J A Thompson: 34 books

Book cover of Updates in Colo-Proctology
by A. Akovbiantz, P. Buchmann, C.A. Cabre-Martinez
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

"Updates in Colo-Proctology" covers the proceedings of the Anglo-Swiss Colo-Proctology Meeting held in St Moritz in 1990. The book contains the papers which were presented and dis­ cussed there by physicians of the various specialties concerned with the care of patients with diseases of...
Book cover of Understanding Inequality

Understanding Inequality

The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender

by Barbara A. Arrighi, Judi Addelston, Derrick Bell
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2007

As the age of globalization and New Media unite disparate groups of people in new ways, the continual transformation and interconnections between ethnicity, class, and gender become increasingly complex. This reader, comprised of a diverse array of sources ranging from the New York Times to the journals...
Book cover of Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice

Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice

Explorations into Discourses of Reproduction

by Jaime E. Bochantin, Kirsten J. Broadfoot, Jennifer J. Bute
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2010

Women who came of age in the late twentieth century were raised in the era of choice; they grew up believing that reproductive decision-making is a political right, a responsibility of women living the successes of second wave feminism, and under their control. Contemplating Maternity in an Era of...
Book cover of The Ex Chronicles
by J. L. Sapphire, Adrienne Thompson, Penelope Christian
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016

Love is a powerful drug…whether it’s the love of family, friends, or that special someone who takes your breath away…chances are, you know the feeling. But what happens when it all goes wrong? Do you break up, then make up? Or do you just walk away? In The Ex Chronicles, twenty talented writers...
Book cover of Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families

Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families

Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service

by Sayali S. Amarapurkar, Laura Bates, Libby Balter Blume
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009

Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers_the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals...
Book cover of Digitizing Government

Digitizing Government

Understanding and Implementing New Digital Business Models

by A. Brown, J. Fishenden, M. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014

For businesses large and small, investment in digital technologies is now a priority essential for success. Digitizing Government provides practical advice for understanding and implementing digital transformation to increase business value and improve client engagement, and features case studies from the private and public sectors.
Book cover of Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers
by Ann E. Burnette, Mary Frances Casper, Hao-Chieh Chang
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012

Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers, edited by Alena Amato Ruggerio, explores how television, film, the internet, and other media variously perpetuate gender stereotypes. The contributors to this volume bring a variety of feminist rhetorical and media criticism approaches from across the...
Book cover of Leadership for Older Adults

Leadership for Older Adults

Aging With Purpose And Passion

by Sandra A. Cusack, Wendy J. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013

This study tells the tale of two retirement organizations that reflect common leadership issues throughout the western world, issues that are emerging in many developing countries and have yet to be experienced in others. Wherever rapid population ageing is coupled with a view of old people as useless...
Book cover of Keywords for Southern Studies
by Erich Nunn, Keith Cartwright, Thomas Haddox
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016

In Keywords for Southern Studies, editors Scott Romine and Jennifer Rae Greeson have compiled an eclectic collection of new essays that address the fluidity of southern studies by adopting a transnational, interdisciplinary focus. The essays are structured around critical terms pertinent both to the...
Book cover of World-Systems Theory in Practice

World-Systems Theory in Practice

Leadership, Production, and Exchange

by Rani T. Alexander, Gary M. Feinman, Andre Gunder Frank
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 1998

In the quarter century since Wallerstein first developed world systems theory (WST), scholars in a variety of disciplines have adopted the approach to explain intersocietal interaction on a grand scale. These essays bring to light archaeological data and analysis to show that many historic and prehistoric...
Book cover of Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane Volume 2
by Xiping Yang, Ramkrishna Kandel, Jian Song
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018

Sugarcane is the source of over three quarters of the world’s sugar, and is grown widely in the tropics and sub-tropics. Despite rising demand, average yields have not increased significantly, partly because of continued vulnerability to pests and diseases. In addition, cultivation has been seen...
Book cover of Sonia Sanchez's Poetic Spirit through Haiku
by Michio Arimitsu, Tiffany Austin, John J. Han
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017

This collection of ten critical essays is the first scholarly criticism of haiku by Sonia Sanchez, who has exemplified herself for six decades as a major figure in the Black Arts Movement, a central activist in civil rights and women’s movements, and an internationally-known writer in American literature....
Book cover of Pan African Spaces

Pan African Spaces

Essays on Black Transnationalism

by Semien Abay, Afua Ansong, Loy Azalia
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018

This book explores Black identity, from a global perspective. The historical and contemporary migrations of African peoples have brought up some interesting questions regarding identity. This text examines some of those questions, and will provide relevant essays on the identities created by those...
Book cover of Readings in Caribbean History and Culture
by Dalea Bean, Eldon V. Birthwright, Trevor Burnard
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2011

This collection of eleven essays is designed to highlight some important new voices who have been doing research on the general subject areas of the history and culture of the Caribbean. The essays in this volume also address a number of themes which are critical to developing an understanding of...
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