Books published by University Press of America

Legal Rights of Prisoners is a timely book that addresses the constitutional rights of people in places of confinement. More specifically, it examines the amendments that inmates use and the case law that has developed to address their concerns.

As translation involves more than mere mechanics but as a discipline tied to cultural understanding, translators must focus on the dissimilarities and incongruities between the source and target societies, as well as their languages. The work concludes by analyzing the published translations of two works.

This new edition is an indispensable aid for helping students improve their skills in Spanish. Designed with upper level students in mind, each chapter begins with a stimulating article or story that can be used as the basis for class conversations or composition themes.

African People in the Global Village looks at the place of African people in the global village and the possible direction that they may follow in the future. This original examination of African people from an open-minded, multidisciplinary perspective allows for a well-rounded understanding of their situations and possible evolution within the global village.

Co-published with the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship (CLC), Geography and Worldview contains eight essays on the theme of geography and Christian worldview based on papers presented at a conference held at Calvin College in August 1996.

One of the most closely-watched and controversial aspects of modern political campaigning is the use of negative, attack tactics. This book examines the role played by negative campaigning through a national survey of professional political consultants.

In Africa, urbanites have used their ethnicity, friendship, and rural places of origin to cement their life in the cities, most particularly in the development of small enterprises. Social and Political Dynamics of the Informal Economy in African Cities explores how informal economies in African cities operate.

This book examines how Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first post-colonial political leader legitimized his rule. It argues that Nkrumah found in religion a way to weld ethnicnically diverse groups with primordial attachments together. Through his employment he was able to spearhead the building of a nation he named Ghana.

This book examines how the political and legislative process, and political money corrupt the enactment of a true banking reform legislation. The focus of the book is FIDICIA and all that surrounded it. The book's greatest contribution lies in examining the political process which fields the grounds and the groundrules on which banking institutions compete.

This book provides an up-to-date theologically balanced introduction to the Bible and its study, which takes biblical scholarship seriously and takes an affirming stance on faith.

Transcendental Wife tells the story of Abigail May Alcott (1800-1877), a 19th-century wife and mother, who accepted the view that women best served society and moral authority by supporting involved husbands and by nurturing future citizens, the children.

This work discusses the claim that people are destined to act selfishly because their fitness in resulting generations depends on it. The book provides an overview of a motivation model designed to support an interpretation of altruistic behaviour and questions the "selfish gene" theory.

This work explores the social, political and economic contexts and consequences of economic interaction beyond local systems. Because the focus of economic analysis is often local, particularly in anthropology, this book aims its analysis beyond the local system of economic interaction.