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Families We Need is an ethnography of the temporary, yet transformative relationships between disenfranchised, older foster mothers and disabled, orphaned foster children in China, and the power of these seemingly marginal relationships to confront state power, disrupt intercountry adoption, and challenge our assumptions about the limits of foster kinship.

Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Rutgers University Glee Club, this volume offers a comprehensive history, recounting the origins of the group’s most beloved traditions, while celebrating both the colorful, charismatic directors of the club and the dedicated, talented young men who have performed in it.

A second-generation Indian immigrant and American history buff, Geetika Rudra takes readers on a journey across the country to unearth the little-known histories of earlier generations of South Asian Americans.

William Marsiglio challenges dads to become more health-conscious in how they live and raise their children. His conclusions are drawn not only from his revealing interviews with a diverse sample of dads and paediatric healthcare professionals, but also from his own unique personal experiences - as a teenage father who, thirty-one years later, became a later-life dad to a second son.

In theory, interdisciplinary collaboration breaks down artificial divisions between different departments, allowing more innovative and sophisticated research to flourish. But does it actually work this way? Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration puts the common beliefs about such research to the test, using empirical data gathered by scholars from the US, Canada, and the UK.

See New Jersey history as you read about it! Envisioning New Jersey brings together 650 spectacular images that illuminate the course of the state's history, from prehistoric times to the present. Readers may think they know New Jersey's history, but the visual record presented here dramatically deepens and enriches that knowledge.

Illuminates the influential force of public health promotion in indigenous migrant communities by examining the Indigenous Health Project, a culturally and linguistically competent initiative that uses health workshops, health messages, and social programs to mitigate the structural vulnerability of Oaxacan migrants in California.

Offers a new perspective for critical inquiries about the practices of consumption in (and of) Caribbean popular culture. The book revisits accepted representations of the Caribbean from 'less respectable' segments of popular culture such as dancehall culture and 'sistah lit' that proudly jettison any aspirations toward middle-class respectability.

Mechanical Vibration: Analysis, Uncertainty, and Control presents the fundamental principles of mechanical vibration, including the theory of vibration and examples of the applications of these principles to practical engineering problems. Mechanical Vibration contains numerous new example problems with solutions to enable students to master the science of mechanical vibration.

The upheavals of glasnost and perestroika followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union remarkably transformed the art scene in Kyiv, launching Ukrainian contemporary art as a global phenomenon. This exhibition catalogue traces and documents the diverse artistic manifestations of these transitional and exhilarating years while providing historical artworks for context.