Ci dem Ka itciba i has long been at the forefront of research in developmental and cultural psychology, and is one of the world's most highly respected cross-cultural psychologists. This collection of essays has been produced in honor of Professor Ka itciba i's retirement and to…
"In Inhuman Citizenship, Juliana Chang claims that literary representations of Asian American domesticity may be understood as symptoms of America's relationship to its national fantasies and to the "jouissance"--A Lacanian term signifying a violent yet euphoric shattering of th…
In the summer of 1936, James Agee and Walker Evans set out on assignment for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed literary event when, in 1941, Let Us Now Praise Famous…
Womanpower: the Arab debate on women at work
by Hijab, Nadia
fromCambridge Middle East library
Womanpower: the Arab debate on women at work
by Hijab, Nadia
fromCambridge Middle East library
Womanpower unveils the lively but little-reported debate on women's positions in the modern Arab world. It paints a picture drawn from individual stories as well as from national development programs and attempts to explain why the process of social change in the region has been…
This book examines the connections between basic research in the social sciences, and political and social action to improve the situations of children, youth, and families. In the 1950s and 1960s, following the many effective applications of their work during World War II, ther…
Future Families explores the variety of family forms which characterize our contemporary culture, while addressing the implications of these increasingly diverse family units on child development. Reveals the diversity of new family forms based on the most current research on fa…
This book explores the variety of family forms that caracterize our contemporary culture while addressing the implications of these increasingly diverse family units on child development. Noted psychologist Ross Parke traces teh shifts in parental roles resulting from increased …
This is a record of childhood that reveals in detail the trials and hard-won triumphs of 19th century working class life.
This is a record of childhood that reveals in detail the trials and hard-won triumphs of 19th century working class life.