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This book describes the assimilation and acculturation of a small
minority who immigrated to the United States in the nineteenth
century and again in the twentieth century. Gerhard Falk focuses on
refugees who fled from Nazi tyranny in the 1930s, immigrated to
America, and succeeded despite immense obstacles. This book
includes a review of the most prominent academics that made major
contributions to science, medicine, art, and literature in America.
The German Jews in America demonstrates that America is still the
land of opportunity for everyone who makes an effort, no matter
what their religion, ethnicity, or race. In addition, this book is
a key to understanding immigration and the role of community in
providing the support needed in becoming an American.
This book describes twelve inventions that transformed the United
States from a rural and small-town community to an industrial
country of unprecedented power. These inventions demonstrate that
no one person is ever responsible for technological advances and
that the culture produces a number of people who work together to
create each new invention. The book also shows the influences of
technology on society and examines the beliefs and attitudes of
those who partake in technological advances. The book is both a
sociological analysis and a history of technology in the United
States in the past two hundred years.
Learn the value of football to American society No sport reflects
the American value system like football. Visitors to the United
States need only watch a game or two to learn all they need to know
about the American way of life and the beliefs, attitudes, and
concerns of American society. Football and American Identity
examines the social conditions and cultural implications found in
the football subculture, represented by core values such as
competition, conflict, diversity, power, economic success, fair
play, liberty, and patriotism. This unique book goes beyond the
standard fare on football strategy and history, or the biographies
of famous players and coaches, to analyze the reasons why the game
is the essence of the American spirit. Author Gerhard Falk,
Professor of Sociology at the State University College of New York
at Buffalo, examines football as a game, as a business, and as a
reflection of the diversity in American life. Football and American
Identity also addresses the relationship between football and the
media, with much of the game's income generated by advertising and
endorsements, and examines the presence of crime in football
culture. The book discusses the development of the gameand those
involved in itat the Pop Warner, college, and professional levels,
examining the social origin of players, coaches, cheerleaders, and
owners. In addition, Football and American Identity analyzes the
game's fans and their devotion to their teams, examines why
Pennsylvania is considered the mother of American football, and
looks at the National Football League and its commissioners.
Football and American Identity examines: how individualism and
achievement can lead to mythological status why a person's
occupation is the most important indicator of prestige in the
United States what the consequences are of earning more in a year
than most Americans make in a lifetime why equality is vital to the
ethnic make-up of American football teams why teamwork is
important-in football and in industry how freedom is essential for
taking the risks necessary for success and much more! Football and
American Identity is an inside look at football as an American
cultural phenomenon. Devoted and casual fans of the game, as well
as academics working in sociology, will find this unique book
interesting, entertaining, and thought-provoking.
Learn the value of football to American society No sport reflects
the American value system like football. Visitors to the United
States need only watch a game or two to learn all they need to know
about the American way of life and the beliefs, attitudes, and
concerns of American society. Football and American Identity
examines the social conditions and cultural implications found in
the football subculture, represented by core values such as
competition, conflict, diversity, power, economic success, fair
play, liberty, and patriotism. This unique book goes beyond the
standard fare on football strategy and history, or the biographies
of famous players and coaches, to analyze the reasons why the game
is the essence of the American spirit. Author Gerhard Falk,
Professor of Sociology at the State University College of New York
at Buffalo, examines football as a game, as a business, and as a
reflection of the diversity in American life. Football and American
Identity also addresses the relationship between football and the
media, with much of the game's income generated by advertising and
endorsements, and examines the presence of crime in football
culture. The book discusses the development of the gameand those
involved in itat the Pop Warner, college, and professional levels,
examining the social origin of players, coaches, cheerleaders, and
owners. In addition, Football and American Identity analyzes the
game's fans and their devotion to their teams, examines why
Pennsylvania is considered the mother of American football, and
looks at the National Football League and its commissioners.
Football and American Identity examines: how individualism and
achievement can lead to mythological status why a person's
occupation is the most important indicator of prestige in the
United States what the consequences are of earning more in a year
than most Americans make in a lifetime why equality is vital to the
ethnic make-up of American football teams why teamwork is
important-in football and in industry how freedom is essential for
taking the risks necessary for success and much more! Football and
American Identity is an inside look at football as an American
cultural phenomenon. Devoted and casual fans of the game, as well
as academics working in sociology, will find this unique book
interesting, entertaining, and thought-provoking.
This book examines modern advances in gender equality and
contemporary feminist discourse as a result of the American sexual
revolution. It explains how and why the sexual revolution of the
1960s, though antiquated by today's standards, continues to have
profound effects on modern views of femininity and what it means to
be an American woman. The author argues that although efforts had
been made to break down traditional gender roles in the early 20th
century, particularly in the realms of higher education and
professional achievement, most of these efforts were largely
unsuccessful due to the absence of effective and available birth
control.Citing 'the pill' as the principal catalyst for the sexual
revolution of the 1960s and the subsequent gender revolution which
continues today, the book examines the ascent of American women in
the 21st century and comments on the social and ideological changes
that contributed to it. The main body of the work consists of
separate chapters placing emphasis on the entrance of women into
formerly male-dominated occupations - including jobs in the
military, religion, science, mathematics, law, medicine,
government, and politics.
While fraud is generally associated with the business world, this
book demonstrates that there is also a good deal of fraud and
deception among scientists, writers and philanthropists. Scientists
will sometimes announce fraudulent findings in order to raise money
for additional research projects. Since many scientists live by
this "soft" money and have no other income, the temptation to claim
results that never occurred is great. Likewise, authors and
journalists may commit fraud by claiming that they saw something
that they did not see or that an event occurred which never
happened. There are also writers who steal the work of others and
publish such material under their own name. There are executives of
charitable organizations who steal the money donated to a
charitable cause and there are clergy who steal from the members of
their own parish, or sell objects that do not belong to them. Some
members of the clergy use their trusted office to gain sexual
favors from congregants while others entertain their friends at the
expense of their congregations. This work is well documented and
demonstrates that the notion of the aloof scientists or holy clergy
may be no more than a myth, and that even in these professions all
things are not what they seem.
The restoration of Israel to the Holy Land was originally an
English, Protestant idea. Jewish Zionism came later and succeeded
only because of the Holocaust. The principal impetus for the
promotion of a Jewish return to Zion was religious and began with
the translation of the Bible from the Hebrew to English by Tindale.
Because literature in the English language depicted Jews almost
always in an unfavorable light, both British and American religious
and political leaders were ambivalent about Jews. Nevertheless, the
religious impulse to restore Israel became political in the
twentieth century and succeeded with the establishment of the
Jewish state in 1948.
Martin Luther's viciously anti-Jewish pamphlet, Vom Schem Hampboras
, presented here in its original German and its first-ever English
translation, is but one of the many sources translated here for the
first time from Latin, Hebrew and German. This study reviews the
earliest Christian writings concerning the Jews and shows how
Christian synods and influential theologians legitimised and
reinforced hatred of the Jewish people. The book also examines the
modern attempts in Protestant and Catholic theology to promote
friendship toward the Jewish people.
Der Band prasentiert den Abschlussbericht der wissenschaftlichen
Begleitung des funfjahrigen Mediationsverfahrens am Flughafen
Wien-Schwechat. Er beinhaltet sowohl die Dokumentation des
Verfahrens als auch Hintergrundtheorien zur Mediation als
Widerspruchsmanagement, ihrem Verhaltnis zu Politik und
Offentlichkeit und ihrer Rechtswerdung."
This book reviews the achievements of American women in the
American economy; in education; in government; in religion; in the
military; in law enforcement and in communications. The author
predicts the feminization of American life with particular
reference to changes in the American family and the ever increasing
dominance of women in all American institutions.
Die Regelung von Konflikten durch Mediation ist im Idealfall
freiwillig, konstruktiv und selbstverstandlich gewaltfrei.
Mediation geschieht jedoch nicht 'von alleine', sondern benotigt
qualifizierte 'Verfahrenshelfer'. Wer aber ist als Mediatorin oder
Mediator geeignet und welche Kompetenzen sind zu erlernen? Das
Handbuch gibt hierzu Antworten zu den Themenbereichen
Konfliktmanagement, Konfliktdynamik und Regelungsprozesse. Mit der
Einfuhrung in Lerninhalte, Methoden und das Konzept der reflexiven
Qualifizierung bieten die AutorInnen Ideen, Anregungen und
Erfahrungswerte zur Entwicklung eines Qualifikationsprofils fur
Mediatoren und Mediatorinnen.
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This critical yet honest appraisal of our criminal justice system
addresses its strengths and its flaws—and makes recommendations
for improvement. The American Criminal Justice System: How It
Works, How It Doesn't, and How to Fix It calls attention to a
criminal justice system that needs improvement. Author Gerhard Falk
shows that the police themselves often violate the law; that
prosecutors send innocent citizens to prison and even to death row;
that defense attorneys take on cases they are not prepared to
handle; that juries vote guilt or innocence on the basis of
emotion, not facts; that judges are often failed attorneys or
unscrupulous politicians; and that jails and prisons are too
frequently warehouses of the poor. As background for his analysis,
Falk discusses the history of the police, prosecutors, defense
attorneys, and judges, as well as the history of prisons and "the
prison industrial complex." He also offers a devastating analysis
of the death penalty and its practitioners. The book ends with
recommendations for the improvement of our criminal justice system
so that America can truly be, as our Supreme Court proclaims, a
land of "Equal Justice under Law."
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