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Adoption Memoirs tells inside stories of adoption that popular media miss. Marianne Novy shows how adoption memoirs and films recount not only happy moments, but also the lasting pain of...

Shows that the advancement of immigrant rights in Houston has necessitated a diverse, and at times unusual, set of governmental and non-governmental actors to collaborate and negotiate difficult...

Challenges prevailing expectations about left-right ideological frameworks and advocacy for women's rights and interests in democracies--Author: Christina XydiasPublisher: Temple University...

This work shows how popular films reflected the massive social changes that resulted from the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural south to cities in the North, West, and Mid-West...

Utilizing a comparative racial methodology, this book interrogates how Japanese American community memory is invested in Asian American decriminalization and the forgetting of settler colonial...

Marc Stein's City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves is refreshing for at least two reasons: it centers on a city that is not generally associated with a vibrant gay and lesbian culture, and it shows...

A survey of Pennsylvania's environmental history from pre-colonial and colonial eras through to the development of industrial and post-industrial society--Author: Allen Dieterich-WardPublisher:...

Argues that the habit of thinking of the city and the country as opposites is at the root of our environmental and political disorder, and suggests approaches to bridge this social, political, and...

Given the limited economic opportunities in rural Nepal, the desire of young men of all income and education levels, castes and ethnicities to migrate has never been higher. Crossing the Border to...

This volume presents essays evaluating the similarities and differences between the legal, political, ethical, and practical landscapes confronted by the death penalty abolition movement at the time...

Draws lessons from Seattle's experience with its Democracy Voucher Program, an innovative public campaign financing system designed to change how local elections are funded--Author: Jennifer A...

Tells the stories of public managers, nonprofit directors, and other local leaders who turn deeply rooted governance dilemmas into practical policy results, and examines what these stories can teach...

Aligning discourses surrounding hegemonic colonial visions of the environment and disability, this volume illustrates the ways in which colonial understandings of disability were and continue to be...

Examines the impact of congregational community engagement efforts for places of worship, their members, and democracy--Author: Rebecca A. GlazierPublisher: Temple University PressPublication Date:...

Using a Humanistic Cultural Studies approach, this edited volume is the first book-length study of its kind to offer insights on the myriad representations and conceptualizations of women's body...

The fate of animals in disasters depends on practical solutions informed by compassion and common sense.Author: Leslie IrvinePublisher: Temple University PressPublication Date: June 30, 2021Number of...

This book looks at violent gang cultures in Belize City, arguing that hegemonic masculinities imported from American gang cultures through deportation and popular media evolved in a context of...

Since ancient times, the pundits have lamented young people's lack of historical knowledge and warned that ignorance of the past surely condemns humanity to repeating its mistakes. In the...

Over 200,000 transnational Korean adoptees live throughout the world today, and many have searched for, and reunited with, birth family members. In this book, Sara Docan-Morgan examines how Korean...

Employing history, social theory, and a detailed contemporary case study, Knowledge for Social Change argues for fundamentally reshaping research universities to function as democratic, civic, and...

This edited collection applies theories and lessons from the study of antiblack racism to the study of migration and movement. It locates often hidden legacies, resonances, and influences of...

Tom Gola is a Philadelphia Big Five basketball icon. He led La Salle to the NIT championship in 1952 and the NCAA championship in 1954, and holds the NCAA record for most rebounds in a career. Gola...

Musicians of Asian descent enjoy unprecedented prominence in concert halls, conservatories, and classical music performance competitions. In the first book on the subject, Mari Yoshihara looks into...

This book shows the workplace culture of the engineering department of a prominent tech firm, in particular how the firm uses games to promote productivity and buy-in. Despite high demand for their...

Proper Women tells the unprecedented story of an NGO-led "women's empowerment" program in Tehran that was created to serve young, impoverished Iranians and Afghan refugees. Fae Chubin recounts the...

In an age of social media and reality television, reading and consumption habits in India now demand homegrown pulp fictions. Ulka Anjaria categorizes post-2000 Indian literature and popular culture...

Identifies socio-political concepts and frameworks that can be used to recognize and understand the styles of political engagement, political rebellion, and political identity creation used by poor...

Studies turn-of-the-twentieth-century social democratic feminist refounders" and the conceptual and organizing tools they offer for a defense of democracy"--Author: Wendy Joy SarvasyPublisher: Temple...

This book looks to the case of South Carolina to show how its attempt to achieve sentencing uniformity through guidelines reform was successfully resisted by South Carolina judges, but how other...

This book surveys the social life and contested meanings in migrant shelters in Mexico, probing the interactions between refugees, humanitarian staff, and outside interests. The author finds that...