Rowman Littlefield Publishers: 5578 books
Getting It Done
A Guide for Government Executives
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
Getting It Done was written for those who have answered the call to public service. Now, in this 2017 edition, the editors of IBM’s Center for The Business of Government series have assembled a comprehensive guide to navigating the current environment of government, and what government leaders ought...
Learning from Latino Role Models
Inspire Students through Biographies, Instructional Activities, and Creative Assignments
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Learning from Latino Role Models provides teachers with instructional resources that can be easily used in classroom settings so that they are culturally responsive to their Latino students. The book has two parts:
Part I offers 20 sets of activities designed around Latino role models, and...
Higher Education, Fiscal Administration, and Budgeting
An Applied Approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
This book takes an applied approach to budgeting and fiscal administration in higher education. It presents new and aspiring leaders in higher education and student affairs with the fundamental knowledge and skills to supervise, analyze, and implement budgets that make the best and most effective...
Practical Strategies for Applied Budgeting and Fiscal Administration
What Works for P-12 Administrators
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
This book takes an applied approach to budgeting and fiscal administration in P-12 public education. It presents new and aspiring P-12 educational leaders with the fundamental knowledge and skills to supervise, analyze, and implement budgets that make the best and most effective use of limited resources....
by Charles H. Anderton, Katherine Barbieri, Nathaniel Beck
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2003
Globalization and Armed Conflict addresses one of the most important and controversial issues of our time: Does global economic integration foster or suppress violent disputes within and between states? Here, cutting-edge research by leading figures in international relations shows that expanding...
Japan
A Concise History
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
The emergence of Japan as a political and economic global power has been one of the most remarkable success stories of modern history. Though small in geographic area, the archipelago is the tenth most populous country, with 128 million inhabitants crowded into an area the size of Montana. Its natural...
Peasants, Rebels, Women, and Outcastes
The Underside of Modern Japan
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
This compelling social history uses diaries, memoirs, fiction, trial testimony, personal recollections, and eyewitness accounts to weave a fascinating tale of what ordinary Japanese endured throughout their country’s era of economic growth. Through vivid, often wrenching accounts of peasants, miners,...
African Institutions
Challenges to Political, Social, and Economic Foundations of Africa's Development
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
Every political system, either developed or adopted, has an impact on the structure of society and the level of development. This book analyzes the evolution and nature of political institutions and their effect on Africa’s development. The challenges Africa face in developing viable institutions...
by Carol Kammen
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
For over thirty years, Carol Kammen’s On Doing Local History has been a valuable guide to professional and “amateur” historians alike. First published in 1986, revised in 2003, this book offers not only discussion of practical matters, but also a deeper reflection on local, public history, what...
Contemporary Latin American Cinema
Breaking into the Global Market
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2007
This engaging book explores some of the most significant films to emerge from Latin America since 2000, an extraordinary period of international recognition for the region's cinema. Each chapter assesses an individual film, with some contributors considering the reasons for the unprecedented commercial...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2002
Sport in Latin America and the Caribbean is the most comprehensive overview to date of the development of modern sports in Latin America. This new book illustrates how and why sport has become a central part of the political, economic, and social life of the region and the repercussions of its role....
Hemispheric Giants
The Misunderstood History of U.S.-Brazilian Relations
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Tracing the full arc of U.S.-Brazilian interaction, Hemispheric Giants thoroughly explores the enigmatic and often-misunderstood nature of the relationship between the two largest countries in the Western Hemisphere. Britta H. Crandall asks the crucial question of why significant engagement between...
Brazil in the Making
Facets of National Identity
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2006
This innovative volume traces Brazil's singular character, exploring both the remarkable richness and cohesion of the national culture and the contradictions and tensions that have developed over time. What shared experiences give its citizens their sense of being Brazilian? What memories bind them...
Makerspaces
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
A “makerspace” is an area in a library where users can use tools and equipment to design, build, and create all sorts of different things. It may be a dedicated room or a multipurpose space in which a collection of raw materials and resources can be utilized as desired. Projects range from prototyping...