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Explicates the influence of race on black Americans' trust perceptions

Argues that the church's involvement in filmmaking unintentionally contributed to the spread of secularization

A candid discussion of the confines of the term "post-racial"

Highlights the long history of African American-Asian American relations

Provides a fresh take on present day issues such as Israel and the "new Anti-Semitism"

Investigates why immigrant Jewish women unionists appealed to an international force of coworkers

Illuminates the extraordinary power of organized crime at the center of legitimate society

Digs into the human drama behind the Eighth Wonder of the World

Builds a sophisticated yet clear new theory of social repression

10 years later, a unique look at Ground Zero from across the street

Uncovers how alternative spiritualties became widespread in American life

Describes recent discoveries and insights into the various expressions of Jewish mysticism from antiquity to the modern day

A provocative exploration of how the legal system's response to domestic violence developed, why that response is flawed, and what we should do to change it.

Marginal workers are frequently lacking in protection.

Only book to discuss the use of legal advocacy to address the issues that affect the intersex community

A provocative exploration of the new modes of scholarly communication

A dazzling exploration of a seductive, glittery culture

Jews and Booze - Subtitle Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition

Proposes a careful middle path for a deeply fraught topic

Argues that the prison systems of California and Texas during the Depression set the tone for the identity roles of the 30s

Focuses on the issues of Arab immigrants post 9/11 and the way they interact with global processes

Unearths an unexpected bloom of liberty in an ex-slave's journal

Provides an overview and evaluation of the underlying assumptions of criminology

"Drawing on the testimony of former members of the (WAC) unit, Brenda Moore recounts its formation, training and service in the European theater of operations in 1945-46, highlighting the discrimination women faced because of their race and gender. . . . An important contribution to African American and gender studies".--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. 34 photos.

Documents cases of Pentecostal/charismatic-like spiritual events and encounters from all periods of Church history

Analyses the social, political, and economic transformation of Russia

Explores the history of the abolitionist movement in Pennsylvania and social, political and religious reasons for the support of colonization

Situates the crisis in the historical trajectory of the capitalist world-system, showing how the crisis was made possible not only by neoliberal financial reforms but by a massive turn away from manufacturing things of value towards seeking profit from financial exchange and credit.

Focusing on the political and social dimensions of the crisis, contributors examine changes in relationships between the world's richer and poorer countries, efforts to strengthen global institutions, and difficulties facing states trying to create stability for their citizens.

Shows how intercultural interactions between Europeans and indigenous people influenced military choices and strategic action. Ranging from the Muscovites on the western steppe to the French and English in North America, it analyzes how diplomatic and military systems were designed to accommodate the demands and expectations of local peoples.