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A developmental analysis of adolescents growing up in an inner-city, working class life
What does it mean to be a teenager in an American city at the close of the twentieth century? How do urban surroundings affect the ways in which teens grow up, and what do their stories tell us about human development? In particular, how do the negative images of themselves on television and in the newspaper affect their perspectives about themselves? Psychologists...
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Everyone eats, but rarely do we investigate why we eat what we eat. Why do we love spices, sweets, coffee? How did rice become such a staple food throughout so much of eastern Asia? Everyone Eats examines the social and cultural reasons for our food choices and provides an explanation of the nutritional reasons for why humans eat what they do, resulting in a unique cultural and biological approach to the topic. E. N. Anderson explains the economics...
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Get the Summary of Donovan Ramsey's When Crack Was King in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "When Crack Was King" by Donovan Ramsey offers a multifaceted exploration of the crack epidemic's impact on the Black community. Through personal stories, Ramsey illustrates the profound effects of the drug on individuals and society. Elgin Swift's transformation from a troubled youth in Yonkers to a successful car salesman...
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Immigration is dramatically changing major cities throughout the world. Nowhere is this more so than in New York City and Amsterdam, which, after decades of large-scale immigration, now have populations that are more than a third foreign-born.
These cities have had to deal with the challenge of incorporating hundreds of thousands of immigrants whose cultures, languages, religions, and racial backgrounds differ dramatically from those of many long-established...
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American communities are facing chronic problems: fiscal stress, urban decline, environmental sprawl, mass incarceration, political isolation, disproportionate foreclosures and severe public health risks. In The Price of Paradise, David Troutt argues that it is a lack of mutuality in our local decision making that has led to this looming crisis facing cities and local governments.
Arguing that there are structural flaws in the American dream, Troutt...
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The Top 10 Main Ideas in this Book1 based on years of research studying the timeless elements of the human condition, this authoritative book illuminates why we employ the strategies we do as we all play the power game of our lives2 how to strategically employ the five grandest institutions -- the church, the economy, the state, the academy, and the family -- to win the power game3 humanity's discovery that we die gave birth to civilization and rapid...
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Si hay una imagen que resume a Colombia es la idea de diversidad en cuanto a escenarios naturales y grupos sociales que la habitan, los cuales han creado imaginarios que apuntan más a la divergencia que a la unidad, dando forma a una cultura nacional que se escabulle en medio de la riqueza de expresiones locales de todo tipo.
A pesar de todas las fuerzas culturales centrífugas, más allá del policentrismo urbano, existe una unidad representada...
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Esta obra reúne una serie de ensayos sobre el contexto de la paz negociada entre las FARC-EP y el Estado de Colombia, a partir de la labor realizada por la Comisión para el Esclarecimiento de la Verdad, la Convivencia y la No repetición, entre los años 2016-2021. En la investigación desarrollamos, siguiendo a Antonio Gramsci, una propuesta de acercamiento a la "historia integral" de los subalternos. Por ello, este es un ejercicio novedoso, inter...
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¿Qué portugués no se ha sentido ofendido, irritado o confundido con los españoles y su forma de ser? ¿Qué español no se ha sentido incomprendido, también irritado o confundido con los portugueses y su forma de ser? Siendo vecinos, los dos países han pasado siglos de espaldas uno al otro y posiblemente no haya dos culturas que, siendo tan cercanas, se conozcan tan poco. A través del humor, de anécdotas reales vividas durante sus años en...
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Cities, by their very nature, are a mass of contradictions. They can be at once visually stunning, culturally rich, exploitative and unforgiving. In The Lure of the City Austin Williams and Alastair Donald explore the potential of cities to meet the economic, social and political challenges of the current age.
This book seeks to examine the dynamics of urban life, showing that new opportunities can be maximised and social advances realised in...
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"The Elementary Forms of Religious Life: Illustrated" is a seminal work by the French sociologist Émile Durkheim, offering a groundbreaking exploration of the nature and function of religion in human societies. In this illustrated edition, Durkheim's complex theories are brought to life through visual representations, enhancing the reader's understanding and engagement with the text.
Durkheim examines the fundamental elements of religious beliefs,...
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Ecologies of Faith in New York City examines patterns of interreligious cooperation and conflict in New York City. It explores how representative congregations in this religiously diverse city interact with their surroundings by competing for members, seeking out niches, or cooperating via coalitions and neighborhood organizations. Based on in-depth research in New York's ethnically mixed and rapidly changing neighborhoods, the essays in the volume...
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Journalist Katherine Ozment's Grace Without God is a thought-provoking exploration of how secular Americans find fulfillment without organized religion.
A Nautilus Gold Award Winner: Religion and Spirituality of Other Traditions
Studies show that religion makes us happier, healthier and more giving, connecting us to our past and creating tight communal bonds. Most Americans are raised in a religious tradition, but in recent decades...
A Nautilus Gold Award Winner: Religion and Spirituality of Other Traditions
Studies show that religion makes us happier, healthier and more giving, connecting us to our past and creating tight communal bonds. Most Americans are raised in a religious tradition, but in recent decades...
54) Making Decisions
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Learn how to be a confident decision-maker! Explore the decision-making process in a meaningful and engaging way. This 32-page nonfiction book connects civics topics with social-emotional learning. Perfect for use in the classroom or at-home learning to explore responsible decision-making. Includes a short fiction piece to help students relate to the topic and engaging text features such as a glossary, useful discussion questions, and a "Civics in...
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Sexual beliefs, behaviors and identities are interwoven throughout our lives, from childhood to old age. An edited collection of original empirical contributions united through its use of a distinctive, cutting-edge theoretical framework, Sex for Life critically examines sexuality across the entire lifespan. Rooted in diverse disciplines and employing a wide range of research methods, the chapters explore the sexual and social transitions that typically...
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Torture is an open secret in Chicago. Nobody in power wants to acknowledge this grim reality, but everyone knows it happens-and that the torturers are the police. Three to five new claims are submitted to the Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission of Illinois each week. Four hundred cases are currently pending investigation. Between 1972 and 1991, at least 125 black suspects were tortured by Chicago police officers working under former Police Commander...
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Dans la salle des urgences, considérée comme l'un des rares espaces universels au sein d'une société fragmentée, les équipes cliniques rencontrent une multitude de patients aux valeurs et aux croyances diverses. Malgré les contraintes matérielles et temporelles dans un contexte souvent difficile, les soignants doivent s'engager dans un dialogue éthique, à la recherche du bien-être de chacun.
Cet ouvrage relate l'enquête ethnographique...
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En este libro, Juan Iván Martínez presenta un amplio bagaje teórico de los temas sobre la política, lo político. El abordaje interseccional que utiliza le posibilita identificar diferentes marcadores sociales de las mujeres políticas que, al ser analizados a la luz de la teoría sustantiva de género, le permite llegar a conclusiones válidas y altamente sugerentes. Su recurso metodológico clave consiste en tomar y analizar el dato para interpretar...
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Across the world anxiety, stress and depression are on the increase, a trend which looks set to continue as austerity measures bite. The official response tells people that unhappiness is just a personal problem, rather than a social one.
Written by a practising psychologist, with nearly thirty years' experience in the fields of mental health and learning disabilities, The Therapy Industry offers a concise, accessible and critical overview of...
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Western society has never been more interested in interiority. Indeed, it seems more and more people are deliberately looking inward-toward the mind, the body, or both. Michal Pagis's Inward focuses on one increasingly popular channel for the introverted gaze: vipassana meditation, which has spread from Burma to more than forty countries and counting. Lacing her account with vivid anecdotes and personal stories, Pagis turns our attention not only...
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