Michael Daniel: 242 books
Science, Society and the Environment
Applying Anthropology and Physics to Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
In an era when pressing environmental problems make collaboration across the divide between sciences and arts and humanities essential, this book presents the results of a collaborative analysis by an anthropologist and a physicist of four key junctures between science, society, and environment. ...
Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota
Volume 4, Ecosystem-Based Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
The fourth volume in the Harte Research Institute’s landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides a comprehensive study of ecosystem-based management, analyzing key coastal ecosystems in eleven Gulf Coast states from Florida to Quintana Roo and presenting case studies in which this integrated...
The Cultural Career of Coolness
Discourses and Practices of Affect Control in European Antiquity, the United States, and Japan
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Cool is a word of American English that has been integrated into the vocabulary of numerous languages around the globe. Today it is a term most often used in advertising trendy commodities, or, more generally, in promoting urban lifestyles in our postmodern age. But what is the history of the term...
by Abdullah Bahri, Daniel Pipes, David Claydon
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2009
In this ground-breaking Australian book, a diverse group of international writers, scholars and commentators shed light on some of the most pressing human rights and public policy challenges of our time. Contributors include thinkers of Muslim background with extensive personal experience in developing...
by Daniel L. Segal, Sara Honn Qualls, Michael A. Smyer
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
This fully revised and updated second edition provides a complete introduction to aging and mental health for psychology students taking courses in aging as well as for academics and practitioners working in the field of gerontology.
Offers a comprehensive review of models of mental health and...
Postcolonial Practice of Ministry
Leadership, Liturgy, and Interfaith Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
Postcolonial studies has challenged the Eurocentric frameworks and methodologies in the fields of biblical studies and theology. Postcolonial Practice of Ministry is a groundbreaking anthology that enables a new engagement between postcolonial and practical theologies, focused on three key areas of...
Atone
Religion, Conflict, and Reconciliation
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018
The relationship between religion and conflict has generated considerable academic and political debate. Although the majority of religions and spiritual traditions are replete with wisdom that propagates a broader unity among human beings, these same examples have been used to legitimize hatred and...
Defining Memory
Local Museums and the Construction of History in America's Changing Communities
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Defining Memory uses case studies of exhibits from around the country to examine how local museums, defined as museums whose collections are local in scope or whose audiences are primarily local, have both shaped and been shaped by evolving community values and sense of history. Levin and her contributors...
by Daniel Michael Ray Shenk
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
This book is a reflection of my life so far, the things I have learned and seen. I hope that in my writing I can bring you a smile or maybe see things in a new way. This is my first book and its a start of something I hope will continue the rest of my life. I have added a few short stories and poems...
What Democracy Looks Like
The Rhetoric of Social Movements and Counterpublics
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
What Democracy Looks Like is a compelling and timely collection which combines two distinct but related theories in rhetoric and communication studies, while also exploring theories and ideas espoused by those in sociology, political science, and cultural studies.
Recent protests around the...
The Cold War at Home and Abroad
Domestic Politics and US Foreign Policy since 1945
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2018
From President Truman's use of a domestic propaganda agency to Ronald Reagan's handling of the Soviet Union during his 1984 reelection campaign, the American political system has consistently exerted a profound effect on the country's foreign policies. Americans may cling to the belief that "politics...
Political Culture and Constitutionalism: A Comparative Approach
A Comparative Approach
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
This work is a cross-national examination of the relationship between political culture and constitutionalism. The countries studied include Nigeria, Turkey and Japan. Questions explored include whether constitutions must evolve and whether constitutionalism is only a western concept.
by Lee Ann Banaszak, Jeffrey M. Berry, Paul Burstein
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 1998
Social movements in the United States are important political actors because of their scale and duration, their generation of new ideas and understandings of existing problems, their ability to mobilize those who were previously passive citizens, and the impetus they provide for restructuring and...
Harney Flats
A Florida Paleoindian Site
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
"Represents another stepping stone toward our understanding of life in the Southeast 10,000–11,000 years ago."--Southeastern Archaeology "The Paleoindian component at Harney Flats is a benchmark in early [human] studies in Florida and the Southeast."--North American Archaeologist...