Jr. - Social & Cultural Studies 11

Visiting Martin Luther King Jr. at the peak of the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, journalist William Worthy almost sat on a loaded pistol. "Just for self defense," King assured him. It was not the……続きを見る

The individual who reaches age twenty-one without smoking, using illegal drugs, or abusing alcohol is virtually certain never to do so. As Joseph Califano points out in his searing indictment of Ame……続きを見る

Bill Clinton’s abrupt departure from long-standing precedent was an astonishing abuse of the Justice Department processes and underscored the shady wheeling and dealing that was common in the Clinto……続きを見る

This book presents a distinctive version of a contractarian approach to law and justice. The work argues that law and justice are social norms that arise from a process of social evolution, and are ……続きを見る

In the United States and Europe, membership and participation in Christian churches have steadily declined. When asked for their religious preference, increasing numbers say "none." This is especial……続きを見る

In North Carolina’s Free People of Color, 1715–1885, Warren Eugene Milteer Jr. examines the lives of free persons categorized by their communities as “negroes,” “mulattoes,” “mustees,” “Indians,” “m……続きを見る

The Majesty of the Woman By: Vernon Tyrone Horton Jr. The mistreatment and degradation of women is omnipresent in today’s society. The Majesty of the Woman aims to provide a heightened and elevated ……続きを見る

Analyses of A Slave Mentality considers the possible toll that slavery has taken from nearly 250 years ago, to where we are today. Systematic notions, facts, feelings, opinions and insights are comb……続きを見る

Um relato claro e conciso da catástrofe financeira de 2008-9 pelos três homens que arquitetaram as saídas para a crise. -- Em 11 de março de 2020, a Organização Mundial da Saúde decretou a pandemia ……続きを見る

The Joseph Pulitzer Gold Medal for meritorious public service is an unparalleled American media honor, awarded to news organizations for collaborative reporting that moves readers, provokes change, ……続きを見る

Since the end of the Cold War, conventional militaries and their political leaders have confronted a new, brutal type of warfare in which non-state armed groups use asymmetrical tactics to successfu……続きを見る

An illustrated history of the American city's evolution from sparsely populated village to regional metropolis. American Urban Formーthe spaces, places, and boundaries that define city lifeーhas bee……続きを見る

“The Gilgamesh Epic is the most notable literary product of Babylonia as yet discovered in the mounds of Mesopotamia.” The Gilgamesh Epic recount the exploits and adventures of a favorite hero and b……続きを見る

In legal jurisprudence, the phenomenon of “hard cases” presents itself as a dilemma between the legal positivists and the natural law realists. Of the former, without the metaphysical underpinnings ……続きを見る

The Caring Solidarity framework is both descriptive and aspirational. It is an attempt to empower White teachers to do the work of interrogating their racial privilege and join in Caring Solidarity ……続きを見る

More than in any time in our nation’s history, there’s a greater opportunity now for minority populations to let their voices be heard, influence society, and reshape the role of government in their……続きを見る

First and foremost, there is nothing wrong with “Whistle Blowing”, or standing up for yourself. Use this book to help you decide if risking the penalties of failure will reap the rewards of success ……続きを見る

During the Great Migration, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, became a mecca for African Americans seeking better job opportunities, wages, and living conditions. The city's thriving economy and vibrant soc……続きを見る

**The instant New York Times bestseller and companion book to the PBS series. “Absolutely brilliant . . . A necessary and moving work.” ーEddie S. Glaude, Jr., author of Begin Again “Engaging. . . .……続きを見る

*THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* 'A simply wonderful book' PHILIPPE SANDS 'Begin Again is that rare thing: an instant classic' PANKAJ MISHRA 'Incredibly moving and stirring' DIANA EVANS America is at……続きを見る

An updated edition of a classic text on applying statistical analyses to the social sciences, with reviews, new chapters, an expanded set of post-hoc analyses, and information on computing in Excel ……続きを見る

Coalition Management and Escalation Control in a Multinuclear World examines the impact of new technologies on twenty-first-century crisis management and armed conflict, as well as the unprecedented……続きを見る

This book provides an indispensable reference guide to the sustainable control and treatment of biomass residues from a wide variety of agroindustrial sources, e.g. sugarcane, livestock, pulp & pape……続きを見る

Escritos entre os anos de 2013 e 2020, os 48 textos que compõem esta coletânea abarcam o tumultuado e agitado panorama político atual de forma interdisciplinar, com assuntos que vão desde a economia……続きを見る

Urban and regional planning programs aspire to prepare practitioners to write and implement comprehensive plans. Yet, academic planning programs often place greater emphasis on theory than practice.……続きを見る

In Understanding and Explaining the Iranian Nuclear ‘Crisis’: Theoretical Approaches, Halit M.E. Tagma and Paul E. Lenze, Jr. analyze the ‘crisis’ surrounding Iran’s nuclear program through a variet……続きを見る

Monsters, Law, Crime, an edited collection composed of essays written by prominent U.S. and international experts in Law, Criminology, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication and Film, constitutes a ……続きを見る

In December 2018, the United States Senate unanimously passed the nation’s first antilynching act, the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act. For the first time in US history, legislators, representin……続きを見る

One of the most wide-ranging studies of prejudice undertaken in a decade, The Outsider combines new research methods and rich analysis to upend many of our assumptions about prejudice. Noting that h……続きを見る

While we hear much about the "culture of poverty" that keeps poor black men poor, we know little about how such men understand their social position and relationship to the American dream. Moving be……続きを見る