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Story Behind the Protest Song: A Reference Guide to the 50 Songs That Changed the 20th Century
by Hardeep Phull  Publisher Comments Protest songs are united by the fact they all have something to say, something to dispute, or something to rile against, whether it be political, social, or personal. Story Behind the Protest Song features 50 of the most influential musical protests and...
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Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture #18: Every Woman Is a World: Interviews with Women of Chiapas
by Gayle Walker Publisher Comments Born in the remote mountains and tropical forests of southern Mexico, the elder women of Chiapas have witnessed tumultuous change during their lifetimes, which in some cases spanned the entire twentieth century. Through hard experience, these women have...
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Brazil Imagined: 1500 to the Present (William & Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture)
by Darlene J. Sadlier Publisher Comments The first comprehensive cultural history of Brazil to be written in English, Brazil Imagined: 1500 to the Present captures the role of the artistic imaginary in shaping Brazil's national identity. Analyzing representations of Brazil throughout the world,...
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China Complex: From the Sublime to the Absurd on the U.S.-China Scene
by Shouhua Qi Synopsis For more than a century, the United States and China have been partners in an occasionally graceful-but often awkward-cultural-political tango. In this insightful narrative, Shouhua Qi, part of a new generation of scholars whose life experiences in China...
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Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation Is Changing the World
by Don Tapscott Publisher Comments From the author of Wikinomicsthe follow-up to the acclaimedbestseller Growing Up Digital that explores how the digital generation isrevolutionizing society In Growing Up Digital, Don Tapscott revealed how the digital world created a generation that...
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International Studies in Population #6: HIV, Resurgent Infections and Population Change in Africa
by Michel Caraal Publisher Comments Forty years ago, the age-old battle against infectious diseases as a major threat to human health was believed close to being won. However, by the late twentieth century, the increase of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases was evident in both low...
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Concrete Reveries: Consciousness and the City
by Mark Kingwell Publisher Comments An exploration of urbanism, personal identity, and how the space we live in shapes us According to philosopher and cultural critic Mark Kingwell, the transnational global cityNew York and Shanghaiis the most significant machine our species has ever...
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Sticker Nation 2: The Big Book of Subversive Stickers, Volume 2
by Srini Kumar Publisher Comments Advertising is Pollution , or so says a popular bumper sticker. So what does that make stickers? SMASH PROCRASTINATION MUTE THE COMMERCIALS UNCLICKABLE MIX BUSINESS WITH PLEASURE NOBODY OWNS YOU COLLABORATEWE LEARN BY TEACHING DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING...
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Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Race and Ethnicity
by Raymond D'angelo Publisher Comments TAKING SIDES: CLASHING VIEWS IN RACE AND ETHNICITY, 7/e presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary...
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Bet You Didn't Know: Hundreds of Intriguing Facts about Living in the USA
by Cheryl Russell Synopsis Statistics maven Cheryl Russell--editorial director of "New Strategist Publications"--offers a fast-paced adventure in trend spotting, separates facts from fantasy, and applies a hefty dose of common sense to provide a deeper understanding of the...
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Discourse Analysis
by Rosalind Gill Publisher Comments Quickly and easily grasp the fundamentals of discourse analysis Discourse analysis is a key theoretical and methodological approach used by scholars across the arts, humanities and social sciences. There has been a dramatic surge of interest in this...
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The Death of the Grown-Up: How America's Arrested Development Is Bringing Down Western Civilization
by Diana West Publisher Comments “WHERE HAVE ALL THE GROWN-UPS GONE?” That is the provocative question Washington Times syndicated columnist Diana West asks as she looks at America today. Sadly, here’s what she finds: It’s difficult to tell the grown-ups...
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Christotainment: Selling Jesus Through Popular Culture
by Shirley R. Steinberg Publisher Comments For more than two thousand years Christian expansion and proselytizing was couched in terms of “defending the faith.” Until recently in the United States, much of that defense came in the form of reactions against the liberal (left, Satanic...
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Irish Children and Teenagers in a Changing World: The National Write Here, Write Now Project
by Pat O'connor Publisher Comments This book provides an engaging and informative insight into the experiences, dreams and hopes of children and teenagers in contemporary Ireland. O’Connor analyzes a unique data set: a random sample of 4,100 texts drawn from roughly 34,000 texts...
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Weber, Passion and Profits: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism' in Context
by Jack Barbalet Publisher Comments Max Weber's 'The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism' is one of the best known and most enduring texts of classical sociology, continually inspirational and widely read by both scholars and students. In an insightful and original interpretation,...
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Re-Creating Neighborhoods for Successful Aging
by Pauline Abbott Synopsis Drawing from the fields of gerontology, health sciences, community planning, landscape architecture, and environmental design, this groundbreaking resource provides an in-depth examination of current elder housing practices and strategies, alongside...
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The Reality Overload: The Modern World's Assault on the Imaginal Realm
by Annie Le Brun Publisher Comments A powerful critique of the increasing mechanization and homogenization of modern life- Shows how the constant force-feeding of too much information dispossesses us of our deepest connections- Describes a link between the destruction of the environment...
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Dark Mirror: The Pathology of the Singer-Songwriter
by Donald Brackett Publisher Comments Lyrical reflections have a magical way of expressing our own sentiments and feelings. Almost all of the singer-songwriters discussed in this volume-including Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Tom Waits, Amy Winehouse, The White Stripes, and many more -- sing in an...
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Invented Edens: Techno-Cities of the Twentieth Century (Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation Lemelson)
by Robert Hugh Kargon Publisher Comments Industrialization created cities of Dickensian squalor that were crowded, smoky, dirty, and disease-ridden. By the beginning of the twentieth century, urban visionaries were looking for ways to improve both living and working conditions in industrial...
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The Last Gifts: Creative Ways to Be with the Dying
by Jillian Brasch Publisher Comments "We can all learn to open our hearts to hear what a dying person really needs at the end of his life if we are just able to listen." --Jillian Brasch, OTR, The Last Gifts tells the stories of 17 dying patients, whom Jillian Brasch cared for as an...
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