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This book offers a new way of thinking about communication that moves beyond normative perspectives. Exhibiting postmodern theory, communicology is an idea whose time has come. Working within the European human science tradition and the philosophy of...

This collection attempts to answer the question of how do people who are defined as outsiders create agency how do they become agents of change, of social, political, spiritual, and cultural power outside of those spaces that we traditionally understand...

What is a canon and why does it matter? In Confronting Our Canons: Spanish and Latin American Studies in the 21st Century, Joan L. Brown shows that a canon has the power to define a field and determine what is taught. She argues that it is both...

The Lazarillo Phenomenon addresses a fundamental question in Hispanic Studies, why do we continue studying La Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes? As a classic literary text, Lazarillo's destiny depends on the relations it establishes over time with individuals...

Critique and utopia are two of the central concepts of the sociology of education, and they indeed exemplify the critical traditions in the sociology of education as a discipline. This book analyzes, using theoretical frameworks and empirical data, the...

Indigenous peoples and racial minorities have lived and thrived in Oregon for centuries. Their legacy is interwoven with the state's history and culture even as they continue to struggle with prejudice, environmental pressures, shrinking state revenues,...

Bessie Gotsfeld (1888-1962) was the inspired leader and founder of the Mizrachi Woman's Organization of America (MWOA). Gotsfeld abandoned a comfortable life in New York to live in Mandatory Palestine and conduct the MWOA's business. Gotsfeld was driven...

Unpacking Globalization examines the experiences of people living with the forces that are transforming economic systems, culture, gender relationships and governance. The book offers interdisciplinary analysis of the well-being of women and men as they...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781462862375Author Linda YeungFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Xlibris CorporationPublisher Xlibris CorporationWeight(grams) 145g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781468117141Author Dantalion JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm

This book is a reprint of the first publication of the complete manuscript of Pesiqta Rabbati, Volumes I-III (1997-2002), a major rabbinic work from the Land of Israel from the 5th-6th century. Based upon the annual cycle of Biblical passages for the...

This book is about criminologist Maurice Godwin's Internet social movement that sprang to life during the Baton Rouge serial murder case. The movement was a response to the Task Force failing to find serial killer Derrick Todd Lee, as citizens in Baton...

City of Dreams: Latino Immigration to Chicago uses extensive oral interviews combined with scholarly documentation to richly describe the social history of the Mexican, Puerto Rican, Guatemalan, Salvadoran, and Cuban groups in Chicago. Drawing on the...

The essays presented by Professors Marie A. Conn and Therese McGuire examine stone and water as vehicles of ritual memory through the lenses of various disciplines. In seven concise yet revealing chapters, the authors examine instances throughout history...

This book is about criminologist Maurice Godwin's Internet social movement that sprang to life during the Baton Rouge serial murder case. The movement was a response to the Task Force failing to find serial killer Derrick Todd Lee, as citizens in Baton...

This work is a basic introduction to aesthetics and covers the major theories of art, while referring to various filmic examples to illustrate the complex ideas related to the philosophy of art. In addition, it addresses film itself as an art form,...

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This seminal work is the first comprehensive analysis of the media landscape in the Mediterranean island of Malta. It examines the media owned by political parties, trade unions, and the church and how they successfully compete for audiences with the...

Transnational Migration to Israel in Global Comparative Context explores both how and why the recent influx of approximately 200,000 non-Jewish migrants from dozens of countries across the globe has led state officials to declare in definitive terms that...

Water utility customer service representatives face a variety of customer problems and complaints every day. They need specific training in how to deal with customer problems quickly and provide satisfactory solutions. Focus First on Service: The Voice...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560727132Author I. M. RachiaFormat HardbackPage Count 166Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 530g

Bring social studies to life with lively, detailed and clear coverage and plenty of photographs, drawings and activities, with an exciting pan-Caribbean perspective. - Cover the topics Our Land and People, Changing Environment and The Wider World in a...

It seems that being in a state of uncertainty is the overwhelming characteristic of library organizations today, but there are ways in which this can be used to improve our organizations. The power of negative capability is that it supports reflection...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692395653Author Bridget CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Dr. Bridget/CooperPublisher Dr. Bridget/CooperWeight(grams) 322g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307279071Author Arthur GoldwagFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692516812Author Jari a MikkolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint World Nexus PublicationsPublisher World Nexus PublicationsWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982641545Author Penelope P PrimeFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint China Research CenterPublisher China Research CenterWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982641521Author James R SchiffmanFormat PaperbackImprint China Research CenterPublisher China Research CenterWeight(grams) 231g

The Internet has become a powerful medium for Africans in the Diaspora to meet for cross border dialogue. Cameroonians all over the world are using this tool for what the present study considers to be a public-sphere discourse. Cameroonians living in the...

This pioneering book charts how President George W. Bush's 'compassionate conservatism' creates a new path for American Social Policy. There is a growing interest in testing the proposition that faith-based organizations (FBOs) could do even greater...

This pioneering book charts how President George W. Bush's "compassionate conservatism" creates a new path for American Social Policy. There is a growing interest in testing the proposition that faith-based organizations (FBOs) could do even...

The countries of China, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand are brought together for the first time in an integrated and systematic work outlining each country's cultural themes, cultural practices, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788441439153Author Kakuzo OkakuraFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Edaf AntillasPublisher Edaf AntillasWeight(grams) 295g

Contemporary Archipelagic Thinking takes as point of departure the insights of Antonio Benitez Rojo, Derek Walcott and Edouard Glissant on how to conceptualize the Caribbean as a space in which networks of islands are constitutive of a particular...

Translation and Culture examines the cultural politics of translation that determine the production and dissemination of ‘‘the foreign’’ in domestic cultures as varied as contemporary North America, Europe, and Israel.Book InformationISBN...

Cloning is one of the most hotly debated issues to have hit the world news in years. The first book of its kind. Flesh of My Flesh is a collection of articles by today's most-respected scientists, philosophers, bioethicists, theologians, and law...

Bernadine E. Abbott Hoduski, founder of the American Library Association's Government Documents Round Table (GODORT), could very well be considered the "mother" of all government documents librarians. Still an active member in the government...

To a new collection development librarian just learning the field or to an experienced practitioner attempting to reorganize a program, the options can be confusing and contradictory. Guide to Collection Development and Management Administration,...

Max Weber is one of the world's most important social scientists, but he is also one of the most notoriously difficult to understand. This revised, updated, and expanded edition of The Max Weber Dictionary reflects up-to-the-moment threads of inquiry and...

Is the Internet the key to a reinvigorated public life? Or will it fragment society by enabling citizens to associate only with like-minded others? Online community has provided social researchers with insights into our evolving social life. As...