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Current and Emerging Trends in the Management of International Disasters
Author(s): Laura Phipps, David McEntire
This edited book examines major problems facing the international disaster community as well as innovative solutions to global emergency management, focusing on the current and emerging trends in disaster management that cross geographic, social, and political borders. Each chapter provides insights...
The Harlem Renaissance: Unsung Stories and More
Author(s): Lee Ransaw
Zora Neal Hurston once said, “There are years that ask questions, and years that answer.” We are enlightened through cultural contributions in music, art and literature produced during the Harlem Renaissance. Beginning in 1916 to about 1940, Harlem in the area of Manhattan, became the symbol of Blac...
The Story of Chance: Beyond The Margin of Error
Author(s): Michael Orkin
Why does a lucky lottery winner need unlucky losers? Can an octopus pick winners of football games? What’s the Karaoke strategy? How can you tell whether a fortune teller has psychic powers or is just lucky? Was Humpty Dumpty accident prone? What is the “margin of error” in opinion polls? How do you...
Hispanic Legacies: Essays and Interviews
Author(s): Rolando Diaz
Hispanic Legacies: Essays and Interviews is a collection of essays on topics that range from Latino/Chicano/Hispanic history, culture, literature, and identity to essays that examine bilingual education, public service, and immigration policies. Interviews included in the book include such figures a...
Introduction to the Humanities: An Outline Guide
Author(s): Sarah Satterfield
Introduction to Humanities: An Outline Guide is the outgrowth of many years of teaching Humanities at the collegiate level. Students are often overwhelmed by the amount of material in Humanities texts. Introduction to Humanities: An Outline Guide is a synthesis and reduction of this material. The te...
Not Your Momma's Feminism: Introduction to Women's & Gender Studies
Author(s): Courtney Jarrett
Not Your Momma’s Feminism: Introduction to Women’s & Gender Studies is a textbook designed primarily for use in the introductory course in the field of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) with the intent of providing both a skills- and concept-based foundation in the field. The text is driven by a sing...
Towards an Understanding of Africology
Author(s): Victor O Okafor
New Sixth Edition Now Available! Since 1968 when the first Black Studies department was established at San Francisco State University, more than three hundred other departments, programs and centers have surfaced on various campuses of the nation, including Ph.D. programs. Towards an Understan...