A History of American Popular Music helps readers become more discerning consumers of American popular music through the study of its fascinating history. The text underscores the increased enjoyment and inherent discovery of new music styles and artists when one learns how to describe, analyze, and deconstruct music. Students are encouraged to ......
A History of the Modern Middle East provides students with a primer on the major historical events that have shaped the Middle East over time. The book integrates environmental considerations throughout the historical narrative and includes material on the Nile Valley Sudan, a region often missing from traditional Middle East texts. The opening ......
A History of the Modern Middle East provides students with a primer on the major historical events that have shaped the Middle East over time. The book integrates environmental considerations throughout the historical narrative and includes material on the Nile Valley Sudan, a region often missing from traditional Middle East texts. The opening ......
A History of the United States through High-Profile Assassinations presents a unique perspective on American history, framing the narrative through a sequence of notable assassinations and attempted assassinations. This approach offers a novel lens through which to examine historical continuity and change. The text emphasizes the broader social, ......
A Lasting Legacy: Racism, Inequality, and the Supreme Court uses primary source documents to explore how the Supreme Court has shaped civil rights throughout our country's history. The book gives students of American history the opportunity to examine excerpts from court decisions and consider their consequences. This work details the practice of ......
A Look at Film and Social Justice in Cinema Today navigates the intersection of filmmaking and its role in highlighting social justice issues. This book examines how some modern cinema has shifted from predominantly featuring stories of heterosexual white males to a more inclusive representation of diverse racial and ethnic narratives that address ......
A Macro Approach to Addressing Drug Use: Centering the Person in the Context of Structures offers a critical examination of the United States' approach to drug policy and its effects on individuals and society. The text proposes a reconsideration of societal perceptions and policies, suggesting a shift towards a humanistic, pragmatic, and ......
A New Rhetoric of Social Movements explains the rhetoric-visual, aural, verbal, and technological-of social change actors from a theoretical perspective that emphasizes the interrelationship of agitation and control and the spectrum of movement activities from the reformist to the revolutionary. Readers learn not only how to describe social ......
A Step-by-Step Process to Integrate the Nine Competencies into the Social Work Practicum
A Pathway to Social Work Competence: A Step-by-Step Process to Integrate the Nine Competencies into the Social Work Practicum helps readers learn the requirements of the nine competencies set out by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and to implement them during their social work practicum experience. The guide encourages individual ......
