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The Heart of Hyacinth, originally published in 1903, tells the coming-of-age story of Hyacinth Lorrimer, a child of white parents who was raised from infancy in Japan by a Japanese foster mother and assumed to be Eurasian. A crisis occurs when, 18 years...

Where did the right to privacy come from and what does it mean? Grappling with the critical issues involving women and gays that relate to the recent Supreme Court appointment, Vincent J. Samar develops a definition of legal privacy, discusses the...

In this searing polemic, Lee Edelman outlines a radically uncompromising new ethics of queer theory. His main target is the all-pervasive figure of the child, which he reads as the linchpin of our universal politics of "reproductive futurism." Edelman...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859347563Author Jim GatenbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Bernard Babani PublishingPublisher Bernard Babani Publishing

People's experiences of racial inequality in adulthood are well documented, but less attention is given to the racial inequalities that children and adolescents face. Growing Up in America provides a rich, first-hand account of the different social...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780886291570Author Alain-G GagnonFormat PaperbackPage Count 450Imprint Carleton University Press,CanadaPublisher Carleton University Press,Canada

In The Moral Austerity of Environmental Decision Making a group of prominent environmental ethicists, policy analysts, political theorists, and legal experts challenges the dominating influence of market principles and assumptions on the formulation of...

Reason and Democracy breaks new ground in providing a plausible philosophical basis for the communitarian view of a healthy democracy as the rational pursuit of common purposes by free and equal citizens. Thomas A. Spragens Jr. argues that the most...

During his years of leadership in the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev initiated revolutionary changes in that country's foreign and domestic policies. A Foreign Policy in Transition charts the changing Soviet policies toward Central America and the...

In Neglected Policies, Ira L. Strauber challenges scholars and critics of constitutional jurisprudence to think differently about the Constitution and its interpretation. He argues that important aspects of law, policies, and politics are neglected...

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Proven PL/SQL Optimization SolutionsIn Oracle PL/SQL Performance...

Using a step-by-step approach, this book focuses on how the average home user can convert their existing home movies to a digital medium. As DVDs become even more common, the market for transferring VHS movies to DVD is going to soar. This book seeks the...

Everything you need to administer services on Solaris-based systems Major e-commerce players use Sun servers and Solaris to power all or parts of their Internet businesses. If this is a work environment you need to crack, reach out for Solaris: The...

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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Optimize Microsoft SQL Server 2014 queries and...

Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and...

Civilian control of the armed forces is crucial for any country hoping to achieve a successful democratic transition. In this remarkable book, Narcis Serra, Spanish Minister of Defence between 1982 and 1991, explains the steps necessary to reduce the...

A Stanford University Press classic.Reviews"This is a lively, original, and carefully researched study of the transformation of political cultures in highland Peru during and after the agrarian reform of the late 1960s. It makes an important contrubution...

Analyzes the trend toward increased mayoral control of urban schools, using Chicago and Cleveland as case studiesAnalyzes the trend toward increased mayoral control of urban schools, using Chicago and Cleveland as case studiesReviews"I believe that...

In this synthesis of urban geography and environmental studies, ten scholars explore the complex physical and human characteristics of Canada's best known region. They attempt to formulate a geopolitical blueprint for preservation of both the natural...

Examines economic development and job creation in different physical and social settings to forge a new agenda for community economic development in minority neighborhoodsExamines economic development and job creation in different physical and social...

Religion is the most fundamental, comprehensive of all human activities. It tries to make sense out of not simply one or other aspect of human life, but of all aspects of human experience. At the core of every civilization lies its religion, which both...

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Ethnic community building and immigrant success in "Havana on the Hudson"Ethnic community building and immigrant success in "Havana on the Hudson"About the AuthorYolanda Prieto is Professor Emerita in the School of Social Science and Human Services of...

Iroquois Journey is the warm and illuminating memoir of William N. Fenton (1908-2005), a leading scholar who shaped Iroquois studies and modern anthropology in America. The memoir reveals the ambitions and struggles of the man and the many...

David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40) presents the most important account of skepticism in the history of modern philosophy. In this lucid and thorough introduction to the work, John P. Wright examines the development of Hume's ideas in the...

This outstanding introductory work offers students and the general reader a concise, accessible overview of the nature, problems, and history of Western philosophy. The book is divided into two parts. Part I examines the process of philosophical...

The essays explore the blurring of lines between telecommunications and broadcasting and the nature and feasibility of regulation; the introduction of public services through interactive terminals and questions of access and equity; the possibility of...

The last twenty or so years have seen a different kind of state emerge in Canada and elsewhere. The questioning of Keynesian macroeconomic policy in light of crises in Western economies coupled with the rise of neo-conservative and neo-liberal politics...

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Challenging U.S. Apartheid is an innovative, richly detailed history of Black struggles for human dignity, equality, and opportunity in Atlanta from the early 1960s through the end of the initial term of Maynard Jackson, the city's first Black mayor, in...

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After two decades of rapid technological and structural change and an overall record of poor economic performance, Canadians need to take stock of the ongoing transformation of the labour market and its implications for public policy. The fundamental...

A wide range of social scientific perspectives - from anthropology, geography, history, and Indigenous studies to politics, psychology, and sociology - are represented here. The effects of restructuring processes in Canada and New Zealand are...

Across the United States tens of millions of people are working forty or more hours a week...and living in poverty. This is surprising in a country where politicians promise that anyone who does their share, and works hard, will get ahead. In Ending...

Does region matter in industrial relations?Does region matter in industrial relations?About the AuthorCA CA CABook InformationISBN 9780889119635Author Mark ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Queen's UniversityPublisher Queen's...

Governments everywhere confront major challenges to their health care programs, but federal countries must respond through systems of multi-level governance. In Health Policy and Federalism the contributors analyse the resulting complexities in...

The Art of the State includes contributions from Ron Daniels (University of Toronto) on corporate governance, Rick Harris (Simon Fraser University) on the new economic order, Pierre Marc Johnson (Heenan-Blaikie, Montreal law firm) on international...

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Canada's leading financial movers and shakers discuss key issues at the intersection of fiscal and public policy.Canada's leading financial movers and shakers discuss key issues at the intersection of fiscal and public policy.About the AuthorChristopher...