Upa: 654 books
by Arnold Gibbons
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Walter Rodney claimed developing countries were heirs to uneven development and ethnic disequilibrium, including continued forms of oppression from the capitalist countries and their own leaders. In Guyana, ethnic chauvinism persisted before and after independence from Britain. Rodney was disturbed...
Parmenides’ Vision
A Study of Parmenides’ Poem
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
This book intends to establish, against his numerous modern critics, that the ancient philosopher Parmenides was a mystic. Instead of arriving at his conclusions by cold reason, Parmenides found the unity of Being, which he called “the Truth,” by turning to a life of meditation. His use of reason...
Four Faces of Anger
Seneca, Evagrius Ponticus, Cassian, and Augustine
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
Four Faces of Anger brings to the modern age wisdom on the topic of anger by four ancient authors. These authors are broadly representative of the classic views on anger in the tradition: Seneca, the first century A.D. stoic philosopher whose moral teaching won the admiration of pagans and Christians...
Informal Logical Fallacies
A Brief Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Critical thinking is now needed more than ever. This accessible and engaging book provides the necessary tools to question and challenge the discourse that surrounds us —- whether in the media, the classroom, or everyday conversation. Additionally, it offers readers a deeper understanding of the...
by Cornelius Michael Buckley
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Cornelius Michael Buckley, S.J. delves into Stephen Larigaudelle Dubuisson’s life, using him as the point of departure to describe the tensions among Jesuits in Maryland after the restoration of the order in 1814. A refugee of the violent slave rebellions in Haiti, where he was born, and the Terror...
A Twentieth-Century Collision
American Intellectual Culture and Pope John Paul II's Idea of a University
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
A Twentieth-Century Collision explores intellectual culture in the United States during the twentieth century, a topic which cannot be understood without attention to the gradual narrowing of the scope of (academic) philosophy and its diminishing influence. This 'narrowing' signifies a growing indifference...
Taking Care
Lessons from Mothers with Disabilities
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
Taking Care, based on twenty-six interviews and other autobiographical narratives, challenges the negative stereotypes about mothers with disabilities. These women’s stories tell of their successes despite the barriers they encounter from the society in which they live. Covering issues in the mothering...
Becoming the Arsenal
The American Industrial Mobilization for World War II, 1938-1942
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2009
Becoming the Arsenal discusses one of the three signal events that transformed the relationship of government and the private sector in directing the American economy. The first was the Great Depression and the government's New Deal recovery program. The second was the gradual abandonment of the monetary...
by Lee Nash
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Herbert Hoover and World Peace summarizes Hoover's career-long efforts to preserve peace in the world and to help America avoid unnecessary wars, from his opposition to our entry into World War I to his proposed — and rejected — Cold War strategy, which would have avoided the Vietnam War. Personal...
The 2008 Election in Florida
Change! But Only at the Top of the Ticket
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
During 2008, the Democrats achieved in Florida a goal that had eluded them in all but three of the national elections since 1964: victory in the presidential race. Despite this success, the Republicans retained their dominance in the U.S. Congress and in the Florida State Legislature. The 2008 Elections...
The Life of an Activist
In the Frontlines 24/7
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
The Life of an Activist is a non-fiction narrative that describes key steps on how to become and evolve into an effective activist and community leader. The book describes social movements and provides useful advice on how to successfully manage non-profits to accomplish positive social change that...
by John L. Myers
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
Already a leader of the Republican party when the Civil War began, Henry Wilson had distinguished himself as the most important Congressional figure on military and antislavery and pro-black legislation during the war. During the Era of Reconstruction, Wilson fought to protect the rights of the newly-freed...
Understanding Muslim Discourse
Language, Tradition, and the Message of Bin Laden
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2009
Understanding Muslim Discourse provides a well-illustrated account of the major ideas currently in use within the Muslim discourse, and also examines the mechanics whereby Bin Laden's message has become popular, legitimate, and one of the most dominant voices in this discourse. The book, therefore,...
The Dominican Republic and the Beginning of a Revolutionary Cycle in the Spanish Caribbean
1861-1898
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
In this book, _lvarez-L-pez details the history of revolution in the Dominican Republic, which was an infant independent nation struggling to preserve its political independence from Haiti and from the expansionist policies of northern European countries and the United States. In 1861, the Dominican...