Temple University Press: 180 books
Rude Democracy
Civility and Incivility in American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2010
Democracy is, by its very nature, often rude. But there are limits to how uncivil we should be. In her timely and important book, Rude Democracy, Susan Herbst explores the ways we discuss public policy, how we treat each other as we do, and how we can create a more civil national culture.
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by David Baronov
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2008
Beginning with the colonial era, Western biomedicine has radically transformed African medical beliefs and practices. Conversely, in using Western biomedicine, Africans have also transformed it. The African Transformation of Western Medicine and the Dynamics of Global Cultural Exchange contends that...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2010
In the sub-field of world history, there has been a surprising paucity of thinking and writing about how to approach and conceptualize the long twentieth century from the 1870s through the early 2000s. The historiographic essays collected in Essays on Twentieth Century History will go a long way to...
by Michael M. Franz, Paul B. Freedman, Kenneth M. Goldstein
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2009
It has been estimated that more than three million political ads were televised leading up to the elections of 2004. More than $800,000,000 was spent on TV ads in the race for the White House alone and presidential candidates, along with their party and interest group allies, broadcast over a million...
Pushing for Midwives
Homebirth Mothers and the Reproductive Rights Movement
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2010
With the increasing demand for midwives, activists are lobbying to loosen restrictions that deny legal access to homebirth options. In Pushing for Midwives, Christa Craven presents a nuanced history of women’s reproductive rights activism in the U.S. She also provides an examination of contemporary...
The Migrants Table
Meals And Memories In
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
To most of us the food that we associate with home—our national and familial homes—is an essential part of our cultural heritage. No matter how open we become to other cuisines, we regard home-cooking as an intrinsic part of who we are. In this book, Krishnendu Ray examines the changing food habits...
Nearest East
American Millenialism and Mission to the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2010
Long before oil interests shaped American interaction with the Middle East, the U.S. had a strong influence on the late Ottoman and post-Ottoman region. Covering the period from approximately 1800 to the 1970s, Hans-Lukas Kieser’s compelling Nearest East tells the story of this intimate, identity-building...
The Gender Knot
Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2014
New Third Edition!
The Gender Knot, Allan Johnson's response to the pain and confusion that men and women experience by living with gender inequality, explains what patriarchy is and isn't, how it works, and what gets in the way of understanding and doing something about it. Johnson's simple...
The Textures of Time
Agency and Temporal Experience
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
What do we mean when we say, "I made the time pass more quickly," or, "I’m creating some ‘me’ time"? InThe Textures of Time, Michael Flaherty examines how we alter or customize our experience of time. His detailed analysis reveals different strategies we use to try to manipulate...
Expected Miracles
Surgeons at Work
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
Expected Miracles explores the world of surgeons from their own perspective—how they perceive themselves, their work, colleagues, and communities. Recognizing that surgery is an art, a craft, a science, and a business, Joan Cassell offers, through poignant, painful, and thrilling descriptions, a...
Citizen Lobbyists
Local Efforts to Influence Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2008
Citizen Lobbyists explores how U.S. citizens participate in local government. Although many commentators have lamented the apathy of the American citizenry, Brian Adams focuses on what makes ordinary Americans become involved in and attempt to influence public policy issues that concern them. It connects...
Higher Education and Democracy
Essays on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
Higher Education and Democracy is a collection of essays written over the last ten years on how civic engagement in higher education works to achieve what authors John Saltmarsh and Edward Zlotkowsi consider to be the academic and civic purposes of higher education. These include creating new modes...
The Fibromyalgia Story
Medical Authority And Women'S Worlds Of Pain
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2009
More than six million Americans—most of them women—have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), a disorder that produces musculo-skeletal pain and fatigue. In the absence of visible evidence, a well-understood cause, or effective treatment, many have questioned whether FMS is a "real"...
Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
An Introduction and Study Guide for Medical Students
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2008
This easy-to-read, unique format text combines introductory psychiatry content with board-style review questions written for first and second year medical students. The book is intended to be used as the required text for pre-clinical psychiatric education. The user-friendly split page format...