books by Rutgers University Press     books:     Rutgers University...      Asian American Studies: A Reader Rutgers University Press, 2000             Mama, PhD: Women Write About Motherhood and Academic Life Rutgers University Press, 2008 thoughtful and engaging Mama Phd is an anthology of heartfelt essays written by women. The writers beautifully describe the challenge of balancing family and academic life. This book will resonate with all mamas, working or stay-at-home. I couldn't put it down.             Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube, and the Future of American Politics Morley Winograd, Michael D. Hais Rutgers University Press, 2008 An important work Just as newspapers have shifted their primary emphasis from print to the Internet, so too has politics. The bottom-up dynamic, emblemized by user-generated content, is taking over in many spheres, and those who cling to old authoritarian top-down structures will become ...             Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School Barrie Thorne Rutgers University Press, 1993 As vital as ever! Thorne shows us how children learn & utilize gender through how and what they play in the school setting. I was delighted to see that children today still engage in the "cooties" game....that's something that MY generation played in the late 60's! I felt Thorne was ...             Race in the Schoolyard: Negotiating the Color Line in Classrooms and Communities (Rutgers Series in Childhood ... Amanda E. Lewis Rutgers University Press, 2003 New Insights into How Race Gets Constructed by Schools Race in the Schoolyard adds a new dimension to the literature on race and schooling. It examines how race is understood, produced, reproduced and contested by students, teachers and parents. It provides rich description and profound analysis of the dynamics of race in ...             A Short History of Film Wheeler Winston Dixon, Gwendolyn Audrey Foster Rutgers University Press, 2008 The history of international cinema is now available in a concise, conveniently sized, and affordable volume. Succinct yet comprehensive, A Short History of Film provides an accessible overview of the major movements, directors, studios, and genres from the 1880s to the present. More than 250 rare stills and illustrations accompany the text, ...             Landscape for a Good Woman: A Story Carolyn Kay Steedman Rutgers University Press, 1987 Important contribution to historical discourse... 'Landscape for a Good Woman' marks a turning point in how history is written. In the start of the book, Steedman acknowledges that she is not writing a history for everyone (she even denies that her book is a work of history). Instead, through what she says is an act ...             Biofeedback for the Brain: How Neurotherapy Effectively Treats Depression, ADHD, Autism, and More Paul G. Swingle Rutgers University Press, 2008 This Book Opens Whole New Worlds of Healing and Growth to Laymen and Professionals Author Paul Swingle is one of the pioneers in the field of Brain biofeedback and the related neurotherapies. Let me be clear that he has not just been IN the field since its early days. He has played an active, creative, dynamic role in pioneering important approaches ...             Community Organizing and Community Building for Health Rutgers University Press, 2004 It's a tome, but a must-read tome. We read this book for a grad school class, and it was the best book I read as a grad student. Each chapter is organized into two parts, a theoretical treatment followed by an in-depth case study. Although it's a bit heady, the book is also extremely practical. The ...             Hobomok and Other Writings on Indians (American Women Writers Series) Lydia Maria Francis Child Rutgers University Press, 1986 Intresting at its best Although for a modern reader this book might not seem very interesting it did raise provocative questions for 19th c. readers. Child discusses religious issues and of course the position of the Native Americans in regards to the puritans. However, the ending is very ...             School Talk: Gender and Adolescent Culture Donna Eder, Catherine Colleen Evans, ... Rutgers University Press, 1995             Money Jungle: Imagining the New Times Square Benjamin Chesluk Rutgers University Press, 2007 Best way to understand the new Disney urbanism Chesluk's accessible, engaging writing, paired with Hopp's photography, give the reader a wonderful view of the development of the cleaned-up, cleared-out Times Square and what the implications are for the future of the urban landscape.             An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba Ruth Behar Rutgers University Press, 2007 Lyrical and merging memoir and ethnography This is a touching and lyrical account that mixes memoir with ethnography in ways that enrich both. A pleasure to read. Those who want to see how an anthropologist can also reveal something of herself as she reveals others would do well to read this book             Dust: The Archive and Cultural History (Encounters) Carolyn Steedman Rutgers University Press, 2002 Dusting off the archive Carolyn Steedman is a unique figure in contemporary social history. Her often idiosyncratic work in nineteenth and early twentieth century British history combines conventional social history with life-writing, literary analysis, and contemporary critical theory, ...             500 Years of Chicana Women's History/ Anos de Historia de las Chicanans Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez Rutgers University Press, 2007 The history of Mexican Americans spans more than five centuries and varies from region to region across the United States. Yet most of our history books devote at most a chapter to Chicano history, with even less attention to the story of Chicanas. 500 Years of Chicana Women's History offers a powerful antidote to this omission with a ...          products you might be interested in search for books biofeedback, communities, depression, effectively, negotiating, neurotherapy      toavi.com    web randomly chosen DVD: Father of the Bride (15th Anniversary Edition)