Lexington Books: 3858 books
Race, Reality, and Realpolitik
U.S.–Haiti Relations in the Lead Up to the 1915 Occupation
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The year 2015 marked the centennial of the 1915 United States occupation of Haiti and Haiti’s resistance to that signal event in its history. This study surveys the issues of economics, race, and realpolitik embedded in the political economy of U.S. interactions with Haiti that resulted in occupation....
Vodou in the Haitian Experience
A Black Atlantic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
One glaring lacuna in studies of Haitian Vodou is the scarcity of works exploring the connection between the religion and its main roots, traditional Yoruba religion. Discussions of Vodou very often seem to present the religion in vacuo, as a sui generis phenomenon that arose in Saint-Domingue and...
High Literacy in Secondary English Language Arts
Bridging the Gap to College and Career
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2018
This volume culls scholarship on both what high literacy is and how it is developed. It embraces the call put forth by Langer and Applebee (2016) that high literacy must continue to be our aim and to see more research analyzing and identifying how teachers might promote literacy practices that promote...
Urban Informality
Transnational Perspectives from the Middle East, Latin America, and South Asia
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2003
The turn of the century has been a moment of rapid urbanization. Much of this urban growth is taking place in the cities of the developing world and much of it in informal settlements. This book presents cutting-edge research from various world regions to demonstrate these trends. The contributions...
Democratic Equilibrium
The Supply and Demand of Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
Democratic Equilibrium: The Supply and Demand of Democracy defines a model for political change, change that results in either an increase or decrease in democracy. The book presents a model that builds upon the existing literature to bridge several major gaps in political change theory.
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Global Perspectives on Prostitution and Sex Trafficking
Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Oceania
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
This book is part of a two-volume set that examines prostitution and sex trafficking on a global scale, with each chapter devoted to a particular country in one of seven geo-cultural areas of the world. The 16 chapters in this volume (Volume II) are devoted to examination of the commercial sex industry...
by William Binning, Jerry McBeath, Walter Clark Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
The 2014 midterm congressional elections provided a view of the attitude of American voters in the sixth year of Barack Obama’s presidency. This book provides insight about the formative aspects of the 2014 campaign season as well as in depth coverage of key races for Congress. The first section...
Communicating Global to Local Resiliency
A Case Study of the Transition Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
In light of impending global climate and financial crises, it is imperative to analyze models for positive social change that are focused on building community resiliency and sustainability. The Transition Movement, premised in participatory action and permaculture principles with a broad digital...
Urbanizing Carescapes of Hong Kong
Two Systems, One City
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Drawing upon the massive redevelopment catalyzed by the government-led urban renewal in Hong Kong in the past two decades, Shu-Mei Huang recharges the story of post-colonial Hong Kong through care, displacement, and how care is displaced in urban governance. Theorizing “carescapes” as a heuristic...
Mad Men, Women, and Children
Essays on Gender and Generation
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
Mad Men*, Women, and Children: Essays on Gender and Generation*, edited by Heather Marcovitch and Nancy Batty, offers multiple perspectives on the representation of women and children in the popular AMC series, Mad Men. These essays explore the rich historical and social context portrayed in the series and connect the concerns and tumult of the sixties to the contemporary moment.
Gender in a Transitional Era
Changes and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Gender in a Transitional Era addresses a range of issues relevant in current gender and sexuality studies scholarship which span many disciplines. The contributors prioritize the critical thinking that continues to support the notion that we, as a society, still have a ways to go toward full gender...
Africana Race and Communication
A Social Study of Film, Communication, and Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
Africana Race and Communication: A Social Study of Film, Communication, and Social Media focuses on the areas of History, Ethos, Motif, and Mythology-Philosophy. This study is an interdisciplinary study, which surveys the collection, interpretation, and analysis of Black communication and culture....
Media Disparity
A Gender Battleground
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
For decades, scholars have repeatedly found the inequity of gender representations in informational and entertainment media. Beginning with the seminal work by Gaye Tuchman and colleagues, we have repeatedly seen a systemic underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in media. Examining the...
South Asians on the U.S. Screen
Just Like Everyone Else?
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
How does the media influence society? How do media representations of South Asians, as racial and ethnic minorities, perpetuate stereotypes about this group? How do advancements in visual media, from creative storytelling to streaming technology, inform changing dynamics of all non-white media representations...