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  • Adapting to Climate Uncertainty in African Agriculture

    Narratives and knowledge politics

    de Stephen Whitfield ...
    Series series Pathways to Sustainability
    Future climatic and agro-ecological changes in Africa are uncertain and associated with high degrees of spatial and temporal variability and this change is differently simulated within divergent climate-crop models and in controlled crop breeding stations. Furthermore, uncertainty emerges in local contexts, not just in response to climatic systems, but to social, economic, and political systems, ... Leer más

    $42.99 USD

  • Writing History with Lightning

    Cinematic Representations of Nineteenth-Century America

    de Kenneth Greenberg, William L. Andrews, Lesley J. Gordon, John David Smith, Jonathon Sarris, Catherine Clinton, John F. Marszalek, Ryan Keating, Joseph Beilein, Brian Rouleau, Donna Barbie, Allison Dorsey, Stephen Whitfield, Marcus Rediker, Nicole Etcheson, Diane Miller Sommerville, Graham Hodges, Drew Swanson, Michael Burlingame, Tom Lee, James Crisp, Kevin Waite, Jacob Lee, Matthew E. Stanley ...
    Films possess virtually unlimited power for crafting broad interpretations of American history. Nineteenth-century America has proven especially conducive to Hollywood imaginations, producing indelible images like the plight of Davy Crockett and the defenders of the Alamo, Pickett’s doomed charge at Gettysburg, the proliferation and destruction of plantation slavery in the American South, Custer’s ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship

    de Jack Kugelmass, John Hoberman, Stephen J Whitfield, Joshua Shanes, Anat Helman, Jack Jacobs, Harvey E Goldberg, Andre Levy, Tamir Sorek, Edward Shapiro0, Jeffrey S. Gurock1 ...
    To many, an association between Jews and sports seems almost oxymoronic--yet Jews have been prominent in boxing, basketball, and fencing, and some would argue that hurler Sandy Koufax is America's greatest athlete ever. In Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship, Jack Kugelmass shows that sports--significant in constructing nations and in determining their degree of exclusivity--also figures ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • American Space, Jewish Time

    de Stephen J. Whitfield ...
    "This is a delightful book, a small gem replete with insightful, provocative pieces about both American culture and Jewish life. I think that Stephen Whitfield is one of the most original essayists on these two topics. Few other scholars combine the density of his knowledge with the verve of his prose". -- Hasia R. Diner, New York University ... Leer más

    $39.99 USD

  • Jews in American Politics

    Essays

    de Joyce Antler, Jerome A. Chanes, David G. Dalin, Matthew R. Kerbel, Connie L. McNeely, Gerald M. Pomper, Miles A. Pomper, Edward Shapiro, David M. Shribman, Susan J. Tolchin, Kenneth D. Wald, Stephen J. Whitfield, Robert A. Burt, Benjamin Ginsberg, Anna Greenberg, Joseph I. Lieberman, Steven L. Spiegel ...
    Joseph Lieberman's Vice Presidential nomination and Presidential candidacy are neither the first nor last words on signal Jewish achievements in American politics. Jews have played an important role in American government since the early 1800s at least, and in view of the 2004 election, there is no political office outside the reach of Jewish American citizens.For the first time, Jews in American ... Leer más

    $55.99 USD

  • The Culture of the Cold War

    de Stephen J. Whitfield ...
    Series series The American Moment
    "Without the Cold War, what's the point of being an American?" As if in answer to this poignant question from John Updike's Rabbit at Rest, Stephen Whitfield examines the impact of the Cold War—and its dramatic ending—on American culture in an updated version of his highly acclaimed study. In a new epilogue to this second edition, he extends his analysis from the McCarthyism of the 1950s, ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • In Search of American Jewish Culture

    de Stephen J. Whitfield ...
    Series series Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life
    In drama and in musical comedy, in popular song and in symphonic music, in movies and in literature, Jews have contributed to American culture in the 20th century to a degree out of all proportion to their numbers. But does this vast creative output coalesce into something identifiable as an American Jewish culture? Stephen J. Whitfield answers this question with a resounding "yes!" Whitfield ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • The South in the Shadow of Nazism

    An article from Southern Cultures 18:3, Fall 2012: The Politics Issue

    de Stephen J. Whitfield ...
    “In the immediate postwar period, as though sensing that the revulsion from Nazism might be carried too far, senators from the South defied the American Creed. They opposed the campaign to sign the Genocide Convention, for example, which the United Nations had adopted in 1948.”This article appears in the Fall 2012 issue of Southern Cultures. The full issue is also available as an ebook.Southern ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

  • Learning on the Left

    Political Profiles of Brandeis University

    de Stephen J. Whitfield ...
    Brandeis University is the United States’ only Jewish-sponsored nonsectarian university, and while only being established after World War II, it has risen to become one of the most respected universities in the nation. The faculty and alumni of the university have made exceptional contributions to myriad disciplines, but they have played a surprising formidable role in American politics.Stephen J. ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Fish and Fisheries in Estuaries

    A Global Perspective

    de Alan K. Whitfield, Kenneth W. Able, Stephen J. M. Blaber, Michael Elliott ...
    Fish and Fisheries in Estuaries: A Global Perspective brings together the current state of knowledge of estuarine fish in one inclusive work. Featuring contributions by more than fifty internationally-recognized researchers and estuarine ichthyological specialists, this landmark resource covers fish assemblages and functional groups, recruitment and production in estuaries, feeding ecology and ... Leer más

    $441.00 USD

  • Audiolibro

    The Song of Albion

    Books 1-3: The Paradise War, The Silver Hand, and The Endless Knot

    de Stephen Lawhead ...
    Narrado por Stuart Langston, Robert Whitfield ...
    Series series The Song of Albion

    Completo

    38 hora 17 minutos

    Experience a world both ancient and timeless in The Song of Albion Trilogy, a sweeping historical fantasy that blurs the lines between our world and the Otherworld. Rooted in Celtic myth and packed with heart-stopping adventure, this epic series follows an unlikely hero whose journey of destiny, sacrifice, and identity will resonate long after the final page.Book One: The Paradise War When ... Leer más

    $53.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    The Endless Knot

    Book Three in The Song of Albion Trilogy

    de Stephen Lawhead ...
    Narrado por Robert Whitfield ...
    Series Audiolibro 3 - The Song of Albion

    Completo

    12 hora 26 minutos

    Book three in an epic historical fantasy series that blurs the lines between this world and the Otherworld.Fires rage in Albion: strange, hidden fires, dark-flamed, invisible to the eye. Llew Silver Hand is High King of Albion, but now the Brazen Man has defied his sovereignty and Llew must journey to the Foul Land to redeem his greatest treasure. The last battle begins, and the myths, passions, ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD