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Essays in the Ethnohistory of Colonial North America#N/A...

The Jewish mother has become an icon of intrusive, obsessive parenting, caricatured in generations of films, novels, radio and television programs, stand-up comedy and jokebooks. A new, more positive, narrative, developed by feminist writers, comedians, scholars, and mothers themselves, demonstrates why the Jewish mother is a perfect role model for...

Self-Organization and Selection in EvolutionKauffman's thesis combines concepts of self-organization, integration with natural selection, and adaptation to explain the origins of life and maintenance of order in complex biological systems....

A Very Short IntroductionFrom Zeus and Europa, to Diana, Pan, and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome seem to exert a timeless power over us. But what do those myths represent, and why are they so enduringly fascinating? This imaginative and stimulating  Very Short Introduction goes beyond a simple retelling of the stories to explore...

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Research has traditionally shown high schools to be hostile environments for LGBT youth. Boys have used homophobia to prove their masculinity and distance themselves from homosexuality. Despite these findings over the last three decades, The Declining Significance of Homophobia tells a different story. Drawing on fieldwork and interviews of young...