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Books by publisher "Rowman Littlefield"
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Philip C C Huang
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Description: The culmination of twenty years of research, this essential book completes distinguished historian Philip C. C. Huang's pathbreaking trilogy on Chinese law and society from late imperial times to the present. Huang shows how, at the level of ideology andtheory, traditional Chinese law has been rejected time and again... more
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Daniel R Tomal
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This user-friendly book covers the principles and history of action research, ethical and legal considerations, how to conduct both formal and informal action research, data collection methods, data analysis and interpretation, planning and initiating action, and evaluating the results of action. Illustrations are included in each chapter. Description: This user-friendly... more
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Steven M Cahn
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2010]
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In this learned, incisive, and witty probe into the ethical standards and practices of the academic world, noted author Steven M. Cahn takes a critical look at the duties and responsibilities of college professors, and provides realistic ethical guidelines for teaching, scholarship, and personnel decisions. In its 25th anniversary edition,... more
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Nevzat Soguk
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Description: Tensions between the West and the Islamic world have reached an all-time high, fuelled by caricatures and misunderstandings on both sides. In contrast, as Nevzat Soguk shows, actual histories reveal profound connections across Islamic and Western civilizations. Moving beyond the usual focus on Wahhabi fundamentalism, Soguk highlights the often-overlooked... more
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Burton F Porter
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2009]
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Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copy not allowed. Print not allowed. Read aloud not allowed. Description: A primer in ethics focusing on ultimate aims in living as proposed throughout philosophic history. Preliminary chapters cover the relation between ethics and science, religion, and psychology, as well as the challenge of relativism and... more
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Martin B Gold ,
Senator Bill Frist
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2008]
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The United States Senate, unlike the United States House of Representatives, is a place where political minorities and individual members hold great power, resting on authority drawn from Senate rules and more than two hundred years of related precedents and traditions. This fundamental truth provides a necessary context for understanding... more
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Jacqueline Edmondson
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2003]
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Prairie Town describes the contemporary rural condition and efforts to sustain rural life in one small Minnesota community at the turn of the 21st century. The book considers the rural literacies that circulate in this community as residents work to redefine their position within the context of globalization. Prairie Town's... more
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Sondra Farganis
[Paperback 1986]
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A classic in feminist theory, "The Social Reconstruction of the Feminine Character" is a stimulating and thought-provoking book that brings to light the ways in which views of women are shaped by concrete conditions. It compares feminism to other contemporary social movements that are raising questions about advanced industrial society.... more
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Carol Ochs
[Paperback 1983]
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Written by an acclaimed scholar to enrich and complete the vision offered by traditional Western spirituality, "Women and Spirituality" demonstrates that women, as women, have a valuable contribution to make to religion. This new edition is revised and updated in light of thirteen years of feminism, including new biblical role... more
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Sheryl J Grana
[Paperback 2009, 2nd Edition]
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Women and Justice takes a sociolegal look at the historical and contemporary state of justice in women's lives. Sheryl Grana thoroughly examines civil justice issues such as marriage, divorce, same-sex coupling, motherhood, education and paid work, as well as criminal justice issues such as women's criminality. Grounded in the framework... more
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Hugh D Barlow
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Description: This book provides a concise but comprehensive review of the full range of classic and contemporary theories of crime. With separate chapters on the nature and use of criminological theory as well as theoretical application, the authors render the difficult task of explaining crime more understandable to the introductory... more
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David Schweickart
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2011]
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David Schweickart moves beyond the familiar arguments against globalizing capitalism to contribute something absolutely necessary and long overdue--a coherent vision of a viable, desirable alternative to capitalism. He names this system Economic Democracy, a successor-system to capitalism which preserves the efficiency strengths of a market economy while extending democracy to... more
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Harry Morgan
[Paperback 2011, 2nd Edition]
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In this volume, Harry Morgan covers the history, theory, and practices that influence early childhood education with an emphasis on infant and toddler care and education. He also presents a comparison of the conflict between educational planners who support early childhood studies and state school systems whose cost-saving measures are... more
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Kam Shapiro
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2008]
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This book explores Carl Schmitt's efforts to distinguish sources of sovereignty and political identity in an age of rapid and volatile social change. In Schmitt writings, Shapiro finds a dynamic conception of the relationship between political power and social form, organic traditions and their strategic deployment. As these writings indicate,... more
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Margaret Urban Walker
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2002]
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To be truly reflective, moral thinking and moral philosophy must become aware of the contexts that bind our thinking about how to live. These essays show how to do this, and why it makes a difference. To be truly reflective, moral thinking and moral philosophy must become aware of the... more
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Brantly Womack
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This innovative text combines an understanding of the history of China's rise with analyses of its current challenges. Renowned historians, economists, and political scientists explore the internal dynamic of China's rise since traditional times through the key themes of China's identity, security, economy, environment, energy, and politics. Each themed section... more
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Nirmal Dass
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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This new translation offers a faithful yet accessible English-language rendering of the twelfth-century Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolomitanorum, the earliest known Latin account of the First Crusade. The exemplar for all later histories and retellings of the First Crusade, it is filled with vivid descriptions of the hardships suffered by... more
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Alan Dundes
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2000]
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This book helps us resolve some of the mysteries and contradictions that evolved during the Bible's pre-written legacy and that persist in the Great Book today. Most biblical scholars acknowledge that both the Old and New Testaments were orally transmitted for decades before appearing in written form. With great reverence... more
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Donald E Weatherbee ,
Ralf Emmers ,
Mari Pangestu
[Paperback 2008, 2nd Edition]
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This balanced, comprehensive guide to Southeast Asian politics offers a sensible but nondogmatic realist approach to the region's international relations. Donald E. Weatherbee lucidly explains the dynamics of the Southeast Asian subsystem as a struggle for autonomy in pursuit of national interests. He explores three important questions, the answers to... more
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Alan L Karras
[Paperback 2011]
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Exploring the history of smuggling around the world, Alan L. Karras traces all aspects of this pervasive and enduring crime. Through a compelling set of cases drawn from a rich array of historical and contemporary sources, Karras shows how smuggling of every conceivable good has flourished in every place, at... more
