Upa imprint: 654 books
War Trauma and its Aftermath
An International Perspective on the Balkan and Gulf Wars
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
War trauma has long been associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a term coined in 1980 to explain the post-war impact of Vietnam veterans. The Gulf and Balkan wars added new dimensions to the traditional PTSD definition, due largely to the changing dynamics of these wars. With these...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2010
This book examines 'eternal colonialism,' a term used to describe the policies that were designed by the Western world and the United States in order to keep most of the world in a permanently subordinate political, economic, social, and military state. Eternal colonialism is a combination of both...
by Martin Atangana
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
The End of French Rule in Cameroon is a study of the decolonization movement in Cameroon. It analyzes the reforms introduced by France in Cameroon after World War II, the circumstances surrounding the unsuccessful attempt of the UPC to seize independence by force, and the subsequent eradication of...
Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement and Thereafter
Profiles of Lessons Learned
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement and Thereafter offers students the opportunity to learn more about important and often overlooked figures of the Civil Rights Movement. This book features chapters on the Saint Augustine Four, the tragically murdered Emmett Till, the legacy-preserving Rachel...
The Synaptic Gospel
Teaching the Brain to Worship
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
In this book, Christopher D. Rodkey asks how the brain worships and responds by engaging ideas from neurological science, philosophy, ritual theory, and religious education. From this exploration, two new paradigms for pastoral ministry emerge. First, Rodkey proposes a “pan-generational” principle,...
De Maria Numquam Satis
The Significance of the Catholic Doctrines on the Blessed Virgin Mary for All People
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
Who is the Blessed Virgin Mary? Why is she significant for all people? How is she at work alongside her Divine Son, Jesus Christ, in redeeming and bringing us into union with the Blessed Trinity in this life and the next? De Maria Numquam Satis considers these and other questions through a collection...
Turning Adversity to Advantage
A History of the Lipan Apaches of Texas and Northern Mexico, 1700-1900
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2009
Turning Adversity to Advantage is the story of the Lipan Apaches, who are now one of the forgotten Indian tribes of Texas and northern Mexico, yet they were once one of the largest and most aggressive tribes of the Rio Grande region. They were as much a part of the landscape as mesquite trees or cactus...
With the People’s Consent
Howard Baker Leads the Senate 1977–1984
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
With the People’s Consent explores Howard Baker’s ability to lead the United States Senate at a time when it was divided by partisanship and ideology. This book features a quantitative analysis of Senate leadership through roll call analysis, an evaluation of the advantages and difficulties in...
Gandhi and Bin Laden
Religion at the Extremes
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2009
No two figures could seem further removed than Mohandas K. Gandhi and Osama bin Laden. Gandhi advocated an inclusive religious perspective, and believed that the highest ideals in religion led to the path of absolute nonviolence. In contrast, Bin Laden has concocted a militant and exclusive interpretation...
Primary Love
The Elemental Nature of Human Love, Intimacy, and Attachment
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2010
In Primary Love, Dr. Klein describes love and intimacy as they evolve in the context of family relations from birth to maturity in adulthood. Once the original attachment and the loving, intimate bond between a mother and her infant-child are established, primary love is founded and secured. Every...
Crime At El Escorial
The 1892 Child Murder, the Press, and the Jury
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Crime at El Escorial presents a comparative social and judicial analysis of an 1892 child murder, drawing from newspaper archives among other historical documents. D.J. Walker discusses the role of Spain’s intellectual elite in crystallizing dissatisfaction with the popular jury through its criticism...
by L. Kay Gillespie
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
Executed Women of the 20th and 21st Centuries provides a look into the lives, crimes, and executions of women during the 20th and 21st centuries. Rather than dealing with these women as numbers and statistics, this book presents them as human beings. Each of these women had lives, histories, and families....
by Abul Pitre
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
The purpose of this book is to describe critical success factors impacting students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at historically Black colleges and universities. The information in this book is designed to enhance strategies and research to improve students’ engagement experiences, graduation rates, and career development outcomes.
African Religion Defined
A Systematic Study of Ancestor Worship among the Akan
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
African religion is ancestor worship; it revolves around the dead, now thought to be alive and well in heaven (the Samanadzie) and propitiated by the living on earth. For the Akan, the ancestors’ stool is the emblem of the ancestors (Nananom Nsamanfo). Led by their kings and queen mothers as living...