Temple University Press: 180 books
For Both Cross and Flag
Catholic Action, Anti-Catholicism, and National Security Politics in World War II San Francisco
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
Against a backdrop of war and anti-Catholic sentiment, one man loses his rights because he is falsely accused
In this fascinating, detailed history, William Issel recounts the civil rights abuses suffered by Sylvester Andriano, an Italian American Catholic civil leader whose religious and political...
by Clinton Sanders
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2010
Can people have authentic social relationships with speechless animals? What does your dog mean to you, your understanding of yourself, and your perceived and actual relationships with other s and the world? What do you mean to your dog?
In Understanding Dogs, sociologist and faithful dog companion...
Identifying Consumption
Subjects and Objects in Consumer Society
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2008
Identifying Consumption illustrates how an individual’s buying habits are shaped by the dynamics of the consumer marketplace—and thus how consumption and identity inform each other. Robert Dunn brings together the various theories of spending and develops a mode of analysis concentrating on the...
A New Brand of Business
Charles Coolidge Parlin, Curtis Publishing Company, and the Origins of Market Research
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2009
Charles Coolidge Parlin was considered by many to be the founder of market research. Working for the dominant Curtis Publishing Company, he revolutionized the industry by providing added value to advertisers through information about the racial, ethnic, and regional biases of readers and consumers....
by Susan E. Bell
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2009
From the 1940s to the 1970s, millions of women were exposed prenatally to the synthetic estrogen DES, a “wonder drug” intended to prevent miscarriages. However, DES actually had damaging consequences for the women born from DES mothers. The “DES daughters” as they are known, were found to...
The Teacher's Attention
Why Our Kids Must and Can Get Smaller Schools and Classes
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2009
The Teacher’s Attention is a fresh take on relationships in schools. Looking beyond our obsession with raising test scores, this book recognizes that education is a key partner in raising children. Garrett Delavan contends that allowing students, educators and parents to navigate a smaller number...
The Politics of State Feminism
Innovation in Comparative Research
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
*The Politics of State Feminism *addresses essential questions of women's movement activism and political change in western democracies. The authors—top gender and politics scholars—provide a comparative analysis of the effectiveness of government agencies and women's movements regarding women’s...
by Christopher Boone, Ali Modarres
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2009
For the first time in history, more than half the people of the world live in cities. Comprehending the impact of this widespread urbanization requires an awareness of the complex relationships between cities and natural ecosystems. This innovative book moves beyond the anti-urban lamentations that...
by Joan Cassell
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2005
Life and Death in Intensive Care offers a unique portrait of the surgical intensive care unit (SICU), the place in medical centers and hospitals where patients with the gravest medical conditions—from comas to terminal illness—are treated. Author Joan Cassell employs the concept of "moral...
Nature in Common?
Environmental Ethics and the Contested Foundations of Environmental Policy
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2009
This important book brings together leading environmental thinkers to debate a central conflict within environmental philosophy: should we appreciate nature mainly for its ability to advance our interests or should we respect it as having a good of its own, apart from any contribution to human well-being?...
Mobilizing Communities
Asset Building as a Community Development Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2010
As communities face new social and economic challenges as well as political changes, the responsibilities for social services, housing needs, and welfare programs are being placed at the local government level. But can community-based organizations address these concerns effectively? The editors and...
Technological Turf Wars
A Case Study of the Computer Antivirus Industry
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2009
In Technological Turf Wars, Jessica Johnston analyzes the tensions and political dilemmas that coexist in the interrelationship among science, technology and society. Illustrating how computer security is as concerned with social relationships as it is with technology, Johnston provides an illuminating...
Transient Images
Personal Media in Public Frameworks
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
In this probing study, Eric Freedman focuses on what images from photography, mobile communications, and the Internet reveal about looking. Exploring subjectivity by critically examining the look, he elaborates on the nature of the photographic frame and its relation to interpretive practices. Freedman...
Long Distance Love
A Passion for Football
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2008
Grant Farred is a lifelong soccer fan. He has been rooting for one team -- Liverpool (England) Football Club -- since he was a child. Long Distance Love explains how "football" opened up the world to a young boy growing up disenfranchised in apartheid South Africa. For Farred, being...