No historical figure is more synonymous with establishing American democracy than Thomas Jefferson. Revolutionary, iconoclastic, yet pragmatic, the legacy of Jefferson as an intellectual and politician continues to reverberate across academic and public circles. However, Jefferson's writings on power, authority, and politics point to a different ......
Liberal democracies of the twenty-first century face the continuing economic tensions of globalization and the various populist political responses. In A Political Theology of the Bureaucratic State, Steven T. Lane argues that a deeper problem exists underneath the neoliberal system of contemporary democratic capitalism - the bureaucratic state ......
The untold success story of present-day orphanages -- now called residential education facilities (REFs) and academies -- and how they fit into the spectrum of choices for children who no longer have a family to come home to every night.
Laurel Cemetery was incorporated in 1852 as a nondenominational cemetery for African Americans of Baltimore, Maryland. It was the final resting place for thousands of Baltimoreans and many prominent members of the community, including religious leaders, educators, political organizers, and civil rights activists. During its existence, the ......
All-time best-seller updated with 16 pages of a recipes made with a pinch of love! The journey to Grandma's house ended by driving down a long, bumpy farm lane and coming to a handsome old farmhouse set among tall trees. We'd visit on the porch for a while, and then when we couldn't sit still any longer, we'd run inside where delicious scents ......
The laws of physics provide principles defining what is possible - and not possible - in the physical world. This book examines and critiques many widely held pseudoscientific beliefs in light of these laws.
Social media influencer marketing emerged in Web 2.0 as a new form of celebrity endorsement in which the Internet-famous create word-of-mouth marketing for brands and organizations on their personal social media pages, blurring the line between organic and sponsored content for their followers. This book explores social media influencer marketing ......
This book presents a philosophical journey into the Anthropocene that views this geological epoch as the potential metarecit of our age and the planetary framework within which technology becomes the environment for human life. The appropriate name for this epochal phenomenon is, as a result, not Anthropocene, but Technocene.
