An examination of how young African-Americans are impacted by the persuasive negative images of their culture that are... Læs mere
This work began in the form of an all-day symposium developed by co-editor Willis E. Sibley on the topic of corporate culture. The editors have compiled papers presented by anthropologists concerned with corporate and organizational culture.
In recent years, the world has witnessed enormous changes in the political borders between nation-states. These changes have highlighted the function and meaning of physical borders in the construction of nationality.
This book examines the central aspects of modernity and the underlying factors at work in the process of modernization.
Describes the fundamental structural differences between the American and Japanese economies, defends the Japanese approach, and warns that US policies, seeking to Americanize their strongest competitors policies, are doomed to fail.
This book discusses the adult development of the Biblical Patriarch, Abraham, as a 'Spiritual Revolutionary' (based on... Læs mere
There has been much speculation about Castro and Cuba's future and the state of U.S.óCuban relations in the post Cold War environment. This study analyzes the forces which brought Castro to power and sustained his control.
Part of two complementary works dealing with contemporary religious responses to the Shoah, one from the Christian perspective, the other from the Jewish perspective. This work focuses on the Christian responses to the Holocaust.
Murdered at Auschwitz, Edith Stein has become a controversial figure in Jewish and Catholic circles. Some believe that her Jewishness makes it inappropriate to... Læs mere
The central theme of the study is Christ as the sacrament of reconciliation of the human being with God. In light of this premise, the study is divided into two main parts.
The first book-length study on Cuban music in the English language. This volume consists of thirteen articles written by nine authors, including four Cuban scholars and five North American ethnomusicologists.
Drawing on Jewish sources and official Tsarist government archives, this is an account of the shutdown of a major 19th-century Jewish printing... Læs mere