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Carleton Beals was among AmericaΓÇÖs most distinctive foreign correspondents. His colorful, combatively critical reporting of U.S. intervention in Latin America had a fearless energy and authority that won him millions of readers. He interviewed the Nicaraguan rebel leader Sandino in the camp from which he fought thousands of U.S marines in 1928, covered two revolutions in Cuba (1933 and 1959), and interpreted the Mexican Revolution for American readers. BealsΓÇÖs dispatches and features appeared regularly in the Nation, New Republic, Current History and the Progressive, and often in the New York Times. Time magazine called him ΓÇ£the best informed and the most awkward living writer on Latin America.ΓÇ¥ Forty books, including chronicles, political analysis and novels, drawn mostly from his travels and wide-ranging contacts in what he called ΓÇ£America SouthΓÇ¥ made that characterization apt. But Beals was also an eyewitness reporter on MussoliniΓÇÖs rise in Italy. He wrote on U.S. topics too, such as LouisianaΓÇÖs Huey Long, and the environmental damage and rural migration in the 1930s caused by emerging agri-business in AmericaΓÇÖs South and West. Many of his books were best-sellers, their evidence-based assessments earning at least grudging respect even among those who took issue with his indictments of U.S. economic and government elites.At once biography and analytical history, The Rebel Scribe tells the story of a fiercely independent non-conformist. It probes BealsΓÇÖs interactions with political leaders, democrats, demagogues, populists and revolutionaries, and reveals how his ability to immerse himself in their societies gave his accounts a palpable authenticity and, time has shown, a prescience that is almost prophetic. Christopher NealΓÇÖs layered narrative traces how Beals identified patterns of political behavior and concepts that later became fully-fledged schools of thought, such as the idea of a Third World, dependency theory, U.S. neo-imperialism, and aspects of critical theory. His story sheds light on the evolution of U.S. foreign policy and intervention, from Mexico and Nicaragua in the 1920s, to Cuba and Vietnam in the 1960s. It reveals the fraught trail that facedΓÇöand still facesΓÇöcontrarian journalists who challenge conventional assumptions, while also showing how probing journalism drives change.

The Armed Forces and American Social Change is a powerful depiction of Black Americans' struggle for equality told through the lens of uniformed military service. Troy Mosley uses superb story-telling, personal vignettes, and historical examples to show how millions of Americans have lifted themselves from stifling oppression through opportunities gleaned from military service.

This book situates the teachings of Elijah Muhammad in academia, creating a field of study that particularly extrapolates the jewels of Muhammad's teachings. This preview of the teachings of Muhammad, and its multifaceted, interdisciplinary scope, has the potential to change the philosophical and practical methods of education.

This story of Athens' tragic defeat in its attempt to subdue Sicily during the war between Athens and Sparta, discusses the social and political context, the ideas about religion, women, foreigners, and slaves during the great intellectual blossoming of fifth century Athens, and the complex relationship between democracy and empire.

The power of this text lies in its ability to recapture the essence of the message of Jesus. It ignites an emancipatory pedagogical authority that speaks life to the oppressed and empowerment to the marginalized. For the educator of the Black student, this book provides a truly emancipatory pedagogy rooted in love and substantiated in humanity.

Tracing the life and work of Rod Giblett, a leading local wetland conservationist, environmental activist and pioneer transdisciplinary researcher and writer of fiction and non-fiction, Black Swan Song weaves together memoir, essay, story, and criticism. It provides ways of living and being with the earth in dark and troubled times.

Terrorism Inside America's Borders examines the history, trends, and different features of terrorism, and how the media, law enforcement, and other social institutions have responded to the violence. A variety of theoretical, methodological and analytical strategies are used to explore these issues.

Hilton and colleagues provide a cogent analysis of the effects of the One Florida Initiative on enrollment patterns in the state's public law schools to help us understand how changes in public policy can impact diversity.

In this book, Winton Bastes discusses the relationships between freedom, progress, and human flourishing. Bates asserts that freedom enables individuals to flourish in different ways without colliding, fosters progress, allows for a growth of opportunities, and supports personal development by enabling individuals to exercise self-direction.

This book is about the importance of the occupation of Danzig that started World War II. It is a study of intense diplomatic negotiations in the pre-WW II years 1937-1939 between Germany and Poland relating to Germany's desire to gain access to the Free City of Danzig, by establishing a secure transport route through that part of Poland.

Wang emigrated from China to the United States in 1949. He quickly made a life for himself and became active in the development of Sino-American relations. Wang's memoirs provide unique Chinese insight in the development of Sino-American relations at a pivotal time in our shared history.

This book tells the story of Liu's life under Mao and her subsequent struggle to achieve a better life in America. It sheds light on the monumental changes Chinese society experienced in the last century.

An Educational Journey to Deanship: A Memoir provides stories of resiliency, success, and achievements and highlights the following educational experiences: elementary/middle school, high school, undergraduate/graduate school, professional work, academic dean, and post administration.

This primer aspires to make a concentric analysis of the function and capacity of spirituality and religiosity, within the African American Muslim movement. This collection of essays places emphasis on the role and views of the missionary and voluntary spread of Islam among African Americans in the United States.

This is a systematic and concise introduction to more than forty fallacies, from anthropomorphism and argumentum ad baculum, to reductionism and the slippery slope argument. With helpful definitions, relevant examples, and thought-provoking exercises, the author guides the reader through the realms of fallacious reasoning and deceptive rhetoric.

Faith communities have always struggled with the questions of ethical method and cultural inclusivity. Accordingly, Ethical Issues that Matter enlarges the methodological discussion among ethicists and theologians by adopting the landscape of a mountain as a useful metaphor for racism.

This book presents the thesis that happiness does not mean just one thing but many, and that these many meanings have been studied, described, argued, and practiced throughout the centuries in many climes and places. This book explores many views of happiness as espoused by their original founders and developers.

This book explores the way in which British and American visitors experienced Algeria and about their imaginary responses to the country. It also attempts to trace the elaboration and evolution of the perception of Algeria in the West with particular focus on the impressions and representations of those Anglo-Americans who experienced Algeria at first hand and wrote about it.

Based on actual cases, these original essays present an honest and critical evaluation of the problems and challenges that confront Muslims in the Contemporary world. Using the Muslim experience in the United States as a lens, the author examines what he identifies as a pervas...

This book provides direct solutions to the question, How do we save play in a standard-driven educational environment? This book provides theoretical/historical foundation of connection between play and literacy, applied research studies, and practical strategies to connect play and literacy in early childhood and in teacher education.

This book explores the difficult topic of those who assault our being human from abortion to end-of-life victims. Human vulnerabilities are exploited, cast as "otherness" to enable "self" will-to-power over the "other."

This book brings budgetary theory and practice together. It exposes students to basic budget and finance concepts, public revenue, financial management, risk assessment, and cost benefit analysis, helping them gain the solid foundation needed to work in a budget office. This second edition features enhanced data and optional in-class assignments.

Dyslexia, a language communication disability remains a little-understood and controversial disease among specialists, educators, and parents. In easy-to-understand terms, Dr. Huston provides suggestions for parents and teachers to help dyslexic children learn to cope.

This book presents composer Richard Wagner's formative ideas in a systematic and coherent manner and examines their development and evolution as reflected in his prose, poetry , letters, and music-dramas.

New Aphorisms & Reflections: Second Series, the fifth volume of a major work in progress, features more than 400 entries, some of which are autobiographical. Like its predecessors, New Aphorisms & Reflections includes a sampling of 'meetings of the minds'-dialogues between the author and aphorists and thinkers of the past.

This volume is the accompanying answer key to A Fundamental Greek Course. The key neatly provides full answers to all of the exercises at the end of each chapter in the main text, thereby facilitating the reader's ability to check his or her answers.

This book updates, analyses, and covers current developments in such areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, state civil procedure, civil rights matters, constitutional issues, and significant recent Supreme Court decisions.

This book explores China from the time of Mao's rule to the crisis that unfolded at Tiananmen Square in 1989, through the eyes of Ross Terrill, a journalist, advisor, and professor. Terrill links his travels with China's history and enriches each page with voices from village, town and city.