Columbia University Press: 2355 books
Gray Sabbath
Jesus People USA, the Evangelical Left, and the Evolution of Christian Rock
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Formed in 1972, Jesus People USA is an evangelical Christian community that fundamentally transformed the American Christian music industry and the practice of American evangelicalism, which continues to evolve under its influence. In this fascinating ethnographic study, Shawn David Young replays...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
This collection features more than two dozen narratives by atheists from different backgrounds across the United States. Ranging in age, race, sexual orientation, and religious upbringing, these individuals address deconversion, community building, parenting, and romantic relationships, providing...
A Conspicuous Silence: American Foreign Policy, Women, and Saudi Arabia
A Selection from The Hillary Doctrine: Sex and American Foreign Policy
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Hillary Rodham Clinton was the first to clearly state that: "the subjugation of women is a direct threat to the security of the United States." This declaration has come to be known as the Hillary Doctrine, and it was formally incorporated into the first Quadrennial Diplomatic and Development...
Let the Meatballs Rest
And Other Stories About Food and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Known for his entertaining investigations into culinary practice, Massimo Montanari turns his hungry eye to the phenomenon of food culture, food lore, cooking methods, and eating habits throughout history. An irresistible buffet of one hundred concise and engaging essays, this collection provides...
Italian Cuisine
A Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2003
Italy, the country with a hundred cities and a thousand bell towers, is also the country with a hundred cuisines and a thousand recipes. Its great variety of culinary practices reflects a history long dominated by regionalism and political division, and has led to the common conception of Italian...
Geochemistry
Pathways and Processes
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2003
Written expressly for undergraduate and graduate geologists, this book focuses on how geochemical principles can be used to solve practical problems. The attention to problem-solving reflects the authors'belief that showing how theory is useful in solving real-life problems is vital for learning....
Paleoclimates
Understanding Climate Change Past and Present
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2009
The field of paleoclimatology relies on physical, chemical, and biological proxies of past climate changes that have been preserved in natural archives such as glacial ice, tree rings, sediments, corals, and speleothems. Paleoclimate archives obtained through field investigations, ocean sediment coring...
by Sally Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2001
Why has child care legislation developed along its present course? How did the political players influence lawmakers? What do the politics of child care legislation over the past thirty years indicate for the future? Based on more than one hundred interviews with legislators and executive branch officials,...
The Avian Migrant
The Biology of Bird Migration
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
The purpose of migration, regardless of the distance involved, is to exploit two or more environments suitable for survival or reproduction over time, usually on a seasonal basis. Yet individual organisms can practice the phenomenon differently, and birds deploy unique patterns of movement over particular...
Mission Revolution
The U.S. Military and Stability Operations
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Defined as operations other than war, stability operations can include peacekeeping activities, population control, and counternarcotics efforts, and for the entire history of the United States military, they have been considered a dangerous distraction if not an outright drain on combat resources....
by Bruce Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2006
Bruce Hoffman's Inside Terrorism has remained a seminal work for understanding the historical evolution of terrorism and the terrorist mindset. In this revised edition of the classic text, Hoffman analyzes the new adversaries, motivations, and tactics of global terrorism that have emerged in recent...
Preventive Engagement
How America Can Avoid War, Stay Strong, and Keep the Peace
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
The United States faces an increasingly turbulent world. The risk of violent conflict and other threats to international order presents a vexing dilemma: should the United States remain the principal guarantor of global peace and security with all its considerable commitments and potential pitfalls––not...
by Lisa Disch
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2002
The closely contested presidential election of 2000, which many analysts felt was decided by voters for the Green Party, cast a spotlight on a structural contradiction of American politics. Critics charged that Green Party voters inadvertently contributed to the election of a conservative Republican...
Reds at the Blackboard
Communism, Civil Rights, and the New York City Teachers Union
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2011
The New York City Teachers Union shares a deep history with the American left, having participated in some of its most explosive battles. Established in 1916, the union maintained an early, unofficial partnership with the American Communist Party, winning key union positions and advocating a number...