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  • Paying for the Party

    by Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Laura T. Hamilton ...
    In an era of skyrocketing tuition and concern over whether college is “worth it,” Paying for the Party is an indispensable contribution to the dialogue assessing the state of American higher education. A powerful exposé of unmet obligations and misplaced priorities, it explains in detail why so many leave college with so little to show for it. ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Gender and Neoliberalism

    The All India Democratic Women’s Association and Globalization Politics

    by Elisabeth Armstrong ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Gender and Society
    This book describes the changing landscape of women’s politics for equality and liberation during the rise of neoliberalism in India. Between 1991 and 2006, the doctrine of liberalization guided Indian politics and economic policy. These neoliberal measures vastly reduced poverty alleviation schemes, price supports for poor farmers, and opened India’s economy to the unpredictability of global ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Radical Acts

    Theatre and Feminist Pedagogies of Change

    Edited by Anne Elizabeth Armstrong, Kathleen Juhl ...
    Radical Acts is an innovative compilation of essays and interviews about how feminist approaches to teaching theatre challenge and engage students, teachers, and audiences alike. Contributors include theatre practitioners working in a wide variety of settings and with diverse social groups, offering inspiring accounts of how to create a more inclusive, reflexive, and liberating theatre education. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Conceiving Risk, Bearing Responsibility

    Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Diagnosis of Moral Disorder

    by Elizabeth M. Armstrong ...
    In American society, the consumption of alcohol during pregnancy is considered dangerous, irresponsible, and in some cases illegal. Pregnant women who have even a single drink routinely face openly voiced reproach. Yet fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) in infants and children is notoriously difficult to diagnose, and the relationship between alcohol and adverse birth outcomes is riddled with puzzles ... Read more

    $26.19 USD

  • Reconceptualizing Total Defense

    Strategy and Security in the Greater Baltic Sea Region

    Edited by Viljar  Veebel, Eden Elizabeth Armstrong ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This Open Access book examines how Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have adjusted their security strategies in response to increasing geopolitical threats. Moving beyond traditional deterrence, these states have adopted a Total Defence approach as an inclusive strategy that unites the military and civilian sectors to bolster national resilience.Drawing on insights from scholars and military ... Read more

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    Paying for the Party

    How College Maintains Inequality

    by Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Laura T. Hamilton ...
    Narrated by Chloe Cannon ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 35 min

    Two young women, dormitory mates, embark on their education at a big state university. Five years later, one is earning a good salary at a prestigious accounting firm. With no loans to repay, she lives in a fashionable apartment with her fiancé. The other woman, saddled with burdensome debt and a low GPA, is still struggling to finish her degree in tourism. In an era of skyrocketing tuition and ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reproduction, Health, and Medicine

    Edited by Elizabeth Mitchell Armstrong, Susan Markens, Miranda R. Waggoner ...
    Series Book 20 - Advances in Medical Sociology
    At a moment when reproduction is increasingly politicized, this volume explores the breadth of contemporary research on reproduction from the perspective of medical sociology, illuminating the lived experience of reproduction and offering insights to inform sociology and health policy.Reproduction, Health, and Medicine elucidates the tensions and contradictions between the normal physiologic ... Read more

    $109.89 USD

  • Health and Health Care as Social Problems

    by Elizabeth M. Armstrong, Michael Betz, Robert S. Broadhead, Diana Dull, Stephen L. Fielding, Samuel R. Friedman, Josh Gamson, Herb Haines, Karl Hufbauer, Michael P. Johnson, Maren Klawiter, Frances B. McCrea, Carol Klaperman Morrow, Lenahan O'Connell, Stephen J. Pfhol, Deborah Potter, Ernest Quimby, C Amanda Rittenhouse, Joseph W. Schneider, Steven P. Wallace, Candace West ...
    Series series Understanding Social Problems: An SSSP Presidential Series
    This engaging and accessible reader takes a social problems approach to health and medicine, providing a broad and critical lens on contemporary health problems. Designed for courses on social problems and on medical sociology, the volume embraces two fundamental principles: that health and illness are at least partly socially produced, and that health care is not an unfettered good and often ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Holiday Stories for Young People

    A Rich Tapestry of Literary Exploration and Festive Reflections

    by Robert Browning, Margaret Elizabeth Munson Sangster, Brothers Grimm, Mary Joanna Porter, Cynthia Barnard, Amy Pierce, T. B. Macaulay, Elizabeth Armstrong, S. Jennie Smith ...
    In the vibrant anthology "Holiday Stories for Young People," readers embark on an enchanting journey through the kaleidoscope of holiday celebrations, embodied in timeless tales that span a rich variety of styles and genres. This collection brings together an impressive array of narratives, from the whimsical to the profoundly reflective, capturing the essence of seasonal charm and imaginative ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bury the Corpse of Colonialism

    The Revolutionary Feminist Conference of 1949

    by Elisabeth B. Armstrong ...
    An intimate look at the 1949 Asian Women’s Conference, the movements it drew from, and its influence on feminist anticolonialism around the world.In 1949, revolutionary activists from Asia hosted a conference in Beijing that gathered together their comrades from around the world. The Asian Women’s Conference developed a new political strategy, demanding that women from occupying colonial nations ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Momma's Olive Branch

    A True Story

    by Elizabeth Tisdale Armstrong ...
    Mommas Olive Branch is a true story about a familys struggle with illness and death. The author tells the tale through her own eyes about how cancer and diabetes take the lives of her parents, leaving her and two younger brothers to cope with life on their own. The story is full of rich descriptions and details as it takes readers on a young girls journey to adulthood, with all the trials and ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Global Health

    Issues, Challenges, and Global Action

    by Elizabeth A. Armstrong-Mensah ...
    Series series Lecture Notes
    Global Health Lecture Notes: Issues, Challenges and Global Action provides a thorough introduction to a wide range of important global health issues and explores the resources and skills needed for this rapidly expanding area.Global Health is a growing area that reflects the increasing interconnectedness of health and its determinants. Major socio-economic, environmental and technological changes ... Read more

    $49.00 USD