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Woman Culture and Society - HOME Woman Culture and Society Selling Suffrage: Consumer Culture and Votes for Women by Margaret Finnegan, Margaret Finnegan's pathbreaking study of woman suffrage from the 1850s to the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 reveals how activists came to identify with consumer culture and employ its methods of publicity to win popular support through carefully crafted images of enfranchised women as "personable, likable, and modern." Drawing on organization records, suffragists' papers and memoirs, and newspapers and magazines, Finnegan shows how women found it in their political interest to ally themselves with the rise of ...

People Profile - HOME People Profile Courage is Contagious: Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the Face of America by John Kasich, A modern-day Profiles in Courage about twenty people who are doing heroic things to improve the lives of their fellow Americans. Now available in trade paperback, Courage Is Contagious is a remarkable document about everyday people helping to reshape America. Written by Congressman John Kasich, the book profiles twenty men and women from across the country who have, through their own courage, determination, and generous hearts, attempted to improve the lot of ...

Living History Society - HOME Living History Society Age and Structural Lag: Society's Failure to Provide Meaningful Opportunities in Work, Family, and Leisure by Matilda W. Riley, In twentieth-century industrial societies most of us live longer and healthier lives than ever before in history. Yet the social structures and institutions that provide opportunities for our lives are still marked by age constraints that were appropriate a century ago. Education is still primarily reserved for the young; work and family responsibilities are crowded into the middle years; while leisure and free time are allocated to the ...

Living History - HOME Living History Women in African Colonial Histories: An Introduction by Susan Geiger, How did African women negotiate the complex political, economic, and social forces of colonialism in their daily lives? How did they make meaningful lives for themselves in a world that challenged fundamental notions of work, sexuality, marriage, motherhood, and family? By considering the lives of ordinary African women -- farmers, queen mothers, midwives, urban dwellers, migrants, and political leaders -- in the context of particular colonial conditions at specific places and times, Women in African Colonial Histories challenges the notion of a ...

Anachronism Creative History Living Society - HOME Anachronism Creative History Living Society The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life by Gene D. Cohen, In a single generation, the view of life after fifty has changed dramatically.Today's society is shaped by unprecedented growth in the number of people living in their "golden years," shifting patterns of work and home life, and advances in health care that offer the promise of longer, more active lives. In this fascinating, life-affirming book, Dr. Gene Cohen debunks harmful myths about aging and illuminates the biological and ...

Religion Society Spirituality - HOME Religion Society Spirituality The Black Spiritual Movement: A Religious Response to Racism by Hans A. Baer, Spiritual churches in the United States represent one of several religious movements that African Americans have adopted in their efforts to cope with mainstream society. In this groundbreaking work, first published in 1984, Hans A. Baer explores the richness and creativity of Black Spiritualism. It sets forth an illuminating ethnography of the movement that corrects numerous stereotypes of African American religion. Baer shows that the Spiritual churches blend diverse elements, borrowing aspects of African American Protestantism, ...

Homeless People - HOME Homeless People Young Homeless People by Suzanne Fitzpatrick, "Young Homeless People takes a broad approach to the distressing phenomenon of youth homelessness. While politicians, researchers and the media focus on the more visibly homeless--those sleeping in city streets and shelters--this book also considers the young homeless hidden in local communities. It places young people's experiences of homelessness in the context of their biographies as a whole and makes policy and practice recommendations based on the views and preferences of young homeless people themselves. Tell Them Who I Am: The ...

History Society - HOME History Society A History of Islamic Societies by IRA M. Lapidus, Long considered a classic, A History of Islamic Societies is now that much more useful a reference for general readers and scholars alike. Widely praised for its balanced and comprehensive account, Ira Lapidus' work has been fully revised in its coverage of each country and region of the Muslim world through 2001. It incorporates the origins and evolution of Islamic societies and brings into focus the historical processes that gave shape to the manifold varieties of contemporary Islam. The concluding chapters ...

Womens Health Fitness Magazine - HOME Womens Health Fitness Magazine Pregnancy Fitness by Fitness Magazine, Pregnancy Fitness, by the experts at Fitness Magazine, provides expectant mothers with all the information they need to exercise safely and effectively throughout their pregnancy. Whether you're a hard-core triathlete or just starting a fitness program for the first time, proper exercise can ensure a healthier pregnancy, an easier delivery, and a faster recovery. Pregnancy Fitness guides you carefully through every trimester, covering the physical changes and common complaints for each one, from shortness of breath to dizziness to morning sickness. In ... book cover specific concerns: Can I continue running in the second trimester? Can I lift more than ten pounds? And How to Cope sidebars address common conditions from swollen joints and sleep problems to cravings and gestational diabetes. Based on the latest medical research and designed for women of every fitness level, Pregnancy Fitness is the ideal and essential exercise resource for every mother-to-be. Endometriosis: The Complete Reference for Taking Charge of Your Health by Mary Lou Ballweg, The definitive guide to living with endometriosis Some eighty-nine million women worldwide ...

Economy Great Mind Political Principle - HOME Economy Great Mind Political Principle The Case Against the Global Economy: And for a Turn Toward the Local by Jerry Mander, A great political debate is emerging over the many unexpected and profound consequences of the rush toward the global economy and its effects on jobs, human rights, cultural diversity, democracy, and the natural world. The world's political and corporate leaders are restructuring the planet's economic and political arrangements in ways that directly affect humans and the environment more than anything since the Industrial Revolution. New, giant globalizing institutions such ...

Diverse in Justice Social Society - HOME Diverse in Justice Social Society Liberalism Beyond Justice: Citizens, Society, and the Boundaries of Political Theory by John Tomasi, Liberal regimes shape the ethical outlooks of their citizens, relentlessly influencing their most personal commitments over time. On such issues as abortion, homosexuality, and women's rights, many religious Americans feel pulled between their personal beliefs and their need, as good citizens, to support individual rights. These circumstances, argues John Tomasi, raise new and pressing questions: Is liberalism as successful as it hopes in avoiding the imposition of a single ethical doctrine on ...

Language Culture and Society - HOME Language Culture and Society Exploring Language Now in its tenth edition, this market-leading language reader continues to feature thought-provoking readings that explore the various interconnections between language and American society. For over 25 years, this engaging reader has challenged individuals to critically examine how language affects and constructs culture and how culture constructs and affects language. This tenth edition maintains the integrity of past editions, while reflecting the new and fascinating language issues that exist in today's culture. Provocative selections are organized around nine major language areas, and then ...

Dictatorship Economy Political - HOME Dictatorship Economy Political Culture and Customs of the Congo by Tshilemalema Mukenge, The Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire, continues to struggle with socioeconomic and political development. Culture and Customs of the Congo provides the full context of traditional culture and modern practices against a backdrop of a turbulent history. The volume opens up a land and peoples little known in the United States. Written expressly to meet the needs of students and the general audience, the work will inform about the geography, economy, political history, and history from the slave trade ...

Poland People - HOME Poland People The Red and the White: The Cinema of People's Poland "The Red and the White: The Cinema of People's Poland" takes a fascinating look at the history of Polish cinema from 1945 to 1989. Exploring how Poland was affected by the political, social and cultural upheavals throughout those eras. Poland has produced a number of successful and highly regarded directors. Paul Coates pays particular attention to the work of Krzysztof Kieslowski and Andrzej Wajda while placing them within the wider context of Polish cinema. This volume includes unique ...

Womens Medieval Renaissance Costume - HOME Womens Medieval Renaissance Costume Sex and Gender in Medieval and Renaissance Texts: The Latin Tradition by Barbara K. Gold, Examines interrelated topics in Medieval and Renaissance Latin literature: the status of women as writers, the status of women as rhetorical figures, and the status of women in society from the fifth to the early seventeenth century. This collection reclaims a vast body of long-neglected Latin texts from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and examines how they represent the feminine and the female body. The authors explore the ideological values explicitly ...

Native American Genealogy - ... of her life. The West Pole is a book about story-making; in it, Glancy explores the ways one structure of Native American story-telling reflects and shapes her own sense of identity. Through words, she creates and recreates herself, her world, the traditions of the Cherokee people from whom she is descended. Glancy herself has moved, circling back in her history, the history of the Cherokee people, and our history as a storied nation. Genealogy, school, Native American novels, Minnesota Public Radio, television, exercise bikes, Christmas gifts, autumn leaves, snow, a painting by Pissarro, a flight to Chicago, movies and photo albums: these are some of the occasions and objects that trigger ...

Society for Public Health Education - HOME Society for Public Health Education African American Women and Poverty: Can Education Alone Change the Status Quo? by Catherine M. Casserly, Health care policy and proposals for national health care reform have become some of the most contentious political issues of the decade. Garland Publishing announces a new series addressing the most significant issues in the area of health care policy and the business of health care in the United States. books in this multidisciplinary series will include studies of health care practice, the health care business, the implications of multicultural perspectives ...

Free Background Information On People - HOME Free Background Information On People Beauty Without the Beasts: How to Look and Feel Great and Be Cruelty-Free by Heather Chase, Today's consumers are growing increasingly animal-conscious. In recent polls, sixty percent of women said they preferred products that were not tested on animals, while seventy-two percent of Americans said they preferred synthetic fur instead of animal fur. Yet, caring, compassionate people still wonder how they can look and feel great without wearing or consuming animal products. Heather Chase has the answer. In her groundbreaking book, Chase provides ...

Locating People - HOME Locating People To Be the Main Leaders of Our People: A History of Minnesota Ojibwe Politics, 1825-1898 by Rebecca Kugel, In the spring of 1868, people from several Ojibwe villages located along the upper Mississippi River were relocated to a new reservation at White Earth, more than 100 miles to the west. In many public declarations that accompanied their forced migration, these people appeared to embrace the move, as well as their conversion to Christianity and the new agrarian lifestyle imposed on them. Beneath this surface piety and apparent acceptance of ...

Economy Global Israel Political - HOME Economy Global Israel Political Creating Regional Wealth in the Global Economy: Models, Perspectives and Best Practices by Jeff Saperstein, From Ireland to Israel to India, entrepreneurial innovation remains the #1 driver of economic success. This book identifies how successful regions build dynamic, self-sustaining centers of innovation across institutions in government, business, and non-profit organizations.. Jeff Saperstein and Dr. Daniel Rouach illuminate the complex mix of reinforcing success factors that can help regions set the stage for enduring long-term growth. Their extensive new research, detailed case studies, and diverse interviews of entrepreneurial champions across many societal sectors address economic policy, intellectual capital, labor costs, and many other key issues. "Creating Regional Wealth in the Innovation Economy" demonstrates how regions with diverse geographic, socio-economic, and political/institutional structures can leverage their unique strengths to successfully "plug in" to the global innovation economy. It offers a comprehensive blueprint for reaping the benefits of a vibrant, entrepreneurial marketplace?as an entrepreneur, investor, policymaker, or individual professional seeking the right place to be. * Leveraging ...

Culture History Society - HOME Culture History Society Cuisine and Culture: A History of Food and People by Linda Civitello, An illuminating account of how history shapes our diets Throughout history, food has played a critical and defining part in individual cultures and the overall development of civilization. Cuisine and Culture presents an engaging, informative, and amazing story of the interaction among history, culture, and food that draws connections between major historical events and how and why these events affected and defined the culinary traditions of different societies. Covering prehistory and the earliest societies around the Tigris ...