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Nature's Prophet
Alfred Russel Wallace and His Evolution from Natural Selection to Natural Theology
University of Alabama Press
An astute study of Alfred Russel Wallace’s path to natural theology.
Marking Indigeneity
The Tongan Art of Sociospatial Relations
By Tevita O. Ka'ili; Foreword by ‘Okusitino Mahina
The University of Arizona Press
Marking Indigeneity examines the conflicts and reconciliation of indigenous time-space within the Tongan community in Maui, as well as within the time-space of capitalism. Using indigenous theory, Tēvita O. Ka‘ili provides an ethnography of the social relations of the highly mobile Tongans.
Engines of Rebellion
Confederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the American Civil War
By Saxon Bisbee
University of Alabama Press
A challenge to the prevailing idea that Confederate ironclads were inherently defective
Toxic Ivory Towers
The Consequences of Work Stress on Underrepresented Minority Faculty
Rutgers University Press
Toxic Ivory Towers documents the realities of social and economic inequalities in the work-life experiences of underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in U.S. higher education. It takes a look at the institutional factors impacting the professional ability and health of URM faculty to be successful at their jobs, and to flourish in academia.
Sir John's Vision
What Do We Know? What Is There to Learn?
Templeton Press
In 2017, the year marking the 105th anniversary of the birth of Sir John Templeton, a group of scientists, scholars, and advisors who knew him personally gathered in Lyford Cay in the Bahamas. Their purpose: to discuss how the Foundation that bears his name could best extend his philanthropic vision into the twenty-first century.
The Vanishing Frame
Latin American Culture and Theory in the Postdictatorial Era
University of Texas Press
Examining the works of writers and artists such as Roberto Bolaño, Fernando Botero, Pablo Larraín, and Alejandro Zambra, this pathfinding book challenges postdictatorial aesthetics by focusing on the concept of aesthetic autonomy as a critique of economic inequality.
Quentin Tarantino
Poetics and Politics of Cinematic Metafiction
By David Roche
University Press of Mississippi
The first in-depth study of metafiction in Tarantino’s films
The African American Sonnet
A Literary History
By Timo Müller
University Press of Mississippi
A thoughtful survey of striking poems from the Civil War to the present
Yaqui Indigeneity
Epistemology, Diaspora, and the Construction of Yoeme Identity
The University of Arizona Press
The first book-length study of the representation of the Yaqui nation in literature, Yaqui Indigeneity examines the transborder Yaqui nation as interpreted through the Mexican and Chicana/o imaginary. Tumbaga identifies a community of Chicano-Yaqui authors whose writings reclaim their own Native identities and challenge Mexican and Chicana/o views of Indigeneity.
Thumbing a Ride
Hitchhikers, Hostels, and Counterculture in Canada
By Linda Mahood
UBC Press
Asking new questions about travel and risk taking as a rite of passage, this book examines the rise and fall of hitchhiking in the 1970s and the accompanying adult scrutiny of youth subculture.
The Design of Protest
Choreographing Political Demonstrations in Public Space
By Tali Hatuka
University of Texas Press
Presenting case studies from around the world, this book offers the first extensive discussion of the act of protest as a designed event that uses public space to challenge the distance between institutional power.
The Comedy Studies Reader
Edited by Nick Marx and Matt Sienkiewicz
University of Texas Press
Surveying comedic texts and performers from The Jack Benny Program to Key and Peele, Saturday Night Live, and Stephen Colbert, this classroom-ready anthology offers a first-ever overview of the field of comedy studies.
Texas BBQ, Small Town to Downtown
By Wyatt McSpadden; Introduction by Aaron Franklin
University of Texas Press
A decade after he celebrated traditional, wood-smoked ’cue in Texas BBQ, Wyatt McSpadden captures the new urban BBQ scene epitomized by Franklin Barbecue, as well as small-town favorites such as Snow’s in Lexington.
Energy for Sustainability, Second Edition
Foundations for Technology, Planning, and Policy
By John Randolph and Gilbert M. Masters
Island Press
The most comprehensive textbook on this topic, Energy for Sustainability, Second Edition takes a holistic and interdisciplinary approach to help techies and policymakers alike understand the policy and social mechanisms required to enable conversion to efficient and renewable energy that is clean, affordable, and secure. Major revisions to this edition reflect the current changes in technology and energy use and focus on new analyses, data, and methods necessary to understand and actively participate in the transition to sustainable energy.
Throughout the book, analytical methods for energy and economic analysis and design give users a quantitative appreciation for and understanding of energy systems. Randolph and Masters use case studies extensively to demonstrate current experience and illustrate possibilities.
Throughout the book, analytical methods for energy and economic analysis and design give users a quantitative appreciation for and understanding of energy systems. Randolph and Masters use case studies extensively to demonstrate current experience and illustrate possibilities.
Assessment Strategies for Online Learning
Engagement and Authenticity
By Dianne Conrad and Jason Openo
Athabasca University Press
Conrad and Openo insist that moving to new learning environments, specifically those online and at a distance, afford opportunities for educators to adopt only the best practices of traditional face-to-face assessment while exploring evaluation tools made available by a digital learning environment in the hopes of arriving at methods that capture the widest set of learner skills and attributes.
A Library for the Americas
The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
Edited by Julianne Gilland and José Montelongo
University of Texas Press
This splendidly illustrated volume presents the treasures of the Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin—one of the world’s great libraries for the study of Latin America and Latinas/os in the United States.
Yellow Perils
China Narratives in the Contemporary World
Edited by Franck Billé and Sören Urbansky
University of Hawaii Press
Thinking Like an Island
Navigating a Sustainable Future in Hawai‘i
Edited by Jennifer Chirico and Gregory S. Farley
University of Hawaii Press
Rock Solid
How the Philippines Won Its Maritime Case Against China
Ateneo De Manila, Ateneo De Manila Univ Press
Land, Power, and the Sacred
The Estate System in Medieval Japan
Edited by Janet R. Goodwin and Joan R. Piggott
University of Hawaii Press
Gears and God
Technocratic Fiction, Faith, and Empire in Mark Twain's America
University of Alabama Press
A revealing study of the connections between nineteenth-century technological fiction and American religious faith
From the Mountains to the Cities
A History of Buddhist Propagation in Modern Korea
University of Hawaii Press
Early Korea-Japan Interactions
Pres & Fellows of Harvard College, Korea Institute, Harvard University
Ancient Sites of Southeast Asia
A Traveler’s Guide through History, Ruins, and Landscapes
University of Hawaii Press
The Racial Divide in American Medicine
Black Physicians and the Struggle for Justice in Health Care
Edited by Richard D. deShazo
University Press of Mississippi
An exposure to the long history of separation, isolation, disparities, and eventual healing in southern health care
Five Hard Pieces
Translations and Readings of Five Long Poems by Marina Tsvetaeva
The Troy Book Makers
Exhibiting Scotland
Objects, Identity, and the National Museum
University of Massachusetts Press
David O. Russell
Interviews
Edited by Holly Willis
University Press of Mississippi
Collected interviews with the American filmmaker whose work spans multiple genres and features radically differing aesthetic styles
Insight Philadelphia
Historical Essays Illustrated
Rutgers University Press
Each of the nearly 100 essays in Insight Philadelphia tells a succinct, compelling, and little-known tale of the city’s past. Lavishly illustrated with archival images, these stories bring to life histories that range from quirky to tragic, and give readers fascinating new insights into the City of Brotherly Love.
Jazz in China
From Dance Hall Music to Individual Freedom of Expression
University Press of Mississippi
A monumental study of the history of jazz in China from its beginnings to today
Constance Baker Motley
One Woman's Fight for Civil Rights and Equal Justice under Law
By Gary L. Ford
University of Alabama Press
When the name Constance Baker Motley is mentioned, more often than not, the response is “Who was she?” or “What did she do?” The answer is multifaceted, complex, and inspiring.
Writing in America
Edited by John Fischer and Robert B. Silvers
Rutgers University Press, Rutgers University Press Classics
In this newly released volume in the Rutgers University Press Classics Imprint, Writing in America proves to be as stimulating as it was in 1960, and offers a range of provocative topics by diverse writers. The essays in this collection showcase a first-rate and highly entertaining piece of reporting on the American literary scene that still resonate in 2017.
Writing in America
Edited by John Fischer and Robert B. Silvers
Rutgers University Press, Rutgers University Press Classics
In this newly released volume in the Rutgers University Press Classics Imprint, Writing in America proves to be as stimulating as it was in 1960, and offers a range of provocative topics by diverse writers. The essays in this collection showcase a first-rate and highly entertaining piece of reporting on the American literary scene that still resonate in 2017.
Fascial Manipulation® - Stecco® method The practitioner's perspective
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Handspring Publishing
The New Black Middle Class in the Twenty-First Century
By Bart Landry
Rutgers University Press
The New Black Middle Class in the Twenty-First Century is a continuing study of black middle class life. Landry examines the changes that have occurred since the publication of his now-classic The New Black Middle Class, and conducts a comprehensive examination of black middle class American life in the early decades of the twenty-first century.
Familiar Perversions
The Racial, Sexual, and Economic Politics of LGBT Families
Rutgers University Press
Familiar Perversions evaluates the many successes of the family equality movement, while asking important questions about its place within neoliberalism, racial inequality, and the policing of sexual cultures. Liz Montegary investigates how queer family politics might strengthen the diverse networks of kinship, intimacy, and care on which people depend.
Unitary Caring Science
Philosophy and Praxis of Nursing
By Jean Watson
University Press of Colorado
Jean Watson posits Unitary Caring Science for the evolved Caritas-conscious practitioner and scholar.
The Geysers of Yellowstone, Fifth Edition
University Press of Colorado
The most up-to-date and comprehensive reference to the geysers of Yellowstone National Park.
Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy
Uniting Faith and Professional Practice
Edited by Carrie York Al-Karam
Templeton Press
Integrating the Islamic faith with modern psychotherapy is at the forefront of the spiritually integrated psychotherapy movement. To bring this work to wider attention and to promote its continuation, Dr. Carrie York Al-Karam has brought together the present volume of nine essays, each of which is written by a Muslim clinician who practices Islamically integrated psychotherapy (IIP)—a modern approach that unites the teachings, principles, and interventions of the faith with Western therapeutic approaches.
Village of Immigrants
Latinos in an Emerging America
Rutgers University Press
A timely contribution to the national dialogue on immigration, Village of Immigrants illustrates the revitalization of American small towns by waves of immigrants no longer settling in big coastal cities. The book documents the contributions the Hispanic immigrants have made to the life of Greenport, New York, even as it explores the dark realities that shape the immigrant experience.
The Linens
Paintings by Ciel Bergman, 1970–1977
SF Design, llc / FrescoBooks
The Linens are a groundbreaking series of forty-eight acrylic paintings on unstretched Belgian linen made from 1970 to 1977 by Ciel Bergman, begun at age thirty-two.
New Geospatial Approaches to the Anthropological Sciences
Edited by Robert L. Anemone and Glenn C. Conroy
University of New Mexico Press
Arguing that geospatial analysis holds great promise for much anthropological inquiry, the contributors have designed this volume to show how the powerful tools of GIScience can be used to benefit a variety of research programs.
Cynical Citizenship
Gender, Regionalism, and Political Subjectivity in Porto Alegre, Brazil
University of New Mexico Press
This anthropological study of grassroots community leaders in Porto Alegre, Brazil's leftist hotspot, focuses on gender, politics, and regionalism during the early 2000s, when the Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores) was in power.
Hoodlum Movies
Seriality and the Outlaw Biker Film Cycle, 1966-1972
Rutgers University Press
Hoodlum Movies focuses on why and how these films were made, who they were made for, and how the cycle developed through the second half of the 1960s. Despised by critics, but welcomed by exhibitors denied first-run films, these cheaply and quickly produced movies were produced to appeal to audiences of mobile youths until 1972.
The Politics of Lists
Bureaucracy and Genocide under the Khmer Rouge
West Virginia University Press
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