Upa: 654 books
Atuolu Omalu
Some Unanswered Questions in Contemporary African Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
The story of African philosophy is surrounded by controversy. Decades after the “great debate” over its mere existence, many vital questions have been left unanswered. From examining the origins of African philosophy to addressing fundamental issues in ontology, epistemology, ethics, and political...
by Wilfred J. McConkey
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1987
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1987
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The Italian/American Experience
A Collection of Writings
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2012
The Italian/American Experience: A Collection of Writings represents a meaningful attempt to inform Italian Americans about their group’s varied experiences in America. This book, unlike many works on the Italian American experience, contains writings that explain why popular negative notions of...
The Alabama Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia
A Brief History
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
The Knights of Pythias fraternal organization was founded in 1865 by an Act of Congress. When African American men were denied membership, they created their own organization in Vicksburg, MS, in 1880. Its founder, Thomas Stringer, believed that fraternal organizations could provide the black community...
by Charles A. Lave, James G. March
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 1993
What is a model? How do you construct one? What are some common models in the social sciences? How can models be applied in new situations? What makes a model good? Focusing on answers to these and related questions, this multidisciplinary introduction to model building in the social sciences formulates...
Teaching in Special Education
Managing the Chaos
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2009
Teaching In Special Education: Managing the Chaos addresses the question-how do special education teachers function in general education settings? The text describes the experiences of special education teachers in diverse settings at a time when federal law and assessment requirements drive educational...
Television's Imageable Influences
The Self-Perception of Young African-Americans
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 1994
Camille O. Cosby presents a startling examination of how young African-Americans are dramatically impacted by the pervasive negative images of their culture that are regularly portrayed on television. Dr. Cosby shows how American media establishments have engineered a climate of ignorance and disenfranchisement...
by Erika Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Applying recent psychological and neuropsychological studies of emotions, Erika Wilson explores the role of emotions in major Eastern, Western, and primal religions, as well as in some contemporary spiritual movements. The book tries to answer the following questions: What kinds of emotions and spiritual...
A Dark Page in History
The Nanjing Massacre and Post-Massacre Social Conditions Recorded in British Diplomatic Dispatches, Admiralty Documents, and U.S. Naval Intelligence Reports
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
On December 13, 1937, Japanese troops captured China’s former capital, Nanjing. The events that followed became known as the Rape of Nanking, or the Nanjing Massacre, which, with its magnitude and brutality, shocked the civilized world. Mass executions, rampant raping, wholesale looting, and widespread...
Transactions at Play
Volume 9
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2009
When players play, there is a transactional process at work, whether for children on a teeter-totter or pandas playing with peers. In this edited volume, nine experts on play show how play transactions are an important dynamic of play across cultures, age groups, even species. A rich array of play...
Tocquevillian Ideas
Contemporary European Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
This book offers a new, European-centered approach to Tocqueville’s thought. Although Tocqueville is often revered as a classic writer on the subject of American democracy, this book focuses on the multifaceted importance of his ideas within a European context. This collection of essays presents...
Women in the Biblical World
A Survey of Old and New Testament Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
Women in the Biblical World: A Survey of Old and New Testament Perspectives is a volume featuring the most current research in biblical scholarship. This collection will whet the reader's appetite for cutting-edge research and encourage a closer look at some of the familiar passages that may have...
Daniel Alexander Payne
The Venerable Preceptor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2012
This detailed biography gives a portrait of the life of Daniel Alexander Payne, a free person of color in nineteenth century Charleston, South Carolina. This work highlights his life as educator, pastor, abolitionist, poet, historiographer, hymn writer, ecumenist, and bishop of the African Methodist...
by G. David Rath
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2009
This grounded theory study investigates how the Falun Gong in Southern California recruits and instructs followers. Participants are adult followers who meet regularly in public parks, on college campuses, and outside the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles. This study uses grounded theory methodology...