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This book explores misogyny across media ranging from political and editorial cartoons to news, sport, film, television, social media (especially Twitter), and journalistic organizations that address gender inequities.

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Misplaced Blame: Decades of Failing Schools, Their Children and Their Teachers examines the underlying causes of why schools fail.

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The Bill of Rights-the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution-are widely misunderstood by many Americans. This book explores the widely held myths about the Bill of Rights, how these myths originated, why they have persisted, and the implications for contemporary politics and policy.

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Through extensive interviews with members of the policy community, the authors of this text reveal a pervasive belief that, in the wake of the Cold War, the public is showing a new isolation: opposition to foreign aid and hostility to the United Nations.

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While the 2000 presidential election had a number of unique features, including the decisive role of the Supreme Court, it actually was quite similar to three earlier television-age campaigns. For the fourth time since 1960, an incumbent president retired and his party nominated the vice president as a potential successor.

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Most books on missile proliferation focus on the spread of ballistic missiles or cruise missiles, not both.

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This study examines the logic underlying the Western European reactions to Ronald Reagan's announcement of plans for the strategic defense initiative (SDI) in March 1983, and assesses the validity of European anxieties about missile defenses.

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The book explores missing person issues and human disappearances from an anthropological perspective. It analyses reasons behind disappearances and the political and practical ways of dealing with them, suggesting a conceptual framework for understanding disappearances across varying political and cultural contexts.

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When is intervention justified Simon Jenkins here writes why the West needs to stay out of it.

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This study focuses on the regimes that governed Brazil over the 21-year span ending in 1985. It examines the organization and the record established by the military, and the ideologic tendencies and internal divisions within the military elite.

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Mission to Algiers relates how U.S. policy grappled with an Islamist insurgency and promoted change and stability in a key Arab country. It describes the course of events, the challenges inherent in operating a U.S. mission at a time of crisis in a Muslim country, and lessons learned.

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Mission Driven Leadership examines the role of school leader from the perspective of the leader as a mission driven interpersonal expert. Mission is written for both the practitioner in the field as well as the educator in the classroom who is interested in leading up the organization, focusing on the skills that build high performing teams.

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Mission Driven Leadership examines the role of school leader from the perspective of the leader as a mission driven interpersonal expert. Mission is written for both the practitioner in the field as well as the educator in the classroom who is interested in leading up the organization, focusing on the skills that build high performing teams.

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The essays composed in this book encompass ethnographic fieldwork in Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, and other populations, addressing such topics as the fluidity of the anthropologist's own religious identity, objectivity versus subjectivity, the issue of reflexivity in ethnography, and the multi-positionality of the researcher.

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At the start of the American Civil War, neither North nor South had warships on either side of the Mississippi River. Gradually, both sides converted existing riverboats into powerful naval weapons. This title describes their design, development and operation throughout the American Civil War.

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In Mississippian Culture Heroes, Ritual Regalia, and Sacred Bundles, the contributors examine Mississippian artistic traditions and society through an archaeological analysis of religious objects.

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What makes the 'self' How is it created, defined, and transformed Arthur Asa Berger's fascinating, educational whodunit novel unravels the mysteries of cultural studies theory, and more specifically, the complexities of postmodernism and identity.

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The most produced Japanese bomber of the war saw action on every front from the first day of the Pacific conflict through to VJ-Day. This title charts the history of the "Betty", its strengths and weaknesses, and gives information about the crews who flew them.

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Examines language, gender, and the body from infancy to adulthood, showing how Hasidic girls in Brooklyn become women responsible for rearing the next generation of nonliberal Jewish believers. This work investigates how Hasidic women and girls conceptualize the religious, the secular, and the modern.

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At the turn of the century, the United States is on the verge of losing its vote in the General Assembly for non-payment of its arrears. There are eerie parallels between the domestic debate over the United Nations in 1999 and the struggles over the League of Nations in 1919.

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This book is a socially situated exploration of South Asian migrants in Singapore that critically examines migrants negotiations of cultural identity, power, and friendship networks in mediated mobile phone spaces.

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The mobile phone has achieved a global presence faster than any other form of information and communication technology. A global multi-billion dollar industry, this small, mundane device is now an intrinsic part of our everyday life. This book presents an overview of the transformations and challenges presented by this most personal technology.