Oxford University Press

The Partial PowerEminent China scholar David Shambaugh&'s China Goes Global is the sweeping synthesis of that nation&'s growing prominence on the world stage that we have been waiting for. Thirty years ago, China&'s role in global affairs beyond its immediate East Asian periphery was decidedly minor. Its military was extremely weak, and it had...

Based on educational theory and on recognized music teaching methods, Theory and Practice of Technology-Based Music Instruction develops a framework for examining music teaching that uses technology to introduce, reinforce, and assess skills and concepts. The framework guides in-depth discussions about theoretical and philosophical foundations of...

A Diagnostic Manual's Conquest of American PsychiatryThe Making of DSM-IIIRG chronicles how American psychiatry went from its psychoanalytic heyday in the 1940s and '50s, through the virulent anti-psychiatry of the 1960s and '70s, into the late 20th-century descriptive, criteria-grounded model of mental disorders. Decker's...

The Life and Career of Rosemary ClooneyRosemary Clooney's 50-year career travelled a long road, from 50s novelty songs to timeless American jazz, combating personal strife and a drug-fueled mental breakdown along the way. Late Life Jazz tells the rise, fall and rise again story of America's finest girl singer....

Structuring Children&'s Choirs for SuccessAll children must have an opportunity to share the joy of choral music participation - whether in school, church, or community choirs. What happens before the singing begins, is critical to supporting, sustaining, and nurturing choirs to give every child the opportunity to experience the wonder of choral...

Resources to Improve Emotional Health and Strengthen RelationshipsSelf-Help That Works is an indispensable guide that enables readers to identify effective self-help materials and distinguish them from those that are potentially misleading or even harmful. Six scientist-practitioners bring careful research, expertise, and a dozen national studies...