Cornerstones of Peace
Jewish Identity Politics and Democratic Theory
In Cornerstones of Peace, Marla Brettschneider skillfully combines a lucid review of contemporary Liberal political theory and its understanding of the role of groups in the political process, a sophisticated analysis of Hobbesian philosophy, and a rich history of “alternative” Jewish activist groups like Breira and Americans for Peace Now (APN) to ask: What can we learn about identity and democratic theory from the changes that have taken place in the Jewish community?
From Dessalines to Duvalier
Race, Colour and National Independence in Haiti
The Maltese Falcon
John Huston, director
Silent Film
Medicine and Western Civilization
Women's Medicine
A Cross-Cultural Study of Indigenous Fertility Regulation
The contributions to this book ask why indigenous methods of fertility control, often of questionable effectiveness, remain in widespread use in underdeveloped and developing countries. They concentrate on the cultural factors that affect women’s decisions about their own fertility, especially in societies which offer both folk and modern methods. The contributers are Elois Ann Berlin, Eugene B. Brody, C.H. Browner, Pamela A. Hunte, Setha M. Low and Bruce C. Newman, Lucile F. Newman, Chor-Swang Ngin, and Soheir Sukkary-Stolba
Movies & Mass Culture
Mothers and Daughters of Invention
Notes for a Revised History of Technology
Masterpiece Theatre
An Academic Melodrama
Masterpiece Theatre is the latest--and funniest--round in the culture wars. No member of Modern Language Association, lover of literature and literacy, cultural pundit, or talking head should be without a copy.
Disease and Class
Tuberculosis and the Shaping of Modern North American Society
Who Succeeds in Science?
The Gender Dilemma
This highly readable analysis of the gender dimension in scientific careers––and its clear-headed advice––will be of great interest to everyone considering a career in science as well as to teachers, parents, and active scientists. Academics in sociology of science and gender studies as well as decision-makers in the areas of human resources and science policy will also welcome its discussions of general issues and policy recommendations.
Sandino's Daughters
Testimonies of Nicaraguan Women in Struggle
Power and Everyday Life
The Lives of Working Women in Nineteenth-Century Brazil
This important new work is a study of the everyday lives of the inhabitants of São Paulo in the nineteenth century. Full of vivid detail, the book concentrates on the lives of working women--black, white, Indian, mulatta, free, freed, and slaves, and their struggles to survive.
Nursing Wounds
Nurse Practitioners, Doctors, Women Patients, and the Negotiation of Meaning
School Talk
Gender and Adolescent Culture
The Myth of Scientific Literacy
Shamos advocates instead a practical science education curriculum that grants the impossibility of every American learning enough science to make independent judgments about major scientific issues. Rather than giving children the heavy diet of scientific terms and facts they now get, he would emphasize: an appreciation of science as an ongoing cultural enterprise; an awareness of technology's impact on one's personal health, safety, and surroundings; and the need to use experts wisely in resolving science/society issues.