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The United States and the Armenian Genocide
History, Memory, Politics
The Other Jersey Shore
Life on the Delaware River
Surviving Alex
A Mother’s Story of Love, Loss, and Addiction
Patricia Roos was a professor of sociology at Rutgers University when she lost her 25-year-old son Alex to a heroin overdose. Turning her grief into action, she began to research the social factors and institutional failures that contributed to his death. Surviving Alex tells her moving story while describing a more compassionate approach that would provide proper care to substance users and reduce addiction.
Meltdown Expected
Crisis, Disorder, and Upheaval at the end of the 1970s
Jewish Education
Governing Maya Communities and Lands in Belize
Indigenous Rights, Markets, and Sovereignties
Global Film Color
The Monopack Revolution at Midcentury
Global Film Color
The Monopack Revolution at Midcentury
