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Collections management can be a daunting task for volunteers and employees alike. Archives for the Lay Person provides practical, step-by-step guidance for those managing all facets of archival collections at small organizations.

Dramatic impersonations accompanied by informed discussions are becoming increasingly popular methods of educating visitors to museums and historical sites. This is the first book to provide step-by-step instructions for how to conceive, plan, publicize, present, and pay for such historical presentations.

This book offers an overview of both social psychology and gender (as differentiated from sex), then discusses approaches to gender in social psychology research; how social psychology theories have been shaped by assumptions about gender, race, class, and sexuality; and the way gender influences identity and interaction.

The second edition of this groundbreaking book incorporates data and interviews to show how the everyday thinking of ordinary people contributes to the perpetuation of systemic racialized inequality.

Newsrooms and campus newsrooms are no exception. They are chaotic, fast-paced, and lively. That's why we love them. But reporting news is an important business. This book provides the advice, rules, guidelines, and encouragement that campus newspaper staff needs, without talking down to students or telling them what to do.

When it was ratified in 1791, the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States sought to protect against two distinct types of government actions that interfere with religious liberty: the establishment of a national religion and interference with individual rights to practice religion.

Relates the stories of twenty black architects from around the United States to examine the sociological context of architectural practice. This book explores the role systemic racism plays in an occupation commonly referred to as the white gentlemen's profession.

The Constitution is the fundamental governing document of United States. But to what extent do candidates and parties make constitutional arguments in the course of American elections? By examining party platforms, candidate messages, presidential debates, and television ads, this book answers that question.

Standing against conventional wisdom, this book evaluates Britain's twin policies of appeasement and rearmament in the late 1930s. It examines the political and economic environment of the times. It argues that Neville Chamberlain crafted an active, logical and morally defensible foreign policy, designed to avoid a potentially devastating war.

Black voters can make or break a presidential election. This book traces the history of the Black vote since 1965, celebrates its fortieth anniversary in 2005, and shows why passing a law is not the same as ensuring its enforcement, legitimacy, and opportunity.

Andrea Tschemplik provides a fresh and accessible translation of Plato's classic work, specially designed to aid newcomers in better understanding and appreciating the text. In addition, this volume provides a range of student-friendly supplements to enhance the learning experience.

Profane & Sacred analyzes the role of religion in Latino-American literature, exploring questions of cultural and community identity, theology, and spiritual practices.

Elucidates the limitations of the explanation that Blacks underperform in school because they fear acting white. This work presents research that theorizes race as a social phenomenon, unmasks the heterogeneity of the Black experience, and contends with the specifics of social context in the culture and organization of schools and communities.

Attempts to situate the political dimension of the International Criminal Court in theory and practice. Providing an analysis of the ethics and politics of the ICC, this book argues that it is a political institution whose legal dynamics need to be understood as constructive features of global politics.

Examines the tragic development and resolution of Latin America's human rights crisis of the 1970s and 1980s. This book focuses on state terrorism in Chile under General Augusto Pinochet and in Argentina during the Dirty War (1976-1983). It offers an exploration of the reciprocal relationship between Argentina and Chile and human rights movements.

Community Planning is an introductory, interdisciplinary, planning textbook. This "working" text uses an integrated text and lab manual approach, where theoretical concepts are integrated with practical applications and case studies.

The book explores the cultural and intellectual worlds of the hustling promoters, battling historians, Catholic missionaries, Native American ritual specialists, learned theologians, religious dissenters, magistrates, and governors who clashed and intermingled in the opening decades of colonization and resistance to it.

First Contact walks the instructor through the course design and execution process for the Introductory Sociology or the first course in sociology. It is an invaluable resource for new instructors in sociology, graduate students learning how to teach, seasoned professors who want to refresh their courses, but also administrators who review and evaluate these courses.

Community, Democracy, and the Environment explores the character of the community and polity in the United States, reviews the orientations of Americans to the environment and environmental policy, and suggests some directions for how people may better learn to share the future with each other and the other species on the planet.

Offering a systematic, critical analysis of the presidency of Fernando Cardoso, this ambitious case study assesses government policies within the framework of the new economic model of globalization and structural adjustment.

InBelief, Bodies, and Being, thirteen distinguished contributors present diverse and illuminating viewpoints on feminist issues of embodiement, materialism, and agency from feminist and postmodernist philosophical perspectives.

A New York Times bestseller! A favorite author reveals his experiences rescuing abandoned dogs--and offers solid advice for readers who "find" dogs.

In this book, conductor and scholar Rufus Jones, Jr. brings to light a literal treasure trove of unpublished primary sources to tell the compelling story of the great American conductor, Dean Dixon.

Best Easy Day Hikes Great Smoky Mountains National Park includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes. The 22 hikes in this guide are generally short, easy to follow, and guaranteed to please.