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Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism

Haymarket Books, 2021

In Border and Rule, one of North America’s foremost thinkers and immigrant rights organizers delivers an unflinching examination of migration as a pillar of global governance and gendered racial class formation.

Harsha Walia disrupts easy explanations for the migrant and refugee...

Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol. 1: North America

Macmillan Technical, 1991

This volume covers the cultures of Canada, Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat), and the United States of America. Greenland, although administratively linked to Denmark, is included here because its native inhabitants, the Inuit, are related culturally to the Inuit of Canada. For the same reason, the cultures of Hawaii are covered in the Oceania volume,...

Outsourcing America: What's Behind Our National Crisis and How We Can Reclaim American Jobs

AMACOM, 2005

"Foreword by Lou Dobbs One of the hottest, most controversial topics in the news is the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries. Outsourced jobs are extending well beyond the manufacturing sector to include white-collar professionals, particularly in information technology, financial services, and customer service....

American Politics Today

W W Norton, 2018

Cut through the noise to understand how politics really works

Fake news. Twitter rants. Misinformation. Silos. Echo chambers. Spin. Alternative facts. Investigation, accusation, and obfuscation. Punditry, polls, and prognostication. This is today’s politics. To cut through the noise, students...

Neuroergonomics: The Brain at Work (Oxford Series in Human-Technology Interaction)

Oxford University Press, 2006

Neuroergonomics can be defined as the study of brain and behavior at work. It combines two disciplines--neuroscience, the study of brain function, and human factors, the study of how to match technology with the capabilities and limitations of people so they can work effectively and safely. The goal of merging these two fields is to use the...

Computational Methods in Surface and Colloid Science (Surfactant Science)

CRC Press, 2000

"...the interested and casual reader [are] immediately updated on cuttingedge research in the exciting field of surface and colloid science." -- Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000

Prof. Borowko has compiled a volume focusing on computational methods applied to surface and colloid science....We have to...

Chronic Pain Management: Guidelines for Multidisciplinary Program Development

CRC Press, 2007

Chronic Pain Management: Guidelines for Multidisciplinary Program Development is the most comprehensive textbook to date on the multidisciplinary approach to chronic pain management. Written by an illustrious group of contributors, this volume serves as a must-have armamentarium of guidelines for the development of a...

A Companion to Film Comedy

John Wiley & Sons, 2012

A wide-ranging survey of the subject that celebrates the variety and complexity of film comedy from the ‘silent’ days to the present, this authoritative guide offers an international perspective on the popular genre that explores all facets of its formative social, cultural and political context

A wide-ranging...

Linear Algebra and Geometry (AMS/MAA Textbooks)

American Mathematical Society, 2019

Linear Algebra and Geometry is organized around carefully sequenced problems that help students build both the tools and the habits that provide a solid basis for further study in mathematics. Requiring only high school algebra, it uses elementary geometry to build the beautiful edifice of results and methods that make linear algebra such an...

The E-Learning Fieldbook: Implementation Lessons and Case Studies from Companies that are Making e-Learning Work

McGraw-Hill, 2004

The first wave of e-learning implementation is over, and companies are now assessing the reality of what works and what doesn’t. Even though e-learning has proven to be credible as a global approach to education for both people and enterprises, a number of issues that must be addressed in order to take e-learning to the next level....

Try Common Sense: Replacing the Failed Ideologies of Right and Left

W W Norton, 2019

Award-winning author Philip K. Howard lays out the blueprint for a new American society.

In this brief and powerful book, Philip K. Howard attacks the failed ideologies of both parties and proposes a radical simplification of government to re-empower Americans in their daily choices. Nothing will make...

Troubles of Journalism: A Critical Look at What's Right and Wrong With the Press

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004

This book looks at criticisms of the journalism profession and evaluates many of the changes in journalism--both positive and negative. In addition, it suggests what the many changes mean for this nation and indeed for the world at large, as American journalism--its methods and standards--has markedly influenced the way many millions overseas...

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