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A succinct rendition of Dubofsky's history of the IWW, this edition brings the essence of the colorful story of the Industrial Workers of the World.

A century of developing health culture in McLean County, Illinois

Provocative insights into Beauvoir's philosophical and personal development during wartime

An exhaustive reference detailing the mirth and music of country music humorists and comedians

An authoritative history of the trailblazers of the independent rock 'n' roll record industry

Traces the monumental battle waged by civil rights organizations and by local people to establish basic human rights for all citizens of Mississippi

Documents the lives, careers, and music of three British composers, William Selby of London and Boston (1738-98), Rayner Taylor of London and Philadelphia (1745-1825), and George K Jackson of St Andrews, New York, and Boston (1757-1822) who emigrated from England in mid-career and became leaders in the musical life of the American Federal era.

A beautifully told and unique recollection of life as the child of immigrant Jews in the Bronx and as the child of deaf parents

A critical analysis of an exceptional American director

Preserving and honoring the intellectual voice that spoke with the urgency, generosity, and grace of the best of humanity

An astute collection of inquiries into the rich history and impact of the National Barn Dance

Divided into three sections, this edition explores the societal context of land use planning and proposes a model for understanding and reconciling the divergent priorities among competing stakeholders. It explains how to build planning support systems to assess conditions, evaluate policy choices, create visions, and compare scenarios.

The ins and outs of the marketing of food

An introductory analysis of Korean American religious practices and community

A sourcebook of the chronology and range of Nietzsche's reading

Gives an account of how Nazi anthropologists justified racism, developed practical applications of racist theory, and eventually participated in every phase of the Holocaust. This book shows the range of anti-human activity from within the confines of a particular discipline.

The most complete history of birth control ever written.

How and why Americans chose baseball over its early rival, cricket, as the national pastime

Addresses black women's negotiation of race and gender in African American music. This work explores the ways African American women musicians of the twentieth century have negotiated feminisms, engaged in social activism, and worked within - or sometimes independent of - a male-dominated music industry.

An inspired new translation of the work of one of the world's greatest fabulists

Illuminating the cinematic career of a male pop icon

The biography of a giant in the history of blues music

A penetrating analysis of a director whose work exemplifies Europe's engagement with Hollywood

Beyond biography: a legendary performer's legacy of symbolism

Examines the folklore of Mary Ellen Pleasant's real and imagined powers. Addressing the lack of a historical record of black women's lives, this book argues that the silences and mysteries of Pleasant's past, whether never recorded or intentionally omitted, reveal as much about her life as what has been documented.

So close geographically, how could France and England be so enormously far apart gastronomically? Not just in different recipes and ways of cooking, but in their underlying attitudes toward the enjoyment of eating and its place in social life. In a new afterword that draws the United States and other European countries into the food fight, Stephen Mennell also addresses the rise of Asian influence and "multicultural" cuisine. Debunking myths along the way, All Manners of Food is a sweeping look at how social and political development has helped to shape different culinary cultures. Food and almost everything to do with food, fasting and gluttony, cookbooks, women's magazines, chefs and cooks, types of foods, the influential difference between "court" and "country" food are comprehensively explored and tastefully presented in a dish that will linger in the memory long after the plates have been cleared.

Argues that it is not only possible but of the highest exigency to understand one's humanity through the humanity of others. This book also argues that the humanity of the human is found in the recognition that the other person comes first, that the suffering and mortality of others are the obligations and morality of the self.