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The Impact of Data Privacy Laws on Digital Marketing Practices
Authors: Obudho Kotch
Published: August 2024

Purpose: The general study focused on investigating the impact of data privacy laws on digital marketing practices.
Methodology: The study adopted a desktop research methodology. Desk research refers to secondary data or that which can be collected without fieldwork. Desk research is basically involved in collecting data from existing resources hence it is often considered a low cost technique as compared to field research, as the main cost is involved in executive’s time, telephone charges and directories. Thus, the study relied on already published studies, reports and statistics. This secondary data was easily accessed through the online journals and library.
Findings: The findings reveal that there exists a contextual and methodological gap relating to the impact of data privacy laws on digital marketing practices. Preliminary empirical review revealed that privacy laws such as GDPR, CCPA, APPI, and LGPD significantly transformed digital marketing practices, necessitating a shift towards more ethical and transparent data handling. These regulations increased compliance costs and administrative burdens but also improved data security and consumer trust. Companies that proactively adapted to these regulations by investing in robust data protection measures experienced enhanced consumer engagement and brand loyalty. The study highlighted the critical role of privacy-enhancing technologies in facilitating compliance and maintaining effective marketing strategies. Overall, the impact of data privacy laws was profound, requiring ongoing adaptation and innovation in digital marketing practices to balance regulatory compliance with consumer trust.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), Institutional Theory and Technology Acceptance Model (ATM) may be used to anchor future studies on data privacy laws. The study recommended several strategies for advancing the understanding and implementation of data privacy laws in digital marketing. It suggested that future research should explore the relationship between data privacy regulations and consumer behavior to develop effective marketing strategies. Businesses were advised to adopt proactive compliance measures, invest in data protection technologies, and educate consumers about their privacy rights. Policymakers were encouraged to develop balanced regulations through stakeholder collaboration and to harmonize international data privacy standards. The study also emphasized the importance of promoting privacy-enhancing technologies through public-private partnerships and government incentives to safeguard consumer data while supporting marketing innovation.
Evolving Environmental Regulations in Response to Climate Change
Authors: Wekesa Tamrat
Published: August 2024

Purpose: The general objective of the study was to explore the evolving environmental regulations in response to climate change.
Methodology: The study adopted a desktop research methodology. Desk research refers to secondary data or that which can be collected without fieldwork. Desk research is basically involved in collecting data from existing resources hence it is often considered a low cost technique as compared to field research, as the main cost is involved in executive’s time, telephone charges and directories. Thus, the study relied on already published studies, reports and statistics. This secondary data was easily accessed through the online journals and library.
Findings: The findings reveal that there exists a contextual and methodological gap relating to the evolving environmental regulations in response to climate change. Preliminary empirical review revealed that that environmental regulations needed to be flexible and adaptive to remain effective amidst the rapidly changing climate landscape. It found that static regulatory frameworks were insufficient for addressing the complexities of climate change and highlighted the necessity for regulations to be updated regularly based on the latest scientific and technological advancements. Additionally, it emphasized that the success of these regulations depended on strong institutional capacities, effective enforcement, and international cooperation to ensure comprehensive and impactful responses to global climate challenges.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The Theory of Environmental Regulation and Policy Change, Theory of Ecological Modernization and Theory of Policy Feedback may be used to anchor future studies on evolving environmental regulations in response to climate change. The study recommended that environmental regulations be designed with built-in flexibility to adapt to new scientific knowledge and technological advancements. It suggested enhancing institutional capacities by improving funding, training, and enforcement mechanisms. The study advocated for increased collaboration among stakeholders and greater international cooperation to create a unified regulatory framework. It also emphasized the importance of integrating economic and social considerations into regulatory design, supporting innovation, and ensuring transparency and inclusivity in policy-making processes. These recommendations aimed to improve the effectiveness of climate regulations and foster a more comprehensive and collaborative approach to addressing climate change.
Cloud Computing and Its Influence on Business Continuity Planning
Authors: Jibril Ishmael
Published: August 2024

Purpose: The general objective of the study was to investigate cloud computing and its influence on business continuity planning.
Methodology: The study adopted a desktop research methodology. Desk research refers to secondary data or that which can be collected without fieldwork. Desk research is basically involved in collecting data from existing resources hence it is often considered a low cost technique as compared to field research, as the main cost is involved in executive’s time, telephone charges and directories. Thus, the study relied on already published studies, reports and statistics. This secondary data was easily accessed through the online journals and library.
Findings: The findings reveal that there exists a contextual and methodological gap relating to cloud computing and its influence on business continuity planning. Preliminary empirical review revealed that cloud computing had significantly enhanced business continuity planning by providing increased scalability, flexibility, and cost-efficiency. The integration of cloud technologies into continuity strategies allowed organizations to manage disruptions more effectively and ensure operational resilience. Despite these benefits, challenges such as security concerns and integration issues were identified. Organizations needed to address these challenges by implementing robust security measures and aligning cloud solutions with existing continuity frameworks. Overall, cloud computing proved to be a valuable asset in supporting business continuity, provided that security and integration issues were properly managed.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The Resource Based View Theory, Contingency Theory and Dynamic Capabilities Theory may be used to anchor future studies on cloud computing and its influence on business continuity planning. The study recommended several key actions for optimizing cloud computing's role in business continuity planning. Organizations were advised to enhance security measures by adopting advanced encryption and conducting regular audits. Developing comprehensive integration plans to align cloud solutions with existing frameworks was also suggested. Additionally, selecting cloud providers based on rigorous criteria and investing in staff training were emphasized as crucial for effective utilization. Regular reviews of continuity plans and collaboration with providers on compliance were recommended to ensure ongoing effectiveness. Finally, leveraging hybrid cloud models was suggested to balance the benefits of public and private clouds, optimizing continuity strategies.
An Efficient Machine Learning based Framework for Alcoholic Liver Disease Prediction
Authors: Pavanasam Velayutham
Published: August 2024

The risk of alcoholic liver diseases has been rising rapidly over the past several decades, making it one of the world's most lethal conditions. Predicting these diseases using extensive medical datasets poses a significant challenge for researchers.
Wole Soyinka
Authors: Lecznar Adam
Published: August 2024

This book presents a new way of looking at Wole Soyinka’s engagement with the classical past.Nigerian author and activist Wole Soyinka was the first Black African author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1986), and his oeuvre has become seminal to postcolonial literature. The frequent references to Greece and Rome that appear across Soyinka’s writings, most explicitly in his 1973 playThe Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite, have often received short shrift in scholarship on the author. At best, these references have been understood as elements of Soyinka’s prodigiously inclusive humanism. At worst, Soyinka’s critics argue that the invocations of a Graeco-Roman past testify to the neocolonial cultural affinities that make Soyinka a problematic figure in postcolonial literary history.

Adam Lecznar challenges these readings, arguing that Soyinka’s authorial outlook is informed by a hybrid form of classicism in which he aligns the legacy of Greece and Rome with the African cultural heritage to form a narrative of literary and cultural value that looks beyond the ancient Mediterranean. This book turns a spotlight on how Soyinka's appeals to Greece and Rome inform his reflections on Africa’s ancient past, Yoruba belief, and the modern significance of tragedy. Lecznar contends that Soyinka’s notion of classicism is not solely dependent on the memory of the Graeco-Roman past. Rather, it draws innovatively on a global cultural heritage to advance revolutionary and futural narratives of history and identity.
The Bad Corset
Authors: Gibson Rebecca
Published: August 2024

Both a translation and critique of an early 20th century seminal French text on the physical effects of corseting, The Bad Corset explores contemporary anti-woman bias to challenge the commonly accepted assertions about corsetry’s contribution to disease, disfigurement, and disorders of the female body.

The original 1908 French book, Le Corset by Ludovic O’Followell—with its graphic illustrations, some of which are reproduced here—tells a story, familiar to anyone interested in popular culture and fashion history, of women suffering for fashion, tormented by and subject to their corsets. However, a close reading of the texts tells a very different, and more complicated, story.

This fascinating exploration, approaching the topic from a scientific perspective, and reproducing facsimiles of the original text, with translations and annotations, critiques the presumptions and anxieties of male medical professionals on the ‘damage’ caused by corsets to the female body and psyche. Rather than seeing the women who wore these perceived instruments of torture as victims or dupes, The Bad Corset confidently asserts the agency of the women who wore them and highlights the way in which seminal texts can continue to influence our interpretation of the past, and women’s lives and histories.

The Bad Corset is a remarkable resource for scholars and students of fashion, medicine and gender history, taking a feminist approach to female agency and choice, and helping us reconsider the way we think about the shaping of women’s bodies, and their lives.
Staging Systemic Violence
Authors: Watson Alex
Published: August 2024

This study offers a historicization of the 2010s in British theatre with a focus on the representation of systemic violence, exploring productions that engage with concerns of protest, climate crisis, neoliberalism, racism and gender-based violence.

It offers a range of case studies from established and emergent playwrights such as Caryl Churchill, Martin McDonagh, Anders Lustgarten, Lucy Kirkwood, Ella Hickson, Jasmine Lee-Jones, debbie tucker green, Zinnie Harris, and Travis Alabanza. Productions of their work in the 2010s are analysed through a framework of cultural theory, philosophy, and theatre and performance studies that offer insightful conceptions of violence and performativity.

Central to this book is the belief that theatre has the ability to depict issues of systemic violence in thoughtful and valuable ways, drawing on the medium's specific relations between creatives, texts, spectatorship and audiences to mindfully engage participants in the most pressing societal and cultural concerns of their time.
The Application of GIS Technologies in the Roman Period
Authors: Fernández Pedro Trapero
Published: August 2024

Using a selection of archaeological cases studies from the Roman period in the Mediterranean region, Pedro Trapero Fernández shows how GIS technologies can be employed in the creation of spatial models to reproduce historical realities.An increasing number of researchers use this digital humanities tool as a means to model both territory and landscape. This book compiles different spatial models under a unified methodology described in separated chapters, such as mobility and visibility models, and discusses their limitations and potential for implementation in archaeological contexts. The result is a detailed analysis of each method, which consequently results in an accessible manual for understanding GIS technologies.

Designed for students and scholars with varying degrees of training in GIS, who intend to carry out spatial analysis and historical models, the approach of this book establishes a reference framework to work with GIS technologies in other historical periods. Trapero concludes by discussing the future of GIS and spatial analysis, and how it can be studied and used as a methodological approach in archaeological practice and research.

GIS in history and archaeology encompasses various applications, ranging from the creation of thematic maps to the management of geo-referenced databases and the development of spatial models that replicate historical realities. While the potential of spatial models is significant for advancing research in multiple areas, there is currently a lack of comparative and unified methodologies in this field. A model, regardless of the scientific discipline, serves as a simplified representation of reality, enabling the understanding of underlying criteria and the simulation of different outcomes. Creating a historical model requires more than just technical proficiency in GIS tools; it necessitates an understanding of the mindset prevalent during the period under investigation. In this book, we have compiled a comprehensive collection of successful spatial models, discussing their limitations and potential for application in other domains. Each method is thoroughly analysed and critically assessed, presented in a way that allows fellow researchers to replicate the models. To facilitate this, we focus on the Roman period, illustrating with several specific examples within the same thought and culture. Additionally, we examine the future prospects of these applications and propose collaborative initiatives to enhance these tools further. Throughout the book, we include an indispensable visual component, encompassing figures, graphs, and tables that exemplify and simplify technical aspects. Furthermore, we provide a critical review of the latest literature, ensuring the content remains up-to-date and informed.
Border Politics in Novels by European Women in Translation
Authors: Morris Pam
Published: August 2024

Is conflict inherent to the politics of borders? Recent global events, erupting from national, religious, class, racial and gender boundaries would suggest it is. From the inhumanity of post-Brexit British immigration policy to the violent suppression of women’s freedom in Iran, to Russia’s territorial invasion of Ukraine, and most immediately to the violent conflagration engulfing Palestine, border hostilities seem everywhere characterised by fearful and toxic intolerance of what is deemed other.

This book examines the writing of award-winning European novelists to suggest an alternative perspective, one that redresses time-sanctioned hierarchies of mind over body, of ideals over physical reality. It explores novelistic representations of power, war, sacrifice, heroism, national history and identity, all issues more conventionally viewed within a male consensus. The fiction offers a cultural and imaginative response to border conflicts of all kinds, ethical, bodily, religious, and geographical, often drawing upon the writers’ own personal experience of threatening divisions. Examining works by Virginia Woolf, Jenny Erpenbeck, Olga Tokarczuk, Herta Müller, Anna Burns, Chika Unigwe, Maylis de Kerangal, Magda Szabó, Elena Ferranti, Alki Zei, Elif Shafak, and Oksana Zabuzhko, it uses an integrated interdisciplinary approach to combine literary readings with detailed historical and political understanding of cultural context.

Coming from many different cultures and histories, these writers speak a common condemnation of all hierarchies of worth and of exceptionalist identities whether sanctified by religion, nature, or tradition. Morris shows how their stories, read here in translation, also articulate a strikingly unified vision of a radical ecological understanding of human relations based on physical continuity and co-existence rather than borders dividing an idealised 'us' from a denigrated 'them'.
Digital Humanities and the Cyberspace Decade, 1990–2001
Authors: Warwick Claire
Published: August 2024

Setting out a history of cyberspace and its relationship with the discipline that was to become digital humanities, this book is an accountof an often-forgotten period of internet history in the 1990s when this medium was in its infancy.

It provides a detailed account of the concepts of ‘cyberspace’ and the ‘virtual’, which were characteristic of a perception that using the internet allowed users to enter a separate space from everyday life- a world elsewhere. In doing so, it argues that this libertarian idea of the internet framed it as a new frontier, where the rules of the everyday world did not and should not apply, and where the individual could find freedom. These early norms and the regrettable lack of regulation that was a consequence of them, this book argues, contributed to many of current issues with internet media. including of toxic communication, disinformation and over-commercialisation
Sumatra 1944–45
Authors: Konstam Angus
Published: August 2024

The first history of how the aircraft of the British Pacific Fleet shattered Japanese oilfields in Sumatra, starving Japan of oil and proving how Anglo-American navies could fight together.

With the war in Europe in its final stages, by 1944 the Royal Navy was able to put together a major force to join the campaign against Japan. The British Pacific Fleet was arguably the most powerful fleet the Royal Navy has ever sent into action.

In this book, renowned naval historian Angus Konstam explores how the first target of British naval power in the Pacific would be the strategically vital oil fields in Japanese-occupied Sumatra, part of the Dutch East Indies. Between April 1944 and January 1945, the task force struck oil fields and production centres, Japanese airfields, naval facilities and troop concentrations. Initially working alongside US Navy carriers, and learning their ruthlessly effective fast carrier doctrine, the British would end the Sumatra campaign with a powerful fleet of ten carriers of their own.

Packed with dramatic artwork, maps, 3D diagrams and archive photos, this is the first history of the Sumatra raids, a prime example of how naval air power could achieve key strategic ends. They also proved that the Allied navies could fight successfully alongside one another - paving the way for the BPF’s participation in the capture of Okinawa.
Dolly Parton's White Limozeen
Authors: Easton Steacy
Published: August 2024

A discussion of White Limozeen, from Dolly’s self-fashioning of her image to a rigorous critique of her genre.

White Limozeen (1989) was a commercial recovery after Dolly Parton's first major failure two years previously with the release of Rainbow. This book is a case study in how an album is sold and a persona constructed. The album had a complex relationship to the country music genre at a time when the genre was in the middle of major sonic and cultural shifts, and it represents how country music saw itself. This question of identity was especially relevant since White Limozeen was produced by Ricky Skaggs, the bluegrass prodigy who was in the middle of his own genre widening experiments. The album reflects dense and complex production, shredding ideas of purity, studio craft, slickness, and authenticity. In it, Dolly seems to be imagining the limits of her own personae - the country girl, the blonde burlesque, the pop legend, the gospel singer.

To study this album is to investigate Dolly’s calculated role in self fashioning her image into the icon she is today.
The Regulation of International Commercial Arbitration
Authors: Moreira João Ilhão
Published: August 2024

This book addresses how the regulation of international commercial arbitrators takes place.International commercial arbitrators are a unique category of service providers because they are not organised as other professionals such as accountants, lawyers and doctors. The book provides an overview of how and why the regulation of international commercial arbitrators diverged from that of other professions. It also argues that, despite these differences, there is an effective regulatory environment overseeing the behaviour of international commercial arbitrators.

The book unpicks the different elements that contribute to the creation and enforcement of professional norms in this field. It explains how the specific characteristics of the arbitral market create strong incentives for ethical norms to be created, even in the absence of the institutions that usually address these issues in other fields. It also describes how market and social forces drive arbitrators to comply with these norms in most circumstances. Finally, the book addresses the ways in which this regulatory system also explains some of the perceived weaknesses of arbitration, namely the rising costs of proceedings and the perceived unfairness of appointments.
National Insurance Contributions 2024/25
Authors: Bradford Sarah
Published: August 2024

This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Scottish Tax online service.
Stamp Taxes 2024/25
Authors: Martin Ros
Published: August 2024

Stamp Taxes 2023/24 is an authoritative guide to all current UK stamp and land taxes including devolved Scottish and Welsh taxes.

It explores history and development of stamp taxes, whilst setting out the scope of each tax and explaining how they interact.

Including numerous examples, with references to legislation, including Finance (No.2) Act 2023, recent and historical case law, and HMRC guidance throughout, this is a practical handbook for those working in tax advisory firms and tax departments of corporate groups and other major investors in UK property and companies. It is also a useful study aid for students and trainees studying for membership of professional bodies.
The Language of Contracts
Authors: Staveley Ben
Published: August 2024

How can drafters of English law contracts use language to insulate their contracts from the risk of an embarrassing and expensive dispute?

This book aims to answer that question. It helps drafters to be clear at every level: to reflect a logical structure, to make clear how provisions work coherently alongside one another, and to make the intended meaning of the contract language so clear that no party could be tempted to argue that it means something else.

Besides illustrating technical drafting techniques, the book prompts drafters to peer into an essentially unknowable future, so that their contracts operate resiliently if the unexpected happens. It is rooted in a study of how judges analyse language in the waves of contract dispute cases that reach the courts every year.

The book answers questions such as: - What are the most common drafting traps and how can drafters avoid falling into them? - How can drafters eliminate uncertainties as to how different provisions work together, so that the contract works coherently as a whole? - What questions should drafters ask themselves to make sure their contracts cover all the ground they need to?

The book distils the modern case law, and the rules of English grammar, into a checklist of recommendations for the busy practising drafter.

This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Company and Commercial Law online service.
Lessons from the Edge
Authors: Berg Gary A.
Published: August 2024

The importance of for-profit higher education becomes clear when one examines the state of higher education today. Traditional institutions are facing major pressures, including diminishing financial support, a call to serve adult learners, the need to balance applied and liberal arts curricula, and the need to maintain and evolve the institutional mission. Stakeholders are more numerous than ever before, and they are pulling institutions in different directions. Traditional institutions of higher education are increasingly pressured to alter the their missions because diminished public funding has resulted in dependence on donors and corporations with varied interests. This strain is causing universities to behave in new ways. For-profit institutions provide a model of how to handle these challenges by their very structure--they are organized to operate professionally as a business and continually question and refine their organizational mission.

The importance of for-profit higher education becomes clear when one examines the state of higher education today. Traditional institutions are facing major pressures, including diminishing financial support, a call to serve adult learners, the need to balance applied and liberal arts curricula, and the need to maintain and evolve the institutional mission. Stakeholders are more numerous than ever before, and they are pulling institutions in different directions. Traditional higher education institutions are increasingly pressured to alter the their missions because diminished public funding has resulted in dependence on donors and corporations with varied interests. This strain is causing universities to behave in new ways. For-profit institutions provide a model of how to handle these challenges by their very structure--they are organized to operate professionally as a business and continually question and refine their organizational mission. They are constructed specifically to meet the needs of adult learners, and the core of their mission--to help adult and traditionally underserved students--is constant and clear.

This book grew out of research linked to the Good Work Higher Education Project, which, since 1995, has been investigating how individuals are able to carry out good work in their chosen professions when conditions are changing at unprecedented rates. Good work is work that is at once of high quality, socially responsible, and fulfilling to the worker. Berg argues in this book that good work by this definition is occurring at nontraditional institutions, including some of the for-profits.
Pulp Fiction
Authors: Polan Dana
Published: August 2024

Pulp Fiction was one of the films that defined American cinema of the 1990s, and remains one of the stand-out movies of its director Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino’s style - violent, fast, funny and full of knowing pop culture references - epitomises 90s post-modernism. Pulp Fiction was a phenomenal cult success and one of the first films to generate hot debate in internet chatrooms and on fan websites.

Dana Polan’s compelling analysis sets out to uncover the style and technique of Pulp Fiction. He shows how broad Tarantino’s points of reference are, and analyzes the film’s narrative accomplishment and complexity. Where some critics dismissed Pulp Fiction for its violence and its worship of a certain brand of cool, Polan shows how the film exemplifies new kinds of engagement with cultural and social codes, such as those around racial identity. In addition, Polan argues that the film’s celebration of macho attitudes is more nuanced than might first appear.

In a new afterword to this new edition, Polan looks back on Pulp Fiction 30 years after its first release.
Chinatown
Authors: Eaton Michael
Published: August 2024

Directed in 1974 by Roman Polanski from a script by Robert Towne, Chinatown is a brilliant reworking of film noir set in a drought-stricken Los Angeles of the 1930s. Jack Nicholson stars as J.J. Gittes, a private eye who, despite his best intentions, can bring only disaster on the Evelyn Cross Mulwray, the enigmatic woman he has come to love. Gittes's investigation into Evelyn's husband's death exposes a chaos of political corruption and sexual violence lurking beneath a glittering, sun-bleached surface. Michael Eaton's compelling study situates Chinatown in relation to a history of fictional detectives, from Sophocles to Edgar Allen Poe and Alfred Hitchcock. In an absorbing account of the film's narrative development and visual style, he traces Chinatown's relationship to the pessimism of American cinema (and, by extension, in wider American culture) in the mid-1970s, and the source of the film's narrative and visual impact.

In his afterword to this new edition, Eaton considers Chinatown's 1990 sequel The Two Jakes and also the movie's changing fortunes in the years since its release.
Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work
Authors: Ditmore Melissa Hope
Published: August 2024

The cliche is that prostitution is the oldest profession. Isn't it time that the subject received a full reference treatment? This major 2-volume set is the first to treat in an inclusive reference what is usually considered a societal failing and the underside of sexuality and economic survival. The A-to-Z encyclopedia offers wide-ranging entries related to prostitution and the sex industry, past and present, both worldwide (mostly in the West) and in the United States. The topic of prostitution has high-interest appeal across disciplines, and the narrative entries illuminate literature, art, law, medicine, economics, politics, women's studies, religion, sociology, sexuality, film, popular culture, public health, nonfiction, American and world history, business, gender, media, education, crime, race, technology, performing arts, family, social work, social mores, pornography, the military, tourism, child labor, and more. It is targeted to the general reader, who will gain useful insight into the human race through time via its sex industry and prostitution.

An introduction overviews the scope of prostitution from the earliest historical records, including the Bible. User-friendly lists that are alphabetically and topically arranged help the reader find entries of interest, as does the comprehensive index. A chronology proffers significant dates related to the topic. Each entry is signed and has suggestions for further reading. Sample entries: Abolition; Actresses; Augustine, Saint; Barr, Candy; Bible; Camp Followers; Chamberlain-Kahn Bill of 1918; Child Prostitution; Clothing, Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864, 1866, and 1869; Crime; Debby Doesn't Do It for Free; Dickens, Charles;Devadasi; Entrapment; Fallen Woman Trope; Feminism; Films, Cult; Five Points; Free Love; Geisha; Globalization; Guidebooks; Hip-Hop; HIV/AIDS and the Prostitution Rights Movement; Human Rights; Incest; Internet; Jack the Ripper;Kama Sutra; League of Nations; Lulu; Male Stripping; Mann Act; Mayhew, Henry; Memoirs; Migration and Mobility; Nazi Germany; Poetry; Purity Movements; R&R; Religion; Salvation Army; Scapegoating; Slang; Storyville; Temporary Marriage; Unions; Venice; Window Prostitution.
The Serpent and the Dove
Authors: Sipe A.  W. Richard
Published: August 2024

Richard Sipe, himself a former monk and priest, has made a lifelong venture of determining the reality and meaning of religious celibacy. Even an adequate operational definition of religious celibacy, he says, has been avoided by Catholic hierarchy and scholars to preserve the celibate myth. Having spent 25 years conducting a study of celibacy and sexual behavior in Roman Catholic priests, Sipe concluded that at any one time no more than 50 percent of priests were practicing celibacy. To more fully understand what celibacy is, how it is practiced, the affect it has on the humanness of men of women, and the social effects it presents, Sipe says we can use the approach presented in this book. Specifically, we can analyze historic men who presented themselves or were perceived as living examples of celibacy and also focus on the most profound truths of celibacy found in literary accounts.

Psychology, religion, and literary criticism interface and are woven together in this book with minimal jargon.The Serpent and the Dovewas written in the hope of exciting honest analysis of the essence of religious celibacy and to foster a recrudescence of authentic sexual vigor with all of its evolutionary potential. Human sexuality is not going away; nor is it irrelevant to the wellbeing, progress and happiness of the human community, says Sipe. And the practice of genuine celibacy is not going to disappear either. No question, the Catholic Church needs profound reformation. But in all my work I have chosen not to throw any babies out with the horrendously dirty 'holy water' the church continues to treasure and disseminate. Here, as in all my work, I try to foster dialogue between religion and science, such as literary criticism. The Catholic Church (and religion) is at aCopernican Momentwhen it has to cede to science the nature of sexuality.The Serpent and the Doveis one more work among Sipe's many books and articles making the need for that clear.
Soldiers' Lives through History - The Nineteenth Century
Authors: Neiberg Michael S.
Published: August 2024

This is the story of the evolution of the citizen army throughout Western nations during the nineteenth century and up through World War I. The French Revolution had brought to Europe the concept of military service as a citizen responsibility. Until then, armies and navies had been the province of the upper classes and of mercenaries, with authoritarian governments firmly in place that held little connection to the common person. As more democratic and republican governments developed during the 1800s, military service became not only a citizen's obligation, but for many, an honor. By the time of World War I, men and women-in more limited roles-were becoming willing to risk their lives for the goals of their countries.
States' Rights and American Federalism
Authors: Drake Frederick D. , Nelson Lynn
Published: August 2024

The debate over states' rights versus federalism in America is one that has raged since our country's founding. Arguments over the interpretation of the Constitution and the meaning of power and its distribution among the states' governments echoes in governmental chambers even today. Students can trace the history and development of issues surrounding this debate, as well as the reactions to them, through this unique and comprehensive collection of over 65 primary documents. Court cases, opinion pieces, speeches and many other documents bring to life the controversies surrounding the debate. Explanatory introductions to documents aid users in understanding the various arguments put forth in deliberations over different governmental matters, while illuminating the significance of each document.

Drake and Nelson trace the origins and changes in the nature of states' rights and American federalism using carefully chosen documents to reflect the fact that the tension and interaction between the states' governments and the national government define the ideals and provide the means for realistic achievement of these ideals. Documents can be easily accessed through five different sections, each section exploring a specific period in history and contributing to the understanding of the debate. The introductory and explanatory text help readers understand the nature of the conflicts, the issues being contested, the social and cultural pressures that shaped each debate, and the manner in which the passions of individual government officials, justices, and our presidents affected the development of policies concerning states' rights and federalism.
Young Adult Literature in Action
Authors: Brock Rose
Published: August 2024

Taking a genre approach, this overview of young adult literature shows new librarians and library science students the criteria to use for selecting quality books, including recommended titles.

This third edition ofYoung Adult Literature in Actiondraws on the success of the previous two editions authored by Rosemary Chance, updating and expanding on them to meet the needs of today's librarians and library science students. It includes a new focus on diverse books, LGBTQ+ selections, the role of book formats, and the relevance of librarians serving teen populations and is an ideal resource for teaching young adult literature courses.

Organized by major genre divisions, this easy-to-use book includes new information on timely topics such as audio and e-books, accessible books, and graphic novels. Each chapter includes revised and updated information on collaborative activities, featured books, special topics and programs, selected awards and celebrations, historical connections, recommended resources, issues for discussion, author comments, and assignment suggestions. Further updates include citations of exemplary young adult books and award winners, references, websites, and a bibliography.
All Things Ancient Greece
Authors: Ermatinger James W.
Published: August 2024

As an invaluable resource for students and general audiences investigating Ancient Greek culture and history, this encyclopedia provides a thorough examination of the Mediterranean world and its influence on modern society.

All Things Ancient Greeceexamines the history and cultural life of Ancient Greece until the death of Philip II of Macedon in 336 BCE. The encyclopedia shows how the various city-states developed from the Bronze Age to the end of the Classical Age, influencing the Greek world and beyond.

The cultural achievements of the Greeks detailed in this two-volume set include literature, politics, medicine, religion, and the arts. This work has entries on the various city-states, regions, battles, culture, and ideas that helped shape the ancient Greek world and its societies. Each entry delves into detailed topics with suggested readings. Many entries include sidebars containing primary documents from ancient sources that explore ancillary ideas, biographies, and specific examples from literature and philosophy. Readers, both students of ancient history and a general audience, are encouraged to interact with the material either chronologically, thematically, or geographically.
All Things Shakespeare
Authors: Olsen Kirstin
Published: August 2024

Falstaff loved sack. But who made the sack, and how? What did Hamlet know about poison? What did astrology mean to a couple of star-cross'd lovers back in the day? This unique encyclopedia compiles an enormous breadth of information about Shakespeare's world. More than 200 articles, most accompanied by vivid illustrations, combine rich historical detail with informative, insightful descriptions on the form and function of obscure and everyday items found in Shakespeare's works. Students can look up meanings of specific terms and concepts, and readers, researchers, actors, and audiences will enjoy the lively—and sometimes humorous—essays on myriad topics including anatomy, astronomy, clothing, currency, death, entertainment, hunting, medicine, mythology, tools, weapons, and much more.

A table of weights and measures illuminates such terms as cade, firkin, and hogshead. Maps pinpoint many of the locations mentioned in Shakespeare's plays and poems. Each term notes in which works the item can be found, and a chronology of historical events referenced in Shakespeare's plays concisely identifies the important events that figure in the plays. Teachers can use the index to find each citation of an assigned play, or use the bibliography and topic guide for assignments and research paper ideas. Going beyond mere definitions, the depth of information and illustrations provided in this encyclopedia will give readers a clear sense of the world that Shakespeare knew and wrote about.
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales [3 volumes]
Authors: Haase Donald
Published: August 2024

Folk and fairy tales exist in all cultures and are at the heart of civilization. This massiveEncyclopediagives students and general readers a broad, multicultural survey of folk and fairy tales from around the world. Included are hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries written by numerous expert contributors. Entries cover themes and motifs, individuals, characters and character types, national traditions, genres, and a range of other topics. Each entry cites works for further reading, and theEncyclopediacloses with a bibliography of print and electronic resources. Literature students will welcome this book as an aid to understanding and analyzing folk and fairy tales as literary forms, while social studies students will appreciate it as an exploration of the essence of world cultures.

Folk and fairy tales exist in all cultures and are at the heart of civilization. The most comprehensive work of its kind, this massiveEncyclopediagives students and general readers a broad, accessible, multicultural survey of folk and fairy tales from around the world. Edited by one of the foremost authorities on the subject, theEncyclopediadraws on the work of numerous expert contributors and covers a broad range of themes and motifs, characters and character types, genres, individuals, national traditions, and other topics.

Entry topics were chosen in consultation with a nine-member Advisory Board that includes some of the most prominent scholars currently pursuing the study of folk and fairy tales, such as Professor Jack Zipes of the University of Minnesota, whose work has revolutionized research on fairy tales.

Entries cite works for further reading, and theEncyclopediacloses with a bibliography of print and electronic resources. Literature students will value this book as an aid to understanding and analyzing folk and fairy tales as literary forms, while social studies students will appreciate the book's examination of the foundations of world cultures. And because many of these tales continue to influence films, television, and popular culture, general readers will welcome theEncyclopediaas a means of understanding the modern world.
China Today
Authors: Luo Jing
Published: August 2024

Containing over 200 entries written by scholars working in various disciplines both in the United States and in China, this two-volume resource provides current, accurate, and useful information on the politics, economics, society, and culture of both the People's Republic and Taiwan since 1949. Illustrated and offering both a detailed subject index and extensive cross-referencing, this easy-to-use encyclopedia contains essays on important Chinese leaders and events since 1949, as well as on recent and contemporary political and cultural policies; relations with foreign states; internal poltical, economic, and commercial structures; literature; religion; the role of women; and many other important and timely topics.

As China's importance as a political power and an economic force grows so does the need for current, accurate information on the country's leadership, people, policies, and institutions. Containing over 200 entries written by scholars working in various disciplines in both the U.S. and China, this two-volume resource provides such useful information on the politics, economics, society, and culture of both the People's Republic and Taiwan since 1949. Illustrated and offering both a detailed subject index and extensive cross-referencing, the encyclopedia contains essays on important Chinese leaders and events since 1949, as well as on contemporary political and cultural policies; relations with foreign states; internal political, economic, and commercial structures; literature; religion; the role of women; and many other topics of interest to both general and academic readers.
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide
Authors: Lind Amy , Desai Manisha , Kalny Cheryl Toronto , Sherif-Trask Bahira
Published: August 2024

Women are working internationally to build a world based on gender equality and justice. Their concerns are shaped by conditions in their own countries and regions, and also by conditions for women in other parts of the world. Links forged by globalization, international relations, United Nations gender equality and development programs, and women's nongovernmental organizations connect their futures. This groundbreaking reference set documents the achievements and current challenges for all women, providing distortion-free and newly available information about women's status, in matters from education to violence, in more than 130 countries in the world's most populated areas.

Written by an international host of contributing specialists, this set is accessible to high school students and above. Its consistent narrative coverage and relevant statistics are ideal for research and comparisons. Readers will find that conceptions of women's issues vary by country as the set illuminates diverse perspectives and contemporary practices that shape the variations in equality and well-being among women. Judicious inclusion of historical processes helps frame the issues in a holistic perspective. Volume maps, individual country maps, tables, photos, and indexes by set and volume are also included.
Student Almanac of African American History
Authors: Incorporated Media Project
Published: August 2024

This two-volume set teaches students about the early days of the slave trade and the contributions made by Africans—both free and enslaved—to the greatest moments of American history. Students will learn about the fight against slavery, the laws that made African Americans less than equal even after slavery was abolished, and the continuing struggle for civil rights. The volumes also cover the many remarkable African-American achievements in science, the arts, business, and popular culture.

The history of African Americans is rich, vast, and sometimes overwhelmingly complex for students approaching the subject for the first time. This two-volume set begins with an overview essay of the remarkable history of African Americans, from the earliest days of slavery to the stories, figures, achievements, and continued struggles of the present day. An integrated timeline and A-Z section of key events, issues, groups, and terms—including relevant court cases and legislation regarding African Americans—clearly present significant historical aspects for students. Important primary source documents are highlighted in sidebars throughout each volume. Special care is taken, particularly with older documents, to excerpt enough material to contextualize quotes and make them more understandable, but not so much material that young readers lose interest in a sea of daunting language. Unfamiliar terms are further explained in call out boxes that define each term, and the terms are also supplemented by a glossary.

Volume 1: From Slavery to Freedom, 1492-1876 Volume 2: From Reconstruction to Today, 1877-Present

Set Features:• 288 pages in 2 volumes • 7 x 10 • 2-color interior • 100 Photographs • 40 Maps, Charts, and Graphs • Sidebars and Fact boxes • Timelines • Primary Documents • Glossary • Index

Curriculum Themes:• African peoples coming to America • History of slavery in the United States • Civil War and its impact on African Americans • Segregation & civil rights • African Americans today (struggles & contributions)

Reading Level: 6th-8th Grades