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Charting Derfal’s illustrious career, leading to his appointment as a squadron commander as a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), this tale traces the growth of a young boy into a man against the background of the First World War. Alongside the action is a tender love story between Derfal and the Stationmaster’s daughter, Ruby.
Containing articles on approaches to and theories of globalization, this collection addresses the making of the modern world from different disciplinary perspectives.This set investigates the major components of globalization in its most comprehensive sense: the nation-state and the system of international relations; the question of self-identity and the individual in the globalization process; human rights, citizenship and the environment; institutional questions including matters of media communication, education, tourism, multinational corporations, migration and intercultural communication.New introductions and a thorough index make this work an indispensable research tool.
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This directory presents descriptions of 237 projects that cover the impact of curriculum transformation on women in colleges, universities, and schools throughout the United States. The introduction describes 11 major consortial projects and 9 research centers involved in a total of 184 additional projects. The main section of project descriptions is arranged alphabetically by the name of the institution. Other information in each listing includes location, project dates, project director and/or contact person, disciplines involved, an abstract, funding (amount and source), and outcome/s (actual or expected). Appendices list the projects by the following categories: date of project, location by state, type of institution (K-12, two-year, four-year, research), and amount of funding. There are also two appendices that list projects focusing on K-12 curriculum and those that involve graduate students. Contains indexes by names, disciplines, and institutions. (DB)
"Gender mosaics reflects a sociological point of view on gender. It emphasizes both the social construction of gender in everyday interactions and gender as a stratification system built into social institutions. Through these readings, students come to see how gendered behavior results in a stratification system in which men and women wield unequal power and unequal opportunity for self-determination, both in personal relationships and in the social organizations of society"--Cover.
E) Rehabilitation in mainland China -- f) Rehabilitation in Hong Kong -- g) Rehabilitation in Brazil -- h) Rehabilitation in Argentina -- i) Rehabilitation in South Africa -- j) Rehabilitation in Botswana -- SECTION SEVEN Evaluation and general conclusions -- 42 Outcome measures -- 43 Avoiding bias in evaluating rehabilitation -- 44 Challenges in the evaluation of neuropsychological rehabilitation effects -- 45 Summary and guidelines for neuropsychological rehabilitation -- Index
“Nassar brings to life the artistic prowess, rallying cries, and dashed dreams of the leading Palestinian litterateurs in Israel.” —Shira Robinson, author of Citizen Strangers When the state of Israel was established in 1948, not all Palestinians became refugees: some stayed behind and were soon granted citizenship. Those who remained, however, were relegated to second-class status in this new country, controlled by a military regime that restricted their movement and political expression. For two decades, Palestinian citizens of Israel were cut off from friends and relatives on the other side of the Green Line, as well as from the broader Arab world. Yet they were not passive in the f...