A Book of Sources
edited by Molefi Kete Asante and Abu S. Abarry
This comprehensive volume brings together documents from the richly textured intellectual history of Africa and the diaspora
848 pages
| 7 x 10
Jail Overcrowding and Court-Ordered Reform
Wayne N. Welsh
A systematic analysis of court-ordered jail reform with a pragmatic model for change
288 pages
| 6 x 9
| 39 tables, 5 figs.
The Politics of Rural and Environmental Discourse
Edited by E. Melanie DuPuis and Peter Vandergeest
People active in regional environmental crises discuss the destruction, conservation, and creation of the countryside
360 pages
| 6 x 9
| 7 tables, 3 figures, 6 halftones, 4 maps
Edited by Marcy Darnovsky, Barbara Epstein, and Richard Flacks
Bridging the worlds of activism and academiathis volume combines social movement theory with the real experiences of activists
384 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 tables 10 figures
The American Association of University Women and the Challenge of Twentieth-Century Feminism
Susan Levine
240 pages
| 6 x 9
| 3 tables, 20 halftones
Critical Essays on Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture
Edited by William Eric Perkins
Leading authorities write on the complex—and sometimes controversial—history, politics, and culture of rap and hip hop
288 pages
| 6 x 9
The Akan Conceptual Scheme
Kwame Gyekye
African philosopher Gyekye defines the main principles of a distinct African philosophy
296 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 2 figures
Bonnie Poitras Tucker
The compelling memoir of a profoundly deaf woman lawyer and professor surviving the ironies and trials of accommodating a hearing world
232 pages
| 6 x 9
New York Writing from The Penny Press to Melville
Hans Bergmann
New York City, as literary subject, sets the stage for this study of urban literature
272 pages
| 6 x 9
| 4 figures, 5 halftones
Bad and Good Part-Time Jobs in a Changing Labor Market
Chris Tilly
An up-to-date and in-depth analysis of a disquieting trend in the U.S. labor market
240 pages
| 6 x 9
| 18 tables, 15 figures
Chicana Literary Voices
Alvina E. Quintana
An in-depth examination of contemporary Chicana writers
176 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
Australian Femocrats and the State
Hester Eisenstein
A fiesty story of women entering Australia's government and successfully using state power for social change
312 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 tables
Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Politics of the Law
edited by Didi Herman and Carl Stychin
An exploration of the contested field of gay and lesbian sexuality and the law
272 pages
| 6 x 9
Class, Gender, and the Satellite Factory System in Taiwan
Ping-Chun Hsiung
A detailed portrait and sophisticated analysis of married women working Taiwan's export factories
200 pages
| 6 x 9
| 25 tables, 1 figure, 14 halftones
Cuba and Homosexuality
Ian Lumsden
A historically based, first-hand report of contemporary homosexuality in Cuban society and culture
304 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 8 halftones