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Titanic - Anatomy Of A Blockbuster

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 In 1997, James Cameron's ""Titanic"", became the first motion picture to earn a billion dollars worldwide. These essays ask the question: What made ""Titanic"" such a popular movie? Why has this film become a cultural and film phenomenon? What makes it so fascinating to the film-going public?
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Shaded Lives - African American Women And Television

by Beretta E. Smith-Shomade

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 Television has been one of the biggest influences on American culture. Through this medium, multiple visions and disparate voices have attempted to stake a place in viewer consumption. In this work, the author sets out to dissect images of the African American woman in television from the 1980s.
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Desolate Landscapes - Ice-Age Settlement In Eastern Europe

by John F. Hoffecker

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 An overview of Pleistocene or Ice-Age settlement in Eastern Europe, with the main focus on the adaptations of Neanderthals and modern humans to the environment. This book looks at human evolution in such a cold climate and how technological innovation led to the extinction of the Neanderthals.
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The Emperor'S New Clothes - Biological Theories Of Race At The Millennium

by Joseph L. Graves Jr.

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 Joseph L. Graves Jr traces the development of biological thought about human genetic diversity. He argues that racism can and should be overcome by demonstrating the empirical biological evidence that separate human races do not exist.
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A Vital Force - Women In American Homeopathy

by Anne Taylor (Lecturer In American History, University Of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Usa) Kirschmann

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 Homeopathy, as a medical system, presented a significant institutional and economic challenge to conventional medicine in the 19th century. In this study, Anne Taylor Kirschmann explores the strategic choice and consequences for women practitioners.
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Italian American Writers On New Jersey - An Anthology Of Poetry And Prose

by Edvige Giunta

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 This anthology gathers fiction, poetry, memoirs, oral histories and journalistic pieces by Italian American writers who have chronicled the Italian American experience in the garden state. It features writers whose work focuses focuses on Italian American life and the culture of New Jersey.
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The Collected Writings Of Wallace Thurman - A Harlem Renaissance Reader

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 This is a collection of the writings of Wallace Thurman (1902-1934), providing a comprehensive analogy of both the published and unpublished works of this bohemian, bisexual writer, widely regarded as the ""enfant terrible"" of the Harlem Renaissance scene.
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The Cold Wars - A History Of Superconductivity

by Georges Waysand e Jean Matricon

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 Tells the history of superconductivity, providing a perspective on the development of the field and its relationship with the rest of physics and the history of our time. The authors provide a rare look at the scientists and their research, mostly little known beyond a small coterie of specialists.
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Paging New Jersey - A Literary Guide To The Garden State

by James F. Broderick

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 Uncover a treasure trove of information about the Garden State's key role in the creation of US literary and popular culture. The author examines the state's literary and cultural history and features residents such as Stephen Crane, Toni Morrison, Walt Whitman and Philip Roth.
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Globalizing The Sacred - Religion Across The Americas

by Manuel A. Vasquez e Marie Friedmann Marquardt

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 Drawing on case studies in the United States and Latin America, the authors explore the evolving roles of religion in the Americas in the face of globalization, transnational migration, the rapid growth of culture industries, the rise of computer mediated technologies and the crisis of modernity.
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Legislating The French Family - Feminism, Theater And Republican Politics, 1870-1920

by Jean Elisabeth Pedersen

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 An examination of family law reform in France from the foundation of the Third Republic in 1870 to the aftermath of World War 1 in 1920. Combining literary and historical approaches, the author provides a perspective on the political culture of modern France.
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Digit Ratio - A Pointer To Fertility, Behavior, And Health

by John Manning

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 Could the length of your fingers predict a predisposition to breast cancer? Or musical genius? Or homosexuality? The author posits that relative lengths of the second and fourth digits in humans (2D:4D ratio) provides a window into fertility- and sex-related traits.
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Faithful Education - Madrassahs In South Asia

by Ali Riaz

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 What do we know about madrassahs? Should Western policy-makers be alarmed by the recent increase in the number of these institutions in Muslim countries? Is there any connection between them and the jihad? Ali Riaz responds to these questions through an in-depth examination of the madraassahs in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India.
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Compassionate Confinement - A Year In The Life Of Unit C

by Ben Anderson-Nathe e Laura Abrams

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 Brings to light the challenges and complexities inherent in the US system of juvenile corrections. Building on over a year of field work at a boys' residential facility, the authors provide a context for contemporary institutions and highlight some of the system's most troubling tensions. The book provides narratives, observations, case examples, and recommendations for rehabilitating the system.
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Compassionate Confinement - A Year In The Life Of Unit C

by Ben Anderson-Nathe e Laura Abrams

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 This ethnographic text brings to light the challenges and complexities inherent in the US system of juvenile corrections. Building on over a year of field work at a boys' residential facility, the authors provide a context for contemporary institutions and highlight some of the system's most troubling tensions.
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Messy Beginnings - Postcoloniality And Early American Studies

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 When exploring the links between America and post-colonialism, scholars tend to think either in terms of contemporary multiculturalism, or of imperialism since 1898. This book challenges the idea of early America's immunity from issues of imperialism.
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American Reform Judaism - An Introduction

by Dana Evan Kaplan

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 A comprehensive and up-to-date look at Reform Judaism, this book analyses the forces currently challenging the Reform movement, now the largest Jewish denomination in the United States.
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Something Ain'T Kosher Here - The Rise Of The Jewish Sitcom

by Vincent Brook

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 Here, Vincent Brook examines the trend for American sitcoms featuring explicitly, Jewish lead characters from the period 1989 through 2002. He questions why this trend appeared at this particular historical moment and the significance of this phenomenon for Jews and non-Jews alike?
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Public Places, Private Journeys - Ethnography, Entertainment And The Tourist Gaze

by Ellen Strain

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 This work posits that the images in film and popular culture not only fill in the gaps of a person's first hand - or rather, lack of first-hand - experience with other cultural situations, but also predisposes the "tourist gaze" to view particular locales in a predetermined way.
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Undead Science - Science Studies And The Afterlife Of Cold Fusion

by Bart Simon

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 This text examines the story of cold fusion, one of the most publicized scientific controversies of the late 20th century. In 1989 two Utah-based discoveries claimed to have made breakthroughs, but most attempts to reproduce them failed, and by 1990 scientific opinion favoured the skeptics.
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Darwinian Politics - The Evolutionary Origin Of Freedom

by Paul H. Rubin

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 An examination of political behaviour from a modern evolutionary perspective. Paul H. Rubin discusses group or social behaviour, including: ethnic and racial conflict; altruism and co-operation; envy; political power; and the role of religion in politics.
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Atlas Of Global Development - A Visual Guide To The World'S Greatest Challenges

by World Bank

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 This is an excellent, up-to-date source book which will be invaluable for students of, and staff teaching, higher levels of geography .... a clear, concise, easily-accessible and well-illustrated volume. - Geographical Association, United Kingdom
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A Guide To Green New Jersey - Nature Walks In The Garden State - Forests, Beaches, Vineyards, Battlefields, Rail Trails, Marshes, Orchards, Canals, Gardens And More

by Lucy D. Rosenfeld e Marina Harrison

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 Despite its proximity to major urban areas and its high population density, the state of New Jersey has dozens of marvellous natural areas and preserved spaces. This guide is organized into 40 geographic areas, highlighting over 200 nature walks and including accessibility and visiting information.
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Jews In The Center - Conservative Synagogues And Their Members

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 This text offers a balance of quantitative sociology, demography and cultural anthropology. It provides a portrayal of the strengths and weaknesses of the conservative Jewish movement, set against the background of American middle-class religion at the end of the 20th century.
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