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The Extended Mind
The Emergence of Language, the Human Mind, and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2008
The ability to communicate through language is such a fundamental part of human existence that we often take it for granted, rarely considering how sophisticated the process is by which we understand and make ourselves understood. In The Extended Mind, acclaimed author Robert K. Logan examines the...
Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte
Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery and Spirit Possession
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 1993
On the East African island of Mayotte, Islam co-exists with two other systems of understanding and interpreting the world around its inhabitants: cosmology and spirit-mediumship. In a witty, evocative style accessible to both the specialist and non-specialist reader, Michael Lambek provides a significant...
The Real Dope
Social, Legal, and Historical Perspectives on the Regulation of Drugs in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2011
Recent debate around the potential decriminalization of marijuana, along with a growing perception that illicit drug use is on the rise, has brought the role of the state in controlling intoxication to the forefront of public discussion. Until now, however, there has been little scholarly consideration...
by Rachel Heydon, Luigi Iannacci
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2009
Educators have become increasingly interested in the diverse learning environments of young children and the ways in which children and childhood are positioned within those environments. The documentation and analysis of processes of pathologization and de-pathologization in early childhood may provide...
by Kenneth R Melchin, Cheryl A. Picard
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2009
Examining the difficulties of conflict resolution, Transforming Conflict through Insight demonstrates how applying Bernard Lonergan's philosophy of insight to mediation can lead to more productive and constructive negotiations. Kenneth R. Melchin and Cheryl A. Picard provide both an overview of conflict...
School Rules
Obedience, Discipline and Elusive Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2012
How much say should students have in shaping their schools' disciplinary cultures? Should they have the power to weigh in on contentious issues like favouritism, discrimination, ‘no hats’ rules, and zero tolerance? What if pupils disagree with their teachers and administrators on certain rules?...
Do Men Mother?
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
The first edition of Do Men Mother? (2006) was awarded the John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award from the Canadian Sociological Association and remains one of the most widely cited books on primary caregiving fathers and stay-at-home fathers. This second edition of Do Men Mother? builds on...
Social Science and Modern Man
Alan B. Plaunt Memorial Lectures 1969
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1970
The main theme of these lectures is man's struggle to understand himself as a social being. The author argues that the chief inspiration for this effort, insofar as it has been successful, has been the rationalist philosophy of physical science, and that constructive social science has been based...
Tournaments of Value
Sociability and Hierarchy in a Yemeni Town
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
A significant contribution to our understanding of the varied experience of women in the Islamic Middle East, Tournaments of Value gives a careful description of a world of female socializing, and the velocity, energy, and elaborateness of this remarkable female social world.
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Indigenous Methodologies
Characteristics, Conversations, and Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2010
What are Indigenous research methodologies, and how do they unfold? Indigenous methodologies flow from tribal knowledge, and while they are allied with several western qualitative approaches, they remain distinct. These are the focal considerations of Margaret Kovach's study,which offers guidance...
by Pellegrino Artusi
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2003
First published in 1891, Pellegrino Artusi’s La scienza in cucina e l’arte di mangier bene has come to be recognized as the most significant Italian cookbook of modern times. It was reprinted thirteen times and had sold more than 52,000 copies in the years before Artusi’s death in 1910, with...
by Warren Rubenstein, Yves Talbot
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
A practical, hands-on resource for physicians in all specialties, Medical Teaching in Ambulatory Care is a guide on training medical students and residents in settings such as private practices and hospital clinics. Concise, engaging, and easy to follow, it is an ideal handbook for the busy practitioner...
Integrating Aboriginal Perspectives Into the School Curriculum
Purposes, Possibilities, and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2011
From improved critical thinking to increased self-esteem and school retention, teachers and students have noted many benefits to bringing Aboriginal viewpoints into public school classrooms. In Integrating Aboriginal Perspectives Into the School Curriculum, Yatta Kanu provides the first comprehensive...
Growing into Resilience
Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Despite recent progress in civil rights for sexual and gender minorities (SGM), ensuring SGM youth experience fairness, justice, inclusion, safety, and security in their schools and communities remains an ongoing challenge. In Growing into Resilience, André P. Grace and Kristopher Wells – co-founders...