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Climate Chaos

Killing People, Places, and the Planet

de John Hans Gilderbloom, Joshua D. Ambrosius, Bobby Austin, Russell Barnett, Christopher Bird, Leah Callahan, Chad Frederick, Robert Friedland, Elliott Grantz, Matthew Hanka0, Bunny Hayes1, Antwan Jones2, Avery Kahl3, Zachary E. Kenitzer4, Isaiah Kingsberry5, Wesley L. Meares6, Justin Mog7, Lisa Murray8, Chris Nolan9, Karrie Ann Quenichet0, William Riggs1, Stephen A. Roosa2, Ellen Slaten3, Carla J. Snyder4, Jennifer Stekardis5, Porter Stevens6, Ra’Desha Williams7, Garlynn Woodsong8, Charlie Zhang9, Gregory D. Squires0 ...

Featuring insights from influential figures like Pope Francis and Albert Gore alongside contributions from over thirty esteemed authors, Climate Chaos: Killing People, Places and the Planet charts a transformative path from despair to optimism. Grounded in rigorous scientific research, the book unflinchingly exposes the links between industries such as coal, fossil fuels, chemical factories, ... Leer más

$36.99 USD

Featuring insights from influential figures like Pope Francis and Albert Gore alongside contributions from over thirty esteemed authors, Climate Chaos: Killing People, Places and the Planet charts a transformative path from despair to optimism. Grounded in rigorous scientific research, the book unflinchingly exposes the links between industries such as coal, fossil fuels, chemical factories,
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Race and Gender at War

Writing American Military History

de Lesley J. Gordon, Andrew Huebner, Kevin Adams, Amanda Bellows, Kari L. Boyd-Weisenberger, Michele Curran Cornell, Gregory Mixon, Caroline Wood Newhall, Heather Marie Stur0, Patrick T. Troester1, Chad L. Williams2, Fay A Yarbrough3 ...

Beyond the battlefield: How race and gender redefined war, identity, and memory in Civil War America.Race and Gender at War is a collection of essays that illuminates ways that race and gender have persistently shaped the military history of the United States. Editors Lesley J. Gordon and Andrew J. Huebner showcase historians with varied research agendas in the field of “war and society,” a ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

Beyond the battlefield: How race and gender redefined war, identity, and memory in Civil War America.Race and Gender at War is a collection of essays that illuminates ways that race and gender have persistently shaped the military history of the United States. Editors Lesley J. Gordon and Andrew J. Huebner showcase historians with varied research agendas in the field of “war and society,” a
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The Wounded World

W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War

de Chad L. Williams ...

Named A Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and The Christian Science MonitorLonglisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyA MAAH Stone Book Award FinalistThe dramatic story of W. E. B. Du Bois's reckoning with the betrayal of Black soldiers during World War I—and a new understanding of one of the great twentieth-century <s... ... Leer más

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Named A Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and The Christian Science MonitorLonglisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyA MAAH Stone Book Award FinalistThe dramatic story of W. E. B. Du Bois's reckoning with the betrayal of Black soldiers during World War I—and a new understanding of one of the great twentieth-century <s...
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Dixie's Great War

World War I and the American South

de John Giggie, Andrew Huebner, Jessica L Adler, Nancy K. Bristow, Jonathan H. Ebel, Jennifer D. Keene, Ross A. Kennedy, Derryn Moten, Michael S. Neiberg0, Martin T. Olliff1, Steven Trout2, Ruth Smith Truss3, Kara Dixon Vuic4, Chad L. Williams5, Jay M. Winter6 ...

Series series War, Memory, and Culture
Examining the First World War through the lens of the American SouthHow did World War I affect the American South? Did southerners experience the war in a particular way? How did regional considerations and, more generally, southern values and culture impact the wider war effort? Was there a distinctive southern experience of WWI?Scholars considered these questions during “Dixie’s Great War,” a ... Leer más

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Examining the First World War through the lens of the American SouthHow did World War I affect the American South? Did southerners experience the war in a particular way? How did regional considerations and, more generally, southern values and culture impact the wider war effort? Was there a distinctive southern experience of WWI?Scholars considered these questions during “Dixie’s Great War,” a
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Torchbearers of Democracy

African American Soldiers in the World War I Era

de Chad L. Williams ...

Series series The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
For the 380,000 African American soldiers who fought in World War I, Woodrow Wilson’s charge to make the world “safe for democracy” carried life-or-death meaning. Chad L. Williams reveals the central role of African American soldiers in the global conflict and how they, along with race activists and ordinary citizens, committed to fighting for democracy at home and beyond. Using a diverse range of ... Leer más

$23.99 USD

For the 380,000 African American soldiers who fought in World War I, Woodrow Wilson’s charge to make the world “safe for democracy” carried life-or-death meaning. Chad L. Williams reveals the central role of African American soldiers in the global conflict and how they, along with race activists and ordinary citizens, committed to fighting for democracy at home and beyond. Using a diverse range of
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The Applied Anthropology of Obesity

Prevention, Intervention, and Identity

de Alexandra G. Lancey, Chad T. Morris, Jose B. Rosales Chavez, Zuhra Malik, Elizabeth Serieux, Alejandro Tecum, Amy Borovoy, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Stacy Sobell0, Amber Wutich1, Lillie Dao2, Merrill Eisenberg3, Constanza Carney4, Amanda Wolfe5, Deborah Williams6, Sarah Womack7, Margaret Everett8, Moya L. Alfonso9, Stevenson Kuartei0, Alexandra Brewis1, Sean Bruna2, Emily Bissett3, John S. Luque4, Sara Arias-Steele5, Charles H. Klein6, Sarah Trainer7, Colleen O’Brien Cherry8 ...

The increasing global prevalence of obesity and nutrition-based non-communicable disease has many causes, including food availability; social norms as evidenced in local foodways; genetic predisposition; economic circumstance; cultural variation in norms surrounding body composition; and policies affecting production, distribution, and consumption of food locally and globally. The Applied ... Leer más

$105.99 USD

The increasing global prevalence of obesity and nutrition-based non-communicable disease has many causes, including food availability; social norms as evidenced in local foodways; genetic predisposition; economic circumstance; cultural variation in norms surrounding body composition; and policies affecting production, distribution, and consumption of food locally and globally. The Applied
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The Wounded World

W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War

de Chad L. Williams ...

Narrado por Cary Hite ...

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17 hora 21 minutos

The dramatic story of W. E. B. Du Bois’s reckoning with the betrayal of Black soldiers during World War I―and a new understanding of one of the great twentieth-century writersWhen W. E. B. Du Bois, believing in the possibility of full citizenship and democratic change, encouraged African Americans to “close ranks” and support the Allied cause in World War I, he made a decision that would haunt him ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

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The dramatic story of W. E. B. Du Bois’s reckoning with the betrayal of Black soldiers during World War I―and a new understanding of one of the great twentieth-century writersWhen W. E. B. Du Bois, believing in the possibility of full citizenship and democratic change, encouraged African Americans to “close ranks” and support the Allied cause in World War I, he made a decision that would haunt him
... Leer más

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Educating through Popular Culture

You're Not Cool Just Because You Teach with Comics

de Maha Al-Saati, Pearl Chaozon Bauer, Emily L. Brandon, Melissa Chapman, Paul A. Crutcher, Autumn M. Dodge, Tonia A. Dousay, Haley M. G. Ford, Jacob Hardesty, Richard Hartsell, Sarah Hunt-Barron, Cadey Korson, Weronika Kusek, Katie Lopez, Kimberley McMahon-Coleman, Tammy L. Mielke, Josh Thompson, Chad William Timm, Meredith J. Tolson, Jillian L. Wenburg, Kenya Wolff, Marc Wolterbeek, Andrew L. Grunzke, Richard Hughes, Meghan Hawkins ...

This edited volume serves as a place for teachers and scholars to begin seeking ways in which popular culture has been effectively tapped for research and teaching purposes around the country. The contents of the book came together in a way that allowed for a detailed examination of teaching with popular culture on many levels. The first part allows teachers in PreK-12 schools the opportunity to ... Leer más

$44.99 USD

This edited volume serves as a place for teachers and scholars to begin seeking ways in which popular culture has been effectively tapped for research and teaching purposes around the country. The contents of the book came together in a way that allowed for a detailed examination of teaching with popular culture on many levels. The first part allows teachers in PreK-12 schools the opportunity to
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Texans on the Brink

Threatened and Endangered Animals

de David Ford, Jeremy D. Maikoetter, Timothy H. Bonner, Chad W Hargrave, David S. Ruppel, Nicky M. Hahn, Robert J. Edwards, Paige Najvar, William Godwin, Mary Jones, David J. Berg, Ned E. Strenth, Jerry L. Cook, Benjamin T. Hutchins, Anthony A. Echelle, Alice F. Echelle, J. Curtis Creighton, D. Craig Rudolph, Josh Pierce, Loren K. Ammerman, Christopher E. Comer, Michael E. Tewes, Julia Buck, Mary Kay Skoruppa, Kim Withers, Andrew C. Kasner, John Karges, Timothy Brush, Clifford E. Shackelford, Heather A. Mathewson, David Cimprich, James M Mueller, Robert Allen, Karl Berg, Philip Matich, Donna J. Shaver, Mary M Streitch, Bernd Würsig, Dr. Neil B. Ford ...

Series series Integrative Natural History Series, sponsored by Texas Research Institute for Environmental Studies, Sam Houston State University
What good is a rattlesnake? What purpose do animals serve? All species play a vital role in their biological communities, and the removal of just one can have a noticeable and catastrophic ripple effect.Yet social and political pressures frequently pit species conservation against economic progress and prosperity, and scientists fear that we may be in the midst of a mass extinction event. Brian R. ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

What good is a rattlesnake? What purpose do animals serve? All species play a vital role in their biological communities, and the removal of just one can have a noticeable and catastrophic ripple effect.Yet social and political pressures frequently pit species conservation against economic progress and prosperity, and scientists fear that we may be in the midst of a mass extinction event. Brian R.
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Decade of Disunion

How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861

de Robert W. Merry ...

Narrado por Jacques Roy ...

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16 hora 49 minutos

With “characteristic wisdom and grace” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author) Robert W. Merry explores a critical lesson about our nation that is as timely today as ever demonstrating how the country came apart during the enveloping slavery crisis of the 1850s.The Mexican War brought vast new territories to the United States, which precipitated a growing crisis over slavery. The new ... Leer más

$29.99 USD

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With “characteristic wisdom and grace” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author) Robert W. Merry explores a critical lesson about our nation that is as timely today as ever demonstrating how the country came apart during the enveloping slavery crisis of the 1850s.The Mexican War brought vast new territories to the United States, which precipitated a growing crisis over slavery. The new
... Leer más

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A Nation Without Borders

The United States and Its World in an Age of Civil Wars, 1830-1910

de Steven Hahn ...

Narrado por Barry Press ...

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27 hora 8 minutos

In this monumental story of American imperial conquest and capitalist development, Pulitzer Prize—winning historian Steven Hahn dismantles the conventional histories of the nineteenth century and offers a perspective that promises to be as enduring as it is controversial. It begins and ends in Mexico and, throughout, is internationalist in orientation. It challenges the political narrative of ... Leer más

$39.99 USD

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In this monumental story of American imperial conquest and capitalist development, Pulitzer Prize—winning historian Steven Hahn dismantles the conventional histories of the nineteenth century and offers a perspective that promises to be as enduring as it is controversial. It begins and ends in Mexico and, throughout, is internationalist in orientation. It challenges the political narrative of
... Leer más

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False Bingo

Stories

de Jac Jemc ...

Narrado por Julie McKay ...

Completo

5 hora

In Jac Jemc's dislocating second story collection, False Bingo, we watch as sinister forces (some supernatural, some of this earth, some real, and some not) work their ways into the mundanity of everyday life.In "Strange Loop," an outcast attempting to escape an unnamed mistake spends his days taxiderming animals, while in "Delivery," a family watches as their dementia-addled, basement-dwelling ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

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In Jac Jemc's dislocating second story collection, False Bingo, we watch as sinister forces (some supernatural, some of this earth, some real, and some not) work their ways into the mundanity of everyday life.In "Strange Loop," an outcast attempting to escape an unnamed mistake spends his days taxiderming animals, while in "Delivery," a family watches as their dementia-addled, basement-dwelling
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