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The authors analyze the rhetorical discourse characteristic of the Chicano protest movement of the sixties and seventies, focusing on four prominent activists, Cesar Chavez, Rodolfo Corky Gonzalez, Jose Angel Gutierrez, and Reies Lopez Tijerina.

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Action Research and Organizational Development describes a process of change that encourages research and consulting skills. This particular type of applied social research differs from other varieties in the immediacy of the researcher's involvement and collaboration in each stage of researching, focusing, and implementing.

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In this text the authors put forward the view that our short, medium, and long-term behaviour, interactions and relationships - whether planned or spontaneous, purposeful or playful - can be understood in terms of goal-directed systems, and present a theory of goal-directed action.

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The personal and emotional stories related in this work realistically illustrate both the positive and negative aspects of adoption. The varied characters and events of each story address many of the unique situations presented by adoption.

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This compilation of the best thinking about adoption by both historical and current authorities reveals a vital, ever-changing practice affecting the lives of millions of people around the globe.

The ancient practice of adoption has changed significantly through history.

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This landmark volume takes a first step towards imposing order on the increasingly diverse field of socio-economics by embedding the various disciplines and sub-disciplines in a common core. The distinguished contributors in this volume show how institutions, governance arrang...

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An advertising executive and sociologist who has studied alcoholism at length analyzes worldwide theoretical and empirical studies on the relationship between mass media and advertising and alcohol consumption and abuse.

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This cutting-edge edited collection provides a novel terrain for rethinking intimacies through the lens of affect theories.

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African American Life and Culture in Orange Mound is an exploration of the conditions of living for residents of the unincorporated subdivision in the deep south from 1890 to 1919.

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African American Life and Culture in Orange Mound is an exploration of the conditions of living for residents of the unincorporated subdivision in the deep south from 1890 to 1919.

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This volume studies global and national transformation from the point of view of families in local communities.

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African football migration offers essential coverage of why and how African players have become actors in the global football industry. It reveals the meanings associated with migration in post-colonial Africa, and the implications of (im)mobility for the personal and professional life trajectories of youth and young men across the continent.

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African football migration offers essential coverage of why and how African players have become actors in the global football industry. It reveals the meanings associated with migration in post-colonial Africa, and the implications of (im)mobility for the personal and professional life trajectories of youth and young men across the continent.

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Study of the development of foraging strategies in Africa from the Middle Stone Age to the present.

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Utilizing almost 40 years' work, Andrew Smith presents a detailed portrait of modern herdsmen and their historical antecedents. Following the assumption that Africa has never been isolated from the rest of the world, Smith illuminates key topics ranging from material culture and rituals, to future prospects for pastoralists.

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Serah Shani examines the socioeconomic and cultural forces behind the success of model minority immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa in the United States. In particular, Shani looks at the integral role of the Ghanaian Network Village, a transnational space that provides educational resources beyond local neighborhoods in the US.