Books published by Rowman & Littlefield

This work theorizes that models based on the classical sciences have misguided educational leadership. Dr Rettig shows his critique of the school administration structure with the story of Leslie O'Connor, a fictional administrator, who makes her way through familiar-seeming training techniques.

This volume is a primer - containing both theory and practice - for the educator looking for team strategies and success. It is designed around the principle that educational teams are composed of highly interrelated processes and presents seven steps for development and implementation.

This book describes the most important events and people in Jewish history from Abraham to the present day, in a very concise, accessible way. These 'read-bites' include up-to-date essays discussing the impact of 9-11; the Iraq War, Muslim fundamentalism, and rise of European anti-Semitism on the Jewish people.

This text systematically examines the film distribution - legal and illegal - in Greater China.Tracing networks of optical disc and online piracy, it tackles issues of policy, international politics, globalization and technology.

Chronicles representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer sexualities over one hundred years of American film. This book explores the ever-changing images of queer characters onscreen as well as the work of queer filmmakers and the cultural histories of queer audiences - from the works of discreetly homosexual filmmakers.

In this book, Eva Brann sets out no less a task than to assess the meaning of imagination in its multifarious expressions throughout western history. The result is one of those rare achievements that will make The World of the Imagination a standard reference.

The engaging and inquiring mind of French philosopher Jacques Maritain reflected on varied subjects arising from his diverse studies. In this book, James Schall explores Maritain's political philosophy.

Drawing on ideas from Charles Sander Pierce, George Herbert Mead, Kenneth Burke and Mikhail Bakhtin, this work focuses on the centrality of the social act in describing and understanding the beingness of the human individual, situating such acts in dialogic and rhetorical processes.

Oral history helps in empowering young people with a love of history. Peppered with tips, examples from students and teachers, and reproducible forms, along with a comprehensive bibliography, this book is suitable tool for anyone working with secondary students to plan and carryout oral history projects.

This user-friendly book offers common sense and educationally informative answers that parents and teachers seek to questions and dilemmas in the effort to provide a fair and equitable education for the gifted.

This open and engaging book will help you develop thematic tours and train your guides to lead those tours, while aiding you in managing your guide program effectively. The authors' unique approach includes clear step-by-step instructions supplemented with activities and readings.

Enlivened with many examples and the words of program planners, instructors, and participants, this book can show you a whole new world for your museum programs, and help you design programs that will allow your adult learners to enter that exciting and potentially life-changing world.

Moral Thinking is critical of mainstream academic ethics for being pretty nearly stuck on Kant and Mill, for neglecting nonviolence (Gandhi and King), for nearly neglecting the women's movement (it is not yet central to most ethics texts and courses), for largely neglecting the anti-racism movement (also marginal in academic.

Distinguished scholar Betty Wood clearly explains the evolution of the transatlantic slave trade and compares the regional social and economic forces that affected the growth of slavery in early America. In addition, Wood provides a window into the reality of slavery, presenting a true picture of daily life throughout the colonies.

The Nietzsche Disappointment confronts Nietzsche's recurrent, symptomatic struggles with causal accounts. His explanations of past and future raise high hopes; when they fail they are responsible for profound disappointment.

Brings together the author's important reflections on the historian's craft and its importance. This work examines the ways in which the dynamic events of the second half of the 20th century have significantly altered the way historians approach the past and highlights the incredible power they hold in shaping a national identity.

News Narratives and News Framing is a revealing look at how the media's construction of news affects our political, economic, and social realities.

The Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth is the central tenet of the Christian faith. Resurrected? is a remarkable dialogue between the leading Christian scholar of the Resurrection and the worlds best- known philosophical atheist. Both participants agree to separate historical facts that occurred when Jesus died and shortly afterward.

Through an analysis of films such as American Beauty, Blade Runner, Natural Born Killers, and Thelma and Louise, Carl Boggs and Thomas Pollard explore the historical and theoretical shift from the long era of modernity to an emergent postmodernity and examine its intersection with film culture.

In bridging the gap between Lee's private interests and public career, J. Kent McGaughy seeks to overturn many of the misconceptions about Lee and shows that, throughout his life, he remained dedicated to his family and public service.

Media Wars is a timely assessment of what we are and are not being told in the most important story of our new century.

This work defends a libertarian conception of a free society, one in which negative rights (rights not to be interfered with in peaceful pursuits) are identified and protected. It argues that such a society is the best ideal for humans and that this ideal is deserving of everyone's support.

What could possibly motivate a person to molest a child? In search of insights, Not Monsters documents the stories of nine convicted child molesters through one-on-one interviews, listening to what offenders have to say about their crimes and exploring the roots of these behaviours from a social constructionist perspective.

This work applies Kenneth Burke's theory of guilt-purification-redemption in a close, critical analysis of Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech, developing and examining the implications of Burke's redemption drama in contemporary public discourse.

Marshalling psychological and sociological theory and research, and drawing upon extensive clinical experiences as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, the author explores the various dimensions of cloning. Clone Being attempts to anticipate possible consequences for a clone, his or her "parents" and family, and society.

The emergence of a European policy on armaments is an important and politically controversial component in the building of Europe. This book serves as a useful tool for those trying to understand the interaction between two European organizational fields - market and defense - and the emergence of a European organizational field on armaments.