“…An exceptionally strong chapter on multicultural issues (Chapter 2) helps future teachers truly understand the changing demographics of the American classroom. Abridged NCSS standards and their classroom applications are found at www.myeducationlab.com…”

“…Con un sentido del humor inteligente y cáustico y la prosa más precisa y elegante del periodismo español, Camba detecta enseguida las virtudes y defectos de la Gran Manzana mundo y y teme que la producción en cadena y el american way of life acaben por dañar la libertad individual." …”

“…In this, it draws on the tradition of pragmatism in American philosophy, especially John Dewey's injunctions to heed the particular, the contingent and experienced as opposed to the abstract, general and disembodied. …”

“…The Wretched of the Earth, written in 1961, inspired leaders of liberation movements from Steve Biko in South Africa to Che Guevera to the Black Panthers in the United States.Wideman's novel is disguised as the project of a contemporary African-American novelist, Thomas, who undertakes writing a life of Fanon. …”
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“…This volume responds to such simplistic, largely corporate and American, approaches by expanding the framework for understanding public relations history. …”

“…Addressing the topic from a European as well as North American perspective, The Rise of Business Ethics will be of interest to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of business ethics, business and society, business history, organization studies and political economy -- Editor…”

“…And he examines the history and evolution of laws and attitudes regarding assisted suicide and euthanasia in American society. After assessing the strengths and weaknesses of arguments for assisted suicide and euthanasia, Gorsuch builds a nuanced, novel, and powerful moral and legal argument against legalization, one based on a principle that, surprisingly, has largely been overlooked in the debate--the idea that human life is intrinsically valuable and that intentional killing is always wrong. …”
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“…He first sketches a history that links Peirce’s thought to that of earlier figures (both within the tradition of American religious thought and beyond), as well as to other classical pragmatists and to later thinkers and developments. …”

“…By the late 1960s more than a few critics of American culture groused about the condition of television programming and, in particular, the quality and content of television shows for children. …”

“…Ferguson thinks it is high time we re-examined the link-the "nexus," to use Thomas Carlyle's term-between economics and politics, in the aftermath not only of the failure of socialism but also of the apparent triumph of American-style capitalism. His central argument is that the conflicting impulses of sex, violence, and power are together more powerful than money. …”

“…The story of Jamie Berube's journey to adulthood and a meditation on disability in American life Published in 1996, Life as We Know It introduced Jamie Berube to the world as a sweet, bright, gregarious little boy who loves the Beatles, pizza, and making lists. …”

“…There are towns, rivers, mountain ranges, the ocean current that runs along the South American coast, there's a penguin, a giant squid - even the Mare Humboldtianum on the moon. …”

“…Peirce Society: a Quarterly Journal in American Philosophy, con el objetivo de dar respuesta a la identificación de las principales líneas de discusión y temáticas tratadas desde su inicio en el año 1965, hasta agosto del año 2005. …”

“…Today the desire for this knowledge is captured in the structured assessments of national school systems and in the professional education pathways that inspire governments to modernize school systems and provide for people's well-being. American policy and research are thus linked by reforms that are verified as "scientific, empirical evidences" about "what works." …”

“…The narrator of The Visible World, the American-born son of Czech immigrants living in New York, grows up in an atmosphere haunted by fragments of a past he cannot understand. …”
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“…They arguably have provided American universities access to greater wealth, better students, and stronger links with the economy. …”
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“…A Real Slow Drag - Scott Joplin 6. American Beauty Rag - Joseph Lamb 7. Desecration Rag - Felix Arndt 8. …”

“…Jarausch further explores how Western Europe surprisingly recovered due to American help and political integration. Finally, he examines how the Cold War pushed the divided continent to the brink of nuclear annihilation, and how the unforeseen triumph of liberal capitalism came to be threatened by Islamic fundamentalism, global economic crisis, and an uncertain future. …”

“…Presentación del editor: "Like American politics, the academic debate over justice is polarized, with almost all theories of justice falling within one of two traditions: egalitarianism and libertarianism. …”

“…The selected economists include an American, a Pole, a Hungarian, a German, a British, a Japanese, and an Argentinian: all very different economists but with interconnections among them. …”