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Imaniman
Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
In homage to Gloria Anzaldúa and her iconic work Borderlands/La Frontera, award-winning poets ire'ne lara silva and Dan Vera have assembled the work of 54 writers who reflect on the complex terrain—the deeply felt psychic, social, and geopolitical borderlands—that Anzaldúa inhabited, theorized,...
Lives and Times of Great Pioneers in Chemistry
(Lavoisier to Sanger)
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2015
Chemical science has made major advances in the last few decades and has gradually transformed in to a highly multidisciplinary subject that is exciting academically and at the same time beneficial to human kind. In this context, we owe much to the foundations laid by great pioneers of chemistry who...
globalization
n. the irrational fear that someone in China will take your job
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2008
In Globalization, authors Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn cut through the myths surrounding globalization and look more closely at its real impact, presenting a more accurate picture of the present status of globalization and its future consequences. Page by page, they uncover the real facts about globalization...
Ethnic Dress in the United States
A Cultural Encyclopedia
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
The clothes we wear tell stories about us—and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States.
The clothing...
by John Law, Kalpana Shankar, David Hakken
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field.
Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and...
22 Voces Vols. 1 y 2
Narrativa mexicana joven
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 23, 2017
"Islas bañadas por el mismo mar y con corrientes comunicantes", así definía David Miklos los proyectos narrativos incluidos en el primer volumen de esta antología, que Malaletra difundió gratuitamente en 2015. Este libro completa aquel primer esfuerzo e incluye 22 relatos inéditos de escritoras...
From Enlightenment to Rebellion
Essays in Honor of Christopher Fox
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
This book is a collection of essays and a short story written to honor Christopher Fox of Notre Dame, arguably the most influential figure in Irish Studies for the past quarter century. The essays address topics in which Professor Fox has made his own enduring scholarly contributions, and subjects...
The Great Cholesterol Myth + 100 Recipes for Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease
Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won't Prevent Heart Disease and the Statin Free Plan and Diet that Will
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Get proven, evidence-based strategies from the experts with The Great Cholesterol Myth Plus 100 Recipes. Heart disease is the #1 killer. However, traditional heart disease protocols--with their emphasis on lowering cholesterol--have it all wrong. Emerging science is showing that cholesterol levels...
Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat Volume 1
Safety, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2016
Reviews latest research on zoonoses affecting poultry meat such as Salmonella and Campylobacter as well as methods for their control on the poultry farm and in the slaughterhouse
Summarises advances in understanding and optimising poultry quality traits such as flavour, colour, tenderness, shelf life...
Breaking the Chains, Forging the Nation
The Afro-Cuban Fight for Freedom and Equality, 1812-1912
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2019
Breaking the Chains, Forging the Nation offers a new perspective on black political life in Cuba by analyzing the time between two hallmark Cuban events, the Aponte Rebellion of 1812 and the Race War of 1912. In so doing, this anthology provides fresh insight into the ways in which Cubans practiced...
by Robert L. Arrington, Peter M. Burkholder, Shannon Dubose
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
With this issue we initiate the policy of expanding the scope of Tulane Studies in Philosophy to include, in addition to the work of members of the department, contributions from philosophers who have earned advanced degrees from Tulane and who are now teaching in other colleges and universities....
New Generations of Catholic Sisters
The Challenge of Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
This book offers a comprehensive examination of the generations of women who entered religious life in the United States after 1965. It provides up-to-date demographics for women's religious institutes; a summary of canon law locating religious life within the various forms of life in the Church;...
by Lev M. Blinov, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Mikhail V. Kozlovsky
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2002
Wolfgang Knoll is a former Directory of Polymer research at the Max Planck Institute. He is extremely well know for his research in this area. Zouheir Sekkat was a Postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck working under Professor Knoll. With Knoll's involvement, we can be confident that the best people in this field will be contributing to the reference.
by Françoise Naudillon, Jean Ouédraogo, Mehana Amrani
Language: French
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Language: French
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Images et mirages des migrations dans les littératures et les cinémas d'Afrique francophone évoque les thèmes de l'errance et de l'exil dans les productions littéraires et cinématographiques d'Afrique et de la diaspora. Comment se négocient les notions d'espace de soi versus espace de l'autre...