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On Racial Icons
Blackness and the Public Imagination
Häftad, 2015
245 kr
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What meaning does the American public attach to images of key black political, social, and cultural figures? Considering photography’s role as a means of documenting historical progress, what is the representational currency of these images? How do racial icons “signify”? Nicole R. Fleetwood’s …
Ray of Light in a Sea of Dark Matter
Häftad, 2014
262 kr
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What’s in the dark? Countless generations have gazed up at the night sky and asked this question-the same question that cosmologists ask themselves as they study the universe. The answer turns out to be surprising and rich. The space between stars is filled with an exotic substance called “dark …
Worried Sick
How Stress Hurts Us and How to Bounce Back
Av Deborah Carr
Häftad, 2014
278 kr
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Comments like “I’m worried sick” convey the conventional wisdom that being “stressed out” will harm our health. Thousands of academic studies reveal that stressful life events (like a job loss), ongoing strains (like burdensome caregiving duties), and even daily hassles (like traffic jams on the …
Running Dry
Essays on Energy, Water, and Environmental Crisis
Häftad, 2015
154 kr
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The world’s water is under siege. A combination of corporate greed, the elite pursuit of political power, and our unrelenting reliance on carbon-based energy is accerlating a broad range of environmental and political crises. Potentially catastrophic climate change, driven primarily by the …
New Jersey's Postsuburban Economy
Av James W. Hughes, Joseph Seneca
Häftad, 2014
262 kr
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New Jersey has a long history of adapting to a changing economic climate. From its colonial origins to the present day, New Jersey's economy has continuously and successfully confronted the challenges and uncertainties of technological and demographic change, placing the state at the forefront of …
