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Cities Of Hope

People, Protests, And Progress In Urbanizing Latin America, 1870-1930

By: Ronn F Pineo,James A Baer

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Cities Of Hope

People, Protests, And Progress In Urbanizing Latin America, 1870-1930

By: Ronn F Pineo,James A Baer

This book brings together new research, analysis, and comparison on the dawn of modern urbanization in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Latin America. It offers a sense of what life was like for the urban residents examining the conditions they confronted and exploring their experiences.

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300

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Routledge

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0429970196

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9780429970191

The Provost's Handbook

The Role of the Chief Academic Officer

By: James Martin,James E. Samels

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The Provost's Handbook

The Role of the Chief Academic Officer

By: James Martin,James E. Samels

A go-to resource to help provosts, deans, presidents, and trustees effectively meet the challenges of leading a college or university. As the chief academic officer, the provost plays the central role in the contemporary university or college. He or she leads the faculty and serves as their key representative to the administration while simultaneously acting as the administration's spokesperson to the academic faculty. How has this essential leadership position evolved over the past few decades, and what are the best practices to adopt for succeeding in specific operational areas? In seventeen essays written by some of the most successful chief academic officers in the United States, The Provost's Handbook outlines key topics related to the changing environment of higher education while explaining what constitutes effective leadership at the college and university level. How, for example, does the provost lead in a time of disruption and shifting needs? What skills should he or she nurture in new faculty? What role should data and institutional research play in decision making? How can a provost navigate the often stormy situations of shared governance? These questions—and many more challenges presented by this role—are addressed in this essential volume. Assembled by James Martin and James E. Samels, accomplished authors and scholars of leadership in higher education, The Provost's Handbook is destined to become the go-to resource for deans, presidents, trustees, and chief academic officers everywhere.

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216

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JHU Press

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1421416271

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9781421416274

Citizen Engagement in Cuba

Neighbors and the State in Pogolotti

By: James A. Baer

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Citizen Engagement in Cuba

Neighbors and the State in Pogolotti

By: James A. Baer

Citizen Engagement in Cuba: Neighbors and the State in Pogolotti examines citizen engagement at the local level in Cuba through projects initiated by the community since the 1990s. The nature of citizen participation in Cuba is not clearly understood by many in the United States, where the communist government is conflated with the Soviet states of Eastern Europe as a totalitarian regime in which the people of Cuba are helpless to confront, and punished when they do. The reality in Cuba is much more nuanced. This book discusses this reality through a focus on Pogolotti, reflecting on its history as the first low-cost housing community in Cuba in 1910. This community is but one example of a neighborhood where projects represent active participation by citizens. The willingness of communist authorities to work with officially sanctioned workshops and partner with civic groups indicates a level of citizen participation that has not been studied fully and provides an understanding of the relationship between citizens and the state in Cuba.

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221

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Rowman & Littlefield

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166690757X

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9781666907575

Anarchist Immigrants in Spain and Argentina

By: James A Baer

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Anarchist Immigrants in Spain and Argentina

By: James A Baer

From 1868 through 1939, anarchists' migrations from Spain to Argentina and back again created a transnational ideology and influenced the movement's growth in each country. James A. Baer follows the lives, careers, and travels of Diego Abad de Santillán, Manuel Villar, and other migrating anarchists to highlight the ideological and interpersonal relationships that defined a vital era in anarchist history. Drawing on extensive interviews with Abad de Santillán, José Grunfeld, and Jacobo Maguid, along withunusual access to anarchist records and networks, Baer uncovers the ways anarchist migrants in pursuit of jobs and political goals formed a critical nucleus of militants, binding the two countries in an ideological relationship that profoundly affected the history of both. He also considers the impact of reverse migration and discusses political decisions that had a hitherto unknown influence on the course of the Spanish Civil War. Personal in perspective and transnational in scope, Anarchist Immigrants in Spain and Argentina offers an enlightening history of a movement and an era.

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265

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University of Illinois Press

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0252096975

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9780252096976

Encyclopedia of Anthropology

By: H. James Birx

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Encyclopedia of Anthropology

By: H. James Birx

Focuses on physical, social and applied athropology, archaeology, linguistics and symbolic communication. Topics include hominid evolution, primate behaviour, genetics, ancient civilizations, cross-cultural studies and social theories.

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3138

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SAGE

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0761930299

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9780761930297

The Mission of the Church

in Paul's Letter to the Philippians in the Context of Ancient Judaism

By: James P. Ware

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The Mission of the Church

in Paul's Letter to the Philippians in the Context of Ancient Judaism

By: James P. Ware

Paul seemingly nowhere in his letters commands his congregations to preach the gospel. Therefore many scholars have concluded that Paul's thinking had little or no place for a mission of the church. This study undertakes a fresh investigation of the question by devoting close attention to a text hitherto overlooked in discussion of early Christian mission, Paul's letter to the Philippians. The Jewish context of Paul’s thought in Philippians is the key to unlocking his understanding of church and mission in the letter. The study accordingly begins in Part One with an investigation of conversion of gentiles in ancient Judaism. Part Two, drawing upon this Jewish context, focuses on close exegesis of Philippians, revealing the crucial place of the mission of the church in Paul’s thought. The questions addressed by this study go to the heart of our understanding of Paul and of mission in earliest Christianity.

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402

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BRILL

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9047415833

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9789047415831

A Social History of Cuba's Protestants

God and the Nation

By: James A. Baer

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A Social History of Cuba's Protestants

God and the Nation

By: James A. Baer

A Social History of Cuba’s Protestants: God and the Nation presents a religious and social history of Cuba, focusing on the Presbyterian and other Protestant churches, to show the continuity of ties between US and Cuban churches before and after the revolution in 1959. By examining the history of Cuba’s Protestants as agents of social change within Cuba and as partners with US denominations, James A. Baer offers a unique assessment of Cuba’s development as a nation and its relationship with the United States. Scholars of Latin American studies, religion, history, and social movements will find this book particularly useful.

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275

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1498581080

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9781498581080

A Reference Guide to Latin American History

By: James D. Henderson,Helen Delpar,Maurice Philip Brungardt,Richard N. Weldon

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A Reference Guide to Latin American History

By: James D. Henderson,Helen Delpar,Maurice Philip Brungardt,Richard N. Weldon

A guide to Latin American history includes a chronology of key events from pre-Columbian history through the present, a thematic survey following each topic (economic change, cultural development, politics and government) across time, and 300 biographies of Latin Americans throughout history.

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626

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M.E. Sharpe

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1563247445

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9781563247446

Book's by James A. Baer

Cities Of Hope

Cities Of Hope

The Provost's Handbook

The Provost's Handbook

Citizen Engagement in Cuba

Citizen Engagement in Cuba

Anarchist Immigrants in Spain and Argentina

Anarchist Immigrants in Spain and Argentina

Encyclopedia of Anthropology

Encyclopedia of Anthropology

The Mission of the Church

The Mission of the Church

A Social History of Cuba's Protestants

A Social History of Cuba's Protestants

A Reference Guide to Latin American History

A Reference Guide to Latin American History

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