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America's Prisons

The Movement Toward Profit and Privatization

By: Curtis Blakely

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America's Prisons

The Movement Toward Profit and Privatization

By: Curtis Blakely

This reader introduces the student to prison management. Particular interest is given the increased role of profit in the application of punishment. Profit and prison privatization are viewed within their larger context. As such, public and private prison operations are compared. Part of this comparison takes place through situating each sector upon an ideological continuum. This placement helps indicate the direction being taken by the contemporary prison. It further reveals that tomorrow's prisons may be less driven by traditional objectives and more driven by the notions of profit and efficiency.

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158112435X

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Our Sense of the Real

Aesthetic Experience and Arendtian Politics

By: Kimberley Curtis

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Our Sense of the Real

Aesthetic Experience and Arendtian Politics

By: Kimberley Curtis

This bold and persuasive study rereads the works of Hannah Arendt to recuperate her relevance to contemporary politics and to show that her deepest concerns are oriented by her ontology. Kimberley Curtis interprets Arendt's earlier work through the lenses of The Life of the Mind, elucidating what Curtis calls an "aesthetic sensibility of tragic pleasure" as a way out of the enclave politics of late modernity.Arguing that oblivion and radical forgetfulness of others are among the most ethically troubling features of our political landscape, Curtis shows that Arendt's aesthetic account of politics offers us an idiom in which to name and resist the depravations and dangers of our political condition. Curtis also elucidates Arendt's debt to phenomenology and argues that our sense of reality is born through highly charged sensuous provocation and mutual responsiveness. Arendt's innovation is to recognize that this countenancing of others is an aesthetic experience that creates the political world.Curtis plumbs the relevance of this work in current issues such as gated communities for the privileged and prisons for the disenfranchised, and in the extraordinary relationship between a black civil rights leader and a Ku Klux Klan officer. Our Sense of the Real is a poetic invocation of Arendt's politics, at once lively, passionate, and crucial.

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Cornell University Press

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1501723634

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From the Atacama to the Andes

Battles of the War of the Pacific 1879-1883

By: Alan Curtis

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From the Atacama to the Andes

Battles of the War of the Pacific 1879-1883

By: Alan Curtis

With the break up of the Spanish empire in South America, the continent split into nine independent states with often ill-defined boundaries. One of these was that between Bolivia and Chile, which were separated by the Atacama Desert, tone of the driest regions in the world. When it was realized that the area contained nitrates that the world needed for explosives and fertilizer the scene was set for the inevitable clash. When war broke out in February 1879, both sides found themselves unprepared for war. Rapid armament followed as the Peruvians were dragged into the conflict in support of their Bolivian allies. Initially there was a tiresome naval war of blockade and guerre de course. Two naval actions decided the naval campaign in favor of the Chileans who then proceeded to use their naval power to attack the Allies’ isolated armies and capture Lima two years after war had broken out. Fighting then developed into a cruel and ruthless guerrilla war in the Andes, sometimes even pitting Peruvian against Peruvian, before the Peruvians finally concede defeat. The war was notable in the West for fights involving ironclads, particularly the Battle of Angamos, which saw the only time ironclads were pitted against each other between the Battle of Lissa and the Battle of the Yalu River. The war helped formulate Captain Mahan’s thoughts in “The Influence of Sea Power upon History”. The land war was more or less ignored abroad, although it included some of the biggest battles ever fought on the continent, using all the latest technology, including breech loading rifles and cannons and machine guns. The armies on both sides initially lacked experience and training as well as modern equipment. The Bolivian Army started the war with 806 officers and only 1369 other ranks! In the end the Chileans won because of their more stable government, better financial situation and their control of the sea, due to their two superior ironclads. From the Atacama to the Andes tells the brutal struggle between two sides to control the wealth of the Atacama and for retention of Bolivia’s coast. The result was that Chile gained the mineral resources of the “New North” and Bolivia became the second landlocked country on the continent, paving the way for the even more catastrophic Chaco War 50 years later.

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Helion and Company

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1804516023

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Land Transfer and Finance

Cases and Materials

By: Curtis J. Berger,Quintin Johnstone,Marshall Tracht

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Land Transfer and Finance

Cases and Materials

By: Curtis J. Berger,Quintin Johnstone,Marshall Tracht

Land Transfer and Finance: Cases and Materials, Sixth Edition, is a classroom-tested casebook designed for upper-class courses in real estate transactions or financing that will appeal to professors who prefer to focus on the taxation and financing aspects of a transaction as well as to those who choose to concentrate on contractual and title areas. The Sixth Edition has been meticulously updated and features extensive coverage of the impact of the recent mortgage crisis and the resulting changes and potential changes to real estate mortgage markets. This comprehensive casebook offers: A thorough foundation in land transfer law and a solid doctrinal framework in contract, financing, taxation, and titles. Legal and historical background on the subject of land transactions that will help prepare students for practice. Thorough coverage of the law relevant to various kinds of land transactions, with an emphasis on the major participants in the land sale and lending markets, the role of these participants, their business concerns, and their legal rights and duties. Consideration of many of the more troublesome legal and policy problems in the land transaction field and alternative solutions to these problems are explored. Numerous judicial opinions illustrating important issues of law concerning land transactions and the major participants in land transaction markets. Cases that are selected to help demonstrate the variations in the design of real-world land transactions and the frequent complexity of ;these transactions. Materials that develop students' ability to critically evaluate legal problems and propose solutions to these problems that will best serve the parties' business objectives within the applicable legal constraints. Valuable appendices, including a glossary of real estate terms and sample form documents. The Sixth Edition features: Extensive consideration in Chapter 2 of changes pertaining to real estate mortgage markets. Chapter 7, Part D (Securitization) has been significantly revised. Material in Chapter 7, Part E (Valuing Real Estate and Investments) has been expanded to include a brief section on the basic business and finance considerations in real estate development and investment. Updated tax material. Revisions and refinements to nearly all of the explanatory text, article excerpts, and notes. The purchase of this Kindle edition does not entitle you to receive 1-year FREE digital access to the corresponding Examples & Explanations in your course area. In order to receive access to the hypothetical questions complemented by detailed explanations found in the Examples & Explanations, you will need to purchase a new print casebook.

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Aspen Publishing

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1454860413

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Ohio Confederate Connection

Facts You May Not Know About the Civil War

By: Curtis A. Early

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Ohio Confederate Connection

Facts You May Not Know About the Civil War

By: Curtis A. Early

In Ohio Confederate Connection, Curtis Early, descendent of Lt. General Jubal A. Early of the Confederate States of America, and his wife, Gloria, present facts about the Civil War that may not be widely known. Gloria and Curtis Early have been doing Civil War re-enactments for the past twenty years, in which Curtis portrays General Early and Gloria portrays a southern belle. They give talks at school, libraries, Civil War round tables, encampments, and other events on the significance of the Civil War. Additionally, they travel to many states to do the re-enactments, and they spend much of their time researching various topics related to the Civil War. In 2005, Curtis and his grandson Patrick walked down the Shenandoah Valley, traveling over 170 miles in twelve days. The ground that he covered represented the middle part of General Earlys famous march from Cold Harbor, Virginia, to the gates of Washington in 1864. Curtis has also walked from Hanging Rock, Virginia, to Winchester, Virginia, to raise money for the restoration of General Earlys house in Virginia, which dates to the late 1700s. Curtis and Gloria have written Ohio Confederate Connection together to help people better understand what really caused the Civil War (the War Between the States). Included is a list of recommended reading about the Civil War.

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iUniverse

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1450273734

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Health and Inequality

Geographical Perspectives

By: Sarah Curtis

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Health and Inequality

Geographical Perspectives

By: Sarah Curtis

By relating theoretical arguments to specific landscapes Sarah Curtis develops the basis for a geographical analysis of health problems and proposes a range of strategies for reducing disadvantage and societal inequalities.

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0761968237

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The Conquest of Labor

Daniel Pratt and Southern Industrialization

By: Curtis J. Evans

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The Conquest of Labor

Daniel Pratt and Southern Industrialization

By: Curtis J. Evans

The Conquest of Labor offers the first biography of Daniel Pratt (1799-1873), a New Hampshire native who became one of the South's most important industrialists. After moving to Alabama in 1833, Pratt started a cotton gin factory near Montgomery that by the eve of the Civil War had become the largest in the world. Pratt became a household name in cotton-growing states, and Prattville-the site of his operations-one of the antebellum South's most celebrated manufacturing towns. Based on a rich cache of personal and business records, Curtis J. Evans's study of Daniel Pratt and his "Yankee" town in the heart of the Deep South challenges the conventional portrayal of the South as a premodern region hostile to industrialization and shows that, contrary to current popular thought, the South was not so markedly different from the North.

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LSU Press

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0807156825

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9780807156827

Route 6 in Pennsylvania

By: Kevin J. Patrick,Elizabeth Mercer Roseman,Curtis C. Roseman

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Route 6 in Pennsylvania

By: Kevin J. Patrick,Elizabeth Mercer Roseman,Curtis C. Roseman

Pennsylvania's mid-20th-century Route 6 brought together appealing natural environments, historical events, and cultural landscapes. The eastern length of the route crosses an area featuring rolling mountains and tranquil valleys dotted by farms and towns. To the west, Route 6 traverses a more level landscape that also includes lakes. This book presents the 370-mile scenic drive as a destination in itself. It covers the secluded setting of northern Pennsylvania where Route 6 and its towns have experienced minimal changes associated with larger metropolitan regions and interstate highways. As a result, the mid-20th-century landscapes of Route 6 have lingered a little longer. The authors give the reader a peek of a past not entirely swept away.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439660689

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America Is Plagued With Curses

From the "Out House" to the "White House"

By: Dr. Curtis G. Hall,Dr. Carolyn Hall

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America Is Plagued With Curses

From the "Out House" to the "White House"

By: Dr. Curtis G. Hall,Dr. Carolyn Hall

ASTOUNDING PLAGUES OF CURSES ON HUMANITY... Most foods, cattle and poultry are depleted of essential vitamins and nutrients required to sustain healthy living White People were originally colored people, also! Harry Potter craze - Insult to Christianity Only 10% of church members are born again or saved Many pastors aren’t called by God, Almighty Many pastors are babes in Christ Many so-called Christians don’t represent God, Almighty, Angel worshiping prohibited by God, Almighty Laziness and procrastination, an accepted way life Ignorance of biblical knowledge is rampart in churches Churches lack spiritual discernment (ability to recognize spiritual goodness and evil) Psychics, Spiritualist, and Mentalists (Satan’s Representatives) Racism and prejudices are alive, sick and an extension of societal curses (often under veils of disguise and deceptive processes, but the same evil root) Homosexuality is an abomination and hatred of God Church leadership is filled with liars and false accusers Churches discriminate against women Musical instruments prohibited in many churches Children who disrespect their parents are cursed by God Almighty with short lives Antiperspirant deodorants are cursed Childhood violence and gang violence Curses from God, Almighty Spanking and whipping children prohibited by courts God (prayer) prohibited in schools, but Satan (rights to express worldly freedom of speeches are allowed with open arms in schools (i.e., offensive languages, disrespect for authority, disrespect for Christian’s expressions of rights, etc.) Kennedy’s are plagued with curses of tragedies Ancestor’s bloodline curses past from one generation to another Stem cell extraction from a human embryo is premeditated murder Transsexuals are murderers to their gender (sex organs) and to their marriages if they are still married Gay relationships and gay marriages are both abominations and hatreds of God Almighty Drug use (illegally) and drug selling Gulf War Veterans syndromes Gulf War Veterans Post-War Over 100,000 Suicides Viet Nam Veterans exposed to Agent Orange Viet Nam Veteran Post-War Over 100,000 Suicides Terrorism on humanity or otherwise Washington, D.C. officially cursed by design 2008 Economic Crisis, Wall Street Crisis, Bank Failures, And Financial Institutions Failures Previously Prophetically Predicted

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Outskirts Press

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1478736151

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Uplifting the South

Mary Mildred Sullivan's Legacy for Appalachia

By: Kathleen Curtis Wilson

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Uplifting the South

Mary Mildred Sullivan's Legacy for Appalachia

By: Kathleen Curtis Wilson

Although Scarlett O'Hara's is a fictional character developed by a skilful author, there were some real Southern women who truly possessed legendary strengths. One such woman is Mary Sullivan, a 19th century woman with an iron will, persuasive Southern charm, and motives that were selfless in contrast to Scarlett's entirely selfish ones. Sullivan deserves recognition for her contribution to the South and to all of American society as the role of women changed dramatically in the 19th and 20th centuries.. In 1860, Sullivan was a strikingly beautiful, twenty-four-year-old woman, endowed with allure and social graces born of her prominent Virginia lineage and rich Southern culture. A benevolent agent for the needs of children and a supporter of education for underprivileged youth in Appalachia, Sullivan was a committed humanitarian throughout her life. Sullivan lived two different kinds of life in one lifetime. Her adult life was spent in New York City during a period of American history unsurpassed for violence and change, but Sullivan's daring exploits in Virginia during the Civil War and her efforts on behalf of Southern Reconstruction are fascinating stories that show the passionate personality of a determined woman. Sullivan's greatest, though least acknowledged, gift to human kind is her legacy to Appalachia that has extensive regional significance - one hundred years of helping young adults with few financial resources receive scholarship money to complete their education.

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1570723028

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Choosing Greatness

An Evidence-Based Approach to Achieving Exceptional Outcomes

By: Christina Curtis

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Choosing Greatness

An Evidence-Based Approach to Achieving Exceptional Outcomes

By: Christina Curtis

Do you yearn to achieve more? To make more? To do more? You are not alone. We are all drawn to the irresistible sensation of accomplishing great things and succeeding mightily. Yet despite our best efforts, ultimate success and joy can seem so elusive. Why? All too often we are running on autopilot, repeating past behaviors, and achieving the same results. In Choosing Greatness, Christina Curtis combines her decades of practical experience in business psychology and her conversations with some of the greatest leaders of our generation—Richard Branson, CEO of the Virgin Group; Javier Rodriguez, CEO of DaVita Inc.; Jonathan Johnson, CEO of Overstock.com; Teena Piccione, executive at Google; Lara Merriken, founder of LÄRABAR®; and more—to teach you how to unlock the full potential of the greatest change agent imaginable: your own mind. In the space between instinct and outcome, between reflex and reflection, between ordinary and extraordinary, lies choice. This optimistic, fast-paced book provides clear, easy direction on how to live more consciously in that space so you can push your brain to operate with peak efficiency and precision. If you’re a leader, entrepreneur, executive, or anyone who wants to squeeze more time, money, and joy from every day, Choosing Greatness is a must-have book that's brimming with tools and strategies!

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1637631758

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EBOOK: Leadership and Change for the Health Professional

By: Elizabeth A. Curtis,John Cullen

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EBOOK: Leadership and Change for the Health Professional

By: Elizabeth A. Curtis,John Cullen

Leadership and Change for the Health Professional will provide health professionals with the latest thinking on leadership theory and research. It highlights the issues that can block successful healthcare leadership initiatives, and explores ways of constructively engaging with the opportunities provided by change. Each chapter draws out practical lessons for effective and efficient leadership of care that is compassionate and safe. Leaders and students at all levels will be able to use this book to expand their leadership repertoire in a text that engages with many themes, including: • The basics of leadership and the idea of leadership as a "calling" • Motivating employees • Implicit leadership theory • Developing trust • Building learning organisations • Gender and equality • Planning and organising change in healthcare • Leading change The links between the theory and practice of healthcare leadership are skilfully explored with examples of research implemented in practice, and the textbook further equips your study with helpful summaries and suggestions for further reading. This is essential reading for all healthcare professionals in clinical practice as well as students studying or engaged in research on health care management and leadership. With a foreword by Thomas Garavan, Edinburgh Napier Business School, UK. "Amongst the vast number of leadership texts published every year this book stands out. It has been edited with considerable care by two highly respected scholars in the field to make it accessible to all those interested in, and practising, leadership, whether healthcare professionals or students. It is well organised and moves seamlessly to address many important questions about the nature of leadership, including important questions of ethics, gender, trust, motivation, innovation, teams, and distributed leadership. The final section focuses on leading change in healthcare, a critical element of leadership practice in today’s world. Too many leadership books ignore context. This book, however, is firmly rooted in the healthcare context, and aspires to help professionals in this sector to reflect deeply on the complexities of leading through uncertain times. Whilst each chapter stands alone, the book’s merit is in offering multiple perspectives. Curtis and Cullen have encouraged the book’s contributors to address the big debates and themes in healthcare leadership today, whilst keeping in sharp focus the practice of leadership." Sharon Turnbull, Visiting Professor, Lancaster University Management School, UK "In Leadership and Change for the Health Professional, Elizabeth Curtis and John Cullen have crafted an exceptionally timely collection of practically-based research insights. As global healthcare systems face disruptive and often uncomfortable forces for change, this book tackles complex topics that health leaders must understand. While oriented toward generative practice and creative leadership skills, Curtis and Cullen do not shy away from engaging with controversial aspects of leadership development, such as bias, gendered practice, or even clinical failure, making it a valuable resource for educators and practitioners alike. Accessible and lively, Leadership and Change for the Health Professional is a successful blend of current issues with a visionary future." Kathy Lund Dean, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Leadership & Ethics, Gustavus Adolphus College, USA "Curtis and Cullen bring together a comprehensive overview of leadership, from its historical development up to its role within the current healthcare context, presented by a variety of scholars. The particular challenges and demands faced by leaders and those who aspire to lead are discussed within and it addresses the many facets of leadership approaches. Anyone interested in the development of leadership and change will find this particularly stimulating and a valuable text for academic and students alike." Alison H James, School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University, UK "This book covers many aspects of leadership, which are timely in nature and directly relevant to health professionals. The contributors are highly respected and offer different perspectives on this complex issue. We need to encourage practitioners to see themselves as leaders – this evidence-based text will serve to guide them in this quest. De-emphasising the individual leadership qualities and including those of teams makes this book stand out from others. The NHS features prominently but despite this, readers from other countries should be able to easily transfer the content to their own health services. The useful websites at the end of each chapter provide further direction for readers. This is a text that is written with a very positive stance, even though the difficulties of being a leader are not ignored. It ends with a discussion on the vision for leadership – at individual, team and organisational levels. Lots to read, absorb and you can do this a chapter at a time which is great." Professor Bridie Kent, Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery, Plymouth University, UK "This book addresses an important topic, where there is huge scope to add value. This is partly due to the scale of the NHS. The language makes the text accessible to professionals as well as academics. It is also good to see that the issue of learning organisations is addressed, as well as impact of leadership on patients." Professor John G Burgoyne, Lancaster University Management School, UK "Leadership and Change for the Health Professional is a timely and authoritative academic and professional exposition of the challenges for clinicians and healthcare managers in carrying out their management roles in our modern medical and healthcare systems. Its focus on change is both apt and relevant in the context of the dynamic development of our healthcare structures." Niamh Brennan, Michael MacCormac Professor of Management, University College Dublin

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McGraw Hill

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0335261418

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9780335261413

Metallothionein in Biology and Medicine

By: Curtis D. Klaassen

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Metallothionein in Biology and Medicine

By: Curtis D. Klaassen

This book brings together work from leading researchers to present the most recent advances in research on metallothionein. This protein interests toxicologists because it is thought that metallothionein protects against metal toxicity and possibly against oxidative stress. It is of interest to pharmacologists because modification of metallothionein levels might have a role in cancer chemotherapy. Nutritionists have an interest in this protein because it appears to be a major storage protein for zinc. Biochemists and molecular biologists will be interested in the mechanisms of regulation of this protein because it is extremely inducible.

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CRC Press

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0849388325

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9780849388323

American Prince

A Memoir

By: Tony Curtis,Peter Golenbock

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American Prince

A Memoir

By: Tony Curtis,Peter Golenbock

The legendary actor chronicles his odyssey from a hard-knock childhood as the son of immigrant parents to Hollywood success, detailing his days as a tinseltown playboy, the film industry during Hollywood's Golden Era, and his life as an artist at the age of eighty.

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Three Rivers Press

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0307408566

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9780307408563

The Call of Bilal

Islam in the African Diaspora

By: Edward E. Curtis IV

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The Call of Bilal

Islam in the African Diaspora

By: Edward E. Curtis IV

How do people in the African diaspora practice Islam? While the term "Black Muslim" may conjure images of Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, millions of African-descended Muslims around the globe have no connection to the American-based Nation of Islam. The Call of Bilal is a penetrating account of the rich diversity of Islamic religious practice among Africana Muslims worldwide. Covering North Africa and the Middle East, India and Pakistan, Europe, and the Americas, Edward E. Curtis IV reveals a fascinating range of religious activities--from the observance of the five pillars of Islam and the creation of transnational Sufi networks to the veneration of African saints and political struggles for racial justice. Weaving together ethnographic fieldwork and historical perspectives, Curtis shows how Africana Muslims interpret not only their religious identities but also their attachments to the African diaspora. For some, the dispersal of African people across time and space has been understood as a mere physical scattering or perhaps an economic opportunity. For others, it has been a metaphysical and spiritual exile of the soul from its sacred land and eternal home.

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UNC Press Books

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1469618125

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9781469618128

Pioneer Settlers of New Mexico Territory

The Journeys of a Tough and Resilient People

By: Decloris Kay Curtis-Ward

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Pioneer Settlers of New Mexico Territory

The Journeys of a Tough and Resilient People

By: Decloris Kay Curtis-Ward

This work has been done so the next generations will know about their family history and how our True Pioneer Heritage made the United States the greatest country there is to live in.

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1467840580

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Grievous Harm

By: Sandy Curtis

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Grievous Harm

By: Sandy Curtis

When a child is in danger, every second counts. In Sydney, Australia, The Loving Hand church understands how children can be a commodity more precious than gold. When Kate Maclaren flies in from Los Angeles, desperate to find her missing niece, she opens a door into this world, and uncovers a network of corruption and cruelty that stretches across the country. Agent John Corey, torn by long-buried guilt and harbouring secrets he must not reveal, joins forces with Kate to expose the sinister cult before more children disappear. He will risk everything, even defying orders, to help Kate uncover the truth, and keep her safe. But, when their journey into Australia's Outback reveals the psychopath at the centre of the network, it is Kate who discovers she will doing anything for the people she loves.

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Clan Destine Press

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0992492513

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9780992492519

Health Policy Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Approach

An Interdisciplinary Approach

By: Curtis P. McLaughlin,Craig D. McLaughlin

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Health Policy Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Approach

An Interdisciplinary Approach

By: Curtis P. McLaughlin,Craig D. McLaughlin

This innovative book analyzes current U.S. health policy and proposes various alternatives for developing future health policy. Unlike other texts on the subject, it does not attempt to push a single solution set. Rather, it takes the perspectives of a variety of disciplines including economics, political science, management, communications, and public health. The authors also draw on the experiences of health policies in other countries including Canada and Europe. Organized into three sections, Health Policy addresses the context of U.S. health policy, the policy analysis process, and professional response. The first section explores the current issues with the system and its history and then reviews the alternatives for future policy that have strong support. The second section identifies the issues and reviews the political processes that influence planning in various healthcare settings. It presents the accepted methods of economic and financial analysis and addresses the ethical and other value considerations that must enter into the health policy process. The final section deals with the roles, skills, and leadership that health professionals can bring to the policy making process in their local and national communities.

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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1449666396

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9781449666392

Space, Place and Mental Health

By: Sarah Curtis

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Space, Place and Mental Health

By: Sarah Curtis

There is a strong case today for a specific focus on mental public health and its relation to social and physical environments. From a public health perspective, we now appreciate the enormous significance of mental distress and illness as causes of disability and impairment. Stress and anxiety, and other mental illnesses are linked to risks in the environment. This book questions how and why the social and physical environment matters for mental health and psychological wellbeing in human populations. While putting forward a number of different points of view, there is a particular emphasis on ideas and research from health geography, which conceptualises space and place in ways that provide a distinctive focus on the interactions between people and their social and physical environment. The book begins with an overview of a rich body of theory and research from sociology, psychology, social epidemiology, social psychiatry and neuroscience, considering arguments concerning 'mind-body dualism', and presenting a conceptual framework for studying how attributes of 'space' and 'place' are associated with human mental wellbeing. It goes on to look in detail at how our mental health is associated with material, or physical, aspects of our environment (such as 'natural' and built landscapes), with social environments (involving social relationships in communities), and with symbolic and imagined spaces (representing the personal, cultural and spiritual meanings of places). These relationships are shown to be complex, with potential to be beneficial or hazardous for mental health. The final chapters of the book consider spaces of care and the implications of space and place for public mental health policy, offering a broader view of how mental health might be improved at the population level. With boxed case studies of specific research ideas and methods, chapter summaries and suggestions for introductory reading, this book offers a comprehensive introduction which will be valuable for students of health geography, public health, sociology and anthropology of health and illness. It also provides an interdisciplinary review of the literature, by the author and by other writers, to frame a discussion of issues that challenge more advanced researchers in these fields.

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131705184X

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