Gerald Dillingham's Books

Fighting in Paradise

Labor Unions, Racism, and Communists in the Making of Modern Hawai‘i

By: Gerald Horne

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fighting in Paradise

Labor Unions, Racism, and Communists in the Making of Modern Hawai‘i

By: Gerald Horne

Powerful labor movements played a critical role in shaping modern Hawaii, beginning in the 1930s, when International Longshore and Warehousemen’s Union (ILWU) representatives were dispatched to the islands to organize plantation and dock laborers. They were stunned by the feudal conditions they found in Hawaii, where the majority of workers—Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, and Filipino in origin—were routinely subjected to repression and racism at the hands of white bosses. The wartime civil liberties crackdown brought union organizing to a halt; but as the war wound down, Hawaii workers’ frustrations boiled over, leading to an explosive success in the forming of unions. During the 1950s, just as the ILWU began a series of successful strikes and organizing drives, the union came under McCarthyite attacks and persecution. In the midst of these allegations, Hawaii’s bid for statehood was being challenged by powerful voices in Washington who claimed that admitting Hawaii to the union would be tantamount to giving the Kremlin two votes in the U.S. Senate, while Jim Crow advocates worried that Hawaii’s representatives would be enthusiastic supporters of pro–civil rights legislation. Hawaii’s extensive social welfare system and the continuing power of unions to shape the state politically are a direct result of those troubled times. Based on exhaustive archival research in Hawaii, California, Washington, and elsewhere, Gerald Horne’s gripping story of Hawaii workers’ struggle to unionize reads like a suspense novel as it details for the first time how radicalism and racism helped shape Hawaii in the twentieth century.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

473

Publisher

University of Hawaii Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0824860217

ISBN 13

9780824860219

Alaska's Urban and Rural Governments

By: Thomas A. Morehouse,Gerald A. McBeath,Linda E. Leask

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Alaska's Urban and Rural Governments

By: Thomas A. Morehouse,Gerald A. McBeath,Linda E. Leask

Includes notes.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

276

Publisher

University Press of America

Published Date

ISBN 10

0819137715

ISBN 13

9780819137715

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre

By: Gerald Bordman,Thomas S. Hischak

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre

By: Gerald Bordman,Thomas S. Hischak

First published in 1984, Gerald Bordman's Oxford Companion to American Theatre is the standard one-volume source on our national theatre. Critics have hailed its "wealth of authoritative information" (Back Stage), its "fascinating picture of the volatile American stage" (The Guardian), and its "well-chosen, illuminating facts" (Newsday). Now thoroughly revised, this distinguished volume once again provides an up-to-date guide to the American stage from its beginnings to the present. Completely updated by theater professor Thomas Hischak, the volume includes playwrights, plays, actors, directors, producers, songwriters, famous playhouses, dramatic movements, and much more. The book covers not only classic works (such as Death of a Salesman) but also many commercially successful plays (such as Getting Gertie's Garter), plus entries on foreign figures that have influenced our dramatic development (from Shakespeare to Beckett and Pinter). New entries include recent plays such as Angels in America and Six Degrees of Separation, performers such as Eric Bogosian and Bill Irwin, playwrights like David Henry Hwang and Wendy Wasserstein, and relevant developments and issues including AIDS in American theatre, theatrical producing by Disney, and the rise in solo performance. Accessible and authoritative, this valuable A-Z reference is ideal not only for students and scholars of theater, but everyone with a passion for the stage.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

694

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199771154

ISBN 13

9780199771158

Boxing

A Concise History of the Sweet Science

By: Gerald R. Gems

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Boxing

A Concise History of the Sweet Science

By: Gerald R. Gems

Sports fans have long been fascinated with boxing and the brutal demonstration of physical and psychological conflict. Accounts of the sport appear as far back as the third millennium BC, and Greek and Roman sculptors depicted the athletic ideals of the ancient era in the form of boxers. In the present day, boxers such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Robinson, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. are recognized throughout the world. Boxing films continue to resonate with audiences, from the many Rocky movies to Raging Bull, The Fighter, Million Dollar Baby, and Ali. In Boxing: A Concise History of the Sweet Science, Gerald R. Gems provides a succinct yet wide ranging treatment of the sport, covering boxing’s ancient roots and its evolution, modernization, and global diffusion. The book not only includes a historical account of boxing, but also explores such issues as social class, race, ethnic rivalries, religious influences, gender issues, and the growth of female boxing. The current debates over the moral and ethical issues relative to the sport are also discussed. While the primary coverage of the political, social, and cultural impacts of boxing focuses on the United States, Gems’ examination encompasses the sport on a global level, as well. Covering important issues and events in the history of boxing and featuring numerous photographs, Boxing: A Concise History of the Sweet Science will be of interest to boxing fans, historians, scholars, and those wanting to learn more about the sport.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

361

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

1442229918

ISBN 13

9781442229914

Transforming the Culture of Schools

Yup¡k Eskimo Examples

By: Jerry Lipka,With Gerald V. Mohatt,Esther Ilutsik

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Transforming the Culture of Schools

Yup¡k Eskimo Examples

By: Jerry Lipka,With Gerald V. Mohatt,Esther Ilutsik

This book speaks directly to issues of equity and school transformation, and shows how one indigenous minority teachers' group engaged in a process of transforming schooling in their community. Documented in one small locale far-removed from mainstream America, the personal narratives by Yupík Eskimo teachers address the very heart of school reform. The teachers' struggles portray the first in a series of steps through which a group of Yupík teachers and university colleagues began a slow process of reconciling cultural differences and conflict between the culture of the school and the culture of the community. The story told in this book goes well beyond documenting individual narratives, by providing examples and insights for others who are involved in creating culturally responsive education that fundamentally changes the role and relationship of teachers and community to schooling.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

291

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135460256

ISBN 13

9781135460259

A Cup of Aloha

The Kona Coffee Epic

By: Gerald Y. Kinro

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Cup of Aloha

The Kona Coffee Epic

By: Gerald Y. Kinro

Kona is one of the world's premium coffees. Given its small-scale cultivation on family farms, however, it has been especially susceptible to price swings and market gluts. A Cup of Aloha is a heartfelt portrait of the farmers, millers, landowners, merchants, and laborers who struggled to keep themselves and their industry alive. The author traces coffee's history in Hawaii--from its arrival in 1828 to Kona's position in today's highly competitive specialty coffee market. Through the author's use of oral history interviews, readers will experience day-to-day life on a coffee farm and the challenges, natural and man-made, that inspired innovations and adaptations to the agricultural, economic, and social life in the Kona Coffee Belt.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

168

Publisher

University of Hawaii Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0824840836

ISBN 13

9780824840839

Sport History

The Basics

By: Gerald R. Gems

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sport History

The Basics

By: Gerald R. Gems

This is a fundamental text for the study of sport history. It answers the ‘why,’ ‘how,’ and ‘what’ questions, introducing the key principles and practices of sport history and walking the reader through the fascinating stories, debates, issues, and national and international narratives that constitute the history of sport. The book provides an overview of the field and the various professional roles assumed by practitioners, such as researchers, academics, and public historians. It is brief, crisp, and to the point. The main general topics of interest within the field – gender, race, nationalism, religion, sport and leisure, and megaevents – are covered with introductory vignettes, stories of interest, a wide variety of theoretical frameworks, and relevant historiography in the most current and timely text of its kind. Each chapter provides a list of further readings for more in-depth study. Students are taught how to conduct research and present their findings in a variety of mediums, and teaching and publication tips are offered for educators. Sport History: The Basics is essential reading for any student on a sport-related degree course or with an interest in social and cultural history. It is also fascinating reading for anybody with a general interest in sport.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

236

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000353303

ISBN 13

9781000353303

Understanding American Sports

By: Gerald R. Gems,Gertrud Pfister

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Understanding American Sports

By: Gerald R. Gems,Gertrud Pfister

Co-authored by two of the world’s foremost experts on sports culture, one American and one European, this book draws on both the outsider’s perspective and that of the insider to explain American sports culture. With extensive use of examples and illustrations, the development of American sport from the nineteenth century until the present day is explained with reference to political, social, gender and economic issues.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

451

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134067593

ISBN 13

9781134067596

A Time for Building

The Third Migration, 1880-1920

By: Gerald Sorin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Time for Building

The Third Migration, 1880-1920

By: Gerald Sorin

A Time for Building describes the experiences of Jews who stayed in the large cities of the Northeast and Midwest as well as those who moved to smaller towns in the deep South and the West.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

692

Publisher

JHU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

080185122X

ISBN 13

9780801851223

Precursors of an African Genesis Model of Helping

By: Gerald G. Jackson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Precursors of an African Genesis Model of Helping

By: Gerald G. Jackson

This work presents the theoretical dimension of three decades of research on African-derived concepts of helping, and is a companion to An Africentric Paradigm of Helping, a book that presents the application dimension to the subjects of training, substance abuse, ethnicity, workforce diversity, and time. This book is a foundation for a series of publications and events to serve the needs of practitioners, researchers, scholars and students.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

406

Publisher

Global Academic Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1883058686

ISBN 13

9781883058685

Alaska Politics & Government

By: Gerald A. McBeath,Thomas A. Morehouse

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Alaska Politics & Government

By: Gerald A. McBeath,Thomas A. Morehouse

This book examines Alaska's character and the forces shaping it. Underlying their descriptions are the themes of independence, dependence, and the search for sustainable economic development.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

402

Publisher

U of Nebraska Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0803231202

ISBN 13

9780803231207

Operative Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

By: Gerald R. Williams,Matthew L. Ramsey,Brent B. Wiesel,Surena Namdari

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Operative Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

By: Gerald R. Williams,Matthew L. Ramsey,Brent B. Wiesel,Surena Namdari

Derived from Sam W. Wiesel and Todd J. Albert’s four-volume Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery, this single-volume resource contains a comprehensive, authoritative review of operative techniques in shoulder and elbow surgery. In one convenient place, you’ll find the entire Shoulder and Elbow section, as well as relevant chapters from the Hand, Wrist, and Forearm and Sports Medicine sections of Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery. Superb full-color illustrations and step-by-step explanations help you master surgical techniques, select the best procedure, avoid complications, and anticipate outcomes. Written by global experts from leading institutions, Operative Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Third Edition, clearly demonstrates how to perform the techniques, making this an essential daily resource for residents, fellows, and practitioners.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

2169

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published Date

ISBN 10

1975174097

ISBN 13

9781975174095

The Athletic Crusade

Sport and American Cultural Imperialism

By: Gerald R. Gems

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Athletic Crusade

Sport and American Cultural Imperialism

By: Gerald R. Gems

The Athletic Crusade is the first book to systematically analyze the role of sports in the expansion of U.S. empire from the 1890s through World War II. Gerald R. Gems details how white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant males set the standard for inclusion within American society, transferred that standard to foreign territories, and subtly used American sports to instill allegedly desirable racial, moral, and commercial virtues in colonial subjects. In the realm of such expansion, sports provided a less harsh, less militaristic means of instilling belief in a dominant system?s values and principles than more overt methods such as war. The process of change, however, had unexpected consequences as subordinate groups adapted or even rejected American overtures. Sport became a means for nonwhites to challenge whiteness, Social Darwinism, and cultural hegemony by establishing their own physical prowess, claiming a measure of esteem, and creating a greater sense of national identity. Gems shows the direct influence of sports in Hawaii, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic and explores their comparatively minimal influence in countries such as China and Japan. Amid increasing globalization, The Athletic Crusade offers a welcome perspective on how the United States has attempted to spread its influence in the past and the implications for the future of indigenous and other societies.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

244

Publisher

U of Nebraska Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0803222165

ISBN 13

9780803222168

Sport and the Shaping of Italian-American Identity

By: Gerald R. Gems

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sport and the Shaping of Italian-American Identity

By: Gerald R. Gems

An interdisciplinary analysis of the role of sport in the formation of an ethnic identity and the transition in that identity across four generations.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

334

Publisher

Syracuse University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0815652542

ISBN 13

9780815652540

The Alaska State Constitution

By: Gerald A. McBeath

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Alaska State Constitution

By: Gerald A. McBeath

With only 54 years of existence, the Constitution of the State of Alaska is in its developmental infancy compared to the constitutional history of the rest of the United States. However, having had the benefit of over 300 years, the Alaskan Constitution is a pioneer and model in--among other things--simplicity, coherence, vision and accessibility. The Alaska State Constitution provides an outstanding constitutional and historical account of the state's governing charter. In addition to an overview of Alaska's constitutional history, it provides an in-depth, section-by-section analysis of the entire constitution, detailing the many significant changes that have been made since its initial drafting. This treatment, along with a table of cases, index, and bibliography provides an unsurpassed reference guide for students, scholars, and practitioners of Alaska's constitution. Previously published by Greenwood, this title has been brought back in to circulation by Oxford University Press with new verve. Re-printed with standardization of content organization in order to facilitate research across the series, this title, as with all titles in the series, is set to join the dynamic revision cycle of The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States. The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States is an important series that reflects a renewed international interest in constitutional history and provides expert insight into each of the 50 state constitutions. Each volume in this innovative series contains a historical overview of the state's constitutional development, a section-by-section analysis of its current constitution, and a comprehensive guide to further research. Under the expert editorship of Professor G. Alan Tarr, Director of the Center on State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University, this series provides essential reference tools for understanding state constitutional law. Books in the series can be purchased individually or as part of a complete set, giving readers unmatched access to these important political documents.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

294

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199778299

ISBN 13

9780199778294

Mental Health, Gender, and the Rise of Sport

By: Gerald R. Gems

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mental Health, Gender, and the Rise of Sport

By: Gerald R. Gems

Mental Health, Gender, and the Rise of Sport explores the historical role of sport in the prescription for mental and physical health through the epidemic of neurasthenia, a debilitating neurological disorder that afflicted American society throughout the latter nineteenth century. Gerald R. Gems argues that the practice of sport and sport spectatorship, which grew concomitantly with the onset and spread of neurasthenia, provided both a physical preventative and a psychological escape to redress the perceived causes of the epidemic. Sports such as baseball, boxing, cycling, and football offered psychological relief from the stresses of a rapidly changing economic and social order. Cycling, in particular, provided women with the means to challenge the prescribed gender order of female domesticity, male hegemony, and the dictates of physically restrictive fashion. In the process, sport became a key component in the rise of feminism and a prescription for the epidemics that followed over the course of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

223

Publisher

Lexington Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1666955078

ISBN 13

9781666955071

Tradition Transformed

The Jewish Experience in America

By: Gerald Sorin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Tradition Transformed

The Jewish Experience in America

By: Gerald Sorin

Sorin argues that, from colonial times to the present, "acculturation" and not "assimilation" has best described the experience of Jewish Americans.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

316

Publisher

JHU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0801854466

ISBN 13

9780801854460

American Musical Theatre

A Chronicle

By: Gerald Martin Bordman,Richard Norton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

American Musical Theatre

A Chronicle

By: Gerald Martin Bordman,Richard Norton

Hailed as "absolutely the best reference book on its subject" by Newsweek, American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle covers more than 250 years of musical theatre in the United States, from a 1735 South Carolina production of Flora, or Hob in the Well to The Addams Family in 2010. Authors Gerald Bordman and Richard Norton write an engaging narrative blending history, critical analysis, and lively description to illustrate the transformation of American musical theatre through such incarnations as the ballad opera, revue, Golden Age musical, rock musical, Disney musical, and, with 2010's American Idiot, even the punk musical. The Chronicle is arranged chronologically and is fully indexed according to names of shows, songs, and people involved, for easy searching and browsing. Chapters range from the "Prologue," which traces the origins of American musical theater to 1866, through several "intermissions" (for instance, "Broadway's Response to the Swing Era, 1937-1942") and up to "Act Seven," the theatre of the twenty-first century. This last chapter covers the dramatic changes in musical theatre since the last edition published-whereas Fosse, a choreography-heavy revue, won the 1999 Tony for Best Musical, the 2008 award went to In the Heights, which combines hip-hop, rap, meringue and salsa unlike any musical before it. Other groundbreaking and/or box-office-breaking shows covered for the first time include Avenue Q, The Producers, Billy Elliot, Jersey Boys, Monty Python's Spamalot, Wicked, Hairspray, Urinetown the Musical, and Spring Awakening. Discussion of these shows incorporates plot synopses, names of principal players, descriptions of scenery and costumes, and critical reactions. In addition, short biographies interspersed throughout the text colorfully depict the creative minds that shaped the most influential musicals. Collectively, these elements create the most comprehensive, authoritative history of musical theatre in this country and make this an essential resource for students, scholars, performers, dramaturges, and musical enthusiasts.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1033

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199729700

ISBN 13

9780199729708

American Musical Theater

A Chronicle

By: Gerald Bordman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

American Musical Theater

A Chronicle

By: Gerald Bordman

Gerald Bordman's American Musical Theatre has become a landmark book since its original publication in 1978. In this third edition, he offers authoritative summaries on the general artistic trends and developments for each season on musical comedy, operetta, revues, and the one-man and one-woman shows from the first musical to the 1999/2000 season. With detailed show, song, and people indexes, Bordman provides a running commentary and assessment as well as providing the basic facts about each production.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

936

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199771170

ISBN 13

9780199771172

American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama 1914-1930

By: Gerald Bordman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama 1914-1930

By: Gerald Bordman

The American Theatre series discusses every Broadway production chronologically--show by show and season by season. It offers plot summaries, production details, names of leading actors and actresses--the roles they played, as well as any special or unusual aspects of individual shows. This second volume in the series, covers what is probably the richest period in American theater, the years 1914 through 1930. Bordman includes most of Eugene O'Neill's work, along with playwrights as diverse as Elmer Rice and George Kaufman. Among the era's stars one finds John and Ethel Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Katherine Cornell, and Lynn Fontaine and Alfred Lunt. Considering the sheer number of productions, American theater climbed to its all-time high in the 1920s; by mid-decade, nearly 300 new plays appeared on Broadway each year. America saw more theatrical activity--in every sense of the word-- than any time before or since.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

460

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0195090780

ISBN 13

9780195090789

International Political Risk Management

Looking to the Future

By: Theodore H. Moran,Gerald T. West,World Bank

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

International Political Risk Management

Looking to the Future

By: Theodore H. Moran,Gerald T. West,World Bank

Contributors to this volume consider the state of the political risk insurance industry in the wake of September 11, 2001, the Argentine economic crisis, and other upheavals. The book begins with the supply-side perspective of insurers and then turns to the concerns of investors and lenders, in particular those involved in large infrastructure projects in emerging markets. It concludes with in-depth assessments of new challenges to definitions and coverage of currency transfer, expropriation, breach of contract, and political force majeure. The diverse and detailed arguments collected here come to a consensus: recent changes, contractions, and even losses are fueling the search for creative solutions and will ultimately prove beneficial for participants in the industry.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

268

Publisher

World Bank Publications

Published Date

ISBN 10

0821361546

ISBN 13

9780821361542

The Economics of the Construction Industry

By: Gerald Finkel

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Economics of the Construction Industry

By: Gerald Finkel

The American construction industry, reponsible for nearly 4% of the nation's Gross Domestic Product, directly employs over five million people and provides millions of additional support jobs in related fields. This book provides an introductory overview of the economic aspects of the industry, including the historical development of building activity from earliest times to modern day market-based construction, including the work of individual artisans to complex construction unions. The book explores current trends in labor force participation; the measurement of industry performance; the determinants of investment; government involvement; competition; wage determination; training; and worker safety.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

229

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317457277

ISBN 13

9781317457275

Book's by Gerald Dillingham

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email