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Citizenship is generally viewed as the most desired legal status an individual can attain, invoking the belief that citizens hold full inclusion in a society, and can exercise and be protected by the Constitution. This title offers an analysis of citizenship's contradictions. It explores the citizenship that spans from antiquity onwards.

Chronicles the history of the American summer camp.

Black theology tends to be a theology about no-body. Though one might assume that black and womanist theology have already given significant attention to the nature and meaning of black bodies as a theological issue, this inquiry has primarily taken the form of a focus on issues relating to liberation, treating the body in abstract terms rather than focusing on the experiencing of a material, fleshy reality. By focusing on the body as a physic...

You see it everywhere: on bumper stickers, tee shirts, lapel pins, in shop windows, and in front of nearly every school or government building. Yet while the American flag is ubiquitous, as a symbol it is both heavily freighted and misunderstood. Now an acclaimed European professor of American history brings a fresh perspective to the American flag, exploring its political, social, and cultural significance across the broad swath of its histor...

In low-income U.S. cities, street fights between teenage girls are common. These fights take place at school, on street corners, or in parks, when one girl provokes another to the point that she must either "step up” or be labeled a "punk.” Typically, when girls engage in violence that is not strictly self-defense, they are labeled "delinquent, ” their actions taken as a sign of emotional pathology. However, in Why Girls Fight, Cindy D. Ness d...

Explores the religious traditions of the Amerindians who flourished prior to contact with European colonizers. This title details the transplantation of Catholic and Protestant Christianity and their struggles to become integral to the Caribbean's religious ethos, and traces the 20th century penetration of American Evangelical Christianity.

Continues: New York stories. New York: New York University Press, c2005.

In Sexual Harassment, Joan Kennedy Taylor questions establishment assumptions that women are, by definition, passive victims who require government help. She not only summarizes present law and policies but illustrates various non-governmental methods of countering expressive behavior that is offensive but not truly harassing, including a new feminist approach to company training programs.

In this remarkable book, based on recently revealed archival materials, Scott Christianson takes us on a disturbing and poignant tour of Sing Sing's legendary death house, and introduces us to those whose lives were claimed in its electric chair. It is these sometimes bewildered, sometimes defiant, faces that fill the pages of Condemned, along with the documents of their last months at Sing Sing. Guiding the reader through the horrifying killi...

In a well-known hadith, Muhammed advises Muslims that, "On the Day of Resurrection, you will be called by your names and the names of your fathers, so keep beautiful names." Inspired by the teachings of Islam, names fulfill the cherished ambitions of a true Muslim. InThe Dictionary of Muslim Names, Salahuddin Ahmed provides a helpful and substantive guide to common and less-common Muslim names. This lively and informative dictionary lists the ...

Every American knows that Thomas Alva Edison's most famous invention was the light bulb, but who invented the pregnancy test? How was the airbag invented? How was the first computer patented? Stephen van Dulken examines the way inventions and patents such as these have helped to create the "American Dream." Between 1911 and 1999, the number of registered U.S. patents rose from 1 million to 6 million. Showcasing dozens of those original patent ...

Bringing to light the republican principles behind original copyright laws as well as present-day imbalances and future possibilities for freer expression and artistic equity, this volume takes important strides towards unraveling the complex web of culture, law, race, and technology in today's global marketplace.

In August 1914, the German Army invaded the neutral nation of Belgium, violating a treaty that the German chancellor dismissed as a "scrap of paper.

Imagine your average day without zippers, airplanes or vacuum cleaners, without your clock radio or your personal stereo, without photocopiers. All of these devices were invented within the last hundred years and have since transformed our daily landscape. Drawing on The British Library's vast and comprehensive collection of patents, this handsomely illustrated book recounts the history of 100 of the most significant inventions of the century...

This chronology takes the reader from Verrazano's arrival in 1524 into the 21st century, highlighting the strikes and strikeouts, tunnels and towers, personalities and parades which not only made history in New York, but also proved to be defining moments for the US.

Whether you are a tourist or a native New Yorker, you can enjoy this informative walking guide to New York City. The historic tours connect the contemporary city with the snapshots of yesterday, blending social and cultural history with the evolution of different ethnic and cultural communities.

Suitable for health care professionals, from social workers to school counselors, responsible for referring clients to drug and alcohol recovery programs, this book introduces readers to their options, from inpatient and outpatient programs and approaches which do not call for life-long abstinence from the substances now causing the problem.

What makes this book important is its comprehensiveness, its general readability, and the fact that it has been written by a practicing obstetrician rather than a health services researcher or an academic obstetrician"--"The New England Journal of Medicine" Offers a careful regimen for change and ready-to-use advice for pregnant women and their doctors."--"Publishers Weekly" "An incisive book, it should be on every obstetrician's reading lis...

Many of our nation's oldest ethnic communities trace their roots in this country to New York City's Lower East Side. A century ago, travelers to the area could attend a black-faced minstrel show performed by Irishmen, drink German lager, visit Jewish-run gambling houses, and dine on Chinese delicacies, all within a matter of blocks. Long a hub of immigrant cultures, this vibrant section of New York City remains one of the country's most astoni...

This is the power of Human Nature: through the pain and terrible loss of what might have been and what was, we come out living. After the journey through the strange and sometimes savage turns that passion often takes, we're left no question that the human's nature is to survive, and we're welcomed to the living.