Scholars mostly of communications but also various environmental sciences provide local perspectives on the 2007 national Step It Up campaign to reduce carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere by
Antonio Olliz Boyd is an emeritus professor of Latin American literature at Temple University. He holds a PhD from Stanford University, an MS from Grorgetown University, and a BA from Long Island Uni
"Dr. Lara Brown's Jockeying for the American Presidency is one of the best books this discipline has contributed to the study of presidential nominations and elections. Her book has three especially
Lwin (English language and literature, Nanyang Technical U., Singapore) specializes in narrative structures, folktales, oral storytelling, and oracy development. Here she investigates the narrative st
Ana Lucia Araujo is an assistant professor of histoiy at Howard University. She holds a joint PhD in history and social and historical anthropology from Universite Laval (Quebec, Canada) and Ecole de
Koh (history and international studies, Monash U., Australia), who grew up in Singapore in the 1980s and 90s, argues that society in Singapore is not homogenous and that economic, linguistic, and cult
Kuo (Communication Studies, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan) looks at documentary films used to promote migration to Australia from just after the Second World War until 1975. Analyzing 67 film
Jin Yong, his martial arts novels, and his newspaper empire are well known in China, but few English speakers have heard of him or read his works. Writers and scholars of Chinese literature working in
Lopez (English literature, U. de Barcelona) analyzes two texts, Carter's Heroes and Villains of 1969 and Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit of 1985, offering a critical discourse. She begins w
This work is primarily the work of F.H. Conroy (emeritus, history, U. of Pennsylvania). He recounts American political and military involvement in East Asia from the Spanish American War, which result
As a contribution to the academic discipline of Christian spirituality and its understanding of spiritual transformation, Hryniuk (theology, U. of St. Michael's College, Toronto) draws on three influe
Contributing to both 18th-century studies and to art history, Tite (art history, Luther College, Canada) examines the overlay of painting and power during the first decades of the new German dynasty r
This translation of selected poems and essays by the Hindi writer Mahadevi Varma (1907-1987) is a welcome addition to international feminist studies. Anantharam (women's studies and gender research, U
Most of the discussion about dealing with legislative constraint of the Internet over the past two years has revolved around public libraries, which are often forced to choose between government fundi
With his other recent book, The Advancement of Liberty: How American Democratic Principles Transformed the Twentieth Century, Price (political science, Texas A&M U.) offered a hagiography of Ameri
While there are historical accounts of the German Americans, Jewish Americans, and Irish Americans who fought in the Civil War, much less is know about the contributions of Italian Americans--the focu
The Internet is lowering barriers to information exchange and export to an unprecedented degree. This book is the first systematic investigation of how e-commerce impacts export marketing and perform
A research and practicing educator, Isenberg (Christian Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri) investigates whether it is possible to support the principles and technology of adult learning while creating an
