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"This fast-paced narrative traces the emergence of the United States Navy as a global power from its birth during the American Revolution through to its current superpower status. The story highlights iconic moments of great drama pivotal to the nation's fortunes: John Paul Jones' attacks on the British during the Revolution, the Barbary Wars, and the arduous conquest of Iwo Jima. The book illuminates the changes--technological, institutional, and functional--of the US Navy from its days as a small frigate navy through the age of steam and steel to the modern era of electronics and missiles. Historian Craig L. Symonds captures the evolving culture of the Navy and debates between policymakers about what role the institution should play in world affairs. Internal and external challenges dramatically altered the size and character of the Navy, with long periods of quiet inertia alternating with rapid expansion emerging out of crises. The history of the Navy reflects the history of the nation as a whole, and its many changes derive in large part from the changing role of the United States itself."--Provided by publisher

Privileges and immunities; Turkey; history

"At least one in six men have experienced some form of sexual violence. The Bible and Sexual Violence Against Men argues that the shame and stigma around male sexual abuse are interwoven with contemporary social and cultural concepts of masculinity, and are also found in the ancient world and biblical texts themselves. This book is interdisciplinary and has three main areas of exploration: Men Too? Exploring the myths around sexual violence against men sexual violence against men in the Hebrew Bible reading Jesus' enforced nudity at the crucifixion as sexual violence. Given the enduring importance of the Bible in contemporary society, this book explores the biblical texts that depict sexual violence against men. It examines critical approaches from theology, biblical and religious studies perspectives, while also exploring insights from the fields of sociology, psychology, criminology as well as referring to legal cases and legislation, charity work and media focussed articles. In seeking to serve a number of interested readers, including those who are not familiar with the Bible, short summaries of the biblical texts under discussion are given in each case"--

Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity, published by Peter Lang since 1975, is nowadays the largest series in the wide field of missiology, intercultural theology, and comparative religion/theology. The present editors decided to celebrate the publication of no less than one hundred and fifty volumes by evaluating and rethinking "intercultural theology". This book is meant to encourage Christian theology to be done more thoroughly, adequately, and effectively in the contemporary global and local setting. On the one hand, the volume offers new insights into the nature of doing biblical studies, church history, and systematic and practical theology as well as comparative theology, in an intercultural way. On the other hand, it argues for accomplishing interdisciplinary studies in the fields of theology and religion.

The study of parents from their own perspective, not just as socializing agents of their children, has been long neglected. This book summarizes and presents the new and surging literature on parenting representations, namely parents' views, emotions, and internal world regarding their parenting. Within this area, several prominent researchers typically coming from the attachment tradition suggested various ways of assessing parenting representations, mostly by way of semi-structured interviews. This book presents their conceptualizations and includes detailed descriptions of their interviews and their coding schemes. In addition, a reviewand summary of the growing number of findings in this domain and an integrated conceptualization that serves as a theoretical base for future research are presented. Finally, the clinical implications of the study of parenting representations are discussed at large. Clinical notions and conceptualizations regarding parenting representations are presented and thoroughly discussed, including detailed case studies that demonstrate, among other things, intergenerational transmission of representations

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Inevitable Emergence of Energy Justice -- Chapter 2: The Concept of Energy Justice Across the Disciplines -- Chapter 3: Economics and Energy Justice -- Chapter 4: A Case Study on Distributive Justice: Utilising Energy Taxation and Sovereign Wealth Funds -- Chapter 5: Implementing Energy Justice into the Energy Transition through Human Rights -- Chapter 6: Conclusion: Ensuring Justice in Energy Infrastructure Development.

Not since man set foot on the moon over four decades ago has there been such passion and excitement about space exploration. This enthusiasm and eagerness has been spurred on by the fact that for the first time since the very beginning of the space age, space travel is no longer limited to an elite group of highly trained and well-disciplined military officers and test pilots. Instead, we must understand that the possibility of commercial space travel is already on our horizon and that it comes with a number of significant practical and moral challenges. Our level of scientific development an.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Untitled -- 1. One Less Car, One More Critique: U.S. Urban Bicycle Culture and Advocacy -- 2. More Races, Less Racing: The Role of a Bicycle Race in Community Building -- 3. Bike Lanes Are White Lanes: Gentrification and Historical Racism in Portland's Bicycle Infrastructure Planning -- 4. Recruiting People Like You: Class- Based Recruitment and Bicycle Advocacy in Minneapolis -- 5. The Beginning of the Equity Era: Possibilities and Solutions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

A textbook on international economics, this title combines the contemporary research and perspectives on the pedagogy with strong theoretical underpinnings. Designed according to the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students of international economics in India, this title combines the two parts of the course, international finance and international trade. Focussing on both theory and policy imperatives, providing ample case studies and examples, this book also provides advance topics for further research, besides detailed exercises for practice.

Muslim women in western popular culture -- The Muslim body, veiling, and contestations of Islam -- Ms. Marvel, Islam, and America -- Burka avenger and the subversive veil -- Qahera, Raat, Bloody Nasreen, and the vigilante superhero -- Conclusion: Islamic feminism and Muslim chivalry

While awaiting execution, America's most notorious serial killer Ted Bundy confessed to having murdered 12-year-old Kim Leach. But the details of his confession turn out to be false. What were his motivations for lying? And how do investigators get down to the truth? In this case, details like a handful of sand and a pile of mildewed cigarette butts helped reveal the truth

"The increased participation of women in the labour force was one of the most significant changes to Canadian social life during the quarter century after the close of the Second World War. Transforming Labour offers one of the first critical assessments of women's paid labour in this era, a period when more and more women, particularly those with families, were going 'out to work'.

The 2nd edition of this book, originally published in 2011, captures many significant recent developments and achievements in women's leadership. Women in virtually every context discussed in the book--politics, sports, business, technology, religion, military and international--have made dramatic gains in attaining leadership roles and positions

Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 4: The Profession of Social Workfeatures contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners and presents the most comprehensive, in-depth source of information on the field of social work and social welfare.