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Substance abuse is one of higher education's worst problems not only in terms of financial but also human cost. This handbook will help college and university personnel deal effectively with the problem.

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Applying the major sociological theories of anomie, career, conflict, functionalist, rational choice, social control, social disorganization, social learning, social reaction and subculture perspectives, Shaw provides an overview of the issues involved with substance use and abuse.

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Bad architecture. Soulless. Destructive of communities. The suburbs are much-maligned places. We see this time and again in films like "American Beauty" and novels like "The Ice Storm". This comparative study of England and the United States, offers fresh interpretations on suburbia.

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Bad architecture. Soulless. Destructive of communities. The suburbs are much-maligned places. We see this time and again in films like "American Beauty" and novels like "The Ice Storm". This comparative study of England and the United States, offers fresh interpretations on suburbia.

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Sugar rush argues that despite its revolutionary claims, the contemporary attack on sugar represents a politics of despair, entrenching rather than disrupting the inequality-riddled status quo.

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This book analyzes the phenomenon of international retirement migration, to trace the story of the migrants from their old to their new homes, and to examine the conceptual and policy contexts of this relatively new form of transnational mobility.

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This book analyzes the phenomenon of international retirement migration, to trace the story of the migrants from their old to their new homes, and to examine the conceptual and policy contexts of this form of transnational mobility.

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A compelling, sometimes unsettling portrait of the world's most powerful men and women

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This book brings together comic studies and critical animal studies to provide a critical media analysis that centralizes total liberation for all beingsboth human and nonhuman. Through the lens of superheroes, the book explores the cultural and literal consumption of nonhumans as a strategy for confronting humanism at large.

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Superheroes and Masculinity examines how heteropatriarchal representations of gender are both perpetuated and challenged within the superhero genre. This collection critiques stereotypical portrayals of hegemonic masculinity and explores queer alternatives to such formulations within superhero comics, film, and television.

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This book offers a series of biographical portraits of the young performers who have reached superstardom in today's popular culture.

Who are the superstar icons of the new centurythe singers and actors who are captivating today's audiences

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Argues that superstition become pervasive in contemporary culture. This title asks why people persist in superstitious convictions long after science has shown them to be ill-founded. It examines the controversies and concludes that science is the only way we have of understanding the world.

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Explores the production, representation, and reception of prominent female superheroes in mainstream superhero comics, television shows, and films.

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Explores the production, representation, and reception of prominent female superheroes in mainstream superhero comics, television shows, and films.

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Reeves reviews statistics on the role of women in work, patterns of horizontal and vertical segregation, and differences in the experiences of men and women, then turns to an assessment of the theories of women's subordination.

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Examines the formation of a surveillance state through a close examination of Thomas Jefferson's plantation management techniques and political actions.

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Arguing that social policiesand their absencehave affected the stability of the African American family, Jewell refutes the myth of significant progress for African American families emanating from the civil rights era, exposing the myriad reasons why greater advancement toward equality has not occurred in major societal institutions.

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Arguing that social policiesand their absencehave affected the stability of the African American family, Jewell refutes the myth of significant progress for African American families emanating from the civil rights era, exposing the myriad reasons why greater advancement toward equality has not occurred in major societal institutions.

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This volume examines the social policies that arose from the civil rights movement and proposes new steps to economic independence for black families that would place the responsibility within all sectors of society.