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Until recently, double-digit economic growth was not unusual among Asian countries and, in fact, had come to be expected of them. From western India to northeastern China, markets were booming and incredible numbers of foreign investors were racing into the Asian markets. Scholars have written laudatory books and articles, politicians want to ensure that trade with Asian countries continues on a rising trajectory, and business leaders have become the new promoters of Asian prosperity. This book attempts to inject a note of caution and reality, while giving Asian countries well-deserved credit for improving their economic status.

Technological, managerial, and institutional deficiencies need to be addressed in Asian countries if the progress of the past two decades is to be restored and preserved. Although Asian nations, particularly Japan, have invested heavily in R&D, their success mainly derives from process improvements and not from new product innovations. Technology and science are the foundations of modern economic civilization, and Asia's assets fall behind Western countries in both areas. The centrality of family-based organizations in some Asian economies and the dependence on horizontal/vertical networks in others also limits the ability of Asian firms to become global operations. The lack of adequate institutions such as an independent judiciary and a responsive polity, and the absence of organizations to bridge the gap between familism and the government, results in an uncertain societal framework in much of Asia. If robust economic growth is to return, Asian economies must rectify the weaknesses Arogyaswamy exposes in this provocative and timely book.

This innovative study provides a close examination of the accomplishments of four women who served as Deans of Women in co-educational institutions, a once crucial but now defunct role. Focusing on Southern colleges rather than traditionally elite institutions, the author begins with each woman's retirement and looks back at their fascinating lives of achievement, spirit, and strength. She explores how these pioneers influenced the quality of women's lives on campus by facing such challenges as the Great Depression and the lack of athletic and housing facilities for female students. Moreover, Bashaw reveals how these deans were concerned with the lives of women beyond the classroom and sought to prepare their students for enriching lives after college. These compelling portraits are based on personal letters, anecdotes, and archives that allow Bashaw to draw new conclusions that shake the dust from previously held notions about the function of women in university administration. With appeal to those in the fields of Women's History, and the History of Education, at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, this groundbreaking volume illuminates the enduring impact and legacy of the female dean.

Included in Sociology is a practice-oriented monograph written by sociology faculty for their colleagues and others who care about the retention and success of students of color, especially in the discipline's gateway courses.

Examines assumptions about diversity and teaching/learning, and provides strategies for enacting learning environments that are more inclusive and conducive to the success of all students.

A resource for conversation and action in individual classrooms, departments, and in the discipline.

Published in cooperation with the American Sociological Association.

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"Ordinary Language Criticism: Literary Thinking after Cavell after Wittgenstein", ed. Kenneth Dauber and Walter Jost, Northwestern University Press Includes William Day, "Moonstruck, or How to Ruin Everything"

A major intervention into the question of the uses of literature, Ordinary Language Criticism proposes a radical paradigm shift away from the kinds of literary criticism that have dominated the academy for the last two decades and more. In a series of essays on texts and figures ranging from Genesis to Don Quixote to Proust, Henry James, Heidegger, and Frost, an eminent group of literary critics and philosophers sets out to recover "ordinariness" as the overlooked point of departure in literary studies and to point up the aesthetic, ethical, and metaphysical consequences that follow from that recovery.

"Modified Rapture: Comedy in W.S. Gilbert's Savoy Operas", published by University Press of Virginia, Victorian Literature and Culture Series, 1991

“Dion Boucicault,” forthcoming in the Grolier Encyclopedia of the Victorian Era, ed. Thomas Pendergast.

“Gilbert and Sullivan,” forthcoming in the Grolier Encyclopedia of the Victorian Era.

"Drama," Chapter in A Companion to Victorian Literature & Culture, ed. Herbert F. Tucker (Oxford: Blackwell, 1999), pp. 339-355.

"Douglas Jerrold," A biographical essay published in the Dictionary of Literary Biography: British Reform Writers, 1789-1832, 1996, pp. 169-176.

"Herrick's Holy Hedonism," selected for inclusion in Poetry Criticism, ed. Drew Kalasky (Gale Research, 1994), pp. 140-44. Reprinted from Modern Language Studies, 1983.

These two works are supplements to Physical Chemistry by Peter Atkins. Atkins’ text is one of the most widely used for teaching physical chemistry. The manuals are published by Oxford University Press, and distributed in North America by W. H. Freeman and Co. Between them the solutions manuals include detailed solutions of all the problems and exercises in the textbook. Dr. Giuna's co-authors of the manuals are: Peter Atkins, professor of chemistry at Oxford University and author of the main textbook as well, Charles Trapp, professor of chemistry at University of Louisville, and Marshall Cady, associate professor of chemistry at Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN. In addition to writing solutions for the solutions manual, Giunta and Trapp wrote about 100 new problems for the 6th edition of the textbook. These exercises introduce students to some recently published research in physical chemistry. Giunta also wrote the Web based supplement to the textbook for W. H. Freeman .

The new editions of the Solutions Manuals were published by Oxford University Press in 2002

These essays critically appropriate the concepts of responsibility and covenant by reconceptualizing them within diverse Christian ethical traditions (virtue ethics, feminist ethics, African-American) and by discerning their implications for critical social issues, including abortion, law, medicine, public policy, and technology.

"Shipboard Automatic Identification System Displays: Meeting the Needs of Mariners" is the final report of a 24-month National Academies/National Research Council study for the U.S. Coast Guard, Transportation Safety Administration assessing the technical and human factors aspects of shipboard display of automatic identification systems information. Dr. Grabowski chaired the National Research Council committee. The report will provide the basis for U.S. Coast Guard regulations on AIS for domestic waterborne vessels, as well as the U.S. position on AIS technology at the United Nations' International Maritime Organization meetings in 2003-2005.

"Our sense of mission is integral to our identity as God created us; it's rooted in who we are as unique individuals." In a clear, direct, and readable style Krisher invites us to meditate on the qualities or facets of Jesus' mission as described in Jesus' own words: a mission to sinners, a mission to serve, to give life, and to bring fire.

"Spiritual Surrender: Yielding Yourself to a Loving God" - Asserts that surrender is the fundamental life stance that undergirds all our choices. Reviews and dismisses the typical misconceptions of surrender, and focuses on surrender as a choice we make repeatedly no matter what the circumstance: in suffering, pleasure, joy, or prayer.

Focusing on personalities as well as events, this book presents a lively, comprehensible history of world affairs between 1945 and 1991. A HARD AND BITTER PEACE explains not only what happened, but why things happened as they did, and how they were related to each other. Beginning with the origins of the Cold War and ending with the collapse of the Soviet Union, Judge and Langdon present a penetrating analysis of the superpower confrontation that fascinated and frightened the world.

From the Berlin Blockade to the destruction of the Berlin Wall, from Suez Crisis to Cuban Missile Crisis, from Korean War to Gulf War, the authors blend their descriptions of key events with vivid portrayals of the background and character of leading Cold War figures. A HARD AND BITTER PEACE provides both a gripping account of the rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States and the global setting indispensable to a realistic evaluation of this turbulent period.

The Collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 ended almost half a century of intense international struggle known as the Cold War. THE COLD WAR: A HISTORY THROUGH DOCUMENTS presents more than 130 speeches, agreements, statements, and texts from that turbulent era, covering topics such as the origins of the Cold War, the nuclear arms race, the U-2 affair, the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the Sino-Soviet Split, and the end of the Cold War.

In this collection, the great events of the era come alive through the words and phrases of those who shaped them. The documents have been carefully edited and excerpted, with clear concise introductions providing the historical background and context. Whether you lived through the Cold War or have just begun to learn about it, you will find these documents an indispensable aid in understanding that pivotal period in modern world history.

Complex and controversial issues have accompanied the development of English-language literature in Wales, generating a continuing debate over the nature of Welsh writing in English. The main issues include the claim of some Welsh-language writers to represent the only authentic literature of Wales, the question of whether or not an extended literarN, tradition in English has existed in Wales, the absence (until fairly recently) of a publishing apparatus for English-language writers, the rise of a Welsh nationalism committed to preserving the Welsh language, and the question of whether Englishlanguage literature in Wales can be distinguished from English literature proper. The primary inpulse for the interviews with the thirteen writers and editors in Writing on the Edge was to explore these and other issues relating to the literary and cultural identity in Wales in the last decade. The book's title reflects these ongoing debates about the nature and direction of contemporary Welsh literature in English, which is often perceived as peripheral both to Welsh-speaking Wales and to the literary culture of England. As one of the contributors to the Volume says "This is what it is to be Welsh... It's an edge. There's no moment of life in Wales that hasn't got that edge, unless you decide you're not Welsh."

This anthology of poems and interviews is a double revelation for U.S. readers, presenting for the first time in this country the important English-language Welsh poets of the 1980s and 1990s, and illuminating the complexity, constant Am, and political implications of the poet's sense of inherited culture. These superb poems have been rigorously selected to showcase the Welsh poets' skill, seriousness, and the sensuous density of their language, which, like that of contemporary Irish poets, offers the reader memorable expressive riches and a striking depiction of the Welsh landscape and society.

The featured poets practice their craft amid a lively cultural and political debate: although the number of Welsh citizens who do not speak Welsh has grown substantially in recent decades, cultural nationalists view English as the language of oppression whose dominance erodes the richness and depth of local custom and history. Thus, like Latino writers working in English in the U.S., or writers of Turkish heritage writing in German, the English-language Welsh poets create a divided art. Even R. S. Thomas, the best-known contemporary Welsh poet, learned Welsh only as a second language (in which to write prose, but not poetry).

A collection of fascinating interviews with the poets rounds out this exploration of the Welsh-English cultural divide. David T. Lloyd has written a lucid introduction that provides the historical background of the cultural debate over language, and alerts the reader to the virtues of each poet.

Experiences of Place is a collection of lectures with an introductory essay concerning the importance of place in the history of religions. The lectures were given at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard University in the 1999-2000 academic year.

Living When a Young Friend Commits Suicide - Co-authored with Rabbi Earl Grollman, an internationally recognized authority on death and bereavement, this book is intended for adolescents who've lost a friend or relative to suicide.

Teachers for Life: Advice and Methods Gathered Along the Way. Published in March of 2006, this book is intended as a literary mentor for new teachers - a book of educational psychology and educational philosophy.

Profiles in Character: Twenty -Six Stories That Will Instruct and Inspire
This is a book intended for the teaching of character education to secondary students. It is a collection of inspiring stories in which individuals have demonstrated virtuous behavior. Dr. Thomas Lickona, a nationally recognized scholar in character education, recommends it as, "a book for anyone interested in living well."
Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield/University Press of America, Inc. To be published in April, 2007

It's Not Too Late! Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life
Written for baby-boomers (age range from 42 to 65), this book provides a guide for those contemplating the remaining years of their lives. This is more than a reflective work; it provides specific tasks to be considered - any one of which will add meaning and enrichment to one's life. Noted author Rabbi Earl Grollman endorses this book with these words: "Max Malikow is a talented writer who has though about life."
Publisher: Hamilton Books: Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group

Suicidal Thoughts: Essays on Self-Determined Death
Max Malikow is the Contributing Editor to a collection of fourteen essays on the topic of suicide. The thirteen other contributors include several of the foremost authorities on the subject. This is Professor Malikow's second book on suicide, the first being "Living When a Young Friend Commits Suicide" co-authored with Rabbi Dr. Earl A. Grollman (Beacon Press, 1999).
Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, to be published in March 2008.

This volume explores the literary representation of male sexual dysfunction and discusses the natural and supernatural elements of an ancient folk medical system based on conceptual associations between male sexuality and specific plants, animals and minerals.

The work incorporates material from both literary and scientific sources to draw parallels between ancient and modern paradigms of healing. The literary depiction of attempts to remedy impotence demonstrates how an accessibility to cures contributes to the sexual and social reintegration of the sufferer. The Satyrica of Petronius echoes this process by means of the text itself and so effects similar ends.

The book provides new insights into literature and the ancient belief systems underlying it with its original and integrative approach to disciplines such as philology, botany, mineralogy, zoology and medicine.

Edith Wharton"s Writings from the Great War, University Press of Florida, May 2004, "integrates all of Wharton’s war-time literary genres, discusses common themes, and examines issues such as Wharton’s exclusion from the canon of Great War writers; the effect of the war on her choice of subject, style, and tone; her shifting perspective on the war itself, as it dragged on far longer than anyone anticipated; her sense of personal, social, and literary destabilization during the war; and her increased sense of the role of history during and after the war.

Olin-Ammentorp quotes many evocative passages from Wharton’s wartime correspondence--most notably to Henry James, who avidly read Wharton’s letters to him as if they were dispatches from the front. Particularly new is the inclusion of Wharton’s poetry composed during the war years, most of which has remained unpublished until now. In addition, Olin-Ammentorp’s examination of A Son at the Front is more detailed, comprehensive, and complex than any study to date. She concludes with a reflection on Wharton’s last depiction of the war years in her memoir, A Backward Glance.

In addition to providing a thorough analysis of Wharton’s war writings, the book includes two appendixes of her out-of-print and scattered writings, available for the first time in over 85 years. The first contains the war poetry; the second includes a sampling of Wharton’s war-related nonfiction prose, including newspaper reportage, magazine articles, an obituary for her young friend Ronald Simmons who died in the war, and a speech she gave to American servicemen."

Seamless, (poetry book) Perugia Press, September, 2003. Amazon.com described her book as "the impressive debut poetry collection by Linda Tomol Pennisi. The poems approach the slippery, subtle areas between beauty and darkness, between sanity and disorientation, between hunger and survival, and in so doing create a coherent story about the grace and fragility of being human. Pennisi’s light touch and restraint set these poems apart. Her language is masterful, varied, musical, sexy, and precise."

This introductory text helps students think through the basic questions that arise in the study of religion. What is the nature of religious experience? How does religion shape the actions of individuals and communities? How does religion promote or inhibit human development and well-being?

Developed and tested through team teaching and refined and revised through classroom use, Introduction to the Study of Religion brings together examples from a variety of world religions to explore these questions. Each chapter contains illustrations and sidebars that relate more abstract concepts to the student's life experience as well as study/research activities, suggested readings, and audiovisual resources. The final chapter explores current issues such as patriarchy, alienating images of God, religion in the face of suffering, and cults. A glossary of terms used throughout the text is included.

Through a close examination of philosopher Leopoldo Zea's historicist phenomenology, Mario Sáenz offers fresh insights into the role of Mexican intellectuals in the creation of a Latin American "philosophy of liberation." While this philosophy of liberation has been widely recognized as the most intellectual political ideology to emerge from Latin America this century, few scholars have specifically explored the Mexican roots of this intellectual movement. Sáenz redresses this imbalance by placing Zea and his contemporary intellectuals firmly within the context of post-revolutionary Mexico, a political and social landscape that fostered criticisms of colonial and neo-colonial structures of dependence. Sáenz demonstrates how Zea's philosophy was informed by a sense of Mexico's distinctive social and cultural identity.

This story began in an educational setting where two children who were physically and culturally different experienced conflict on a daily basis. Peley's family emigrated from Cambodia and Vietnam, Raji's from Bombay. Both children struggled throughout their first year of formal education in a predominately white suburban school district. Social and academic problems developed during work and play, formal literacy leaming, holidays and celebrations, and home/school communications. Their teacher, Ms. Starr, also struggled as she tried to understand the two children and their families, watching helplessly as Peley and Raji became isolated in the kindergarten program. At the end of this compelling account, specific classroom recommendations are offered to present and future educators.

The authors contributing to the book are nationally and internationally known educational researchers from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. They present perspectives related to literacy research that both informs theory and practice.

The book includes chapters from teacher educators/researchers and classroom teachers. Selected as the International Reading Association's August Book of the Month.

"From Culture to Ethnic Group: the Compartmentalization of Group Identity in Northern Thailand", working paper published in Multiculturalism: Modes of Coexistence and Conflict in Asia, 1999. Washington, D.C.: Sasakawa Peace Foundation, pp. 358-401.

"The Aini zu of the Hani Minority Nationality: Comparative Thoughts on Akha in China, Thailand and Myanmar (Burma)", in Yearbook of the International Institute of Asian Studies I, 1994., 1995, pp. 27-34. Leiden.

"The Hani of China", in State of the Peoples, ed. by Marc S. Miller, 1993, pp.118-119. Cultural Survival. Boston: Beacon Press.

On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 fellow students and one teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Two of the victims of the Columbine massacre, Cassie Bernall and Rachel Scott, reportedly were asked by the gunmen if they believed in God.

Both allegedly answered “Yes” and were killed. Within days of their death, Cassie and Rachel were hailed as modern-day Christian martyrs, and became useful symbols for those seeking to advance a conservative political agenda. According to police investigators, however, Cassie and Rachel may never have been asked by their killers about God; they simply may have been victims of a senseless crime rather than martyrs to a cause. The Martyrs of Columbine not only attempts to discover what really occurred, but it also explores what the Columbine shooting has come to mean in American culture.

She is the co-author of Research Methods (6th ed), a text book for Research Methods in Psychology, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth (2004).

According to Bookworkz, "RESEARCH METHODS is a succinct, straightforward guide designed to complement any approach to the research methods course. Donald McBurney and new co-author Theresa White bring years of dedicated scholarship, research, and teaching experience to their text--using it to walk students step-by-step through the project selection, literature search, research protocol selection, and publication processes."

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