Books published by University Press of America

Media Studies presents the first collection of studies of mass media texts of various genres from an ethnomethodological point of view.

The Hebrew Israelite Community introduces the African-Americans who are members of the Hebrew Israelite Community in Israel from a sociological and anthropological perspective.

Is Communism Dead Forever? deals with the problems of transition in former communist countries from dictatorship and command economies to democracy and free market economies, recognizing the potential for a return to communism in many of the newly independent states, including the privatization of former state owned enterprises, along with the difficulty of changing the mentality of the workforce.

Redistricting and Minority Representation brings together expert research and analysis of the past and present status of minority representation as influenced by the effects of redistricting and the changes that need to be made.

This text covers over 2,000 years, tracing the roots of the contemporary Mexican-American. It utilizes the fields of history, political science, cultural anthropology, folklore, literature, sociolinguistics, Latin American studies and ethnic studies.

Approaches contemporary theological and philosophical implications of the Holocaust on both objective and personal levels. Discusses the potential impact of the Holocaust on Christian theology along with the role of scientific rationality, as dominant western mentality, in the conception and perpetration of the final solution.

This volume brings together a digest of the basic beliefs and teachings associated with the Christian religion.

Since the 1960s, U.S. political leaders have engaged in a controversial debate regarding the deployment of a strategic ballistic missile defense (BMD) system to protect the American homeland. Using an analytic framework consisting of prerequisites for successful strategic weapon programs, this book assesses BMD proposals from the Cold War era (focusing primarily on the 1967 'Sentinel' proposal).

This book provides a discussion of multiculturalism from a global perspective. It progresses from a discussion of the ideological and philosophical arguments for multiculturalism through its political, public policy, and socio-economic dimensions. Multicultural practices from Canada, Germany, India, Israel, Nigeria, Rwanda, the United Kingdom, and the United States are discussed.

This book represents ten years of data collection and analysis on the topic of women managers, using an evolving feminist framework which urges that we consider the dimensions of race, class, and gender simultaneously.

Providing a brief, scholarly, practical synthesis of what Europe stands for and has to offer its visitors, the author chooses to focus on the literary, artistic, philosophical, and theological contributions of some of the countries and cities therein. For both the traveller and non-traveller.

This volume examines the health experiences of non-elderly Hispanics and African Americans within a nationally representative data source: the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey. It documents the extent to which health care is "separate or unequal" for minority Americans.

This work takes the view that the USA is on the brink of a war between generations. It divides the current population into six generations and devotes a chapter to each. It discusses why theories are of little help for intergenerational issues.

This book offers a new approach to comparative religion suggested by science fantasy interpretations of traditional religious teachings.

This book looks at explanations of the black arts as they existed during early medieval centuries in Western Europe. It objectively examines the historical development of magic and witchcraft and emphasizes the reality of these black arts.

In this second edition, twenty-four college professors, with roots in the working class, discuss the experience of significant upward mobility and the problems of adjustment to life in the academy. This collection of stories provides revelations about the social class system and academic life in the United States.

This text provides an examination of the possible influence of birth order on political achievement and behaviour. It looks at American presidents, Supreme Court justices, United States senators and representatives, and the careers of the West Point class.