Upa: 654 books
The Great Famine & Genocide in Iran
1917-1919
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
At least 8–10 million Iranians out of a population of 18–20 million died of starvation and disease during the famine of 1917–1919. The Iranian holocaust was the biggest calamity of World War I and one of the worst genocides of the 20th century, yet it remained concealed for nearly a century....
Civic Work, Civic Lessons
Two Generations Reflect on Public Service
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
Civic Work, Civic Lessons explains how and why people of all ages, and particularly young people, should engage in public service as a vocation or avocation. Its authors are 57 years apart in age, but united in their passion for public service, which they term “civic work.” The book provides unique...
by Bruce E. Barnes
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2007
The countries of China, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand are brought together for the first time in an integrated and systematic work outlining each country's cultural themes, cultural practices, and preferred conflict resolution mechanisms. The new "ADR"...
Invisible Student Scientists
How Graduate School Science and Engineering Programs Shortchange Black, Hispanic, and Women Students
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
In this book, Robert Leslie Fisher contends that thanks to misguided university and government policies, we have created a science elite that does not represent the demographics of the nation. We need to recruit more native-born women and under-represented minorities into graduate programs in order...
Women's Retreat
Voices of Female Faculty in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
What does a path to become a faculty member look like? What are the merits? What are the roadblocks? How do I balance personal and professional aspirations? Looking for answers to these questions can be overwhelming and discouraging. This book offers inspiration and support to female faculty members...
Mestizo
The History, Culture and Politics of the Mexican and the Chicano --The Emerging Mestizo-Americans
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 1997
This text covers over 2,000 years, tracing the roots of the contemporary Mexican-American. It utilizes the fields of history, political science, cultural anthropology, folklore, literature, sociolinguistics, Latin American studies and ethnic studies. Thus, it is unique for its multidisciplinary approach...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
From Balewa's declaration, 'Today is Independence Day,' to Azikiwe's impassioned plea, 'Let us bind the nation's wound and let us heal the breaches of the past so that in forging our nation there shall emerge on this continent a hate-free, fear-free, and greed-free people,' to Buhari's patriotic fervor,...
The 2012 Elections in Florida
Obama Wins and Democrats Make Strides in Downticket Races
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
This book places the 2012 election in Florida in historical context and provides an explanation for the outcome of the races involved. The book offers descriptions of the races for President, US Senate, US Congress and the Florida State Legislature as well as explanations for the outcomes of these...
Voices from the Camps
A People's History of Palestinian Refugees in Jordan, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2010
As debate continues about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and its root causes simmer, Palestinian refugees have become increasingly invisible. Voices from the Camps is about their humanity. This sociological study explores refugee camps in Jordan, where refugees share their plight and narrative of...
The Kwagh-hir Theater
A Weapon for Social Action
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
The Kwagh-hir Theater: A Weapon for Social Action represents a significant milestone in the documentation and theorization of non-Western theater. The book describes how the Tiv people of Nigeria used their indigenous theater to fight against British colonialism and oppression by dominant groups in...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Essays on Aesthetic Genesis is a collection of essays written on Jeff Mitscherling’s work in realist phenomenology, Aesthetic Genesis: The Origin of Consciousness in the Intentional Being of Nature. The authors explicate, expand, contextualize and apply the concepts of intentional being, the “New...
A Revolutionary Conscience
Theodore Parker and Antebellum America
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
Theodore Parker was one of the most controversial theologians and social activists in pre-Civil War America. A vocal critic of traditional Christian thought and a militant opponent of American slavery, he led a huge congregation of religious dissenters in the very heart of Boston, Massachusetts, during...
Ireland's Great Hunger
Relief, Representation, and Remembrance
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2009
The papers collected in this volume are a product of the second conference on Ireland's Great Hunger held at Quinnipiac University in 2005. That conference, focused on the themes of representation and preservation, brought together forty-five scholars from around the world to discuss various aspects...
The Beginning Translator’s Workbook
or the ABCs of French to English Translation
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
This workbook combines methodology and practice for beginning translators with a solid proficiency in French. It assumes a linguistic approach to the problems of translation and addresses common pitfalls, including the delineation of “translation units”, word polysemy, false cognates, and structural...