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This book reconstructs the revolutionary Bolivarian ideology in Chavez's movement through a historical analysis of its ideological principles and revolutionary scholastic institutions. Differing from many journalistic publications about Chavez, this book uncovers the deep social dynamics of Venezuelan politics using a strict empirical analysis.

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Drawing on the author's own experience as "the other woman" in an affair with am otherwise-committed man, this contemporary feminist study is the first to label the role of the two-timing male as "sexual terrorist."

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The Cherokees, the most important tribe in the formative years of the American Republic, became the test case for the Founding Fathers' determination to Christianize and 'civilize' all Indians and to incorporate them into the republic as full citizens. This title tells the dramatic success story of the renascence of the tribe.

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This book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty in ethnic studies, multicultural studies, Hispanic Studies, Sociology, and Women's Studies.

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Consult this handy reference work when you need accurate, up to date information on subjects ranging from the effects of work on children's education to the use of child labor in Eastern Europe.

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This book examines the experiences of orphaned child survivors of Guatemalas 36-year internal armed conflict and genocide who were raised in an in-country permanent residential home. Now adults, they have faced long-term consequences but also have become resilient, well-adapted adults with a strong sense of identity and belonging.

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The editor of this volume takes on the challenging task of presenting an encompassing view of childbirth in America from an anthropological perspective.

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Experts from across disciplines join forces here to focus attention on current American culture and the devastating effects it is having on its children.

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Child-rearing, as a basic function of society, provides an opportunity for comparative study of two very different societies in this work, a revision of Xiao's (sociology, Central Washington U.) doctoral thesis. Following an examination of the literature, Xiao defines her theoretical foundation she

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The volume was inspired by the Children and Anthropology conference at the 14th International Congress of Anthropology and Ethnological Sciences, which was held at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, in July of 1998.

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Provides a discussion on the role of orphanages, the primary institution for children without parents, and a stopgap measure for children needing care. This book reviews the practice of adoption, orphanage placement, and foster care since the colonial period. It provides crucial information and insight for high school and college students.

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This work will offer students and scholars in social work, child welfare, and public policy a complete overview of the systemic difficulties of the American family as well as compatible and practical programs designed to meet current family needs.

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This book is important reading for the general public, as well as for scholars and policymakers involved with children's and labor issues in the United States.

The United States has more of its children in the workforce than any other developed country.

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The groundbreaking, Pulitzer Prize-winning five-volume Children of Crisis series that established Robert Coles as America's foremost child psychiatrist is available for the first time in a single, abridged volume. of color illustrations.

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Using the relationship between China and Southeast Asia's ethnic Chinese as a case study, this text focuses upon the potential role of a diaspora in the economic and political development of its "homeland", as well as the role of the state in dealing with transnational economic actors.

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The latest edition in the China Statistics Series, China Rural Statistics 1988 offers essential basic information on China's rural economic and social development and the outcome of rural reform.

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This book is an English language edition of the official social statistics compiled by the State Statistical Bureau of the People's Republic of China (SSB).

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The latest edition in the China Statistics Series, China Statistical Abstract 1989 offers essential basic information on China's economic and social development in 1988.

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Some figures in this survey are provisional, and the final ones will appear in the Statistical Yearbook of China.

This book is a revised English language edition of the official China Statistical Abstract published by the State Statistical Bureau of the People's Republic of China (SSB).

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The volumes so far published are China Statistical Abstract 1988, China Social Statistics 1988, China Trade and Prices Statistics 1988, China Rural Statistics 1988, China Statistical Abstract 1989, and China Urban Statistics 1988.