ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD

(P/B) ROALD DAHL AND PHILOSOPHY
For generations the elements of humor, poignancy, fantasy, and unfettered morality found within acclaimed children's author Roald Dahl's most famous tales have captivated both children and adults. Classics like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Matilda, and The BFG may initially appear to be yarns spun for the amusement of the adolescent mind, however, upon digging deeper one uncovers a treasure trove of philosophical richness that is anything but childish, but in fact reveals the true existen...
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(P/B) NIGERIA
Nigeria, the United States' most important strategic partner in West Africa, is in grave trouble. While Nigerians often claim they are masters of dancing on the brink without falling off, the disastrous administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, the radical Islamic insurrection Boko Haram, and escalating violence in the delta and the north may finally provide the impetus that pushes it into the abyss of state failure. In this thoroughly updated edition, John Campbell explores Nigeria's post-colonial history and presents a nuanced expla...
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(P/B) INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF ASIA
As the world's most vital region, Asia embodies explosive economic growth, diverse political systems, vibrant societies, modernizing militaries, cutting-edge technologies, rich cultural traditions amid globalization, and strategic competition among major powers. As a result, international relations in Asia are evolving rapidly. In this deeply informed study, leading scholars offer the most current and definitive analysis available of Asia's regional relationships. They set developments in Asia in theoretical context, assess the role of lea...
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(P/B) LATIN AMERICAN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
The two current trends of democratization and deepening economic liberalization have made Latin American countries a ground for massive defensive mobilization campaigns and have created new sites of popular struggle. In this edited volume on Latin American social movements, original chapters are combined with peer-reviewed articles from the well-regarded journal Mobilization. Four sections represent major themes in Latin American social movement research. An introductory section is followed by one discussing large-scale collective action b...
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(P/B) AMERICAN SWASTIKA
American Swastika takes readers through hidden enclaves of hate in America, exploring how White Supremacy movements thrive nationwide, even as the country on the surface advocates racial equality. The authors explain the difference between movements such as the KKK, the Aryan Nation, and Skinheads, among others, then discuss the various ways White Supremacists cultivate, maintain, and spread their beliefs, largely under the radar of most Americans. Authors Pete Simi and Robert Futrell draw on over a decade of research and interviews, from...
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(P/B) BIG IDEAS FOR LITTLE KIDS
"Big ideas for Little Kids" includes everything teachers, parents, and college students need to teach an introduction to philosophy to elementary school children from picture books. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book explains why it is important to allow young children access to philosophy during their primary-school education. Wartenberg also gives advice on how to construct a "learner-centered" classroom in which children discuss philosophical issues with their peers as they respond to open-ended questions by saying wheth...
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(P/B) AFTER CAPITALISM
Since first published in 2002, After Capitalism has offered students and political activists alike a coherent vision of a viable and desirable alternative to capitalism. David Schweickart calls this system Economic Democracy, a successor-system to capitalism which preserves the efficiency strengths of a market economy while extending democracy to the workplace and to the structures of investment finance. In the second edition, Schweickart recognizes that increased globalization of companies has created greater than ever interdependent econ...
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(P/B) PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGION
- Excellent resource for a deep and broad exploration of the field of psychology and religion - Primarily organized around the key figures and approaches in the field - Up-to-date coverage - Clear and straightforward, readable,incisive, well-organized, illuminating overviews - Each chapter can be read independently, thus allowing for a choice of material - Richly detailed - Authoritative, faithful, attentive accounts - In constant connection with primary source material - Ideal for a one-semester introductory course on the subject, includi...
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(P/B) INTERNATIONAL ETHICS
Now in a comprehensively revised and updated edition, this text cogently demonstrates that moral values and ethical reasoning are indispensable in global politics. Mark R. Amstutz explores two distinct dimensions of international political morality: the role of moral norms in foreign affairs and the ethical foundation of the rules and structures of global society. The author considers important conceptual and philosophical challenges posed by the plurality of values in the international community, but his primary goal is to describe and as...
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(P/B) COMPOSITION IN THE CLASSROOM
Presents various techniques for teaching children skills to compose music under limited teacher guidance. The specific approaches examined are teacher-guided composition, small group composition, and individual composition. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) FEMINIST INTERVENTIONS IN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION
This cutting-edge work critiques today's global mediascape through feminist perspectives, highlighting concerns of policy, power, labor, and technology. Starting with the general state of international communication, the book uses feminist political-economic and policy analyses to explore the globalization of media industries, including questions about women's employment and media content that is globally produced and consumed. An interdisciplinary group of authors covers cases on pornography and explicit material, political participation ...
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(P/B) ENTERTAINING THE CITIZEN
Can politics be combined with entertainment? Can political involvement and participation be fun? Politics and popular culture are converging all the time, whether it's in Arnold Schwarzenegger's election as governor of California or in political television dramas and movies like The West Wing and Dave. This book encourages readers to think about how links between entertainment and politics have the potential to rejuvenate citizenship, endorse civic values, and sustain civic commitment. Instead of discarding the popular as irrelevant or dan...
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(H/B) WHY WE'RE ALL ROMANS
This engaging yet deeply informed work not only examines Roman history and the multitude of Roman achievements in rich and colorful detail but also delineates their crucial and lasting impact on Western civilization. Noted historian Carl J. Richard argues that although we Westerners are "all Greeks" in politics, science, philosophy, and literature and "all Hebrews" in morality and spirituality, it was the Romans who made us Greeks and Hebrews. As the author convincingly shows, from the Middle Ages on, most Westerners received Greek ideas f...
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(P/B) SEEKING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MUSIC EDUCATION
Noted music educator Bennett Reimer has selected 24 of his previously published articles from a variety of professional journals spanning the past 50 years. (. . .)Reimer precedes each essay with background reflections and his position, both professional and personal, on effectively addressing the issue at hand. The opening "Letter to the Reader" presents a valuable overview based on his deeply grounded viewpoint. The entire music education profession will benefit from Reimer's perspective on past, present, and future concerns central to t...
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(P/B) TANGLED ROUTES
Where does our food come from? Whose hands have planted, cultivated, picked, packed, processed, transported, scanned, sold, sliced, and cooked it? What production practices have transformed it from seed to fruit, from fresh to processed form? Who decides what is grown and how? What are the effects of those decisions on our health and the health of the planet? Tangled Routes tackles these fascinating questions and demystifies globalization by tracing the long journey of a corporate tomato from a Mexican field to a Canadian fast-food restaur...
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(P/B) GLOBALIZATION AND CULTURE

ETHNIC IDENTITY

CHORUSES OF YOUNG WOMEN IN ANCIENT GREECE

(P/B) TURKEY'S KURDISH QUESTION

(P/B) A HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES 300-1500