Race, Law, and Culture : Reflections on Brown v. Board of Education. by Sarat, Austin

Table of Contents: “…Performing Interpretation: A Legacy of Civil Rights Lawyering in Brown; 2. Brown in Context; 3. …”
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Pieties and gender

Table of Contents: “…Preface / Hans Raun Iversen -- Introduction / Lene Sjørup -- Pieties and politics -- Agency, performativity, and the feminist subject / Saba Mahmood -- The politics of piety and the norms of analysis / Robin May Schott -- Gender, religion, and human rights in Europe / Kari Elisabeth Børresen -- Sexual abstinence education and the reassertion of the "biblical" patriarchal family unit in contemporary United States / Claire Greslé-Favier -- Pieties and methodologies -- Gender and religious mobilization : global value surveys and beyond / Clyde Wilcox -- Shaking hands, shaking theologies / Lene Sjørup -- Virtuous masculinities -- In search of God's hand : on masculinity and religion / Thomas Blom Hansen -- Religious feminisation, confessionalism, and re-masculinisation in western European society, 1800-1960 / Yvonne Maria Werner -- Assessing the impact of gender ideology and sexuality in the historical pastoral and pedagogical relationship in nineteenth-century United States / Karin Erdevig Gedge -- Symbolic gender representations -- When the YWCA entered the city : the complexity of space, gender, and modernity / Hilda Rømer Christensen -- The power and ambiguity of symbols : contemporary religion and the search for a feminine divine / Jone Salomonsen.…”
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Facts, Values and Objectivity in Economics. by Caldas, Jose Castro

Table of Contents: “…The conflicting languages of economics and human rights: Manuel Couret Branco; 4. The meaning of objectivity: what can we learn from Robbins and Myrdal?…”
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A wall of separation? : debating the public role of religion by Segers, Mary C.

Table of Contents: “…Readings : Thomas Jefferson, reply to the Danbury Baptist association, January 1, 1802 -- Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1781-1782 -- Thomas Jefferson, Virginia statute of religious liberty, 1786 -- James Madison, "a memorial and remonstrance on the religious rights of man," 1784 -- U.S. constitution, first amendment, 1791 -- U.S. constitution, article VI, 1787 -- John F. …”


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Social Morphology, Human Welfare, and Sustainability

Table of Contents: “…1-Environment, Society and Sustainability: A Human-Nature Interface -- 2-Social Welfare and Sustainable Development: Paradigm Shift -- 2-Ensuring Social Security for Child and the Elderly People -- 3-Geo-heritage and Geo-Ecotourism Conservation- Case Study -- 4-Resource Allocation and Sustainable Development -- 5-Welfare Schemes for Socially Vulnerable Segments -- 6-Population Growth, Poverty and Inequality -- 7-Illiteracy, Unemployment, Underemployment and Migration -- 8-Slums and Issues of Educational Sub-normality of Social Poor -- 9-Urbanization & Housing Affordability, Requirements of the Marginalized People -- 10-Gender Inequality, Women Health Issues and Women Empowerment -- 11-Climate Change and its Social Consequences and adaptation -- 12-Flood and its Impact on Human Livelihoods on Global South- Case study -- 13-Drought and its Associated Social Responses- Case study -- 14-Access to Basic Amenities, Healthcare Services and Mass Education -- 15-Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development, Industrialization as a Source of Employment -- 16-Protection of Civil Rights, Transgender Equality, Vocal for Local and Ecofeminism -- 17-Conclusion.…”
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Faulkner and his contemporaries

Table of Contents: “…Kartiganer -- The Faulkner-Hemingway rivalry / George Monteiro -- William Faulkner and Henry Ford : cars, men, bodies, and history as bunk / Deborah Clarke -- Surveying the postage-stamp territory : Eudora Welty, Elizabeth Spencer, and Ellen Douglas / Peggy Whitman Prenshaw -- "Blacks and other very dark colors" : William Faulkner and Eudora Welty / Danièle Pitavy-Souques -- Invisible men : William Faulkner, his contemporaries, and the politics of loving and hating the South in the civil rights era; or, how does a rebel rebel? / Grace Elizabeth Hale -- William Faulkner and Guimaraes Rosa: a Brazilian connection / Thomas Inge and Donária Romeiro Carvalho Inge.…”
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Keywords for African American studies

Table of Contents: “…Cinema; 8. City; 9. Civil rights; 10. Coalition; 11. Colonialism; 12. Criminal; 13. …”
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United States policy in Latin America : a decade of crisis and challenge

Table of Contents: “…Booth -- Latin America, Cuba, and the United States : from the eighties to the nineties -- pt. 3 Toward the twenty-first century : challenges and opportunities -- The debt crisis and economic development / Riordan Roett -- Policy toward Western Hemisphere immigration and Human Rights / Christopher Mitchell -- Drug control and U.S. hegemony / William O. …”


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Pieties and gender

Table of Contents: “…Preface / Hans Raun Iversen -- Introduction / Lene Sjørup -- Pieties and politics -- Agency, performativity, and the feminist subject / Saba Mahmood -- The politics of piety and the norms of analysis / Robin May Schott -- Gender, religion, and human rights in Europe / Kari Elisabeth Børresen -- Sexual abstinence education and the reassertion of the "biblical" patriarchal family unit in contemporary United States / Claire Greslé-Favier -- Pieties and methodologies -- Gender and religious mobilization : global value surveys and beyond / Clyde Wilcox -- Shaking hands, shaking theologies / Lene Sjørup -- Virtuous masculinities -- In search of God's hand : on masculinity and religion / Thomas Blom Hansen -- Religious feminisation, confessionalism, and re-masculinisation in western European society, 1800-1960 / Yvonne Maria Werner -- Assessing the impact of gender ideology and sexuality in the historical pastoral and pedagogical relationship in nineteenth-century United States / Karin Erdevig Gedge -- Symbolic gender representations -- When the YWCA entered the city : the complexity of space, gender, and modernity / Hilda Rømer Christensen -- The power and ambiguity of symbols : contemporary religion and the search for a feminine divine / Jone Salomonsen.…”
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The Economics of the National Football League The State of the Art by Quinn, Kevin G., 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Part I The Business of the National Football League -- Chapter 1 Overview of the Economics of the NFL -- Chapter 2 NFL Franchise Values, Locations, and Stadium Economics -- Chapter 3 Revenues and Costs in the NFL -- Part II The NFL’s Major Revenue Streams -- Chapter 4 Economics of NFL Attendance -- Chapter 5 Media Economics of the NFL -- Chapter 6 Merchandising NFL Brands and Intellectual Property Rights -- Part  III Labor Economics of the NFL -- Chapter 7 Measuring Productivity of NFL Players -- Chapter 8 Wages, Contracts, and the Free Agent Market under the NFL Salary Cap System -- Chapter 9 Economics of the NFL Player Entry Draft System -- Chapter 10 The Market for NFL Coaches and Managers -- Part  IV Other Matters -- Chapter 11 Competitive Balance in the NFL -- Chapter 12 Gambling and the NFL -- Chapter 13 Economics of NFL Megaevents -- Chapter 14 Behavioral Economics in the NFL -- Chapter 15 The NFL and Antitrust Law -- Chapter 16 Directions for Future Research and the New CBA.…”
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Creative Child Advocacy : Global Perspectives

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Court-based and Dispute Resolution Strategies; 1 -- Hearing the Voices of Children in Court Proceedings; 2 -- Advocacy for Delinquent Children through Courts; 3 -- The Development of Voluntary Child Protection in China; Part II: Legislative Strategies and Social Movements; 4 -- Protecting Children's Rights in Kenya: Advancing the Case for a Sexual Offences Bill; 5 -- International Child Abduction; 6 -- Kinship Care as a Preventive Child Welfare Movement in the United States: One State's Efforts…”
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State and Market in European Union Law : the Public and Private Spheres of the Internal Market before the EU Courts. by Sauter, Wolf

Table of Contents: “…3 The competition rules4 Public constraints on private parties and private constraints on public measures; Part II The Public Private Interface: Articles 31, 86 and 87-88 EC; 5 Article 31 EC: commercial state monopolies; 6 Article 86(1): public undertakings, special and exclusive rights; 7 Article 86(2) EC: derogation for services of general economic interest (SGEI); 8 Articles 87-88 EC: State aid; 9 Conclusion; References; Index.…”
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Birth of a nation'hood : gaze, script, and spectacle in the O.J. Simpson case

Table of Contents: “…Alexander, Drucilla Cornell -- Color-blind dreams and racial nightmares: reconfiguring racism in the post-civil rights era / Kimberle Williams Crenshaw -- Bigger and O.J. / Ishmael Reed.…”


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Disability on equal terms

Table of Contents: “…There but for fortune / Sally French and John Swain -- Disability, genetics and eugenics / Tom Shakespeare -- Disabled in images and language / Margaret Taylor -- Institutional abuse / Colin Goble -- The narratives of disabled survivors of childhood sexual abuse / Martina Higgins -- Affirming identity / John Swain and Sally French -- Choices, rights and cabaret : disability arts and collective identity / Allan Sutherland -- The art of affirming identity / Toby Brandon and Alice Elliott -- An exploration of the quality of life of adults with haemophilia / Karen Beeton -- Disabled peoples' testimonies / Jasvinder, Arlene, Geoff and Alice -- On equal terms / Sally French and John Swain -- In practice from the viewpoint of an occupational therapist / Elaine Ballantyne and Andrew Muir -- In practice from the viewpoint of a physiotherapist / Anna-Stina with Sally French and John Swain -- Communication disability : exploring new personal and professional narratives / Carole Pound -- In practice from the viewpoint of a disabled nurse / Rachael Spain -- In practice from the viewpoint of a social worker / Maureen Gillman -- In practice from the viewpoint of disable people / Clare Evans.…”


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Bioethical Controversies in Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction to Biomedical Ethics -- Autonomy and the Principles of Medical Practice -- Informed Consent -- Conflict of Interest -- Ethics of Surgical Innovation for Congenital Heart Diseases -- Ethical Considerations in Patients with Extracardiac or Genetic Anomalies -- Medical Futility:When Further Therapy is Hopeless -- Ethical Issues Surrounding the use of Post Cardiotomy ECMO -- Rare Diagnoses and Allocation of Precious Resources -- Abortion Rights -- Fetal Cardiac Interventions -- Ethical Considerations in the Transcatheter Management of Congenital Heart Disease -- Informed Consent in Fetal Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome -- Role of Ethics Consultation in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease -- Ethics, Justice, and the Province of American Medicine: A Discussion of the Politicalization of the Duty to Care for Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients who are in the Country Illegally -- The unintended consequences of public reporting -- Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Heart Transplantation -- Between Death and Donation: Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Heart Transplantation -- Active and Passive Euthanasia (killing and letting die) in the Context of Severe Congenital Heart Disease -- Ethical and Legal Controversies Concerning Consolidation of Congenital Heart Programs in The United States of America.…”
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Detaining the Immigrant Other. by Furman, Rich

Table of Contents: “…Migration Detention in Mexico:€Human Rights Denied; 7. Immigration Detention in Greece and the€UK; 8. …”
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Harriet Beecher Stowe : a life by Hedrick, Joan D., 1944-

Table of Contents: “…New England beginnings : 1811-1816 -- Nutplains : 1811-1816 -- Litchfield : 1816-1824 -- The Hardford Female Seminary : 1824-1827 -- Year of decision : 1827-1828 -- A republic of women : 1829-1832 -- The West : 1832-1833 -- Parlor literature : 1833-1834 -- Courtship and marriage : 1834-1836 -- Free men and free speech : 1834-1837 -- Domestic labor : 1836-1839 -- The nursery and the parlor : 1838-1841 -- A literary woman : 1839-1843 -- Signs of the times : 1843 -- In the tide-mud of the real : 1844-1845 -- The water cure : 1846-1848 -- Crossing the river : 1849-1850 -- A rush of mighty wind : 1850-1851 -- Cato's daughter : 1851-1853 -- Antislavery activist : 1853-1854 -- Andover, Kansas, and Europe : 1854-1857 -- Her father's and her mother's God : 1857-1859 -- The Atlantic and the ship of state : 1859-1864 -- Professional writer : 1863-1867 -- Florida and Oldtown folks : 1867-1869 -- Woman's rights and woman's wrongs : 1869-1872 -- Valedictory : 1870-1896.…”


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Robert Kennedy and his times by Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007

Table of Contents: “…Edgar Hoover -- The pursuit of justice: the mob -- The pursuit of justice: civil rights -- The pursuit of justice: Ross Barnett and George Wallace -- The pursuit of justice: Martin Luther King -- The politics of justice -- Justice and poverty -- The Kennedys and the Cold War -- The CIA and counterinsurgency -- The Cuban connection: I -- Robert Kennedy and the missile crisis -- The Cuban connection: II -- Missions to the third world -- The brothers: II -- Corridors of grief -- Stranger in a strange land -- The vice presidency -- To the senate -- The foreign policy breach: Latin American -- Vietnam legacy -- The breach widens: Vietnam -- The breach widens: South Africa, New York -- Time of troubles -- Tribune of the underclass -- Images -- The dilemma -- The decision -- The journey begins -- The long day wanes -- To sail beyond ... the western stars, until I die.…”


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Southern Women in the Progressive Era by Roberts, Giselle

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Southern Women in the Progressive Era; Title; Copyright; Contents; Founding Editor's Preface; Foreword; Editorial Note; Introduction; PART ONE: ACTIVISTS IN THE MAKING; Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge (1866-1948): Memoirs of a Southern Feminist; Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955): Autobiography of an Educator and Civil Rights Activist; Mary Lee Cagle (1864-1955): Autobiography of an Evangelist Preacher; PART TWO: A N EW SOUTHERN WORKFORCE; Anthelia Holt (1861-1950): The Correspondence of a Textile Mill Worker; Henrietta Aiken Kelly (1844-1916): The Correspondence of a Special Field Agent…”
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Votes for women : the story of a struggle by Fulford, Roger, 1902-1983

Table of Contents: “…Maxwell votes -- 'This mad, wicked folly of women's rights' -- Death of Miss Becker -- Swaying fortunes at Westminster -- Applauses from the ladies gallery -- Labour to the rescue -- Richard and Emmeline Pankhurst -- W.S.P.U. is born -- A challenging question to Churchill -- The assault on London -- The two Emmelines and Mrs. …”


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