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A contribution to the history of Australian women and the family. This book traces the struggle of Australian women to change approaches to childbirth, to claim their right to choices in childbirth, and to educate themselves about birth and breastfeeding. It explores the movement which radically changed our maternity care practices.

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students arrive on campuses every year expecting their voices to be heard, their concerns acknowledged, and their needs met. This book offers guidelines for establishing and operating LGBT centers or programme offices on their own campuses.

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Slesnick (professor of psychology and director of the runaway and homeless youth program at the U. of New Mexico) surveys and synthesizes the literature on runaway and homeless youth, forming a primer for those that work with these youths and their families. In the opening chapters she discusses the

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This collection of essays highlights the controversies surrounding racism in sports and African American athletes, examining the racial discrimination that exists in one of the most public arenas in the 21st century.

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The child of a heroin-addicted mother growing up amidst poverty, violence, and drugs in the ghetto of West Dallas, Jerrold Ladd was determined to lead a better life. Fiercely independent, he took responsibility for his future, and, with the love of his family, became the first person in his family to attend college and later a national spokesperson on inner city problems.

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From the hugely respected journalist Miranda Sawyer, a very modern look at the midlife crisis delving into the truth, and lies, of the experience and how to survive it, with thoughtfulness, insight and humour.

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A collection of monologues, sketches, and stories by fifteen prominent gay humorists features the works of Kate Clinton, Frank Maya, the Pomo Afro Homos, Marga Gomez, Addison and Steele, Frank DeCaro, and David Sedaris. Original.

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J. Dawson Williams writes with both authority and compassion - a unique combination. He emphasizes that the only way to move past discrimination and prejudice is through positivity and optimism, rather than anger and frustration. Readers are reminded that it is through ethics that we achieve a more productive system.

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The author's investigations were concentrated on the Muslim women of northern India - on their family life, their marriage customs, and their education in relation to their various socio-economic backgrounds in a rapidly changing world that had transformed their lives abruptly with the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947.

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The purpose of this book is to present a survey of Jewish music to illuminate its special role as a mirror of history, tradition, and cultural heritage. The 27 topical chapters have been placed within a modified chronological perspective to present a historic picture of virtually every important development in Jewish music.

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In Pat, Paste and Patience, we meet Camille. A woman who is determined to make the last chapter of her life the best chapter, while proving getting older can be fun.

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This collection of original essays provides a rare in-depth look at peasant life in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European Russia. It is the first English-language text to deal extensively with peasant women and patriarchy; the role of magic, healing, and medicine in village life; communal economic innovation; rural poverty and labor migr

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Lawrence S. Grossman explores the far-reaching implications of the conflicts between subsistence and commodity production in developing countries. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton

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Americans are taught to believe that upward mobility is possible for anyone who is willing to work hard, regardless of their social status, yet it is often those from affluent backgrounds who land the best jobs. Pedigree takes readers behind the closed doors of top-tier investment banks, consulting firms, and law firms to reveal the truth about who

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How do racially mixed congregations come together How are they sustained Who attends them, how did they get there, and what are their experiences This book explores these questions.

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