Although Ida Lupino is best known as a leading actress in many Hollywood B movies, her work as a filmmaker has been neglected by critics, historians, and audiences. In the late 1940s, Lupino turned wr
A major social and educational experiment in race relations was conducted in Berea, Kentucky, from 1866 to 1904. During those years Berea contained a community, school, and church which were all fully
This collection provides English translations for the Propers of the Mass--those portions of the Roman Catholic Mass which change from day to day throughout the Liturgical Year. Since the Middle Ages,
Armstrong (Western Washington U.) examines four women's novels that remember the fragmented repressed stories by women whose difference has been constructed by others. Julia O'Faolain's No Country fo
Booker (English, U. of Arkansas) explores the science fiction novels and films of the 1950s, emphasizing their engagement with their social and cultural contexts, primarily scientific developments and
Biller (psychology, U. of Rhode Island) has been concerned during much of his career with how parents can contribute to the fitness and wellness of their children, but here turns to how men and women
Higher education is increasingly international. The issues that affect universities in one country are important globally. There are a myriad of links among academic systems worldwide. Comparative Hig
The Global Dynamics of News is an attempt to locate the study of news-perhaps the genre best epitomizing the process of media globalization-within contemporary debate about news flow, transnational me
Professor Dunn presents an account of the making of the Japanese peace treaty. He discusses the international environment from the outbreak of World War II to 1950, the San Francisco conference of Sep
Roger Whitlow demonstrates that the negative criticism about the women characters in Ernest Hemingway's fiction is often misguided, perhaps entirely wrong. He argues that most of Hemingway's female ch
A form of terrorism that is receiving increased attention is human rights abuses on the part of individual states. This study, written by specialists from several countries, attempts to define the par
Filling an important gap in scholarship, Professor Cowden's new bibliography provides complete and authoritative information on major conductors of permanent orchestral ensembles since the time of von
Many books, both popular and scholarly, have examined racism in the United States, but this unique volume is the first to examine the existence of anti-racism in the first two hundred years of U.S. hi
People today remember Jayne Mansfield as a famous Hollywood movie star. However, she starred in only three American movies before moving to low-budget European films. She was a master of publicity who
Few issues have provoked as much controversy over the last decade as illegal immigration. While some argue for the need to seal America's borders and withdraw social and governmental support for illeg
Is there such a thing as women's music? Do women write and listen to music differently than men do? While recognizing that the differences among women are as distinct as the differences between gender
Historian James. S. Olson has prepared a comprehensive, annotated bibliography of the history of cancer. The emphasis of this work is not so much on the medical aspects of cancer as it is on the histo
Shamanism is part of the spiritual life of nearly all Native North Americans. This bibliography gives the reader access to a wealth of information on shamanism from the Bering Strait to the Mexican bo
