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Criminal Procedure and the Supreme Court
A Guide to the Major Decisions on Search and Seizure, Privacy, and Individual Rights
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2010
In any episode of the popular television show Law and Order, questions of police procedure in collecting evidence often arise. Was a search legal? Was the evidence obtained lawfully? Did the police follow the rules in pursuing their case? While the show depicts fictional cases and scenarios, police...
Ella Baker
Community Organizer of the Civil Rights Movement
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
Ella Josephine Baker was among the most influential strategists of the most important social movement in modern U.S. history, the civil rights movement. With a career that spanned decades, and which began long before the civil rights movement took on widespread, populist appeal, Ella Baker was one...
Essential Supreme Court Decisions
Summaries of Leading Cases in U.S. Constitutional Law
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
The only reference guide to Supreme Court cases organized both topically and chronologically within chapters so that readers understand how cases fit into a historical context, the 17th edition has been updated with 20 new cases, including landmark decisions on such topics as campaign finance, Obamacare,...
Congress Shall Make No Law
The First Amendment, Unprotected Expression, and the U.S. Supreme Court
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
The First Amendment declares that 'Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press. . . . ' Yet, in the following two hundred years, Congress and the states have sought repeatedly to curb these freedoms. The Supreme Court of the United States in turn gradually expanded...
Everyday Injustice
Latino Professionals and Racism
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
As members of the fastest-growing demographic group in America, Latinos are increasingly represented in the professional class, but they continue to face significant racism. Everyday Injustice introduces readers to the challenges facing Latino professionals today. Examining the experiences of many...
Early Childhood Education
History, Theory, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Harry Morgan lays the foundations of what early childhood education is by integrating the history of the field with the philosophy and theories behind this discipline. From birth to age eight, when children become integrated into society through their education at school and at home, Early Childhood...
The Montessori Method
The Origins of an Educational Innovation: Including an Abridged and Annotated Edition of Maria Montessori's The Montessori Method
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2004
An essential resource for all students and scholars of early childhood education, this book offers a rich array of material about Maria Montessori and the Montessori Method. Distinguished education scholar Gerald Gutek begins with an in-depth biography of Montessori, exploring how a determined young...
Crude Reality
Petroleum in World History
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
This concise, accessible introduction to the history of oil tells the story of how petroleum shaped human life since it was first discovered leaking inconspicuously from the soil. Leading environmental history specialist Brian C. Black connects the subsequent exploitation of petroleum to patterns...
Labor and Capital in the Age of Globalization
The Labor Process and the Changing Nature of Work in the Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2001
This book offers a timely analysis of work and labor processes and how they are rapidly changing under globalization. The contributors explore traditional sectors of the U.S. and world economies - from auto to steel to agriculture - as well as work under new production arrangements, such as third...
The Kindness of Strangers
Philanthropy and Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2005
In The Kindness of Strangers, Deni Elliott examines ethically questionable situations that have arisen in response to institutional dependency on external benefactors. Major concerns analyzed include: The increased professionalism of fundraising and of donating, an increased willingness of institutions...
Death on Demand
Jack Kevorkian and the Right-to-Die Movement
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Death on Demand explores the polarizing role of Jack Kevorkian—“Dr. Death”—as the most visible leader of the right-to-die movement. From a feature on the cover of Time magazine to interviews on shows like 60 Minutes, Kevorkian was a high-profile figure in the right-to-die movement, capturing...
Smart Mice, Not So Smart People
An Interesting and Amusing Guide to Bioethics
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2006
What do you think about cloning, stem cell research, brain enhancement, or doing experiments on newly dead patients? Read Smart Mice, Not so Smart People and you'll know what Art Caplan thinks. But this assortment of pithy, provocative opinions on all things bioethical does more than simply give you...
Psychoneuroplasticity Protocols for Addictions
A Clinical Companion for The Big Book
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
PsychoNeuroPlasticity Protocols for Addictions: A Clinical Companion for the Big Book is a book that represents a tipping point in the translation of addiction science into practical, real-world applications for practitioners. It translates brain research into patient deliverables by explaining how...
by David E. Cartwright
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Arthur Schopenhauer made the momentous decision to become a philosopher when he was approximately 22 years old. Prior to that decision, he had been studying medicine at the university in Göttingen. By that age, however, he had concluded that life was a troublesome affair. So he resolved to spend...