L Allison: 33 books
Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization
Exploring the Fandemonium
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Identity and socialization among sports fans are burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of scholars in the social sciences and beyond. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, is an eclectic collection of new studies from...
Clearing the Path for First-Generation College Students
Qualitative and Intersectional Studies of Educational Mobility
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2018
Clearing the Path for First-Generation College Students comprises a wide range of studies that explore the multidimensional social processes and meanings germane to the experiences of first-generation college students before and during their matriculation into institutions of higher education. The...
What Democrats Talk about When They Talk about God
Religious Communication in Democratic Party Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
What Democrats Talk about When They Talk about God is a collection of essays on the religious communication of members of the Democratic Party, past and present-in office, while campaigning, and in their public and private writing. While many books on the market address issues at the intersection...
American National Identity, Policy Paradigms, and Higher Education
A History of the Relationship between Higher Education and the United States, 1862–2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
This volume examines the role of higher education in producing and reproducing American cultural identity from 1862 to 2015 and considers whether changes in federal policy regarding higher education result in paradigm shifts that directly impact the purpose of higher education. American institutions...
The Burden of Academic Success
Managing Working-Class Identities in College
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
The Burden of Academic Success: Loyalists, Renegades, and Double Agents explores class identity reconstructions among working-class students attending a public university. Rather than focus on working-class failure, this book takes a critical look at the psychological and social costs of academic...
Superheroes and Critical Animal Studies
The Heroic Beasts of Total Liberation
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Superheroes and Critical Animal Studies explores and puts into dialogue two growing field of studies, comic studies and critical animal studies. The book’s aim is to create a form of praxis that people can use to actualize many of the values superheroes strive to protect. To this end, contributor...
by Kristen L. Depken, Allison Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2018
In this magical adventure, Barbie™ as Kristyn, is a ballerina with big dreams! When she tries on a pair of sparkling pink shoes, Kristyn and her best friend, Hailey, are whisked away to a fantastical ballet world. There, Kristyn discovers she must dance in her favorite ballets in order to defeat...
Overcoming Night Eating Syndrome
A Step-by-step Guide to Breaking the Cycle
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2004
The statistics are powerful and alarming: perhaps as many as 6 million Americans suffer from night eating syndrome, or NES, an eating disorder which describes behavior patterns in which an individual obsessively consumes more than half of his or her daily caloric intake after eight o'clock in the...
by Allison L. Goetsch, Dana Kimelman, Teresa K. Woodruff
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
This unique book is a comprehensive guide for healthcare providers who treat patients with complex medical conditions but lack the resources to address fertility and sexuality concerns and help patients navigate their fertility decision-making process. It presents up-to-date information concerning...
Writing History with Lightning
Cinematic Representations of Nineteenth-Century America
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Films possess virtually unlimited power for crafting broad interpretations of American history. Nineteenth-century America has proven especially conducive to Hollywood imaginations, producing indelible images like the plight of Davy Crockett and the defenders of the Alamo, Pickett’s doomed charge...
by Professor Adrian L James, Allison James
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
"Arranged alphabetically, core ideas about 'Agency' and 'Development' through to 'Socialisation' and 'Youth' are explained in straightforward language, with a concise introduction to key theoretical debates, as well as up to date references."
- Martin Woodhead, The Open University
"A...
by George L. Bakris, Allison Hahr, Romesh Khardori
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
An overview of the diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of diabetic-related kidney disease in clinical practice. Includes an evidence-based discussion of currently available and experimental drug therapies currently in development, guided by international consensus guidelines. Ideal for...
Working in Class
Recognizing How Social Class Shapes Our Academic Work
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
More students today are financing college through debt, but the burdens of debt are not equally shared. The least privileged students are those most encumbered and the least able to repay. All of this has implications for those who work in academia, especially those who are themselves from less advantaged...
When Critical Multiculturalism Meets Mathematics
A Mixed Methods Study of Professional Development and Teacher Identity
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
When Critical Multiculturalism Meets Mathematics details the development and outcomes of a teacher professional development project that merged multiculturalism and mathematics. In six compact chapters the authors describe the impetus for their multi-year project and present rich case studies of nine...