Mcfarland: 2486 books
Hate Crime in America, 1968-2013
A Chronology of Offenses, Legislation and Related Events
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
Crimes motivated by prejudice date to the beginning of human history. Despite legislation addressing bias-driven offenses hate crimes continue to plague modern American society. Beginning with the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 six days...
by Michael Newton
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007 called for review and reinvestigation of “violations of criminal civil rights statutes that occurred not later than December 31, 1969, and resulted in a death.” The U.S. Attorney General’s review observed that date, while examining cases...
Rising Sea Levels
An Introduction to Cause and Impact
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
The fundamental point of this book is that, in the past, the world’s political, economic, military and social development took place during a time of relatively stable sea level. That time, however, is now over: The world must begin to cope with rising seas. This book is a wide-ranging introductory...
by Paul R. Robbins
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Our dreams fascinate us as individuals and as a society. What do surveys report people dream about? How about the dreams of the blind? The mentally ill? What does research show about the possibility of dream telepathy? How did the ancient people view dreams? This wide-ranging book also discusses such...
The Rotary Jail
Escape-Proof Cells on a Carousel, 1882-1966
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
The rotary jail was a very unusual architectural design. In response to a need for better control over prisoners, 18 of the revolving, escape-proof structures were erected in the United States from 1882 through 1889. There were problems. There were mechanical difficulties due to the extreme weight...
For the Union and the Catholic Church
Four Converts in the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2015
Four men joined the Catholic Church in the mid–1840s: a soldier, his bishop brother, a priest born a slave and an editor. For the next two decades they were in the thick of the battles of the era—Catholicism versus Know-Nothingism, slavery versus abolition, North versus South. Much has been written...
Sportsmanship
Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Sportsmanship is a broad concept: ethics, fairness, honor and self-control. Some people find it difficult to define what makes a “good sport,” but state “I know one when I see one.” This collection of new essays brings together the work of more than two dozen contributors from around the world...
The Cost of Globalization
Dangers to the Earth and Its People
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
The issues arising from rapid global integration have generally been treated in isolation by most academic works. This volume examines the many pitfalls of globalization from the perspective of impoverished and indigenous peoples, including the widening wealth gap, the struggle for restoration of...
Flamenco and Bullfighting
Movement, Passion and Risk in Two Spanish Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Flamenco dance and bullfighting are parallel arts with shared traditions, performance conventions and vocabularies of movement. This volume introduces readers to an ongoing discussion in Spanish scholarship about the links between these two quintessentially Spanish arts. The author—a dancer and...
The Beyonce Effect
Essays on Sexuality, Race and Feminism
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
Since her late–1990s debut as a member of the R&B trio Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé Knowles has garnered both praise and criticism. While some consider her an icon of female empowerment, others see her as detrimental to feminism and representing a negative image of women of color. Her music has...
Teaching The Wire
Frameworks, Theories and Strategies for the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
HBO’s critically acclaimed drama The Wire has seen increasing use as course material in college classrooms since the 2008 series finale. This collection of new essays discusses various approaches for using The Wire to bring the experiences of marginalized communities into the post-secondary classroom....
Cuban Cinema After the Cold War
A Critical Analysis of Selected Films
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
The changes Cuba experienced following the collapse of the Soviet Union compelled Cuban filmmakers to rethink the values developed after the 1959 Castro revolution. Long-forgotten genres re-emerged, established auteurs incorporated new aesthetics into their films and an influx of foreign capital led...
John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood
Pioneers of Mayan Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
Daring exploits and astounding achievements were common for two 19th century adventurers—John Lloyd Stephens, a New York lawyer and best-selling author, and Frederick Catherwood, a London architect and renowned topographical artist. Separately, these explorers covered much of the same ground, touring...
The Blood of Victoriano Lorenzo
An Ethnography of the Cholos of Northern Cocle Province, Panama
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
People living in northern Coclé province, Panama, are proud to be independent. Hereditary leaders make decisions in consensus, a practice understood as continuous from pre–Columbian times. The term cholo, derogatory in some contexts, is valid here to discuss self-determination. Victoriano Lorenzo...