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The Rage of a Privileged Class: Why Do Prosperouse Blacks Still Have the Blues?A controversial and widely heralded look at the race-related pain and anger felt by the most respected, best educated, and wealthiest members of the black community.Author: Ellis CosePublisher: Harper PerennialPublished: 12/02/1994Pages: 208Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 8.02h x 5.33w x 0.49dISBN: 9780060925949About the AuthorCose, Ellis:...
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The Fundamental Index2008 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (The PROSE Awards) Finalist/Honorable mention, Business, Finance & Management. The Fundamental Index examines a new approach to indexing that can overcome the structural return drag created by traditional capitalization-based indexing strategies, and in so doing,...
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Scarlet A: The Ethics, Law, and Politics of Ordinary AbortionWinner of the NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language Although Roe v. Wade identified abortion as a constitutional right in1973, it still bears stigma--a proverbial scarlet A. Millions of Americans have participated in or benefited from...
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Balancing Family-Centered Services and Child Well-Being: Exploring Issues in Policy, Practice, Theory and ResearchWith contributions ranging from academic and professional theorists and policy developers to independent social workers, this book explores the development of family-centered services, the processes by which these services are implemented, the problems the field now faces, and prospects for the future. Multi-faceted examinations...
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The Origins of the Cultural Revolution: The Coming of the Cataclysm, 1961-1966Why did Mao Zedong launch the cultural revolution that almost destroyed all that he had worked so long and so hard to create? In his highly praised study-now a classic-Roderick MacFarquhar seeks to answer that question by examining the politics, economics, culture, and international...
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Beyond Test Scores: A Better Way to Measure School QualityWhen it comes to sizing up America's public schools, test scores are the go-to metric of state policy makers and anxious parents looking to place their children in the "best" schools. Yet ample research indicates that standardized tests are a poor way to measure...
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Sexual Behavior in the Human MaleWhen published in 1948 this volume encountered a storm of condemnation and acclaim. It is, however, a milestone on the path toward a scientific approach to the understanding of human sexual behavior. Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey and his fellow researchers sought to accumulate an...
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Burden of Dreams: History and Identity in Post-Soviet UkraineUkraine is the largest new state to appear on the map of Europe this century. With a population of more than 50 million people and a territory larger than France, the new Ukrainian state faces many challenges, not least of which is to forge...
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Analysis of Financial StatementsTurn financial statements into powerful allies in your decision making Whether you're an investor, creditor, consultant, regulator, manager-or an employee concerned about your company's well-being and the stability of your job-the ability to successfully interpret and analyze financial statements gives you a leg up...
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The Origins of Modern Feminism: Women in Britain, France and the United States, 1780-1860This comparative study analyses the emergence of feminist movements and their differing characters in Britain, France and the United States. Jane Rendall examines the social, economic and cultural factors which affected women's status in society, and led some women to act, individually and collectively,...
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Quantitative Risk Management: Concepts, Techniques and Tools - Revised EditionThis book provides the most comprehensive treatment of the theoretical concepts and modelling techniques of quantitative risk management. Whether you are a financial risk analyst, actuary, regulator or student of quantitative finance, Quantitative Risk Management gives you the practical tools you need to solve...
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Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian MythThe Making of the Christian MythCommencing in mid February 2004, SBS TV (Australia) will run a two-part documentary based on this title.In this groundbreaking and controversial book, Burton Mack brilliantly exposes how the Gospels are fictional mythologies created by different communities for various purposes...
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Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans Talk About Race and IdentityThe groundbreaking oral history, Black, White, Other, made its mark by being the first book to ask black/white biracial people to speak for themselves on matters of race and identity. In the book, journalist Lise Funderburg presents the lives and views of forty-six adult...
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Just One of the Guys?: Transgender Men and the Persistence of Gender InequalityThe fact that men and women continue to receive unequal treatment at work is a point of contention among politicians, the media, and scholars. Common explanations for this disparity range from biological differences between the sexes to the conscious and unconscious biases that guide...
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Salsa: A Taste of Hispanic CultureThe daily routines, habits, beliefs, and values of the Hispanic culture that create unique human interactions in this society are revealed in this book. The book consists of 26 chapters relating to different themes that collectively provide an understanding of cultural responses. An anecdote...
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Uneven Innovation: The Work of Smart CitiesThe city of the future, we are told, is the smart city. By seamlessly integrating information and communication technologies into the provision and management of public services, such cities will enhance opportunity and bolster civic engagement. Smarter cities will bring in new revenue while...
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Mind Over Money: The Psychology of Money and How to Use It BetterThe acclaimed author of Time Warped tackles the very latest research in the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and biology to provide a fresh, fascinating, and thought-provoking look at our relationship with money--perfect for fans of Dan Ariely and Freakonomics.We know we need money and...
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President Trump And The New World Order: The Ramtha Trump ProphecyTaking the lid off the pyramid of power, "President Trump And The New World Order" walks you through the veil behind which certain families and dynasties have spent generations, both publicly and behind the scenes, manipulating governments, politicians, and ordinary people alike in order...
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Folk Devils and Moral Panics: The Creation of the Mods and Rockers'Richly documented and convincingly presented' -- New Society Mods and Rockers, skinheads, video nasties, designer drugs, bogus asylum seeks and hoodies. Every era has its own moral panics. It was Stanley Cohen's classic account, first published in the early 1970s and regularly revised, that...
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Narrative of the IncasOne of the earliest chronicles of the Inca empire was written in the 1550s by Juan de Betanzos. Although scholars have long known of this work, only eighteen chapters were actually available until the 1980s when the remaining sixty-four chapters were discovered in the...
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