Gender, Race, and Heredity after the Human Genome Project
Situates contemporary genomics within a history of genetics research yet is attentive to the new ways in which knowledge claims about heredity, race, and gender emerge and are articulated
How America's War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam
Examining relations between America and the Muslim world, the author draws on forty case studies representing the global span of Islam to demonstrate how the US has become involved directly or indirectly in each of these societies.
The effectiveness of Traditional Chinese Medicine has always been a point of fierce debate among Western medical practitioners, and no practice has proven more divisive than acupuncture. After graduating from medical school Dr. Richard Halvorsen, initially a sceptic, took a part time course in acupuncture out of curiosity. Subsequently, for the ......
Investigating urban segregation from a social health perspective, the author presents ways to strengthen neighborhood connectivity and empower marginalized communities.
An identification of the problems of divided neighborhoods and nine tools that can mend them What if divided neighborhoods were causing public health problems? What if a new approach to planning and design could tackle both the built environment and collective well-being at the same time? What if cities could help each other? Dr. Mindy ......
In 2003, defending champion Pam Reed, Dean Karnazes and 71 other runners took the ultimate challenge of running 135 miles in California from Badwater to the portals of Mount Whitney. Their journey would take them through Death Valley and subject them to temperatures ranking among the highest ever recorded on earth. Twenty-five runners tell of ......
This title presents a superbly illustrated and easy-to-follow overview of the basic principles, concepts, and techniques of Aikido. Aikido is the Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba in the early 20th century as a synthesis of other martial arts and a philosophy of peace, the goal of which was to create an art that could be used by ......
Explores the language of wonder in the history of the New World. Traces the preoccupation with this concept in the history of the Americas from the colonial era to the twentieth century, with the emergence of so-called magical realism.