Columbia Press: 2357 books
Social Construction and Social Work Practice
Interpretations and Innovations
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
Social construction addresses the cultural factors and social dynamics that give rise to and maintain values and beliefs. Drawing on postmodern philosophies and critical, social, and literary theories, social construction has become an important and influential framework for practice and research...
Domestic Violence
Intersectionality and Culturally Competent Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2010
In Domestic Violence: Intersectionality and Culturally Competent Practice, experts working with twelve unique groups of domestic abuse survivors provide the latest research on their populations and use a case study approach to demonstrate culturally sensitive intervention strategies. Chapters focus...
by Jeane Anastas
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2000
Research Design for Social Work and the Human Services integrates a range of research techniques into a single epistemological framework and presents a balanced approach to the teaching of research methods in the "helping professions." Jeane W. Anastas begins with a discussion of the different...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
Without a uniform dietary code, Christians around the world used food in strikingly different ways, developing widely divergent practices that spread, nurtured, and strengthened their religious beliefs and communities. Featuring never-before published essays, this anthology follows the intersection...
Food
A Culinary History
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 1999
When did we first serve meals at regular hours? Why did we begin using individual plates and utensils to eat? When did "cuisine" become a concept and how did we come to judge food by its method of preparation, manner of consumption, and gastronomic merit?
Food: A Culinary History...
Culture of the Fork
A Brief History of Everyday Food and Haute Cuisine in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2001
We know where he went, what he wrote, and even what he wore, but what in the world did Christopher Columbus eat? The Renaissance and the age of discovery introduced Europeans to exotic cultures, mores, manners, and ideas. Along with the cross-cultural exchange of Old and New World, East and West,...
The Insect Cookbook
Food for a Sustainable Planet
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
The Definitive Guide to Insects as a Sustainable Food Source
In The Insect Cookbook, two entomologists and a chef make the case for insects as a sustainable source of protein for humans and a necessary part of our future diet. They provide consumers and chefs with the essential facts about...
Kosher USA
How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Kosher USA follows the fascinating journey of kosher food through the modern industrial food system. It recounts how iconic products such as Coca-Cola and Jell-O tried to become kosher; the contentious debates among rabbis over the incorporation of modern science into Jewish law; how Manischewitz...
The Question of the Animal and Religion
Theoretical Stakes, Practical Implications
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Through an absorbing investigation into recent, high-profile scandals involving one of the largest kosher slaughterhouses in the world, located unexpectedly in Postville, Iowa, Aaron S. Gross makes a powerful case for elevating the category of the animal in the study of religion. Major theorists have...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2008
In this bestselling textbook, contributors describe theories of normal human development advanced by such pioneers as Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, Jean Piaget, Nancy Chodorow, Daniel Levinson, Erik Erikson, and Margaret Mahler. Beginning with infancy, toddlerhood, and preschool, each chapter examines...
The Environment
Its Role in Psychosocial Functioning and Psychotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2002
Challenging Freud's assumption that an individual first develops intrapsychically and is only later confronted with the demands of external reality, Carolyn Saari posits that human beings initially construct a picture of their immediate environment and then construct their identities within that environment....
Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression in Social Work Practice
Working with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
This volume offers an invaluable resource for both social work educators and practitioners working with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) clients and their families. It is the first such work to specifically address issues affecting bisexual and transgender people as well as the larger...
The Custom-Made Brain
Cerebral Plasticity, Regeneration, and Enhancement
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Two leading neuroscientists introduce the concepts of "cerebral plasticity" and the "regenerating brain," describing what we know now about the processes through which the brain constantly reconstructs itself and the potential benefits this knowledge could have in addressing concerns...
People, Parasites, and Plowshares
Learning from Our Body's Most Terrifying Invaders
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Dickson D. Despommier's vivid, visceral account of the biology, behavior, and history of parasites follows the interplay between these fascinating life forms and human society over thousands of years. Despommier focuses on long-term host-parasite associations, which have evolved to avoid or even subvert...