Resources, Engagement, and Recruitment
Edited by Casey A. Klofstad
Cutting-edge research by prominent social scientists on new topics and methods of inquiry in the field of civic participation
294 pages
| 6 x 9
| 20 tables, 29 line drawings
Charles Coolidge Parlin, Curtis Publishing Company, and the Origins of Market Research
Douglas B. Ward
How a dominant magazine publisher developed the business of market research
240 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 9 tables, 10 halftones, 2 maps
Rebels, Race, and the American Athlete
Larry Platt
The hero and anti-hero in contemporary sport, from a best-selling journalist
208 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
Campaign Oratory and Democracy in the United States, Britain, and Australia
Sean Scalmer
The story of how the “stump speech” was created, diffused, and helped to shape the modern democracies of the Anglo-American world
232 pages
| 6 x 9
| 8 halftones
The Rise of an Alternative Network
Matthew Lasar
A profile of America's first listener-supported alternative radio station
320 pages
| 6 x 9
| 10 halftones
Transnational Legal Graffiti Scenes as Spaces for Encounter
Caitlin Frances Bruce
Argues that public art generates spaces for encounter as well as places and moments that can reenergize the felt sense of possibility in urban spaces
276 pages
| 6 x 9
| 54 color photos
Film, Media, and the Radical Imagination
Greg Burris
A window into the Palestinian freedom struggle, drawing on an analysis of Palestinian film and media
270 pages
| 6 x 9
| 8 halftones
Travis N Ridout and Michael M. Franz
How campaign ads persuade voters
200 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 24 tables, 14 figures
His Best Writing on the Sixers, the Dream Team, and Beyond
Edited by Andy Jasner
Three decades of reporting by renowned Philadelphia Hall of Fame sportswriter Phil Jasner
264 pages
| 6 x 9
| 13 halftones
edited by Martin Cloonan and Reebee Garofalo
The sounds of surveillance
256 pages
| 7 x 10
| 3 tables, 3 halftones
Edited by Steve Jones
Seeing pop music journalism as a form of cultural criticism
288 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 tables
Daniel Lerner, Mass Media, and The Passing of Traditional Society
Hemant Shah
How Daniel Lerner's seminal work contributed to the overall professionalization of communication theory and sociology
226 pages
| 6 x 9
| 6 tables, 1 figure
Edited by Costas Panagopoulos
The first book-length treatment of the public financing of elections in the United States
268 pages
| 6 x 9
| 59 tables
How Candidates Invoke Race in U.S. Political Campaigns
Charlton D McIlwain, and Stephen M. Caliendo
Why, when, and how often candidates use race appeals, and how the electorate responds
272 pages
| 6 x 9
| 38 tables, 23 halftones
Metropolitan Journalism in the Digital Age
C.W. Anderson
An inside account of dramatic changes in journalism at a large metropolitan newspaper.
236 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 table, 2 figures,16 halftones