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  • Final Fire

    A Memoir

    See the world through a photographer’s eyesFinal Fire is a companion piece to Mitchell’s much-praised 2004 memoir, The Molly Fire, a finalist for both the Writers’ Trust Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize and the Governor General’s Award for Non-fiction, and a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year.Nearly a half century ago, Mitchell abandoned a safe and secure academic career to become a “cowboy” with ... Read more

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  • Grassroots and Coalitions

    Exploring the Possibilities of Black Politics

    Edited by Michael Mitchell ...
    Series series National Political Science Review Series
    The main focus of this volumeis an exploration of the patterns of competition for political power at the state and local levels in American politics. This volume looks at institutionalized patterns of black political power as they have evolved in the aftermath of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.The editors argue that enough time has elapsed to warrant a new look at the circumstances in ... Read more

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  • Character Building

    Edited by Michael Mitchell ...
    Booker T. Washington has been regarded as the leading figure in African American life, and as the man who brought his people from slavery to unfettered economic, political, and social involvement in the American mainstream. He has also been strongly criticized for advancing the cause of racial accommodation when the political agenda dictated the development of an independent black standpoint in ... Read more

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  • Broadening the Contours in the Study of Black Politics

    Citizenship and Popular Culture

    Edited by Michael Mitchell ...
    Series series National Political Science Review Series
    Broadening the Contours in the Study of Black Politics, volume 17 of the National Political Science Review (NPSR), is divided thematically into two books, available separately or as a set. The first concentrates on the institutional aspects of Black politics. The second book addresses various dimensions of social capital that constitute the fundamental building blocks of Black politics. Each ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Practical Paediatric Prescribing E-Book

    Practical Paediatric Prescribing E-Book

    Prescribing for children is problematic. Children are not small adults in terms of their physiology, and they cannot be subjects in clinical trials. This makes prescribing for them something of an art and a daunting one at that for trainees. Will Carroll (co-editor of the Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics amongst other titles for paediatrics trainees) with a team of fellow paediatricians and a ... Read more

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  • Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil

    Bringing together U.S. and Brazilian scholars, as well as Afro-Brazilian political activists, Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil represents a significant advance in understanding the complexities of racial difference in contemporary Brazilian society. While previous scholarship on this subject has been largely confined to quantitative and statistical research, editor Michael Hanchard presents ... Read more

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  • Securing China's Overseas Investment for Africa's Future Developement: Evidence from West Africa

    Scientific Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Economics - International Economic Relations, , language: English, abstract: The latter part of the twentieth century saw diverse investors actively looking for a favorable and secured environment for their capital investment. In the past, the black continent seldom rings a bell in the mind of most investors, but with the current uncertainties as ... Read more

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  • Black Women in Politics

    Identity, Power, and Justice in the New Millennium

    Series series National Political Science Review Series
    The research included in this volume examines the competing pressures felt by black women as political agents in the domains of elections, public policy, and social activism. Their challenges and initiatives are explored in public spaces, institutional behaviours, and public policy.The volume features cutting-edge research exploring black women's political engagement. The first group of ... Read more

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  • Charting the Range of Black Politics

    Series series National Political Science Review Series
    The election of 2008 brought onto the national stage complexitiesarising when the member of a minority group assumes power over national political institutions. It also underlined the limits placed on that power by the double accountability such a figure faces. The question posed in this volume of the NPSR is: Might the ascendancy of President Obama lead to a deracialization of American politics ... Read more

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  • Broadening the Contours in the Study of Black Politics

    Political Development and Black Women

    Series series National Political Science Review Series
    Broadening the Contours in the Study of Black Politics, volume 17 of the National Political Science Review (NPSR), is divided thematically into two books, available separately or as a set. The first concentrates on the institutional aspects of Black politics. The second book addresses various dimensions of social capital that constitute the fundamental building blocks of Black politics. Each ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Conversations Among Butterlfies

    of metamorphic obligation, voice, and vision

    Their Latin America honeymoon turned nightmare, a couple from the United States collide with the life and death struggles of a faltering revolution and a military junta with crumbling legitimacy. Also caught in the crossfire, is a family of campesinos comprised of a philosopher father with a secret, a mother who “… uses poets’ words to explain awkward moments, or to create them,” a daughter who is ... Read more

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  • Water Resources of Pakistan

    Issues and Impacts

    Series Book 9 - World Water Resources
    This book presents the first comprehensive assessment of water resources in Pakistan including surface water resources and groundwater resources. It gives a detailed overview of issues and challenges related to water which have not been adequately addressed e.g. water resource vulnerability to climate change, groundwater depletion and contamination, and water governance etc. It includes a ... Read more

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