Do today's youth have more opportunities than their parents? As they build their own social and digital networks, does that offer new routes to learning and friendship? How do they navigate the meaning of education in a digitally connected but fiercely competitive, highly indivi…
Maurice Ashley immigrated to New York from Jamaica at the age of twelve, only to be confronted with the harsh realities of urban life. But he found his inspiration for a better life after stumbling upon a chess book and becoming hypnotized by the game's philosophies; his dedicat…
The author shows how the game of chess can help to improve a child's creativity and problem-solving skills as well as teaching them patience, sportsmanship, and strategic thinking.
Islam in Transition focuses on the ways in which Islamic religion still engenders powerful loyalties within what is now a predominantly secular society and how, in their continual adherence to their religion, many young British Pakistanis find a welcome sense of stability and pe…
Young blacks born between 1965 and 1984 belong to the first generation to have grown up in post-segregation America. In this book Bakari Kitwana offers a sobering look at his generation's disproportionate incarceration and unemployment rates, as well as the collapse of its gende…
Young blacks born between 1965 and 1984 belong to the first generation to have grown up in post-segregation America. In this book Bakari Kitwana offers a sobering look at his generation's disproportionate incarceration and unemployment rates, as well as the collapse of its gende…
Sutherland (educational studies, U. of British Columbia, emeritus) examines the growth of the public health movement and its various efforts at improving the health of children.
Drawing on the 1990 National Jewish population survey, this book questions the future of the Jewish Community's next generation and looks at demographic projections for the younger Jewish population.
Drawing on the 1990 National Jewish population survey, this book questions the future of the Jewish Community's next generation and looks at demographic projections for the younger Jewish population.
