Publication date: 2004-05-20
Dewey code: 941.081092
List Price: $210.00
Price: $190.14
Review The Mind of Gladstone: Religion, Homer, and Politics / Oxford University Press, USA:William Ewart Gladstone, four times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under Queen Victoria, was not only the most celebrated British statesman of his day but also a respected theologian and a dedicated scholar of the ancient Greek poet Homer. By examining the development of his ideas, this book reveals that his political thought as leader of the Liberal party intertwined with his religion and classical scholarship.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2003-10-30
Dewey code: 070.92273
List Price: $110.00
Price: $104.96
Review Giving a Voice to the Voiceless: Four Pioneering Black Women Journalists (Studies in African American History and Culture) / Routledge:This work describes the journalism careers of four black women within the context of the period in which they lived and worked. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Church Terrell, Alice Dunbar-Nelson and Amy Jacques Garvey were among a group of approximately twenty black women journalists who wrote for newspapers, magazines and other media during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century.
Publication date: 1990-08-02
Price: $109.45
Review Jacques Lacan: A Feminist Introduction / Routledge:Provides a critical overview of the French philosopher's work from a feminist perspective. The text discusses previous attempts to give a feminist reading of Lacan's work and argues for women's autonomy based on an "indifference" to the Lacanian phallus.
Authors
- Jacob L. Ornstein-Galicia
Dewey code: 929.2089924073
List Price: $109.95
Price: $109.95
Review Jewish Farmer in America: The Unknown Chronicle / Edwin Mellen Press:
Publication date: 2001-05
Dewey code: 301
List Price: $109.95
Price: $109.95
Review LA Autobiografia Hispana Contemporanea En Los Estados Unidos: A Traves Del Caleidoscopio / Edwin Mellen Press:This study focuses on the diverse views on identity and cultural location inscribed in Latino/a autobiographical writings. It contains close readings of seven Cuban-American, Puerto-Rican and Chicano/a contemporary autobiographies, in addition to a number of autobiographical essays.
Publication date: 2006-05-31
Dewey code: 920
Price: $27.99
Review I Married Joan (Isis Nonfiction) / Ulverscroft Large Print:
Publication date: 2000-02-15
Dewey code: 812.54
List Price: $109.95
Price: $109.95
Review An In-Depth Study of the Major Plays of African-American Playwright August Wilson: Vernacularizing the Blues on Stage (Black Studies, 6) / Edwin Mellen Press:This study of the playwright August Wilson emphasizes his African-American language forms, histories and identities, examining in particular his linguistic and metaphoric borrowing from the blues. It examines aesthetic debates on African-American artistes from the Harlem Renaissance to the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s. After establishing the cultural and artistic setting, the study then devotes a chapter each to Wilson's most celebrated plays: "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom", "Fences", "Joe Turner's Come and Gone", "The Piano Lesson", "Two Trains Running" and "Seven Guitars".
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2007-02-26
Dewey code: 305.488960730092
List Price: $115.00
Price: $109.28
Review Anna Julia Cooper, Visionary Black Feminist: A Critical Introduction / Routledge:About the book: Born into slavery in 1858, Anna Julia Cooper was a renowned scholar, educator and activist who called for critical consciousness and collective action on the part of all marginalized people. Rejecting notions that Cooper was an elitist duped by dominant ideologies, Vivian M. May examines Cooper's visionary politics and defiant philosophy to reveal her radical methodology of dissent. May explores Cooper's extraordinary life and writings on subjects as wide-ranging as capitalism and slavery, the Haitian revolution, Black feminism, and Pan-Africanism, showing how across six decades of work, Cooper helped to lay the foundations of modern-day race and gender studies.
Publication date: 2008-10-16
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $115.00
Price: $114.99
Review Robert 'Curthose', Duke of Normandy (c.1050-1134) / Boydell Press:This new biography offers a detailed reappraisal of the career of Robert Curthose, William the Conqueror's eldest son and duke of Normandy from 1087 to 1106, locating the duke's career in the social, cultural and political context of the period. Robert's relationship with members of his family shaped the political landscape of England and Normandy for much of the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries: indeed, even after his incarceration, from 1106 to 1134, his son William Clito (d. 1128) continued the fight against Robert's brother, Henry I. Twice driven into exile, Robert defeated his father in battle and eventually succeeded to the duchy of Normandy, although the throne of England was seized by William Rufus and then Henry I. For twenty years Robert successfully defended Normandy, developing policies to counter the vastly superior English resources at the disposal of his brothers. Robert's leading role in the success of the First Crusade (1095-99) also made him one of the most famous warriors of his age. He returned to Western Europe in 1100, a chivalric hero with a reputation that stretched from Scotland to Palestine. This book returns Robert Curthose to centre stage in the bloody drama of this period, a drama so often dominated by accounts from a royal and English perspective.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2001-11-02
Dewey code: 305.896073
List Price: $110.00
Price: $109.70
Review Soul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic / Routledge:In Soul Babies, Mark Anthony Neal explains the complexities and contradictions of black life and culture after the end of the Civil Rights era. He traces the emergence of what he calls a "post-soul aesthetic," a transformation of values that marked a profound change in African American thought and experience. Lively and provocative, Soul Babies offers a valuable new way of thinking about black popular culture and the legacy of the sixties.
Creator: Hans-Jurgen Becken
Publication date: 1997-01
Dewey code: 289.93
List Price: $109.95
Price: $109.95
Review The Story of Isaiah Shembe: History and Traditions Centered on Ekuphakameni and Mount Nhlangakazi (Sacred History and Traditions of the Amanazaretha , Vol 1) / Edwin Mellen Press:The third volume in a series on the oral history of the Ibandla IamaNazaretha, the Nazareth Baptist Church of South Africa - the largest African Independent Church among the Zulu-speaking people of Southern Africa.
Publication date: 1931-12
Price: $29.95
Review War Story / Kehayoff Verlag:
Publication date: 2005-05-30
Dewey code: 305.896073
List Price: $109.95
Price: $109.95
Review An Empirical Analysis Of The Impact Of Skin Color On African-American Education, Income, And Occupation (Black Studies) / Edwin Mellen Press:The purpose of this study is to examine the dynamics between the various skin colors of African-Americans, as pertaining to their projected aspirations for education, occupation and income. "Hey Alfiee, smile so we can see you. " This comment epitomizes one of my most vivid memories of childhood: riding a school bus filled with fellow cheerleaders and football players, home from an away football game late one evening. I remember immediately understanding that the joke was meant as a commentary on the darkness of my skin and the supposed stigma associated with such. I also remember how hurtful the comment was in large part because the taunt came from another African American classmate. Mine is just one example of the pain often associated with skin color in the African American community. Consequences abound for African Americans of varying hues; a phenomenon of many names including colorism, color consciousness, and colorstruck, with the unifying theme being that African Americans of varied skin tones experience widely different treatment both within and across racial groups. The following book by Dr. Ronald E. Hall explores the widely recognized, yet seldom discussed phenomenon of skin color in the African American community, which he calls "The Bleaching Syndrome," using empirical evidence and critical analysis of both the historical and present-day experiences of African Americans in the areas of education, occupation, and income. [+]His approach is innovative in both style and substance. Although other scholars have explored skin color among African Americans and its consequences in the socioeconomic strata, few have done so with the rigor included in this book. The book begins with an exploration of the genesis of skin color and education, a topic familiar to most African Americans. Succinctly stated, it should be no surprise that the origins of the disparate outcomes associated with skin color among African Americans are rooted in the practice and legacy of American slavery. Dr. Hall takes this oft-cited information and expounds on it by including an exploration of how education itself played an integral part in the stratification of African Americans vis-a-vis skin color. The book continues with an exploration of the genesis of skin color and occupation, a topic that has been explored most notably in works by Ronald Hall [1], himself, and by Keith and Herring [2]. In this section, Dr. Hall argues persuasively that an African American's skin color has profound effects on both his or her occupational aspirations and career outcomes. Given today's climate and the focus on "leaving no child behind," it behooves us to attend to the multitude of ways, both overt and insidious, in which individual occupational advancement might be either hindered or advanced. The 1999 book, "Our Kind of People", by Lawrence Otis Graham, explored the Black Elite, multigenerational families of African Americans with significant wealth and power. For many people outside the African American community, the mere existence of such a group came as a great shock, but I propose that for most African Americans, the existence of this group, and its high preponderance of lighter-skinned African Americans, was not shocking at all. Therein lays one premise of Dr. Hall's superb chapter on the genesis of skin color and income, in which he provides a historical view of the origins of the disparities in African American income based on skin color as well as the current day manifestations of this phenomenon. Finally, Dr. Hall provides us with a comprehensive exploration of and explanation for the many contemporary implications of skin color for African Americans, lest we be lulled into the false sense that skin color no longer matters for African Americans. As compelling as it might sound to suggest that skin color is no longer an issue for African Americans, given the increasing racial diversity of the United States, the continued diversification of the Black American community (given Caribbean and African immigration patterns) and the lessening taboo of interracial marriage leading to biracial and multiracial children, it would be irresponsible for us to conclude that skin color no longer matters in African American life. Indeed, the findings from Dr. Hall's innovative study, described in chapters six and seven, help us to understand otherwise. Further, what makes Dr. Hall's findings so compelling is their empirical basis as he provides us with rigorous scientific evidence instead of conjecture and anecdotes. Because of his desire for scientific rigor, attention to detail and clear understanding of the historical underpinnings and contemporary corollaries of the Bleaching Syndrome (explored in chapter eight), Dr. Hall has provided us with an outstanding tome on the consequences of racial discrimination turned inward. I sincerely commend Dr. Hall for his bold foray into a controversial topic and his mastery of presenting difficult findings with compassion and aplomb.
Publication date: 1990-09
Dewey code: 941.069092
List Price: $109.95
Price: $109.95
Review Sidney Godolphin, Lord Treasurer, 1702-1710 (Studies in British History) / Edwin Mellen Pr:This text concentrates specifically on Godolphin's administration in the reign of Queen Anne, investigating the Lord Treasurer's problems in managing England's finances during this time and his solutions. It also seeks to demonstrate that Godolphin was the first modern prime minister.
Authors
- Charles W., Jr. Brockwell
Dewey code: 282.0924
List Price: $109.95
Price: $109.95
Review Bishop Reginald Pecock and the Lancastrian Church: Securing the Foundations of Cultural Authority (Texts and Studies in Religion) / Edwin Mellen Press:
Publication date: 2003-10-01
Dewey code: 271.5302
List Price: $30.00
Price: $109.49
Review The Jesuit and the Incas: The Extraordinary Life of Padre Blas Valera, S.J. (History, Languages, and Cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds) / University of Michigan Press:The story of the life and untimely death of a persecuted priest in colonial Peru and the controversy over mysterious, recently discovered documents about him
Authors
- Makoto Ueda
- Issa Kobayashi
Dewey code: 895.6134
List Price: $100.00
Price: $102.88
Review Dew on the Grass: The Life and Poetry of Kobayashi Issa (Brill's Japanese Studies Library) / Brill Academic Publishers:This book sketches the life and poetry of Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), a Japanese poet popularly known as one of the Three Pillars of Haiku. While Basho with his mystic asceticism and Buson with his romantic aestheticism immeasurably enriched the haiku tradition, it was Issa who, with his bold individualism and all-embracing humanism, helped to modernize the form to a degree matched by no other poet. Based on the most recent scholarship, the book attempts to identify the sources of his originality in terms of his long checkered life. It traces his growth and maturity by examining his motherless childhood, struggling youth in Edo, wanderings in western Japan, restless existence as a haiku master, return home to Kashiwabara, three brief marriages, and last years as an old poet.
Publication date: 2004-01
Review Big Artie: The Autobiography / ABC Enterprises(Australian Broadcasting Corpo:
Publication date: 2002-07
Dewey code: 920
Price: $21.99
Review The Life of Cesare Borgia / IndyPublish.com:
Authors
- Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi
Publication date: 1999-12
Dewey code: 892.4090003
List Price: $109.95
Price: $109.95
Review Translation of Dizionario Storico Degli Autori Ebrei E Delle Loro Opere/Dictionary of Hebrew Authors (Jewish Studies) / Edwin Mellen Press:
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The Mind of Gladstone: Religion, Homer, and Politics, Giving a Voice to the Voiceless: Four Pioneering Black Women Journalists (Studies in African American History and Culture), Jacques Lacan: A Feminist Introduction, Jewish Farmer in America: The Unknown Chronicle, LA Autobiografia Hispana Contemporanea En Los Estados Unidos: A Traves Del Caleidoscopio, I Married Joan (Isis Nonfiction), An In-Depth Study of the Major Plays of African-American Playwright August Wilson: Vernacularizing the Blues on Stage (Black Studies, 6), Anna Julia Cooper, Visionary Black Feminist: A Critical Introduction, Robert 'Curthose', Duke of Normandy (c.1050-1134), Soul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic, The Story of Isaiah Shembe: History and Traditions Centered on Ekuphakameni and Mount Nhlangakazi (Sacred History and Traditions of the Amanazaretha , Vol 1), War Story, An Empirical Analysis Of The Impact Of Skin Color On African-American Education, Income, And Occupation (Black Studies), Sidney Godolphin, Lord Treasurer, 1702-1710 (Studies in British History), Bishop Reginald Pecock and the Lancastrian Church: Securing the Foundations of Cultural Authority (Texts and Studies in Religion), The Jesuit and the Incas: The Extraordinary Life of Padre Blas Valera, S.J. (History, Languages, and Cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds), Dew on the Grass: The Life and Poetry of Kobayashi Issa (Brill's Japanese Studies Library), Big Artie: The Autobiography, The Life of Cesare Borgia, Translation of Dizionario Storico Degli Autori Ebrei E Delle Loro Opere/Dictionary of Hebrew Authors (Jewish Studies)Top headlines: Broken butterfly gets mended, andride south: A monarch butterfly has a chance at completing its species' famed migration to central Mexico thanks to some tiny cardboard splints, a bit of contact cement and a trucker from Alabama. ›23:11 20 Nov, Thu Mexican cartels send messages of death: The death squads of the drug cartels are killing in spectacularly gruesome ways, using the violence as a language to deliver a message to society. ›07:30 Asthma inhalers to go 'green' on Dec. 31: Last warning: Asthma inhalers go "green" on Dec. 31, forcing patients still using the old-fashioned kind to make a pricey and even confusing switch. ›20:50 1 Dec, Mon Drowned brides dad seeks answers: Tommy Thomas is hopeful an upcoming murder trial in Australia will help clear up the many questions he has about the drowning death of his daughter, allegedly at the hands of her new husband. while diving. ›15:26 3 Dec, Wed Fans and stores eager for new Rowling book: Recession-hit booksellers are hoping for a magical boost from the new book by Harry Potter author. 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