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by Franchot Ballinger, UC associate professor of English emeritus A comprehensive study of the diverse roles and qualities of the North American Indian "trickster," including the mischievous spirit's roles as buffoon, social critic, teacher, transformer or mediator between humans, nature and the gods. Each chapter examines an aspect of trickster behavior and tells a related story. Includes a full bibliography and discussion of the stories as literature. Order Information:
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ISBN # : 0806137967
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by George Bishop, UC professor of political science. by George Bishop, UC professor of political science. A critic of public polling, Bishop argues that much of what is claimed to be public opinion in mass media is an illusion, both because typical survey questions tend to be vague or misleading and because those surveyed are likely to form their opinions on the spot, rather than after careful consideration. Includes numerous data sources, examples from American National Election Studies and "cautionary tales." Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Order Information:
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ISBN # : 0742516458
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by Lloyd Bone, MM '01, co-editor A comprehensive new guide for the euphonium, this well-researched book contains the instrument's history, discography and an extensive repertoire of interest to educators, historians, composers, arrangers, performers and students. Bone, who performed at Carnegie Hall in January 2007, teaches brass and directs band at Glenville State College, West Virginia. Indiana University Press. Order Information:
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ISBN # : 0253348110
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by Jana Evans Braziel, UC associate professor, English and comparative literature Jana Evans Braziel examines how Haitian diaspora writers, performance artists and musicians address black masculinity through the Haitian Creole concept of gwo ngs, or "big men." She focuses on six artists and their work: writer Dany Laferriere, director Raoul Peck, rap artist Wyclef Jean, artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, drag queen performer and poet Assotto Saint and queer drag king performer Drad (a.k.a. Mildrad Gerestant). This is a groundbreaking study at the intersections of gender and sexuality with race, ethnicity and nationality. Order Information:
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ISBN # : 0253219787
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by Roy Eckart, UC professor emeritus, mechanical engineering This easy-to-read book offers practical advice for young professionals aspiring to leadership positions in the corporate world. Different leadership styles are outlined, along with a leader's tool box, essential for those just beginning their ascent. Order Information:
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ISBN # : 1440492150
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By Stephanie Siddall Germack, DAAP '75 Germack's personal experience with the involuntary institutionalization of her elderly mother spurred a dedication to helping others avoid the painful process. Her book outlines the costs of losing guardianship: giving up civil rights, life savings, right to live where and how you wish, children's inheritance and family relationships. Beyond sharing her own story, Germack offers advice to readers to keep themselves from becoming targets. She also outlines the strategies used to prematurely institutionalize and how individuals can help change and improve involuntary guardianship laws. Order Information:
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ISBN # : 1430327626
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by Richard Herman, A&S '87 and Robert Smith This book brings to the forefront the drive and entrepreneurial spirit of America's new legal immigrants. The authors argue that from engineering to computer technology, immigrants are now the country's competitive advantage. The cultural and psychological reasons for immigrants' success is detailed here, as well as how these newest Americans will create jobs of the future. Order Information:
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ISBN # : 0470455713
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by April Lindner, PhD (A&S) '98 Assistant professor of English, St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia A concise anthology of major contemporary American poets and examples of their work, co-edited with R.S. Gwynn for the Penguin Academics Series. Lindner, an award-winning poet in her own right, also includes helpful header notes and information about contemporary literary movements. Although her poetry is not included in the anthology, her book, "Skin," won the Walt McDonald First Book poetry prize in '02. Longman Publishing Order Information:
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ISBN # : 0618527850
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By Eric Lose, published by UC Office of the President and the UC Just Community Initiative Based on a book about diversity at the University of Wyoming, this work started with a program held at the University of Cincinnati in 2004 where students nominated more than 100 faculty and staff to be honored for promoting and understanding diversity. Here, some of the honorees' stories are shared. The project was headed by Professor Richard Karp and co-sponsored by the Office of the President and the Just Community Initiative. Order Information:
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by John McNay, UC associate professor of history When Henry Grady died in 1957, one obituary called him “America’s top diplomatic soldier” for a critical period of the Cold War, and over a long career he was deeply involved in events that changed our role in the world. Even so, this self-described “soft” cold warrior has been largely overlooked by historians. His memoirs, left to languish with his other papers, are now published for the first time, offering new insight into the origins and implementation of American trade and development policies—and into the tumult that was the Cold War. Order Information:
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ISBN # : 0826218326
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by Deborah Meem, UC professor and interim head, Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies “Finding Out” introduces readers to lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender studies. Unlike most books on LGBT, this textbook combines original material with esteemed journal articles. Chapter introductions, written by the authors, place current research findings in a clear context. This book reviews the history of same-sex relationships and gender variance from ancient Greece to the present yet goes beyond a historical account to provide an in-depth examination of LGBT culture and society. Order Information:
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ISBN # : 1412938651
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Edited by Karen Yelena Olsen, PhD (A&S) '76 Writer and professor, University of Maryland European division A century of human flight is celebrated in this anthology of 116 works by American poets who explore all facets of this phenomenon, from exhilaration to loss. Writers include Archibald MacLeish, Ogden Nash, Anne Sexton, John Updike, Hart Crane, William Carlos Williams and Amelia Earheart. A pilot as well as a poet, Olsen lives in a Greek village where she is preparing her next book, "An Island Almanac: Seasons of a Life on Crete." University of Iowa Press Order Information:
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ISBN # : 0877459444
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by Gene A. Saucier, CCM '50 This book was written to serve as a primer for the instrumental music education student and to assist teachers in the field. "Woodwinds" provides a clear, systematic presentation of tone production, fingering, embouchure, breath support, vibrato and basic acoustical behavior. Order Information:
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ISBN # : 0967976502
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Co-edited by Constance Schulz, MA (A&S) '66, PhD (A&S) '73 Professor of history, University of South Carolina, Columbia A collection of interviews with the women historians who helped found and lead the SAWH in 1970-80, in response to entrenched sexism in the decades following World War II. Through the association, it became possible for women scholars to address issues of visibility, legitimacy and equality in the history profession. University of Missouri Press Order Information:
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ISBN # : B000CEXKH4
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by Brent Shannon, MA (A&S) '96 Assistant professor of English, Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky. Although most British men in the early 19th century felt it was "puny peacockism" to be overly concerned about what they wore, attitudes quickly changed when an emerging consumer culture offered them inexpensive ready-to-wear. Middle- and lower-class men began to imitate the look of their "betters," to the chagrin of the well-to-do. Includes Victorian-era cartoons and clothing ads. Order Information:
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ISBN # : 0821417037
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By Frank Shirley, DAAP '89 For those who love their historical homes but also would like to update for a modern lifestyle, “New Rooms for Old Houses” explores the ins and outs of additions to old residences. Shirley is an experienced architect whose passion for historical homes and their detailed style is evident throughout this work. Accompanying his words, readers will find large photos of old houses and their new additions -- the good, the bad and the ugly. Tips of the trade and details to consider also are highlighted throughout the book. Order Information:
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ISBN # : 1561588857
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by Claire Sponsler, (A&S) '76, MA (A&S) '78 Professor of English, University of Iowa Sponsler's book is a cultural history of European performance traditions and their impact on the New World, from the 16th century to the present. Among the rituals and festivities she examines are Spanish conquest drama and matachines dances, Afro-Dutch religious celebrations, Philadelphia mummers, American and German passion plays, Brooklyn's Italian-American saints' plays and academic reconstructions of medieval drama. Cornell University Press Order Information:
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ISBN # : 0801442958
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by Erica Houser Stux-Shore, AS '49, MS ((A&S)) '50 These true stories of heroic women scientists will provide plenty of inspiration for girls considering a career in the biological sciences. Profiles include Dr. Gerty Cori, the first woman in America to receive a Nobel Prize in science; Dr. S. Josephine Baker, who dramatically lowered New York's infant mortality rate in the early 1900s; Rita Levi-Montalcini, neurophysiologist who shared the 1986 Nobel in medicine for discovering the nerve growth factor; Rosalyn Yalow, medical physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1977; Dorothy Hodgkin, who won a Nobel in chemistry in 1964; Mary Leakey, anthropologist who was first to excavate a 2,000-year-old homo erectus; Rosalind Franklin, whose x-ray photos of DNA revealed the double helix structure; and Sylvia Earle, ocean scientist, undersea explorer and National Geographic author. Order Information:
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ISBN # : 1888105704
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by Joseph Tomain, Dean Emeritus, College of Law This book examines the enduring problem of the relationship between man's law and a "higher" law from the perspective of core humanities texts and through discussion of hotly debated contemporary legal conundrums. Today, such issues as intelligent design in school curricula, same-sex marriage and faith-based government grants are all examples of the interaction between man's law and some other set of moral principles. The author uses ancient as well as defining 20th-century texts to explore the most prominent conflicts and court ruling under consideration today. Order Information:
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ISBN # : 0195333411
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by Lee Shai Weissbach, (A&S) '69 Professor of history, University of Louisville This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the experiences of 490 small Jewish communities 100 to 1,000 persons in small American towns and cities from the mid-19th century to World War II. Weissbach provides narrative and data about immigration patterns, occupations, Jewish education, marriage strategies and congregational organization in these communities, as well as city and regional population tables and household composition figures. Yale University Press Order Information:
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ISBN # : 0300106718
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by James K. Wessel, Eng '62 Wessel's book is written to educate readers about recent advances in the area of new materials used in making products. Materials and their properties usually limit the component designer. The book Presents information about metals, ceramics, poymer-based and other advanced materials that enable products to be designed in a new, cost-effective ways. Order Information:
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ISBN # : 0471454753
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by Henry Winkler, (A&S) '38, MA (A&S) '40, Honorary '87 UC president emeritus, professor emeritus The responsibilities of political parties, as well as the pros and cons of specific policies, come to life in this look at the evolution of Britain's Labour Party. Formed in the early 20th century to deal with domestic problems of the working class, Labour was soon compelled by world events to accept a broader role in the governance of the country, particularly in international issues. A synthesis of Winkler's 20-year study of the subject, "British Labour" has been called the first full-scale treatment of the subject. Transaction Publishers Order Information:
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ISBN # : 0765802643
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by John Yolton, (A&S) '54, MA (A&S) '55 John Locke professor of the history of philosophy, emeritus, Rutgers In an examination of Locke's "Essay Concerning Human Understanding," the author maintains that a number of rarely examined components of Locke's thought -- including the nature of man, the nature of a human being and the place of man in the universe among other creatures -- proves the importance of the world of spiritual beings to Locke's philosophy. Critics have called Yolton's work provocative and fascinating. Cornell University Press Order Information:
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ISBN # : 0801442907
