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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
ix, 374 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Biological races do not exist -- and never have. This view is shared by all scientists who study variation in human populations. Yet racial prejudice and intolerance based on the myth of race remain deeply ingrained in Western society. In his powerful examination of a persistent, false, and poisonous idea, Robert Sussman explores how race emerged as a social construct from early biblical justifications to the pseudoscientific studies of today. The...
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Series
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
©1989
Physical Desc
xxv, 306 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
John Scott's classic account of his five years as a worker in the new industrial city of Magnitogorsk in the 1930s, first published in 1942, is enhanced in this edition by Stephen Kotkin's introduction, which places the book in context for today's readers; by the texts of three debriefings of Scott conducted at the U.S. embassy in Moscow in 1938 and published here for the first time; and by a selection of photographs showing life in Magnitogorsk in...
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 724
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
117 pages : illustrations, map ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Addiction is a topic that straddles public and personal interests; societal and criminal justice issues; and family, social, and medical responses. It is a continuing area of uncertainty and concern for society and trained professionals. This Very Short Introduction presents the basic facts about addiction: what it is, how and why it develops, how it is treated, and how society can respond to it. Keith Humphreys considers why some people become addicted...
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xvii, 192 pages : illustrations : 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Baseball's Great Expectations features the fascinating stories of baseball players who were on the cusp of greatness, who everyone expected to be the next superstar, but never quite lived up to the hype-or through tragic circumstances, never had the chance"--
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xi, 363 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In The Burden of Sports, John Weston Parry examines the mental health and emotional well-being of elite American athletes generally, as well as in relation to spectator sports propaganda, the legal system, politics, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This book covers mental health conditions that any elite athlete may encounter, from depression and anxiety to substance abuse and concussion-caused brain damage to the special challenges of female,...
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Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A former Green Beret's indispensable course in preparedness, teaching the keys to building a resilient, fearless life. Most people think that being prepared for catastrophe means stocking up on MREs and building a bunker in their backyard, but this approach leaves you vulnerable in the real world of car accidents, natural disasters, grid failures, and global pandemics. Prepared overturns today's paranoid survival wisdom and teaches the foundational...
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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xix, 298 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
This book explores how cultural, social and political change happens through a unique analysis of the 'ethical turn' in skateboarding today. Insights shared by key change-makers and industry insiders cover themes including First Nations, Black and People of Color, skater-run creative innovations, anti-colonialism, anti-racism initiatives, and a growing focus on equity and empowering skaters historically discriminated against due to gender and/or sexuality....
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Publisher
The Guilford Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xxii, 290 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Providing a framework for treating substance use disorders (SUDs) in office-based psychotherapy, the second edition of this trusted work has been updated throughout and features two entirely new chapters. The authors show how clinicians from any background can leverage the therapeutic skills they already have to address clients' alcohol and drug problems competently and effectively. Vivid case examples demonstrate ways to engage clients at different...
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Milkweed Editions, in association with the Library of Congress
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
151 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"For many years, "nature poetry" has evoked images of Romantic poets standing on mountain tops. But our poetic landscape has changed dramatically, and so has our planet. Edited and introduced by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States, Ada Limón, this book challenges what we think we know about "nature poetry," illuminating the myriad ways our landscapes--both literal and literary--are changing. You Are Here features fifty previously...
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiv, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In essays spanning five centuries and three continents, the editors and contributors explore how politicians, writers, artists, activists, and others have reimagined the Conquest in order to influence and manipulate perceptions within a wide variety of controversies and debates, including those touching on indigeneity, nationalism, imperialism, modernity, and multiculturalism"--
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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xxiv, 262 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The first biography of artist Clitso Dedman (1876–1953), one of the most important but overlooked Diné (Navajo) artists of his generation. Dedman was born to a traditional Navajo family in Chinle, Arizona, and herded sheep as a child. He was educated in the late 1880s and early 1890s at the Fort Defiance Indian School, then at the Teller Institute in Grand Junction, Colorado. After graduation Dedman moved to Gallup, New Mexico, where he worked...
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Series
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
lii, 547 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mill's four essays, 'On Liberty', 'Utilitarianism', 'Considerations on Representative Government', and 'The Subjection of Women' examine the most central issues that face liberal democratic regimes - whether in the nineteenth century or the twenty-first. They have formed the basis for many of the political institutions of the West since the late nineteenth century, tackling as they do the appropriate grounds for protecting individual liberty, the...
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Publisher
OpenStax, Rice University
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
617 pages : color charts, illustrations (chiefly color), photographs (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Principles of Macroeconomics 3e aligns to the topics and objectives of most introductory macroeconomics courses. The text uses conversational language and ample illustrations to explore economic theories, and provides a wide array of examples using both fictional and real-world scenarios. The third edition has been carefully and thoroughly udpated to reflect current data and understanding, as well as to provide a deeper background in diverse contributors...
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Publisher
Reaktion Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
455 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Shifting Currents is an original and comprehensive history of swimming. It examines the tension that arose when non-swimming northerners met African and Southeast Asian swimmers. Using archaeological, textual and art historical sources, Karen Eva Carr shows how the water simultaneously attracted and repelled these northerners--swimming seemed uncanny, related to witchcraft and sin. Europeans used Africans' and Native Americans' swimming skills to...
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Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
160 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The manual every amateur wild swimmer needs to listen to before diving in. Whether you want to explore remote beaches and mountain lochs, improve your confidence in open water, refine your swimming technique, or have a race or long-distance swim challenge coming up, How to Wild Swim offers the perfect practical foundation to help you find your perfect adventure and achieve your goal. This body conditioning sport is praised for not only making us stronger...
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