N.A. Mitchell's Books

Three Lives

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Gertrude Stein, as a college student at Radcliffe and a medical student at Johns Hopkins Medical School, was a privileged woman, but she was surrounded by women who were trapped by poverty, class, and race into lives that offered little choice. Her portraits of Anna and Lena are examples of realistic depictions of immigrant women who had no occupational choice but to become domestic workers. This collection of documents from the history of women's suffrage, medical history, modernist art, and literature enables readers to see how radical Stein's subject was.

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Shadowboxing

Representations of Black Feminist Politics

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Shadowboxing

Representations of Black Feminist Politics

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Shadowboxing presents an explosive analysis of the history and practice of black feminisms, drawing upon political theory, history, and cultural studies in a sweepingly interdisciplinary work. Joy James charts new territory by synthesizing theories of social movements with cultural and identity politics. She brings into the spotlight images of black female agency and intellectualism in radical and anti-radical political contexts. From a comparative look at Ida B. Wells, Ella Baker, Angela Davis, and Assata Shakur to analyses of the black woman in white cinema and the black man in feminist coalitions, she focuses attention on the invisible or the forgotten. James convincingly demonstrates how images of powerful women are either consigned to oblivion or transformed into icons robbed of intellectual power. Shadowboxing honors and analyzes the work of black activists and intellectuals and, along the way, redefines the sharp divide between intellectual work and political movements. A daringly original study, this book changes what it means to be American.

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1137067519

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Breast Cancer

Society Shapes an Epidemic

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Breast Cancer

Society Shapes an Epidemic

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Breast Cancer: Society Shapes an Epidemic provides an innovative look at the social and political contexts of breast cancer and examines how this illness has become a social problem. This is not a book about breast cancer as a biological disease, its diagnosis and treatment, or the latest research to cure it. Rather, it looks at how economics, politics, gender, social class, and race-ethnicity have deeply influenced the science behind breast cancer research, spurred the growth of a breast cancer industry, generated media portrayals of women with the disease, and defined and influenced women s experiences with breast cancer. The contributors address the social construction of breast cancer as an illness and as an area of scientific controversy, advocacy, and public policy. Chapters on the history of breast cancer, the health care system, the environment, and the marketing of breast cancer, among others, tease apart the complex social forces that have shaped our collective and individual responses to breast cancer.

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1137037792

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Deferrals of Domain

Contemporary Women Novelists and the State

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Deferrals of Domain

Contemporary Women Novelists and the State

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Contemporary female novelists tend to portray the relationship between women and the state as profoundly negative, in contrast to various constructions in current feminist theory. Martine Watson Brownley analyzes novels by Margaret Atwood, Paule Marshall, Nadine Gordimer, and Margaret Drabble to explore the significance of this disparity. The book uses literary analysis to highlight elements of state power that many feminist theorists currently occlude, ranging from women's still minimal access to state politics to the terrifying violence exercised by modern states. At the same time, however, feminist theory clarifies major elements in many contemporary women's lives about which the novels are ambivalent or misleading, such as romantic love and the role of sexuality in state politics. Deferrals of Domain fills a double gap, both authorial and topical, in current critical treatments of women writers and will be of interest to both literary and women's studies scholars.

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Annals of the Indian Rebellion

By: N.A. Chick

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Annals of the Indian Rebellion

By: N.A. Chick

Reprint of the original, first published in 1859.

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Quality and Preservation of Fruits

By: N. A. Michael Eskin

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Quality and Preservation of Fruits

By: N. A. Michael Eskin

This book discusses the agronomic factors affecting the quality of major fruits grown in North America, as well as the storage and processing of these crops. Quality factors discussed include appearance, texture, flavor, and nutritional quality. Fruits covered include oranges, grapefruit, lemons, grapes, apples, peaches, nectarines, plums, strawberries, pears, and cherries. Quality and Preservation of Fruits is a detailed reference resource for researchers and teachers in horticulture and food science.

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Black Scarf

By: Randy Na

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Black Scarf

By: Randy Na

The book highlights through various analogies, how the extremist views of Republican ideology are destroying the Capitalist system. Elections are coming up and the President is struggling to make a second term.Emma Flood's personal tragedy, caused by Hightower Bank's dubious investments, motivates her to crusade against the excesses of all banks, big business and cronyism within government. Poverty and the growing gap between rich and poor propel her to get involved in a dangerous mission that could cost her her life.She and some activists form a protest group called 'The Black Scarf'. They decide to use flash mobs in Personal Denial Of Service attacks against Hightower to protest industry abuses and the absurd remuneration of top executives. In this they are aided by a hacking group that mounts their own DDOS attacks.The Black Scarf blames Republican ideology for the incredible flight of capital to tax havens which is now quickly choking the life out of the Capitalist System and as an illustration quantifies the unbelievable number of BMW's that could be bought with the money held in offshore accounts.Meanwhile the FBI is up to their necks trying to find a group of terrorists causing immense damage to the American economy.Agent Guthrie has been assigned to keep tabs on Emma as Homeland Security are concerned the protest may be going too far.A connection appears between Guthrie's previous assignment of drug smuggling tunnels on the US/Mexico border linking a drug cartel to both the terrorists and to money laundering by the CEO of Hightower Bank.The terrorist attacks reach deadly proportions requiring the President to intervene.The drama unfolds as the protest movement and the terrorists find they could be sharing a common target, and the President is presented with an uncomfortable question.

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1909270474

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The Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers

Directory of Members and Member Firms 1995/96

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The Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers

Directory of Members and Member Firms 1995/96

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This is the official publication for members and member firms of the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers (ISVA). The Directory contains the names and addresses of every member, and a complete list of practising firms and commercial concerns with member partners. Each firm entry lists the partners, telecommunications information, their specialisations and a general description of work carried out and history of the firm. There are 3500 firms listed worldwide.

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The Welfare State as Piggy Bank

Information, Risk, Uncertainty, and the Role of the State

By: N. A. Barr

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The Welfare State as Piggy Bank

Information, Risk, Uncertainty, and the Role of the State

By: N. A. Barr

The central discussion is that the welfare state exists for additional reasons to poverty relief. If all poverty and social exclusion could be eradicated, people would still need to insure themselves and to redistribute over the life cycle. Barr argues the welfare state is here to stay. He also explores ways in which the welfare state can and will adapt to economic and social change and includes solutions.

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Musical Women in England, 1870-1914

Encroaching on All Man's Privileges

By: NA NA,Paula Gillett

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Musical Women in England, 1870-1914

Encroaching on All Man's Privileges

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Musical Women in England, 1870-1914 delineates the roles women played in the flourishing music world of late-Victorian and early twentieth-century England, and shows how contemporary challenges to restrictive gender roles inspired women to move into new areas of musical expression, both in composition and performance. The most famous women musicians were the internationally renowned stars of opera; greatly admired despite their violations of the prescribed Victorian linkage of female music-making with domesticity, the divas were often compared to the sirens of antiquity, their irresistible voices a source of moral danger to their male admirers. Their ambiguous social reception notwithstanding, the extraordinary ability and striking self-confidence of these women - and of pioneering female soloists on the violin, long an instrument permitted only to men - inspired fiction writers to feature musician heroines and motivated unprecedented numbers of girls and women to pursue advanced musical study. Finding professional orchestras almost fully closed to them, many female graduates of English conservatories performed in small ensembles and in all-female and amateur orchestras, and sought to earn their living in the overcrowed world of music teaching.

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No Surrender! No Retreat!

African-American Pioneer Performers of 20th Century American Theater

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No Surrender! No Retreat!

African-American Pioneer Performers of 20th Century American Theater

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No Surrender! No Retreat! examines the careers of fifteen pioneer performers and their triumphs over herculean obstacles. It is a look back over the 20th century and documents personal histories of staggering achievement in spite of institutional racism, gender oppression, and classism. Twenty-four years in the making, No Surrender! No Retreat! is an indispensable work on African Americans in the performing arts, examining well-known performers, such as James Earl Jones, Morgan Freeman, and Pearl Bailey. Rare archival material and a number of personal interviews enrich this tome. Glenda E. Gill s work is a moving and sometimes tragic account of the lives and careers of some of America s most outstanding African American pioneers in theater.

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The Art of Detective Fiction

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The Art of Detective Fiction

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In the hands of many of the great writers, the unravelling of mystery is only one strand within a complex project. Other things get unravelled, too - the belief in a rationally explicable world, in the beneficent, ordering force of culture and civilization. Constantly the detective story delights in muddying the waters, in acknowledging the omnipresent possibilities of anarchy and carnage. As a genre, it is supremely able to combine popular appeal with the ability to disturb, provoke and challenge the reader. The essays in this volume all pay tribute to, and seek to account for, the astonishing durability of the detective story as a narrative genre. They range generously, taking a variety of theoretical approaches and including detective fiction in languages other than English, but particular attention is paid to the 'Golden Age' of English detective story-writing and to the 'hard-boiled' American version of the genre. This is a collection that will appeal to the scholar and to the devotee alike; to all those, in fact, who cannot resist the lure of finding out whodunit.

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Administering the Summit

Administration of the Core Executive in Developed Countries

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Administering the Summit

Administration of the Core Executive in Developed Countries

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Speaking truth to power demands diplomatic skills. This book looks at the way advice, which is needed by all executives, is provided to the summit of government in twelve advanced industrialized countries (Australia, Belgium, Britain, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, and the US). It examines the increasing pressures for centralization as core executives confront the differentiation and pluralization of government and the interplay of constitutional, political, and institutional factors.

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Fodor's USA, 28th Edition

The Guide for All Budgets, Where to Stay, Eat, and Explore on and Off the Beaten Path

By: Inc. (NA) Fodor's Travel Publications,Fodor's

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Fodor's USA, 28th Edition

The Guide for All Budgets, Where to Stay, Eat, and Explore on and Off the Beaten Path

By: Inc. (NA) Fodor's Travel Publications,Fodor's

Provides travel and tourist information, including maps, ratings, and prices, for all states, major cities, and historic and vacation sites throughout the United States

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1400010888

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What Is an American Muslim?

Embracing Faith and Citizenship

By: Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im

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What Is an American Muslim?

Embracing Faith and Citizenship

By: Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im

Since 2001, there has been a tremendous backlash against the very idea that it is possible to be both American and Muslim-the controversy over the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque" and the attempts to ban shari'a law are examples. Even within the Muslim community many leaders urge believers to integrate more fully into the mainstream of American life. Is it possible to be both fully American and devoutly Muslim? An American citizen born and raised in the Sudan, an internationally recognized scholar of Islam, and a human rights activist, Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im brings a unique perspective to this crucial question. By demanding that Muslims assimilate, he argues, allies and critics alike assume that American Muslims are a monolithic bloc, a permanent minority set apart from that which is truly "American." An-Na'im wholeheartedly rejects this notion and urges Muslims to embrace their faith without fear. Islam, he argues, is one of many dimensions of identity-Muslims are also members of different ethnic groups, political parties, and social circles, not to mention husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, baseball fans and movie buffs. In short, Muslims share a vast array of identities with other Americans, but the most important identity they all share is as citizens. Muslims, An-Na'im argues, must embrace the full range of rights and responsibilities that come with American citizenship, and participate fully in civic life, while at the same time asserting their right to define their faith for themselves. They must view themselves, simply, as American citizens who happen to be Muslims. What Is an American Muslim? is a bold and provocative take on the future of Islam in America.

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The ISVA Directory of Members and Member Firms 1996/7

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The ISVA Directory of Members and Member Firms 1996/7

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The only official guide to the ISVA (The Professional Society for Valuers and Auctioneers), this directory contains a comprehensive list of ISVA members and extensive details on ISVA member firms. Over 5,000 ISVA members are included, with retired members listed separately. Over 3,000 ISVA member firms are listed by name, location and specialist skills offered. Information on member firms includes name, contact details, resident partners, fields of practice, specialist skills, other offices.

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1349138932

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Contemporary Literary Critics

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Contemporary Literary Critics

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A reference guide to the work of 115 modern British and American critics.

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Imagining Apocalypse

Studies in Cultural Crisis

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Imagining Apocalypse

Studies in Cultural Crisis

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This volume brings together essays by specialists in different disciplines on the cultural expression of apocalypse, in particular in anglophone science fiction of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Approaching these works from historical, philosophical, linguistic and literary perspectives, the contributors examine the relationship between secular and spiritual apocalypse, connecting the fiction and films to their historical moment. Not surprisingly, war recurs throughout this material, as a critical turning-point, fulfilment of prophecy, or prelude to a new age. In particular the essays explore the issue of whether modern apocalypse is seen as an ending or a beginning, considered under its political, ethnic and gendered aspects. Among the writers covered are H. G. Wells, Olaf Stapledon and such contemporary figures as Michael Moorcock, J. G. Ballard and Storm Constantine.

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1137076577

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The Visual Is Political

Feminist Photography and Countercultural Activity in 1970s Britain

By: Na'ama Klorman-Eraqi

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The Visual Is Political

Feminist Photography and Countercultural Activity in 1970s Britain

By: Na'ama Klorman-Eraqi

This book examines the phenomenon of feminist photography as it unfolded in Britain during the 1970s and 1980s. Klorman-Eraqi offers a unique analysis of the intersection between feminism and photography and the period's social conflicts and theoretical debates, and adds to the understanding of feminist countercultural practices produced in this moment and of their continuing relevance.

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Rutgers University Press

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1978800312

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Ballet in Sarawak

By: Lay Na Chan,Chan LayNa

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Ballet in Sarawak

By: Lay Na Chan,Chan LayNa

Combining the arts of photography and dance, Ballet in Sarawak explores the history of ballet in Sarawak, a Malaysian state on the island of Borneo. Through photographs by Brendan Goh and narratives by Chan LayNa, this visual history tells the story of how ballet first emerged on the Sarawakian scene and how it took root in the small town of Kuching. LayNa shares the story of how she started her own dance academy in Kuching. The subsequent chapters offer a concise reference book and teaching guide for students and teachers alike on the history of ballet, technical details of dance movement and expression, what goes on backstage before curtain call, and the art of the performance. Ballet in Sarawak also details the difficulties of pursing dance, the challenges of insufficient funding and infrastructure, and lack of support from parents or institutions. Yet despite these difficulties, those associated with ballet continue to have hope conductive to the growth of this enduring dance form. It is a story of the strength of a people and culture told through photographs and words.

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1466934700

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My Lai

A Brief History with Documents

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My Lai

A Brief History with Documents

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This volume introduces students to the most controversial incident of the Vietnam War - the My Lai massacre when almost 400 Vietnamese civilians were killed in four hours. The authors discuss the ramifications of the cover-up and the ensuing investigations for the American public, policymakers, the anti-War movement and the soldiers involved. They examine the causes of the massacre and the issues of culpability and human rights. The narrative is built around 70 primary documents drawn mainly from testimony and reports from the government enquiry into the outrage.

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1137086254

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Servants of the People

The 1960s Legacy of African American Leadership

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Servants of the People

The 1960s Legacy of African American Leadership

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Beginning with the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case, this book traces the lives of six American civil rights leaders as they willingly risk their lives for the civil rights cause: A. Philip Randolph, Frederick D. Patterson, Thurgood Marshall, Whitney M. Young, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and Fannie Lou Hamer.

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1349614580

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Waltzing in the Dark

African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era

By: NA NA,Brenda Dixon Gottschild

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Waltzing in the Dark

African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era

By: NA NA,Brenda Dixon Gottschild

The career of Norton and Margot, a ballroom dance team whose work was thwarted by the racial tenets of the era, serves as the barometer of the times and acts as the tour guide on this excursion through the worlds of African American vaudeville, black and white America during the swing era, the European touring circuit, and pre-Civil Rights era racial etiquette.

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0312299680

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America and the World, 1898-2025

Achievements, Failures, Alternative Futures

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America and the World, 1898-2025

Achievements, Failures, Alternative Futures

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This book surveys US achievements and failures in the world across the 20th century. The analysis builds upon surveys of experts at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and several universities conducted over the last 25 years. The reasons for success and failure are subject to hot dispute. Walter Clemens argues that the individual traits of US leaders account for far more variation in outcomes than the domestic or international contexts. He concludes that the policy outcomes of the past century confirm the assumptions of mutual gain theory, complexity theory, and liberal peace theory. Clemens then uses his analysis to sketch alternative futures that could face planners in the early 21st century.

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The Grants Register 2000

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The Grants Register 2000

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The most authoritative and comprehensive guide available to postgraduate grants and professional funding worldwide. For over twenty years The Grants Registe r has been the leading source for up-to-date information on the availability of, and eligibility for, postgraduate and professional awards. With details of over 3,000 awards, The Grants Register is more extensive than any comparable publication. Each entry has been verified by the awarding bodies concerned ensuring that every piece of information is accurate. As an annual publication, each edition also provides the most current details available today. The Grants Register provides an ideal reference source for those who need accurate information on postgraduate funding: careers advisors, university libraries, student organisations, and public libraries.

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