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Freedom Farmers

Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement

By: Monica M. White

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Freedom Farmers

Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement

By: Monica M. White

In May 1967, internationally renowned activist Fannie Lou Hamer purchased forty acres of land in the Mississippi Delta, launching the Freedom Farms Cooperative (FFC). A community-based rural and economic development project, FFC would grow to over 600 acres, offering a means for local sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and domestic workers to pursue community wellness, self-reliance, and political resistance. Life on the cooperative farm presented an alternative to the second wave of northern migration by African Americans--an opportunity to stay in the South, live off the land, and create a healthy community based upon building an alternative food system as a cooperative and collective effort. Freedom Farmers expands the historical narrative of the black freedom struggle to embrace the work, roles, and contributions of southern Black farmers and the organizations they formed. Whereas existing scholarship generally views agriculture as a site of oppression and exploitation of black people, this book reveals agriculture as a site of resistance and provides a historical foundation that adds meaning and context to current conversations around the resurgence of food justice/sovereignty movements in urban spaces like Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, New York City, and New Orleans.

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UNC Press Books

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1469643707

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My Cross to Bear

By: Monica M. White

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My Cross to Bear

By: Monica M. White

Jessica Lloyd has three goals: earn a criminal justice degree from the University of New Orleans, save money, and marry a respectable man. But her best-laid plans falter when her sister, Crystal, dies unexpectedly. Jessicas world falls apart, and she drops out of school. Trying to escape the deep feelings of grief, Jessica moves to Indiana. But life there is not what she imagines, and she finds herself lost and confused. As if losing her younger sister isnt enough tragedy, she stumbles through life with two failed marriages and two children. With all of the trials in her life, Jessica begins to doubt her faith in God; she wonders if God has given up on answering her prayers. As Jessicas life falls apart and she experiences an unbelievable chain of events, she will either follow the tricks of the devil in disguise or listen carefully to discover what God truly wants for her. My Cross to Bear follows one familys journey through its trials and is a story of both reconciliation and love.

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iUniverse

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1450251714

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The History of Costa Rica

By: Monica A. Rankin

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The History of Costa Rica

By: Monica A. Rankin

Concise yet thorough, this engaging book provides an overview of the unique history of an increasingly important Central American nation. The History of Costa Rica provides a thorough, straightforward narrative of a Central American country that has become increasingly more visible since the end of the 20th century. Written for students and the general reader, this book covers the nation from its pre-Colombian origins to the present day. This chronologically organized volume documents the area's earliest inhabitants, then moves on through the colonial period, the process of nation-state formation in the 19th century, the volatile period of liberal reform, and the era of civil war and its aftermath. More recent times are also explored, including the role of Costa Rica in the Cold War, the peace process of the 1980s, and the development of the strong tourism industry that flourishes today. Among the prominent themes running through the book are the unique historical development of the country, the importance of its democratic tradition, and Costa Rica's role in a global context.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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9798216097303

Freedom Farmers

Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement

By: Monica M. White

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Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement

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When Cancer Crosses Disciplines

A Physician's Handbook

By: Monica Robotin,Ian N. Olver,Afaf Girgis

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When Cancer Crosses Disciplines

A Physician's Handbook

By: Monica Robotin,Ian N. Olver,Afaf Girgis

Ever wondered if your patient's new symptoms are a manifestation of metastatic disease, treatment effects or are altogether unrelated to the cancer diagnosis; whether herbal remedies interact with cancer treatment; when to refer for genetic testing; or how to provide informed advice regarding dietary and lifestyle modifications? This volume answers these and many other questions, spanning from cancer prevention to palliative care. Each chapter is comprehensively referenced, to allow the reader to explore related fields in more detail. The book is unique in summarizing a large amount of information that is beyond conventional oncology textbooks. While cancer is treated by multidisciplinary teams of medical oncologists, hematologists, surgeons and radiation oncologists, other specialists are called upon to treat symptoms, side effects or other diseases that can occur concurrently with cancer. In addition to the physical challenges brought about by a cancer diagnosis, patients and their relatives need sensitive and skilled psychosocial support throughout the cancer journey. The book brings together specialists from a wide range of medical, surgical, psychological and supportive specialties, while keeping the focus on the interdisciplinary management of cancer.

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World Scientific

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1848163649

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The Injustice Never Leaves You

Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas

By: Monica Muñoz Martinez

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The Injustice Never Leaves You

Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas

By: Monica Muñoz Martinez

Winner of the Caughey Western History Prize Winner of the Robert G. Athearn Award Winner of the Lawrence W. Levine Award Winner of the TCU Texas Book Award Winner of the NACCS Tejas Foco Nonfiction Book Award Winner of the María Elena Martínez Prize Frederick Jackson Turner Award Finalist “A page-turner...Haunting...Bravely and convincingly urges us to think differently about Texas’s past.” —Texas Monthly Between 1910 and 1920, self-appointed protectors of the Texas–Mexico border—including members of the famed Texas Rangers—murdered hundreds of ethnic Mexicans living in Texas, many of whom were American citizens. Operating in remote rural areas, officers and vigilantes knew they could hang, shoot, burn, and beat victims to death without scrutiny. A culture of impunity prevailed. The abuses were so pervasive that in 1919 the Texas legislature investigated the charges and uncovered a clear pattern of state crime. Records of the proceedings were soon filed away as the Ranger myth flourished. A groundbreaking work of historical reconstruction, The Injustice Never Leaves You has upended Texas’s sense of its own history. A timely reminder of the dark side of American justice, it is a riveting story of race, power, and prejudice on the border. “It’s an apt moment for this book’s hard lessons...to go mainstream.” —Texas Observer “A reminder that government brutality on the border is nothing new.” —Los Angeles Review of Books

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Harvard University Press

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0674989384

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9780674989382

Professional Education, Capabilities and the Public Good

The role of universities in promoting human development

By: Melanie Walker,Monica McLean

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Professional Education, Capabilities and the Public Good

The role of universities in promoting human development

By: Melanie Walker,Monica McLean

This book innovatively explores how universities might be engines of reform and be directed towards social change. Using rich case studies drawn from South African research, the book comprehensively provides a myriad of new perspectives on what constitutes a set of appropriate public-good professional capabilities that will translate successfully into contributions to human development. It challenges universities to produce professionals who have the knowledge, skills and values to improve the lives of people living in poverty in urban and rural settings. It covers issues such as: Conceptualising Public-Good Professionalism Global Issues and Professional Education South African Debates about Higher Education Institutional conditions and professional education arrangements Social Constraints on educating ethically aware public professionals By drawing on an approach that focuses on differing public-good professional capabilities in five professions, this book produces a crucial new framework for the preparation of professionals relevant to the global study of higher education policy. It expands higher education’s contribution to global social justice beyond a concern with human capital, administering a challenge to higher education internationally to address human development in the 21st century. This book will be of great interest to all scholars of higher education involved in higher education studies, comparative education, and development studies. It will also prove valuable to policy makers, higher education leaders and lecturers and graduate professionals in diverse organizations.

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Routledge

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1136188118

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9781136188114

Raman and SERS Investigations of Pharmaceuticals

By: Monica Baia,Simion Astilean,Traian Iliescu

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Raman and SERS Investigations of Pharmaceuticals

By: Monica Baia,Simion Astilean,Traian Iliescu

Over the last several years it has become apparent to most researchers that interdisciplinary research is the key to success in the sciences’ future. The present book exemplifies such interdisciplinary work. Thus, some new derivatives have been prepared by chemists and consecutively analyzed by physicists in order to better understand their physical-chemical properties for future tests to be performed by pharmacists. The book consists of an introductory section and other eight chapters. First, the fundamentals of infrared, Raman and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and those of the theoretical methods employed for the vibrational prediction modes are highlighted. The SERS investigations illustrated in the following chapters are focused on different kinds of drugs: tranquilizers and sedatives, anti-inflammatory drugs, vitamins, drugs with anti-bacterial properties, etc. Since there is an increased interest in designing highly effective and controllable SERS-active substrates, a few newly developed substrates that could contribute to a deeper understanding and knowledge of the adsorption behavior of various types of molecules of pharmaceutical and medical interest are also presented.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540782834

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9783540782834

Method as Identity

Manufacturing Distance in the Academic Study of Religion

By: Christopher M. Driscoll,Monica R. Miller

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Method as Identity

Manufacturing Distance in the Academic Study of Religion

By: Christopher M. Driscoll,Monica R. Miller

Method as Identity: Manufacturing Distance in the Academic Study of Religion emphasizes the inexorable influence that social identities exert in shaping methodological choices within the academic study of religion, as witnessed in sui generis appeals to particularity and reliance on (or rejection of) identity-based standpoints. Can data speak back, and if so, would scholars have ears to listen? With a refreshing hip hop sensibility, Miller and Driscoll argue that what cultural theorist Jean-François Bayart refers to as a “battle for identity” forces a necessary confrontation with the (impact of) social identities (and, their histories) haunting our fields of study. These complex categorical specters make it nearly impossible to untether the categories of identity that we come to study from the identity of categories shaping our methodological lenses. Treating method as an identity-revealing technique of distance-making between the “proper” scholar and the less-than-scholarly advocate for religion, Miller and Driscoll examine a variety of discursive milieus of vagueness (consider for instance “essentialism,” “origins,” “authenticity”) at work in the contemporary discussion of “critical” methods that lack the necessary specificity for doing the heavy-lifting of analytically handling the asymmetrical dimensions of power part and parcel to social identification. Through interdisciplinary discussions that draw on thinkers including Charles H Long, Bruce Lincoln, Russell T. McCutcheon, Theodor Adorno, Jacques Derrida, C. Wright Mills, Laurel C. Schneider, William D. Hart, Tomoko Masuzawa, Anthony B. Pinn, bell hooks, Roderick Ferguson, John L. Jackson, Jasbir Puar, and Jean-François Bayart, among others, Method as Identity intentionally blurs the lines classifying “proper” scholarly approach and proper “objects” of study. With an intentional effort to challenge the de facto disciplinary segregation marking the field and study of religion today, Method as Identity will be of interest to scholars involved in discussions about theory and method for the study of religion, and especially researchers working at the intersections of identity, difference, and classification—and the politics thereof.

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Lexington Books

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1498565638

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9781498565639

Addressing Race-Based Stress in Therapy with Black Clients

Using Multicultural and Dialectical Behavior Therapy Techniques

By: Monica Johnson,Michelle L. Melton

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Addressing Race-Based Stress in Therapy with Black Clients

Using Multicultural and Dialectical Behavior Therapy Techniques

By: Monica Johnson,Michelle L. Melton

Despite Black Americans being at high risk for negative mental health symptoms due to racism and other chronic stresses, disparities persist in the provision of mental health services to this population. This book addresses that gap in clinical practice by explicitly calling attention to the experience of race-based stress in the Black community. Johnson and Melton urge mental health practitioners to action in promoting societal understanding, affirmation, and appreciation of multiculturalism against the damaging effects of individual, institutional, and societal racism, prejudice, and all forms of oppression based on stereotyping and discrimination. Chapters include worksheets, vignettes, and case studies to provide a practical framework for implementing an effective, nonpathological approach to ameliorating the damaging effects of race-based trauma and stress. This book will give tools and strategies for mental health professionals to responsibly use scientific and professional knowledge to improve the condition of individuals, communities, and, by extension, society.

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Routledge

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0429804865

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9780429804861

Shades of Desire

By: Monica White

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Shades of Desire

By: Monica White

Bank executive Jasmine finds the man of her dreams in Jeremy, except for one thing--he is white, and she is African American--which makes them both targets for people of either race who disapprove of interracial romances. Reprint.

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Kensington Books

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1585712922

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9781585712922

Takin' Chances for the Holidays

By: Adrianne Byrd,Donna Hill,Monica Jackson

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Takin' Chances for the Holidays

By: Adrianne Byrd,Donna Hill,Monica Jackson

Three of the most popular African-American authors pen three modern-day tales of black women who find bold, funny, and innovative ways to spice up their single lives, while avoiding the doldrums that sometimes occur during the holiday season.

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Kimani

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1583147497

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9781583147498

Pretty Dead Girls

By: Monica Murphy

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Pretty Dead Girls

By: Monica Murphy

“A suspenseful, thrilling read that will keep you on pins and needles until the last page.” —Liezel and Angie's Book Blog Beautiful. Perfect. Dead. In the peaceful seaside town of Cape Bonita, wicked secrets and lies are hidden just beneath the surface. But all it takes is one tragedy for them to be exposed. The most popular girls in school are turning up dead, and Penelope Malone is terrified she's next. All the victims so far have been linked to Penelope—and to a boy from her physics class. The one she's never really noticed before, with the rumored dark past and a brooding stare that cuts right through her. There's something he isn't telling her. But there's something she's not telling him, either. Everyone has secrets, and theirs might get them killed.

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318

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Entangled: Teen

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1633758923

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9781633758926

Mr. Right Now

By: Monica Jackson

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Mr. Right Now

By: Monica Jackson

When three best girlfriends decide it's time to get married, the first order of business is to find some decent husband material. But looking for Mr. Right is about to lead three nearly-thirty sistahs down a rocky road of matchmaking--and into the unexpected. . . A career girl on a fast track to success, Luby Jones prepares for romance like she lands a new account--no nonsense and all business. But her latest fling is like no man she's ever known--much less dated--and that can't be good. . .or can it? No doubt about it, Luby's spellbound. . .and she's enjoying it more than she cares to admit. . . Danni Sellers is lucky in looks, but unlucky in love. And her weakness for sexy bad boys who set her on fire only to leave her crying certainly doesn't make things any easier. Danielle's determined to wise up--but she can't help worrying that a good man won't be able to turn up her heat. . . Fine and fun-loving, Cat Harris already has the sweetest guy in the world. . .who sometimes bores her silly. So here she is throwing caution--and commitment--to the wind and joining this "dating thing." But if she goes too far, she may lose the good thing she's got.

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0758288069

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9780758288066

Merry Christmas, Baby

By: Monica Jackson

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Merry Christmas, Baby

By: Monica Jackson

A woman finds herself facing a very lonely and blue holiday. She decides to take matters in her own hands and create chances for love. Why should she miss out on all the festivities just because she can't find a date? All it will take is a little creativity and ingenuity. But she¿s sure to find someone who will add some sparks and passion to the holiday season.

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1426810571

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Book's by Monica M. White

Freedom Farmers

Freedom Farmers

My Cross to Bear

My Cross to Bear

The History of Costa Rica

The History of Costa Rica

Freedom Farmers

Freedom Farmers

When Cancer Crosses Disciplines

When Cancer Crosses Disciplines

The Injustice Never Leaves You

The Injustice Never Leaves You

Professional Education, Capabilities and the Public Good

Professional Education, Capabilities and the Public Good

Raman and SERS Investigations of Pharmaceuticals

Raman and SERS Investigations of Pharmaceuticals

Method as Identity

Method as Identity

Addressing Race-Based Stress in Therapy with Black Clients

Addressing Race-Based Stress in Therapy with Black Clients

Shades of Desire

Shades of Desire

Takin' Chances for the Holidays

Takin' Chances for the Holidays

Pretty Dead Girls

Pretty Dead Girls

Mr. Right Now

Mr. Right Now

Merry Christmas, Baby

Merry Christmas, Baby

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