Friedman reexamines the stories surrounding the influx of British war brides brought back to the United States by American GIs after WWII with a focus on media representations of sexuality and marriage in wartime, showing how mass media interpretations turned from public suspicion of war brides to popular acceptance"--Provided by publisher.
Web Search Savvy: Strategies and Shortcuts for Online Research provides readers of all skill levels with efficient search strategies for locating, retrieving, and evaluating information on the Internet. Utilizing her experience as a reporter working on deadline, author Barbara G. Friedman offers the most effective methods for finding useful and trustworthy data online, and presents these techniques in a straightforward, user-friendly manner. Anyone who uses the Internet for research will find much of value here, including techniques that harness the power of advanced searches to optimize search results, avoid advertising clutter, and locate low- or no-cost databases. Screen captures and diagrams illustrate the steps, rationale, and results to accompany various search strategies. This book emphasizes techniques that make the Web work for individuals rather than for advertisers, such as choosing the most appropriate search engine for the job and tweaking its advanced options to narrow a search and optimize results; identifying cost-free sources of online data; using creative approaches to locate information; evaluating the integrity of online data; and protecting the privacy of the researchers and the researched. Web Search Savvy is an essential resource for students, scholars, and practitioners in journalism and mass communications, and it offers practical and useful guidance for anyone researching information online.
This book challenges the unchallenged methods in medicine, such as "evidence-based medicine," which claim to be, but often are not, scientific. It completes medical care by adding the comprehensive humanistic perspectives and philosophy of medicine. No specific or absolute recommendations are given regarding medical treatment, moral approaches, or legal advice. Given rather is discussion about each issue involved and the strongest arguments indicated. Each argument is subject to further critical analysis. This is the same position as with any philosophical, medical or scientific view. The argument that decision-making in medicine is inadequate unless grounded on a philosophy of medicine is not meant to include all of philosophy and every philosopher. On the contrary, it includes only sound, practical and humanistic philosophy and philosophers who are creative and critical thinkers and who have concerned themselves with the topics relevant to medicine. These would be those philosophers who engage in practical philosophy, such as the pragmatists, humanists, naturalists, and ordinary-language philosophers. A new definition of our own philosophy of life emerges and it is necessary to have one. Good lifestyle no longer means just abstaining from cigarettes, alcohol and getting exercise. It also means living a holistic life, which includes all of one's thinking, personality and actions. This book also includes new ways of thinking. In this regard the "Metaphorical Method" is explained, used, and exemplified in depth, for example in the chapters on care, egoism and altruism, letting die, etc.
Passover is one of the most important and most beloved family holidays in the Jewish year. A perfect holiday gift for the seder hostess, this unique collection spotlights the most precious Passover Judaica from museums and collections around the world.
[TofC cont.] -- Political science, law, and criminal justice, public policy and administration: Future of Roe v. Wade / C. Sanger, S.T. Poppema, and F. Kissling -- Business, economics, labor, and employment -- Sociology and anthropology: Gay families come out / B. Kantrowitz. [This book first] introduces several historic roles of women in American society, and variations of American feminism. At the heart of these roles is the notion that women's perspectives, interpretations, and roles are defined by women. [It then] examines females' attitudes, roles, and outcomes in education, as well as the speculation about differences in the cognitive abilities of adults, and employment issues for women [and also] health care issues and hospital policies ... [The book next] covers feminine religious roles ... politics, law, and issues related to women in the military, sexual harassment, and pregnancy in the workplace. [The book finally] examines women and employment historically [and] issues of the 1990s, including gay families, domestic violence, abortion, and the Million Woman March.-To the reader.
Portrays Hanukkah menorahs from all over the world, dating from fourth-century Israel to modern-day America; discusses the history and culture of Hanukkah; and includes songs, prayers, and readings of the holiday.
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