Books published by Taylor & Francis Inc

The first book to focus on the political legacy of Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI.

Written over a century ago, this examines African-American culture and life, with illustrations, photographs, and modern day commentary.

For dealing with an increasingly chaotic and violence-prone world, Higher Realism offers a grand strategy that rejects the imperial thrust of recent U

Barriers to Inclusion offers a comparative and historical account of the rise of special education over the twentieth century in the United States and Germany. This institutional analysis demonstrates how categorical boundaries, professional groups, social movements, and education and social policies shaped the schooling of children and youth with disabilities. It traces the evolution of special education classification, explores growing special education organizations, and examines students'' learning opportunities and educational attainments. Highlighting cross-national differences over time, the author also investigates demographic and geographic variability within the federal democracies, especially in segregation and inclusion rates of disabled and disadvantaged children. Germany''s elaborate system of segregated special school types contrasts with diverse American special education classrooms mainly within regular schools. Joining historical case studies with empirical indicators, this book reveals persistent barriers to school integration as well as factors that facilitate inclusive education reform in both societies.

This book looks at the function and role of Emergency operations centers (EOCs) and their organizations. The new edition contains added chapters on in-crisis communications, communicating with the public and media, and leadership and decision-making during disaster events.

A sociological account of sport using the idea of the 'postself' - how individuals regard themselves and want to be remembered by the public.

Focuses on the influence of religion, religiosity, nationalism, and ethnicity on fertility and mortality in Israel. This book focuses on fertility, looks at patterns of nuptiality and contraception and the way marriage patterns are shaping group boundaries, looks at mortality, and looks at social policy effects of the demographic process.

Includes chapters on polymer composites and functional polymers for electrical, optical, photonic, and biomedical applications. This book features a section on controlled radical polymerizations such as nitroxide, ATRP, RAFT/MADDIX, and CCT and includes material on NMR spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy.

This book elucidates the intricacies and obscurities of graduate enrollment management, allowing scholars and professionals to advance research and practice in the field.

This book elucidates the intricacies and obscurities of graduate enrollment management, allowing scholars and professionals to advance research and practice in the field.

Language Ideologies and Linguistic Identity in Heritage Language Learning addresses the ways in which discourses about language value and identities of linguistic expertise are constructed and negotiated in the Spanish heritage language classroom, and how the classroom discourse shapes, and is shaped by, the world outside.

In this updated edition, the author focuses on topics that are critical to understanding how the basic principles of optics affect design decisions. In addition to information on breadboarding experiments and prototypes, the new edition also expands its coverage of holography and discusses important state-of-the-art issues in modern optics.

Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students is an indispensable resource for parents and educators seeking to understand why gifted children can be so extreme in their behavior and how to manage the highs and lows that accompany emotional intensity.

This book takes readers through the most iconic geologically significant scenery in South America, points out features of interest, and describes how these features came to be. Areas covered include the glacial landscapes of southern Patagonia, the foothills of the Andes, the Atacama Desert, and a trip across the Andes in Darwin's footsteps.

As higher education turns a critical eye inward toward policies and practices related to professionals and students of color, this resource aims to fill a void in the literature by exploring the experience of Black new professionals in the field of student affairs.

As higher education turns a critical eye inward toward policies and practices related to professionals and students of color, this resource aims to fill a void in the literature by exploring the experience of Black new professionals in the field of student affairs.

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Assesses the legacy and contemporary relevance of the radical US historian and activist, Howard Zinn, with contributions from Noam Chomsky and others.

All parents want their children to be successful, but success is not just about giving your kids praise or setting them on the right direction. Research shows that success is often dependent on mindset. That's where the updated edition of Mindsets for Parents comes in!