Mark Joy: 6 books

Book cover of American Expansionism, 1783-1860

American Expansionism, 1783-1860

A Manifest Destiny?

by Mark Joy
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014

This new Seminar Study surveys the history of U.S. territorial expansion from the end of the American Revolution until 1860. The book explores the concept of 'manifest destiny' and asks why, if expansion was 'manifest', there was such opposition to almost every expansionist incident. Paying...
Book cover of The People's Victory

The People's Victory

Stories from the Front Lines in the Fight for Marriage Equality

by Jamila Tharp, Brian Maschka, Will Scott
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017

"“The People’s Victory is a mirror for each of us to see our own power to fight for justice and create the change we want to see in our world.” – Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California In 1996, a small group of Americans from all walks of life banded together to create...
Book cover of Race and Reconciliation in America
by William S. Cohen, Janet Langhart Cohen, Enola Gay Aird
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009

Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities...
Book cover of Another South

Another South

Experimental Writing in the South

by Hank Lazer, Lorenzo Thomas, Bill Lavender
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009

Another South is an anthology of poetry from contemporary southern writers who are working in forms that are radical, innovative, and visionary. Highly experimental and challenging in nature, the poetry in this volume, with its syntactical disjunctions, formal revolutions, and typographic playfulness,...
Book cover of System Center Opalis Integration Server 6.3 Unleashed
by Kerrie Meyler, Mark Gosson, Charles Joy
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2011

By using Microsoft's new Opalis IT process automation software, your IT organization can dramatically reduce operational costs and improve efficiency by replacing resource-intensive, error-prone manual activities with standardized, automated processes. Microsoft doesn't sell Opalis as a separately licensed...
Book cover of Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families

Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families

Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service

by Sayali S. Amarapurkar, Laura Bates, Libby Balter Blume
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009

Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers_the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals...
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