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Standing on the Premises of God
The Christian Right's Fight to Redefine America's Public Schools
Taking the novel approach of framing the Christian Right as a revitalization movement, this book shows how it seeks to effect cultural transformation in order to bring public education - and our society more generally - in line with its worldview. It also assesses the religious viability of the Christian Right as a social movement.
ISBN-13: 9780814719145 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Frederick E. Detwiler
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Local release date: 31/12/1999
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Categories: Regional studies [GTB]Christian social thought & activity [HRCX6]Education [JN]Central government policies [JPQB]USA [1KBB]

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The Mountain is Moving
Japanese Women's Lives
Are Japanese women happy with their roles, or are they frustrated with the limitations of their traditional arrangement? This book explores the many facets of Japanese women's lives, looking at education, marriage, child rearing, the workplace and the political arena.
ISBN-13: 9780814756263 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Patricia Morley
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Local release date: 01/09/1999
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Categories: Regional studies [GTB]Cultural studies [JFC]Gender studies: women [JFSJ1]Japan [1FPJ]

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Double-Consciousness/Double Bind:
Theoretical Issues in Twentieth-Century Black Literature
'It is a peculiar sensation, this double consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's selfthrough the eyes of others.' For Adell, W. E. B. Du Bois's famous articulation of the 'twoness' ofblack Americans is the key to understanding the 'double bind' which afflicts contemporaryAfrican-American literary theory. . . . [The book] demands and ......
ISBN-13: 9780252021091 (Hardback)
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
Sandra Adell
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Local release date: 16/03/1994
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Categories: Literature & literary studies [D]Regional studies [GTB]

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From Behind the Veil:
A Study of Afro-American Narrative (POD)
This pioneering study of Afro-American narrative is far more critical, historical, and textual than biographical, chronological, and atextual. Robert Stepto asserts that Afro-American culture has its store of canonical stories or pregeneric myths, the primary one being the quest for freedom and literacy. This second edition includes a new preface ......
ISBN-13: 9780252062117 (Paperback)
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
Robert Burns Stepto
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Local release date: 16/03/1991
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Categories: Literature & literary studies [D]Regional studies [GTB]

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The Swedish Economy
Examines economic conditions and policies in Sweden. Topics include adjusting to slower economic growth, labour markets, taxation, the public sector, and Swedish political foundations.
ISBN-13: 9780815710417 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
Barry P. Bosworth, Alice M. Rivlin
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Local release date: 01/01/1987
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Categories: Regional studies [GTB]Politics & government [JP]Economics [KC]Europe [1D]