropological theory, this title allows the anthropologists access to Leslie White's crucial contribution to the theory of cultural evolution.

The Most American Thing in America is the winner of the 2006 Barnard Hewitt Award for Excellence in Theatre History.

Provides a dual study of the issues facing Texas Democrats as they rebuilt their party and of the policies they pursued once they were back in power. This work is useful for students of regional and political history.

Epidemiology of pain in the older person is not a subject that has been widely studied in the past, although it has been suggested that almost half of older people in the community suffer with significant pain. This is a major problem within society and with the aging population it is likely that the incidence of pain in this group will continue to rise. There are currently no UK publications that focus specifically upon the needs of the older...

To date, non-medical researchers, particularly those working in nursing and allied health, have suffered from a general lack of good, strategic advice on how to build their careers. Designed to assist readers in building their careers, A Self-fulfilling Prophecy: Building a Successful Career in Health Research, is a fascinating insight into author Simon Stewart's, career as a health researcher. Using his unique experiences as a basis for the b...

The lack of practical information available to the families of vulnerable individuals - and sometimes a similar lack of resources for the professionals who deal with them - can lead to frustration and in some cases tragedy. In this practical guide for anyone involved in caring for patients with challenging behaviour, Grainne Smith (author of the bestselling "Anorexia and Bulimia in the Family)" champions the importance of teamwork so that care...

The poems in "Reunion" insistently turn back toward sources: toward home and the idea of home, toward the body, and toward objects that return us to ourselves. They always surprise, moving from quantum mechanics, wildflowers, and a Bobcat driver to a woman killed by a flying deer, magma becoming rock, and an invasion of flying ants. Fleda Brown deftly unites daily frustrations and suffering with profound psychological, physical, and cosmic que...

Who is really in charge of lesson plans and of organizing classroom activities? Who places students in classes? Who selects books and tests? How are students are evaluated? Who determines this? How much weight does teacher opinion have in decisions about student progress in school? This book examines each of these questions.

The diffusion of ideas and practices is fundamental to our way of life. In areas from technology to commerce to religion, Americans presume that good ideas will flourish. But in a country built on such presumptions, the diffusion of policy ideas is poorly understood. This book helps us to appreciate the sources of dynamism in American politics.

The Actor's Survival Kit is required reading in Canadian theatre schools and is a constant resource for its many readers across the country. This fourth edition gives actors fresh research from today's experience, new lists of Canada-wide contracts, and input from success stories. It speaks to a new generation of artists, giving them an up-to-date guide to the business of acting. It addresses a range of new issues: performer websites, video...

Dendrochronology and wood anatomy developed for decades as two independent scientific fields. It was only in the last decade that it was made clear that the dimension of time is the fourth dimension for both sciences and that it was demonstrated that wood anatomy and dendrochronology are perfect partners. The main aim of this book is to show the hidden ecological richness in stems and roots from trees, shrubs and herbs. It should encourage re...

Takes a look at the successes and failures of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). Opponents of NCLB criticize it as underfunded and unworkable, in its attempt to square the competing demands of elite- and street-level realities, while supporters see it as a radical educational reform.