Although immigration and the U.S./Mexico border are perennial election issues, few Americans are aware of the long history of racial, political, religious, and class conflict that have resulted in America's contentious immigration policies. _Running the Border Gauntl...
From the colonial period to the end of the 19th century, from King Phillip's war to the Wounded Knee Massacre, fighting between the American Indians and the U.S. government created upheaval in the everyday lives of American Indians, affecting everything from trade an...
Archaeology attempts to answer the question "where do we come from?" in the broadest sense possible; as a result, it is a highly interesting topic for all mankind. When did human beings first walk the earth? How did civilization develop? What compelled our human ance...
_Gender and Violence in the Middle East_ argues that violence is fundamental to the functioning of the patriarchal gender structure that governs daily life in Middle Eastern societies. Ghanim contends that the inherent violence of gender relations in the Middle East feeds ...
A revolution in food supply and trade has been ongoing for decades, although most American consumers have been unaware of these changes—after all, to the end buyer, the food seems the same at the supermarket. But today, a large percentage of our food and agricu...
Feminist scholars have long contended that war and militarism are fundamentally gendered. _Gender, War, and Militarism: Feminist Perspectives_ provides empirical evidence, theoretical innovation, and interdisciplinary conversation on the topic, while explicitly&mdash...
From the Baroque Era to the Victorian Era, 1650-1850, unprecedented changes took place in the food ways and dining habits of European society. This daily life aspect of history comes alive for students and food enthusiasts as they read and try out these recipes, most...
Though just outside of public view, the wedding night is loaded with expectation and consequence. _The Wedding Night: A Popular History_ is an entertaining, accessible, touching, and humorous volume that looks at the previously unexplored topic of wedding history "be...
„Ich stelle mir den Film von morgen noch persönlicher vor als einen Roman, individuell und autobiografisch wie ein Bekenntnis oder wie ein Tagebuch“, schreibt der Kritiker François Truffaut 1957. Zwei Jahre später erhält er in Cannes den Regie...
Die deutsch-polnischen Filmbeziehungen stellen eine komplizierte Nachbarschaft dar. Gerade der Film bildet die wechselhaften politischen Beziehungen beider Länder ab und nicht selten wurde er auch selbst zu einem politischen Werkzeug. So gab es bereits in den 1920er Jahre...
To gain the invaluable insights in Advice from the Top: What Minority Women Say about Their Career Success, Valencia Campbell reviewed research on career success, then interviewed 14 extraordinary minority women, each of whom shared stories about the path(s) to the top of her ...
Wine has been a beverage staple since ancient times, especially in Europe. Today's global wine business is thriving, and American consumption of wine has increased dramatically in recent years, with the health benefits touted in the media. More Americans are becoming intereste...
The Army of God may not be widely known, but they are well established as an extremist Christian organization united in their belief that abortion must be stopped at all costs, including the use of violence or force. Who are the primary players in this underground terrorist gr...
This book brings together information often difficult to find, joining the worlds of aquaculture science and industry production, through the leveraging of their synergies and dependencies. It contains a wealth of scientific knowledge which can only be traced in a fragmented m...
Die Reihe Schrift und Bild in Bewegung hat die Aufgabe, die medialeSituation am Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts kritisch zu bilanzieren unddie medienwissenschaftlichen Herausforderungen innovativ aufzugreifen. Die einzelnen Bände der Reihe bearbeiten die verschiedenstenT...
In a recent survey, working women in the millennial generation (aged from 22 to 35) reported persistent concerns of gender bias in the form of inequitable pay scales, corporate cultures that favor men, stereotypes, few women among the top echelons of the organization, and barr...
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