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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
In depth look at choices, how they play out in our lives, and
offered explanation of how we should look at life situations and
circumstances resulting from the choices we make on a daily basis.
The author explores the ethnic and racial identity formation
among high school and college students of racially mixed heritage.
The portraits in this book provide a thorough examination of the
dynamic ethnic and racial lives of a multifaceted and growing
segment of students. Unlike most recent projects on mixed heritage
people which are narrow in scope and focus on one set of
backgrounds (e.g., black and white or black and Japanese), the
subjects in this study represent a vast array of heritages,
including those of dual minority ancestry.
The students' stories speak volumes about the uneven nature of
racial and ethnic experience within and across traditional
communities in contemporary U.S. society. Unlike studies analyzing
broad intergroup processes, this work begins by examining the
cultural dynamics of the home, contributing valuable insights into
the otherwise invisible lives of mixed heritage families. Processes
of enculturation and discourse acquisition are considered in the
development of ethnic identity. The book also helps to frame how
changes within the U.S. racial ecology lead many recently mixed
heritage individuals to see themselves as occupying (un)common
ground. Finally, this work offers recommendations for educators
concerned with creating school contexts that are critically
supportive of human diversity.
Offers a collection of writings that bridges the social science and
educational literature related to mixed heritage identity
development and schooling in diverse contexts. As such, it is the
first book of its kind to provide a direct focus on
multiracial/ethnic identity and formal education in the United
States based on the scholarship of educational researchers. The two
common threads linking the chapters are: the flexible, yet situated
nature of ethnic and racial identities among mixed heritage
students; and the importance of theorizing social contexts when
interpreting and representing identity, community, and belonging.
In addition to exploring general themes of identity development,
Working with Mixed Heritage Students addresses theoretical and
methodological issues in conducting research on topics related to
mixed heritage students, as well as implications for teacher
preparation and educational practice. Ultimately, the authors
brought together in this volume share a focus on recently mixed
heritage students of first, or second, or third generation
multiracial and multiethnic descent. This diversity of perspectives
on such a complex topic creates a tension within the book,
"Medical scientists use the word `iatrogenic' to refer to disabilities that are the consequence of medical treatment. We believe that some such word might be coined to refer to philosophical difficulties for which philosophers themselves are responsible" Sir Peter Medawar Arguing that quantum theory as it stands is perhaps the most comprehensive, well-verified, and successful theory in the history of science, the author clears away the impression that it is an incomplete, philosophically flawed, and self-contradictory theory. In simple terms accessible to anyone with a little prior knowledge of science, Wallace examines the numerous "paradoxes" and "difficulties" claimed for quantum mechanics, and shows that they are due to excesses of interpretation that have been imposed on the theory.
Working with Mixed Heritage Students offers a collection of
writings that bridges the social science and educational literature
related to mixed heritage identity development and schooling in
diverse contexts. As such, it is the first book of its kind to
provide a direct focus on multiracial/ethnic identity and formal
education in the United States based on the scholarship of
educational researchers. The two common threads linking the
chapters are: the flexible, yet situated nature of ethnic and
racial identities among mixed heritage students; and the importance
of theorizing social contexts when interpreting and representing
identity, community, and belonging. In addition to exploring
general themes of identity development, Working with Mixed Heritage
Students addresses theoretical and methodological issues in
conducting research on topics related to mixed heritage students,
as well as implications for teacher preparation and educational
practice. Ultimately, the authors brought together in this volume
share a focus on recently mixed heritage students of first, or
second, or third generation multiracial and multiethnic descent.
This diversity of perspectives on such a complex topic creates a
tension within the book, one that naturally emerges through
interdisciplinary collaboration. But it is hoped that this tension
is just one of many that will lead to further reflection, dialogue,
and action by researchers and educators working with like
populations.
The fourth international rotifer symposium was Wednesday afternoon
a tour of Edinburgh, includ held in Edinburgh, Scotland, August 18
- 25, 1985, ing a visit to the Palace of Holyrood, was arranged.
hosted by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology. This This was
followed by an evening banquet with meeting continued the tradition
of holding rotifer traditional Scottish entertainment. On Thursday
symposia at three-year intervals. The first an evening most
participants attended a fireworks dis nouncement of the fourth
meeting was circulated at play which was part of the Edinburgh
Festival. Fi the end of 1983 to almost 300 people whose names
nally, an excursion to Loch Lomond and the Tros appeared on the
mailing list of the international sach hills was arranged for the
Saturday after the newsletter, Rotifer News. In total, 68 people
from meeting. 23 countries attended the meeting. It is interesting
The organisers would like to thank Mr. C. J. to note that, of these
68 participants, 21 had at Place and colleagues at the Institute of
Terrestrial tended the first meeting, held in Linz, Austria,
Ecology for their invaluable help in organising the 1976, and 13
had attended all three previous meet meeting and preparing the
symposium volume for ings. publication. We are also grateful for
financial sup As in previous symposia, some research topics port
from the Royal Society, the British Council were identified in
advance of the meeting as being and British Petroleum (Scotland).
* This pioneering book provides a research-based, comprehensive,
in-depth analysis of African American grief. * The book includes
extensive quotations from the African-American interviewees that
are rich in insights and often moving. * The book provides a rich
picture of the many ways racism is entangled in African American
deaths and grief. * It is the first contemporary resource to
highlight the grief experiences of African Americans. * It is used
in seminaries around the country
* This pioneering book provides a research-based, comprehensive,
in-depth analysis of African American grief. * The book includes
extensive quotations from the African-American interviewees that
are rich in insights and often moving. * The book provides a rich
picture of the many ways racism is entangled in African American
deaths and grief. * It is the first contemporary resource to
highlight the grief experiences of African Americans. * It is used
in seminaries around the country
The need to know why as well as how children and youth respond as
they do to reading instruction has guided the selection of this
book's content. The second edition of this title, originally
published in 1990, has retained and elaborated upon the three major
themes previously presented: that reading is a linguistic process;
that motivation, the affective domain, may be as important in
learning to read as the cognitive domain; and that the reality of
learning theory is to be found in the mechanisms of the brain where
information is mediated and memory traces are stored. The text
integrates views from cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, and
neuropsychology as they relate to reading and writing. A
learning-motivation model is provided to present associative
learning, conceptualization, and self-directed reading in a
hierarchical relationship with distinct cognitive and affective
components. The distinction between beginning and proficient
reading is maintained throughout the text.
The need to know why as well as how children and youth respond as
they do to reading instruction has guided the selection of this
book's content. The second edition of this title, originally
published in 1990, has retained and elaborated upon the three major
themes previously presented: that reading is a linguistic process;
that motivation, the affective domain, may be as important in
learning to read as the cognitive domain; and that the reality of
learning theory is to be found in the mechanisms of the brain where
information is mediated and memory traces are stored. The text
integrates views from cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, and
neuropsychology as they relate to reading and writing. A
learning-motivation model is provided to present associative
learning, conceptualization, and self-directed reading in a
hierarchical relationship with distinct cognitive and affective
components. The distinction between beginning and proficient
reading is maintained throughout the text.
Focuses on the study of the accounting problems and issues of
emerging economies DESCRIPTION: This series arose out of the belief
that the international accounting literature should devote more
attention to the study of the accounting problems and issues of
emerging economies (developing and newly industrialized countries).
The volumes raise the level of interest in the specific problems of
accounting in emerging economies and the awareness of real issues,
so that accounting in these countries will not just be seen as a
matter of copying what is done in the industrialized countries.
These works have become relevant to the actual needs of its
readers, and is making real contributions to the accounting
development process of emerging economies. TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Accounting and Control in Gulf Countries; Accounting and Banking in
Africa; Accounting in South Asia.
This book chronicles the conceptual and methodological facets of
psychiatry and medical psychology throughout history. There are no
recent books covering so wide a time span. Many of the facets
covered are pertinent to issues in general medicine, psychiatry,
psychoanalysis, and the social sciences today. The divergent
emphases and interpretations among some of the contributors point
to the necessity for further exploration and analysis.
This book chronicles the conceptual and methodological facets of
psychiatry and medical psychology throughout history. Many of these
are pertinent to issues in general medicine, psychiatry,
psychoanalysis, and the social sciences today. Section One,
Periods, chronicles the prehistory and history of the field from
embryonic psychiatry (antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance,
Enlightenment) through the emergence of psychiatry as a medical
specialty (romantic or early-19th-century German psychiatry,
descriptive psychiatry and psychiatric nosology, psychoanalysis,
biological psychiatry, liaison psychiatry, and psychopharmacology).
Section Two, Key Topics and Concepts, explores the history of major
psychiatric disorders such as depression, schizophrenia,
psychosomatic disorders, the influence of neurology of psychiatry,
the evolution and transformation of mental institutions, and the
psychoanalytic movement in the United States. Section Three,
Epilogue, is a philosophical treatment of psychiatry as a medical
specialty.Where appropriate, contributors have had access to each
other's developing essays and have cooperated with each other and
with the editors to minimize redundancy and enhance the book's
coherence and integration. The divergent emphases and
interpretations among some of the contributors will interest the
serious student of history as much as the convergences because the
former point to the necessity for further exploration and analysis.
African American Grief is a unique contribution to the field, both
as a professional resource for counselors, therapists, social
workers, clergy, and nurses, and as a reference volume for
thanatologists, academics, and researchers. This work considers the
potential effects of slavery, racism, and white ignorance and
oppression on the African American experience and conception of
death and grief in America. Based on interviews with 26
African-Americans who have faced the death of a significant person
in their lives, the authors document, describe, and analyze key
phenomena of the unique African-American experience of grief. The
book combines moving narratives from the interviewees with sound
research, analysis, and theoretical discussion of important issues
in thanatology as well as topics such as the influence of the
African-American church, gospel music, family grief, medical racism
as a cause of death, and discrimination during life and after
death.
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Cover Name: Dr. Rantzau (Hardcover)
Nikolaus Ritter; Edited by Katharine R Wallace; Foreword by Mary Kathryn Barbier
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Cover Name: Dr. Rantzau is a gripping diary-like personal account
of espionage during the Second World War and is one of very few
historic memoirs written by an ex- Abwehr officer. Detailed is how
Colonel Nikolaus Ritter, following a brief World War I career and
over ten years as a businessman in America, returned to Germany in
spring of 1935 and became Chief of Air Intelligence in the Abwehr.
He was assigned to establish a network of agents to gather
information on British and US airfields, aircrafts, and
state-of-the-art developments in the aerospace industry. Among
others, Ritter's cover names were Dr. Rantzau and Dr. Reinhard in
Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg, Dr. Jansen in Hungary, Dr. Renken
in Germany, and Mr. Johnson in America. Throughout his service in
the Abwehr, Ritter smuggled America's most jealously guarded
secret, the Norden bombsight and the Sperry gyroscope, into
Germany, and coordinated the planning for the invasion of the
British Isles (Operation Sea Lion). Ritter was incarcerated by the
British in 1945 and sent to the Bad Nenndorf interrogation centre.
Katharine Ritter Wallace, the daughter of Col. Ritter, presents the
first English translation of the German World War II memoir. With a
combination of collected documents, correspondences, personal
notes, communications with peers, and from memory, this captivating
account by an espionage agent reveals an insider's glimpse of the
German intelligence service and of a handler's expansive and
diverse agent network.
The literature of Adrienne Rich, Toni Morrison, Ana Castillo, and
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie teaches a risky, self-giving way of
reading (and being) that brings home the dangers and the
possibilities of suffering as an ethical good. Working the thought
of feminist theologians and philosophers into an analysis of these
women's writings, Cynthia R. Wallace crafts a literary ethics
attentive to the paradoxes of critique and re-vision, universality
and particularity, and reads in suffering a redemptive or
redeemable reality. Wallace's approach recognizes the generative
interplay between ethical form and content in literature, which
helps isolate more distinctly the gendered and religious echoes of
suffering and sacrifice in Western culture. By refracting these
resonances through the work of feminists and theologians of color,
her book also shows the value of broad-ranging ethical explorations
into literature, with their power to redefine theories of reading
and the nature of our responsibility to art and each other.
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