Earl Smith: 28 books
Death Row Chaplain
Unbelievable True Stories from America's Most Notorious Prison
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
From a former criminal and now chaplain for the San Francisco 49ers and the Golden State Warriors, comes a riveting, behind-the-bars look at one of America’s most feared prisons: San Quentin. Reverend Earl Smith shares the most important lessons he’s learned from years of helping inmates discover...
Prisoner Reentry and Social Capital
The Long Road to Reintegration
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2010
'If you do the crime you gotta do the time.' This adage reflects the overall attitude most Americans have about crime and the criminal justice system. Implicit in this adage is the notion that once 'the time' is done, the individual is free to re-enter society and resume a normal life. In Prisoner...
A Formula for Eradicating Racism
Debunking White Supremacy
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
In this book Tim McGettigan and Earl Smith make the unprecedented argument that racism is a remediable form of suggestion-induced sadism. Smith and McGettigan explain in plain terms how societies like the USA construct racism, and they also explain how societies can dismantle and eradicate racism....
Policing Black Bodies
How Black Lives Are Surveilled and How to Work for Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2017
From Trayvon Martin to Freddie Gray, the stories of police violence against Black people are too often in the news. In Policing Black Bodies Angela J. Hattery and Earl Smith make a compelling case that the policing of Black bodies goes far beyond these individual stories of brutality. They connect...
African American Families Today
Myths and Realities
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
From teen pregnancy and single parenting to athletics and HIV/AIDS, myths about African American families abound. This provocative book by two acclaimed scholars of race and ethnicity debunks many common myths about black families in America, sharing stories and drawing on the latest research to show...
by Dr. Angela J. Hattery, Dr. Earl Smith
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2007
"Bravo to the authors! They have done an excellent job addressing the issues that are critical to community members, policy makers and interventionists concerned with Black families in the context of our nation."
—Michael C. Lambert, University of Missouri*, Colombia*
"African...
A Formula for Eradicating Racism
Debunking White Supremacy
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
In this book, Tim McGettigan and Earl Smith make the unprecedented argument that racism is a remediable form of suggestion-induced sadism. The authors explain in plain terms how societies like the USA construct racism, and put forward a practical plan to eradicate racism in the USA and all over the world.
Gender, Power, and Violence
Responding to Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence in Society Today
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2019
What do the Catholic Church, college sports, Hollywood, prisons, the military, fraternities and politics have in common? All have extraordinarily high rates of sexual and intimate partner violence, and child sexual abuse.
Sexual and intimate partner violence is part of the landscape that women...
by Judith Blau, Michael Burawoy, Gerard Delanty
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2006
At an earlier time, sociologists C. Wright Mills, W. E. Du Bois, and Jane Addams loudly protested injustices and inequities in American society, provided critiques and analyses of systems of oppression, and challenged sociologists to be responsible critics and constructive commentators. These giants...
by M. Earl Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
From its humble beginnings as a strip of wilderness just west of William Penn's "greene country towne," Powelton Village has seen a rise in both prestige and activism since its inception in the late 17th century. An aristocratic estate at its founding, Powelton has found itself in a state of constant...
by M. Earl Smith, The Ridgewood Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Given that Ridgewood lies within 20 miles of Lower Manhattan, it would be easy to dismiss this little town as another New York suburb. Settled by Johannes Van Emburgh in 1700, this slice of New Jersey was a pivotal safe haven for the founding fathers, such as George Washington, Alexander Hamilton,...
Learning Culture through Sports
Perspectives on Society and Organized Sports
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
In today's culture, sports wield a weight influence; this influence, however, is rarely examined. Similar to the first edition, this second edition of Learning Culture Through Sports provides coaches, educators, parents, and others dealing with students and athletes with an engaging and critical context...
by Rocky Earl Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
Dark Realms is my third edition of the tales of uncanny evildoers past and present, tales of people who find delight in the suffering of others, tales that boggles the otherwise seemingly normal thinking minds, I dare you to read these subtle realities and resume thinking as usual, once your mind...
by J. Huguenin, M. Earl Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
On the banks of the Mystic River, the Connecticut community of Mystic has a maritime history that stretches back beyond the founding of the nation. Starting as a Native American settlement, the area switched hands—first to the Dutch, then to the English—before finally becoming a part of the United...
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