A Promising Problem

Author : Carlos Kevin Blanton
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477310126
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Promising Problem written by Carlos Kevin Blanton and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicana/o history has reached an intriguing juncture. While academic and intellectual studies are embracing new, highly nuanced perspectives on race, class, gender, education, identity, and community, the field itself continues to be viewed as a battleground, subject to attacks from outside academia by those who claim that the discipline promotes racial hatred and anti-Americanism. Against a backdrop of deportations and voter suppression targeting Latinos, A Promising Problem presents the optimistic voices of scholars who call for sophisticated solutions while embracing transnationalism and the reality of multiple, overlapping identities. Showcasing a variety of new directions, this anthology spans topics such as growth and reassessment in Chicana/o history manifested in a disruption of nationalism and geographic essentialism, the impact of legal history, interracial relations and the experiences of Latino subpopulations in the US South, race and the politics of religious history, transborder feminism in the early twentieth century, and aspirations for a field that increasingly demonstrates the relational dynamics of cultural production. As they reflect on the state of their field, the contributors offer significant insights into sociology, psychology, anthropology, political science, education, and literature, while tracing the history of activism throughout the last century and debating the very concepts of "Chicano" and "Chicano history." Although the political landscape is fraught with closed-off rhetoric, A Promising Problem encourages diversity of thought and opens the possibilities of historical imagination.

Author : Joseph Britt
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465399569
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Good Problem to Have written by Joseph Britt and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-11-23 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the seventies. Tom Phillips is a fugitive from the Navy and involved romantically with his best friends mother. What he doesnt know is that he is bi-polar and headed for a crash. This coming of age story tells of a young mans adventures as he struggles to wake up from the dream of his life.

Author : Random House
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0593431626
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Promise Problem (Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go) written by Random House and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full-color storybook based on the new Thomas & Friends animated series Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go(TM) on Netflix and Cartoon Network! Includes more than 50 stickers for extra fun. Train-loving children ages 3 to 7 will be thrilled to read about the new faces and places Thomas meets on the Island of Sodor! Based on the new Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go(TM) animated series on Netflix and Cartoon Network, this beautifully illustrated paperback includes more than 50 bonus stickers!

Author : Leigh Evans
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 1250032466
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Problem with Promises written by Leigh Evans and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEVER MAKE A PROMISE... Robson Trowbridge, the Alpha of Creemore and my gorgeous mate, tries to protect me, Hedi Peacock, half-Fae, half-were, from all the trouble I get into. The thing is, my past is pretty messy and bad guys keep knocking down my door. Witches, thug bikers, the North American Council of Weres, dark magic Fae, and even an evil wizard are all after me. The Old Mage is the only one I really care about: He has my dear twin brother captive on the other side of the Gates of Merenwyn—not cool. So my alpha love is helping me to keep my promise to free my brother... YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP. Unfortunately, everyone who helps me ends up in a heap of trouble too—including my Trowbridge. Now, I admit I've had my moments as a shivering coward, hoping he will come to my brave rescue. The whole Prince Charming thing is hard to shake. But these bad guys after me mean business and those damsel in distress days are over. You know that "last straw" metaphor? That was two straws ago. It's now or never. Again... The Problem with Promises is the third Mystwalker Novel from Leigh Evans. "A brilliant new take on fairies, werewolves, and magic...I am officially addicted." —Chloe Neill, New York Times bestselling author

Author : J. Oloka-Onyango
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443870935
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Problems, Promises, and Paradoxes of Aid written by J. Oloka-Onyango and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an anthology of essays contributing new scholarship to the contemporary discourse on the concept of aid. It provides an interdisciplinary investigation of the role of aid in African development, compiling the work of historians, political scientists, legal scholars, and economists to examine where aid has failed and to offer new perspectives on how aid can be made more effective. Questions regarding the effectiveness of aid are addressed here using specific case studies. The question of ownership is examined in the context of two debates: 1) to what extent should aid be designed by the recipient country itself? and 2) should aid focus on “need” or “performance”? That is, should donors direct aid to the poorest countries, regardless of their policies and governance, or should aid “reward” countries for doing the right thing? The future of aid is also addressed: should aid continue to be a part of the development agenda for countries in sub-Saharan Africa? If so, how much and what type of aid is needed, and how it can be made most effective? The major criticism against aid is that it cripples the recipient country’s economic growth by turning it into a passive receiver; in addition, it has been noted that aid is mostly supply-driven, depending upon donors rather than the actual needs of recipients. For this reason, aid may not meet the goals for which it was intended. To meet the needs of the communities they want to help, donors should work through consultation and a measure of recipient ownership. Donors need to understand context, to protect human rights, and to be guided by principles of social and environmental justice. Other suggested strategies for making aid more effective include peer review; self-assessment; the empowerment of women; encouraging accountability; investing in agriculture; helping smallholder subsistence farmers; introducing ethical and professional standards for civil service; and raising the competence of civil servants.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pharmaceutical Innovation--promises and Problems written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dennis C. Rasmussen
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271035099
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Problems and Promise of Commercial Society written by Dennis C. Rasmussen and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-11-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adam Smith is popularly regarded as the ideological forefather of laissez-faire capitalism, while Rousseau is seen as the passionate advocate of the life of virtue in small, harmonious communities and as a sharp critic of the ills of commercial society. But, in fact, Smith had many of the same worries about commercial society that Rousseau did and was strongly influenced by his critique. In this first book-length comparative study of these leading eighteenth-century thinkers, Dennis Rasmussen highlights Smith’s sympathy with Rousseau’s concerns and analyzes in depth the ways in which Smith crafted his arguments to defend commercial society against these charges. These arguments, Rasmussen emphasizes, were pragmatic in nature, not ideological: it was Smith’s view that, all things considered, commercial society offered more benefits than the alternatives. Just because of this pragmatic orientation, Smith’s approach can be useful to us in assessing the pros and cons of commercial society today and thus contributes to a debate that is too much dominated by both dogmatic critics and doctrinaire champions of our modern commercial society.

Author : Elizabeth Moler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mexico, the Promise and Problems of Petroleum written by Elizabeth Moler and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264019499
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Promise and Problems of E-Democracy Challenges of Online Citizen Engagement written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-19 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights policy lessons in using ICTs to provide information, opportunities for consultation and public participation in policy-making. It includes numerous examples of current practice from 12 OECD member countries (Australia, Canada ...

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Congressional Symposium, Railroads--1977 and Beyond--Problems and Promises written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: