general interest river ime t ecotravel on the world s rivers rivertime ecotravel on the world s rivers mary a hood journeys on the world s rivers from a naturalist s point of view n this engaging travelogue of our world s rivers great and small poet and biologist mary a hood reflects on rivers as creators of place recounting her journeys along portions of the mississippi the danube the amazon the yangtze the ganges the nile and a dozen small u.s rivers hood weaves together natural history current environmental and conservation issues encounters with endangered plants and animals and tells some interesting tales along the way i mary a hood march 228 pp trim size 5 ½ x 8 ½ 13 color photographs 2 maps $23.00/t jacketed hc 978-0-7914-7389-4 nature essays like a river the book begins small with essays that are narrowly focused on themes of environment and place such as the need to write our world three rivers how fires and corporations control the west the flathead the effect of wind farm
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general interest the metrosexual the gender sexuality and sport david coad explores the cultural significance of the metrosexual in sports gender sexuality and sport metrosexual h ow do you explain dennis rodman s dyed hair tattoos and pierced body parts why are there so many athletes stripping for men s underwear ads besides sport what do pat riley alex rodriguez and ian thorpe have in common and why has david beckham been compared to louis xiv in this fascinating exploration of past and present celebrity athletes david coad shows how gender roles for men are undergoing a revolutionary change once famous for their lack of style off the field professional players are now fashion-conscious trendsetters looking at certain stellar sports figures of the past such as joe namath and jim palmer who were at the vanguard of reinterpreting gender roles coad goes on to examine their primped out and pimped out contemporary successors those athletic peacocks in their furs silks and diamonds who e
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new york studies the government and politics of new york state second edition the government and politics of new york state second edition joseph f zimmerman comprehensive overview of new york state government and politics fort stanwix national monument fort stanwix national monument reconstructing the past and partnering for the future joan m zenzen a history of the reconstruction of fort stanwix new york by the national park service c·c reconstructing the past and partnering for the future joseph f zimmerman n this updated edition of his classic text joseph f zimmerman offers a balanced presentation of the institutions and political processes of the empire state he begins with an overview of the state and offers chapters on federal-state and interstate relations state-local relations the constitution political parties elections and interest groups the state legislature the governor the fourth branch the departments and agencies of the executive branch the judiciary and state finan
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african american studies · film studies wtÇv|Çz white page black women entertainers writing autobiography on the dancing on the white page black women entertainers writing autobiography kwakiutl l dreher investigates the literary voices of six black women entertainers and how they negotiated the tensions between the entertainment industries and the black community exile cinema filmmakers at work beyond hollywood michael atkinson editor offers a cross section of international fringe cinema utside the shrinking american film-culture market there is a vast movie-crazed world where madmen geniuses and apostates roam freely subject to a relatively minimal degree of corporate industry and spin control in exile cinema prominent film critics profile the oeuvres of working thriving international filmmakers from bela tarr to judith helfand from kiyoshi kit and guy maddin to chantal akerman and michele soavi from chris marker to the newest thresholds of contemporary film these filmmakers battle
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asian studies nativism and modernity nativism and modernity cultural contestations in china and taiwan under global capitalism ming-yan lai comparative study of contemporary nativist literary and cultural movements in china and taiwan written at imperial command written at imperial command panegyric poetry in early medieval china fusheng wu explores both the literary features and historical context of poetry written for imperial rulers during china s early medieval period cultural contestations in china and taiwan under global capitalism panegyric poetry in early medieval china fusheng wu ming-yan lai ativism and modernity is the first comparative study of xiangtu nativism in taiwan and xungen nativism in china it offers a new critical perspective on these two important literary and cultural movements in contemporary chinese contexts and shows how nativism can be a vital form of place-based oppositional practice under global capitalism while nativism has often been viewed in nostalgic
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jewish studies fackenheim and responses to the holocaust the philosopher as witness fackenheim and responses to the holocaust michael l morgan and benjamin pollock editors responses to fackenheim s reflections on the centrality of the holocaust to philosophy jewish thought and contemporary experience new in paper american the cultural work of jewish american fiction ezra cappell talmud american talmud the cultural work of jewish american fiction ezra cappell looks at the role of jewish american fiction in the larger context of american culture edited by michael l morgan and benjamin pollock mil fackenheim 19162003 one of the most important jewish philosophers of the twentieth century called on the world at large not only to bear witness to the holocaust as an unprecedented assault on judaism and on humanity but also to recognize that the question of what it means to philosophize indeed what it means to be human must be raised anew in its wake the philosopher as witness begins with t
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philosophy new in paper a kiarinakordela $urplus spinoza lacan surplus spinoza lacan a kiarina kordela maintains that lacanian psychoanalysis is the proper continuation of the line of thought from spinoza to marx evolution s first philosopher john dewey and the continuity of nature evolution s first philosopher john dewey and the continuity of nature jerome a popp examines john dewey s ideas in the context of evolutionary theory kordela masterfully shows how spinoza s thought jibes with the insights of psychoanalysis especially concerning the original cause and the final cause this book has actually forced me to reevaluate my own thinking about spinoza and to realize that i have wrongly been associating spinoza with the misguided neo-spinozist reading of him todd mcgowan author of the real gaze film theory after lacan january · 195 pp $16.95 pb 978-0-7914-7020-6 this carefully researched and highly readable volume opens up the kernel of one of dewey s brightest ideas his appropria
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political science justice for children justice for children autonomy development and the state harry adams applies the concept of moral and political autonomy to children and children s development when leaders learn and when they don t when leaders learn and when they don t mikhail gorbachev and kim il sung at the end of the cold war akan malici develops a new and dynamic theory of foreign policy decision making and experiential learning autonomy development and the state mikhail gorbachev and kim il sung at the end of the cold war n this groundbreaking theory of justice for children harry adams takes the basic moral and political ideal of autonomy and shows what radical implications it has when applied to children and their development adams argues that it makes little sense to try to respect everyone s autonomy if enough attention hasn t been given to the ways that people do and do not develop autonomy in the first place when they re young using the latest empirical research from d
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education teacher and comrade featured title featured title teacher and comrade richard dudley and the fight for democracy in south africa alan wieder richard dudley and the fight for democracy in south africa alanwieder latino dropouts in rural america realities and possibilities a biographical/narrative study of oppression racism and resistance in twentiethcentury south africa through the life of richard dudley a teacher/politico latino dropouts in rural america realities and possibilities carolyn hondo mary e gardiner and yolanda sapien latino high school students in rural communities talk about dropping out of school carolyn hondo mary e gardiner and yolanda sapien eacher and comrade explores south african resistance in the twentieth century before and during apartheid through the life of richard dudley a teacher/politico who spent thirty-nine years in the classroom and his entire life fighting for democracy dudley has given his life to teaching and politics and touched and influen
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education making writing matter composition in the engaged university making writing matter composition in the engaged university ann m feldman challenging more limited approaches to service learning this book examines writing instruction in the context of universities fully engaged in community partnerships higher education and international student mobility in the global knowledge economy higher education and international student mobility in the global knowledge economy kemal gÜrÜz demonstrates how the international mobility of students scholars programs and institutions of higher education evolved over time and the ways in which it is occurring in today s global knowledge economy ann m feldman kemal gürüz n making writing matter ann m feldman explores how changing scholarship at engaged metropolitan universities offers an opportunity to redesign first-year writing classes in ways that make students better writers an engaged university commits to a relationship with its surrounding
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state university of new york press state university plaza albany ny 12246-0001 non-profit organization u.s postage state university of new york press paid nester 01 colors cmyk driver 10/4/07 11:33 am page 2 cover 8/29/07 1:09 pm page 1 the epic battles for ticonderoga william r nester queeryouthcultures the 1758 gender sexuality and sport metrosexual making writing matter composition in the engaged university edited by susan driver david coad ann m feldman nester 01.indd 1 7/16/07 11:31:07 am wilson sketch #2 10/03/07 four color drummond 03 colors black and pms 185 red the order joy of beyond the cultural politics of enjoyment a diary of gastric bypass surgery when the benefits outweigh the costs darlene k drummond atkinson version #1 cmyk filmmakers at work be yond holly wood scottwilson drummond_03a.indd 1 8/18/07 4:22:59 pm atkinson 07.indd 1 edited by michael atkinson 6/11/07 12:28:23 pm
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