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Challenges to the HumanitiesChester E. Finn Jr. Diane Ravitch, and P. Holley Roberts This provocative volume explores themes that were highlighted in Chester Finn's and Diane Ravitch's earlier work (with coauthor Robert Fancher) Against Mediocrity. It elucidates and responds to concerns that underlie current challenges to the humanities, including public apathy, vocationalism, inadequate teacher training, the trendiness of computer study, and the readily determinable More > | ![]() |
Challenging Multiracial IdentityRainier Spencer What is multiracialism—and what are the theoretical consequences and practical costs of asserting a multiracial identity? Arguing that the multiracial movement bolsters, rather than subverts, traditional categories of race, Rainier Spencer critically assesses current scholarship in support of multiracial identity. More > | ![]() |
Changing Saudi Arabia: Art, Culture, and Society in the KingdomSean Foley T. E. Lawrence once observed that Saudi Arabia had "so little art" that it could "be said to have no art at all." Whether that was once the case is arguable. But that it is not the case now is clear in Sean Foley's Changing Saudi Arabia.
Exploring the contemporary arts movement in Saudi Arabia in the context of the kingdom's changing political realities, Foley finds More > | ![]() |
Chasing Equality: Women’s Rights and US Public PolicySusan Gluck Mezey and Megan A. Sholar Despite women's many gains in the political, economic, and social spheres, equality remains elusive—and in some areas, ground is being lost. Why? Why does the pay gap between women and men persist? Why is sexual harassment and assault so prevalent in schools and universities? Why are efforts to diminish women's individual autonomy, restricting their access to reproductive health More > | ![]() |
Child Labor and Human Rights: Making Children MatterBurns H. Weston, editor The International Labour Organization estimated in 2000 that, of the approximately 246 million children engaged in labor worldwide, 171 million were working in situations harmful to their development. Child Labor and Human Rights provides a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon of child labor from a human rights perspective.
The authors consider the connections between human rights and abusive More > | ![]() |
Child Labor in Sub-Saharan AfricaLoretta E. Bass Although both media and scholarly attention to the use of child labor has focused on Asia and Latin America, the highest incidence of the practice is found in Africa, where one in three children works. Loretta Bass presents a comprehensive, systematic study of child labor in sub-Saharan Africa.
Bass offers a window on the lives of Africa's children workers, a view informed by her analysis of More > | ![]() |
Child of Two Worlds: The Autobiography of a Filipino-American ... or Vice-VersaNorman Reyes, illustrated by Pete Sapasap A richly detailed chronicle of a cross-cultural odyssey in the Philippines under U.S. colonial rule.
The son of a Filipino father and a North American (Brooklyn-born) mother, Norman Reyes describes a childhood that was divided between two worlds—a mestizo life shaped by the violent drama of historical events. His fast-paced book builds in tension as the assumed safety of Philippine society More > | |
Children at Work: Child Labor Practices in AfricaAnne Kielland and Maurizia Tovo In this accessible treatment of child labor in Africa, straightforward prose is enriched throughout with photographs that give a human face to the issues involved.
The authors draw on sources ranging from scholarly studies to children's own voices. After providing a general background to the topic—debunking myths in the process—they describe the work typically done by African More > | ![]() |
Children of a Bitter Harvest: Child Labour in the Cape WinelandsSusan Levine Sharing more than a hundred interconnected stories, Susan Levine memorably documents moments in the everyday lives of children who worked in the heart of South Africa's wine industry between 1996 and 2010.
The children introduced in the book—if they survived AIDS—are now young adults in a new South Africa that ostensibly offers possibilities for overcoming the shackles of race More > | ![]() |
Chile's Middle Class: A Struggle for Survivial in the Face of NeoliberalismLarissa Lomnitz and Ana Melnick Over the past ten years, most Latin American countries have experienced dramatic economic changes as a result of their enormous debt burden, with a diminished economic role for the state and a consequent drastic cut in state social expenditures. The authors of this provocative book explore the clearly negative impact of these changes on the middle class in Chile, where the military government was More > |