While the Religious Right has received considerable scholarly attention and media coverage in recent years, the story of the growing number of... ...  more>>

Since the first edition was published in 1989, Character and Cops has been considered the bible of police ethics training. The book is a... ...  more>>

The nearly 150-year-old sport of cycling had its first competition in France in 1868. Soon afterward, the need arose for purpose-built cycling tracks  ...  more>>

The field of mediation currently lacks a unifying theoretical foundation. This book attempts to remedy that by presenting one such comprehensive... ...  more>>

The Scalping of the Great Sioux Nation recalls Davis' early upbringing and education on two Indian reservations. Davis also assesses the policies of... ...  more>>

As enthusiasm for computational models of the mind has waned and the revolution in neuroscience has progressed, attention in philosophy and cognitive  ...  more>>

The Rhetoric of Black Mayors explores the rhetorical and practical efforts of Black mayors in building coalitions to win elections and govern cities.  ...  more>>

Reversing Babel: Translation among the English during an Age of Conquests, c. 800 to c. 1200, starts with a small puzzle: Why did the Normans... ...  more>>

What is truth, goodness, or beauty? Can we really define these concepts without the idea of a frame of reference? In the newest addition to the New... ...  more>>

Urban Schools: Crisis and Revolution describes America's inner-city public schools and the failure of most to provide even a minimally adequate... ...  more>>

Germaine de Staël in Germany: Gender and Literary Authority (1800-1850) investigates Staël's significance as an icon of female artistic genius and... ...  more>>

The Cultures of Italian Migration allows the adjective "Italian" to qualify people's movements along diverse trajectories and temporal dimensions.... ...  more>>

At no time in the history of public education has there been such a dramatic discrepancy between accelerated standards and expectations and adequate... ...  more>>

This new translation offers a faithful yet accessible English-language rendering of the twelfth-century Gesta Francorum et aliorum... ...  more>>

Consisting of two houses-the Senate and the House of Representatives-and 535 members-100 Senators and 435 Representatives, the U.S. Congress forms... ...  more>>