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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction, by Christopher McKnight Nichols and David Milne -- Part I: Ideologies and the People -- 1. Indigenous Subjecthood and White Populism in British America, by Matthew Kruer -- 2. American Presidents and the Ideology of Civilization, by Benjamin A. Coates -- 3. Containing the Multitudes: Nationalism and U.S. Foreign Policy Ideas at the Grassroots Level, by Michaela Hoenicke-Moore -- 4. "Mrs. Sovereign Citizen": Women's International Thought and American Public Culture, 1920-1950, by Katharina Rietzler -- Part II: Ideologies of Power

Intro -- Title Page -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Malthus's Ultimate Weapon -- Chapter 2: Civilization and the Rise of Infection -- Chapter 3: Trade Merges Disease Pools -- Chapter 4: Pestilence Conquers -- Chapter 5: The Exclusion Instinct -- Chapter 6: Cleaning Up -- Chapter 7: Salvation by Needle -- Chapter 8: It's Good to Get Closer -- Chapter 9: The Revenge of Infection? -- Chapter 10: Abusing Our Best Defenses -- Chapter 11: Flattening the Plague Cycle -- Chapter 12: Conclusion: Humanity's Greatest Victory -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Copyright.

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Prologue: Where Will You Live in 2050? -- Chapter 1: Mobility Is Destiny -- Chapter 2: The War for Young Talent -- Chapter 3: Generation Move -- Chapter 4: The Next American Dream -- Chapter 5: The European Commonwealth -- Chapter 6: Bridging Regions -- Chapter 7: Northism -- Chapter 8: Will "The South" Survive? -- Chapter 9: The Asians Are Coming -- Chapter 10: Retreat and Renewal in Pacific Asia -- Chapter 11: Quantum People -- Chapter 12: 'Pax Urbanica' -- Chapter 13: Civilization 3.0 -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index -- Illustration Credits -- Copyright.

Slavery is not a modern concept. Ancient civilizations such as Greece and Rome had systems of slavery, and many countries within Africa enslaved the members of rival tribes after they lost battles. However, Europeans greatly expanded and entrenched the slave trade. Through primary sources and annotated quotes, readers experience the horrors of slavery from the perspective of those it affected. A detailed timeline and discussion questions add to this essential reading experience that illustrates the lasting global effects of the transatlantic slave trade.

American sameness, or the world's first middle class -- How exceptional is American exceptionalism? -- The blessings of American culture and the road to American civilization -- Dysfunctional democracy and its discontents -- Don't know much about history ... but "if you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you" (Groucho Marx) -- Apple and Wall Street -- American pragmatism and hypocrisy : drugs and immigration -- Race and religion in America -- The unforgivable : mass incarceration, the death penalty, guns, and intelligent design.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Introduction: Imperial Romance -- 1. Civilization and Enlightenment: The Role of the Japanese Home in the Early Colonial Period, 1905-1919 -- 2. Under the Same Roof: A Royal Wedding and a Mixed Family for the Ruling Class -- 3. Wartime Ideology and the Integration of Korean-Japanese Mixed Families, 1930s -- 4. Romance and Colonial Universalism -- 5. Visualizing "International" and Korean-Japanese Marriage in Print Media -- Epilogue: Postcolonial Interracial Intimacy -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Intro -- Praise for Farming for the Long Haul -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1. Farming in the Ruins of the Twentieth Century -- 2. A Short, Unhappy History of Business Advice for Farmers -- 3. Subsistence First! -- 4. Land for the Tiller -- 5. Soil, Civilization, and Resilient Farmers Through the Centuries -- 6. Resourceful Farmers -- 7. Woodlands and Wastes -- 8. It Takes a Village: Leisure, Community, and Resilience -- 9. Getting a Living, Forging a Livelihood -- 10. Farmer, Citizen, Survivor: Politics and Resilience -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Author

Nature versus nurture : redrawing the battle lines -- Darwin's legacy : selection and adaptation -- Darwinian medicine -- From bodies to behavior : population genetics and social life -- Architecture of the human brain -- Gendered brains -- The racialized brain -- Brain traits : the view from MRIs -- The search for IQ-linked genes -- Smart genes, big brains, and civilization -- Mean genes : the (un) holy grail of race-realism -- Girl growth : sexual maturation in black and brown bodies -- Testosterone tales of sex and aggression -- The AR gene : the "new testosterone."

Intro; Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; I: The Starry Skies of Philosophy; From Kant's Starry Skies to Kafka's Odradek; The Name as the Navel; II: A Firmament of Ideas; Constellation and Expression in Leibniz and; Constellation and Configuration; III: Capitalism's Mourning Play and the Rags of History; The History of Production and the Production of History; The Poetics of The Rag Collector; IV: Directing Constellations; Distracted Images; Surviving Civilization with Mickey Mouse and a Laugh; V: Reading (in) Constellations; The Gothic Third World

Introduction -- 1. A framework for the study of Sufi political thought -- 2. Following the conceptual thread: Sufism as an experience of Asia -- 3. The open civilization and the fundamentals of religion -- 4. Political Sufism and Sufi political interventions -- 5. A tale of two saviours: the Sufi contestation for power in medieval Islam -- 6. Sufism and the politics of 'Jesus' -- 7. Sufi politics in contemporary global society -- 8. The subtle body and the experience of politics in the human -- Conclusion: reflections on Sufi activity in civic society today.

This book offers a wide-ranging exploration of the key word Jew-charting the past meanings, present usages, and possible futures of a term that lies not only at the heart of Jewish experience, but at the core of how Western civilization has imagined the Other. Tracing the word's evolution, Cynthia M. Baker also interrogates the contested categories of "ethnicity," "race," and "religion," while providing a glimpse of what Jew is coming to mean in an era of Internet cultures, genetic sequencing, and uncertain identities

Civilizations have always used scientific and technological advancements to gain an edge against rival nations. The Science of Warriorsexplores the science behind some of the most influential weapons, defenses, and modes of transportation in history. Easy-to-read text and vivid images bring this subject to life. Features include a table of contents, fast facts, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Space related concepts as primary locus of human activities and issues -- Space, identity, and global issues -- Gender issues as space issues -- Structured spaces as cause of global issues -- Religion and politics : competing for the public space -- Civilizations and space -- The global space : from the Columbian epoch to globalization -- Globalization of space and its implications -- Globalization issues : the environment, immigration, global health, human trafficking -- Role and place of nations in the global space -- The cyber space : a new space and its issues

Introduction -- Contents -- Part I: Analysis of Terrorism in the Middle East -- Chapter 1: Terrorism in the Middle East: Policy and Administrative Approach -- Introduction -- Causes of Upheaval in the Middle East -- Cause 1: Political and Economic Paradigm -- Cause 2: Absence of Viable Form of Expression -- Cause 3: Wars and Foreign Involvements -- Cause 4: Failed States -- Cause 5: Tribalism, Misogyny, Sectarian Violence, and Minority Issues -- Cause 6: Alienation, Identity Crisis, and Clash of Civilizations -- Cause 7: Political Islam and Dogma -- Is Islam Itself a Religion of Violence?

This book documents and investigates the stories we have told and continue to tell about technology-now the dominant feature of our civilization-in fiction, non-fiction, film, and advertising. It answers important questions about the meanings people ascribe to technology, the hopes and fears we express in the different narratives, the effect of those narratives upon us, and the new forms of myth those narratives represent. Narratives of Technology offers an approach grounded in the humanities, adding another perspective to that of social scientists and technologists