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“karen dubinsky”

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  • Strangely, Friends

    A History of Cuban-Canadian Encounters

    by Karen Dubinsky ...
    Strangely, Friends delves into the rich, often overlooked history of personal and cultural connections between Cubans and Canadians. From the early days of the Cuban Revolution to the present, this book uncovers the stories of Canadians who were drawn to Cuba—teachers, artists, development aid workers, filmmakers, and activists—who left an indelible mark on the island, and Cubans, especially the ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Cuba beyond the Beach

    Stories of Life in Havana

    by Karen Dubinsky ...
    Havana is Cuba’s soul: a mix of Third World, First World, and Other World. After over a decade of visits as a teacher, researcher, and friend, Karen Dubinsky looks past political slogans and tourist postcards to the streets, neighbourhoods, and personalities of a complicated and contradictory city. Her affectionate, humorous vignettes illustrate how Havana’s residents—old Communist ladies, their ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Babies without Borders

    Adoption and Migration across the Americas

    by Karen Dubinsky ...
    International adoptions are both high-profile and controversial, with the celebrity adoptions and critically acclaimed movies such as Casa de los babys of recent years increasing media coverage and influencing public opinion. Neither celebrating nor condemning cross-cultural adoption, Karen Dubinsky considers the political symbolism of children in her examination of adoption and migration ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • Within and Without the Nation

    Canadian History as Transnational History

    Edited by Karen Dubinsky, Adele Perry, Henry Yu ...
    In some ways, Canadian history has always been international, comparative, and wide-ranging. However, in recent years the importance of the ties between Canadian and transnational history have become increasingly clear. Within and Without the Nation brings scholars from a range of disciplines together to examine Canada’s past in new ways through the lens of transnational scholarship.Moving beyond ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • The Fundamentals of Clinical Research

    A Universal Guide for Implementing Good Clinical Practice

    by P. Michael Dubinsky, Karen A. Henry ...
    This book focuses on the practical application of good clinical practice (GCP) fundamentals and provides insight into roles and responsibilities included in planning, executing, and analyzing clinical trials. The authors describe the design of quality into clinical trial planning and the application of regulatory, scientific, administrative, business, and ethical considerations.Describes the ... Read more

    $165.00 USD

  • My Havana

    The Musical City of Carlos Varela

    Edited by Maria Carida Cumana, Karen Dubinsky, Xenia Reloba de la Cruz ...
    For more than thirty years, musician Carlos Varela has been a guide to the heart, soul, and sound of Havana. One of the best known singer-songwriters to emerge out of the Cuban nueva trova movement, Varela has toured in North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Europe. In North America, Varela is “Cuba’s Bob Dylan.” In Cuba, he is the voice of the generation that came of age in the 1990s ... Read more

    $33.09 USD

  • Canada and the Third World

    Overlapping Histories

    Edited by Karen Dubinsky, Sean Mills, Scott Rutherford ...
    Even though they are aware of the Third World in relation to their daily lives, most Canadians know little about the historical foundations and complex nature of their country's entanglements with non-Western societies.Canada and the Third World provides a long overdue introduction to Canada's historical relationship with the Third World. The book critically explores this relationship by asking ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

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  • Rhythms of Race

    Cuban Musicians and the Making of Latino New York City and Miami, 1940-1960

    by Christina D. Abreu ...
    Series series Envisioning Cuba
    Among the nearly 90,000 Cubans who settled in New York City and Miami in the 1940s and 1950s were numerous musicians and entertainers, black and white, who did more than fill dance halls with the rhythms of the rumba, mambo, and cha cha chá. In her history of music and race in midcentury America, Christina D. Abreu argues that these musicians, through their work in music festivals, nightclubs, ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Chicano Popular Culture, Second Edition

    Que Hable el Pueblo

    by Charles M. Tatum ...
    Series series The Mexican American Experience
    Chicano Popular Culture, Second Edition provides a fascinating, timely, and accessible introduction to Chicano cultural expression and representation. New sections discuss music, with an emphasis on hip-hop and rap; cinema and filmmakers; media, including the contributions of Jorge Ramos and María Hinojosa; and celebrations and other popular traditions, including quinceañeras, cincuentañeras, and ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Health Informatics: Practical Guide, Seventh Edition

    by Robert E. Hoyt, William R. Hersh ...
    Health Informatics: Practical Guide focuses on the application of information technology in healthcare to improve individual and population health, education and research. The goal of the seventh edition is to stimulate and educate healthcare and IT professionals and students about the key topics in this rapidly changing field. Dr. William Hersh from Oregon Health & Science University is the co ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Racial Innocence

    Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality

    by Tanya Katerí Hernández ...
    *“Profound and revelatory, Racial Innocence tackles head-on the insidious grip of white supremacy on our communities and how we all might free ourselves from its predation. Tanya Katerí Hernández is fearless and brilliant . . . What fire!”*—Junot DíazThe first comprehensive book about anti-Black bias in the Latino community that unpacks the misconception that Latinos are “exempt” from racism due ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Aboriginal Ontario

    Historical Perspectives on the First Nations

    Edited by Edward S. Rogers, Donald B. Smith ...
    Aboriginal Ontario: Historical Perspectives on the First Nations contains seventeen essays on aspects of the history of the First Nations living within the present-day boundaries of Ontario. This volume reviews the experience of both the Algonquian and Iroquoian peoples in Southern Ontario, as well as the Algonquians in Northern Ontario. The first section describes the climate and landforms of ... Read more

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