Daniel S : 360 books
On the Border
Society and Culture between the United States and Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2004
A stunningly beautiful backdrop where cultures meet, meld, and thrive, the U.S.–Mexico borderlands is one of the most dynamic regions in the Americas. On the Border explores little-known corners of this fascinating area of the world in a rich collection of essays. Beginning with an exploration of...
by Daniel W. Webster, Jon S. Vernick
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
In 2013—in the wake of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School—Johns Hopkins University Press published Reducing Gun Violence in America, a collection of essays written by the world’s leading experts on gun violence. Updated Evidence and Policy Developments on Reducing Gun Violence...
by Daniel Saldaña París
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2015
“A greatly enjoyable and splendidly well-written suburban farce.” —Yuri Herrera
Rodrigo likes his vacant lot, its resident chicken, and being left alone. But when passivity finds him accidentally married to Cecilia, he trades Mexico City for the sun-bleached desolation of his hometown...
The Arab Awakening
America and the Transformation of the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Even the most seasoned Middle East observers were taken aback by the events of early 2011. Protests born of oppression and socioeconomic frustration erupted throughout the streets; public unrest provoked violent police backlash; long-established dictatorships fell. How did this all happen? What might...
Elinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School of Political Economy
A Framework for Policy Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
In addition to winning the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for her path-breaking research on “economic governance, especially the commons,” Elinor (Lin) Ostrom also made important contributions to other fields of political economy and public policy. This four-volume compendium of papers...
Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context
Learning from the Sex Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2005
Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context is the first book to provide a broadly interdisciplinary approach to understanding the leadership crisis in the Catholic Church in the wake of the sex abuse scandal and how it was handled. Well-known scholars, religious clergy, and laymen in the trenches...
The Truth About Big Medicine
Righting the Wrongs for Better Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Many Americans believe that their healthcare is second to none. Most patients, therefore, fail to appreciate the flaws and dangers present while receiving medical care. In fact, the American health care industry is one of the great tragedies of this country, which is now being brought to its knees...
Spectrum
SmartyPants Spectrum Series, #1
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
**You are an explorer in a galaxy of worlds... **
...with countless stories to delve into or even just try out.
Inside, you are the rescuer of the kitten who rescues you right back. You are the citizen making a life-or-death decision. You are the teenager experiencing her first...
by Darío Vilas Couselo, Ivan Mourin, José Luis Cantos Martínez
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Una compilación aterradora y novedosa que presenta quince cuentos en los que el fantasma, de forma diversa, se erige en elemento clave de la trama. Los fantasmas han estado presentes en toda la historia de la literatura, es por ello que ofrecer versiones nuevas de la figura del fantasma parece una...
El maíz nativo en México
Una aproximación crítica desde los estudios rurales
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Esta obra surge de la necesidad de contar con evidencias científicas sociales con una mirada crítica de los estudios rurales sobre la importancia que tiene el maíz nativo en México en sus múltiples dimensiones y realidades. En este sentir, la Red sobre Maíz, Alimentación, Tecnología y Cultura...
by Daniel Aranda Juárez, Jordi Sánchez Navarro
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Este libro quiere ser una aportación al conocimiento sobre los videojuegos desde una perspectiva social y cultural. En él, se parte de la premisa de que todavía se necesita explicar lo básico, asumir que los videojuegos están rodeados de mitos y mixtificaciones, y que aún se puede (y se debe)...
The Hormone Factor in Mental Health
Bridging the Mind-Body Gap
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2013
Endocrine imbalances can cause a whole host of physical and mental health problems. Yet, there is currently no definitive source of information that shows how hormones can bridge the gap between mental health and medical health modalities.
This book is a bold crossover between the disciplines...
digitalSTS
A Field Guide for Science & Technology Studies
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Scholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study virtual environments, use computational tools in their research, and engage audiences with their results. Classic work in science and technology studies (STS) has played a central role in...
Pensando la Educación Física como área de conocimiento
Problematizaciones pedagógicas del sujeto y el cuerpo
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 5, 2019
Pensando la Educación Física como área de conocimiento ha sido producto de las investigaciones, artículos y ponencias presentadas en las Conferencias Académicas –del período 2013-2015– producidas por el Seminario Permanente de Investigación del Laboratorio de Investigaciones Pedagógicas...