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Rethinking Uncle Tom
Lexington Books 2009; US$ 43.99Rethinking Uncle Tom thoroughly explains Uncle Tom's Cabin as an articulation of the conditions of democratic life and the nature of modern humanism. The most mature elements of Stowe's political thought emerge from a close reading of Sunny Memories and of Oldtown Folks. This book develops familiarity with the moral discourse of abolition and nineteenth-century... more...
Ending Racial Preferences
Lexington Books 2009; US$ 43.99Ending Racial Preferences: The Michigan Story provides an in-depth account of the 2006 Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, told from the perspective of Toward A Fair Michigan, a non-partisan educational organization. The book also analyzes the campaigning and impact of similar initiatives in California, Florida, Washington, and the city of Houston. more...
Biological Invasions in New Zealand
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2006; US$ 219.99Colonization of New Zealand altered the resident biota and resulted in the introduction of alien organisms. This volume presents a review of the level and rate of alien invasions. It investigates what controls the success of invaders and their consequences for ecosystems, and provides a basis for the effective management of biological invasions. more...
The Idea of the American University
Lexington Books 2010; US$ 59.99As John Henry Newman reflected on 'The Idea of a University' more than a century and a half ago, Bradley C. S. Watson brings together some of the nation's most eminent thinkers on higher education to reflect on the nature and purposes of the American university today. Their mordant reflections paint a picture of the American university in crisis. This... more...
Landscapes of Origin in the Americas
University of Alabama Press 2009; US$ 28.95Landscape is a powerful factor in the operation of memory because of the associations narrators make between the local landscape and the events of the stories they tell. Ancestors and mythological events often become fixed in a specific landscape and act as timeless reference points. In conventional anthropological literature, "landscape"... more...
Let Nobody Turn Us Around
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2009; US$ 38.99One of America's most prominent historians and a noted feminist bring together the most important political writings and testimonials from African-Americans over three centuries. more...
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