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Cattle Kingdom by Christopher KnowltonCall Number: F 596 .K66 2017
ISBN: 9780544369962
Publication Date: 2017-05-30
Explores how the West rose and fell, discussing boomtowns,ranch life, cattle drives and more, while looking at the careers of such notable persons as William Sturgis, Theodore Roosevelt, and Clara Frewen.
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Cod: a biography of the fish that changed the world by Mark KurlanskyCall Number: PN 6071 .C66 1998
ISBN: 9780140275018
Publication Date: 1998-07-01
Examines the role the codfish has played in world history; tells of explorers, merchants, writers, chefs, and fishermen whose lives have been intertwined with the once-abundant fish; provides details about the personality, life, and habits of the cod; and discusses attempts to save it from extinction.
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Inside the FDA: the business and politics behind the drugs we take and the food we eat by Fran HawthorneCall Number: RA 401 .A3 H39 2005
ISBN: 9780471610915
Publication Date: 2005-02-25
Presents an examination of the politics, people, and policies of the United States Food and Drug Administration, providing inside information on the agency that affects the daily lives of all Americans.
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Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon by Bronwen DickeyCall Number: SF429.P58 D53 2016
ISBN: 9780345803115
Publication Date: 2017-04-04
When Bronwen Dickey brought her new dog home, she saw no traces of the infamous viciousness in her affectionate pit bull. Which made her wonder: How had the breed—beloved by Teddy Roosevelt and Helen Keller—come to be known as a brutal fighter? Dickey’s search for answers takes her from nineteenth-century New York dogfighting pits to early twentieth‑century movie sets, from the battlefields of Gettysburg to struggling urban neighborhoods. In this illuminating story of how a popular breed became demonized--and what role humans have played in the transformation--Dickey offers us an insightful view of Americans' relationship with their dogs. - Amazon
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Four Fish by Paul GreenbergCall Number: SH167.S17 G74 2011
ISBN: 9780143119463
Publication Date: 2011-05-31
Explores the histories of salmon, sea bass, cod, and tuna, describing how their numbers are decreasing in the wild and how higher levels of PCBs and mercury are being found in seafood, and discussing efforts to regain the oceans for healthy and sustainable food sources.
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The End of the Line by Charles CloverCall Number: SH327.5.C58 2006
ISBN: 9781595581099
Publication Date: 2006-11-13
Explores issues related to overfishing, discussing increased demands, exploitation of stocks around the world, aquaculture, the health risks of eating farmed fish, and more; and provides suggestions on how to address the problems.
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The Last Lobster:boom or bust for Maine's greatest fishery? by Christopher WhiteCall Number: SH 380.2 .U6 W45 2018
ISBN: 9781250080851
Publication Date: 2018-06-05
Explores the increase in the lobster population along the coast of Maine, the possible causes, how long the increased availability will last, and the impact on the lobster fishing industry.
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Chesapeake Requiem: a year with the waterman of vanishing Tangier Island by Earl SwiftCall Number: SH 400.5 .C7 S95 2018
ISBN: 9780062661395
Publication Date: 2018-08-07
Tangier Island, Virginia, is a community unique on the American landscape. Mapped by John Smith in 1608, settled during the American Revolution, the tiny sliver of mud is home to 470 hardy people who live an isolated and challenging existence, with one foot in the 21st century and another in times long passed. They are separated from their countrymen by the nation's largest estuary, and a twelve-mile boat trip across often tempestuous water--the same water that for generations has made Tangier's fleet of small fishing boats a chief source for the rightly prized Chesapeake Bay blue crab, and has lent the island its claim to fame as the softshell crab capital of the world.
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Boxing, Masculinity and Identity by Kath WoodwardCall Number: GV706.5.W66 2006
ISBN: 9780415367714
Publication Date: 2006-12-04
Boxing is infused with ideas about masculinity, power, race and social class, and as such is an ideal lens through which social scientists can examine key modern themes. In addition, its inherent contradictions of extreme violence and beauty and of discipline and excess have long been a source of inspiration for writers and film makers. - Publisher
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College Athletes' Rights and Well-Being: critical perspectives on policy and practice by Eddie ComeauxCall Number: GV 351 .C63 2017
ISBN: 9781421423852
Publication Date: 2017-09-26
"College Athletes' Rights and Well-Being covers major policy issues in collegiate sports and seeks to address the issue of college athletics from the perspective of the athlete's well-being. It is written for those who seek to enhance their understanding of the intercollegiate athletics landscape"--Provided by publisher.
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Coming on Strong by Susan K. CahnCall Number: GV709.C34 2015
ISBN: 9780252080647
Publication Date: 2015-03-03
Acclaimed since its original publication, Coming on Strong has become a much-cited touchstone in scholarship on women and sports. In this new edition, Susan K. Cahn updates her detailed history of women's sport and the struggles over gender, sexuality, race, class, and policy that have often defined it. A new chapter explores the impact of Title IX and how the opportunities and interest in sports it helped create reshaped women's lives even as the legislation itself came under sustained attack.
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The Concussion Crisis by Linda Carroll; David RosnerCall Number: RC394.C7 C37 2011
ISBN: 9781451627459
Publication Date: 2012-02-21
Reveals the hidden dangers of concussions and explains why they are reaching epidemic proportions as concussions in athletes from peewee to pro levels are being ignored.
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Counting the Days While My Mind Slips Away by Ben Utecht; Mark Tabb (As told to)Call Number: RC1220.F6 U84 2016
ISBN: 9781501136603
Publication Date: 2016-08-23
After five major concussions, NFL tight-end Ben Utecht of the Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals is losing his memories. This is his powerful and emotional love letter to his wife and daughters—whom he someday may not recognize—and an inspiring message for all to live every moment fully.
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Game of Shadows by Mark Fainaru-Wada; Lance WilliamsCall Number: RC1230.F35 2006
ISBN: 9781592402687
Publication Date: 2007-03-01
Presents an examination of the illegal steroid use in sports, chronicling the investigation of professional baseball players Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi and providing a narrative overview of the investigation and its principle characters: Victor Conte, Greg Anderson, and BALCO.
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Gender Relations in Sport by Emily A. Roper (Editor)Call Number: GV709 .G46 2013
ISBN: 9789462094536
Publication Date: 2013-11-01
Introductory text for students, particularly those less familiar with the scholarly body of work devoted to gender and sport.
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Handbook of Neurological Sports Medicine by Anthony L. Petraglia; Julian E. Bailes; Arthur L. DayCall Number: RD97.P4816 2015
ISBN: 9781450441810
Publication Date: 2014-08-28
"Presents techniques for diagnosis and treatment of head-related injuries to enable medical professionals to provide the best care possible.... The text places a strong focus on concussion due to its prevalence but also examines other traumatic injuries"--Publisher
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History of Women's Boxing by Malissa SmithCall Number: GV1136.3.S55 2014
ISBN: 9781442229945
Publication Date: 2014-06-05
Discusses the history of women's boxing with profiles of a number of women involved in the sport.
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How College Athletics are Hurting Girls' Sports by Rick EcksteinCall Number: GV709.18 .U6 E45 2017
ISBN: 9781442266285
Publication Date: 2017-03-09
More girls are playing sports than ever before—which, on the surface, is great for girls because sports offer positive and empowering fun for young women. In reality, though, few young athletes report “fun” as a reason they play sports. The rates of concussions and repetitive use injuries are on the rise, and kids are encouraged to specialize in a single sport at earlier and earlier ages, spending much of their free time throughout the year dedicated to the pursuit of a single sport at the expense of friends, other activities, and sometimes, health.
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Indentured: the inside story of the rebellion against the NCAA by Joe Nocera; Benjamin StraussCall Number: GV 351 .N64 2016
ISBN: 9781591846321
Publication Date: 2016-02-16
"Tells the ... story of a loose-knit group of rebels who decided to fight the hypocrisy of the NCAA"--Dust jacket.
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Lost Seasons: Arrests, suspensions, career chaos, and mortality among Nation Football League players by Jeffrey Markowitz, P.H.Call Number: GV954.M37 2016
ISBN: 9780692597729
Publication Date: 2016-06-03
The National Football League represents one of the pinnacles of athletic prowess in the United States, but playing for the organization has its consequences. Lost Seasons provides nine empirical studies on factors affecting players’ health, careers, and general well-being, all correlated and rigorously examined by epidemiologist and football fan Jeffrey S. Markowitz, DrPH. - Publisher
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Pay for Play: A history of big-time college athletic reform by Ronald A. SmithCall Number: GV347.S65 2010
ISBN: 9780252077838
Publication Date: 2010-12-01
This book traces attempts at college athletics reform from 1855 through the early 21st century while analyzing the different roles played by students, faculty, conferences, university presidents, the NCAA, legislatures, and the Supreme Court. - Amazon
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Pay to Play: Race and the perils of the college sports industrial complex by Lori Latrice Martin; Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner; Nicholas HartlepCall Number: GV351.M363 2017
ISBN: 9781440843150
Publication Date: 2017-03-31
Looks at historical and contemporary efforts to control sports participation and compensation for black athletes.
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Qualifying Times: Points of change in U.S. women's sport by Jaime SchultzCall Number: GV709.18.U6 S38 2014
ISBN: 9780252079740
Publication Date: 2014-02-20
Explores the history of women's sport, examining the products and trends that have lead to increased participation, and the cultural responses to it.
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Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat: The science behind drugs in sports by Chris CooperCall Number: RC1230.C59 2012
ISBN: 9780199678785
Publication Date: 2013-09-15
From anabolic steroids to human growth hormone and the blood booster EPO, Cooper separates the truth from the hype, revealing what works and what doesn't work. More disturbing, the book argues that science has barely touched the surface of performance enhancement; there are many, many drugs yet to be discovered. - Publisher
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Sex Testing by Lindsay PieperCall Number: GV709.P48 2016
ISBN: 9780252081682
Publication Date: 2016-04-20
Lindsay Parks Pieper explores sex testing in sport from the 1930s to the early 2000s. Focusing on assumptions and goals as well as means, Pieper examines how the IOC in particular insisted on a misguided binary notion of gender that privileged Western norms. Testing evolved into a tool to identify--and eliminate--athletes the IOC deemed too strong, too fast, or too successful. Pieper shows how this system punished gifted women while hindering the development of women's athletics for decades. She also reveals how the flawed notions behind testing--ideas often sexist, racist, or ridiculous--degraded the very idea of female athleticism -- Publisher
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Sports-Related Concussions in Youth by Joe Haldeman (Editor); Frederick P. Rivara (Editor); Morgan A. Ford (Editor); Carol Mason Spicer (Editor); Sports-Related Concussions in Youth Commission; Board on Children, Youth and Families Staff; Institute of Medicine Staff; National Research Council Staff; Robert Graham (Editor)Call Number: RC394.C7 2014
ISBN: 9780309288002
Publication Date: 2014-03-04
Reviews the science of sports-related concussions in youth from elementary school through young adulthood, as well as in military personnel and their dependents.
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Betaball: how Silicon Valley and science built one of the greatest basketball teams in history by Erik MalinowskiCall Number: GV 885.52 .G64 M36 2017
ISBN: 9781501158193
Publication Date: 2017-10-03
Moneyball meets The City Game in this compelling look at how the world champion Golden State Warriors embraced savvy business practices, next-generation science, and Silicon Valley's technocentric culture to not only produce the most talented basketball team ever assembled but to revolutinize the modern NBA.
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The Great Surge: the ascent of the developing world by Steven RadeletCall Number: HC 59.7 .R23 2015
ISBN: 9781476764788
Publication Date: 2015-11-10
"The Great Surge tells the remarkable story of this unprecedented economic, social, and political transformation. It shows how the end of the Cold War, the development of new technologies, globalization, courageous local leadership, and in some cases, good fortune, have combined to dramatically improve the fate of hundreds of millions of people in poor countries around the world. Most importantly, The Great Surge reveals how we can fight the changing tides of climate change, resource demand, economic and political mismanagement, and demographic pressures to accelerate the political, economic, and social development that has been helping the poorest of the poor around the world,"--Amazon.com.
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This Changes Everything: capitalism vs. the climate by Naomi KleinCall Number: HC 79 .E5 K56 2014
ISBN: 9781451697384
Publication Date: 2014-09-16
Argues that the climate crisis presents a challenge to abandon the core "free market" ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake failing political systems in order to fix economic systems, and that reducing greenhouse emissions will provide an opportunity to reduce inequalities, repair broken democracies, and rebuild local economies.
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The End of Ice: bearing witness and finding meaning in the path of climate disruption by Dahr JamailCall Number: QC 903 .J36 2019
ISBN: 9781620972342
Publication Date: 2019-01-15
"A firsthand chronicle of the catastrophic reality of our planet's changing ecosystems and the necessity of relishing this vulnerable, fragile Earth while we still can"--Provided by publisher.
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Superstorm: nine days inside Hurricane Sandy by Kathryn MilesCall Number: QC945 .M46 2014
ISBN: 9780525954408
Publication Date: 2014-10-16
A moment-by-moment account of Hurricane Sandy that details stories from professionals at the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service.
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The Facts on File Weather and Climate Handbook by Michael Allaby; Richard Garratt (Illustrator)Call Number: QC 981 .A49 2002
ISBN: 0816045178
Publication Date: 2002-06-01
Presents several reference tools on weather and climate: a glossary containing more than 2,200 entries, biographies of over one hundred scientists, a chronology spanning nearly two thousand years, twenty-six charts and tables, and a list of further print and online resources.
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An Inconvenient Truth: the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it by Al GoreCall Number: QC981.8 .G56 G67 2006
ISBN: 1594865671
Publication Date: 2006-05-24
Former Vice President Al Gore examines the climate crisis that is threatening the future of the planet, describes what the world's governments are doing to correct the problem, and explains why the problem should be taken more seriously.
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Unstoppable: harnessing science to change the world by Bill Nye; Corey S. Powell (Editor)Call Number: QC 981.8 .G56 N95 2015
ISBN: 9781250007148
Publication Date: 2015-11-10
Challenges common misunderstandings about global warming and reframes it as an opportunity for society to rethink the way we live and to create a cleaner, healthier, smarter world through the scientific community's potential for solving key energy and environmental problems.
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Global Warming: The Complete Briefing by John T. HoughtonCall Number: QC981.8.G56 H68 2004
ISBN: 0521817625
Publication Date: 2004-08-05
John Houghton's market-leading textbook is now in full color and includes the latest IPCC findings, making it the definitive guide to climate change. Written for students across a wide range of disciplines, its simple, logical flow of ideas gives an invaluable grounding in the science and impacts of climate change and highlights the need for action on global warming. Is there evidence for climate changing due to human activities? How do we account for recent extremes of weather and climate? Can global electricity provision and transport ever be carbon free? Written by a leading figure at the forefront of action to confront humanity's most serious environmental problem, this undergraduate textbook comprehensively explores these and other issues, allowing students to think through the problem, assess the data and draw conclusions on the action that should be taken, by governments, by industry and by each and every one of us.
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Darwin Comes to Town: how the urban jungle drives evolution by Menno SchilthuizenCall Number: QH 541.5 .C6 S35 2018
ISBN: 9781250127822
Publication Date: 2018-04-03
"With human populations growing, we're having an increasing impact on global ecosystems, and nowhere do these impacts overlap as much as they do in cities. 'Urban ecologists' study how our man-made environments are changing the evolution of the animals and plants around us. [The author] takes us around the world for an up-close look at just how . . . flexible and swift-moving natural selection can be. He shows how the wildlife sharing these spaces with us is not just surviving, but evolving ways to thrive"--OCLC.
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Enlightenment Now: the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress by Steven PinkerCall Number: HM 891 .P56 2018
ISBN: 9780525427575
Publication Date: 2018-02-13
Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the gory headlines and prophecies of doom, which play to our psychological biases. Instead, follow the data. In seventy-five graphs, Pinker shows that life, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise, not just in the West, but worldwide. This progress is not the result of some cosmic force. It is a gift of the Enlightenment: the conviction that reason and science can enhance human flourishing.
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Investigate Alcohol by Marylou Ambrose; Veronica DeislerCall Number: HV5020.A56 2015
ISBN: 9781464404498
Publication Date: 2014-09-01
Alcohol is part of many people's social lives, but excessive drinking ca lead to addiction. What are the physical and mental effects of alcohol abuse? How does casual use lead to alcoholism? How do you resist peer pressure and help friends who may drink too much? Real life case histories bring this book to life.
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Binge Drinking by Stephanie WatsonCall Number: HV5066 .W38 2012
ISBN: 9781617831317
Publication Date: 2011-09-01
Essential Issues presents factual information on contemporary social issues, introducing and examining the topic from an array of political, societal, statistical, and scientific angles.
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Teenager or Adult by Andrew CornellCall Number: HV5135 .T44 C67 2005
ISBN: 9780595349470
Publication Date: 2005-03-01
A look into the most talked about controversies involving teenagers and drinking, through the research of multiple views in the first person.Andrew Cornell-A curious well rounded author in search for true answers involving major problems.
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Underage Drinking by Lauri S. Friedman (Editor); Lauri S. Scherer (Editor)Call Number: HV5135.U4222 2012
ISBN: 9780737763003
Publication Date: 2013-01-11
Focusing on topics of special concern to students, this series makes complex issues less intimidating and more accessible; each book presents 10 to 14 readings from a variety of perspectives that allow readers to better understand the topic.; Underage drinking is a perennial topic for debate.
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From Binge to Blackout by Chris Volkmann; Edward A. Malloy (Introduction by); Cardwell C. Nuckols (Foreword by); Toren VolkmannCall Number: HV5293.V65 V64 2006
ISBN: 9780451219091
Publication Date: 2006-08-01
A mother and son describe the son's transformation into an alcoholic over the course of his college years, discussing their denial as the problem grew and chronicling their family's struggle.
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Ripping Clouds: the Truth about Vaping by Kimo KiyabuCall Number: HV 5740 .K593 2016
ISBN: 9781522914938
Publication Date: 2016-01-07
The first book to publish the scientific research of how Personal Vaporizers effect the environment, the air we breathe, and vapor users.
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The Dangers of E-Cigarettes by Peggy J. ParksCall Number: HV 5740 .P375 2017
ISBN: 9781682820148
Publication Date: 2016-08-01
"Health officials have become alarmed at the exploding popularity of e-cigarettes because so much remains unknown about them. The Dangers of E-Cigarettes discusses the scope of the problem, effects of vaping, addiction potential, risks for youth vapers, and regulation issues"--Amazon.com.
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Grass Roots: The rise and fall and rise of marijuana in America by Emily DuftonCall Number: HV 5822 .M3 D874 2017
ISBN: 9780465096169
Publication Date: 2017-12-05
Offers an account of marijuana's history, and the fight in the United States for and against cannabis rights.
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Marijuana Politics: Uncovering the troublesome history and social costs of criminalization by Robert M. HardawayCall Number: HV 5822 .M3 H367 2018
ISBN: 9781440837067
Publication Date: 2018-01-18
"This book documents the long history of marijuana use, the turbulent path of the prohibition of cannabis use, the issues regarding present-day legalization, and the modern implications of both medical and recreational cannabis"--Dust jacket.
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Thinking Critically by John AllenCall Number: HV5822.M3 A45 2015
ISBN: 9781601527820
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Explores the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana.
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Weed the People by Bruce BarcottCall Number: HV5822.M3 B374 2015
ISBN: 9781618934215
Publication Date: 2015-10-13
Discusses the history and future of the legalization of marijuana in the United States.
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Marijuana Legalization by Jonathan P. Caulkins; Beau Kilmer; Mark A. R. KleimanCall Number: HV5822.M3 M2935 2016
ISBN: 9780190262402
Publication Date: 2016-05-02
This second edition of Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know® discusses what is happening with marijuana policy, describing both the risks and the benefits of using marijuana, without taking sides in the legalization debate. The book details the potential gains and losses from legalization, explores the "middle ground" options between prohibition and commercialized production, and considers the likely impacts of legal marijuana on occasional users, daily users, patients, parents, and employers - and even on drug traffickers. - Publisher
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Is Legalized Marijuana Good for Society? by Patricia D. NetzleyCall Number: HV5822.M3 N47 2015
ISBN: 9781601527745
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Explores the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana.
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Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam QuinonesCall Number: HV5840.M4 Q56 2015
ISBN: 9781620402528
Publication Date: 2016-04-05
From a small town in Mexico to the boardrooms of Big Pharma, an explosive and shocking account of addiction and black tar heroin in the heartland of America. - Publisher
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Wrongs of Passage by Hank NuwerCall Number: LJ51 .N89 1999
ISBN: 9780253214980
Publication Date: 2001-08-22
"A grim... exposé by hazing expert Nuwer of the continuing yet largely unacknowledged crisis of death and injury among fraternity and sorority pledges.... [F]or its sustained examination of these rarely questioned traditions, Nuwer’s work is invaluable." ―Kirkus Reviews
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Hazing 101 by Darren W. BryceCall Number: LJ51.B79 2010
ISBN: 9781453646533
Publication Date: 2010-06-21
They called us bullies and they called us torturers, but we did what we did because we thought it was necessary. Hazing 101 vividly reveals how fraternities haze, why they do it, and why they discriminate against the weak and unattractive. No other book out there has ever exposed so clearly what it feels like to suffer through the trials and tribulations of pledging a college fraternity. Darren Bryce tells it all: Rush Week, blackball votes, Hell Week, call-ins, line-ups, secret meetings, and the cruelest of hazing techniques. - Publisher
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Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy by Andrew LohseCall Number: LJ51.L64 2014
ISBN: 9781250033673
Publication Date: 2014-08-26
Always trust the brotherhood. Always protect your pledge brothers. What happens in the house stays in the house. Before attending Dartmouth, the worst thing Andrew Lohse had ever done was skip school to attend a John McCain rally...Told by a contemporary Holden Caulfield, and perfect for fans of Liar's Poker and Less Than Zero, this is a shocking exposé of America's most exclusive institutions and a cautionary tale for modern times. -- Publisher
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Bad Science by Ben GoldacreCall Number: Q172.5.E77 G65 2010
ISBN: 9780865479180
Publication Date: 2010-10-12
Ben Goldacre reveals the shortcomings of American pharmaceutical companies, scientists, and the media and helps people understand the conflicting information they receive about alcohol, prescription drugs, medical tests, and treatment options so that they can make the best possible choices in regards to their health.
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DNA: the story of the genetic revolution by James D. Watson; Andrew Berry; Kevin DaviesCall Number: QH 437 .W387 2017
ISBN: 9780385351188
Publication Date: 2017-08-22
"James D. Watson, the Nobel laureate whose pioneering work helped unlock the mystery of DNA's structure, charts [this] ... scientific journey ... from the discovery of the double helix to today's controversies to what the future may hold ... [Includes] findings in gene editing, epigenetics, agricultural chemistry, as well as ... chapters on personal genomics and cancer research ... [Explores] DNA's impact--practical, social, and ethical--on our society and our world"--Provided by publisher.
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Human Cloning and Human Dignity: The Report of the President's Council on Bioethics by Leon R. KassCall Number: QH 442.2 .H845 2002
ISBN: 9781586481766
Publication Date: 2002-10-24
Presents the first report of the President's Council on Bioethics, established by President George W. Bush to advise him on bioethical issues related to advances in biomedical science and technology, focusing on the scientific and ethical ramifications of human cloning.
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Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis by T. A. BrownCall Number: QH 442.42 .G464 B769 2017
ISBN: 9781119072560
Publication Date: 2016-01-19
"...An essential introductory text to a wide range of biological sciences students; including genetics and genomes, molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology, and applied biology." - Publisher
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The $1,000 Genome: the revolution in DNA sequencing and the new era of personalized medicine by Kevin DaviesCall Number: QH 445 .D368 2015
ISBN: 9781416569596
Publication Date: 2010-09-07
Explains how scientists have made it possible to offer affordable genome sequencing and discusses how this breakthrough will change science and medicine in the future.
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An Elegant Defense: the extraordinary new science of the immune system : a tale in four lives by Matt RichtelCall Number: QR 181.7 .R53 2019
ISBN: 9780062698537
Publication Date: 2019-03-12
"A groundbreaking narrative exploration of the human immune system--the key to human health and longevity--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist and acclaimed author of A Deadly Wandering"
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Inside the FDA: the business and politics behind the drugs we take and the food we eat by Fran HawthorneCall Number: RA 401 .A3 H39 2005
ISBN: 9780471610915
Publication Date: 2005-02-25
Presents an examination of the politics, people, and policies of the United States Food and Drug Administration, providing inside information on the agency that affects the daily lives of all Americans.
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The Health Gap: the challenge of an unequal world by Michael MarmotCall Number: RA 418.5 .P6 M385 2015
ISBN: 9781632860781
Publication Date: 2015-11-03
In this groundbreaking book, Michael Marmot, President of the World Medical Association, reveals social injustice to be the greatest threat to global health. - Publisher.
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The Body Keeps the Score: brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma by Bessel van der KolkCall Number: RC 552 .P67
ISBN: 9780670785933
Publication Date: 2014-09-25
"An expert on traumatic stress outlines an approach to healing, explaining how traumatic stress affects brain processes and how to use innovative treatments to reactivate the mind's abilities to trust, engage others, and experience pleasure"--Provided by publisher
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Critical Perspectives on the Opioid Epidemic by Paula JohansonCall Number: RC 568 .O45 .J64 2018
ISBN: 9780766084872
Publication Date: 2017-07-15
"[Examines] just how dangerous opioids can be for who is using them. This text has primary-source evidence from doctors and . . . analysis from health experts and court cases, as well as personal viewpoints of people affected in their ordinary lives, helping students think critically about opioid use and abuse"--Provided by publisher.
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Dopesick: dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted America by Beth MacyCall Number: RC 568 .O45 M33 2018
ISBN: 9780316551243
Publication Date: 2018-08-07
"Chronicles America's more than twenty-year struggle with opioid addiction, from the introduction of OxyContin in 1996, through the spread of addiction in distressed communities in Central Appalachia, to the current national crisis"--OCLC.
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On Pills and Needles: The relentless fight to save my son from opioid addiction by Rick Van WarnerCall Number: RC 568 .O45 V36 2018
ISBN: 9780801075353
Publication Date: 2018-01-17
A true story of Rick Van Warner that discusses his experience discovering his son's addiction to opioids. It also is a crash course in opioid addiction with the causes, symptoms, and how families can deal with the addiction.
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Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat: The science behind drugs in sports by Chris CooperCall Number: RC1230.C59 2012
ISBN: 9780199678785
Publication Date: 2013-09-15
From anabolic steroids to human growth hormone and the blood booster EPO, Cooper separates the truth from the hype, revealing what works and what doesn't work. More disturbing, the book argues that science has barely touched the surface of performance enhancement; there are many, many drugs yet to be discovered. - Publisher
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Ten Drugs: How plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine by Thomas HagerCall Number: RM 45 .H34 2019
ISBN: 9781419734403
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher’s genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcome side effect discovered during clinical trials. Piece together these stories, as Thomas Hager does in this remarkable, century-spanning history, and you can trace the evolution of our culture and the practice of medicine. - Publisher.
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Drug Safety by Nigel S. B. RawsonCall Number: RM316 .R397 2016
ISBN: 9781460291009
Publication Date: 2016-11-08
With “Big Pharma” garnering an increasing number of negative headlines due to reports of adverse drug reactions and a surge in prescription drug addiction and overdose deaths, many people are increasingly skeptical about the safety of modern pharmaceutics and the moral integrity of the pharmaceutical industry. This book was written to provide a balanced perspective on drug safety risks.
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How to Change Your Mind: what the new science of psychedelics teaches us about consciousness, dying, addiction, depression, and transcendence by Michael PollanCall Number: RM 324.8 .P65 2018
ISBN: 9781594204227
Publication Date: 2018-05-15
Michael Pollan provides an investigation into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs and discusses his own life-changing psychedelic experiences.
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Analytical Assessment of E-Cigarettes: From Contents to Chemical and Particle Exposure Profiles by Konstantinos E. Farsalinos; I. Gene Gillman; Jonathan W. Thornburg; Stephen S. Hecht; Riccardo PolosaCall Number: TS 2260 .F37 2017
ISBN: 9780128112410
Publication Date: 2016-11-23
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Contemporary Politics in the Middle East by Beverley Milton-EdwardsCall Number: DS 62.8 .M55 2018
ISBN: 9781509520831
Publication Date: 2018-03-20
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The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know by James L. GelvinCall Number: DS 63.123 .G45 2018
ISBN: 9780190653989
Publication Date: 2017-11-01
"Outlines the social, political, and economic contours of what some have termed "the new Middle East." One of the leading scholars of modern Middle Eastern history, James L. Gelvin lucidly distills the political and economic reasons behind the dramatic news that come every day from Syria and the rest of the Middle East. He shows how and why bad governance, stagnant economies, poor healthcare, climate change, population growth, refugee crisis, food and water insecurity, and war increasingly threaten human security in the region."--Publisher.
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The Unwanted: stories of the Syrian refugees by Don BrownCall Number: DS 98.6 B76 2018
ISBN: 9781328810151
Publication Date: 2018-09-18
"Don Brown depicts moments of both heartbreaking horror and hope in the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis"--Amazon.com.
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Afghanistan: a cultural and political history by Thomas BarfieldCall Number: DS 357.5 .37 2010
ISBN: 9780691154411
Publication Date: 2012-03-25
Traces the political history of Afghanistan from the sixteenth century to the present, looking at what has united the people as well as the regional, cultural, and political differences that divide them.
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No Good Men among the Living by Anand GopalCall Number: DS 371.412 .G66 2014
ISBN: 9781250069269
Publication Date: 2015-05-05
In a breathtaking chronicle, acclaimed journalist Anand Gopal traces the lives of three Afghans caught in America's war on terror. He follows a Taliban commander, who rises from scrawny teenager to leading insurgent; a U.S.-backed warlord, who uses the American military to gain wealth and power; and a village housewife trapped between the two sides, who discovers the devastating cost of neutrality. Through their dramatic stories, "No Good Men Among the Living" stunningly lays bare the workings of America's longest war and the trust behind its prolonged agony. - Publishers.
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God Sleeps in Rwanda by Joseph Sebarenzi; Laura Mullane (As told to)Call Number: DT 450.443 .S43 A3 2009
ISBN: 9781416575771
Publication Date: 2011-01-11
An autobiographical account of the life of Joseph Sebarenzi, a Rwandan Tutsi who escaped from his homeland before the 1994 genocide, returned to become speaker of the Rwandan parliament, and was once again forced into exile.
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Rwanda: From Genocide to Precarious Peace by Susan ThomsonCall Number: DT 450.443 .T466 2018
ISBN: 9780300197396
Publication Date: 2018-04-24
"An eye-opening account of the war-ravaged African nation, from the end of colonial rule to the present day." - Publisher.
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Congo: The Epic History of a People by David Van ReybrouckCall Number: DT 652 .R4913 2014
ISBN: 9780062200129
Publication Date: 2015-02-17
"From the beginnings of the slave trade through colonization, the struggle for independence, Mobutu's brutal three decades of rule, and the civil war that has raged from 1996 to the present day, "Congo: The Epic History of a People" traces the history of one of the most devastated nations in the world." - Author.
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Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan genocide, and the making of a continental catastrophe by Gerard PrunierCall Number: DT 658.26 .P78 2009
ISBN: 9780199754205
Publication Date: 2011-04-06
Chronicles the history of the 1996 to 2002 war in the Democratic Republic of Congo started by the Rwandan army in order to clear out Hutu-dominated refugee camps on the border; and describes the intense fighting, massacres, starvation, and disease.
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Rise to Globalism by Stephen E. Ambrose; Douglas G. BrinkleyCall Number: E744.A477 1997
ISBN: 9780140268317
Publication Date: 1997-09-01
Examines American foreign policy from just before the Second World War through the mid-1990s, discussing such topics as the Cuban missile crisis, the Vietnam War, the SALT treaties, the Iran-Contra scandal, international terrorism, the fall of Communism, the Gulf War, the war in Bosnia, and Clinton's trade policy.
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Political Science Research in the Middle East and North Africa by Janine A. Clark (Editor); Francesco Cavatorta (Editor)Call Number: JA 88 .M628 P65 2018
ISBN: 9780190882976
Publication Date: 2018-08-17
"Political Research in the Middle East and North Africa focuses specifically on doing research in one of the most important regions in contemporary world politics. It is also one of the most difficult areas to do research in given the current high levels of violence, political instability, and authoritarianism that plague the region"--Provided by publisher.
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Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty by Douglas Laycock (Editor); Chai R. Feldblum (Contribution by); Douglas W. Kmiec (Contribution by); Anthony R. Picarello (Editor); Jonathan Turley (Contribution by); Robin Fretwell Wilson (Editor)Call Number: BL462.S36 2008
ISBN: 9780742563261
Publication Date: 2008-09-05
Examines both the religious and legal aspects of homosexual marriages that focuses on the potential conflicts surrounding the religious freedom implications of legalizing same-sex marriage, discusses which rights could be violated--such as freedom of speech--and how the issues can be resolved.
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Murda', Misogyny, and Mayhem by Zoe SpencerCall Number: E185.615 .S64 2011
ISBN: 9780761855125
Publication Date: 2011-10-04
Murda', Misogyny, and Mayhem: Hip-Hop and the Culture of Abnormality in the Urban Community is a sociological work that utilizes a historical materialist perspective to expose the harmful effects of hip hop as a regulated industry, music, and culture.
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Gender Relations in Sport by Emily A. Roper (Editor)Call Number: GV709 .G46 2013
ISBN: 9789462094536
Publication Date: 2013-11-01
Introductory text for students, particularly those less familiar with the scholarly body of work devoted to gender and sport.
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How College Athletics are Hurting Girls' Sports by Rick EcksteinCall Number: GV709.18 .U6 E45 2017
ISBN: 9781442266285
Publication Date: 2017-03-09
More girls are playing sports than ever before—which, on the surface, is great for girls because sports offer positive and empowering fun for young women. In reality, though, few young athletes report “fun” as a reason they play sports. The rates of concussions and repetitive use injuries are on the rise, and kids are encouraged to specialize in a single sport at earlier and earlier ages, spending much of their free time throughout the year dedicated to the pursuit of a single sport at the expense of friends, other activities, and sometimes, health.
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Qualifying Times: Points of change in U.S. women's sport by Jaime SchultzCall Number: GV709.18.U6 S38 2014
ISBN: 9780252079740
Publication Date: 2014-02-20
Explores the history of women's sport, examining the products and trends that have lead to increased participation, and the cultural responses to it.
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Coming on Strong by Susan K. CahnCall Number: GV709.C34 2015
ISBN: 9780252080647
Publication Date: 2015-03-03
Acclaimed since its original publication, Coming on Strong has become a much-cited touchstone in scholarship on women and sports. In this new edition, Susan K. Cahn updates her detailed history of women's sport and the struggles over gender, sexuality, race, class, and policy that have often defined it. A new chapter explores the impact of Title IX and how the opportunities and interest in sports it helped create reshaped women's lives even as the legislation itself came under sustained attack.
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Gay America: Struggle for equality by Linas AlsenasCall Number: HQ76.3.U5 A37 2008
ISBN: 9780810994874
Publication Date: 2008-11-01
An examination of gay and lesbian life in the United States since the colonial period that discusses the Kinsey study, the McCarthy witch hunts of the 1950s, the Beat generation, gay marriage, and other related topics.
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The Gay Revolution: The story of the struggle by Lillian FadermanCall Number: HQ 76.8 .U5 F33 2015
ISBN: 9781451694116
Publication Date: 2015-09-08
"[Describes] the modern struggle for gay, lesbian, and trans rights--from the 1950s to the present--based on ... interviews with politicians, military figures, legal activists, and members of the entire LGBT community who face these challenges every day"--Provided by publisher.
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The Right Side of History by Adrian Brooks; Jonathan Katz (Foreword by)Call Number: HQ76.8.U5 R54 2015
ISBN: 9781627781237
Publication Date: 2015-06-09
"Tells the 100-year history of queer activism in a series of revealing close-ups, first-person accounts, and intimate snapshots of LGBT pioneers and radicals. This diverse cast stretches from the Edwardian period to today, including first-person accounts of the key protest that is at the heart of the 2015 movie 'Stonewall'"--Amazon
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Queer: The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens by Marke Bieschke; Kathy Belge; Christian Robinson (Illustrator)Call Number: HQ76.27 .Y68 B45 2011
ISBN: 9780981973340
Publication Date: 2011-06-01
Addresses some of the challenges faced by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender teens, offering advice on how to come out to family and friends, develop a social life, deal with homophobia, and other topics, and includes personal testimonies.
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Trans: A Memoir by Juliet Jacques; Sheila Heti (Afterword by)Call Number: HQ77.8.J33 A3 2015
ISBN: 9781784781644
Publication Date: 2015-09-22
Six weeks before reassignment surgery (SRS), I am obliged to stop taking my hormones. I suddenly feel very differently about my forthcoming operation. - Publisher
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The Marriage-Go-Round by Andrew J. CherlinCall Number: HQ535.C416 2010
ISBN: 9780307386380
Publication Date: 2010-04-06
Explores the state of marriage in the United States at the dawn of the twenty-first century, discussing how cultural attitudes towards marriage and family have evolved throughout history and what implications those attitude changes have for parents and children.
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Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive by Julia SeranoCall Number: HQ1101.S47 2013
ISBN: 9781580055048
Publication Date: 2013-10-01
While many feminist and queer movements are designed to challenge sexism, they often simultaneously police gender and sexuality—sometimes just as fiercely as the straight, male-centric mainstream does. Among LGBTQ activists, there is a long history of lesbians and gay men dismissing bisexuals, transgender people, and other gender and sexual minorities. In each case, exclusion is based on the premise that certain ways of being gendered or sexual are more legitimate, natural, or righteous than others. - Publisher
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We Don't Need Another Wave: Dispatches from the Next Generation of Feminists by Melody Berger (Editor)Call Number: HQ1111.W4 2006
ISBN: 9781580051828
Publication Date: 2006-10-16
Addresses the issues of concern for the feminist movement today, discussing such topics as abuse against women and the common ideas and ideals shared by feminists of all ages.
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Feminism Is for Everybody by Bell HooksCall Number: HQ1190.H67 2015
ISBN: 9781138821620
Publication Date: 2014-09-26
Presents a feminist politics designed to not be divisive, discussing accomplishments by the feminist movement in such areas as reproductive rights, female body image, and class and race struggle, identifying aspects of these issues to still be addressed, and arguing that the feminist community needs to grow.
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof; Sheryl WuDunnCall Number: HQ1236.5.D44 K75 2010
ISBN: 9780307387097
Publication Date: 2010-06-01
Tells the stories of women in Africa and Asia who have been victims of sex trafficking and forced prostitution, gender-based violence, and maternal mortality, and shows how girls' education and micro-finance can change their lives while providing a boost to the economies of developing countries.
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A Call to Action by Jimmy CarterCall Number: HQ1236.C375 2014
ISBN: 9781476773957
Publication Date: 2014-03-25
"Looks at the suffering, discrimination, and abuse suffered by women throughout the world, often as a result of distorted readings of religious texts, as witnessed by the author and the testimony of women representing different regions and religions"--OCLC.
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Everyday Sexism: The project that inspired a worldwide movement by Laura BatesCall Number: HQ1237.B36 2016
ISBN: 9781250100184
Publication Date: 2016-04-05
"In a culture that's driven by social media, women are using this online space to come together, share their stories and encourage a new generation to recognise the problems that women face. This book is a call to arms in a new wave of feminism, and it proves sexism is endemic - socially, politically and economically - but women won't stand for it."--Publisher.
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Home with Hip Hop Feminism by Aisha S. DurhamCall Number: HQ1410.D98 2014
ISBN: 9781433107092
Publication Date: 2014-07-31
Home with Hip Hop Feminism brings together popular culture and the everyday experiences of black women from the hip hop generation to highlight the epiphanic moments when the imagined and real body converge or collide.
To date, there are no books devoted exclusively to black women that integrate performance auto/ethnography and media studies from a hip hop feminist perspective. This book serves as a three-sided intervention against a textually dominated feminist media studies, a white-centered feminist third wave theory, and a masculinist hip hop cultural project. Aisha S. Durham not only reclaims her voice in these three spaces, she also rewrites her hip hop history by returning to the intellectual, cultural, and physical places she calls home. - Publisher
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Ms. and the Material Girls by Catherine GourleyCall Number: HQ1421.G68 2008
ISBN: 9780822568063
Publication Date: 2007-01-11
The women of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s found doors of opportunity opened as never before--they became astronauts, combat soldiers, athletes, and politicians. They protested, and they were heard. More than any prior generation, they catapulted women closer to social equality in America. - Publisher
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We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieCall Number: HQ1815.5.A63 2015
ISBN: 9781101911761
Publication Date: 2015-02-03
The highly acclaimed, provocative New York Times bestseller—a personal, eloquently-argued essay, adapted from the much-admired TEDx talk of the same name—from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Americanah. Here she offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her deep understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable author’s exploration of what it means to be a woman now—and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists. - Amazon
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Forcing the Spring by Jo BeckerCall Number: KF228.H645 B43 2014
ISBN: 9781594204449
Publication Date: 2014-04-22
Discusses the legal battles that followed the 2008 election that brought "Proposition 8" into California law.
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Redeeming the Dream by David Boies; Theodore B. OlsonCall Number: KF228.H645 B65 2014
ISBN: 9780670015962
Publication Date: 2014-06-17
" [An] inside story of the Supreme Court's landmark rulings on The Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8 ... [Relating] ... the story of how David Boies and Theodore B. Olson--who argued against each other all the way to the Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore--joined forces after that titanic battle to forge the unique legal argument that would carry the day. As allies and not foes, they tell the ... story of the five-year struggle to win the right for gays to marry ... "--Provided by publisher.
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Stealing the Show: how women are revolutionizing television by Joy PressCall Number: PN 1992.8 .W65 P74 2018
ISBN: 9781501137716
Publication Date: 2018-02-27
"From a . . . cultural journalist, a . . . look at the rise of the female showrunner. In this . . . informative . . . book, [the author] tells the story of the . . . women who broke through the barricades, starting with Roseanne Barr (Roseanne) and Diane English (Murphy Brown), whose . . . shows redefined America's idea of 'family values' and incited controversy that reached as far as the White House. Barr and English inspired the next generation of female TV writers and producers to carve out the creative space and executive power needed to present . . . representations of women on the small screen. Drawing on . . . research and interviews with the key players, this is the . . . behind-the-scenes story of a . . . revolution in television"--Provided by publisher.
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Brotopia: breaking up the boys' club of Silicon Valley by Emily Chang (Contribution by)Call Number: HD 6060.5 .U5 C52 2018
ISBN: 9780735213531
Publication Date: 2018-02-06
Reveals how Silicon Valley became sexist and why this male-dominated culture endures despite decades-long claims to the moral high ground; draws on interviews with industry insiders to learn about the venture capital firms of Silicon Valley; and discusses how women in the industry have taken risks to pave the way for others.
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Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives by Gary YoungeCall Number: HN 90 .V5 Y675 2016
ISBN: 9781568589930
Publication Date: 2018-02-06
A timely chronicle of what is now an ordinary day in America, where gun violence regularly takes the lives of children and teens, and leaves shattered families in its wake. - Publisher.
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Arming America by Michael A. BellesilesCall Number: HV8095.B395 2000
ISBN: 0375402101
Publication Date: 2000-09-05
Discusses the prevalence of guns in American homes up to the mid-nineteenth century and proposes that they became commonplace only after production increased during the Civil War; places this in the context of the gun control debate.
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Arms by A. J. SomersetCall Number: HV8059 .S6247 2015
ISBN: 9781771960281
Publication Date: 2015-09-15
Few ideas divide communities as much as those involving firearms, and fewer authors are able to tackle the subject with the same authority, humor, and intelligence. Written from the unique perspective of a gun lover who’s disgusted with what gun culture has become, Arms is destined to be one of the most talked-about books of the year. - Biblioasis
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Enough by Gabrielle Giffords; Mark KellyCall Number: HV7436.G54 2014
ISBN: 9781476750071
Publication Date: 2014-09-30
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords--disabled from an assassination attempt in Tucson, Arizona--and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, share their argument for responsible gun ownership and more responsible gun control laws, despite being gun owners and supporters of the Second Amendment themselves. -- Amazon
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The Gunning of America by Pamela HaagCall Number: TS533.2.H33 2016
ISBN: 9780465048953
Publication Date: 2016-04-19
In this provocative and deeply-researched work of narrative history, Haag fundamentally revises the history of arms in America, and in so doing explodes the clichés that have created and sustained our lethal gun culture. - Amazon
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The Last Gun by Tom DiazCall Number: HD9744.F553 U628 2013
ISBN: 9781620970300
Publication Date: 2015-01-06
Examines gun manufacturing and marketing in the United States, explores changes in the firearm industry, discusses the nature of gun violence, and argues for renewed political efforts regarding gun control.
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Reducing Gun Violence in America by Daniel W. Webster (Editor); Jon S. Vernick (Editor); Michael Bloomberg (Foreword by)Call Number: HV7436.R4152 2013
ISBN: 9781421411101
Publication Date: 2013-01-25
The staggering toll of gun violence―which claims 31,000 U.S. lives each year―is an urgent public health issue that demands an effective evidence-based policy response.
The Johns Hopkins University convened more than 20 of the world’s leading experts on gun violence and policy to summarize relevant research and recommend policies that are both constitutional and have broad public support. Collected for the first time in one volume, this reliable, empirical research and legal analysis will help lawmakers, opinion leaders, and concerned citizens identify policy changes to address mass shootings, along with the less-publicized gun violence that takes an average of 80 lives every day. - Publisher
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A Call to Action by Jimmy CarterCall Number: HQ1236.C375 2014
ISBN: 9781476773957
Publication Date: 2014-03-25
"Looks at the suffering, discrimination, and abuse suffered by women throughout the world, often as a result of distorted readings of religious texts, as witnessed by the author and the testimony of women representing different regions and religions"--OCLC.
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Girls Like Us by Rachel LloydCall Number: HQ281.L57 2012
ISBN: 9780061582066
Publication Date: 2012-02-28
The author, a survivor of the commercial sex industry, shares her personal story, and discusses her efforts to help other girls who are victims of sexual exploitation through her nonprofit organization GEMS, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services.
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Human Trafficking, Human Misery by Alexis A. AronowitzCall Number: HQ281.A76 2009
ISBN: 9780275994815
Publication Date: 2009-03-20
Provides a global analysis of the problem of human trafficking in the twentieth century, including information on the different groups of victims, the methods of traffickers, trafficking patterns, and prospects for ending human trafficking.
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Made in the USA: The Sex Trafficking of America's Children by Alisa JordheimCall Number: HQ281.J67 2014
ISBN: 9781939183408
Publication Date: 2014-09-01
The book is a compilation of five true stories of adults (4 woman & 1 man) trafficked as children. Each story is preceded by an overview of the type of trafficking the story addresses and followed up by a statement from the survivors themselves. The purpose of the book is to provide insights on how American children are taken captive and often coerced to remain in a lifestyle of commercial sexual exploitation. All profits from the book will be distributed to nationally recognized agencies providing either preventive or restorative service for child survivors of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking. - Amazon
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A Nation of Nations by Tom GjeltenCall Number: F232.F2 G54 2015
ISBN: 9781476743851
Publication Date: 2015-09-15
“An incisive look at immigration, assimilation, and national identity” (Kirkus Reviews) and the landmark immigration law that transformed the face of the nation more than fifty years ago, as told through the stories of immigrant families in one suburban county in Virginia. - Publisher
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A Nation of Immigrants by John F. Kennedy; John P. Roche (Preface by); Robert F. Kennedy (Introduction by)Call Number: JV6450.K46 1986
ISBN: 9780060913670
Publication Date: 1986-07-01
John F. Kennedy's classic essay on the immigrant experience in America--reissued to coincide with the reopening of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. - Publisher
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Social Work with Immigrants and Refugees by Fernando Chang-Muy; Elaine Piller CongressCall Number: JV 6465 .S63 2016
ISBN: 9780826126689
Publication Date: 2015-10-01
The leading textbook on social work with immigrants and refugees, this is the only book to address the intersection of legal, policy, and advocacy issues, in addition to the clinical skills needed to help these populations. This second edition has been updated to reflect key policy changes at the state and federal levels affecting social work with immigrants and refugees. The authors have expanded their coverage of transnationalism, microaggressions, and public health and community issues, and each chapter features updated case studies on the most critical issues immigrants face today: legal processes, physical and mental health issues, employment difficulties, family conflicts, and more.
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Underground America by Peter Orner (Editor); Luis Alberto Urrea (Foreword by)Call Number: JV6475.U52 2008
ISBN: 9781934781166
Publication Date: 2008-11-01
Presents a number of personal stories of undocumented workers in the United States who are here for a variety of reasons including fleeing from persecution in their own countries or just trying to make a living.
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Detained and Deported by Margaret ReganCall Number: JV6483.R44 2015
ISBN: 9780807071946
Publication Date: 2015-03-10
Criticizes the United States' illegal immigrant deportation policies and detention centers, looking at the lives of illegal immigrants and deported immigrants.
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Forgotten Citizens by Luis ZayasCall Number: JV6483.Z39 2015
ISBN: 9780190211127
Publication Date: 2015-04-30
" Luis Zayas draws on his extensive research and experience as a psychological evaluator to present the most complete picture yet of the mental health and lasting trauma experienced by US citizen-children who are threatened with the fate of exile or orphan"--Provided by publisher.
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The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the border by Francisco CantúCall Number: JV 6565 .C37 2018
ISBN: 9780735217713
Publication Date: 2018-02-06
"A former Border Patrol agent's haunting experience of an unnatural divide and the lives caught on either side, struggling to cross or to defend it"--Provided by publisher.
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Immigration and the Law: race, citizenship, and social control by Sofía Espinoza Álvarez (Editor); Martin Guevara Urbina (Editor)Call Number: KF 4819 .I47135 2018
ISBN: 9780816537624
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
"A critical look at the mechanisms, beliefs, and ideologies that govern U.S. immigration laws, and the social impacts of their enforcement"--Provided by publisher.
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Encyclopedia of Immigrant Cultures Vol 1 by David Levinson and Melvin EmberCall Number: Ref E184.A1 A63448
ISBN: 0028972147
Publication Date: 1997-10-01
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Encyclopedia of Immigrant Cultures Vol 2 by David Levinson and Melvin EmberCall Number: Ref E184.A1 A63448
ISBN: 0028972139
Publication Date: 1997-10-01
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The Unwanted: stories of the Syrian refugees by Don BrownCall Number: DS 98.6 B76 2018
ISBN: 9781328810151
Publication Date: 2018-09-18
"Don Brown depicts moments of both heartbreaking horror and hope in the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis"--Amazon.com.
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Melting Pot or Civil War?: a son of immigrants makes the case against open borders by Reihan SalamCall Number: JV 6483 .S25 2018
ISBN: 9780735216273
Publication Date: 2018-09-25
Discusses an open-border policy and immigration, including the author's own experience as a son of immigrants.
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Death Penalty by Joann Bren GuernseyCall Number: HV8694.G83
ISBN: 9780761340799
Publication Date: 2009-01-10
Looks at the history of the death penalty, offers information about Supreme court cases and state laws about it, provides varying perspectives on issues related to it, and includes quotes, anecdotes, and discussion about the punishment which were originally published in "USA Today."
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Choosing Mercy by Antoinette BoscoCall Number: HV8698.B67 2001
ISBN: 9781570753589
Publication Date: 2001-04-01
Toni Bosco discusses how her life was affected by the murders of her son and daughter-in-law and explains why she believes the death penalty fails both politically and morally.
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Convicting the Innocent by Stanley CohenCall Number: HV8699.U5 C64 2016
ISBN: 9781632206466
Publication Date: 2016-04-05
Every day, innocent men across America are thrown into prison, betrayed by a faulty justice system, and robbed of their lives—either by decades-long sentences or the death penalty itself. Injustice tarnishes our legal process from start to finish. From the racial discrimination and violence used by backwards law enforcement officers, to a prison culture that breeds inmate conflict, there is opportunity for error at every turn. Award-winning journalist Stanley Cohen chronicles over one hundred of these cases, from the 1973 case of the first ever death row exoneree, David Keaton, to multiple cases as of 2015 that resulted from the corrupt practices of NYPD Detective Louis Scarcella (with nearly seventy Brooklyn cases under review for wrongful conviction). In the wake of these unjust convictions, grassroots organizations, families, and pro bono lawyers have battled this rampant wrongdoing. Cohen reveals how eyewitness error, jailhouse snitch testimony, racism, junk science, prosecutorial misconduct, and incompetent counsel have populated America’s prisons with the innocent. - Publisher
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No Choirboy: Murder, violence, and teenagers on death row by Susan KuklinCall Number: HV8699.U5 K84 2014
ISBN: 9781250044457
Publication Date: 2014-08-12
A collection of essays in which inmates at American prisons who were sentenced to death while still in their teens share their thoughts and feelings about how they ended up in prison and how they feel about capital punishment.
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Dead Man Walking by Helen Prejean; Tim Robbins (Afterword by); Susan Sarandon (Afterword by); Desmond Tutu (Preface by)Call Number: HV8699.U5 P74 1994
ISBN: 9780679751311
Publication Date: 1994-05-31
In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, the convicted killer of two teenagers who was sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisiana’s Angola State Prison. In the months before Sonnier’s death, the Roman Catholic nun came to know a man who was as terrified as he had once been terrifying. She also came to know the families of the victims and the men whose job it was to execute—men who often harbored doubts about the rightness of what they were doing. - Publisher
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The Death Penalty by Raymond Paternoster; Robert Brame; Sarah BaconCall Number: HV8699.U5 P373 2007
ISBN: 9780195332421
Publication Date: 2007-07-02
This book addresses one of the most controversial issues in the criminal justice system today--the death penalty. Paternoster et al. present a balanced perspective that focuses on both the arguments for and against capital punishment. Coverage draws on legal, historical, philosophical, economic, sociological, and religious points of view. - Publisher
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Burning down the House by Nell BernsteinCall Number: HV9104.B4243 2014
ISBN: 9781595589569
Publication Date: 2014-06-03
When teenagers scuffle during a basketball game, they are typically benched. But when Will got into it on the court, he and his rival were sprayed in the face at close range by a chemical similar to Mace, denied a shower for twenty-four hours, and then locked in solitary confinement for a month. One in three American children will be arrested by the time they are twenty-three, and many will spend time locked inside horrific detention centers that defy everything we know about how to rehabilitate young offenders. In a clear-eyed indictment of the juvenile justice system run amok, award-winning journalist Nell Bernstein shows that there is no right way to lock up a child. - Publisher
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The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander; Cornel West (Introduction by)Call Number: HV9950.A437 2012
ISBN: 9781595586438
Publication Date: 2012-01-16
Argues that mass incarceration of African- and Latino Americans in the United States is a form of social control, and contends the civil rights community needs to become more active in protecting the rights of criminals.
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Justice While Black by Robbin Shipp; Nick ChilesCall Number: KF4757.S55 2014
ISBN: 9781932841909
Publication Date: 2014-10-01
Justice While Black is a must-read for every young black male in America—and for everyone else who cares about their survival and well-being. This is a first-of-its-kind essential guide for African-American families about how to understand the criminal justice system, and about why that system continues to see black men as targets—and as dollar signs. - Publisher
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Immigration and the Law: race, citizenship, and social control by Sofía Espinoza Álvarez (Editor); Martin Guevara Urbina (Editor)Call Number: KF 4819 .I47135 2018
ISBN: 9780816537624
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
"A critical look at the mechanisms, beliefs, and ideologies that govern U.S. immigration laws, and the social impacts of their enforcement"--Provided by publisher.
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Decarcerating America: From Mass Punishment to Public Health by Ernest Drucker (Editor)Call Number: KF9730 .D43 2018
ISBN: 9781620972786
Publication Date: 2018-02-20
Contents: Ending mass incarceration : six bold reforms to rapidly reduce incarceration without compromising public safety
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Beyond These Walls: rethinking crime and punishment in the United States by Tony PlattCall Number: HV 9950 .P53 2019
ISBN: 9781250085115
Publication Date: 2019-01-08
"Tracks the legacy of crime and imprisonment in the United States, from the historical roots of the American criminal justice system to our modern state of over-incarceration. . . Author Tony Platt, a recognized authority in the field of criminal justice, challenges the way we think about how and why millions of people are tracked, arrested, incarcerated, catalogued, and regulated in the United States."---Provided by publisher.
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The Black and the Blue: a cop reveals the crimes, racism, and injustice in America's law enforcement by Matthew Horace; Ron HarrisCall Number: HV 7911 .H617 A3 2018
ISBN: 9780316440080
Publication Date: 2018-08-07
"Matthew Horace was a law enforcement officer at the federal and local levels for twenty-eight years, working in nearly every state in the country. Yet it was after seven years of service, when Horace found himself with a gun pointed at his head by a white fellow officer, that he fully understood the racism seething within America's police departments"--Jacket flap.
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The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare by Suzanne Gordon; Kenneth W. Kizer (Foreword by)Call Number: UB369 .G67 2017
ISBN: 9781501714559
Publication Date: 2017-04-04
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Encyclopedia of Immigrant Cultures Vol 1 by David Levinson and Melvin EmberCall Number: Ref E184.A1 A63448
ISBN: 0028972147
Publication Date: 1997-10-01
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Encyclopedia of Immigrant Cultures Vol 2 by David Levinson and Melvin EmberCall Number: Ref E184.A1 A63448
ISBN: 0028972139
Publication Date: 1997-10-01
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Fields of Combat by Erin P. FinleyCall Number: RC552.P67 F545 2011
ISBN: 9780801478406
Publication Date: 2012-07-31
Both heartbreaking and hopeful, Fields of Combat tells the story of how American veterans and their families navigate the return home. Following a group of veterans and their their personal stories of war, trauma, and recovery, Erin P. Finley illustrates the devastating impact PTSD can have on veterans and their families. Finley sensitively explores issues of substance abuse, failed relationships, domestic violence, and even suicide and also challenges popular ideas of PTSD as incurable and permanently debilitating. - Publisher
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Home from the War by Robert Jay LiftonCall Number: DS557.A68 L55 1973
Publication Date: 1973
In his most important work since he won the National Book Award for Death in Life, Robert Jay Lifton writes about the extremes of pain and alienation suffered by the Vietnam veterans and about their search for reconnection and continuity. - Publisher
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The State of VA Health Care by Committee on Committee on Veterans' Affairs United States SenateCall Number: UB369.V3 S46 2014
ISBN: 9781512126785
Publication Date: 2015-05-10
Report from the United State Senate's Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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Voices of War by Library of Congress Staff (Illustrator); Thomas Wiener (Editor); Max Cleland (Introduction by); Chuck Hagel (Afterword by)Call Number: U52.V55 2004
ISBN: 9780792278382
Publication Date: 2004-11-01
A collection of intertwining stories from the Veterans History Project that create an eyewitness record of America at war in the twentieth century.
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Suspicion Nation by Lisa BloomCall Number: E184.A1 B56 2014
ISBN: 9781619024687
Publication Date: 2015-02-10
A provocative examination of race, gun laws, and violence that exposes how the state of Florida bungled the Trayvon Martin case through new interviews and revelations about the trial. - Publisher
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Some of My Best Friends Are Black by Tanner ColbyCall Number: E184.A1 C537 2012
ISBN: 9780143123637
Publication Date: 2013-07-30
"Tanner Colby woke up one day and realized he didn't know any black people." - Publisher
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We, Too Sing America by Deepa Iyer; Michel Martin (Introduction by)Call Number: E184.A1 I94 2015
ISBN: 9781620970140
Publication Date: 2015-10-27
Explores the racial landscape of post-9/11 America, and places violence, Islamophobia, and xenophobia in a broader context.
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Racial Formation in the United States by Michael Omi; Howard A. Winant; Howard WinantCall Number: E184.A1 O47 1994
ISBN: 0415908647
Publication Date: 1994-03-22
First published in 1986, Racial Formation in the United States is now considered a classic in the literature on race and ethnicity. This second edition builds upon and updates Omi and Winant's groundbreaking research. In addition to a preface to the new edition, the book provides a more detailed account of the theory of racial formation processes. It includes material on the historical development of race, the question of racism, race-class-gender interrelationships, and everyday life. A final chapter updates the developments in American racial politics up to the present, focusing on such key events as the 1992 Presidential election, the Los Angeles riots, and the Clinton administration's racial politics and policies. - Publisher
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A Different Mirror: A history of multicultural America by Ronald T. TakakiCall Number: E184.A1 T335 1993
ISBN: 9780316831123
Publication Date: 1993-06-01
Upon its first publication, A Different Mirror was hailed by critics and academics everywhere as a dramatic new retelling of our nation's past. Beginning with the colonization of the New World, it recounted the history of America in the voice of the non-Anglo peoples of the United States--Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, and others--groups who helped create this country's rich mosaic culture. - Publisher
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A Larger Memory: A history of our diversity, with voices by Ronald T. TakakiCall Number: E184.A1 T3375 1998
ISBN: 9780316311625
Publication Date: 1998-09-23
Traces the diverse history of the United States through the voices of its multicultural men and women, and examines the centuries-long debate over who is an American and what the country stands for.
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They Can't Kill Us All by Wesley LoweryCall Number: E185.86 .L69 2016
ISBN: 9780316312479
Publication Date: 2016-11-15
Writer Wesley Lowery travels to neglected corners of America to speak to families, local activists, and victims about the cumulative effect racially-biased policing has had on communities, crumbling infrastructures, and failing schools.
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Black New Jersey: 1664 to the present day by Graham Russell Gao HodgesCall Number: E 185.93 .N54 H64 2018
ISBN: 9780813595184
Publication Date: 2018-10-01
Black New Jersey tells the rich and complex story of the African American community's remarkable accomplishments and the colossal obstacles they faced along the way. Drawing from rare archives, historian Graham Russell Gao Hodges brings to life the courageous black men and women who fought for their freedom and eventually build a sturdy and substantial middle class. He explores...such world-renowned figures as Paul Robeson, Cory Booker, and Queen Latifah..." - Publisher.
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The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff HobbsCall Number: E185.97.P38 H63 2015
ISBN: 9781476731919
Publication Date: 2015-07-28
Looks at the life of Robert Peace, who was born outside Newark in a ghetto known as "Illtown," earned a full scholarship to Yale University, and graduated. He returned home and taught at a Catholic high school, but was killed at the age of thirty in a drug-related shooting.
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Murda', Misogyny, and Mayhem by Zoe SpencerCall Number: E185.615 .S64 2011
ISBN: 9780761855125
Publication Date: 2011-10-04
Murda', Misogyny, and Mayhem: Hip-Hop and the Culture of Abnormality in the Urban Community is a sociological work that utilizes a historical materialist perspective to expose the harmful effects of hip hop as a regulated industry, music, and culture.
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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel TatumCall Number: E185.625.T38 1997
ISBN: 9780465083619
Publication Date: 2003-01-17
Examines racial identity, revealing the source of some of the racial and ethnic stereotypes adolescents are exposed to; discussing reasons why African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, Native Americans, and other racial groups often feel the need to stick together; and calling for a more open dialogue about race.
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The Birth of a Nation: How a legendary filmmaker and a crusading editor reignited America's Civil War by Dick LehrCall Number: E 656 .L44 2014
ISBN: 9781586489878
Publication Date: 2014-11-04
Examines the early twentieth century film "Birth of a Nation" and the impact it had on race relations in the United States following the Civil War.
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Pay to Play: Race and the perils of the college sports industrial complex by Lori Latrice Martin; Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner; Nicholas HartlepCall Number: GV351.M363 2017
ISBN: 9781440843150
Publication Date: 2017-03-31
Looks at historical and contemporary efforts to control sports participation and compensation for black athletes.
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Twitter and Tear Gas: the power and fragility of networked protest by Zeynep TufekciCall Number: HM 742 .T84 2017
ISBN: 9780300215120
Publication Date: 2017-05-16
"A...firsthand account and...analysis of modern protest, revealing the opportunities and challenges facing social movements in the digital era"--Dust jacket.
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White Trash: the 400-year untold history of class in America by Nancy IsenbergCall Number: HN90.S6 I84 2016
ISBN: 9780670785971
Publication Date: 2016-06-21
A history of the social class system in the united State4s from the colonial era to the present, discussing the underprivileged white demographic, looks at the contributions of lower-class white workings in wartime, social policies and more.
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Home with Hip Hop Feminism by Aisha S. DurhamCall Number: HQ1410.D98 2014
ISBN: 9781433107092
Publication Date: 2014-07-31
Home with Hip Hop Feminism brings together popular culture and the everyday experiences of black women from the hip hop generation to highlight the epiphanic moments when the imagined and real body converge or collide.
To date, there are no books devoted exclusively to black women that integrate performance auto/ethnography and media studies from a hip hop feminist perspective. This book serves as a three-sided intervention against a textually dominated feminist media studies, a white-centered feminist third wave theory, and a masculinist hip hop cultural project. Aisha S. Durham not only reclaims her voice in these three spaces, she also rewrites her hip hop history by returning to the intellectual, cultural, and physical places she calls home. - Publisher
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Ghetto:The invention of a place, the history of an idea by Mitchell DuneierCall Number: HT221.D86 2016
ISBN: 9780374161804
Publication Date: 2016-04-19
Traces the origin of "the ghetto," a term that established a new paradigm for thinking about racism, poverty, and slum conditions from the sixteenth century to the Nazi invasion.
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The Black and the Blue: a cop reveals the crimes, racism, and injustice in America's law enforcement by Matthew Horace; Ron HarrisCall Number: HV 7911 .H617 A3 2018
ISBN: 9780316440080
Publication Date: 2018-08-07
"Matthew Horace was a law enforcement officer at the federal and local levels for twenty-eight years, working in nearly every state in the country. Yet it was after seven years of service, when Horace found himself with a gun pointed at his head by a white fellow officer, that he fully understood the racism seething within America's police departments"--Jacket flap.
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The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander; Cornel West (Introduction by)Call Number: HV9950.A437 2012
ISBN: 9781595586438
Publication Date: 2012-01-16
Argues that mass incarceration of African- and Latino Americans in the United States is a form of social control, and contends the civil rights community needs to become more active in protecting the rights of criminals.
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One Person, No Vote: how voter suppression is destroying our democracy by Carol Anderson; John Lewis (Foreword by, Introduction by); Dick Durbin (Foreword by, Introduction by)Call Number: JK1924 .A54 2018
ISBN: 9781635571370
Publication Date: 2018-09-11
". . . chronicles [the] history [of] the rollbacks to African American participation in the vote since the 2013 Supreme Court decision that eviscerated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Known as the Shelby ruling, this decision effectively allowed districts with a demonstrated history of racial discrimination to change voting requirements without approval from the Department of Justice"--Dust jacket.
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Separate: the story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's journey from slavery to segregation by Steve LuxenbergCall Number: KF 223 .P56 L88 2019
ISBN: 9780393239379
Publication Date: 2019-02-12
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Simple Justice by Richard KlugerCall Number: KF4155.K55 1977
ISBN: 9780394722559
Publication Date: 1977-01-12
The history of Brown v. Board of Education, the epochal Supreme Court decision that outlawed segregation, and of black America's century-long struggle for equality under law. - Publisher
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This Is Not a Test by José Vilson; Karen Lewis (Foreword by)Call Number: LC212.42.V55 2014
ISBN: 9781608463701
Publication Date: 2014-05-27
José Vilson writes about race, class, and education through stories from the classroom and researched essays. His rise from rookie math teacher to prominent teacher leader takes a twist when he takes on education reform through his now-blocked eponymous blog, TheJoseVilson.com. He calls for the reclaiming of the education profession while seeking social justice. - Amazon
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Can We Talk about Race? by Beverly Daniel Tatum; Theresa Perry (Afterword by)Call Number: LC212.62.T38 2007
ISBN: 9780807032855
Publication Date: 2008-04-01
Explores race relations among students in the United States, provides suggestions on what schools can do to improve them, and discusses the implications of increasing resegregation.
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The Trouble with Black Boys by Pedro A. Noguera; NogueraCall Number: LC213.2.N64 2008
ISBN: 9780470452080
Publication Date: 2009-06-09
For many years to come, race will continue to be a source of controversy and conflict in American society. For many of us it will continue to shape where we live, pray, go to school, and socialize. We cannot simply wish away the existence of race or racism, but we can take steps to lessen the ways in which the categories trap and confine us. Educators, who should be committed to helping young people realize their intellectual potential as they make their way toward adulthood, have a responsibility to help them find ways to expand identities related to race so that they can experience the fullest possibility of all that they may become. In this brutally honest—yet ultimately hopeful— book Pedro Noguera examines the many facets of race in schools and society and reveals what it will take to improve outcomes for all students. From achievement gaps to immigration, Noguera offers a rich and compelling picture of a complex issue that affects all of us. - Publisher
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Algorithms of Oppression: how search engines reinforce racism by Safiya Umoja NobleCall Number: ZA 4230 .N63 2018
ISBN: 9781479849949
Publication Date: 2018-02-20
". . . [looks] at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms"--Amazon.
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America's Struggle Against Poverty, 1900-1980 by James T. PattersonCall Number: HN 59 .P39 1981
ISBN: 0674031202
Publication Date: 1981-01-01
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Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives by Gary YoungeCall Number: HN 90 .V5 Y675 2016
ISBN: 9781568589930
Publication Date: 2018-02-06
A timely chronicle of what is now an ordinary day in America, where gun violence regularly takes the lives of children and teens, and leaves shattered families in its wake. - Publisher.
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Blood in the Water by Heather Ann ThompsonCall Number: HV9475.N716 T46 2016
ISBN: 9780375423222
Publication Date: 2016-08-23
"Historian Heather Ann Thompson offers the first definitive telling of the Attica prison uprising, the state's violent response, and the victims' decades-long quest for justice"--Publisher.
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The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline NovogratzCall Number: HC79.P6 N696 2009
ISBN: 9781605294766
Publication Date: 2010-02-16
The author, a former international banker, relates her experiences trying to understand global poverty and working with the poor, and suggests ways in which the situation should be addressed.
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The Color of Law: a forgotten history of how our government segregated America by Richard RothsteinCall Number: E 185.61 .R8185 2017
ISBN: 9781631492853
Publication Date: 2017-05-02
"Rothstein has presented what I consider to be the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation." - William Julius Wilson.
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Considering Hate: Violence, Goodness, and Justice in American Culture and Politics by Kay Whitlock; Michael BronskiCall Number: HN90.M84 W45 2015
ISBN: 9780807091913
Publication Date: 2015-01-06
Examines the causes of violence in American society to evaluate if they are cause by hate or if there are other causes.
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Crafting Equality by Celeste Michelle Condit; John Louis LucaitesCall Number: E185.C68 1993
ISBN: 9780226114651
Publication Date: 1993-05-15
Philosophers and historians often treat fundamental concepts like equality as if they existed only as fixed ideas found solely in the canonical texts of civilization. In Crafting Equality, Celeste Michelle Condit and John Louis Lucaites argue that the meaning of at least one key word—equality—has been forged in the day-to-day pragmatics of public discourse. - Publisher
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew DesmondCall Number: HD7287.96.U6 D47 2016
ISBN: 9780553447439
Publication Date: 2016-03-01
Examines the fates of eight families struggling to pay their rent in the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, discussing the human cost of America's vast inequality.
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The Fight for Fifteen by David RolfCall Number: HD4918.R65 2016
ISBN: 9781620971130
Publication Date: 2016-04-12
Combining history, economics, and commonsense political wisdom, The Fight for Fifteen makes a deeply informed case for a national $15/hour minimum wage as the only practical solution to reversing America’s decades-long slide toward becoming a low-wage nation. - Publisher
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Fire in the Ashes by Jonathan KozolCall Number: HV741.K674 2013
ISBN: 9781400052479
Publication Date: 2013-09-03
Describes the lives of young men and women as they come of age in some of the most impoverished communities in the United States.
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Ghetto:The invention of a place, the history of an idea by Mitchell DuneierCall Number: HT221.D86 2016
ISBN: 9780374161804
Publication Date: 2016-04-19
Traces the origin of "the ghetto," a term that established a new paradigm for thinking about racism, poverty, and slum conditions from the sixteenth century to the Nazi invasion.
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The Health Gap: the challenge of an unequal world by Michael MarmotCall Number: RA 418.5 .P6 M385 2015
ISBN: 9781632860781
Publication Date: 2015-11-03
In this groundbreaking book, Michael Marmot, President of the World Medical Association, reveals social injustice to be the greatest threat to global health. - Publisher.
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A History of Violence: Living and dying in Central America by Óscar Martínez; Daniela Maria Ugaz (Translator); John Washington (Translator); John Lee Anderson (Introduction by)Call Number: HN125.2.V5 M37 2016
ISBN: 9781784781682
Publication Date: 2016-03-08
"El Salvador and Honduras have had the highest homicide rates in the world over the past ten years. An... immersive account of life in one of the most violent places on earth. Martinez travels to Nicaraguan fishing towns, southern Mexican brothels where Central American women are trafficked, isolated Guatemalan jungle villages and crime-ridden Salvadoran slums... he reveals the underbelly of some of the most dangerous places in the world, going undercover to drink with narcos, accompanying police patrols, riding in trafficking boats and hiding out with a gang informer."--Publisher.
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Income Inequality by Greenhaven Press StaffCall Number: HC110.I5 I477 2016
ISBN: 9780737775259
Publication Date: 2015-12-21
A collection of essays on income inequality in the United States.
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Inequality by A. B. AtkinsonCall Number: HC79.I5 A822 2015
ISBN: 9780674504769
Publication Date: 2015-05-11
Inequality is one of our most urgent social problems. Curbed in the decades after World War II, it has recently returned with a vengeance. We all know the scale of the problem―talk about the 99% and the 1% is entrenched in public debate―but there has been little discussion of what we can do but despair. According to the distinguished economist Anthony Atkinson, however, we can do much more than skeptics imagine. -- Amazon
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Lost Ground: Welfare reform, poverty, and beyond by Randy Pearl Albelda (Editor); Ann Withorn (Editor); Barbara Ehrenreich (Introduction by)Call Number: HV95 .L73 2002
ISBN: 9780896086586
Publication Date: 2002-05-01
Features a number of essays on topics that examine the welfare system and welfare reform including the effects of globalization on the current system, the rights of women and minorities, and more.
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The New War on the Poor by John GledhillCall Number: HC130.P6 G575 2015
ISBN: 9781783603022
Publication Date: 2015-07-15
In The New War on the Poor, John Gledhill presents that perspective, linking the experiences of labor migrants crossing Latin America’s international borders; indigenous Mexicans defending their territories against capitalist mega-projects, drug wars, and paramilitary violence; Afro-Brazilians living on the urban periphery of Salvador; and farmers and business people tired of paying protection to criminal gangs. Through these close-up accounts of life lived on the margins, Gledhil reveals the too-close relationship between public power and private interest, and the unintended consequences and resistance that such repressive actions are beginning to generate. - Publisher
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Not a Crime to Be Poor: The criminalization of poverty in America by Peter EdelmanCall Number: HV 95 .E27 2017
ISBN: 9781620971635
Publication Date: 2017-10-31
Explores how the United States has criminalized poverty, from fees and fines to child support penalties enforced on penniless parents.
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One Nation, Underprivileged: Why American Poverty Affects Us All by Mark Robert RankCall Number: HV91 .R363 2004
ISBN: 9780195101683
Publication Date: 2004-04-01
Addresses the social and economic problem of poverty in America, maintains that the root causes are found in both the economic structure and political policy failures as opposed to individual shortcomings, and offers strategies for reducing the financial burdens of the people.
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A People's History of Poverty in America by Stephen PimpareCall Number: HC110 .P6 P56 2011
ISBN: 9781595586728
Publication Date: 2011-06-07
Explores the history of poverty in America through the lives and true stories of the nation's poor; and examines the welfare system and other agencies who have failed over the years to address the cause of poverty.
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The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David K. ShiplerCall Number: HC110.P6 S48 2004
ISBN: 0375408908
Publication Date: 2004-02-03
Examines the lives of the working poor in America--people who exist just barely beneath or a little above the federal government's official poverty line, and discusses the obstacles they face in trying to improve their circumstances.
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Savage Inequalities by Jonathan KozolCall Number: LC4091.K69 2012
ISBN: 9780770435684
Publication Date: 2012-07-24
In Savage Inequalities, Kozol delivers a searing examination of the extremes of wealth and poverty and calls into question the reality of equal opportunity in our nation's schools. - Publisher
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The Poverty Industry: the exploitation of America's most vulnerable citizens by Daniel L. HatcherCall Number: HV 95 .H38 2019
ISBN: 9781479826971
Publication Date: 2019-01-08
Shows how state and local governments and their private industry partners profit from the social safety net, turning the poor of the nation into revenue streams. Offers a plan for reforms to realign human services agencies with their intended purpose to aid the poor.
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Winners Take All: the elite charade of changing the world by Anand GiridharadasCall Number: HM 831 .G477 2018
ISBN: 9780451493248
Publication Date: 2018-08-28
"Former 'New York Times' columnist Anand Giridharadas takes [readers] into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the rich and powerful fight for equality and justice any way they can--except ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it, . . . ask[ing] hard questions: Why, for example, should our gravest problems be solved by the unelected upper crust instead of the public institutions it erodes by lobbying and dodging taxes and . . . point[ing] toward an answer: Rather than rely on scraps from the winners, [people] must take on the grueling democratic work of building more robust, egalitarian institutions and truly changing the world . . ."--Publisher provided.
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Materialism by Terry EagletonCall Number: B825 E24 2017
ISBN: 9780300218800
Publication Date: 2017-02-07
A brilliant introduction to the philosophical concept of materialism and its relevance to contemporary science and culture. - Publisher
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The Materialistic World: How to Escape Materialism, Theory of Materialism, Mindful Living, Living with True Happiness by Grace ScottCall Number: BF 698. 3S .A36 S36 2014
ISBN: 9781508403364
Publication Date: 2015-02-08
We all have heard of the phrase "Money can't buy happiness", but what we don't realize is a lot of us are under the control of the media and advertising industry, and have been fed by the idea that having more materialistic possessions can help you experience a much happier and a more fulfilling life.
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The High Price of Materialism by Tim KasserCall Number: BF698.35.A36 K37 2002
ISBN: 9780262611978
Publication Date: 2003-08-29
In The High Price of Materialism, Tim Kasser offers a scientific explanation of how our contemporary culture of consumerism and materialism affects our everyday happiness and psychological health. Other writers have shown that once we have sufficient food, shelter, and clothing, further material gains do little to improve our well-being. Kasser goes beyond these findings to investigate how people's materialistic desires relate to their well-being. - Publisher
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Rise to Globalism by Stephen E. Ambrose; Douglas G. BrinkleyCall Number: E744.A477 1997
ISBN: 9780140268317
Publication Date: 1997-09-01
Examines American foreign policy from just before the Second World War through the mid-1990s, discussing such topics as the Cuban missile crisis, the Vietnam War, the SALT treaties, the Iran-Contra scandal, international terrorism, the fall of Communism, the Gulf War, the war in Bosnia, and Clinton's trade policy.
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DNA USA: A genetic portrait of America by Bryan SykesCall Number: GN290.U6 S95 2012
ISBN: 9780871403582
Publication Date: 2013-05-06
Discusses genetic makeup of the people of the United States.
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A New Reality: Human Evolution for a Sustainable Future by Jonas Salk; Jonathan Salk; David Dewane (As told to)Call Number: HB 871 .S17 2018
ISBN: 9781947951044
Publication Date: 2018-06-26
A New Reality delivers a message of both caution and hope. Readers across the social and political spectrum will find it a reasoned and balanced counterpoint to current social and political trends. Its elegant design and long-range perspective will appeal to general readers, policy makers, millennials, baby boomers, teachers, and students, filling a need in the marketplace for a work of positivity and wisdom in otherwise bleak times.- Publisher.
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Winners Take All: the elite charade of changing the world by Anand GiridharadasCall Number: HM 831 .G477 2018
ISBN: 9780451493248
Publication Date: 2018-08-28
"Former 'New York Times' columnist Anand Giridharadas takes [readers] into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the rich and powerful fight for equality and justice any way they can--except ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it, . . . ask[ing] hard questions: Why, for example, should our gravest problems be solved by the unelected upper crust instead of the public institutions it erodes by lobbying and dodging taxes and . . . point[ing] toward an answer: Rather than rely on scraps from the winners, [people] must take on the grueling democratic work of building more robust, egalitarian institutions and truly changing the world . . ."--Publisher provided.
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Join the Club: How peer pressure can transform the world by Tina RosenbergCall Number: HM831.R67 2011
ISBN: 9780393341836
Publication Date: 2012-04-23
Explains how peer pressure can have a positive impact on society, providing examples of movements that have resulted from peer pressure, and demonstrating how this means of influencing people can be harnessed to accomplish goals.
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Anti-Social Media: how Facebook disconnects US and undermines democracy by Siva VaidhyanathanCall Number: HM 851 .V345 2018
ISBN: 9780190841164
Publication Date: 2018-06-12
Discusses the effects of Facebook on society and politics.
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Enlightenment Now: the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress by Steven PinkerCall Number: HM 891 .P56 2018
ISBN: 9780525427575
Publication Date: 2018-02-13
Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the gory headlines and prophecies of doom, which play to our psychological biases. Instead, follow the data. In seventy-five graphs, Pinker shows that life, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise, not just in the West, but worldwide. This progress is not the result of some cosmic force. It is a gift of the Enlightenment: the conviction that reason and science can enhance human flourishing.
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Considering Hate: Violence, Goodness, and Justice in American Culture and Politics by Kay Whitlock; Michael BronskiCall Number: HN90.M84 W45 2015
ISBN: 9780807091913
Publication Date: 2015-01-06
Examines the causes of violence in American society to evaluate if they are cause by hate or if there are other causes.
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Melting Pot or Civil War?: a son of immigrants makes the case against open borders by Reihan SalamCall Number: JV 6483 .S25 2018
ISBN: 9780735216273
Publication Date: 2018-09-25
Discusses an open-border policy and immigration, including the author's own experience as a son of immigrants.
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International Organizations: The politics & processes of global governance by Margaret P. Karns; Karen A. Mingst; Kendall W. StilesCall Number: JZ 4850 .K37 2015
ISBN: 9781626371514
Publication Date: 2015-07-01
"The third edition of ... International Organizations has been ... revised and updated to take into account new developments and shifting power relations since 2009, as well as the most current scholarship. As before, the authors provide a comprehensive, in-depth examination of the full range of international organizations. New features of the book include attention to a broader range of theoretical approaches, to the increasing importance of regional organizations, and to emerging forms of governance. And new case studies highlight the governance dilemmas posed by the Libyan and Syrian civil wars, human trafficking, LGBT rights, climate change, and more."--Amazon.com.
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Separate: the story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's journey from slavery to segregation by Steve LuxenbergCall Number: KF 223 .P56 L88 2019
ISBN: 9780393239379
Publication Date: 2019-02-12
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Inside the FDA: the business and politics behind the drugs we take and the food we eat by Fran HawthorneCall Number: RA 401 .A3 H39 2005
ISBN: 9780471610915
Publication Date: 2005-02-25
Presents an examination of the politics, people, and policies of the United States Food and Drug Administration, providing inside information on the agency that affects the daily lives of all Americans.
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The Information Behavior of a New Generation by Jamshid Beheshti (Editor); Andrew Large (Editor)Call Number: ZA3075.I5325 2013
ISBN: 9780810885943
Publication Date: 2012-11-02
Has the information behavior of children and youth changed significantly over the last two decades? The Information Behavior of a New Generation: Children and Teens in the 21st Century attempts to answer this question from a variety of viewpoints. Thirteen researchers from educational psychology, computer science, education, and information studies have contributed to eleven chapters on models of information behavior, the cognitive development of youth, information literacy, everyday information behavior, cyber-bullying, gaming in virtual environments, learning labs, social networks, intellectual disabilities, and current and future systems. - Publisher
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Betaball: how Silicon Valley and science built one of the greatest basketball teams in history by Erik MalinowskiCall Number: GV 885.52 .G64 M36 2017
ISBN: 9781501158193
Publication Date: 2017-10-03
Moneyball meets The City Game in this compelling look at how the world champion Golden State Warriors embraced savvy business practices, next-generation science, and Silicon Valley's technocentric culture to not only produce the most talented basketball team ever assembled but to revolutinize the modern NBA.
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Reality Is Broken by Jane McGonigalCall Number: GV1201.38 .M34 2011
ISBN: 9780143120612
Publication Date: 2011-12-27
Game designer Jane McGonigal explains how videogames can be used to help solve real-world problems, describing what game designers understand about what makes people happy, and discusses how games that feature alternative realities and problem-solving challenges can improve daily living, depression, obesity, and other twenty-first-century issues.
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Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter by Tom BissellCall Number: GV1469.3 .B55 2011
ISBN: 9780307474315
Publication Date: 2011-06-14
Explores the role video games play in contemporary American culture, discussing how they have evolved over time, why they are so popular, how they might be played in the future, and why they are a viable form of entertainment.
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Getting Gamers by Jamie MadiganCall Number: GV1469.34.P79 M33 2015
ISBN: 9781442239999
Publication Date: 2015-10-16
"This book will show that rather than being a waste of time, video games can help us develop skills, make friends, succeed at work, form good habits, and be happy. Taking the time to learn what's happening in our heads as we play and shop allows us to approach games and gaming communities on our own terms and get more out of them. ... [Describes] how to use an understanding of psychology to be a better part of ... gaming communities, to avoid being manipulated ... and to get the most enjoyment out of playing games"--Amazon.com.
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Half-Real: video games between real rules and fictional worlds by Jesper JuulCall Number: GV 1496.3 .J88 2005
ISBN: 9780262516518
Publication Date: 2011-08-19
"Jesper Juul gives us an insightful analysis of the interplay of rules and fiction. Unlike so much of the academic literature on gaming, it's both concise and readable." - Ernest W. Adams
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Brotopia: breaking up the boys' club of Silicon Valley by Emily Chang (Contribution by)Call Number: HD 6060.5 .U5 C52 2018
ISBN: 9780735213531
Publication Date: 2018-02-06
Reveals how Silicon Valley became sexist and why this male-dominated culture endures despite decades-long claims to the moral high ground; draws on interviews with industry insiders to learn about the venture capital firms of Silicon Valley; and discusses how women in the industry have taken risks to pave the way for others.
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Rise of the Robots by Martin FordCall Number: HD 6331 .F58 2015
ISBN: 9780465097531
Publication Date: 2016-07-12
"Discusses whether or not accelerating technology disrupts the economic system to the point where a fundamental restructuring is required."--Provided by publisher.
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Jobs for Robots: Between Robocalypse and Robotopia by Jason SchenkerCall Number: HD 6331 .S346 2017
ISBN: 9780984972845
Publication Date: 2017-02-27
Jason Schenker is the world's leading financial futurist and a columnist for Bloomberg. In this book he shares a groundbreaking vision of the tremendous opportunities - and significant threats - presented by robots and automation technology. Jobs for Robots puts the debate about robots and automation in a uniquely constructed context that draws on Mr. Schenker's knowledge of economics, history, and future technology. And this book presents actionable insights for readers to robot-proof their lives and careers. Jobs for Robots includes compelling discussions about the future of work, roboadvising, FinTech, and universal basic income. The way forward is fraught with challenges, and we must bridge critical gaps between the present and the future to fully reap the benefits of tomorrow. - Author.
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Bad Blood: secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startup by John CarreyrouCall Number: HD 9995 .H423 U627 2018
ISBN: 9781524731656
Publication Date: 2018-05-21
"The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup . . . In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup 'unicorn' promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood testing significantly faster and easier. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn't work"--Provided by publisher.
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The Effect of Social Media on Mental Health & Personality by Lalit Mohan Pant and Rekha JoshiCall Number: HM 742 .P36 2016
ISBN: 9783659841439
Publication Date: 2016
"Social media have become prominent parts of life for many young people today. Most people engage with social media without stopping to think what the effects are on our lives, whether positive or negative." - Authors.
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LikeWar: the weaponization of social media by P. W. Singer; Emerson BrookingCall Number: HM 742 .S5745 2018
ISBN: 9781328695741
Publication Date: 2018-10-02
"Two defense experts explore the collision of war, politics, and social media, where the most important battles are now only a click away"--Provided by publisher.
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Twitter and Tear Gas: the power and fragility of networked protest by Zeynep TufekciCall Number: HM 742 .T84 2017
ISBN: 9780300215120
Publication Date: 2017-05-16
"A...firsthand account and...analysis of modern protest, revealing the opportunities and challenges facing social movements in the digital era"--Dust jacket.
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Zucked: the education of an unlikely activist by Roger McNameeCall Number: HM 743 .F33 M347 2019
ISBN: 9780525561354
Publication Date: 2019-02-05
"If you had told Roger McNamee even three years ago that he would soon be devoting himself to stopping Facebook from destroying our democracy, he would have howled with laughter. He had mentored many tech leaders in his illustrious career as an investor, but few things had made him prouder, or been better for his fund's bottom line, than his early service to Mark Zuckerberg. Still a large shareholder in Facebook, he had every good reason to stay on the bright side. Until he simply couldn't. ZUCKED is McNamee's intimate reckoning with the catastrophic failure of the head of one of the world's most powerful companies to face up to the damage he is doing. It's a story that begins with a series of rude awakenings. First there is the author's dawning realization that the platform is being manipulated by some very bad actors. Then there is the even more unsettling realization that Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg are unable or unwilling to share his concerns, polite as they may be to his face"
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Irresistible: the rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us hooked by Adam AlterCall Number: HM 851 .A437 2018
ISBN: 9780735222847
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
"An ... investigation into behavioral addiction, the dark flipside of today's unavoidable digital technologies, and how we can turn the tide to regain control..."--Provided by publisher.
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Anti-Social Media: how Facebook disconnects US and undermines democracy by Siva VaidhyanathanCall Number: HM 851 .V345 2018
ISBN: 9780190841164
Publication Date: 2018-06-12
Discusses the effects of Facebook on society and politics.
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Generation Text by Michael OsitCall Number: HQ769.O854 2008
ISBN: 9780814409329
Publication Date: 2008-07-23
Explores how technology shapes children's values, attitudes, and behavior and provides advice on how parents can help their kids develop social skills, a healthy identity, and a strong work ethic.
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Grand Theft Childhood by Lawrence Kutner; Cheryl OlsonCall Number: HQ 784. V53K88 2008
ISBN: 9781451631708
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
In 2004, Lawrence Kutner, PhD, and Cheryl K. Olson, ScD, cofounders and directors of the Harvard Medical School Center for Mental Health and Media, began a $1.5 million federally funded study on the effects of video games. In contrast to previous research, their study focused on real children and families in real situations. What they found surprised, encouraged and sometimes disturbed them.
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The Happiness Effect: How social media is driving a generation to appear perfect at any cost by Donna Freitas; Christian Smith (Foreword by)Call Number: HQ 799.2 .I5 F745 2016
ISBN: 9780190239855
Publication Date: 2017-02-01
Explores how even the most well-adjusted individuals can have their self-confidence shaken when they compare their online lives with others and reveals the extent to which young people go in their efforts to create perfect personal profiles, arguing that, despite common public perception, young people still experience common struggles and joy in their lives. - Publisher
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It's Complicated: the social lives of networked teens by danah boydCall Number: HQ799.2.I5 B68 2014
ISBN: 9780300166316
Publication Date: 2014-02-25
Discusses the importance of social media to the modern youth.
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The App Generation: How Today's Youth Navigate Identity, INtimacy, and Imagination in a Digital World by Howard Gardner; Katie DavisCall Number: HQ799.9.I58 G37 2014
ISBN: 9780300209341
Publication Date: 2014-09-30
Discusses the involvement of young people with digital media, and explores how life for this generation differs from those before the digital era in the areas of identity, intimacy, and imagination and what it means to be "app-dependent" versus "app-enabled."
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Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Joseph E. AounCall Number: LB 2322.2 .A68 2017
ISBN: 9780262037280
Publication Date: 2017-08-25
"Proposes a way to educate the next generation of college students to invent, to create, and to discover--to fill needs in society that even the most sophisticated artificial intelligence agent cannot"--Dust jacket.
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Cyberbullying in Social Media Within Educational Institutions by Merle Horowitz; Dorothy M. BollingerCall Number: LB3013.3.H67 2014
ISBN: 9781475825824
Publication Date: 2016-01-07
This book presents the information from the collaborative efforts and perspectives of a current school district superintendent who has researched and worked day-to-day with the issues, and an attorney currently dealing with the legal issues relevant to cyberbullying. - Amazon
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Stealing the Show: how women are revolutionizing television by Joy PressCall Number: PN 1992.8 .W65 P74 2018
ISBN: 9781501137716
Publication Date: 2018-02-27
"From a . . . cultural journalist, a . . . look at the rise of the female showrunner. In this . . . informative . . . book, [the author] tells the story of the . . . women who broke through the barricades, starting with Roseanne Barr (Roseanne) and Diane English (Murphy Brown), whose . . . shows redefined America's idea of 'family values' and incited controversy that reached as far as the White House. Barr and English inspired the next generation of female TV writers and producers to carve out the creative space and executive power needed to present . . . representations of women on the small screen. Drawing on . . . research and interviews with the key players, this is the . . . behind-the-scenes story of a . . . revolution in television"--Provided by publisher.
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The Influencing Machine by Brooke Gladstone; Josh NeufeldCall Number: PN4731.G53 2012
ISBN: 9780393342468
Publication Date: 2012-05-07
Brooke Gladstone, an American journalist and media analyst for NPR's "On the Media," explores the history of the media in cartoon illustrations, covering from tabloids in ancient Rome to contemporary journalism in the twenty-first century, and examining the influence of consumers on the shape of the media.
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Heartificial Intelligence by John HavensCall Number: Q 335 .H3927 2016
ISBN: 9780399171710
Publication Date: 2016-02-02
Addresses the question: Where should machine automation end?
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New Dark Age: technology, knowledge and the end of the future by James BridleCall Number: T 14.5 .B745 2018
ISBN: 9781786635471
Publication Date: 2018-07-17
"We live in times of increasing inscrutability. Our news feeds are filled with unverified, unverifiable speculation, much of it automatically generated by anonymous software. As a result, we no longer understand what is happening around us. Underlying all of these trends is a single idea: the belief that quantitative data can provide a coherent model of the world, and the efficacy of computable information to provide us with ways of acting within it. Yet the sheer volume of information available to us today reveals less than we hope"--Jacket flap.
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Driverless: Intelligent Cars and the Road Ahead by Hod Lipson; Melba KurmanCall Number: TL 152.8 .L57 2016
ISBN: 9780262035224
Publication Date: 2016-09-23
"Few inventions have changed life as much as the car. These large hunks of steel and horsepower are everywhere, so ubiquitous and deeply intertwined with our lives, jobs and families that we barely pay them any attention. The mundane car, however, is about to become the ultimate mobility device. Thanks to rapid advances in robotics and artificial intelligence, cars are poised to morph into the first mainstream autonomous robots that we will entrust with our lives, creating a cascade of social and economic change. - How do driverless cars work? - Why has it taken nearly 100 years to create a working driverless car? - What are the technological and social barriers? - How do roboticists create artificial perception and what is "Deep Learning"? - How will this technology change our lives, our businesses, and our cities? - What new opportunities lie ahead?"--Provided by publisher.
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Autonomous Vehicles: Opportunities, Strategies, and Disruptions by Michael E. McGrathCall Number: TL 152.8 .Mc738 2018
ISBN: 9781980313854
Publication Date: 2018-02-19
Autonomous vehicles will change our fundamental lifestyles, and in doing so create what are perhaps the most significant opportunities of this century. The benefits are unprecedented. The challenges are sizeable but not insurmountable. The strategies are exciting. The disruptions will be frightening. Autonomous Vehicles: Opportunities, Strategies, and Disruptions, written by a successful consultant and author on technology strategy, provides unique insight and perspective on autonomous vehicles: • See how basic lifestyles will be transformed with new inexpensive and very convenient methods of transportation. - Author.
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The Information Behavior of a New Generation by Jamshid Beheshti (Editor); Andrew Large (Editor)Call Number: ZA3075.I5325 2013
ISBN: 9780810885943
Publication Date: 2012-11-02
Has the information behavior of children and youth changed significantly over the last two decades? The Information Behavior of a New Generation: Children and Teens in the 21st Century attempts to answer this question from a variety of viewpoints. Thirteen researchers from educational psychology, computer science, education, and information studies have contributed to eleven chapters on models of information behavior, the cognitive development of youth, information literacy, everyday information behavior, cyber-bullying, gaming in virtual environments, learning labs, social networks, intellectual disabilities, and current and future systems. - Publisher
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Algorithms of Oppression: how search engines reinforce racism by Safiya Umoja NobleCall Number: ZA 4230 .N63 2018
ISBN: 9781479849949
Publication Date: 2018-02-20
". . . [looks] at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms"--Amazon.
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Days of Rage by Bryan BurroughCall Number: BV 2626.M39 M33 2005
ISBN: 9781594204296
Publication Date: 2015-04-07
"An explosive account of the decade-long battle between the FBI and the violent homegrown revolutionary movements of the 1970s."--Dust jacket flap.
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Bin Laden: the man who declared war on America by Yossef BodanskyCall Number: HV6430.B55 B63x 2001
ISBN: 0761535810
Publication Date: 2001-09-24
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The Lessons of Terror: a history of warfare against civilians : why it has always failed, and why it will fail again by Caleb CarrCall Number: HV6431 .C388 2002
ISBN: 9780375508431
Publication Date: 2002-01-29
In The Lessons of Terror, novelist and military historian Caleb Carr examines terrorism throughout history and the roots of our present crisis and reaches a provocative set of conclusions: the practice of targeting enemy civilians is as old as warfare itself; it has always failed as a military and political tactic; and despite the dramatic increases in its scope and range of weapons, it will continue to fail in the future.
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The 9/11 Commission Report by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks StaffCall Number: HV 6432.7 .N39 2004b
ISBN: 0393060411
Publication Date: 2004-10-17
In November 2002 the United States Congress and President George W. Bush established by law the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission. This independent, bipartisan panel was directed to examine the facts and circumstances surrounding the September 11 attacks, identify lessons learned, and provide recommendations to safeguard against future acts of terrorism. This volume is the authorized edition of the Commission's final report.
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Trauma at Home: after 9/11 by Judith Greenberg (Editor)Call Number: HV6432.7 .T83 2003
ISBN: 0803271085
Publication Date: 2003-03-01
A collection of personal narratives in which people discuss how their lives were changed after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11 by Lawrence WrightCall Number: HV6432.7 .W75 2005
ISBN: 9780375414862
Publication Date: 2006-08-08
Chronicles the events leading up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, offering an in-depth look at the Al Qaeda terrorist group's planning of the attacks and the events that prompted them.
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The Rise of Islamic State: ISIS and the new Sunni revolution by Patrick CockburnCall Number: HV6433 .I722 C64 2015
ISBN: 9781784780401
Publication Date: 2015-02-03
"Out of the failures of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Arab Spring and Syria, a new threat emerges. While Al Qaeda is weakened, new jihadi movements, especially ISIS, are starting to emerge. In military operations in June 2014 they were far more successful than Al Qaeda ever were, taking territory that reaches across borders and includes the city of Mosul. The reports of their military coordination and brutality are chilling. While they call for the formation of a new caliphate once again the West becomes a target. How could things have gone so badly wrong? In THE RISE OF ISLAMIC STATE, Cockburn analyzes the reasons for the unfolding of US and the West's greatest foreign policy debacle and the impact that it has on the war-torn and volatile Middle East"--Publisher
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Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can't Ignore by Jay Sekulow; Jordan Sekulow (As told to); Robert W. Ash (As told to); David French (As told to)Call Number: HV6433 .I722 I8574 2014
ISBN: 9781501105135
Publication Date: 2014-10-14
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ISIS: the state of terror by Jessica Stern; J. M. BergerCall Number: HV 6433 .I722 S74 2015
ISBN: 9780062395542
Publication Date: 2015-03-12
"Drawing on their unusual access to intelligence sources, law enforcement, and groundbreaking research, two of America's leading experts on violent extremism and terrorism explain the genesis, evolution, and implications of today's most barbaric jihadist army, Islamic State--and how we can fight it."--Provided by publisher.
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American National Security and Civil Liberties in an Era of Terrorism by David B. Cohen (Editor); John W. Wells (Editor)Call Number: JC599.U5 A4985 2004
ISBN: 1403961999
Publication Date: 2004-04-30
In light of the ongoing war against terrorism, can the United States maintain its dedication to protecting civil liberties without compromising security? At stake is nothing less than the survival of ideas associated with the modern period of political philosophy: the freedom of conscience, the inviolable rights of the individual to privacy, the constitutionally limited state, as well as the more recent refinement of late modern liberalism, multiculturalism. Contributors evaluate the need to reassess the nation's public policies, institutions, as well as its very identity. The struggle to persist as an open society in the age of terrorism will be the defining test of democracy in the Twenty-first-century.
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Columbine by Dave CullenCall Number: LB 3013.33 .C6 C84 2010
ISBN: 9780446546928
Publication Date: 2010-03-03
Provides an account of the shootings at Colorado's Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, focusing on the teenage killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, drawing from interviews, police files, psychological studies, and writings and tapes by the boys to look at the signs they left that disaster was looming.
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Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. by Luis J. RodriguezCall Number: HV6439.U7 L77 2005
ISBN: 9781439566282
Publication Date: 2005
The author recounts his growing up in poverty in Los Angeles, his encounters with racism in school and on the streets, and his struggle to overcome prejudice, drugs, and violence.
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Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives by Gary YoungeCall Number: HN 90 .V5 Y675 2016
ISBN: 9781568589930
Publication Date: 2018-02-06
A timely chronicle of what is now an ordinary day in America, where gun violence regularly takes the lives of children and teens, and leaves shattered families in its wake. - Publisher.
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The Corner by David Simon; Edward BurnsCall Number: HV5833.B2 S55 1997
ISBN: 9780767900317
Publication Date: 1998-06-15
The crime-infested intersection of West Fayette and Monroe Streets is well-known--and cautiously avoided--by most of Baltimore. But this notorious corner's 24-hour open-air drug market provides the economic fuel for a dying neighborhood. David Simon, an award-winning author and crime reporter, and Edward Burns, a 20-year veteran of the urban drug war, tell the chilling story of this desolate crossroad. -- Amazon
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Fist Stick Knife Gun by Geoffrey Canada; Jamar NicholasCall Number: HQ 784 .V55 C36 2010
ISBN: 9780807044612
Publication Date: 2010-09-28
Long before the avalanche of praise for his work—from Oprah Winfrey, from President Bill Clinton, from President Barack Obama—long before he became known for his talk show appearances, Members Project spots, and documentaries like Waiting for “Superman”, Geoffrey Canada was a small boy growing up scared on the mean streets of the South Bronx. His childhood world was one where “sidewalk boys” learned the codes of the block and were ranked through the rituals of fist, stick, and knife. Then the streets changed, and the stakes got even higher. In his candid and riveting memoir, Canada relives a childhood in which violence stalked every street corner. - Amazon
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Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Alladi VenkateshCall Number: HV6439.U7 C46 2008c
ISBN: 9780143114932
Publication Date: 2008-12-30
Sudhir Venkatesh recounts how he managed to work his way into one of Chicago's must brutal crack-dealing gangs and describes the horrific events he witnessed, and sometimes participated in.
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Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill LeovyCall Number: HV6529.L46 2015
ISBN: 9780385529983
Publication Date: 2015-01-27
Using the story of homicide victim Bryant Tennelle in the Ghettoside, a word used to describe a South Central Los Angeles neighborhood, the author explores how gangs have taken over neighborhoods in the absence of a trusted legal authority.
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The Long Shadow of Small Ghosts by Laura TillmanCall Number: HV6534.B76 T55 2016
ISBN: 9781501104251
Publication Date: 2016-04-05
Explores the events surrounding the murder of two children by their parents in a rundown section of Brownsville, Texas, discussing the social issues, from poverty to mental illness to the death penalty and the human forces that drive them.
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Renegade Dreams by Laurence RalphCall Number: HV6439.U7 I457 2014
ISBN: 9780226032719
Publication Date: 2014-09-15
Every morning Chicagoans wake up to the same stark headlines that read like some macabre score: “13 shot, 4 dead overnight across the city,” and nearly every morning the same elision occurs: what of the nine other victims? As with war, much of our focus on inner-city violence is on the death toll, but the reality is that far more victims live to see another day and must cope with their injuries—both physical and psychological—for the rest of their lives. Renegade Dreams is their story. - Publisher