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  | | Fulgencio Batista, Volume 2 by Frank Argote-Freyre, Rutgers University Press Hardcover, 388 Pages, Published 2009 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-3702-3, ISBN: 0-8135-3702-9 "In this book, Frank Argote-Freyre provides a portrait of Fulgencio Batista." |
 | | Final Acts(Updated) Death, Dying, and the Choices We Make by Nan Bauer-Maglin, Professor Donna Perry, Professor June Bingham, Professor Sara Evans, Professor Nancy Barnes, Professor Susan Perlstein, Professor Jean Levitan, Professor Carol Oyster, Professor Mimi Schwartz, Professor Alan Pope, Professor Mary Jumbelic, Professor Stephen Kiernan, Professor Kathryn Temple, Professor Candace Gauthier, Professor Cherylynn Macgregor, Professor Kathryn Tucker, Professor Philip Nitschke, Dr Fiona Stewart, Professor Margaret Cruikshank, M. D. Ira Byock Md, Professor Marge Piercy, Professor Natalie Hannon, Professor Ruthan Robson, Donna Marie Perry, Carol K. Oyster, Rutgers University Press Hardcover, 344 Pages, Published 2009 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-4627-8, ISBN: 0-8135-4627-3 "Today most people die gradually, from incremental illnesses, rather than from the heart attacks or fast-moving diseases that killed earlier generations. Given this new reality, the essays in "Final Acts" explore how we can make informed and caring end-of-life choices for ourselves and for those we loveuand what can happen without such planning.Contributors include patients, caretakers, physicians, journalists, lawyers, social workers, e ..." |
 | | Comedy American Style: Jessie Redmon Fauset (Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas (MELA)) Sherrard-Johnson, Cherene and Fauset, Professor Jessie by Jessie Redmon Fauset, Professor Cherene Sherrard-Johnson, Professor Jessie Fauset, Rutgers University Press Hardcover, 270 Pages, Published 2009 by Rutgers Univ Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-4631-5, ISBN: 0-8135-4631-1 "Comedy: American Style, Jessie Redmon Fauset's fourth and final novel, recounts the tragic tale of a family's destruction-the story of a mother who denies her clan its heritage. Originally published in 1933, this intense narrative stands the test of time and continues to raise compelling, disturbing, and still contemporary themes of color prejudice and racial self-hatred. Several of today's bestselling novelists echo subject matter firs ..." |
 | | After Representation? The Holocaust, Literature, and Culture by Robert M. Ehrenreich, Michael Rothberg, Professor R. Clifton Spargo, Professor Erin Mcglothlin, Professor Geoffrey Hartman, Professor Sara Horowitz, Professor Petra Schweitzer, Professor Berel Lang, Professor James Young, Professor Sidney Bolkosky, Professor Robert Eaglestone, Professor Michael Bernard-Donals, Rutgers University Press Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2009 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-4589-9, ISBN: 0-8135-4589-7 ""After Representation?" explores one of the major issues in Holocaust studiesuthe intersection of memory and ethics in artistic expression, particularly within literature.As experts in the study of literature and culture, the scholars in this collection examine the shifting cultural contexts for Holocaust representation and reveal how writersuwhether they write as witnesses to the Holocaust or at an imaginative distance from the Nazi ge ..." |
 | | Asian America Forming New Communities, Expanding Boundaries by Huping Ling, Haiming Liu, Professor Ling Arenson, Professor Wei Zeng, Professor Min Zhou, Professor Wei Li, Professor Yuan Shu, Professor Peter Li, Professor Li Zong, Professor Linda Trinh Vo, Professor Angie Y. Chung, Allyson Tintiangco-Cubalse, Professor Allyson Tintiangco-Cubalse, Rutgers University Press Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2009 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-4487-8, ISBN: 0-8135-4487-4 "The last half century witnessed a dramatic change in the geographic, ethnographic, and socioeconomic structure of Asian American communities. While traditional enclaves were strengthened by waves of recent immigrants, native-born Asian Americans also created new urban and suburban areas. ""Asian America"" is the first comprehensive look at post-1960s Asian American communities in the United States and Canada. From Chinese Americans in C ..." |
 | | Politicking Online The Transformation of Election Campaign Communications by Costas Panagopoulos, Michael Parkin, Kevin Pirch, Professor Vassia Gueorguieva, Professor Allison Slotnick, Martin Kifer, Professor Steffen Albrecht, Professor Maren Lnbcke, Professor Michael Cornfield, Professor Kate Kaye, Professor Allison Dale, Professor Aaron Strauss, Professor David Nickerson, Professor Daniel Bergan, Professor Hun Park, Professor James, James N. Druckman, Professor Rasco Hartig-Perschke, Professor Chapman Rackaway, Professor Girish Gulati, Professor Christine Williams, Professor Sandra Suârez, James Druckman, Professor Costas Panagopoulos, Peter Mickulas, Sandra L. Suarez, Rutgers University Press Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 2009 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-4489-2, ISBN: 0-8135-4489-0 "Of the many groundbreaking developments in the 2008 presidential election, the most important may well be the use of the Internet. In Politicking Online contributors explorethe impact of technology for electioneering purposes, from running campaigns andincreasing representation to ultimately strengthening democracy. The book reveals how social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook are used in campaigns along withe-mail, SM ..." |
 | | A Place to Be Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican Immigrants in Florida's New Destinations by Philip J. Williams, Timothy Steigenga, Manuel A. Vásquez, Professor Silvia Palma, Professor Carol Solorzano, Professor Mirian Lizama, Professor Lucia Ribeiro, Professor José Alves, Rutgers University Press Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2009 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-4493-9, ISBN: 0-8135-4493-9 "A Place to Be is the first book to explore migration dynamics and community settlement among Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican immigrants in America's new South. The book adopts a fresh perspective to explore patterns of settlement in Florida, including the outlying areas of Miami and beyond. The stellar contributors from Latin America and the United States address the challenges faced by Latino immigrants, their cultural and religious ..." |
 | | Emerging Intersections Race, Class, and Gender in Theory, Policy, and Practice by Professor Ruth Enid Zambrana, Professor Bonnie Thornton Dill, Professor Elizabeth Higginbotham, Professor Amy Mclaughlin, Professor Patricia Collins, Professor Debra Henderson, Professor Ann Tickamyer, Professor Mary Gatta, Professor Tiffany Manuel, Professor Sanford Schram, Professor Victoria-Maria Macdonald, Professor Avis Jones-Deweever, Professor L. Janelle Dance, Professor Lorrie Ann Frasure, Professor Linda Faye Williams, Patricia Hill Collins, Bonnie Thorton Dill, Zambrana Dill, Rutgers University Press Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2009 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-4455-7, ISBN: 0-8135-4455-6 ""This collection is smart, up to date, and relevant to our times. I wish I could put it in the hands of every university president!" -Mary Margaret Fonow, Arizona State University The United States is known as a "melting pot" yet this mix tends to be volatile and contributes to a long history of oppression, racism, and bigotry. Emerging Intersections, an anthology of ten previously unpublished essays, looks at the problems of inequal ..." |
 | | Children and Childhood in American Religions (Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies) by Professor Jennifer Beste, Professor Elliot Dorff, Professor David Dollahite, Professor Raymond Bucko, Professor Emily Buss, Professor Cheryl Gilkes, Professor Rita Gross, Professor Jeffrey Meyer, Professor Roger Ironcloud, Professor Jane Smith, Professor Raymond Williams, Don S. Browning, John P. Bartkowski, Christopher G. Ellison, Margaret Lamberts Bendroth, Paul D. Numrich, Rutgers University Press, Professor Christopher Ellison, Bonnie J., Miller-Mclemore Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2009 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-4481-6, ISBN: 0-8135-4481-5 "Whether First Communion or bar mitzvah, religious traditions play a central role in the lives of many American children. In this collection of essays, leading scholars reveal for the first time how various religions interpret, reconstruct, and mediate their traditions to help guide children and their parents in navigating the opportunities and challenges of American life. The book examines ten religions, among other topics: How the C ..." |
 | | Children and Childhood in American Religions (Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies) by Don S. Browning, John P. Bartkowski, Margaret Lamberts Bendroth, Jennifer Beste, Raymond Bucko, Emily Buss, David Dollahite, Elliot Dorff, Christopher G. Ellison, Cheryl Gilkes, Rita Gross, Roger Ironcloud, Jeffrey Meyer, Paul D. Numrich, Jane Smith, Raymond Williams, Rutgers University Press Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2009 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-4480-9, ISBN: 0-8135-4480-7 "Whether First Communion or bar mitzvah, religious traditions play a central role in the lives of many American children. In this collection of essays, leading scholars reveal for the first time how various religions interpret, reconstruct, and mediate their traditions to help guide children and their parents in navigating the opportunities and challenges of American life. The book examines ten religions, among other topics:How the Catho ..." |