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Business and Economics .................................. 4 

Psychology ....................................................... 18 

Health and Wellness ...................................... 34 

Popular Culture .................................................42 

Current Events and Issues ............................ 54 

Crime ................................................................. 64 

Politics, Law, and Government ....................... 72 

Military History .............................................. 80 

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Security Studies.............................................. 84 

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World History ................................................ 108 

Religion and Mythology ..................................118 

Race and Ethnicity ....................................... 126 

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Michele A. Paludi, Editor 

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• Presents organizational responses to work-life integration 

MICHELE A. PALUDI is president of Human Resources Management Solutions and 

participating faculty at Union Graduate College, Schenectady, NY. Paludi is the series editor for 

Praeger’s Women’s Psychology and for Women and Careers in Management and has 

authored or edited 38 texts on workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, psychology of women, 

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THOMAS S. LYONS, PhD, is the Lawrence N. Field Family Chair in Entrepreneurship and 

professor of management in the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College of the City 

University of New York. 

August 2012, 710pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39341-9, $163.00, 

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Covering an array of 

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business leader, International 

Business in the 

21st Century is comprised of three volumes. The fi rst volume, Are 

You Ready Preparing for International Operations, covers issues 

related to establishing an international business, including assessing 

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BRUCE D. KEILLOR, PhD, is associate professor of marketing and 

international business at Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH. 

May 2011, 1,000pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-37948-2, 

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NEW The 

Business of 

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Trends, Policies, 

Practices, and 

Stories of Success 

3 VOLUMES 

Scott G. McNall, 

James C. Hershauer, 

and George Basile 

The Business of 

Sustainability: Trends, 

Policies, Practices, and 

Stories of Success is a foundation set that effectively captures and 

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SCOTT G. MCNALL is professor of sociology, former provost and vice 

president for academic affairs at California State University, Chico, CA. 

JAMES C. HERSHAUER, DBA, is emeritus professor of management and 

affiliate faculty of the School of Sustainability, Arizona State University. 

GEORGE BASILE, PhD, is professor in the School of Sustainability and 

a senior sustainability scientist at the Global Institute of Sustainability at 

Arizona State University. 

October 2011, 1,062pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38494-3, 

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BEST-SELLER 

Enterprise 2.0 

How Technology, 

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Tracy L. Tuten, Editor 

“Highly recommended.” 

BEST-SELLER 

Doing Business 

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Latin America 

Keys to Profit 

in America’s 

Next-Door Markets 

Second Edition 

Thomas H. Becker 

Praeger 

Handbook on 

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Discrimination 

2 VOLUMES 

Michele A. Paludi, 

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and Eros R. DeSouza, 

Editors 

Green 

Collar Jobs 

Environmental 

Careers for the 

21st Century 

Scott M. Deitche 

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July 2010, 522pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-37239-1, $124.95, 

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“... This well-researched, engaging book is a useful resource 

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—CHOICE, JUNE 1, 2011 

Unlike the “old” Latin America, today’s Latin America is both readily 

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within today’s Latin American marketplace and a grasp of the cultural 

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challenging for smaller U.S. exporters and importers. 

Doing Business in the New Latin America: Keys to Profi t in America’s 

Next-Door Markets, Second Edition serves as an insider’s travel guide 

and trader’s manual for understanding the region’s market environment 

and best export sales opportunities in each of its countries. It 

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avoiding pitfalls and foreigners’ faux pas. Part I familiarizes readers 

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focuses on the all-important art of making—and keeping—the deal. 

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• Identifi es specifi c selling opportunities among 20 Latin American 

markets and Latino buyers in the United States 

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• Provides readers with fresh, up-to-date information regarding 

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America 

• Authored by an expert with 30 years of experience in Latin American 

business and economic development 

THOMAS H. BECKER, PhD, has served in 16 Latin American countries 

as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, corporate executive, U.S. Agency for International 

Development Chief of Party, business owner/manager, business 

adviser, and Senior Fulbright Scholar. 

November 2010, 280pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38381-6, 

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“Comprehensive in covering all types of discrimination that may 

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—CHOICE, MAY 1, 2011 

Despite guidelines for investigating complaints of discrimination and 

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Workplace Discrimination was written to provide companies with 

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scholars, and academicians working in the area of workplace 

discrimination 

MICHELE A. PALUDI is president of human resources management 

solutions and coordinator of the human resource management and management 

and leadership certificate programs at Union Graduate College, 

Schenectady, NY. 

CARMEN A. PALUDI, JR., is an expert in risk management. 

EROS R. DESOUZA is professor of psychology at Illinois State University. 


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Green Collar Jobs: Environmental Careers for the 21st Century is a 

simple, easy-to-reference guide that will help students, recent graduates, 

job seekers, and career changers at all levels fi nd the latest 

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This exceptionally timely book examines all aspects of green careers, 

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SCOTT M. DEITCHE is water resources manager for the engineering 

firm GPI Southeast, Inc., Tampa, FL. 

January 2010, 170pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38014-3, 

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FORTHCOMING 

Developing 

Women Leaders 

in Corporate 

America 

Balancing Competing 

Demands, Transcending 

Traditional Boundaries 

NEW 

Women 

as Leaders in 

Education 

Succeeding 

Despite Inequity, 

Discrimination, 

and Other 

Challenges 

2 VOLUMES 

Jennifer L. Martin, 

Editor 

Alan T. Belasen 

There is abundant proof that women in senior positions can make 

boardrooms “smarter” and companies more successful. And with a 

mastery of transformational and transactional roles, women possess 

a far larger behavioral repertoire to deal with stress than men—an 

advantage in any crisis situation. Even so, the glass ceiling still exists. 

Developing Women Leaders in Corporate America: Balancing Competing 

Demands, Transcending Traditional Boundaries focuses on the 

research-based Competing Values Framework (CVF), an organizing 

schema that enables leaders to assess empirically personal strengths 

and weaknesses, and analyze and manage organizational situations. 

Each chapter showcases concrete evidence of women’s ability to succeed 

at the top levels of management and their skills that add value 

to employers, and then utilizes CVF to pinpoint specifi c challenges for 

women leaders and identify practical strategies for success. 

This book will enable women leaders and managers, employers, 

company executives, leadership development consultants, business 

educators, HR directors, and trainers to reduce stereotyping associated 

with women in male-populated careers. The author also explains 

why women, more than men, possess characteristics that help ensure 

success in international assignments. 

FEATURES: 

• Developmental plans based on self assessment and self-analysis of 

women managers using the Competing Values Framework 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Presents empirical research and best practices for employers and 

employees for managing diversity and promoting women in their 

organizations 

• Offers real-life examples and fi rsthand stories and lessons from 

women who lead large scale, global organization 

ALAN T. BELASEN, PhD, is professor of management and chair of the 

business, management, and leadership programs at State University of 

New York, Empire State College. 

February 2012, 230pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39573-4, 

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Overall, education is a fi eld still dominated by women, yet women do 

not typically pursue or attain leadership positions at the administrative 

level. Research has revealed some of the reasons for this: women still 

experience gender discrimination in education careers, experience 

higher attrition rates, and have slower career mobility than do men. 

Additionally, women in education are apparently less valued, and 

their performance is more critically evaluated, as in other fi elds. This 

insightful text shows the gender-based inequities and discrimination 

women face when aiming for leadership positions in education, and 

lays out a plan to bring success to this level of the fi eld that is still 

male-dominated. 

Women as Leaders in Education: Succeeding Despite Inequity, Discrimination, 

and Other Challenges is the result of a team of leading 

feminist educators and scholars. It delves into feminist women’s leadership 

in education from kindergarten to graduate school. This twovolume 

work assesses the historical and current political landscape 

with regard to women hitting a “glass ceiling,” issues of social justice, 

and the unique challenges women face in educational leadership as 

well as the new fi eld of teacher leadership. 

FEATURES: 

• Contributions from 40 distinguished scholars and practitioners with 

expertise in a variety of fi elds, comprising all original material 

• Multicultural bibliographies of signifi cant materials from the fi elds 

of education, policy studies, psychology, sociology, and women’s 

studies 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Uses a variety of methodologies in the presentation of ideas, including 

traditional quantitative and qualitative methodologies, self-study, 

and historical inquiry 

• Includes personal stories of women hitting the glass ceiling in 

educational leadership and how they coped with or overcame 

their challenges 

JENNIFER L. MARTIN, PhD, is a K–12 and university educator. 

September 2011, 672pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39169-9, 

$131.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39170-5 


NEW 

The Essentials 

of Job Negotiations 

Proven Strategies for 

Getting What You Want 

Terri R. Kurtzberg and 

Charles E. Naquin 

“This volume expertly synthesizes very 

practical and hard-hitting information 

with cutting-edge theory.” 

—PROFESSOR FARROKH 

LANGDANA DIRECTOR, RUTGERS 

EXECUTIVE MBA PROGRAM 

Negotiating job packages is one of the 

trickiest tasks most people face in their 

professional lives—and everybody wants to 

know how to do it better. Filled with solid, accessible, 

research-backed advice, this book 

counters myths about job negotiations and 

maps the way to success. 

FEATURES: 

• Tips and strategies at the end of each 

chapter 

• More than 50 true stories that illustrate the 

art of negotiating job offers 

• A list of the top 10 “don’ts” for negotiation 

TERRI R. KURTZBERG, PhD, is associate 

professor of management and global business at 

the Rutgers Business School Newark and 

New Brunswick, Rutgers University, NJ. 

CHARLES E. NAQUIN, PhD, is associate 

professor of management at DePaul’s Kellstadt 

Graduate School of Business, Chicago, IL. 

September 2011, 195pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

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eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39585-7 


FORTHCOMING 

Enough Is Enough 

Building a Sustainable 

Economy in a World of 

Finite Resources 

Rob Dietz and Daniel W. O’Neill 

This fascinating work promotes a most 

interesting premise: that an economy with 

“enough” as its goal provides better prospects 

for the future than one that continuously 

pursues “more.” 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Challenges economic orthodoxy by laying 

out the case against pursuit of continuous 

growth, including both environmental and 

social perspectives 

• Delivers a blueprint for 21st-century 

nations to extricate themselves from their 

economic and environmental problems 

• Clarifi es the policies and institutions 

necessary to achieve a sustainable and 

fair economy and recommends actions 

individuals can take to make progress on 

the transition 

ROB DIETZ, is executive director of the 

Center for the Advancement of the Steady State 

Economy (CASSE) in Arlington, VA. 

DANIEL W. O’NEILL is director of European 

Operations, Center for the Advancement of the 

Steady State Economy (CASSE) in Arlington, VA. 

August 2012, 162pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-1-4408-0333-8, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-1-4408-0334-5 


The Great American 

Housing Bubble 

The Road to Collapse 

Robert M. Hardaway 

This meticulously documented work sets 

forth the major causes of the greatest asset 

bubble in world economic history—the 

American housing bubble, which began in 

1940 and collapsed in 2007. 

FEATURES: 

• Extracts from major legislation—federal, 

state, and local—that promoted the 

creation of the housing bubble 

• An introductory essay illuminating the 

broad features of Western capitalism and 

the fi nancial and government institutions 

that have evolved to promote and regulate 

it, notably in the United States 

• A detailed chronology orienting readers to 

the sequence and context of events 

ROBERT M. HARDAWAY is professor of 

law at the University of Denver Sturm College 

of Law, Denver, CO; cum laude graduate of 

Amherst College, Amherst, MA; and Order of 

the Coif graduate of New York University School 

of Law, New York, NY. 

February 2011, 256pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38228-4, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38229-1 


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Real Leadership 

How Spiritual Values Give 

Leadership Meaning 

Gilbert W. Fairholm 

This text explains why values-based spiritual 

leadership that coalesces employees into 

a harmonious group is the only way to 

successfully manage increasingly diverse 

workers in the 21st century. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes 9 arguments and over 40 key 

facts supporting values leadership as the 

only valid leadership theory 

• Harnesses the knowledge of over 200 

contributing experts 

• Presents the novel ideas of many analysts, 

including recent doctoral work exploring 

specifi c aspects of spirituality, values, and 

leadership 

GILBERT W. FAIRHOLM is emeritus professor 

of management at Virginia Commonwealth 

University, Richmond, VA. 

January 2011, 240pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39331-0, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39332-7 


FORTHCOMING 

The Search for Survival 

Lessons from Disruptive 

Technologies 

Henry C. Lucas, Jr. 

Ideal for business students, business 

managers, and corporate senior executives, 

this book distills the lessons learned from 

the disasters that have befallen companies 

that were unable to cope with disruptive 

technologies. 

FEATURES: 

• Provides examples of companies and 

industries that will be familiar to all readers 

• Utilizes a straightforward model of the 

survival process that guides the chapter 

discussion in which companies and industries 

are given a score based on the factors 

in the model 

• Provides a discussion of “Making and 

Executing Tough Management Decisions” 

(METD) that applies to each company or 

industry 

HENRY C. LUCAS, JR., PhD, is Robert 

H. Smith Professor of Information systems at 

the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the 

University of Maryland. 

June 2012, 233pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-1-4408-0277-5, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-1-4408-0278-2 


A Simple Path to 

Sustainability 

Green Business Strategies 

for Small and Medium-Sized 

Businesses 

Fred Andreas, Elizabeth S. 

Cooperman, Blair Gifford, and 

Graham Russell, Editors 

“I highly recommend this book to those 

interested in sustainable approaches 

and methodology in today’s business 

world.” 

—L. HUNTER LOVINS OF NATURAL 

CAPITALISM SOLUTIONS (NCS) 

With unequaled insight, business experts 

profi le 12 outstanding, sustainable, small-to 

medium-sized enterprises and explain how 

their green strategies and methods have 

helped them succeed. 

FRED ANDREAS is a principal architect and 

assistant professor in the College of Architecture 

and Planning, University of Colorado, Denver, CO. 

ELIZABETH S. COOPERMAN is professor 

of finance in the Business School, University of 

Colorado, Denver, CO. 

BLAIR GIFFORD is associate professor of 

health administration and management in the 

Business School at the University of Colorado, 

Denver, CO. 

GRAHAM RUSSELL is executive director 

of Connected Organizations for a Responsible 

Economy (CORE), Denver, CO. 

March 2011, 253pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38269-7, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38270-3 


FORTHCOMING 

misLeading Indicators 

How to Reliably Measure 

Your Business 

Philip Green and George Gabor 

“Lively, well-written, and full of 

fascinating examples. I found 

misLeading Indicators a joy to read!” 

—PHIL ROSENZWEIG, AUTHOR OF 

THE HALO EFFECT, PROFESSOR 

OF STRATEGY, IMD, LAUSANNE, 

SWITZERLAND 

This book reveals the hidden and potentially 

misleading nature of measurements, 

empowering readers to avoid making 

critical business decisions that are harmful, 

unreasonable, unwarranted, or plain wrong. 

FEATURES: 

• Examines why common performance 

indicators and measurements can be so 

misleading 

• Explains why indicators that appear to be 

performance “drivers” can actually drive 

you out of business 

• Provides a “tool box” with each chapter 

for fi nding and fi xing misleading indicators 

in your business 

PHILIP GREEN is an applied statistician who 

advises major corporations on measurement 

issues. 

GEORGE GABOR, now retired, was professor 

of statistics at Dalhousie University, Halifax, 

Nova Scotia since 1977. 

February 2012, 296pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39595-6, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39596-3 


NEW 

Branding 

the Candidate 

Marketing Strategies 

to Win Your Vote 

Lisa Spiller and Jeff Bergner 

“A must read for every citizen who is 

targeted by today’s sophisticated 

political marketing techniques.” 

—PAUL TRIBLE, PRESIDENT, 

CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT 

UNIVERSITY, FORMER U.S. SENATOR 

American voters will be empowered by this 

revealing, behind-the-scene exposé of the 

marketing strategies and tactics political 

candidates use to win their hearts, minds, 

donations, and votes. 

FEATURES: 

• ”Promise meters” with which to evaluate 

candidate campaign promises and 

marketing strategies 

• Charts and tables that summarize information 

about political marketing, including 

presidential campaign slogans, political 

fundraising regulations, and results 

LISA SPILLER, PhD, is professor of marketing 

at Christopher Newport University, Newport 

News, VA. 

JEFF BERGNER, PhD, has served as staff 

director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee 

and as assistant secretary of state. 

July 2011, 209pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39404-1, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39405-8 


FORTHCOMING 

The Marketing Handbook 

99 Three-Minute Marketing 

Lessons for Business Success 

Charles W. Jaeger 

This handbook presents 99 three-minute 

lessons on marketing concepts and strategies 

for successful personal marketing, job 

seeking, and small business promotion in a 

rapidly evolving world. 

FEATURES: 

• Provides 99 short chapters that can each 

be read in about three minutes, cover most 

of the topics in a college level introductory 

marketing class, and describe important 

changes taking place in business and 

society 

• Reveals unique insights and strategies 

based on the author’s original thinking and 

practical experience 

• Includes easy-to-understand illustrations 

explaining key concepts and important 

principles 

CHARLES W. JAEGER, PhD, is professor 

of marketing at Southern Oregon University, 

Ashland, OR. 

May 2012, 224pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38701-2, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38702-9 




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NEW 

How Women 

Can Make It Work 

The Science of Success 

Eden King and Jennifer Knight 

Built for Change 

Essential Traits of 

Transformative Companies 

T.D. Klein 

“Frank, funny, and most of all 

reliable.” 

—SELENA REZVANI, AUTHOR OF 

THE NEXT GENERATION OF WOMEN LEADERS, COLUMNIST, 

THE WASHINGTON POST ONLINE 

“Outstanding. Todd Klein delivers 

a must-read for any entrepreneur 

seeking to create a transformative 

business.” 

—VERNE HARNISH, CEO, GAZELLES INC. AND FOUNDER OF 

ENTREPRENEURS’ ORGANIZATION 

Privatize This 

Assessing the Opportunities 

and Costs of Privatization 

Richard A. McGowan 

This book offers an expert examination of the 

ideology and motives behind the privatization 

or the nationalization of an industry, based on 

real case studies. 

FEATURES: 

• Nine case studies of privatization in a 

variety of contexts: cigarette and alcohol 

sales, oil production, port facilities, public 

transportation, prison management, and 

lotteries 

• Charts and fi gures for production and costs 

throughout each case study 

• A bibliography for each case study, as well 

as a comprehensive bibliography for the 

entire book 

RICHARD A. MCGOWAN is professor of 

economics at Boston College. 

March 2011, 206pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-37586-6, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37587-3 


BEST-SELLER 

Creating a 

Successful Marketing 

Strategy for Your 

Small New Business 

Stanley F. Stasch 

“A lively, comprehensive handbook for 

entrepreneurs and marketing students 

alike. Highly recommended.” 

—CHOICE, JANUARY 1, 2011 

This book is for everyone thinking of starting 

a small new business that will grow into a 

large and successful company. 

FEATURES: 

• Numerous examples used to clarify the 

details of successful strategy creation 

• Presents many guidelines to follow when 

creating your marketing strategy, as well 

as warnings of things you should avoid 

STANLEY F. STASCH is professor of marketing 

at Loyola University, Chicago, IL. 

June 2010, 225pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38246-8, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38247-5 


NEW 

The 

Entrepreneur’s Guide 

to Market Research 

Anne M. Wenzel 

Planning your new business starts here. 

This invaluable guide arms entrepreneurs 

with all they need to know to research and 

analyze potential markets—key steps in 

constructing effective marketing plans, 

establishing sound fi nancial forecasts, 

and fi nding backers. 

FEATURES: 

• Worksheets for compiling demographic 

information, templates for market analysis 

and the business plan, and a grid for 

analyzing the competition 

• Case studies showing how entrepreneurs 

have used market research information to 

develop profi table business strategies 

ANNE M. WENZEL, MA, is principal with 

Econosystems, an economics and market 

research firm located in Menlo Park, CA. Wenzel 

is also a member of the economics faculty at 

Baker College Online, based in Flint, MI, and 

has taught managerial economics at Menlo 

College, Atherton, CA. 

January 2012, 160pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39605-2, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39606-9 


Condensing and interpreting an enormous body of social science 

research, this book helps young women survive and thrive in their 

careers. 

FEATURES: 

• Covers invaluable topics for female employees including choosing 

a career, getting the job, interpersonal relationships at work, communication, 

advancing in the job, and addressing work-family issues 

• Mixes empirical research fi ndings with personal stories and pop 

culture references to make the material engaging and meaningful 

EDEN KING, PhD, is assistant professor of organizational psychology at 

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. 

JENNIFER KNIGHT, PhD, received her degree in organizational psychology 

from Rice University, Houston, TX. 

May 2011, 327pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39309-9, $54.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39310-5 


NEW 

Strategic Planning 

A Practical Guide to Strategy 

Formulation and Execution 

B. Keith Simerson 

In this book, an expert in business strategy 

shows how to create and evaluate 

a strategic plan and execute that plan 

successfully. 

FEATURES: 

• Concrete examples and case studies 

• Templates and samples of materials used in various public- and 

private-sector strategic planning efforts 

• A bibliography of resource materials about strategic thinking, strategy 

formulation, strategic planning, and strategy execution 

B. KEITH SIMERSON, EdD, is a management consultant, helping 

organizations with strategic planning, leadership development, and change 

enablement. 

April 2011, 282pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38480-6, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38481-3 


This book provides an insider’s view of how today’s blockbuster 

companies arrived at the top and explains how your business can do 

the same—in good economies or bad. 

FEATURES: 

• Identifi es eight common characteristics of breakthrough enterprises 

• Contains exclusive interviews that reveal how certain companies 

blew away their competition 

• Includes case studies—including Starbucks, Dell, American Idol, 

and Google—that appeal to any reader 

T.D. KLEIN is an investor, author, and speaker who has spent his career 

focusing on transformative companies. 

October 2010, 132pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38142-3, 

$34.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38143-0 


NEW 

The Myth of 

Fair and Efficient 

Government 

Why the Government You 

Want Is Not the One You Get 

Michael L. Marlow 

A fascinating exposé explaining why 

the government we have bears so little 

relation to the government we want—and why the recent expansion 

of government programs will only exacerbate the problem. 

FEATURES: 

• Shows that the last place to look for effi cient outcomes is the government 

• Explains why our tax system cannot provide us with an assessment 

of whether or not government is fair 

MICHAEL L. MARLOW is professor of economics at California Polytechnic 

State University, San Luis Obispo, CA. 

July 2011, 214pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39291-7, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39292-4 




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FORTHCOMING 

Global Business 

Etiquette 

A Guide to International 

Communication and Customs 


Jeanette S. Martin and 

Lillian H. Chaney 

This book provides the invaluable intercultural knowledge to help 

you make a deal, sell your product, or fi nd a joint venture, no matter 

where your business takes you. 

JEANETTE S. MARTIN is professor of management at the University of 

Mississippi. 

LILLIAN H. CHANEY is distinguished professor of management emeritus 

at The University of Memphis. 


$48.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39718-9 


NEW 

Government Grief 

How to Help Your Small 

Business Survive Mindless 

Regulation, Political 

Corruption, and Red Tape 

Amy H. Handlin 

This book provides an effective antidote 

to the small business owner’s frustration 

with government, demonstrating how to cut through regulations, red 

tape, and political corruption. 

FEATURES: 

• Provides model advocacy materials 

• Includes end-of-chapter summaries that reinforce key concepts 

• Presents vignettes dubbed “Tales from the Dark Side” that portray 

the worst in government bungling and help reinforce points in 

the text 

AMY H. HANDLIN, PhD, MBA, is deputy minority leader of the New Jersey 

General Assembly and associate professor of marketing at Monmouth 

University, West Long Branch, NJ. 

June 2011, 201pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39259-7, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39260-3 


NEW 

Black Box Casino 

How Wall Street’s Risky 

Shadow Banking Crashed 

Global Finance 

Robert Stowe England 

“Mr. England writes on the financial 

crisis with harrowing precision.” 

—DANIEL HENNINGER, 

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 

This cautionary tale explains how the murky and complex world of 

mortgage fi nance caused a global market meltdown—and offers 

new insights on how to create a stronger world of banking and 

mortgage fi nance. 

FEATURES: 

• Charts and graphs • A bibliography 

ROBERT STOWE ENGLAND is a journalist and author who has written 

extensively on mortgage finance, banking, retirement policy, and the 

financial and economic impact of population aging. 


$48.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39290-0 


NEW 

Asia’s Rise 

in the 21st Century 

Scott B. MacDonald and 

Jonathan Lemco 

This expert analysis looks at what 

the increasing economic and political 

prominence of China and other Asian 

nations means to the West and the rest 

of the world. 

FEATURES: 

• Explores what Asia’s rise actually means to the West and to other 

emerging economies 

• Assesses the economic challenges to Asia’s rise in terms of energy 

and fi nancial management 

SCOTT B. MACDONALD, PhD, is the head of credit and economics at 

Aladdin Capital Holdings, Stamford, CT, where he analyzes and helps make 

investment decisions for portfolios in excess of $1 billion in a number of 

Asian companies. 

JONATHAN LEMCO, PhD, is principal and senior sovereign risk analyst 

at The Vanguard Group and has a long-standing involvement with the Asian 

region. 


$37.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39371-6 


NEW 

The Christian 

Science Monitor 

An Evolving Experiment 

in Journalism 

Linda K. Fuller 

This text provided a unique examination 

of The Christian Science Monitor, a highly 

respected, venerable news publication 

that has survived over a century of changes and challenges. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes intriguing content derived from authorized interviews with 

managers and writers from The Christian Science Monitor 

• Presents case studies on pivotal topics like terrorism, international 

issues, gender, and sexual orientation issues 

LINDA K. FULLER is senior fellow at Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 


$34.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37995-6 


The Ever-Evolving 

Enterprise 

Guidelines for Creating 

Your Company’s Future 

Stephen C. Harper 

Foreword by Brett Martin, 

Founder and CEO of 

Castle Branch, Inc. 

“Dr. Harper provides an achievable model for making innovation 

and creativity part of the 21st-century organization.” 

—TOM LOONEY, ENTREPRENEUR AND COMPUTER 

SOFTWARE INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE 

This insightful guide showcases a new psychological framework 

through which business leaders can transform themselves and their 

organizations. 

FEATURES: 

• Hundreds of cautions, insights, tips, and techniques 

• Candid “reality checks” throughout 

• Chapter-ending quizzes that profi le the extent to which a fi rm is 

demonstrating the qualities of Ever-Evolving Enterprises 

STEPHEN C. HARPER, PhD, is the Progress Energy/Betty Cameron 

Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of North 

Carolina, Wilmington, NC. 


$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39184-2 


Best Laid Plans 

The Tyranny of 

Unintended Consequences 

and How to Avoid Them 

William A. Sherden 

“Broad in sweep and generous in 

anecdote, Best Laid Plans is an 

outstanding read.” 

—KEVIN RYAN, PhD, FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF 

THE CENTER FOR CHARACTER AND SOCIAL 

RESPONSIBILITY, BOSTON UNIVERSITY 

This intriguing and informative probe into the dynamics of unintended 

consequences reveal the real reasons our best laid plans often go 

askew in our political, business, and personal lives. 

FEATURES: 

• 60 case studies clearly illustrate how unintended consequences 

occurred in current and historical events 

• Various charts and fi gures clarify key points and information 

WILLIAM A. SHERDEN is adjunct professor at the International Business 

School at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. 


$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38532-2 


FORTHCOMING 

Working in Your Major 

How to Find a Job 

When You Graduate 

Mary E. Ghilani 

This guidebook contains what every 

college graduate needs to know to fi nd 

a good job in their major, and it provides 

sound advice on establishing a professional identity, surviving the 

critical fi rst year on the job, and ensuring marketability in the future. 

MARY E. GHILANI, MS, NCC, is director of career services at Luzerne 

County Community College, Nanticoke, PA. She is a National Certified 

Counselor and has been working with college students for over 18 years. 

August 2012, 175pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-1-4408-0311-6, 

$37.00, eBook ISBN 978-1-4408-0312-3 


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3 QUESTIONS FOR DEBBIE CARVALKO 

1. What are your objectives for Praeger’s Psychology and 

Health Publishing Program 

“We offer books with cutting-edge information, explorations of comprehensive 

treatments, new views, insights, and angles that are of wide, perpetual, or emerging 

interest to general readers, scholars, and students. Controversial topics, and subjects 

little addressed in earlier books, are especially sought. Some of our most popular 

recent books and sets have included Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic, 

Psychedelic Medicine, The Annals of Gullibility, and America’s War on Sex.” 

2. How do you select titles for publication 

PSYCHOLOGY 

ABC-CLIO EDITOR PROFILE 

“I work hard to keep current in developing research, breaking news, current events, 

controversies, and popular culture as it relates to psychology and health. I also 

monitor new curriculum being offered in academic programs, and the subjects at 

conference presentations. When considering proposals for publication, we look 

for topics and views that are new, interesting, informative, thorough, and always 

authoritative.” 

3. How do you decide which authors to work with 

Senior Acquisitions Editor for Praeger’s Psychology and 

Health and Wellness Publishing Programs 

Debbie Carvalko is well suited to head these publishing programs. Before 

coming to the publishing industry, she spent 18 years as a daily news 

journalist. As a result of that experience, she seeks out topics that are new, 

different, and of broad interest. Debbie holds graduate degrees in journalism, 

psychology, and health psychology. She looks for authors who are able to 

blend good, down-to-earth writing with timely topics. 

“About 70 percent of authors in the Psychology and Health Program approach us 

with proposals. Another 25 percent are recruited after I get an idea for a book and 

search for the ‘ideal’ author. The remaining 5 percent come to us through other 

editors or agents. Our psychology and health authors are nearly always PhDs who 

teach at U.S. colleges and universities.” 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Provides a remarkably 

versatile and highly relevant 

compendium of information 

on hundreds of forms of 

violence and abuse 

• Serves as an excellent 

teaching and training 

resource 

• Contains essential material 

for professionals and 

researchers in numerous 

fields, including social work, 

sociology, psychology, 

psychiatry, medicine, public 

health, health, public policy, 

law, law enforcement, 

education, research, 

international studies, and 

women’s studies 

FORTHCOMING Violence and Abuse in Society 

Understanding a Global Crisis 

4 VOLUMES 

Angela Browne-Miller, PhD, DSW, MPH, Editor 

There were 250 wars fought in the 20th century, and the incidence 

of war is rising. At the close of the 19th century, most casualties 

were among soldiers; today, 85 to 90 percent are among civilians. 

Beyond those who die as a result of violence, many more are injured 

and suffer from physical, sexual, reproductive, and mental health 

problems as a result. 

Angela Browne-Miller, PhD, is editor of this comprehensive and 

unique set of four volumes containing over 110 chapters from over 

130 international experts with backgrounds in behavioral science, 

social science, law, and medicine, as well as researchers, practitioners, 

and lay persons with varied specialties. These volumes cover 

the following areas refl ected by their titles: Volume One: 

Fundamen- 

tals, Effects, and Extremes; Volume Two: 

Setting, Age, Gender, and Other 

Key Elements; Volume Three: Psychological, Ritual, Sexual, and Traffi cking 

Issues; and Volume Four: Faces on Intimate Partner Violence. 

This collection looks at the range of violence and abuse we see today, conducting a 

detailed examination against the backdrop of a history of violence and abuse around the 

globe. The works within focus for the most part on violence and abuse taking place outside 

of war contexts, discussing road rage, child abuse, elder abuse, abuse of women and girls, 

sex slavery, violent rituals including female genital cutting, abuse within cults, domestic 

violence, gun violence, and modern problems fueled by technology, including cyberbullying 

and cyberstalking. 

SAMPLE TOPICS: 

• Addiction 

• Children 

FEATURES: 

• Cyberstalking 

• Economic Violence 

• Contributions from experts from more than 20 countries 

• Road Rage 

• Stalking 

ANGELA BROWNE-MILLER, PhD, is an international and leading expert on violence, abuse, 

addiction, and behavior change. She has authored more than 20 books, including To Have and 

To Hurt: Recognizing and Changing, or Escaping, Patterns of Abuse in Intimate Relationships and 

Rewiring Your Self to Break Addictions and Habits: Overcoming Problem Patterns. 

June 2012, 1,710pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38276-5, $257.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38277-2 


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PSYCHOLOGY 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Showcases individuals’ accounts 

regarding the perennial question 

of “what is love” 

• Highlights cultural similarities and 

differences 

• Provides up-to-date empirical 

research 

FORTHCOMING 

The Psychology of Love 

4 VOLUMES 


Across the diverse cultures and societies of the world, love is a universal concept. 

However, there are nearly as many different interpretations of the meaning of love 

as there are words to describe it. Social scientists, biologists, philosophers and 

scholars have all attempted to defi ne this complex emotion, and to explain why love 

spawns passion, intimacy, and commitment. 

The fi eld of biology views “love” as a hard-wired mammalian drive, akin to thirst 

and hunger. In contrast, psychology views love from a social and cultural perspective 

where our drive to fi nd love—and our responses to it—are highly dependent on 

societal norms. In 

The Psychology of Love, esteemed author and educator Michele 

A. Paludi examines love through all lenses, thereby providing readers a deeper 

understanding of the ways we can express caring, sensitivity, empathy, and respect 

toward one another. 

Each chapter in this comprehensive four-volume work includes a scholarly over- 

view of empirical research and theories about the psychology of love. In addition, 

individuals’ own defi nitions of love are included. Special attention is paid to accepted 

standards of love across a variety of cultures, the ways individuals express liking and 

love across the lifecycle, and patterns in dissolutions of friendships and romantic 

relationships, making note of gender and race differences. 


• Abusive Homes 

• Infl uence of Mainstream Hip-Hop 

• Love and Religion 

• Platonic Couple Love 

• Racial Preferences of Internet Daters 

MICHELE A. PALUDI is president of Human Resources Management Solutions and 

participating faculty at Union Graduate College, Schenectady, NY. Paludi is the series editor 

for Praeger’s Women’s Psychology and Women and Careers in Management and has 

authored or edited 38 texts and more than 170 scholarly articles on sexual harassment, 

discrimination, psychology of women, gender, and campus violence. 

March 2012, 960pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39315-0, $215.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39316-7 


NEW 

Women and Mental Disorders 

4 VOLUMES 

Paula K. Lundberg-Love, Kevin L. Nadal, 

and Michele A. Paludi, Editors 

Women in the United States are diagnosed with mental 

disorders at a far greater rate than men. Depression, 

anxiety, agoraphobia, and eating disorders appear to 

disproportionately strike women, as obviously do such 

female-only conditions as postpartum psychosis. Is it just that 

women are more likely to seek care and have their disorders 

recognized, or do the statistics refl ect deeper disparities 

In the last two decades, feminist therapists and scholars have 

called for new models of mental health that value women and 

femininity. To that end, the four-volume Women and Mental 

Disorders brings together recent research and theory to explore 

its subject from a feminist perspective. This exhaustive set treats 

every aspect of women’s mental health, from diagnoses 

to treatment. 

Underlying the entire work is an awareness of varying cultural 

defi nitions of mental health and the importance of understanding 

a woman’s cultural background if treatment is to be respectful and 

successful. Special attention is also paid to women who have been victims 

of violence, whether in intimate relationships, the workplace, or at school, 

and to how these experiences impact mental and physical health, self-concept, interpersonal 

relationships, and career development. Approaches to treating women with eating disorders, 

agoraphobia, anxiety and depression, PTSD, and personality disorders are covered as well. 

Finally, the set provides resources to help readers address their own needs or those of friends 

and family. 

FEATURES: 

• Contributions from over 80 distinguished researchers and therapists 

• 40 original essays on all aspects of the subject 

PAULA K. LUNDBERG-LOVE, PhD, is professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Tyler. 

KEVIN L. NADAL, PhD, is assistant professor of psychology and mental health counseling at John 

Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, in New York City. 

MICHELE A. PALUDI, PhD, is president of Human Resources Management Solutions and focuses on 

workplace and educational equity. 

November 2011, 851pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39319-8, $215.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39320-4 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Looks at common mental 

disorders in women of all ages, 

cultures, and sexual orientations 

• Encompasses up-to-date 

research on etiology, diagnoses, 

and treatment of women’s mental 

disorders 

• Explores causes rooted in abuse, 

crime, and sexual victimization 


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PRAEGER 

PSYCHOLOGY 

NEW 

The 

Psychology 

of Teen 

Violence and 

Victimization 

FORTHCOMING 

The Psychology 

of Black 

Boys and 

Adolescents 

2 VOLUMES 


While it’s widely known that 

hate crimes represent a 

serious issue among today’s 

adolescent population, 

most parents—and perhaps even some educators—may be unaware 

that gender-based violence is the most prevalent type of hate crime 

committed by and experienced by teens, and that adolescent girls are 

exposed to more violence than boys. A complete understanding of 

the nature of the problem is fundamental to curtailing problems like 

cyberbullying and sexual harrassment. 

The Psychology of Teen Violence and Victimization is a two-volume 

set that fi lls a gap in the current literature on teen violence by addressing 

the incidence, psychological explanations, and impact of all 

forms of teen violence. The author—a psychologist who has focused 

upon interpersonal problems centered on violence, harassment, and 

gender—provides in-depth discussion of the various types of violence 

committed by and against teens. The set offers actionable prevention 

strategies for parents and teachers as well as individuals involved 

in community programs. Special attention is given to the impact of 

violence on adolescents’ emotional and physical health, interpersonal 

relationships, career development, and self-concept. 

FEATURES: 

• Contributions from 70 internationally renowned authors and advocates, 

comprising all original materials 

• Bibliographies presented at the ends of each chapter 

• Name and subject indices 

• Websites and organizations relevant to teen violence 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Presents all-original material on the incidence, psychological dimensions, 

impact and prevention of adolescent violence 

• Addresses community, educational, and familial responses to preventing 

and responding to teen violence 

MICHELE A. PALUDI, PhD, is president of Human Resources Management 

Solutions and participating faculty in the School of Management at 

Union Graduate College, Schenectady, NY. 


$110.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39376-1 


2 VOLUMES 

Kirkland Vaughans 

and Warren Spielberg 

Despite examples set by successful 

black men in all walks 

of life, the truth remains that 

a disproportionate number of black boys and young men underperform 

at school, suffer from PTSD, and, too often, fi nd themselves on 

a pathway to jail. The two-volume The Psychology of Black Boys and 

Adolescents marks the fi rst attempt to catalog the many psychological 

infl uences that can stack the deck against black male children—and 

to suggest interventions. 

Bringing together an expansive collection of new and classic research 

from a wide variety of disciplines, this set sheds light on the complex 

circumstances faced by young black men in the United States. Contributions 

by authors Kirkland Vaughans and Warren Spielberg contain 

insights from the groundbreaking “Brotherman” study, conducted over 

a ten-year period to report on the lives and psychological challenges 

of over a hundred African American boys and their families. 

Among the myriad issues studied in this set are the often-negative 

expectations of society, the infl uence of gangs, and the impact of racism 

and poverty. 

FEATURES: 

• The work of 30 distinguished contributors, from Marion Wright Edelman 

to Ellis Cose 

• Perspectives and solutions from disciplines as wide-ranging as clinical 

psychology, law, sociology, and poetry 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Describes how issues relating to poverty, education, and family can 

lead to the “adultifi cation” of black boys, contributing to adverse life 

outcomes 

• Explores the relationships between race and stress-related disorders, 

detailing the impact of racism on the attitudes and values of African 

American boys 

KIRKLAND VAUGHANS, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and psychoanalyst. 

WARREN SPIELBERG, PhD and Fulbright Scholar, is part-time associate 

professor of psychology at the New School University, New York, NY. 


$110.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38199-7 


NEW 

Altering 

Consciousness 

Multidisciplinary 

Perspectives 

2 VOLUMES 

Etzel Cardeña and 

Michael Winkelman, Editors 

This authoritative, multidisciplinary overview 

of altered states of consciousness (ASC) 

shows how their study is necessary to gain 

a fundamental understanding of human 

culture, history, and biology. 

FEATURES: 

• Contains various illustrations in the two 

volumes 

• Presents a bibliography of representative 

references to the literature on altered 

states across various disciplines and 

languages 

• Provides convenient cross-referencing of 

subjects across chapters 

ETZEL CARDEÑA, PhD, holds the endowed 

Thorsen Chair of Psychology at Lund University, 

Lund, Sweden. 

MICHAEL WINKELMAN, MPH, PhD, retired 

from the School of Human Evolution and Social 

Change at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 

in 2009. 

May 2011, 800pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38308-3, $124.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38309-0 


FORTHCOMING 

Science and 

the World’s Religions 

3 VOLUMES 

Patrick McNamara and 

Wesley J. Wildman, Editors 

This trio of volumes contains essays that explore 

vital existential, moral, or metaphysical 

issues surrounding the relationship between 

the sciences and the world’s religions. 

FEATURES: 

• Goes beyond traditional science and religion 

“dialogue” to enact science and religion 

integration on issues of critical importance 

to people’s everyday lives 

• Addresses intellectually exciting and 

existentially bracing issues from 

beginning to end 

• Provides perspectives and insights that are 

richly and responsibly informed by multiple 

sciences and religions 

PATRICK MCNAMARA, PhD, is associate 

professor of neurology at Boston University 

School of Medicine, Boston, MA. 

WESLEY J. WILDMAN, PhD, is professor 

of philosophy, theology, and ethics at Boston 

University and convener of the Graduate School’s 

doctoral program in religion and science. 

July 2012, 1,015pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38732-6, $194.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38733-3 


NEW 

Spirit Possession 

and Exorcism 

History, Psychology, 

and Neurobiology 

2 VOLUMES 

Patrick McNamara 

This two-volume text reviews spirit possession 

throughout history, analyzes case studies 

from a cognitive neuroscience perspective, 

and examines rites for exorcism. 

FEATURES: 

• Provides a comprehensive bibliography 

of materials that gathers historical, anthropological, 

and archaeological sources, 

as well as comparative religionist and 

neurologic literature 

• Contains indexes that reference key 

religious events, rituals, and personalities, 

and cross-reference key characteristics of 

case studies 

PATRICK MCNAMARA, PhD, is associate 

professor of neurology at Boston University 

School of Medicine, Boston, MA. 

April 2011, 373pp, 6 1/8x9, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38432-5, $104.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38433-2 


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PRAEGER 

PSYCHOLOGY 

Latina and 

Latino 

Children’s 

Mental Health 

NEW 

African 

American 

Children and 

Mental Health 

2 VOLUMES 

Natasha J. Cabrera, 

Francisco A. Villarruel, 

and Hiram E. 

Fitzgerald, Editors 

2 VOLUMES 

Nancy E. Hill, Tammy 

L. Mann, Hiram E. 


What effect does growing 

up in an ethnic minority 

and perhaps in an 

immigrant family have on development That is the overarching 

question Latina and Latino Children’s Mental Health sets out to 

answer. The work examines all of the myriad physical, psychological, 

social, and environmental factors that undermine or support healthy 

development in Latino American children, from biology to economics 

to public policy. 

The fi rst volume of this two-volume set focuses on earlylife 

experiences and the second on youth/adolescent issues, 

treating such topics as children’s development of a sense of self, 

development of linguistic skills, peer relationships, sexual orientation, 

and physical development. The work analyzes familial relationships, 

often an important resource that helps young people build resilience 

despite the stresses of migration. And it looks at patterns of behavior, 

social status, and social-goal orientations that differentiate Latino/a 

children and adolescents from their African American and European 

American peers. 

FEATURES: 

• Chapters from leading researchers across the United States 

who study Latino children and youth 

• A glossary 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Provides a critical analysis of the state of knowledge of Latino 

children and youth 

• Emphasizes multiple theoretical frameworks and design methods 

NATASHA J. CABRERA, PhD, is associate professor in the Human 

Development Department at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 

FRANCISCO A. VILLARRUEL, PhD, is university outreach and 

engagement senior fellow and professor of human development and family 

studies at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. 

HIRAM E. FITZGERALD, PhD, is associate provost for university 

outreach and engagement and university distinguished professor of 

psychology at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, as well as 

adjunct professor of psychiatry, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 


$104.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38297-0 


How does one go about 

shifting the psychology 

of a people whose sense 

of worth, purpose, and 

potential have been denigrated and disenfranchised for decades 

What specifi c factors conspire to douse African American children’s 

dreams before they reach adolescence And what can we learn from 

African American families determined to help their children beat the 

odds and succeed 

This unique two-volume set examines the forces affecting 

psychological development and achievement motivation in African 

American children today. These books address the current political, 

global, economic, and social contexts as they impact African American 

families and tackle the tough issues of genes, environment, and race. 

Experts from leading universities, research institutes, federal agencies, 

and nonprofi t organizations discuss factors such as parenting beliefs 

and practices, peer infl uences, school and community environments, 

racial profi ling, race and ethnicity, spirituality, and immigrant status. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes history, current events, psychology, politics, public policy, 

sociology, economics, and more 

• Details intervention programs that target parents and children in lowincome 

African American families 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Addresses topics commonly featured in popular media nationwide 

• Includes comprehensive information on history, current events, 

psychology, politics, public policy, sociology, economics, and more 

NANCY E. HILL is associate professor in the Department of Psychology 

and Neurosciences at Duke University, Durham, NC; visiting associate professor 

at Harvard University, Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA; 

and faculty affiliate of the Center for Developmental Science at the University 

of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. 

TAMMY L. MANN, PhD, is executive director of the Frederick D. Patterson 

Research Institute at United Negro College Fund. 

HIRAM E. FITZGERALD is associate provost for university outreach and 

engagement, University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Michigan 

State University, East Lansing, MI; and adjunct professor of psychiatry at the 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 

July 2011, 498pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38302-1, $104.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38303-8 


NEW 

Asian 

American and Pacific 

Islander Children 

and Mental Health 

2 VOLUMES 

Frederick T.L. Leong, Linda Juang, 

Desiree Baolian Qin, and 

Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Editors 

This fi rst-of-its-kind, two-volume set examines 

physical, psychological, social, and 

environmental factors that undermine—or 

support—healthy development in Asian 

American children. 

FEATURES: 

• Explores history, current events, psychology, 

politics, public policy, sociology, 

economics and racial, social, and class 

inequalities 

FREDERICK T.L. LEONG, PhD, is professor 

of psychology in the Department of Psychology 

at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. 

LINDA JUANG, PhD, is associate professor in 

the Department of Psychology at San Francisco 

State University, San Francisco, CA. 

DESIRÉE BAOLIAN QIN, PhD, is assistant 

professor of human development and family 

studies at Michigan State University, East 

Lansing, MI. 

HIRAM E. FITZGERALD, PhD, is associate 

provost for University Outreach and Engagement 

and university distinguished professor of 

psychology at Michigan State University and 

adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University 

of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 

May 2011, 518pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38300-7, $104.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38301-4 


NEW 

American 

Indian and Alaska 

Native Children 


Development, Context, 

Prevention, and Treatment 

Michelle C. Sarche, Paul Spicer, 

Patricia Farrell, and Hiram E. 


This unique book examines the physical, psychological, 

social, and environmental factors 

that support or undermine healthy development 

in American Indian children, including 

economics, biology, and public policies. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes both a subject and author index to 

facilitate further research 

• Includes comprehensive information on 

history, current events, psychology, politics, 

public policy, sociology, and economics 

MICHELLE C. SARCHE, is assistant professor 

at the Colorado School of Public Health at the 

University of Colorado, Denver, CO. 

PAUL SPICER is professor of anthropology and 

faculty at the Center for Applied Social Research 

at The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. 

PATRICIA FARRELL is assistant provost of 

University-Community Partnerships in the Office 

of University Outreach and Engagement at Michigan 

State University, East Lansing, MI. 

HIRAM E. FITZGERALD is series editor for 

the Praeger series, Child Psychology and 

Mental Health. 

September 2011, 408pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38304-5, $58.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38305-2 


NEW 

International 

Perspectives on Children 


2 VOLUMES 

Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Kaija Puura, 

Mark Tomlinson, and 

Campbell Paul, Editors 

This unprecedented set examines the most 

prominent factors that harm or support healthy 

development in children outside the United 

States, from abuse and economics to social 

injustice and poor public policy. 

FEATURES: 

• Vignettes from researchers who have studied 

children in deplorable conditions 

• Contributions from top scholars and researchers 

in the fi eld 

HIRAM E. FITZGERALD, PhD, is associate 

provost for University Outreach and Engagement 

and university distinguished professor of psychology 

at Michigan State University and adjunct 

professor of psychiatry, the University of Michigan. 

KAIJA PUURA, MD, PhD, is adjunct professor 

in the Department of Child Psychiatry at the 

University of Tampere, Finland, and assistant chief 

of Child Psychiatry at Tampere University Hospital. 

MARK TOMLINSON, PhD, is associate professor 

at Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South 

Africa. 

CAMPBELL PAUL, MD, is a consultant infant 

psychiatrist and coordinator of Infant Mental 

Health at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, 

Australia. 

July 2011, 500pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38298-7, $124.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38299-4 


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PRAEGER 

PSYCHOLOGY 

Hypnosis and 

Hypnotherapy 

2 VOLUMES 

Deirdre Barrett, Editor 

Edited by a psychologist at Harvard Medical 

School, this set explains developments 

in hypnosis, from its colorful if misguided 

inception with Anton Mesmer, across clinical 

techniques developed for health care in the 

20th century, to emerging research showing 

new potential applications to aid mental and 

physical health. 

Chapters also highlight what psychologists, 

neurologists, physicians, and scientists have 

discovered about how personality, cognition, 

and brain functions affect, and are affected 

by, hypnosis. An appendix explains how to 

tell the difference between an entertainer or 

charlatan and a practitioner who is trained, 

credentialed, and practicing research-backed 

hypnosis. Universities with hypnotherapy 

programs and courses are also included. 

DEIRDRE BARRETT is a clinical psychologist 

and assistant professor of psychology at 

Harvard Medical School, where she has taught 

courses on hypnotherapy. She is President of 

the American Psychological Association’s Division 

30, The Society for Psychological Hypnosis. 

October 2010, 378pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-35632-2, $104.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35633-9 


FORTHCOMING 

When Women 

Sexually Abuse Men 

The Hidden Side of Rape, 

Stalking, Harassment, 

and Sexual Assault 

Philip W. Cook with 

Tammy L. Hodo, PhD 

This book reveals the shocking and detailed 

accounts of how adult women stalk, sexually 

assault, and even rape adult men, portraying 

an eye-opening reality: women can act as 

aggressive predators and victimize men. 

FEATURES: 

• Details the rape trials of two women as well 

as other personal accounts and interviews 

• Utilizes careful analysis of research as to 

determine the extent of this crime by adult 

women against adult men 

• Addresses a range of actions in which adult 

women sexually abuse or assault adult 

men, and offers advice and counsel to 

these victims 

PHILIP W. COOK is an investigative journalist 

and author. 

TAMMY L. HODO is chair of the School of 

Criminal Justice, ITT Technical Institute, San 

Diego, CA. 

June 2012, 296pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39729-5, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39730-1 


NEW 

Women as 

Transformational Leaders 

From Grassroots 

to Global Interests 

2 VOLUMES 

Michele A. Paludi and 

Breena E. Coates, Editors 

This compilation of scholarly reviews 

and personal refl ections on women and 

leadership styles focuses on multicultural 

and organizational issues—empowering 

information that female leaders can use to 

break through the “glass ceiling.” 

FEATURES: 

• Contributions from 49 distinguished 

academic scholars describe research 

fi ndings and present personal refl ections 

on leadership styles 

• Bibliographies follow each scholarly 

chapter 

MICHELE A. PALUDI is president of 

Human Resources Management Solutions 

and participating faculty at Union Graduate 

College, Schenectady, NY. Paludi is the series 

editor for Praeger’s Women’s Psychology 

and for Women and Careers in Management 

and is the Elihu Root Peace Fund 

Professor in Women’s Studies at Hamilton 

College, Clinton, NY. 

BREENA C. COATES is chair of the Department 

of Management, College of Business 

and Public Administration, California State 

University, San Bernadino, CA. 

September 2011, 528pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38652-7, $110.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38653-4 


NEW 

Sexual Abuse in 

the Catholic Church 

A Decade of Crisis, 

2002-2012 

Thomas G. Plante and 

Kathleen L. McChesney, Editors 

“This thoughtful book is a must read 

for those interested and involved with 

the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic 

Church.” 

—ROBERT S. BENNETT, 

FORMER MEMBER OF THE 

NATIONAL REVIEW BOARD 

Taking on a still-controversial topic, a diverse 

group of experts, including victims and 

clergy, offers refl ections on the sexual abuse 

crisis in the Catholic Church, examining 

what the church has done—and what it still 

needs to do—to protect children. 

FEATURES: 

• Contributions from 20 leading experts on 

sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy, 

including a federal judge; a social worker; 

a priest; a bishop; prominent psychologists; 

and professors of law, crime, and sociology 

THOMAS G. PLANTE, PhD, ABPP, is professor 

of psychology and directs the Spirituality and 

Health Institute at Santa Clara University, Santa 

Clara, CA. 

KATHLEEN L. MCCHESNEY, PhD, was appointed 

executive director of the Office of Child 

and Youth Protection by the U.S. Conference of 

Catholic Bishops in 2002. 

October 2011, 270pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39387-7, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39388-4 


FORTHCOMING 

Religion, 

Spirituality, and 

Positive Psychology 

Understanding the 

Psychological Fruits of Faith 

Thomas G. Plante, PhD, Editor 

A multidisciplinary team of scholars shows 

how spiritual and religious practices actually 

do power psychological, physical, and social 

benefi ts, producing stronger individuals and 

healthier societies. 

FEATURES: 

• Case studies and personal vignettes illustrate 

key points and discoveries 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Addresses the positive effects of spirituality 

and religion on mental health, physical 

health, and the wellbeing of society as a 

whole 

• Provides a multidisciplinary perspective 

that includes traditions from across 

cultures and around the world 

• Scientifi cally applies psychological benchmarks 

rather than religious or spiritual 

ones to understanding the benefi ts of 

religious and spiritual engagement 

• Shares cutting-edge research and insights 

from top scholars 

THOMAS G. PLANTE, PhD, ABPP, is professor 

of psychology and director of the Spirituality 

and Health institute at Santa Clara University, 

CA. 

July 2012, 225pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39845-2, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39846-9 


Debating Psychic 

Experience 

Human Potential or 

Human Illusion 

Stanley Krippner and 

Harris L. Friedman, Editors 

Foreword by Ruth Richards 

“A fascinating read. . . . Recommended.” 

—CHOICE, MARCH 23, 2011 

This book presents a provocative debate 

between parapsychological advocates who 

claim that Western science’s worldview 

is incomplete, and counteradvocates who 

insist that parapsychological data is either 

spurious or can be explained by standard 

scientifi c principles. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes contributions from 14 scholars 

weighing in as advocates, counteradvocates, 

or contributors 

• 20 examples of original artwork by Dierdre 

Luzwick, a world-class surrealistic artist 

STANLEY KRIPPNER, PhD, is professor 

of psychology at Saybrook University, San 

Francisco, CA. 

HARRIS L. FRIEDMAN, PhD, is research 

professor of psychology at the University of 

Florida, Gainesville, FL. 

September 2010, 236pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39261-0, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39262-7 




27

PRAEGER 

PSYCHOLOGY 

FORTHCOMING 

The Educated Parent 2 

Child Rearing in the 

21st Century 

Joseph D. Sclafani, PhD 

Filled with relevant, expert, and practical 

child-rearing information, this invaluable 

guide also helps parents understand 

and utilize parenting resources ranging 

from scientifi c research to Internet sites 

to popular press output. 

FEATURES: 

• References stress tests for children 

• Research results on how daycare 

affects children 

• Tips on fi nding the best daycare 

placement 

JOSEPH D. SCLAFANI, PhD, is 

professor of psychology and interim 

associate provost and dean of academic 

services at the University of Tampa, 

Tampa, FL. 

February 2012, 225pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39776-9, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39777-6 


NEW 

Normality Does 

Not Equal Mental Health 

The Need to Look Elsewhere 

for Standards of Good 

Psychological Health 

Steven James Bartlett 

How do you defi ne good mental health This 

controversial, counterintuitive, and altogether 

fascinating book argues that “psychological 

normality” is neither a desirable nor an acceptable 

standard. 

FEATURES: 

• Multiple descriptive examples of ways 

in which the equation of psychological 

normality with good mental health leads 

us astray 

• An account of the principal contributors 

who have urged that psychological normality 

is not a desirable or justifi able standard 

of good mental health 

• A historical account of the main psychological 

factors that have led to our current failing 

model and practice of higher education 

STEVEN JAMES BARTLETT, PhD, is visiting 

scholar in psychology at Willamette University, 

Salem, OR; is senior research professor at 

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and 

has published 14 books and monographs and 

numerous papers in the fields of psychology and 

epistemology. 

September 2011, 296pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39931-2, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39932-9 


FORTHCOMING 

Drugging Our Children 

How Profiteers Are Pushing 

Antipsychotics on Our 

Youngest, and What We 

Can Do to Stop It 

Sharna Olfman and 

Brent Dean Robbins, Editors 

“This enlightening well-researched 

volume will help to protect our children 

from maltreatment and abuse from 

inappropriate use of medication. I highly 

recommend it—for parents as well as 

professionals.” 

—DR. ALVIN POUSSAINT 

PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY, 

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL 

This book exposes the skyrocketing rate of 

antipsychotic drug prescriptions for children, 

identifi es grave dangers when children’s mental 

health care is driven by market forces, and 

explains how to navigate a drug-fueled mental 

health system. 

FEATURES: 

• Information on legal issues by Harvard-educated 

lawyer Jim Gottstein 

• Insights from former pharmaceutical industry 

insider, Gwen Olsen 

SHARNA OLFMAN, is professor of clinical and 

developmental psychology at Point Park University, 

Pittsburgh, PA. 

BRENT DEAN ROBBINS, PhD, is associate professor 

of psychology and director of the psychology 

program at Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA. 

NEW 

The Seven Sources 

of Pleasure in Life 

Making Way for the Upside in 

the Midst of Modern Demands 

Luciano L’Abate 

Foreword by Edward W. L. Smith 

“I recommend this book to all mature 

adults as well as to our mental 

health professionals who might avoid 

professional burn-out from their 

stressed lives by adding new sources 

of pleasure into their daily routines.” 

—PHILIP ZIMBARDO, PhD, 

PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF 

PSYCHOLOGY, STANFORD 

UNIVERSITY 

This book examines a seemingly simple 

and absolutely essential topic: learning 

how to enjoy every aspect of your life on 

a daily basis. 

FEATURES: 

• A great variety of references, ranging from 

The New Yorker to The Economist 

• Exercises within some chapters and at 

the end of every chapter guide readers 

towards greater understanding 

• Five tables provide valuable supplemental 

information 

LUCIANO L’ABATE, PhD, ABEPP, is professor 

emeritus of psychology at Georgia State 

University, Atlanta, GA. 

June 2011, 241pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39579-6, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39580-2 


FORTHCOMING 

100 Years of Happiness 

Insights and Findings 

from the Experts 

Nathan Carlin and Donald Capps 

This book sums up 100 of years of research 

into the study of happiness—from 19th 

century scientifi c insights on the subject to 

the pop psychology perspectives of modernday 

America. 

FEATURES: 

• Concise summaries of classic debates on 

the meaning of happiness 

• An examination of cultural and individual 

belief systems regarding happiness 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Explores the work of major authors on 

the subject 

• Contains both philosophical insights and 

empirical fi ndings regarding happiness 

• Covers the most recent data and research 

NATHAN CARLIN, PhD, is interim director of 

the Medical Humanities and Ethics Certificate 

Program, and assistant professor of medical 

humanities at The University of Texas Medical 

School, Houston. 

DONALD CAPPS, PhD, is professor emeritus 

of pastoral psychology and adjunct professor at 

Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ. 

July 2012, 275pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-1-4408-0362-8, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-1-4408-0363-5 


BEST-SELLER 

The Essential Guide to 

Overcoming Avoidant 

Personality Disorder 

Martin Kantor, MD 

Emphasizing diagnosis, causality, and holistic 

treatment, this is the only book offering 

a full discussion of Avoidant Personality 

Disorder for therapists and sufferers. 

FEATURES: 

• A resource section acts as a guide for 

therapists and a self-help manual for 

sufferers 

• A bibliography lists the basic literature 

on AvPD 

• Presents diagnostic criteria for therapists 

looking to make a correct diagnosis and 

for patients wanting to know if this is 

what’s wrong with them—and what to 

do about it 

MARTIN KANTOR, MD, is a Harvard psychiatrist 

who has been in full private practice in 

Boston and New York City, and is active in residency 

training programs at several hospitals, 

including Massachusetts General in Boston and 

Beth Israel in New York. 

February 2010, 229pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-37752-5, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37753-2 


February 2012, 215pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39683-0, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39684-7 




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PSYCHOLOGY 

NEW 

The Psychology 

of Peace 

An Introduction 


Rachel M. MacNair 

Despite our advances in technology and 

education, we still live in a world permeated 

by violence. This introductory textbook 

in the fi eld of peace psychology addresses 

the psychological causes of violence and 

nonviolence, confl ict resolution, nonviolent 

struggle, and the confl uence of public policy 

and private lifestyles. 

FEATURES: 

• Provides an overview of the essentials 

of peace psychology 

• Presents information in a coherent, 

logical manner 

• Covers the psychology of the problems 

and of the wide variety of solutions 

RACHEL M. MACNAIR, PhD, is 2012 

president-elect of the American Psychological 

Association’s Division 48, Society for Peace 

Psychology, and will serve as president of the 

division in 2013. 

November 2011, 259pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39723-3, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39724-0 


NEW 

Images That Injure 

Pictorial Stereotypes 

in the Media 

Third Edition 

Susan Dente Ross and 

Paul Martin Lester, Editors 

This expanded collection of new and fully 

revised explorations of media content identifi 

es the ways we all have been negatively 

stereotyped and demonstrates how careful 

analysis of media portrayals can create 

more benefi cial alternatives. 

FEATURES: 

• 33 distinguished authors as well as new 

voices in the fi eld combine their extensive 

and varied expertise to explain the social 

effects of media stereotyping 

• Includes historical and contemporary illustrations 

that range from editorial cartoons 

to the sinking of the Titanic 

• Richly illustrated with historical and up-todate 

photographic illustrations 

SUSAN DENTE ROSS is professor in the 

Department of English at Washington State 

University, Pullman, WA. 

PAUL MARTIN LESTER is professor of 

communications at California State University, 

Fullerton, CA. 

April 2011, 460pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-37892-8, $54.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37893-5 


FORTHCOMING 

Handbook 

of Families and Aging 


Rosemary Blieszner, 

Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford, Editors 

This comprehensive, state-of-the-art 

textbook and reference volume in family 

gerontology reviews and critiques the recent 

theoretical, empirical, and methodological 

literature; identifi es future research directions; 

and makes recommendations for 

gerontology professionals. 

FEATURES: 

• Comprises 23 chapters of all-original work 

covering background information, relationships, 

contexts of family life, and turning 

points such as retirement and divorce 


scholars recognized as leading experts 

in their fi elds 

• Citations for cutting-edge research on each 

topic, plus foundational references in new 

areas 

ROSEMARY BLIESZNER, PhD, is alumni 

distinguished professor of human development 

and associate director of the Center for Gerontology 

at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State 

University, Blacksburg, VA. 

VICTORIA HILKEVITCH BEDFORD, 

PhD, is professor emerita at the University of 

Indianapolis, School of Psychological Sciences, 

Indianapolis, IN. 

July 2012, 568pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38173-7, $58.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38174-4 


FORTHCOMING 

America’s War on Sex 

Hard-Fought Victories, 

Dangerous New Challenges 


Marty Klein 

Foreword by Nadine Strossen, 

Former President, ACLU 

This book exposes how a coalition of political, 

religious, and civic leaders are using 

the issue of sex to frighten, misinform, 

and bully Americans—paving the way for 

dramatic new public policies that restrict 

everyone’s rights. 

FEATURES: 

• Shows the connections between our 

increasing personal anxiety about sex and 

America’s increasingly fl awed and dangerous 

public policy relating to sexuality 

• Exposes the hypocrisy of religious and political 

movements, and reveals how their 

claims about protecting Americans hide a 

different—and dangerous—agenda 

• Includes a powerful introduction by 

Nadine Strossen, beloved and longtime 

leader of the ACLU 

MARTY KLEIN, PhD, has been a certified 

sex therapist and licensed marriage and family 

therapist for 31 years. He has written several 

other books about sexuality, including Your 

Sexual Secrets: When to Keep Them, When 

and How to Tell; and Ask Me Anything: Dr. Klein 

Answers the Sex Questions You’d Love to Ask. 

April 2012, 195pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-1-4408-0128-0, $34.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-1-4408-0129-7 


NEW 

The Global 

Muslim Community 

at a Crossroads 

Understanding Religious 

Beliefs, Practices, and 

Infighting, to End the Conflict 

Abdul Basit, Editor 

“This book is very thoughtful and most 

provocative.” 

—STANLEY G. MCCRACKEN, PhD, 

SENIOR LECTURER, THE UNIVERSITY 

OF CHICAGO, SCHOOL OF SOCIAL 

SERVICE ADMINISTRATION 

Tackling a subject that is as timely as it is 

complex, this expert work examines the 

turmoil inside Muslim communities, helping 

outsiders to understand and insiders 

to examine ways in which Islam can be 

reinterpreted for a modern world. 

FEATURES: 

• Contributions from a team of Muslim 

scholars from across disciplines that 

include psychology, psychiatry, and 

sociology 

• A glossary 

ABDUL BASIT, PhD, is a licensed clinical 

psychologist and former assistant professor 

of psychiatry at the Feinberg Medical School, 

Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. 

January 2012, 225pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39697-7, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39698-4 


NEW 

Analyzing 

Criminal Minds 

Forensic Investigative 

Science for the 21st Century 

Don Jacobs 

An insightful book presenting cutting-edge 

information on the newest, most remarkable 

forensic science and methods used for 

understanding the criminal mind. 

FEATURES: 

• A foreword by Dwight Adams, former 

director at the FBI Lab at Quantico 

• Four current autobiographical essays from 

an ongoing, 25-year study of adolescent 

behavior 

DON JACOBS is department chair of 

behavioral science at Weatherford College, 

Weatherford, TX, a position he has held for 

more than ten years. 

April 2011, 320pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39699-1, $54.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39700-4 




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PSYCHOLOGY 

FORTHCOMING 

Sex in College 

Richard D. McAnulty, Editor 

Experts address key issues—from attitudes 

and behaviors to harassment and homophobia—related 

to sexuality among college 

students. 

FEATURES: 

• Contributions from a cross-disciplinary list 

of distinguished scholars and practitioners 

• An overview of the research methods used 

to study sexuality among college students 

and their limitations 

RICHARD D. MCANULTY is associate professor 

of psychology at the University of North 

Carolina, Charlotte, NC. 

March 2012, 388pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38383-0, $58.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38384-7 


Sex, Love, and 

Mental Illness 

A Couple’s Guide to 

Staying Connected 

Stephanie Buehler 

“Recommended as a useful resource for 

clinicians and patients alike.” 

—PSYCCRITIQUES, AUGUST 31, 2011 

A sex manual like no other, this book covers 

a variety of mental health problems and 

offers ways to overcome them when they 

threaten to undermine a loving relationship. 

FEATURES: 

• Composite case examples that highlight 

both the types of problems couples confront 

and how they resolve them 

• Helpful exercises to maximize sexual 

pleasure and connectedness 

STEPHANIE BUEHLER, MPW, PsyD, is 

director of The Buehler Institute, Irvine, CA, and 

an internationally recognized psychologist and 

sex therapist. 

January 2011, 141pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38686-2, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38687-9 


NEW 

In the 

Company of Men 

Inside the Lives of 

Male Prostitutes 

Michael D. Smith and Christian Grov 

Offering a new perspective on male prostitution, 

In the Company of Men employs qualitative 

methodology to present a real-world 

view of the issues, both obvious and obscure, 

surrounding the world’s “second-oldest 

profession.” 

FEATURES: 

• Field observations from more than 200 

contact hours at the agency and with 

the escorts 

• First-hand accounts and stories from 

interviews and interactions with men 

working as male escorts and with 

managers at their agency 

MICHAEL D. SMITH, PhD, is associate professor 

at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA, 

and received his degree in clinical psychology. 

CHRISTIAN GROV, PhD, is assistant professor 

in the Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences 

at Brooklyn College and a faculty affiliate 

with the Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies 

and Training (CHEST), New York, NY. 

May 2011, 208pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38438-7, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38439-4 

NEW 

Part-Time Perverts 

Sex, Pop Culture, and 

Kink Management 

Lauren Rosewarne 

“An important addition to the 

bookshelves of scholars of cultural 

studies, pop culture studies, and 

gender and sexuality studies.” 

—MARGO DEMELLO, AUTHOR 

OF ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BODY 

ADORNMENT: A CULTURAL HISTORY 

This book offers an erudite yet highly 

accessible exploration of the presence of 

sexual perversion in popular culture and its 

manifestation in everyday life. 

FEATURES: 

• A bibliography of over 400 referencetext-based 

items including books, journal 

articles, and news items 

• A media reference list of over 100 fi lms, 

100 songs, and 75 television programs 

referred to in the text 

LAUREN ROSEWARNE, PhD, is lecturer in 

the School of Social and Political Sciences at 

the University of Melbourne, Australia. 

April 2011, 246pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39157-6, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39158-3 


NEW 

Now That 

You’re Out 

The Challenges and Joys 

of Living as a Gay Man 

Martin Kantor, MD 

This book is an invaluable resource manual 

and survival guide for gay men who often 

turn to peers, parents, educators, or the 

media for direction, only to encounter misleading 

myths about gay life, such as the 

notion that “coming out solves everything.” 

FEATURES: 

• Contains a bibliography of useful sources 

and further reading 

• Provides a glossary of important terms 

MARTIN KANTOR, MD, is a full-time author 

and Harvard-trained psychiatrist who has been 

in full private practice in Boston and New York 

City, and active in residency training programs 

at hospitals including Massachusetts General, 

Boston, MA, and Beth Israel, New York, NY. 

June 2011, 235pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38751-7, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38752-4 


NEW 

Losing the 

Bond with God 

Sexual Addiction and 

Evangelical Men 

Kailla Edger, PhD 

Empirical research provides the basis for 

a comprehensive depiction of evangelical 

Christian men who self-identify as sexual 

addicts. 

FEATURES: 

• Direct quotes and stories from interviews 

with study participants 

• Diagrams of the Cycle of Sexual Addiction 

and the Life Worlds of the Evangelical 

Sexual Addict 

KAILLA EDGER, PhD, is a counselor at Integrity 

Counseling & Coaching in Largo, FL, 

and a college instructor for various universities. 

April 2011, 199pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39329-7, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39330-3 





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PRAEGER 

HEALTH AND 

WELLNESS 

FORTHCOMING 

Praeger Handbook 

of Veterans Health 

History and Challenges; Issues and Developments 

4 VOLUMES 

Thomas W. Miller 

“ Nearly 20 percent of military service members who have 

returned from Iraq and Afghanistan—300,000 in all— 

report symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder or major 

depression, yet only slightly more than half of them have 

sought treatment.” 

—Terri Tanielian, Invisible Wounds of War 

SAMPLE TOPICS 

• Dedicated Centers for Veterans Healthcare 

• Ethico-Legal Issues in VA Healthcare 

• First Nations Military Veteran’s Issues, 

Challenges, Successes 

• Healthcare for Prisoners of War 

• Healthcare for Women Veterans 

• Lifestyles and Health Behaviors 

• Mental Health Care, Treatment, 

and Rehabilitation 

• Palliative and End-of-Life Care 

• Prosthetics and Sensory Aids 

• VA Substance Use Disorder Treatment 

• Veterans Health Administration 

Centers of Excellence 

Veterans represent a signifi cant percentage of the U.S. national population. In 

May 2011, the Department of Veterans Affairs estimated that approximately 

2,079,000 American veterans are still living. Continued healthcare for 

these more than two million veterans remains a critical focus and presents 

a signifi cant challenge—especially in light of the weak U.S. economy and 

astronomical national debt. 

This comprehensive contribution to understanding veterans’ healthcare 

uniquely draws on a national and international cadre of scientists and 

practitioners, both within the Department of Veterans Affairs and specialists 

beyond the institution, providing a matrix view of veterans healthcare, past, 

present, and future, both nationally and internationally. This work will prove 

an essential reference set that examines and identifi es veterans’ healthcare 

through the fi rst decade of the 21st century, invaluable to health and psychology 

researchers and students, policymakers, social workers, and veterans. 

Praeger Handbook of Veterans Health: History and Challenges; Issues and 

Developments is organized to cover four key elements. Volume I presents 

a history of veterans’ healthcare, the various veteran’s eras, and the global 

healthcare provided to our veterans. Volume II examines several of the programs 

of care and veterans’ special needs. Volume III is devoted to the several aspects 

of mental health care, treatment, and rehabilitation services offered to veterans 

through the healthcare system. The last volume offers insights into future 

directions for veterans’ healthcare. 

THOMAS W. MILLER, PhD, ABPP, is professor emeritus, senior research scientist 

at the Center for Health Intervention and Prevention at the University of Connecticut, 

and a former tenured professor in the Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine at 

the University of Kentucky. He is a retired career service chief for the Veterans Health 

Administration and served as a psychologist at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 

Centers and then as chief of service at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 

Center until he retired. He is a licensed psychologist, a diplomate of the American Board 

of Professional Psychology, and a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the 

Association of Psychological Science, and the Royal Society for Medicine. Miller has 

taught internationally and has served as a consultant to the Royal Ministry of Defence, 

South Hampton Naval base, England and worked with former Prisoners of War and victims 

of torture in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the National Mental Health 

Research Centers in Russia. His published works include Children of Trauma: Stressful 

Life Events and Their Effects on Children and Adolescents and Handbook of Stressful 

Transitions across the Life Span. 

July 2012, 1,390pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38349-6, $257.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38350-2 


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PRAEGER 

HEALTH AND WELLNESS 

FORTHCOMING 

The Praeger Handbook 

of Environmental Health 

4 VOLUMES 

Robert H. Friis, Editor 

Environmental health has become a subject of paramount importance. Climate 

change appears to be accelerating even more quickly than previously estimated. 

Sourcing clean water is becoming a serious problem, and not just for countries 

in the developing world: the United Nations estimates that a third of the world’s 

population has inadequate access to freshwater and that this number could 

increase to two-thirds by the year 2025. 

Written in an accessible style that is appropriate for general readers as well as 

professionals in the environmental health fi eld, this work provides a comprehensive 

yet coherent review of the principal environmental challenges that confront 

our society. This four-volume work taps a multidisciplinary team of experts from 

across the nation to present emerging information about how our world is being 

impacted, the effects on health and life, and the steps we are taking—and should 

take—to correct or avoid the problems. 

The Praeger Handbook of Environmental Health comprises four volumes: Foundations 

of the Field; Agents of Disease; Water, Air, and Solid Waste; and Current Issues and 

Emerging Debates. Within each volume, chapters cover the latest scientifi c research 

fi ndings in an objective manner and present practical applications of the information. 

Topics addressed include air and water contaminants, PCBs, hazardous waste, household 

cleaning products, dioxin, plastics, radiation, radon, electromagnetic fi elds, and 

noise and light pollution, just to name a few. This title stands alone in its comprehensive 

coverage of environmental health topics. 

FEATURES: 

• 100 entries organized according to key topic areas in environmental health 

• Contributions from more than 150 environmental health experts from U.S. and international 

settings 

• Figures and graphs support the main points of each article 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Provides timely, up-to-date coverage of important environmental health topics 

• Presents a wide-reaching, international perspective on environmental health 

• Consolidates diverse information on environmental topics in one set of volumes 

ROBERT H. FRIIS is professor of health science and chair of the Health Science Department 

at California State University, Long Beach, CA. 

April 2012, 1,670pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38600-8, $257.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38601-5 


SAMPLE TOPICS 

• Asbestos (Environmental Consequences) 

• Biomonitoring of Toxic Substances Found 

in the Work Environment 

• Climate Change and Health 

• Educating the Environmental Health 

Workforce 

• Endocrine Disruptors 

• Environmental Policy-Making Process, The 

• Health Effects Associated with Beach 

Recreation 

• Ionizing Radiation 

• Reducing Hazards in the Work Environment 

NEW 

Early Childhood 

Intervention 

Shaping the Future for 

Children with Special Needs 

and Their Families 

3 VOLUMES 

Steven Eidelman, 

Louise A. Kaczmarek, and 

Susan P. Maude, Editors 

Christina Groark, Set Editor 

This eye-opening set looks at young children 

with special needs, their families, and 

the laws, policies, programs, and services 

designed to help them. 

FEATURES: 

• Chapters from over 50 best-in-the-fi eld 

contributors 

• Matrices, graphs, and diagrams 

STEVEN EIDELMAN, MBA, MSW, is the 

University of Delaware’s H. Rodney Sharp 

Professor of Human Services Policy and 

Leadership. 

LOUISE A. KACZMAREK, PhD, is associate 

professor and program director of Early 

Childhood at the School of Education at the 

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. 

SUSAN P. MAUDE, PhD, is associate professor 

of the Department of Human Development 

and Family Studies, Iowa State University. 

CHRISTINA GROARK, PhD, is codirector 

of the University of Pittsburgh Office of Child 

Development and associate professor in the 

School of Education, Pittsburgh, PA. 

Public Health in 

the 21st Century 

3 VOLUMES 

Madelon L. Finkel, Editor 


—CHOICE, MAY 1, 2011 

This extensive, cutting-edge compilation 

of essays on key public health topics is a 

must-read for professionals, students, and 

researchers, with topics focusing on the 

effects of climate change on health, global 

issues including treatment and prevention of 

diseases, health care policy issues, health 

care needs of special populations, genderbased 

violence, and current issues in ethics 

and human rights. 

FEATURES: 

• Contributions by more than 100 

distinguished, international scholars 

• Numerous tables, charts, and fi gures 

depicting examples of health status 

MADELON L. FINKEL, PhD, is an epidemiologist 

and professor of clinical public health and 

director of the Office of Global Health Education 

at the Weill Cornell Medical College, New York 

City, NY. 

December 2010, 1,101pp, 7x10, 

ISBN 978-0-313-37546-0, $264.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37547-7 


Dementia 

3 VOLUMES 

Patrick McNamara, Editor 

This three-volume collection of essays 

provides a comprehensive review of 

state-of-the-art clinical phenomenology, 

mechanisms, and treatment strategies 

for the major dementias—particularly the 

neuropsychiatric disorders involved. 

FEATURES: 

• Contains contributions from leading 

international authorities in the science 

and treatment of dementias 

• Most essays provide drawings, fi gures, 

and tables that clearly depict content 

matter 

PATRICK MCNAMARA is associate professor 

of neurology and psychiatry at Boston 

University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. 

March 2011, 823pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38434-9, $154.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38435-6 


July 2011, 876pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-37793-8, $154.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37794-5 


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NEW 

Understanding Pain 

What You Need to Know to 

Take Control 

Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, and 

Richard D. Urman, MD, MBA, Editors 

This empowering book provides a comprehensive 

resource to help readers of all ages 

understand pain, seek the right diagnosis 

and treatment, and allow them to take control 

of their pain. 

FEATURES: 

• Contributions from experts from across the 

country in their respective fi elds—real-life, 

dedicated practitioners who treat patients 

and conduct research 

ALAN D. KAYE, MD, PhD is professor and 

chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at 

Louisiana State University School of Medicine, 

New Orleans, LA. 

RICHARD D. URMAN, MD, MBA is an assistant 

professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical 

School and director of sedation services at the 

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA. 

October 2011, 292pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39603-8, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39604-5 


Praeger Handbook of 

Sports Medicine and 

Athlete Health 

3 VOLUMES 

Claude T. Moorman, III, MD, Donald 

T. Kirkendall, PhD, and Ruben J. 

Echemendia, PhD, Editors 


—CHOICE, AUGUST 1, 2011 

This comprehensive set covers every 

aspect of sports medicine, from how to play 

healthy to how to pursue a career in this 

varied fi eld. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes a glossary of sports medicine 

terms and abbreviations 

• Provides appendices on choosing a college, 

graduate program, or professional 

school, sports medicine programs, and 

sports medicine associations 

CLAUDE T. MOORMAN, III, MD, is the 

director of sports medicine at Duke University, 

Durham, NC, where he played football as a 

college student. 

DONALD T. KIRKENDALL, PhD, is an exercise 

physiologist who has held academic and 

clinical appointments throughout his career. 

RUBEN J. ECHEMENDIA, PhD, is a clinical 

psychologist in the private practice of clinical 

neuropsychology, State College, PA. 

November 2010, 915pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-35640-7, $154.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35641-4 


FORTHCOMING 

The Gay 

and Lesbian Medical 

Association Handbook 

on LGBT Health 

2 VOLUMES 

Jason S. Schneider, MD, and Vincent 

M.B. Silenzio, MD, MPH, Editors 

This comprehensive review is the fi rst handbook 

on LGBT physical and mental health 

created by the world’s oldest and largest 

association of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and 

transgender health care professionals. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes issues of physical, emotional, 

and sexual health, as well as prevention 

of disorders 

• An appendix of organizations that may 

serve as sources for more information 

or assistance 

• Brings the full scope of LGBT health 

together in one reference devoted to 

meeting the information needs of the 

general public 

JASON S. SCHNEIDER, MD, is assistant 

professor at Emory University’s School of 

Medicine in Atlanta, GA. 

VINCENT M. B. SILENZIO, MD, MPH, 

is associate professor in the Departments of 

Family Medicine, Psychiatry, and Community 

& Preventive Medicine at the University of 

Rochester, NY. 

July 2012, 600pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39565-9, $110.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39566-6 


BEST-SELLER 

The Cultural 

Context of Health, 

Illness, and Medicine 


Elisa J. Sobo and 

Martha O. Loustaunau 

“A concise, engaging, informative, and 

very readable introduction to the fields 

of medical anthropology and medical 

sociology.” 

—ROBERT C. LIKE, MD, MS, 

UMDNJ-ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON 

MEDICAL SCHOOL 

A “one size fi ts all” approach to health care 

doesn’t work well, especially for America’s 

extremely diverse population. This book 

provides a lively and accessible discussion of 

how and why a more fl exible and culturally 

sensitive system of health care can—and 

must be—achieved. 

FEATURES: 

• More than 30 percent new material updates 

the 1997 edition 

• Multiple real-life examples and case studies 

and an apendix with project suggestions 

ELISA J. SOBO, PhD, is professor of anthropology 

at San Diego State University. 

MARTHA O. LOUSTAUNAU, PhD, is professor 

emerita of the Department of Sociology at 

New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. 

Hardcover: August 2010, 268pp, 6 1/8x9 

1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-37760-0, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37761-7 

Paperback: August 2010, 268pp, 6 1/8x9 

1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-37785-3, $19.95 


NEW 

Cancer Causes 

and Controversies 

Understanding Risk 

Reduction and Prevention 

Bernard Kwabi-Addo and 

Tia Laura Lindstrom 

This book offers clear, accessible information 

on the causes of cancer and the 

multiple ways people can reduce their risk 

for this insidious disease. 

FEATURES: 

• Primary source materials derived from 

original scientifi c work including the 

National Resources for Molecular Biology 

(National Center for Biotechnology Information 

public database) and the Cancer 

Research UK 

• International scientifi c manuscripts and 

reviews in the fi eld of cancer research 

from peer review journals 

• Resources for more information on cancer 

(websites, associations, centers, books) 

BERNARD KWABI-ADDO is 

assistant professor of cancer research 

and a principal investigator at Howard 

University, Washington DC. 

TIA LAURA LINDSTROM is a freelance 

writer. She has an interest in health issues and 

coauthored Praeger’s An Introduction to the 

Work of a Medical Examiner: From Death Scene 

to Autopsy Suite. 

July 2011, 241pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-37928-4, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37929-1 


NEW 

Understanding 

Why Addicts Are 

Not All Alike 

Recognizing the Types and 

How Their Differences Affect 

Intervention and Treatment 

Gary L. Fisher 

A new understanding of substance abuse 

explores treatment issues based on 

subtypes of addicts, with a special focus 

on antisocial personality disorder and 

functional addiction. 

FEATURES: 

• Case studies of real people that illustrate 

the three subtypes of addicts 

• Offers specifi c intervention and treatment 

recommendations based on subtype 

• Gives a fi rsthand look at actual functional 

addicts who continue to use illicit drugs 

GARY L. FISHER, PhD, is professor in 

the Center for the Application of Substance 

Abuse Technologies at the University of 

Nevada, Reno, NV. 

July 2011, 169pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38707-4, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38708-1 




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PRAEGER 


NEW 

Excellent Care for 

Cancer Survivors 

A Guide to Fully Meet Their 

Needs in Medical Offices 

and in the Community 

Kenneth Miller, MD, Editor 

A clear, concise, and essential guide providing 

key information about cancer survivors 

and their needs—and how those needs can 

best be met. 

FEATURES: 

• Conversations with cancer survivors 

explaining the physical and psychological 

challenges/obstacles they face 

• A listing of current cancer survivorship 

programs across the United States 

KENNETH MILLER, MD, is staff oncologist 

at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, MD, instructor in 

the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical 

School, and a LiveSTRONG Scholar. 

November 2011, 370pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39786-8, $58.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39787-5 


NEW 

Prophylactic 

Mastectomy 

Insights from Women Who 

Chose to Reduce Their Risk 

Andrea Farkas Patenaude, PhD 

Author Andrea Farkas Patenaude, a clinical 

psychologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer 

Institute, has spent much time talking with 

women who decided to have risk-reducing 

or prophylactic mastectomy rather than 

undergo a lifetime of repeated screenings— 

a strategy that can help to detect cancers 

early, but cannot prevent breast cancer. 

In Prophylactic Mastectomy: Insights from 

Women Who Chose to Reduce Their Risk, 

Patenaude shares many candid stories from 

these women, and documents the risks and 

benefi ts of this decision. 

ANDREA FARKAS PATENAUDE, PhD, is 

clinical psychologist on staff at the Dana-Farber 

Cancer Institute, where she also serves as 

director of psycho-oncology research. 

January 2012, 218pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-34516-6, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-34517-3 


FORTHCOMING 

Sexuality 

and Addiction 

Making Connections, 

Enhancing Recovery 

Raven James 

This book provides an understanding 

of how sexuality and addiction are 

intertwined, helping those who counsel 

substance abusers and individuals who 

have experienced negative sexual messages 

or experiences to improve their 

sexual health and enjoyment. 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Provides a more holistic approach 

to sexual health that covers a wider 

breadth of issues Written to be accessible 

to laypersons and the general 

readers, including family members of 

those suffering from addiction 

• Provides detail about sexuality from a 

less clinical perspective and a positive 

approach to sexual health that can 

benefi t anyone 

• Presents a helpful framework from 

which to base treatment and recovery 

RAVEN L. JAMES, PhD, is a sexologist, 

researcher, consultant, and assistant professor 

in addiction studies at Governors State 

University, University Park, IL. 

July 2012, 189pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39635-9, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39636-6 


BEST-SELLER 

Aging, 

But Never Old 

The Realities, Myths, 

and Misrepresentations of 

the Anti-Aging Movement 

Juergen Bludau, MD 

“A must-read for adults of all ages who 

wish to live a long and happy life.” 

—DR. LEWIS LIPSITZ, PROFESSOR 

OF MEDICINE, HARVARD MEDICAL 

SCHOOL 

This much-needed book provides honest, 

clear, and helpful medical information for 

older adults and their caregivers, written in 

an easily understandable language. 

FEATURES: 

• Contributions from 20 distinguished physicians 

from Harvard Medical School and 

quotes and other material from more than 

100 original papers to ensure scientifi c 

accuracy and up-to-date context 

• Case examples that help explain material 

and bring the advice to life 

JUERGEN BLUDAU, MD, a Harvard-trained 

geriatrician, is in charge of the clinical geriatric 

services at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 

Boston, MA and the Faulkner Hospital, Jamaica 

Plain, MA. 

July 2010, 179pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38018-1, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38019-8 


NEW 

Remaking Chronic 

Care in the Age of 

Health Care Reform 

Changes for Lower Cost, 

Higher Quality Treatment 

Arnold Birenbaum 

This revealing book tackles the daunting 

problem of increasing chronic illness in 

America, offering fresh ideas for the ways 

in which the challenge can be successfully 

managed. 

FEATURES: 

• 400 up-to-date references 

• A brief history of the development of 

patient-centered primary care 

• Qualitative descriptions of what it means 

to have a chronic illness and how it can 

be managed in the community 

ARNOLD BIRENBAUM, PhD, a longtime 

contributor to the study of the American health 

care system and the need for reform, is a 

medical sociologist and health policy analyst 

at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New 

York, NY. 

September 2011, 218pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39888-9, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39889-6 


NEW 

Animals, Diseases, 

and Human Health 

Shaping Our Lives Now 

and in the Future 

Radford G. Davis, DVM, MPH, 

DACVPM, Editor 

This book explains how animals shape our 

lives and our health, providing evidence that 

a “One Health” approach is the only logical 

methodology for advancing human health in 

the future. 

FEATURES: 

• Contains illustrations and photographs to 

accompany the text 

• Includes a bibliography with most chapters 

• Features a sidebar in each chapter that 

presents interesting facts not found elsewhere 

in the chapter 

RADFORD G. DAVIS, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, 

diplomate in the Amercian College of Veterinary 

Preventive Medicine, is associate professor of 

public health in the College of Veterinary Medicine 

at Iowa State University, Ames, IA. 

October 2011, 254pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38529-2, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38530-8 




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POPULAR 

CULTURE 

FORTHCOMING 

The Album 

A Guide to Pop Music’s Most Provocative, 

Influential, and Important Creations 

4 VOLUMES 

James E. Perone 

“ Albums made pondering pop and rock into a valid intellectual 

pursuit. Friendships were founded, love could blossom, bands 

could be formed, all from flicking through someone’s album 

collection.” 

—Kitty Empire, “50 Albums that Changed Music,” The Guardian 

HIGHLIGHTS 

• Provides brief sidebars on artists, record 

producers, and music production techniques 

• Includes essays designed for the lay reader 

but also include scholarly depth 

• Covers the widest possible spectrum of 

popular music genres from the past half 

century 

From approximately 1967 until the age of downloads, the album format 

was the primary focus of pop musicians in a wide variety of genres. 

From a music lover’s perspective, what defi ned a “great album” didn’t 

lie in its level of commercial success or critical acclaim. This multivolume 

set chronicles the development of the album as an artistic form 

and provides insight into a stylistically diverse cross-section of popular 

music that spans half a century. 

The Album: A Guide to Pop Music’s Most Provocative, Infl uential, and 

Important Creations 

contains critical analysis essays on 160 signifi cant 

pop music albums from 1960–2010. The selected albums represent the 

pop, rock, soul, R&B, hip-hop, country, and alternative genres, including 

artists such as 2Pac, Carole King, James Brown, The Beatles, and Willie 

Nelson. Each volume contains brief sidebars with biographical informa- 

tion about key performers and producers, as well as descriptions of particular music 

industry topics pertaining to the development of the album over this 50-year period. 

Due to its examination of a broad time frame and wide range of musical styles, and 

its depth of analysis that goes beyond that in other books about essential albums of 

the past and present, this collection will appeal strongly to music fans of all tastes 

and interests. 


• Abbey Road (The Beatles) 

• All Eyez on Me (2Pac) 

• Back Tuva Future (Kongar-ol Ondar) 

• Live at the Apollo (James Brown) 

• Love and Theft (Bob Dylan) 

• Merriweather Post Pavilion (Animal 

Collective) 

• Not a Pretty Girl (Ani DiFranco) 

• Pieces of the Sky (Emmylou Harris) 

• Revolver (The Beatles) 

• Rocket to Russia (The Ramones) 

• Sentimentally Yours (Patsy Cline) 

• Shotgun Willie (Willie Nelson) 

• Talking Book (Stevie Wonder) 

• Tapestry (Carole King) 

• The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 

(Lauryn Hill) 

• Thriller (Michael Jackson) 

JAMES E. PERONE is Margaret Morgan Ramsey Professor in Music at the University of 

Mount Union, Alliance, OH, where he teaches courses in music theory, American music, and 

popular music and society. 

September 2012, 1,180pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-37906-2, $215.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37907-9 


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POPULAR CULTURE 

FORTHCOMING 

American History 

through American Sports 

From Colonial Lacrosse 

to Extreme Sports 

3 VOLUMES 

Danielle S. Coombs and Bob Batchelor 

Why did it take so long for soccer to take hold in the United States 

Who is the NFL’s best running back of all time Why are Americans 

fascinated with mixed martial arts, extreme sports, and NASCAR Why 

is race still an issue in professional sports more than half a century after 

integration This book addresses all of these questions and more. 

This collection blends historical and popular culture perspectives in its 

analysis of the development of sports and sports fi gures throughout American tory. American History through American Sports: From Colonial Lacrosse to Extreme 

Sports is unique in that it focuses on how each sport has transformed and infl uenced 

society at large, demonstrating how sports and popular culture are intrinsically 

hisentwined 

and the ways they both refl ect larger societal transformations. 

The essays in the book are wide-ranging, covering topics of interest for sports fans 

who enjoy the NFL and NASCAR as well as those who like tennis and watching the 

Olympics. Many topics feature information about specifi c sports icons and favorite 

heroes. Additionally, many of the topics’ treatments prompt engagement by purposely 

challenging the reader to either agree or disagree with the author’s analysis. 

SMAPLE TOPICS: 

• Doping 

• ESPN 

• Extreme Sports in the Mainstream 

• Greg Maddux 

• Jackie Robinson 

• Mixed Martial Arts 

• NASCAR 

• Olympic Gymnastics 

• Professional Athletes and Sexual 

Violence Against Women 

• Professional Bowling 

• Professional Wrestling 

• Race and Professional Sports 

• Social Media 

• Sports and the Digital Age 

• The Yankees 

• Ultra-Marathons 

• Wayne Gretzky 

DANIELLE SARVER COOMBS, PhD, is assistant professor in the School of Journalism 

and Mass Communication at Kent State University, OH. 

BOB BATCHELOR, PhD, is assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass 

Communication at Kent State University and director of the Master’s Degree Program Online 

concentrated in Public Relations. 

August 2012, 799pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-37988-8, $163.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37989-5 


HIGHLIGHTS 

• Comprises original essays by noted 

sports historians, writers, and journalists 

• Presents informed, unapologetic analysis 

that sheds light on controversial issues, 

such as race, doping, economics, and 

globalization 

• Provides a comprehensive examination 

of sports history, from traditional fan 

favorites like baseball to newly-popular 

ones such as NASCAR, mixed martial 

arts, and extreme sports 

• Illuminates the role of new media and the 

Internet in American sports 

NEW 

Cult 

Pop 

Culture 

How the Fringe 

Became 

Mainstream 

3 VOLUMES 

Bob Batchelor, Editor 

Cult Pop Culture: How 

the Fringe Became 

Mainstream is the fi rst 

collection dedicated to the quirky, offbeat aspects of American 

popular culture that people have loved, enjoyed, (and in some cases) 

worshiped over the last 50 years. By examining the people and subjects 

we hold most dear, this three-volume set offers deep insights 

into what Americans think, feel, and cherish. 

Organized by subject, the collection enables readers to focus on a 

given topic or compare different subjects across cult phenomenon. 

volume one of the set covers fi lm and television topics, volume two 

examines music and literature, and volume three explores sports, 

clubs, and the cult industry. Through this investigation of sublime, 

transcendent, and idiosyncratic trends, readers will learn more about 

iconic individuals, topics, and subjects that form the vast underbelly 

of American culture. By revealing how tightly interwoven cult topics 

are with the public’s broader notion of popular culture, the collection 

underscores the blurry line between normal and abnormal, grandiose 

and degradation. 

FEATURES: 

• 60 essays examine cult topics based on linked subject matter 

• Organization by subject enables readers to quickly fi nd what interests 

them most 

• A “Further Reading” section, including websites, fi lms, and multimedia 

sources, helps readers to delve into cult pop culture topics in 

greater depth 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Investigates what it means to be involved in a cult phenomenon, why 

people do it, and how cult phenomena affect the general culture in 

which we live 

• Provides the fi rst collection to examine cult pop culture across 

multiple subjects, through contributions from distinguished scholars 

from all over the world 

BOB BATCHELOR is assistant professor in the School of Journalism and 

Mass Communications at Kent State University, Kent, OH. He is the author 

or editor of ten books. 

Queers in 

American 

Popular 

Culture 

3 VOLUMES 

Jim Elledge, Editor 

“The essays are 

absorbing reading, 

and the set overall is 

a useful resource for 

students and scholars 

of LGBT issues and pop culture in many disciplines. . . . 

Recommended.” 

—CHOICE, APRIL 1, 2011 

The virtually unknown existence of gay, bisexual, and queer men and 

women in American popular culture from the late 1800s through the 

present day is a fascinating topic for many readers, regardless of 

their own orientation. Whether it’s the father of bodybuilding, famous 

closeted entertainers or sports stars, or the leading characters in current 

television shows and fi lms, queer men and women have changed 

the face of American popular culture and society for over a century. 

Ironically, most of the fascinating information, anecdotes, and revealing 

facts about well-known fi gures in American culture are virtually 

unknown to the typical U.S. citizen. 

Elledge’s Queers in American Popular Culture covers a wide variety of 

historical and current topics that documents how the queer community 

has been—and continues to be—one of the most signifi cant 

shapers of American popular culture. Currently, no other book covers 

queer topics in American popular culture as broadly as this text. 

FEATURES: 

• Offers a collection of works by 39 distinguished international contributors, 

each an expert in his/her fi eld 

• Includes 45 in-depth essays, all but three of which were written 

specifi cally for this three-volume set 

• An index in each volume allows for easy access by subject and by 

proper name 

JIM ELLEDGE, PhD, is poet, scholar, and professor of English and director 

of the masters in professional writing program at Kennesaw State University, 

Kennesaw, GA, a short distance outside of Atlanta. 


$184.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35458-8 


December 2011, 914pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-35780-0, 

$194.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35781-7 


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BEST-SELLER 

Essentials of 

Sports Law 

Fourth Edition 

Glenn M. Wong 

NEW 

Steroids 

A New Look at 

Performance- 

Enhancing Drugs 

Rob Beamish 

In this thoroughly revised 

fourth edition, Glenn Wong 

provides a comprehensive 

review of the various sports 

law issues facing professional, 

intercollegiate, Olympic, 

high school, youth, and adult 

recreational sports. Major topics include tort liability, contracts/waivers, 

antitrust law, labor law, constitutional law, gender discrimination, 

drug testing, intellectual property law, broadcasting laws pertaining to 

sports agents, business and employment law, Internet gambling, and 

athletes with disabilities. Signifi cant additions here include new court 

decisions, agreements (contracts and collective bargaining agreements), 

and legislation (federal, state, association, and institutional 

rules and regulations). Discussions of legal concepts are supplemented 

with summaries and excerpts from hundreds of actual sports 

cases. Wong cites a variety of books, law review articles, newspaper 

articles, and Web links for those requiring further information on 

particular topics. This text-professional guide serves as an invaluable 

resource to those involved, or studying to become involved, in the 

vast industry of sports. 

FEATURES: 

• Signifi cant additions to this edition include new court decisions, 

contracts and collective bargaining agreements, and federal, state, 

association, and institutional rules and regulations 

• The fourth edition will have the same 16 chapters as the last edition 

appearing in the same order, ensuring that longtime readers will 

easily fi nd new information in a familiar context 

GLENN M. WONG is an attorney and a professor in the Sport Management 

Program in the Isenberg School of Management at the University of 

Massachusetts, Amherst. 

August 2010, 899pp, 7x10, ISBN 978-0-313-35675-9, $94.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35676-6 


From Baron Pierre de 

Coubertin’s original objectives 

in establishing the 

modern Olympic Games to the 

increasingly widespread use of 

performance-enhancing drugs 

during the Cold War to the 

1998 drug scandal during the Tour de France and beyond, Steroids: 

A New Look at Performance-Enhancing Drugs puts the social 

construction of steroids as a banned substance under the microscope 

and interprets the implications of that particular conception of steroid 

use in sport. 

Clearly written and highly accessible for all readers, this book addresses 

a pressing issue in professional and high-performance sport—the 

use of steroids—by placing it within the historical context of the ongoing 

desire to achieve the pinnacle of human sport. Topics examined in 

detail include the three major crises of Ben Johnson’s positive test in 

the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the creation of the World Anti-Doping Association, 

and the House Committee on Government Oversight’s probe 

into steroid use. The author provides a critical examination of the current 

ban on steroids, and boldly advocates a common-sense solution 

to the complex problem of steroid use in sport: the adoption of harmreduction 

strategies and policies rather than outright proscription. 

FEATURES: 

• A comprehensive history of steroid use in Olympic sport and the 

policy decisions related to their proscription 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Covers the main controversies regarding steroid use in sport from 

their introduction into sport in 1952 to the latest investigations into 

steroid use by Roger Clemens 

• Identifi es the major social forces and trends within the Olympic 

Games and professional sport that have led to the alleged widespread 

use of steroids in sport 

ROB BEAMISH is associate professor of sociology at Queen’s University, 

Kingston, Ontario, Canada. 


$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38025-9 


FORTHCOMING 

The Art of 

Nonfiction Movie Making 

Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein, 

and Sharon Wood 

As news articles proclaim a new era in the 

history of documentary fi lms, more and more 

new directors are making their fi rst fi lm a 

non-fi ction one. Documentaries also present 

unique problems that need to be understood 

from the outset. Where does the idea come 

from How do you raise the money How 

much money do you need And how can a 

fi lm reach that all-important milestone and 

fi nd a willing distributor 

Epstein and Friedman tackle all of these 

important questions with examples and anecdotes 

from their own careers. The result is an 

informative and entertaining guide for those 

just starting out, and an enlightening read 

for anyone interested in a behind-the-scenes 

look at this newly reinvigorated fi eld of fi lm. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes contributed chapters by two 

esteemed fi lm scholars, Yannis Tzioumakis 

and Anne H. Petersen 

• Presents photographs 

JEFFREY FRIEDMAN and ROB EPSTEIN 

are documentary film directors and co-founders 

of Telling Pictures Inc., based in San Francisco. 

August 2012, 248pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 

978-0-275-99225-5, $48.00, eBook ISBN 

978-0-313-08453-9 


NEW 

American Film 

and Society since 1945 

Fourth Edition 

Leonard Quart and Albert Auster 

This post-World War II survey of American 

cinema provides an in-depth exploration of 

how fi lm acts as a powerful cultural expression 

of the American public’s dreams and 

desires. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes an introduction that addresses 

the history of the last decade that 

discusses events such as the attacks of 

September 11th, 2001, Hurricane Katrina, 

the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the economic 

crisis, and the election of President 

Barack Obama 

LEONARD QUART is professor emeritus of 

cinema studies at the College of Staten Island, 

Staten Island, NY, and at the City University of 

New York Graduate Center, New York, NY, and a 

contributing editor of Cineaste. 

ALBER AUSTER is associate professor in 

the Department of Communication and Media 

Studies at Fordham University Lincoln Center, 

New York, NY. 

Hardcover: July 2011, 305pp, 6 1/8x9 

1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38252-9, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38253-6 

Paperback: July 2011, 344pp, 6 1/8x9 

1/4, ISBN 978-1-4408-0079-5, $34.95 


American Film in 

the Digital Age 

Robert C. Sickels 

“An excellent example of film 

criticism that takes into account the 

relationship between the worlds of 

business and cinema.” 


This eclectic, yet comprehensive analytical 

overview of the cataclysmic changes in the 

American fi lm industry since 1990 shows 

how they have collectively resulted in a new 

era—The Digital Age. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes contributed chapters by two esteemed 

fi lm scholars, Yannis Tzioumakis 

and Anne H. Petersen 

• Presents photographs 

ROBERT C. SICKELS, PhD, is professor 

of American film and popular culture in the 

Department of Rhetoric & Film Studies at Whitman 

College, Walla, WA. 

December 2010, 184pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-275-99862-2, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-275-99863-9 


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NEW 

Supernatural 

America 

A Cultural History 

Lawrence R. Samuel 

“A must-read for those who want to 

know why supernaturalism refuses 

to die.” 

—BRUCE HOOD, DIRECTOR, BRISTOL COGNITIVE 

DEVELOPMENT CENTRE 

This book is much more than an authoritative and compelling look 

at the cultural history of the supernatural over the last century in 

America—it also explains why we want to believe. 

FEATURES: 

• Shares hundreds of real-life stories, and uses hundreds of sources, 

many of them forgotten 

• Provides a bibliography of authoritative books and articles, both in 

support of and arguing against beliefs in the supernatural 

LAWRENCE R. SAMUEL, MA, MBA, PhD, is founder of Culture Planning, 

a consultancy to Fortune 500 companies. 


$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39900-8 


NEW 

The Wu-Tang 

Clan and RZA 

A Trip through Hip Hop’s 

36 Chambers 

Alvin Blanco 

This insightful biography looks at the 

turbulent lives, groundbreaking music 

and lyrics, and powerful brand of hip 

hop’s infamous Wu-Tang Clan. 

FEATURES: 

• A chronology of important events and milestones pertaining to the 

Wu-Tang Clan 

• Photographs of the group and its individual members 

ALVIN BLANCO is a writer and editor. 

April 2011, 254pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38442-4, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38443-1 


FORTHCOMING 

Blue-Collar Pop Culture 

From NASCAR to Jersey Shore 

2 VOLUMES 

M. Keith Booker, Editor 

From television, fi lm, and music to 

sports, comics, and everyday life, this 

book provides a comprehensive view of 

working-class culture in America. 

FEATURES: 

• The fi rst major study of the role of the working class as either the 

subject matter or intended audience of American popular culture 

• Serves to correct the misrepresentations of working-class life in 

American popular culture 

• Examines class-related issues in America, a highly charged subject 

that often takes a back seat to race 

M. KEITH BOOKER is the James E. and Ellen Wadley Roper Professor of 

English at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, where he also directs the 

program in comparative literature and cultural studies. 

March 2012, 720pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39198-9, 

$131.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39199-6 


FORTHCOMING 

Underground 

Dance Masters 

Final History of 

a Forgotten Era 

Thomas Guzman-Sanchez 

This book is a comprehensive, historical 

bible on the subject of urban street 

dance and its infl uence on modern dance, hip-hop, and pop culture. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes coverage of all of the major players in urban dance 

• Places current dance phenomena—from the moves of Usher to the 

choreography of High School Musical—in a historical context that 

stretches half a century 

• Includes interviews and photos to further bring the rich history of 

urban dance to life 

THOMAS GUZMAN-SANCHEZ is founder of the International Urban 

Dance Master Association and has helped pioneer forms of urban dance 

since 1973. 

April 2012, 248pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38692-3, $48.00 

Elvis Presley, 

Reluctant Rebel 

His Life and Our Times 

Glen Jeansonne, David Luhrssen, 

and Dan Sokolovic 

“A deeply researched, richly 

detailed account of the life of 

one of America’s most famous 

entertainers.” 

—PAUL GEORGE, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, 

MIAMI DADE COLLEGE 

This fresh interpretation explains how an untutored musician 

changed music while at the same time playing an inadvertent role in 

the youth rebellion that has shaped the Baby Boomer generation into 

the 21st century. 

FEATURES: 

• Photographs • A bibliography 

GLEN JEANSONNE, PhD, is professor at the University of Wisconsin, 

Milwaukee, WI, and holds a PhD in history from Florida State University. 

DAVID LUHRSSEN is arts and entertainment editor at the Shepherd 

Express. 

DAN SOKOLOVIC is a writer, editor, and magazine owner interested in 

cultural influences and their relationship to American popular culture and 

music. 


$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35905-7 


FORTHCOMING 

‘Greed is Good’ 

and other Fables 

Office Life in Popular Culture 

Tony Osborne 

This book spans three centuries of 

popular entertainment and everyday 

culture, showcasing both mainstream 

and submerged channels and voices to examine how once reviled 

business values gained supremacy and poisoned the American spirit. 

TONY OSBORNE, PhD, teaches courses in rhetoric, leadership, and 

mass communication at Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, and writes and 

speaks about popular culture. He has worked as an investigative reporter 

and feature writer for a daily newspaper, an account executive and speech 

writer for AT&T Communications, and an independent business consultant 

and trainer. 

March 2012, 224pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38575-9, 

$48.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38576-6 

FORTHCOMING 

The DVD Novel 

How the Way We Watch 

Television Changed the 

Television We Watch 

Greg Metcalf 

Now that television shows can live forever 

as DVD sets, the way that shows are 

written has changed; television series are now crafted to resemble 

novels, with each episode resembling a chapter within the tale. This 

book examines how this signifi cant shift in storytelling occurred. 

GREG METCALF, PhD, is an artist and a scholar who teaches film, 

television, literature, modern art history, cultural history, popular culture, 

American humor, and sculpture at the University of Maryland, College Park, 

and art history at the Maryland Institute College of Art. 

July 2012, 224pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38581-0, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38582-7 


The Wire, Deadwood, 

Homicide, and NYPD Blue 

Violence is Power 

Jason P. Vest 

“Recommended. All readers.” 


This book offers the only examination of 

the television writing of David Milch and David Simon as signifi cant 

contributions to American culture, literature, and social realism. 

FEATURES: 

• Contains six chapters, each addressing a different television series 

or miniseries written by David Milch or David Simon, as well as an 

introduction and conclusion 

• Presents a chronological perspective on nearly 30 years of American 

“realistic drama” television history 

JASON P. VEST, PhD, is associate professor in the University of Guam’s 

division of English and applied linguistics, Mangilao, Guam. 


$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37820-1 



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NEW 

Bloggerati, 

Twitterati 

How Blogs and Twitter Are 

Transforming Popular Culture 

Mary Cross 

BEST-SELLER 

Comics, Manga, and 

Graphic Novels 

A History of Graphic 

Narratives 

As timely as the latest tweet, this book 

tracks the digital revolution as a paradigm 

shift that is transforming popular 

culture in as yet unforeseen ways. 

Robert S. Petersen 

“An excellent and thoughtful read for 

those who want to understand the history behind these books.” 

FEATURES: 

• Sidebars featuring original and exclusive interviews with media 

personalities Tina Brown, Arianna Huffi ngton, Martha Stewart, and 

others 

• A timeline showing the history of the Internet, blogs, Twitter, and 

social media 

• Cartoons depicting humorous aspects of Internet culture 

MARY CROSS is emerita professor of English at Fairleigh Dickinson University, 

Madison, NJ, where she was chairman of the English Department. 

—MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW, FEBRUARY 1, 2011 

June 2011, 190pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38484-4, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38485-1 


NEW 

Appreciating 

Don DeLillo 

The Moral Force of 

a Writer’s Work 

Paul Giaimo 

An insightful work providing state-ofthe-art 

critical guidance and informative 

commentary on the major novels of Don 

DeLillo in terms of how they respond to current social and ethical 

issues. 

FEATURES: 

• Summarizes and analyzes 16 major novels of DeLillo, providing the 

reader with a comprehensive overview of plot and character 

• Outlines a broad range of DeLillo’s diverse literary and artistic 

sources including T.S. Eliot, Zbigniew Herbert, and Hieronymus 

Bosch 

• Expands and corrects dominant critical views of DeLillo as a 

postmodernist by revealing the infl uence of urban American realist 

Nelson Algren 

PAUL GIAIMO, PhD, is instructor of English and philosophy at Highland 

Community College, Freeport, IL. 

July 2011, 188pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38624-4, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38625-1 


This text examines comics, graphic novels, and manga with a broad, 

international scope that reveals their conceptual origins in antiquity. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes numerous illustrations of British satirical prints, Japanese 

woodblock prints, and the art of prominent illustrators 

• Includes a chapter on the latest developments in digital comics 

ROBERT S. PETERSEN is associate professor of art at Eastern Illinois 

University, Charleston, IL. 


$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-36331-3 


NEW 

Shakespeare 

and Son 

A Journey in Writing 

and Grieving 

Keverne Smith 

“It’s gracefully and lucidly written 

and very well-informed.” 

—PROFESSOR STANLEY WELLS, 

CBE, CHAIRMAN, THE SHAKESPEARE BIRTHPLACE TRUST 

A revealing examination of an under-explored area of Shakespeare 

studies, this work looks at the evidence for the author’s deep and 

evolving response to the loss of his only son, Hamnet. 

FEATURES: 

• Discussion of 20 of Shakespeare’s works, concentrating on 16 

works completed after his son Hamnet’s death in 1596 

• Chronological organization so readers can follow the development of 

Shakespeare’s response to the death of Hamnet as refl ected in the 

plays and poetry written following this tragedy 

• A cross-disciplinary bibliography, drawing especially on literary, 

theatrical, historical, thanatological, and psychological commentaries 

KEVERNE SMITH is course director for BA Humanities at the University 

Center, West Anglia, King’s Lynn, UK. 

April 2011, 198pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39230-6, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39231-3 


FORTHCOMING 

Boxing 

in America 

An Autopsy 

David L. Hudson, Jr. 

This book presents a sweeping view of boxing 

in the United States and the infl uence of 

the sport on American culture. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes information from the early “bare 

knuckles” era of boxing up to modern-day 

stars and matchups, presenting the history 

of boxing in a chronological fashion 

• Provides a unique presentation of information 

and insights about boxing 

• The general public continues to be fascinated 

by the sport and culture of boxing, 

as the success of recent movies like 

Million Dollar Baby, Cinderella Man, and 

Resurrecting the Champ indicates 

DAVID L. HUDSON, JR. is a first amendment 

scholar at the First Amendment Center at 

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, a licensed 

boxing judge, and the author or coauthor of 20 

books, as well as articles. 

May 2012, 224pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-37972-7, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37973-4 


Glued to Games 

How Video Games Draw Us 

In and Hold Us Spellbound 

Scott Rigby and Richard M. Ryan 

This book offers a practical yet powerful 

way to understand the psychological appeal 

and strong motivation to play video games. 

FEATURES: 

• Images from classic and modern video 

games illustrate key points and make the 

information accessible to all readers 

• A bibliography of numerous psychological 

studies support the author’s underlying 

motivational model 

SCOTT RIGBY, PhD is founder and president 

of Immersyve, Inc., a research and consulting 

group specializing in the psychology of virtual 

worlds and interactive technologies. 

RICHARD M. RYAN is a clinical psychologist, 

and professor of psychology, psychiatry, 

and education at the University of Rochester, 

Rochester, NY. 

February 2011, 186pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-36224-8, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-36225-5 


NEW 

The Battle of 

the Century 

Dempsey, Carpentier, and 

the Birth of Modern Promotion 

Jim Waltzer 


—CHOICE, NOVEMBER 1, 2011 

This exciting account of the 1921 heavyweight 

boxing title fi ght between champion 

Jack Dempsey and Frenchman Georges 

Carpentier relates how it originated and how 

it became a template for modern sports 

promotion. 

FEATURES: 

• Photographs 

• A bibliography 

JIM WALTZER, a longtime newspaper sports 

editor and freelance magazine writer, is the 

author of Tales of South Jersey: Profiles and 

Personalities and the novel Sound of Mind. 

May 2011, 238pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38244-4, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38245-1 


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SERIES: 

Modern Filmmakers 

Vincent LoBrutto, Series Editor 

From Spielberg to Van Sant and from Anderson to Tarantino, a select group of modern 

fi lmmakers have created entertainment that’s so compelling, powerful, and distinctive 

that they’ve changed the perception of what’s possible with cinema. All of the titles in 

the Modern Filmmakers series provide an in-depth look at each featured director’s 

fi lms—and examine the often-intriguing biographical stories behind the individuals 

who create soul-stirring visual art. 

FORTHCOMING 

The Coppolas 

A Family Business 

Vincent LoBrutto and Harriet R. Morrison 

May 2012, 224pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39161-3, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39162-0 


Wes Anderson 

Why His Movies Matter 

Mark Browning 

February 2011, 190pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-1-59884-352-1, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-1-59884-353-8 


Charlie Kaufman 

Confessions of an Original Mind 

Doreen Alexander Child 

July 2010, 168pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-35860-9, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35861-6 


Gus Van Sant 

His Own Private Cinema 

Vincent LoBrutto 

June 2010, 198pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-35776-3, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35777-0 


Quentin Tarantino 

Life at the Extremes 

Aaron Barlow 

March 2010, 187pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38004-4, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38005-1 


SERIES: 

The Praeger Singer-Songwriter Collection 

James E. Perone, Series Editor 

The legends of the music industry are consistently among the most revered celebrities in 

popular culture. We know everything about them—who they dated, where they played, 

and how they died. However, what they sought to tell us through their music often remains 

undiscovered or forgotten. The Praeger Singer-Songwriter Collection provides critical 

analysis and commentary on the work of such important artists as Paul McCartney, Jimi 

Hendrix, George Harrison, Billy Joel, and Dolly Parton, and does so in the hope that, from 

behind such legendary faces, voices can again emerge. 

NEW 

The Words and Music of Dolly Parton 

Getting to Know Country’s “Iron Butterfly” 

Nancy Cardwell 

July 2011, 178pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-37803-4, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37804-1 


NEW 

The Words and Music of Billy Joel 

Ken Bielen 

July 2011, 187pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38016-7, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38017-4 


The Words and Music of Jimi Hendrix 

David Moskowitz 

October 2010, 207pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-37592-7, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37593-4 


The Words and Music of Paul McCartney 

The Solo Years 

Vincent P. Benitez 

March 2010, 208pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-34969-0, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-34970-6 


The Words and Music of George Harrison 

Ian Inglis 

March 2010, 187pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-37532-3, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37533-0 


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CURRENT EVENTS 

AND ISSUES 

FORTHCOMING 

Refugees Worldwide 

4 VOLUMES 

Uma A. Segal and Doreen Elliott, Editors 

HIGHLIGHTS 

• Provides a global and comparative 

perspective on refugee issues 

• Supplies an overview of all salient 

global concerns regarding refugees 

• Presents an in-depth examination 

of the issues of refugee health and 

mental health 

More than a decade into the 21st century, refugee issues remain a global 

concern of staggering scale. In 2009, there were 36.5 million people under 

the auspices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The 

United Nations reported refugees in at least 150 countries. Even worse: 

roughly 19,000 refugees seeking asylum are children who are unaccompanied 

by an adult. 

With increasing changes in the socio-political climate of the world as well 

as with the rising numbers of natural disasters, people of all ethnicities and 

nationalities are frequently forced from their homes and their homelands. 

While there is a substantial body of work that addresses refugee policies, 

post- traumatic stress disorder, and other specifi c issues, there have been few 

attempts to understand refugee health or comprehend overall refugee adaptation—until 

now. 

This is the fi rst work to address refugee issues worldwide, addressing the psy- 

chological, health, human rights, political, public policy, law, economic, social, 

and personal aspects of this universal problem. Refugees Worldwide also includes 

examples of fi rst-person refugee stories from around the world—eye-opening 

information not available in any other work. Drawing on the expertise of myriad international 

researchers, theoreticians, and practitioners from representative nations 

around the world, this four-volume set effectively speaks to a number of refugee 

issues from a truly global perspective. 


• Ecology and Forced Migration 

• Ethical Research Methods 

• Food/Water Security 

• Human Rights and Refugees 

• International Health Regulations and 

Global Reporting Laws 

• National Security 

• Poverty and Refugees 

• Refugee Repatriation 

• Refugees with Disabilities 

• Sexual Violence 

“ Pakistan was host to the largest number of refugees worldwide 

(1.9 million), followed by the Islamic Republic of Iran (1.1 million) 

and the Syrian Arab Republic (1 million).” 

– United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR Global Trends 2010 

FEATURES: 

• Contributions from 60 leading authorities on refugee studies 

• Bibliography features comprehensive international and interdisciplinary sources 

focusing on human migration and refugee studies 

UMA A. SEGAL is professor and baccalaureate program director in the School of Social 

Work at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO. 

DOREEN ELLIOTT is professor of social work and distinguished teaching professor at 

the University of Texas at Arlington. 

May 2012, 1,140pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-37807-2, $215.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37808-9 


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HIGHLIGHTS 

• Reveals a side of human nature 

and human possibility that we 

rarely perceive in the mass media, 

one that gives hope that, despite 

all the violence, we can achieve a 

better world 

• Showcases the intellectual breadth 

of peacework as it reaches into, 

or arises from, such topics as 

gender, law, religion, psychology, 

economics, and society 

• Reveals “best practices” along 

with heartrending stories of 

suffering and failure 

Peace Movements Worldwide 

3 VOLUMES 

Marc Pilisuk and Michael N. Nagler, Editors 

From Veterans for Peace to the Nonviolent Peace Force, from UN initiatives 

to local actions by women in Colombia and Kenya, and from citizen 

diplomats to creative confl ict resolvers to survivors of genocide, this set 

tells the stories of ideas, people, and worldwide organizations striving to 

help humanity realize its never-ending yearning for peace. 

Peace Movements Worldwide 

is quite simply the most comprehensive work 

of its kind on this important subject. In its three volumes, experts document 

the history and growth of the peace movement, why it is important, who gets 

involved, and how it can succeed. 

Organized by major themes and issues, the work examines every facet of human 

striving for peace, from the global to the personal. The fi rst volume, History and Vital- 

ity of Peace Movements, explores the meaning of peace—its historical, philosophical, 

and biological foundations and related spiritual, gender, social, and economic viewpoints. 

The second volume, Players and Practices in Resistance to War, discusses 

control over weapons, efforts to prevent and end violent confl ict, and efforts to heal 

the traumatic aftereffects of violence. The third volume, Peace Efforts That Work and 

Why, looks at how mankind can build a new world order by building communities 

with a sustainable culture of peace. 

FEATURES: 

• Is the fi rst work on the subject of peace movements to offer this level of depth and 

breadth and to capture the pulse of this multifacted effort to create a world of peace 

with justice 

• Features more than 70 insightful articles, many of them original to this anthology, by 

a team of cross-disciplinary scholars from the fi elds of psychology, sociology, history, 

political science, women’s studies, psychiatry, and more 

MARC PILISUK, professor emeritus at the University of California, is currently on the 

faculty at the San Francisco-based Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center. 

MICHAEL N. NAGLER, professor emeritus at the University of California, founded the 

Peace and Conflict Studies Program at the University of California, Berkeley. 

December 2010, 1,150pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-36478-5, $184.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-36479-2 


BEST-SELLER 

Beyond the 

Age of Oil 

The Myths, 

Realities, and Future 

of Fossil Fuels and 

Their Alternatives 

Leonardo Maugeri 

Translated from the Italian 

by Jonathan T. Hine Jr. 

AWARD WINNER: 

Outstanding Academic Title, 2010 – Choice 

“Beyond the Age of Oil is an important and timely contribution 

to understand our energy future. It provides an even-handed, 

deeply-informed—and highly readable—exploration of the 

energy choices that the world faces.” 

—DANIEL YERGIN, PULITZER PRIZE–WINNING AUTHOR OF 

THE PRIZE: THE EPIC QUEST FOR OIL, MONEY, AND POWER 

In this eagerly awaited sequel to his prize-winning bestseller, The 

Age of Oil, Leonardo Maugeri, the strategy director of one of the 

world’s biggest energy companies, puts forward a hard-headed, 

concrete plan in simple everyday language for how to shift the world 

economy’s primary energy dependence from fossil fuels to renewable 

energies by 2035. Assuming no specialized knowledge, the author 

walks the reader chapter by chapter through each of the fossil fuels 

and each of the alternative energy sources. Drawing on the unparalleled 

data and analysis resources at his command, Maugeri assesses 

the problems and advantages of each energy source in turn in order 

to constrain the optimal mix of energy sources that the world should 

be aiming for in 2035. Maugeri shows that the next 25 years will be 

a rocky marriage between the old and the new energy paradigms, 

during which we must dramatically improve the effi ciency of our 

continuing use of fossil fuels, while driving ahead on all fronts to an 

energy future based on a suite of sustainable energy sources. 

American 

Universities 

and Colleges 

Nineteenth Edition 

2 VOLUMES 

For well over a half century, 

American Universities and 

Colleges has been the 

most comprehensive and 

highly respected directory 

of four-year institutions 

of higher education in the 

United States. A two-volume set that Choice magazine hailed as a 

most important resource in its November 2006 issue, this revised 

edition features the most up-to-date statistical data available to guide 

students in making a smart yet practical decision in choosing the 

university or college of their dreams. In addition, the set serves as an 

indispensable reference source for parents, college advisors, educators, 

and public, academic, and high school librarians. 

These two volumes provide extensive information on 1,900 institutions 

of higher education, including all accredited colleges and 

universities that offer at least the baccalaureate degree. 

This essential resource offers pertinent, statistical data on such 

topics as tuition, room and board; admission requirements; fi nancial 

aid; enrollments; student life; library holdings; accelerated and study 

abroad programs; departments and teaching staff; buildings and 

grounds; and degrees conferred. Volume two of the set provides four 

indexes, including an institutional index, a subject accreditation index, 

a levels of degrees offered index, and a tabular index of summary 

data by state. These helpful indexes allow readers to fi nd information 

easily and to make comparisons among institutions effectively. Also 

contained within the text are charts and tables that provide easy access 

to comparative data on relevant topics. 

April 2010, 1,644pp, 8 1/2x11, ISBN 978-0-313-36607-9, $194.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-36608-6 


FEATURES: 

• 11 chapters, each on a specifi c type of primary fuel, from oil and 

coal to more eco-friendly alternatives 

• Appendices provide additional data and other useful information 

• References for works cited and further reading 

LEONARDO MAUGERI, PhD, is senior executive vice president of 

strategies and development at Eni SpA. 


$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38172-0 


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The 

Technology 

Trap 

Where Human Error 

and Malevolence 

Meet Powerful 

Technologies 

Lloyd J. Dumas 


—CHOICE, 

FEBRUARY 1, 2011 

“Those who wish—and we all should—to reduce the risks of 

catastrophe from human fallibility, from use or abuse of 

powerful technologies, would benefit from reading—and 

heeding—The Technology Trap.” 

—BILL JOY, CO-FOUNDER OF SUN MICROSYSTEMS 

Most of us assume that those in charge can always fi nd a way to 

control any technology mankind creates, no matter how powerful. 

But in a world of imperfect human beings who are prone to error, 

emotion, and sometimes to malevolent behavior, this could be an 

arrogant—and disastrous—assumption. 

This book is fi lled with compelling, factual stories that illustrate how 

easy it is for situations to go terribly wrong, despite our best efforts 

to prevent any issue. The author is not advocating an anti-technology 

“return to nature,” nor intending to highlight the marvels of our hightech 

world. Instead, the objective is to reveal the potential for disaster 

that surrounds us in our modern world, elucidate how we arrived at 

this predicament, explain the nature and ubiquity of human fallibility, 

expose why proposed “solutions” to these Achilles heels cannot work, 

and suggest alternatives that could thwart human-induced technological 

disasters. 

FEATURES: 

• Extensive footnotes are provided to support facts and fi gures contained 

in the text 

LLOYD J. DUMAS is a social scientist and engineer. 


$54.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37889-8 


FORTHCOMING 

Living in an 

Environmentally 

Traumatized World 

Healing Ourselves 

and Our Planet 

Darlyne G. Nemeth, 

Robert B. Hamilton, and 

Judy Kuriansky, Editors 

Whenever environmental damages 

are caused by natural 

or human-made events, there are long-term effects for people. This 

eye-opening and unprecedented book explains the ongoing turmoil 

in the environment, while presenting ways to alleviate its effect on 

humankind’s physical and mental health. 

Living in an Environmentally Traumatized World: Healing Ourselves and 

Our Planet discusses recent environmental events and examines the 

reasons why the resulting changes are inevitable. The authors assert 

that people experience six universal stages when they suffer from 

environmental trauma: shock, survivor mode, basic needs, awareness 

of loss, spin and fraud, and resolution. The book presents coping 

strategies for navigating negative ecological shifts, and provides a plan 

of action for responsibly managing our environment. Additionally, profi 

les of indigenous people who endure under environmental adversity 

provides real world examples of survival. 

FEATURES: 

• Contributors from across disciplines, including geology, biology, 

hydrology and climatology 

• A list of reasons why environmental change is inevitable 

• An exploration of psychological disorders and physical illnesses triggered 

by disasters 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Describes six universal stages of environmental trauma 

• Covers a variety of environmental changes 

• Details the impact of humans on each of the elements 

• Explores the political agendas surrounding environmental issues 

DARLYNE G. NEMETH, PhD, MP, MPAP, is a clinical medical and neuropsychologist 

at the Neuropsychology Center of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA. 

JUDY KURIANSKY, PhD, is a clinical psychologist at Columbia University 

Teachers College, NY. 

R.B. HAMILTON PhD, is the author of Historic and Present-Day Forest 

Conditions: Implications for Bottomland Hardwood Forest Restoration 

Ecological Rest. 

June 2012, 260pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39731-8, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39732-5 


NEW 

Safe Spaces 

Making Schools 

and 

Communities 

Welcoming to LGBT 

Youth 

Annemarie Vaccaro, 

Gerri August, 

and Megan S. Kennedy 

“Campus Pride commends the authors of this timely and 

thoughtful book.” 

—SHANE WINDMEYER, CAMPUS PRIDE, 

FOUNDER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

Safe Spaces: Making Schools and Communities Welcoming to LGBT 

Youth is the fi rst book to offer a comprehensive view of the complex 

lives of LGBT youth of all ages, from kindergarten through college. 

Drawing on a wealth of research collected from fi rst-person accounts 

of students, family, educators, and community members, the authors 

not only chronicle the struggles of LGBT youth but also describe 

models of inclusive school and community environments. 

The authors address the breadth of experiences of LGBT youth— 

in and out of the classroom, at home and in the community, and in 

personal interactions with allies and antagonists. They also reveal 

how these young people, their friends and families, teachers, and 

dedicated allies stem the tide of LGBT exclusion. Most important, 

Safe Spaces offers action steps for readers who want to make their 

own homes, schools, and communities safe and welcoming spaces 

for LGBT youth. 

FEATURES: 

• More than 80 real-life narratives, drawn from the stories of 

100 people 

• A “Queerossary” of dozens of key terms, 

ANNEMARIE VACCARO, PhD, is a faculty member in the 

Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University 

of Rhode Island. 

GERRI AUGUST, PhD, is a member of the Foundations faculty in the 

Department of Educational Studies at Rhode Island College. 

MEGAN S. KENNEDY, PhD, is a faculty member in the Department of 

Education at Westfield State University in Massachusetts. 


$37.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39369-3 


BEST-SELLER 

Queer Questions, 

Clear Answers 

The Contemporary 

Debates on Sexual 

Orientation 

Thomas S. Serwatka 

AWARD WINNER: 

Outstanding Academic Title, 

2010 – Choice 

“This is a well-researched, superlatively written summary of the 

current state of knowledge about sexual orientation. Essential. 

All levels/libraries.” 

—CHOICE, OCTOBER 1, 2010 

Queer Questions, Clear Answers: The Contemporary Debates on Sexual 

Orientation offers an eye-opening conversation about questions, facts— 

and fears—relative to sexual orientation. The book is framed around a 

series of nine sets of “queer questions,” including, Who is queer and 

who is not How do we interpret and use sacred scriptures to control 

behavior and set public policy What lessons can we learn from history 

and psychology and What is the homosexual agenda 

The author, himself a gay man and prominent academic, combines 

cross-disciplinary research and personal anecdotes in his intriguing 

search for answers to questions that are central to ongoing cultural 

and political debates. In discussing each set of questions, he examines 

perspectives and arguments from across the political spectrum. The 

clear, articulate, and wholly candid answers he offers will help readers 

get beyond the headlines—and the sound bites—to better understand 

many important arguments about homosexuality and human rights. 

FEATURES: 

• Presents nine sets of questions central to the ongoing cultural debates 

on sexual orientation 

• Includes personal anecdotes 

THOMAS S. SERWATKA, PhD, is vice president and chief-of-staff at the 

University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, where he has held positions as 

associate vice president for academic affairs and dean of the graduate school. 

May 2010, 265pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38612-1, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38613-8 


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FORTHCOMING 

Reproductive Justice 

A Global Concern 

Joan C. Chrisler, Editor 

Every woman in the world has the right 

to control her own body, plan her family, 

receive good quality medical care, and give 

birth to a healthy baby. This book takes 

a comprehensive look at the status of 

women’s reproductive rights from a transnational, 

human-rights perspective. 

FEATURES: 


international scholars with research, 

practice, and public policy expertise on 

reproductive rights 

• Bibliography with each chapter 

JOAN C. CHRISLER, PhD, is Class of 1943 

Professor of Psychology at Connecticut College, 

New London, CT, where she teaches courses 

on health psychology and the psychology of 

women. 

February 2012, 320pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39339-6, $58.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39340-2 


FORTHCOMING 

Gender and Literacy 

A Handbook for Educators 

and Parents 

Karen A. Krasny 

This handbook focuses on issues related to 

the gendered experience of students from 

pre-kindergarten through grade twelve. 

The content will promote an understanding 

that issues surrounding gender cannot be 

reduced to broad generalizations. Krasny 

seeks to make clear the complex notion of 

gender construction within the context of redefi 

ning what constitutes legitimate literacy 

practices in schools. 

Gender and Literacy will help to guide educators, 

parents, and librarians by assisting 

them in the selection and evaluation of print 

and media resources. As in all the books 

in this series, there are three sections, one 

presenting an overview of the topic, the next 

providing specifi c background and advice 

for teachers on classroom practice, and a 

fi nal section for parents, that informs them 

about gender issues in print and digital 

literature. 

KAREN A. KRASNY is assistant professor of 

education at York University, Toronto, Ontario. 

June 2012, 162pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-33675-1, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-06342-8 


Beyond Burning Bras 

Feminist Activism 

for Everyone 

Laura Finley and 

Emily Reynolds Stringer 


—CHOICE, FEBRUARY 1, 2011 

This book offers a practical guide to the 

everyday actions and decisions that anyone 

can take to promote gender equality and 

social justice in their own life and the world 

around them. 

FEATURES: 

• Comprises over 50 entries arranged topically 

to show the broad reach of contemporary 

feminism 

• Presents more than 40 contributors, 

including scholars, activists, professionals, 

students, and more 

LAURA FINLEY is assistant professor of 

sociology and criminology at Barry University, 

Miami, FL, and director of the Center for Living 

and Teaching Peace, Miami, FL. 

EMILY REYNOLDS STRINGER is the founding 

director of Feeling Foody, an organization for 

developing nutritional awareness in children and 

adolescents, and Creating a Planet, an exchange 

program for community art in the United States, 

Guatemala, and Thailand. 

April 2010, 255pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-36580-5, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-36581-2 


NEW 

Freedom of Choice 

Vouchers in American 

Education 

Jim Carl 

“Thoroughly researched and engagingly 

written.” 

—JOHN L. RURY, PROFESSOR OF 

EDUCATION AND (BY COURTESY) 

HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS 

This book reveals that, far from being the 

result of a groundswell of support for parental 

choice in American education, the origins 

of school vouchers are seated in identity 

politics, religious schooling, and educational 

entrepreneurship. 

FEATURES: 

• Case studies describe, explain, and compare 

the origins of school vouchers in four 

states: Louisiana, New Hampshire, Ohio, 

and Wisconsin 

• Interviews with key participants in the 

debates over school vouchers, including 

Christopher Jencks and the late Milton 

Friedman 

JIM CARL, PhD, is associate professor of 

social foundations of education and chair of the 

Department of Curriculum and Foundations at 

Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH. 

September 2011, 264pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39327-3, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39328-0 


NEW 

Spotlighting 

the Strengths of 

Every Single Student 

Why U.S. Schools Need a New, 

Strengths-Based Approach 

Elsie Jones-Smith, PhD 

This book explains how a teaching system 

focused on identifying and stoking each 

student’s strengths—rather than concentrating 

on defi cits—can bring remarkable 

academic improvement and achievement. 

FEATURES: 

• Contains 25 teaching strategies that are 

part of the strength-based program 

• Offers powerful vignettes to illustrate key 

points 

ELSIE JONES-SMITH, PhD, is a licensed 

clinical psychologist with doctoral degrees in 

clinical psychology and counselor education. 

She is counselor educator and president of 

the Strengths-Based Institute, which provides 

consultation to organizations dealing with 

substance-abusing youths and with youths 

experiencing difficulties in school and with 

violence. 

August 2011, 285pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39153-8, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39154-5 


Profit of Education 

Dick Startz 

“... thoughtful, accessible, and timely. . . . 

Highly recommended.” 

—CHOICE, APRIL 1, 2011 

This important book translates evidence and 

examines policy, proposing a plan to save 

America’s schools by rewarding teachers 

with professional-level salaries distributed 

wisely. 

FEATURES: 

• 26 easily understood charts and tables that 

translate the evidence for a broad audience 

• Pay system mock-ups 

DICK STARTZ is Castor Professor of 

Economics and adjunct professor of statistics at 

the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 

October 2010, 230pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39379-2, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39380-8 




61

PRAEGER 

NEW 

Beyond 

the Blogosphere 

Information and Its Children 

Aaron Barlow and Robert Leston 

This book looks at questions and answers 

pertaining to the organization, usage, and 

ownership of information in the Internet 

age—and the impact of shifting attitudes 

towards information ownership on creative 

endeavors. 

AARON BARLOW, assistant professor of 

English at New York City College of Technology, 

is the author of Praeger’s The DVD Revolution: 

Movies, Culture, and Technology; The Rise of 

the Blogosphere; Blogging America: The New 

Public Sphere; and Quentin Tarantino: Life at the 

Extremes. 

ROBERT LESTON, assistant professor of 

English at New York City College of Technology, 

specializes in contemporary American rhetoric 

and its relations to technology, psychoanalysis, 

and animal studies. He has authored a number 

of peer-reviewed articles and web-texts in both 

print and electronic journals. 

December 2011, 272pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39287-0, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39288-7 


NEW 

Global 

Energy Innovation 

Why America Must Lead 

Woodrow W. Clark II 

and Grant Cooke 

The world is entering the Third Industrial 

Revolution, an era of remarkable progress 

in science and technology that will require 

a global shift away from reliance on fossilfuel 

and carbon-based energy. This book 

explains how America can lead the effort 

to reverse global warming and become the 

world leader in global energy innovation. 

FEATURES: 

• Describes numerous examples of Europe 

and Asia’s emerging activities in the Third 

Industrial Revolution, as well as the EU and 

Asia’s historical and current activities in 

climate change mitigation, renewable energy 

technologies, and economic models 

to promote the green revolution 

• Covers new technologies across the globe, 

ranging from single-hut solar energy generation 

for African villages to industrialscale 

wind farms in Mongolia 

WOODROW W. CLARK II, MA3, PhD, is a 

co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for 

his work on the UN IPCC. 

GRANT COOKE, MJ, is an award-winning 

journalist, college administrator, and a pioneer 

businessman in California’s energy efficiency 

and energy renewable industries. 

November 2011, 190pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39721-9, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39722-6 


BEST-SELLER 

Energy Transitions 

History, Requirements, 

Prospects 

Vaclav Smil 

“Recommended. Students and general 

readers, all levels.” 


“Amazing. Although there are a lot of 

important books about energy, as an 

author Smil is in a class by himself in 

terms of breadth and depth.” 

—THEGATESNOTES.COM, 

OCTOBER 6, 2010 

This bold and controversial argument 

shows why energy transitions are inherently 

complex and prolonged affairs, and how 

ignoring this fact raises unrealistic expectations 

that the United States and other global 

economies can be weaned quickly from a 

primary dependency on fossil fuels. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes case studies of energy transitions 

in eight nations 

• Graphs of energy transitions on global and 

national scales, showing both common 

features and idiosyncratic patterns 

VACLAV SMIL is a distinguished professor in 

the Faculty of Environment at the University of 

Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. 

May 2010, 178pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38177-5, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38178-2 


Can Journalism 

Be Saved 

Rediscovering America’s 

Appetite for News 

Rachel Davis Mersey 

AWARD WINNER: 



“Well documented and researched, 

this is required reading for anyone 

interested in journalism and media 

analysis. . . . Highly recommended.” 


This book challenges the once-dominant 

social responsibility model and argues that 

a new, “individual-fi rst” paradigm is what 

will allow journalism to survive in today’s 

crowded media marketplace. 

FEATURES: 

• Presents a chronological review of the topdown 

infl uence model, the timeline of the 

evolution of the defi nition of news, and the 

historical development of social responsibility 

of the press 

• Contains helpful illustrations of the proposed 

new models of journalism 

RACHEL DAVIS MERSEY is assistant 

professor at the Medill School of Journalism at 

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, where she 

is also a faculty fellow for the university’s Institute 

for Policy Research. 

August 2010, 167pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39208-5, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39209-2 


NEW 

War on Words 

Who Should Protect 

Journalists 

Joanne M. Lisosky and 

Jennifer R. Henrichsen 

Foreword by Chris Cramer 

“A must-read for every would-be reporter 

and democracy-seeking citizen.” 

—ROSS HOWARD, JOURNALIST, 

TRAINER, AND PRESIDENT OF 

MEDIA&DEMOCRACY GROUP 

This unprecedented book provides a 

comprehensive examination of the issue of 

protecting journalists in confl ict situations 

from both a practical and humanitarian law 

perspective. 

FEATURES: 

• Descriptions of contemporary strategies 

used to protect journalists in confl ict 

• Contributions from more than 60 stakeholders 

interested in the protection of 

journalists 

• Presents a historical background of 

international policies, declarations, and 

resolutions intended to protect journalists 

JOANNE M. LISOSKY, PhD, is associate 

professor of communication and journalism at 

Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA. 

JENNIFER R. HENRICHSEN is project 

assistant for the Democracy Coalition Project 

and research assistant for the Open Society 

Foundations, Washington, DC. 

July 2011, 267pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38557-5, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38558-2 


NEW 

The New 

Digital Storytelling 

Creating Narratives 

with New Media 

Bryan Alexander 

“This is an essential guide for those 

of us trying to figure out how to use 

these cool new tools to make a real 

dent in the world around us.” 

—BILL MCKIBBEN, FOUNDER, 350. 

ORG; AUTHOR, EDUCATOR, 

ENVIRONMENTALIST; SCHUMANN 

DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR, 

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE 

This book surveys the many ways of telling 

stories with digital technology, including 

blogging, gaming, social media, podcasts, 

and web video. 

FEATURES: 

• Provides a bibliography listing sources 

consulted 

• Contains an index of key words and 

concepts from the text 

BRYAN ALEXANDER, PhD, is the director 

of research for the National Institute for 

Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE), 

headquartered at Southwestern University, 

Georgetown, TX. 

April 2011, 275pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38749-4, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38750-0 




63

PRAEGER 

CRIME 

FORTHCOMING 

Prison Privatization 

The Many Facets of a Controversial Industry 

3 VOLUMES 

Byron Eugene Price and John Charles Morris, Editors 

“ Is there money being made by incarcerating prison inmates 

Telecommunications industries pay prisons to put pay phones 

in prisons. Pay phones in prisons make $15,000 a day.” 

—Boyce Watkins, PhD, “How Companies Make Money Off Prisoners,” 

The Huffington Post 

HIGHLIGHTS 

• Provides a comprehensive 

examination of the subject of prison 

privatization 

• Authoritatively addresses policy areas 

that are normally glossed over or 

ignored in most prison privatization 

literature 

• Presents diverse viewpoints and 

perspectives derived from multiple 

expert contributors’ experience 

The private prison industry has grown substantially in the past 20 years—the 

result of the need to meet the growing demand for prison space combined with 

a broader social and political willingness to transfer the coercive power of the 

state to the private sector. This burgeoning, multi-billion dollar industry seems to 

be here to stay, but privatized local, state, and national prisons draw vehement 

opposition as well as enthusiastic support. 

This three-volume series brings together noted scholars and experts in the fi eld 

to provide a comprehensive treatment of the subject of privatized prisons in the 

United States. It is a defi nitive work on the topic that synthesizes current thought 

on both the theory and practice of prison privatization. 

Volume I provides a broad-brush overview of private prisons that discusses the history of 

prison privatization and examines the expansion of the private prison industry and the growth 

of inmate populations in the United States. Volume II focuses on the corrections industry itself, 

providing essays that explore the business models, profi t motivations, economic factors, and 

operations of the corporations that offer corrections services, while Volume III explores the 

political and social environment of prison privatization. Academics, practitioners, policy makers, 

and advocates for and against private prisons will fi nd this work useful and enlightening, 

while general readers can use the unbiased information to draw their own conclusions in 

respect to the merits of prison privatization. 


• Commercial Correctional 

Complex, The 

• Community Corrections 

• Constitutional Implications 

• Economic Development 

• Elite Deviance 

• Freedom of Information 

• Healthcare 

• Indemnifi cation 

• Performance Monitoring 

• Prison Lobby 

• Private Detention Centers 

BYRON E. PRICE is associate professor of political science in the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland 

School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University, Houston, TX. His published works include 

Praeger’s Who Really Pays for Prison Privatization and the journal articles “The Threat of 

Privatization: The Impetus behind Government Performance” and “The Impact of Privatization on 

Human Resources.” 

JOHN C. MORRIS is professor of public policy and serves as the PhD Graduate Program Director 

in the Department of Urban Studies and Public Administration at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, 

VA. He is the coeditor of Building the Local Economy: Cases in Economic Development and Speaking 

Green with a Southern Accent: Environmental Management and Innovation in the South and has 

published articles in State and Local Government Review, American Journal of Evaluation, and Public 

Administration Review. 

September 2012, 912pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39571-0, $194.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39572-7 


• Private Juvenile Facilities 

• Recidivism 

• Speculative Prisons 

• Telephone Industry 

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65

PRAEGER 

CRIME 

Victims of Sexual Assault and Abuse 

Resources and Responses for Individuals and Families 

2 VOLUMES Michele A. Paludi and Florence L. Denmark 

“Timely and comprehensive for all college and high school students, as 

well as victim advocates in any setting.” 

—LIBRARY JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 15, 2011 

Incidents of sexual abuse and assault are reaching epidemic proportions. 

Approximately 2.6 million women are victims of intimate partner violence 

annually, while as many as 15 percent of female college students have 

disclosed they were raped. Both new legislation and sweeping societal 

changes will be necessary to reverse this persistent trend. 

The statistics on sexual abuse in the United States suggest that such 

crimes are perceived as socially acceptable, despite laws to the contrary. 

Thirty percent of women are battered at least once in their adult lives, while 

four million girls and women are traffi cked annually. Seventy-fi ve percent of 

employed battered women are harassed at their jobs by abusive husbands or 

lovers and half of them are murdered by these mates. At least twenty percent of women have been 

victimized by incest. 

Victims of Sexual Assault and Abuse serves as a reference guide for professionals working with 

victims and perpetrators. Topics addressed include assault within marriage, courtship violence, 

abducted and runaway youth, violence against pregnant women, cyberspace violence, and sexual 

harassment of students and employees. This multivolume set promotes legislation to break the cycles 

of violence and dispels myths about victims and perpetrators. Preventative programs, policies, and 

educational programs are emphasized. 

FEATURES: 

• Over 70 expert contributors in the area of violence against children, teens, and adults 

• Provides examples of effective prevention programs and violent offender treatment programs, as 

well as recommendations for assessing and treating battered women 

MICHELE A. PALUDI is president of Human Resources Management Solutions and a faculty member 

at Union Graduate College, Schenectady, NY. 

FLORENCE L. DENMARK is Robert S. Pace Distinguished Research Professor and adjunct professor at 

the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York City, NY. 

October 2010, 719pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-37970-3, $124.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37971-0 


NEW 

The Last 

Murder 

The Investigation, 

Prosecution, and 

Execution of 

Ted Bundy 

George R. Dekle, Sr. 

“The Last Murder is a 

meticulous and homespun 

account of the final 

prosecution of America’s most notorious villain.” 

—MICHAEL L. SEIGEL, RESEARCH FOUNDATION PROFESSOR 

OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 

The Last Murder: The Investigation, Prosecution, and Execution of Ted 

Bundy follows the facts and circumstances of Kim Leach’s disappearance 

and the investigation and prosecution of Ted Bundy in rough 

chronological order, from Bundy’s escape from a Colorado jail in 1977 

to his execution at Florida State Prison in 1989. It provides an inside 

look at the intricacies and complications of this historic case that 

spanned many states and jurisdictions, documenting how unselfi shness 

and dogged determination were key to solving the case. 

The story is told from the vantage point of one intimately involved in 

both the investigation and prosecution of the criminal, clearly showing 

how friction between agencies can impede the investigation and how 

cooperation can expedite a solution. The book emphasizes the important 

role played by circumstantial evidence and forensic science, 

explores the impact of pervasive publicity upon such an investigation, 

critiques the investigation and prosecution of Bundy, and offers 

suggestions on how—and how not—to deal with “celebrity killers” in 

the future. 

FEATURES: 

• Major fi gures in the investigation and prosecution vetted the 

descriptions of events in which they were involved 

• Extensive newspaper clippings, the prosecution trial brief, the FDLE 

case fi le, and portions of the actual trial transcript 

• Photographs of evidence and crime scene diagrams 

GEORGE R. DEKLE, SR., is a retired prosecutor who now serves 

as legal skills professor at University of Florida Levin College of Law, 

Gainesville, FL. 

May 2011, 263pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39743-1, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39744-8 


FORTHCOMING 

Internet Child 

Pornography 

Causes, Investigation, 

and Prevention 

Richard Wortley and 

Stephen Smallbone 

The role of the Internet in 

fueling the problem of child 

pornography is enormous. 

Prior to the Internet, child pornography 

was typically locally produced, of poor quality, expensive, 

and diffi cult to obtain. United States’ law enforcement offi cials were 

able to boast in the late 1970s that the traffi c in child pornography 

had virtually been eliminated. The advent of the Internet in the 1980s 

made vast quantities of child pornography instantly available in the 

privacy of the viewer’s home. Today, child pornography largely exists 

because of the opportunities provided by the Internet. 

Internet Child Pornography provides a comprehensive overview of 

the issue by describing the problem of child pornography, examining 

the impact of the Internet, and presenting a profi le of users. 

With this foundation in place, the authors then address responses to 

child pornography and shed light on the complexities of dealing with 

criminal activities that are perpetrated largely online—for example, 

the fact that people behave differently in online environments than 

they do in other areas of their lives. The book examines prevention 

efforts designed to reduce access to child pornography, law enforcement 

responses designed to catch known offenders, and treatment 

responses designed to reduce reoffending. 

FEATURES: 

• Easily understood charts and tables that translate the evidence for a 

broad audience 

• Technical aspects of the Internet and Internet offending described in 

simple language 

RICHARD WORTLEY is director of the Jill Dando Institute of Security 

and Crime Science at University College, London, UK. 

STEPHEN SMALLBONE is professor in the School of Criminology and 

Criminal Justice at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia, and an Australian 

Research Council Future Fellow. 

March 2012, 224pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38179-9, 

$48.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38180-5 


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67

PRAEGER 

CRIME 

NEW 

Prostitution 

in the Digital Age 

Selling Sex from the 

Suite to the Street 

R. Barri Flowers 

This candid book reveals the enormity of 

the commercial sex-for-sale industry in the 

modern era. 

FEATURES: 

• Factual information regarding a topic that 

is of great interest to general readers in 

light of recent prostitution-related scandals, 

prostitution stings, and serial killers 

of prostitutes 

• A complete bibliography of sources used 

in researching the commercial sex trade 

industry and sexual exploitation of women 

and children 

R. BARRI FLOWERS is a literary criminologist 

with a master’s degree and a recipient 

of the Wall of Fame award from the School of 

Criminal Justice at Michigan State University, 

East Lansing, MI. 

April 2011, 238pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38460-8, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38461-5 


FORTHCOMING 

Corporal Punishment 

around the World 

Matthew Pate and Laurie A. Gould 

Examining the use of corporal punishment 

in different settings across cultures, this 

revealing volume looks at why some 

societies accept this type of punishment, 

some permit it in certain situations, and 

some reject it altogether. 

FEATURES: 

• Focuses exclusively on corporal punishment 

in all forms in a variety of institutions 

• Explores the various differences across 

cultures that either discourage or promote 

the use of corporal punishment 

• Examines the practice of infl icting pain 

as a part of religious practices, including 

self-infl iction 

MATTHEW PATE, PhD, is a senior research 

fellow and lecturer for the Violence Research 

Group at the University at Albany, State University 

of New York. 

LAURIE A. GOULD, PhD, is currently an 

assistant professor of justice studies at Georgia 

Southern University, Statesboro. 

June 2012, 208pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39131-6, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39132-3 


FORTHCOMING 

Real-Life Monsters 

A Psychological Examination 

of the Serial Murderer 

Stephen J. Giannangelo 

This book presents an in-depth psychological 

analysis of the development of the serial killer 

personality that will fascinate all readers, 

from the experienced criminology student to 

the casual true-crime reader. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes eight case studies of fascinating 

serial criminals, including recently convicted 

media stars Rodney Alcala and Anthony 

Sowell 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Provides an unparalleled literature review of 

serial murders, both historical and current 

• Presents analysis from a clinical psychological 

perspective and examines the issue 

of current perspectives regarding biology 

and violent behavior 

STEPHEN J. GIANNANGELO, is special 

agent supervisor for the Illinois Department of 

Revenue’s Bureau of Criminal investigation. His 

published works include The Psychopathology of 

Serial Murder: A Theory of Violence. 

July 2012, 216pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39784-4, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39785-1 


FORTHCOMING 

Do the Crime, 

Do the Time 

Juvenile Criminals and 

Adult Justice in the 

American Court System 

G. Larry Mays and Rick Ruddell 

This book provides a fresh look at the way 

the United States is choosing to deal with 

some of the serious or persistent youth 

offenders: by transferring juvenile offenders 

to adult courts. 

FEATURES: 

• Addresses an always-current topic of 

long-standing controversy: trying juveniles 

as adults 

• Makes sophisticated information based on 

current scholarship accessible to general 

readers 

• Presents information relevant to parents 

of children who are charged or incarcerated, 

offi cials in local legislative bodies, 

and general citizens concerned with the 

problem of juvenile crime 

G. LARRY MAYS, PhD, is Regents Professor 

Emeritus of Criminal Justice at New Mexico 

State University, Las Cruces. 

RICK RUDDELL, PhD, is Law Foundation of 

Saskatchewan Chair in Police Studies and faculty 

in the Department of Justice Studies at the 

University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 

FORTHCOMING 

Sold into Extinction 

The Global Trade in 

Endangered Species 

Jacqueline L. Schneider 

This revealing and compelling title analyzes 

the illegal trade in endangered species from 

a criminological viewpoint and presents 

specifi c crime reduction techniques that 

could help save thousands of species from 

extinction. 

FEATURES: 

• Illustrations, maps, and charts elucidate 

crime theory, import/export data 

on seizures of endangered species and 

products, and range states 

• Photographs depict the grim reality of the 

global trade in endangered species 

• An extensive bibliography contains over 30 

pages of source materials 

JACQUELINE L. SCHNEIDER, PhD, is the 

chair of and associate professor in the Department 

of Criminal Justice Sciences at Illinois 

State University, Normal, IL. Her published 

works include several academic papers and 

chapters in books. Her main research areas 

include gangs, stolen goods markets, and the 

illegal trade in endangered flora and fauna. 

March 2012, 270pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-35939-2, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35940-8 


FORTHCOMING 

Legends, Monsters, 

or Serial Murderers 

The Real Story Behind 

an Ancient Crime 

Dirk Gibson 

Covering fi gures ranging from Catherine 

Monvoisin to Vlad the Impaler, and describing 

murders committed in ancient aristocracies 

to those attributed to vampires, witches, and 

werewolves, this book documents the historic 

reality of serial murder. 

FEATURES: 

• Reintroduces signifi cant historic serial 

murderers, such as Vlad the Impaler, Queen 

Nzinga, Gilles de Rais, La Tofania, Locusta 

the Poisoner, and Joseph Vacher 

• Refutes the perception that serial murder is 

a recent phenomenon and documents the 

historic reality of serial murder 

• Categorizes and describes instances of 

historic serial murder 

DIRK GIBSON is associate professor of communication 

and journalism at the University of 

New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. 

February 2012, 178pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39758-5, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39759-2 


March 2012, 240pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39242-9, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39243-6 




69

PRAEGER 

CRIME 

The Big House 

in a Small Town 

Prisons, Communities, and 

Economics in Rural America 

Eric J. Williams 

This work is an in-depth, on-the-ground 

examination of how prisons impact rural 

communities, including a revealing study 

of two rural communities that have chosen prisons as an economic 

development strategy. 

FEATURES: 

• Provides compelling data from over 200 formal and informal interviews 

of local politicians, residents, and prison offi cials, including the 

former directors of Texas’s prison system 

• Utilizes a combination of two qualitative methods to conduct the 

research 

ERIC J. WILLIAMS is assistant professor in the Department of 

Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies at Sonoma State University, 

Rohnert Park, CA. 

March 2011, 155pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38365-6, 

$34.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38366-3 


Crimes Against Nature 

Illegal Industries and the 

Global Environment 

Donald R. Liddick 

This comprehensive analysis of garbage 

traffi cking, wildlife traffi cking, illegal 

fi shing, and illegal logging highlights the 

diffi culty in balancing human interests 

and environmental responsibility. 

FEATURES: 

• Provides a comprehensive overview of environmental damage 

worldwide from illicit industries 

• Includes coverage of key environmental regulations, including the 

Basel Convention, Convention on International Trade in Endangered 

Species (CITES), and the Lacey Act 

DONALD R. LIDDICK is associate professor of criminal justice at Penn 

State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, Uniontown, PA. 


$34.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38465-3 


NEW 

Police Psychology 

A New Specialty and 

New Challenges for Men 

and Women in Blue 

David J. Thomas 

Go behind the scenes of police work with 

this unique book that opens the door to 

the psychological side of policing. 

FEATURES: 

• Case studies that illustrate the impact of psychology on issues such 

as race, perception, and decision-making 

• Case studies of offi cers who have experienced traumatic events, 

showing how the incidents impacted their personal lives 

DAVID J. THOMAS, PhD, a retired police officer, is associate professor of 

criminal forensics in the criminal behavior analysis program at Florida Gulf 

Coast University. 

May 2011, 171pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38728-9, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38729-6 


The Mind of a Murderer 

Privileged Access to 

the Demons That Drive 

Extreme Violence 

Katherine Ramsland 

Foreword by Dr. Michael Stone 

“Quirky and insightful. A must-read 

for forensic professionals interested 

in the impetus for mass or serial murder.” 

—GREGG O. MCCRARY, BEHAVIORAL CRIMINOLOGY 

INTERNATIONAL; FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 

(RETIRED) 

This unique history of the last 100 years of criminal psychology 

shares insights about infamous murderers from the psychiatrists and 

other trained psychological professionals who analyzed and treated 

them. 

FEATURES: 

• 18 primary case histories, with comparisons to several other cases 

• Chronological arrangement of cases, showcasing a century in the 

development of forensic psychology 

KATHERINE RAMSLAND, PhD, is associate professor of forensic 

psychology at DeSales University, Center Valley, PA. 


$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38673-2 


Crime Wars 

The Global Intersection of 

Crime, Political Violence, 

and International Law 

Paul Battersby, Joseph M. Siracusa, 

and Sasho Ripiloski 

This expert analysis addresses the 

many interconnections between political 

violence and crime, including the 

transnational crimes of non-state actors and the international crimes 

of states. 

PAUL BATTERSBY is associate professor of international relations and 

discipline and head of global studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of 

Technology, Australia. 

JOSEPH M. SIRACUSA is professor of human security and international 

diplomacy at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. 

SASHO RIPILOSKI teaches in the international studies program at the 

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. 


$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39148-4 


Police Use of Force 

A Global Perspective 

Joseph B. Kuhns and Johannes 

Knutsson, Editors 

Foreword by David H. Bayley 

AWARD WINNER: 



“This book is an excellent addition for criminal justice 

collections. Highly recommended.” 


A team of expert contributors provides an in-depth exploration of police 

use of force, fi rearms, and less-than-lethal weapons from a dozen 

countries across fi ve continents. 

FEATURES: 

• 20 chapters cover the use of force by police around the world 

• A bibliography offers resources for further research 

JOSEPH B. KUHNS, PhD, is assistant professor in the Department of 

Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC. 

JOHANNES KNUTSSON, PhD, is professor of police research at the 

Norwegian Police University College, Oslo, Norway. 

April 2010, 264pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-36326-9, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-36327-6 


Beyond Suppression 

Global Perspectives 

on Youth Violence 

Joan Serra Hoffman, Lyndee Knox, 

and Robert Cohen, Editors 



This examination of youth violence 

provides readers with insights from international experts and real-life 

examples of how nations and communities around the world have 

successfully dealt with the issue. 

FEATURES: 

• Contains contributions from over 20 international experts 

• 12 case studies illustrate the various conceptual and programmatic 

approaches for understanding, preventing, and reducing youth 

violence in various countries 

JOAN SERRA HOFFMAN, PhD, is a consultant to international organizations 

including the Inter-American Bank, the World Bank, the Organization 

of American States, and USAID. 

LYNDEE KNOX, PhD, is CEO of LA Net, a community-based organization 

that supports not-for-profit groups working in low income communities. 

ROBERT COHEN, PhD, is professor and vice chair in the department of 

psychiatry at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. 


$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38346-5 


BEST-SELLER 

Cybercrime 

Criminal Threats 

from Cyberspace 

Susan W. Brenner 

“Recommended. All readers.” 


This fascinating and timely book traces 

the emergence and evolution of cybercrime 

as an increasingly intransigent threat to society. 

FEATURES: 

• A chronology traces the emergence and evolution of cybercrime 

from the 1950s to the present 

• Detailed descriptions and analysis of real cybercrime cases illustrate 

what cybercrime is and how cybercriminals operate 

SUSAN W. BRENNER is the NCR Distinguished Professor of Law and 

Technology at the University of Dayton School of Law, Dayton, OH. 


$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-36547-8 


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PRAEGER 

POLITICS, LAW, 

AND GOVERNMENT 

Barack Obama, 

The Aloha Zen President 

How a Son of the 50th State 

May Revitalize America Based 

on 12 Multicultural Principles 

NEW 

Barack Obama in 

Hawai‘i and Indonesia 

The Making of a 

Global President 

Dinesh Sharma 

FORTHCOMING 

Grading 

the 44th President 

A Report Card on Barack 

Obama’s First Term as a 

Progressive Leader 

“ Obviously in Washington, the politics that I think people are 

hoping for is not what they’re getting. It’s still dysfunctional. 

It’s still perversely partisan.” 

—Barack Obama, Speech at Hancock Park, Las Vegas 

Michael Haas, Editor 

Foreword by Michael Dukakis 



With a foreword written by former presidential 

candidate Michael Dukakis, this book portrays 

President Barack Obama as a true child 

of Hawaiì and explains why he believes that 

America can achieve even more greatness 

by learning from the multicultural customs of 

the 50th state. 

FEATURES: 

• Provides connections between quotes from 

President Barack Obama to his philosophy 

and temperament throughout the book 

• Supplies a comprehensive look at the 

multiculturalism of Hawaiì and ties these 

characteristics to Obama’s career and 

political decision-making 

• Includes a reprint of the text of the Aloha 

Spirit Law, which guides governmental 

decisions in Hawaiì with the force of law 

MICHAEL HAAS, PhD, is the author of 

more than 30 books on politics and international 

relations. 

January 2011, 436pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39402-7, $54.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39403-4 


“Academics, students, and the public 

will be riveted by this compelling 

and original perspective about the 

formative years in the development 

of Barack.” 

—DR. JUDY KURIANSKY, CLINICAL 

PSYCHOLOGIST AND AUTHOR OF 

BEYOND BULLETS AND BOMBS: 

GRASSROOTS PEACEBUILDING 

BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND 

PALESTINIANS 

Distinguishing itself from the mass of 

political biographies of Barack Obama, 

this fi rst interdisciplinary study of Obama’s 

Indonesian and Hawaiian years examines 

their effect on his adult character, political 

identity, and global world-view. 

FEATURES: 

• Foreword 


• Timelines 

DINESH SHARMA, PhD, is a cultural 

psychologist and a marketing consultant, 

and currently senior fellow at the Institute for 

International and Cross-Cultural Research at St. 

Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, NY. 

September 2011, 276pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38533-9, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38534-6 


Luigi Esposito and Laura L. Finley, 

Editors 

How has Barack Obama done in his fi rst 

term as a “progressive president,” especially 

in relation to his campaign assertions 

This book analyzes the performance of 

Obama and his administration in promoting 

progressive causes in a wide range 

of policy areas, including the economy, 

education, immigration, healthcare reform, 

criminal justice, and foreign affairs. 

FEATURES: 

• Provides a balanced and wide-ranging 

critique of Barack Obama’s performance 

as a “progressive president” 

• Presents a detailed, critical, and historical 

account of the Obama presidency from 

2008–2012 

LUIGI ESPOSITO, PhD, is associate professor 

of sociology and criminology at Barry 

University, Miami Shores, FL. 

LAURA F. FINLEY, PhD, is assistant 

professor of sociology and criminology at Barry 

University, Miami Shores, FL. 

April 2012, 237pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39843-8, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39844-5 


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PRAEGER 

Political Parties and Democracy 

5 VOLUMES Kay Lawson 

Political parties and democracy seem 

to have an innate relationship. Yet most scholarship on political parties has little to 

say about the nuts and bolts of how the two are related, while most scholarship on 

democracy and democratization says little about specifi c political parties. Political 

Parties and Democracy was written to clarify the relationship as it occurs in regions 

around the world. 

The development of political parties over the past century is the story of three stages 

in the pursuit of power: liberation, democratization, and de-democratization. Political 

Parties and Democracy is comprised of fi ve, stand-alone volumes that probe the 

realities of political parties at all three stages. 

In each volume, contributors explore the relationship between political parties and 

democracy (or democratization) in their nations, providing necessary historical, 

socioeconomic, and institutional context, as well as the details of contemporary 

political tensions. Contributors are distinguished indigenous scholars who have 

lived the truths they tell and are, thus, able to write with unique breadth, depth, and 

scope. They show the parties of their respective nations as they have developed 

through history and changing institutional structures, and they explain the balance of 

power among them—and between them and competing agencies of power—today. 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Draws on current research to cover the relationship between parties and 

democracy in each nation, offering specifi c details on how they contribute to 

each other and how the absence of strength in parties weakens the practice 

of democracy and vice versa 

• Gives full attention to context, including history, constitutional structures, other 

institutions, and political struggles both in elections and with other agencies 

of power 

• Is accessibly written by distinguished indigenous scholars who lived the events 

and conditions they discuss 

KAY LAWSON, is professor emerita of political science at San Francisco State 

University, San Francisco, CA. 

July 2010, 1,412pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-275-98706-0, $214.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-08349-5 


“ Consider this five-volume set a useful tool for enthusiasts of 

political science ... upper-class and graduate students in political 

science endeavors should find it useful.” 

“ This will surely be a much consulted work.” 

Individual Volumes Also Sold Separately 

Volume I: The Americas 

Kay Lawson, General Editor 

Kay Lawson and Jorge Lanzaro, Volume Editors 

July 2010, 274pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38314-4, 

$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38315-1 


Volume II: Europe 

Kay Lawson, General Editor and Volume Editor 

July 2010, 304pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38316-8, 

$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38317-5 


Volume III: Post-Soviet and 

Asian Political Parties 


Baogang He, Anatoly Kulik, and Kay Lawson, 

Volume Editors 

July 2010, 299pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38060-0, 

$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38061-7 


Volume IV: Africa and Oceania 


Luc Sindjoun, Marian Simms, and Kay Lawson, 

Volume Editors 

July 2010, 283pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-35302-4, 

$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35303-1 


Volume V: The Arab World 


Saad Eddin Ibrahim and Kay Lawson, Volume Editors 

July 2010, 252pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-275-97082-6, 

$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-08295-5 


—LIBRARY JOURNAL, OCTOBER 15, 2010 

—ALAN WARE, PROFESSOR AND TUTOR 

IN POLITICS, WORCESTER COLLEGE, 

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD 

FORTHCOMING 

Intelligence and 

Government in Britain 

and the United States 

A Comparative Perspective 

2 VOLUMES 

Philip H.J. Davies 

Bringing a dose of reality to the stuff of 

literary thrillers, this masterful study is the fi rst closely detailed, comparative 

analysis of the evolution of the modern British and American 

intelligence communities. 

FEATURES: 

• U.S. and U.K. case studies that draw on archival and published 

sources and on interviews with practitioners 

• Parallel timelines for principal national intelligence coordinating bodies 

in the United States and United Kingdom 

PHILIP H.J. DAVIES, PhD, is director of the Brunel Centre for Intelligence 

and Security Studies at Brunel University, London, England. 

April 2012, 808pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-275-97572-2, 

$131.00, eBook ISBN 978-1-4408-0281-2 


NEW 

The 

Chameleon President 

The Curious Case of 

George W. Bush 

Clarke Rountree 

“Clarke Rountree takes us on a wild 

ride. Rountree’s multi-perspectival 

mode restores a sense of mystery, 

wonder and adventure to rhetorical scholarship.” 

—ANDREW KING, 

HOPKINS PROFESSOR OF COMMUNICATION, LSU 

This book paints 11 different portraits of the many “faces” of 

President George W. Bush, arguably the most controversial and 

fascinating modern American president, revealing the malleability of 

human motives and of Bush’s motives in particular. 

FEATURES: 

• Summarizes a huge body of literature on Bush within readily 

accessible narratives that are accurate, informative, and entertaining 

• Allows and encourages readers to decide for themselves which 

portrayal of President George W. Bush is most credible 

CLARKE ROUNTREE, PhD, is professor of communication arts at the 

University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL. 


$48.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39800-1 


new Iraqi state.” 

NEW 

Iraq’s 

Dysfunctional 

Democracy 

David Ghanim 

“In this sweeping overview of Iraq’s 

post-2003 political landscape, David 

Ghanim delivers a passionate yet 

detailed assault on the edifice of the 

—JOOST HILTERMANN, INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP 

This book examines Iraq since 2003 and argues that a new democratic 

Iraq cannot be grounded on destructive politics of victimization, 

narrow nationalism, sectarian confessionalism, and a consensual, 

power-sharing political arrangement. 

FEATURES: 

• Discusses, questions, and points out the risks of the “New Iraq” myth 

• Highlights and criticizes the performance of autocratic elites adopting 

democratic mechanisms and corrupt power-sharing 

DAVID GHANIM, PhD, is an independent scholar of Middle Eastern studies 

and gender studies. 


$48.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39802-5 


FORTHCOMING 

The President 

as Economist 

Scoring Economic 

Performance from Harry 

Truman to Barack Obama 

Richard J. Carroll 

This book provides evaluations of American 

presidents over the course of 66 years of U.S. economic history, 

using quantitative data to provide credible, defensible answers to 

controversial questions like “Who was more effective, Ronald Reagan 

or Bill Clinton” 

RICHARD J. CARROLL, MA, MBA, is an economist, evaluation specialist, 

and financial analyst who has published several books and articles 

about the U.S. economy that cover a range of issues focusing on lessons 

for current policy. His published works include Praeger’s An Economic 

Record of Presidential Performance: From Truman to Bush and News- 

Guides Top 10 Issues 2011—An Economic Guide to the Top Issues 

Facing the United States. 

April 2012, 200pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-1-4408-0181-5, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-1-4408-0182-2 


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75

PRAEGER 

Commissions of Inquiry 

and National Security 

Comparative Approaches 

Stuart Farson and Mark Phythian, 

Editors 

This text presents a comparative, international 

study of commissions of inquiry 

that have been convened in response to 

extraordinary failures and scandals. 

FEATURES: 

• Gathers the expert opinions of 18 internationally recognized experts 

on the subject of commissions of inquiry 

• Each chapter describes the specifi c circumstances surrounding the 

creation of the commission, the commission process and politics of 

investigation, the methods used to establish conclusions, the political 

consequences and impact, and the various debates regarding its 

purpose 

STUART FARSON is adjunct professor of political science and research 

associate of the Institute for Governance Studies at Simon Fraser University, 

Burnaby, BC, Canada. 

MARK PHYTHIAN is professor of politics in the Department of Politics 

and International Relations at the University of Leicester, UK. 


$59.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38469-1 


Campaign Craft 

The Strategies, Tactics, and 

Art of Political Campaign 

Management, Fourth Edition 

Michael John Burton and 

Daniel M. Shea 

A lively, comprehensive exploration of 

modern political campaign management 

in the Internet age, based on real-world 

practices and results of the 2006 and 2008 campaigns. 

FEATURES: 

• A complete chronology details the evolution of modern campaign 

management 

• Illustrations throughout the text help bring topics to life 

MICHAEL JOHN BURTON is associate professor of political science at 

Ohio University, Athens, OH. 

DANIEL M. SHEA is professor of political science and director of the 

Center for Political Participation at Allegheny College, Meadville, PA. 

June 2010, 250pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38343-4, $22.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38344-1 


NEW 

The Real 

Change-Makers 

Why Government Is Not the 

Problem or the Solution 

David Warfield Brown 

“Read this book, take it to heart, 

and use it as a blueprint for the 

good life.” 

—MARC FREEDMAN, AUTHOR OF THE BIG SHIFT: 

NAVIGATING THE NEW STAGE BEYOND 

MIDLIFE AND CEO, CIVIC VENTURES 

Government did not create our social problems and it can’t solve 

them for us. This book explores in detail the who and how of real 

social change. 

FEATURES: 

• Looks at “social scaffoldings”—our digital networks, local memberships, 

and public spaces—that help bring citizens together 

• Provides guidance on initiating social practices that are within our 

everyday reach 

DAVID WARFIELD BROWN, JD, is the ongoing coeditor of Kettering’s 

Higher Education Exchange, an annual publication. 


$37.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39775-2 


FORTHCOMING 

Margin of Victory 

How Technologists Help 

Politicians Win Elections 

Nathaniel G. Pearlman, Editor 

This book illuminates modern political 

technology, examining important 

technologies, companies, and people; 

putting recent innovations into historical context; and describing the 

possible future uses of technology in electoral politics. 

FEATURES: 

• Reveals how some of the leading practitioners in political technology 

seek to provide means to infl uence the electoral process 

• Includes specialized appendices that cover open source technology 

and data visualization 

NATHANIEL G. PEARLMAN is the founder of NGP VAN, Inc., a large 

political technology firm that specializes in fundraising, compliance, organizing 

tools, and new media for Democrats and their allies. 

April 2012, 227pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-1-4408-0257-7, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-1-4408-0258-4 


FORTHCOMING 

The Tea Party Movement 

Yuri N. Maltsev and 

Jacob H. Huebert 

This thorough guide to the burgeoning 

Tea Party movement goes beyond the 

typical overheated political rhetoric to 

discuss where the party came from, 

what it’s about, who’s involved, and where it’s headed. 

FEATURES: 


• Gives any reader, not just party supporters, a clear picture of the Tea 

Party movement 

JACOB H. HUEBERT, JD, is an attorney in Chicago and an adjunct 

scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, AL. 

June 2012, 216pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39693-9, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39694-6 


NEW 

The Podium, 

the Pulpit, and the 

Republicans 

How Presidential Candidates 

Use Religious Language in 

American Political Debate 

Frederick Stecker 

Foreword by Charles C. Lemert 

“A highly recommended addition for academic and community 

library reference collections.” 

—MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW, OCTOBER 1, 2011 

In this book, the presidential debates of 2000, 2004, and 2008 are 

analyzed in terms of linguistics, rhetoric, and religious context to offer 

a unique perspective on the styles, beliefs, and strategies of the two 

major parties and their candidates. 

FEATURES: 

• Analyzes the effi cacy of the religious metaphors Republicans use in 

speeches, advertising, and debates 

• Compares Republican and Democratic metaphors 

FREDERICK STECKER is a supply priest in the Episcopal Dioceses of 

Vermont and New Hampshire and was the Rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal 

Church, New London, NH, for 23 years. 

July 2011, 229pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38250-5, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38251-2 


FORTHCOMING 

Anarchism Today 

Randall Amster 

Foreword by John Clark 

“In these difficult times, this book 

leaves you with a sense of hope for 

the future.” 

—LUIS A. FERNANDEZ, DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM ON 

SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, NORTHERN ARIZONA 

UNIVERSITY 

With all of the provocative, sometimes highly destructive acts 

committed in the name of anarchy, this enlightening volume invites 

readers to discover the true meaning of anarchism, exploring its vivid 

history and its resurgent relevance for addressing today’s most vexing 

social problems. 

RANDALL AMSTER, JD, PhD, is graduate chair of humanities at 

Prescott College, AZ. He is executive director of the Peace & Justice 

Studies Association, and serves as contributing editor for New Clear Vision. 

March 2012, 225pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39872-8, 

$48.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39873-5 


FORTHCOMING 

Jury Duty 

Reclaiming Your Political 

Power and Taking 

Responsibility 

Michael Singer 

Written by a legal scholar for the general 

reader, this book demystifi es the institution 

of the jury and validates its political power, providing valuable 

insights for the more than 30 million Americans who receive a jury 

summons each year. 

MICHAEL SINGER, PhD, has been senior research fellow at King’s 

College London, School of Law since 1999. He has been a law professor at 

the University of Pennsylvania and George Washington University, and is a 

member of the State Bar of California. 

June 2012, 235pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-1-4408-0269-0, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-1-4408-0270-6 


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77

PRAEGER 

FORTHCOMING 

Supreme Myths 

Why the Supreme Court 

Is Not a Court and Its 

Justices Are Not Judges 

Eric J. Segall 

This book explores some of the most 

glaring misunderstandings about the 

U.S. Supreme Court—and makes a strong case for why our Supreme 

Court Justices should not be entrusted with decisions that affect 

every American citizen. 

FEATURES: 

• Excerpts from an interview conducted with Judge Richard Posner 

of the United States Court of Appeals, one of the most infl uential 

judges and legal commentators in the nation 

ERIC SEGALL is professor of law at Georgia State University College of 

Law, Atlanta, where he has been faculty since 1991. 


$48.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39688-5 


BEST-SELLER 

A Companion 

to the United States 

Constitution and Its 

Amendments 

Fifth Edition 

John R. Vile 

“Well organized and reliable, it 

is the best introductory guide to the Constitution currently 

available. Highly recommended.” 

—CHOICE, SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 

This new edition updates the classic clause-by-clause examination of 

the Constitution and its Amendments as interpreted by the Supreme 

Court from 1789 to 2009. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes copies of original documents such as the Declaration of 

Independence and the U.S. Constitution 

• Provides a chronology of key events in constitutional history from the 

Magna Carta (1215) to the present 

JOHN R. VILE is professor of political science and dean of the University 

Honors College at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN. 


$54.95 

FORTHCOMING 

Health Care Reform 

and Disparities 

History, Hype, and Hope 

Toni P. Miles 

This book exposes and examines how 

Medicare, Medicaid, and private health 

insurance plans combined with widespread 

business practices and fraud create inequity—the root cause 

of our dysfunctional health care system, and the reason for the rising 

cost of health care for all Americans. 

TONI P. MILES, MD, PhD, is director of the Institute of Gerontology and 

professor of epidemiology and biostatistics in the College of Public Health, 

both at the University of Georgia, Athens. She has more than 125 publications 

to her credit, including the articles “Aging Health Care Workforce 

Issues”; “Health Care Reform and Health Disparities: Reasons for Hope”; 

and “Physical Problems Shaping Transitions of Care” in Annual Review of 

Gerontology and Geriatrics. 

April 2012, 257pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39768-4, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39769-1 


FORTHCOMING 

Solving the Climate Crisis 

through Social Change 

Public Investment in 

Social Prosperity to 

Cool a Fevered Planet 

Gar W. Lipow 

“Intelligent, stimulating and provocative. This book has 

something to teach everyone.” 

—DENIS HAYES, PRESIDENT OF THE BULLITT FOUNDATION 

This book presents an accessible and easy-to-follow argument that 

the climate crisis is a side effect of inequality and injustice, and demonstrates 

how strategies such as large-scale social investment will 

prove far more effective in reducing greenhouse gas pollution than 

cap-and-trade or other forms of free-market environmentalism. 

FEATURES: 

• A glossary of technical terms 

• 20 fi gures 

GAR W. LIPOW is an activist and independent journalist. 

March 2012, 255pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39819-3, 

$48.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39820-9 


NEW 

Conspiracy Rising 

Conspiracy Thinking and 

American Public Life 

Martha F. Lee 

This book offers a thoughtful analysis 

of how and why conspiracy thinking 

has become a popular mode of political 

discourse in the United States. 

FEATURES: 

• Examines a variety of explanations of why people believe in conspiracy 

theories 

• Highlights a number of basic structural similarities of conspiracy 

theories, as well as the social and economic conditions that tend to 

produce them 

MARTHA F. LEE is professor of political science at the University of 

Windsor, Ontario, Canada. 

June 2011, 168pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-35013-9, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35014-6 


The Inside 

Stories of Modern 

Political Scandals 

How Investigative Reporters 

Have Changed the Course 

of American History 

Woody Klein 

Foreword by Jeff Greenfield 

“This engrossing and fast-paced book will appeal to anyone 

interested in politics, the newspaper industry, investigative 

journalism, and U.S. history. Highly recommended.” 

—LIBRARY JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 

This book examines ten major political scandals involving the White 

House in the past 50 years, revealing how the investigative reporters 

behind the stories uncovered the hidden truths. 

WOODY KLEIN is a former award-winning political and investigative 

reporter for The Washington Post & Times Herald and The New York 

World-Telegram & Sun, as well as an adjunct professor of journalism and a 

prize-winning historian. 


$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-36514-0 


NEW 

Making 

Environmental Law 

The Politics of 

Protecting the Earth 

Nancy E. Marion 

From Eisenhower to Obama, this book 

provides a comprehensive analysis of 

the policies Congress and the president 

have proposed and passed to protect the environment over time. 

FEATURES: 

• Tables summarize key legislative acts 

• Index of all bills listed in the text 

• An appendix with a timeline of important dates in the history of 

environmental law 

NANCY E. MARION is professor of political science at the University of 

Akron, OH. 


$54.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39363-1 


NEW 

Reaping 

What You Sow 

A Comparative Examination 

of Torture Reform in the 

United States, France, 

Argentina, and Israel 

Henry F. Carey 

This book presents a novel cost-benefi t analysis of torture, daring to 

ask if the use of torture is ever justifi ed or always ill-advised. 

FEATURES: 

• Offers a comparative study that looks at torture not only as an American 

phenomenon, but in light of the practice of other major, Western 

nation-states 

• Compares the tactical value of torture-extracted information to that 

obtained with relationship-based methods 

HENRY F. CAREY is associate professor of political science, Georgia 

State University, Atlanta, GA. 


$63.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-36616-1 


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79

PRAEGER 

MILITARY 

HISTORY 

“ The soldier must be prepared to become a propagandist, a social 

worker, a civil engineer, a schoolteacher, a nurse, a boy scout.” 

—David Galula, Counterinsurgency Warfare 

FORTHCOMING 

Galula 

The Life and 

Writings of the 

French Officer Who 

Defined the Art of 

Counterinsurgency 

A.A. Cohen 

Foreword by 

John A. Nagl 

The product of years of 

extensive research made possible by exclusive access to Galula’s 

personal papers as well as fi rst-hand accounts from colleagues, 

family members, and friends, this book traces Galula’s life from 

early childhood until death, describing his upbringing, education, 

and military career in the tumultuous historical context of his era. 

The author—a former counterinsurgency practitioner himself—pays 

particular attention to how the Chinese Revolution and the Algerian 

War affected Galula’s views, and identifi es Galula’s mentors and the 

schools of thought within the French military that greatly infl uenced 

his writings. 

A conclusion illuminates the contemporary and likely future validity 

of his works. In the epilogue, the author speaks to Galula’s infl uence 

over modern military thought and U.S. counterinsurgency doctrine. 

This book is essential reading for individuals with an interest in counterinsurgency, 

Galula’s writings, or Galula himself, such as military 

offi cers and civilian administrators undertaking counterinsurgency 

courses and training. 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Based on never-before published information from Galula’s personal 

archives and exclusive interviews with family, friends, classmates, 

subordinates, and colleagues 

• Presents insightful descriptions of the revolutionary wars and 

characters that infl uenced Galula 

• Sheds light on Galula’s infl uence over U.S. and NATO 

counterinsurgency doctrines employed in Iraq and Afghanistan 

• Provides enlightening contemporary analysis of Galula’s core 

themes, spotlighting their timelessness to morphing ideological 

struggles and insurrectionary paradigms 

A.A. COHEN, is a senior infantry officer in the Canadian Army. He serves 

in the Reserves and works as a senior international trade adviser. 

June 2012, 283pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-1-4408-0049-8, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-1-4408-0050-4 


NEW 

The 

Axis Air Forces 

Flying in Support 

of the German 

Luftwaffe 

Frank Joseph 

The Axis Air Forces: Flying 

in Support of the German 

Luftwaffe presents an untold 

history of that global confl ict’s 

little-known combatants, who 

nonetheless contributed signifi cantly to the war’s outcome. While 

most other books only attempt to address this subject in passing, 

author Frank Joseph provides not only an extremely comprehensive 

account of the “unsung heroes” of the Axis fl iers, but also describes 

the efforts of Axis air forces such as those of the Iraqi, Manchurian, 

Thai or Chinese—specifi c groups of wartime aviators that have never 

been discussed before at length. 

This book examines the distinct but allied Axis air forces of Western 

Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. An extensive 

introduction provides coverage of Luftwaffe volunteers from Greece, 

Lithuania, Holland, Denmark, Norway and even the United States. 

Detailed descriptions of the personnel themselves and the aircraft 

they operated are portrayed against the broader scope of combat 

missions, fi eld operations, and military campaigns, supplying invaluable 

historical perspective on the importance of their sorties. 

FEATURES: 

• Photographs of the aircraft described in the text 

• A comprehensive bibliography lists source materials 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Describes each of the foreign air forces that served with the German 

Luftwaffe in World War II 

• Provides details of the great variety of aircraft—many of them 

obscure and otherwise forgotten—operated by Axis aircrews 

FRANK JOSEPH is professor of world archaeology with Japan’s Savant 

Institute, and recipient of the Midwest Epigraphic Society’s Victor Moseley 

Award. His published works include more than 20 books in as many foreign 

editions, such as Mussolini’s War: Fascist Italy’s Military Struggles from Africa 

and Western Europe to the Mediterranean and Soviet Union 1935–45. 


$58.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39591-8 


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PRAEGER 

MILITARY HISTORY 

Assured Victory 

How “Stalin the Great” Won 

the War, but Lost the Peace 

Albert L. Weeks 

Americans, Germans, 

and War Crimes Justice 

Law, Memory, and 

“The Good War” 


James J. Weingartner 

FORTHCOMING 

A Military 

History of Modern Israel 

Mike Williams 

This comprehensive study surveys the military 

operations of the Israeli Defense Force 

(IDF) from the creation of Israeli settlers’ 

self-defense groups in the late 19th century 

to today’s modern IDF. 

FEATURES: 

• Contemporary and current photos to 

facilitate side-by-side comparison 

• Draws from newly declassifi ed Israeli 

documents to add recent events, such 

as Lebanon (2006) and Gaza (2009), to 

a comprehensive account of the military 

history of modern Israel 

• Provides a greater understanding of and 

historical context for Israel’s current, 

controversial actions 

MIKE WILLIAMS is a retired U.S. Marine 

Corps colonel with over 30 years of active 

service. 

June 2012, 224pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38258-1, $52.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38259-8 


FORTHCOMING 

The 

European Invasion 

of North America 

Colonial Conflict Along the 

Hudson-Champlain Corridor, 

1609-1760 

Michael G. Laramie 

This comprehensive resource follows the 

pivotal and often overlooked efforts of the 

Iroquois Confederacy, the Dutch, the French, 

and the English colonies to control the strategic 

waterways of the Hudson-Champlain 

corridor from their discovery to the fall of 

New France. 

FEATURES: 

• 39 chronologically organized chapters 

ranging from the founding of New France 

to the conclusion of the French and Indian 

War 150 years later 

• 300 primary sources, including letters, 

journal entries, offi cial diplomatic and military 

correspondence, and other fi rsthand 

accounts 

• Biographical sketches of key fi gures, 

including Stuyvesant, Frontenac, Shirley, 

Vaudreuil, Loudoun, Montcalm, and 

Amherst 

MICHAEL G. LARAMIE is an independent 

historian with a focus on the colonial conflicts of 

North America. 

May 2012, 559pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39737-0, $58.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39738-7 


NEW 

Why Germany 

Nearly Won 

A New History of the Second 

World War in Europe 

Steven D. Mercatante 

“Entertaining, informative, easy to read; 

a good book that moves at a brisk pace 

and is full of spirited discussion.” 

—ROMAN J. JARYMOWYCZ, ASSISTANT 

PROFESSOR, THE ROYAL MILITARY 

COLLEGE AND CANADIAN FORCES 

STAFF COLLEGE 

This book offers a unique perspective for 

understanding how and why the Second 

World War in Europe ended as it did—and 

why Germany, in attacking the Soviet Union, 

came far closer to winning the war than is 

often perceived. 

FEATURES: 

• Detailed maps show the position and 

movement of opposing forces during the 

key battles discussed in the book 

• More than 30 charts, fi gures, and 

appendices, including detailed orders of 

battle, economic fi gures, and equipment 

comparisons 

STEVEN D. MERCATANTE is the founder 

and editor in chief of The Globe at War, a website 

focused on exploring World War II that has 

established the author as a respected authority 

on the subject. 

January 2012, 392pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39592-5, $58.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39593-2 



This book documents dictator Joseph 

Stalin’s brilliant tactics as well as missteps 

in taking preemptive actions that guaranteed ultimate victory 

over the German invaders. It also covers the policies implemented 

after the war that made the Soviet Union a menace to world peace 

and led to collapse of Soviet rule. 

FEATURES: 

• Documents how dictator Josef Stalin adroitly prepared for “assured 

victory” in World War II 

• Canvasses not only Western literature on Stalin’s prewar, wartime, 

and postwar leadership, but also examines current post-2004 Russian 

histories 

ALBERT L. WEEKS is professor emeritus at New York University, New 

York, NY, a World War II (USAF) veteran, and former Senior Soviet Analyst 

with the U.S. Department of State. 


$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39166-8 


The Insurgency in 

Chechnya and the 

North Caucasus 

From Gazavat to Jihad 

Robert W. Schaefer 

“... a remarkable book about the 

Chechen war.” 

—THE ECONOMIST, APRIL 13, 2011 

A military expert on both Russia and insurgency offers the defi nitive 

guide on activities in Southern Russia, explaining why the Russian approach 

to counter-terrorism is failing and why terrorist and insurgent 

attacks in Russia have increased over the past three years. 

FEATURES: 

• Information drawn from the North Caucasus Incident Database 

compiling every violent incident in the region over a two-year period 

• Charts showing the complex strategies of the insurgency and the 

Russian counterinsurgency campaigns 

ROBERT W. SCHAEFER is a U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Beret) 

and Eurasian foreign area officer. 


$59.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38635-0 


“This is a well-designed and wellexecuted 

comparative study of war 

crimes committed by Germans and by 

Americans, and their prosecutions, during World War II.” 

—PETER KARSTEN, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AND 

AUTHOR OF LAW, SOLDIERS AND COMBAT 

This ground-breaking comparative perspective on the subject of 

World War II war crimes and war justice focuses on American and 

German atrocities. 

FEATURES: 

• Provides historic photographs related to war crimes and trials 

• A bibliography of primary sources and secondary literature in English 

and German related to World War II war crimes and trials 

JAMES J. WEINGARTNER, PhD, is professor emeritus of history at 

Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL. 

March 2011, 231pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38192-8, 

$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38193-5 


The Militant Kurds 

A Dual Strategy for Freedom 

Vera Eccarius-Kelly 

“... this is an important work on 

the Kurds and Turkish politics. 



This extensive examination of the Kurdish confl ict in Turkey, Iraq, 

Germany, and the EU focuses on the history and development of 

the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) and its impact on transnational 

security, human rights, and democratization. 

FEATURES: 

• Quotes from numerous sources refl ect the many different perspectives 

on how to resolve the confl ict with the Kurdish Workers’ Party 

• Offers a glossary of Turkish language terms, abbreviations, and 

acronyms, such as KRG (Kurdish Regional Government) 

VERA ECCARIUS-KELLY, PhD, is associate professor of comparative 

politics at Siena College, Albany, NY. 


$49.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-36469-3 




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PRAEGER 

SECURITY 

STUDIES 

NEW 

The Realist Tradition 

in International Relations 

The Foundations of Western Order 

4 VOLUMES 

Barry Scott Zellen 

“This sweeping and perceptive analysis of strategic thought in the 

Western world, from classical wars between Greece and Persia to 

the War on Terror, is sure to stimulate discussion.” 

—DR. P. WHITNEY LACKENBAUER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND 

CHAIR OF HISTORY, ST. JEROME’S UNIVERSITY, CANADA 

“ Realism is commonly portrayed as theory that reduces international 

relations to pure power politics. Hobbes, Rousseau, and Morgenthay, 

Realism’s most famous classical proponents, actually stressed the need 

for a restrained exercise of power and a politics with ethics at its core.” 

—Michael C. Williams, The Realist Tradition and the Limits of International Relations 

It has been a long time since students have been exposed to the important 

canon of literature that defi nes the realist tradition. Yet, realism speaks to 

every generation, presenting us with a means for understanding history and the 

relationship between war and society, offering wisdom that can guide us from a world of chaos into a world of order. 

The Realist Tradition in International Relations: The Foundations of Western Order introduces the principal theorists who 

have shaped and defi ned the realist tradition. This once-dominant theory of international politics has reemerged to provide 

a shared foundation for understanding political theory, international relations theory, and strategic studies. 

The work is comprised of four volumes, each focusing upon a distinct period and the pivotal contributors writing in that 

era. Volume 1, State of Hope, looks at the classical era when chaos reigned supreme. Volume 2, State of Fear, goes 

through the early-modern period and the emergence of the modern state. Volume 3, State of Awe, explores the age of 

total war with its unprecedented dangers. Volume 4, State of Siege, examines the present era of insurgency and asymmetrical 

confl ict. A truly monumental work, this sweeping study will surely foster a new appreciation of the rich tapestry of 

realist thought and its continuing relevance to the study of world politics. 

FEATURES: 

• A timeline • A detailed bibliography 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Presents a close analysis of the texts of the great treatises on realism from classical times up to and including the classic 

theorists of modern, total, and asymmetrical warfare 

• Takes us back to the very beginnings of realism in ancient times in an effort to bring us forward to our own time, informed 

by the currents of history on the nature of war and the persistent problem of chaos and insecurity in world politics 

BARRY SCOTT ZELLEN is editor of the Strategic Insights Journal and the Culture and Conflict Review at the Naval Postgraduate 

School, where he also serves as research director of the Arctic Security Project. 

August 2011, 1,249pp, 7x10, ISBN 978-0-313-39267-2, $364.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39268-9 


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85

PRAEGER 

SECURITY STUDIES 

The Terrorist List 

5 VOLUMES 

Edward F. Mickolus and Susan L. Simmons 

“Mickolus’s work provides both general readers and 

practitioners with an incredible wealth of knowledge and 

insight into the oftentimes murky, shady, and gray areas 

of international terrorism. Highly recommended.” 

—CHOICE REVIEWS ONLINE , JUNE 1, 2011 

Having multiple aliases and falsifi ed credentials. Planning or 

executing strategies that are intended to take innocent lives. 

Volunteering to serve as a suicide bomber. From the perspective of terrorist 

criminals living among us, all of these scenarios might seem perfectly reasonable, ordinary, 

and necessary. 

It’s a regrettable reality that in today’s world: terrorist activity is becoming commonplace, fueled by hatred, 

frustration, extremist ideology, or religious fervor. Once perceived as an isolated tactic of very few societal outsiders, terrorism 

is now understood to be a pervasive problem that often involves highly sophisticated and organized cells with underground 

channels of communication that encircle the globe. 

The Terrorist List: Asia, Pacifi c, and Sub-Saharan Africa; Western Europe; Eastern Europe; North America; South America 

explores biographical information of international terrorists dating back 35 years. Compelling, readable, and comprehensive, 

the set illuminates both central and supporting fi gures via true stories of tragedy, mischance, and heroism. The wealth of 

information provided makes it an indispensible reference resource for students of international terrorism, as well as provides 

general readers with an engaging and disturbing examination of the human costs of terrorism. 

FEATURES: 

• Organized geographically and alphabetically, allowing quick access to one specifi c name or reading that enables a deeper 

understanding of one specifi c region 

• Minimal cross-referencing allows faster access to full biographical information 

EDWARD F. MICKOLUS is president of Vinyard Software, Inc., Dunn Loring, VA, and author of more than a dozen books on 

international terrorism. 

SUSAN L. SIMMONS, MA, is an independent writer and editor in Madison, WI, who specializes in coaching writers and editing books 

and journal articles in the fields of international relations, psychology, art history, education, and philosophy. 

January 2011, 1,333pp, 7x10, ISBN 978-0-313-37471-5, $464.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37472-2 


FORTHCOMING 

Counterterrorism 

From the Cold War 

to the War on Terror 

2 VOLUMES 

Frank Shanty 

Global terrorism in the 21st 

century threatens the foundations 

of secular democracies 

and directly challenges global 

security thereby raising new 

and critical issues that transcend national borders. This two-volume reference 

carefully examines threats such as Weapons of Mass Destruction 

(WMD) terrorism, agro-environmental terrorism, and energy-related 

terrorism, and discusses technologies and strategies—such as the use 

of biometrics, data mining, information systems, psychological profi ling, 

and terrorists rehabilitation efforts—to mitigate these threats. 

Counterterrorism: From the Cold War to the War on Terror provides an 

easy-to-read discussion of some of the principal issues involved in 

combating contemporary terrorism. Information is presented in nontechnical 

language, making it appealing to the general reader as well 

as a solid reference for senior high school and undergraduate college 

students. Following each article are references to other articles of 

interest and a comprehensive index facilitates access to specifi c subject 

material. The second volume includes a compilation of signifi cant 

national and international treaties, laws, conventions, and protocols that 

have been implemented in an attempt to counter these ongoing threats 

to domestic and international security. 

FEATURES: 

• An evaluation of the evolution and effectiveness of select nation-state 

counterterrorism policies post-1945 

• An examination of major issues and lessons-learned relative to the 

“Global War on Terrorism” 

• Discussion of historical and contemporary global counterterrorism 

strategies and potential future counterterrorism challenges 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Presents an in-depth discussion of the post-9/11 global 

counterterrorism campaign 

• Highlights key issues impacting global counterterrorism strategy 

• Provides a research agenda to address critical issues in 

counterterrorism 

• Provides a glossary of key individuals and organizations 

FRANK SHANTY, PhD, is cofounder and director of research for the Cobra 

Institute, a terrorism and counterterrorism research firm in Abingdon, MD. 

July 2012, 770pp, 7x10, ISBN 978-1-59884-544-0, $189.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-1-59884-545-7 


FORTHCOMING 

Revolution 

in Egypt 

Roots and 

Repercussions 

Kimberly Jones and 

Denis J. Sullivan 

Revolution in Egypt: Roots 

and Repercussions offers a 

concise, detailed account of 

the 2011 revolution in Egypt, 

examining it through the lenses of law, politics, and society. After a 

brief discussion of the historical antecedents that laid the foundation 

for this momentous change, the book analyzes every aspect of 

the revolution from the grievances that provoked it to the grassroots 

movement that set it in motion. It takes readers to the streets of 

Cairo and beyond and helps them understand the role of various 

players including the military, government supporters, and the 

Muslim Brotherhood. 

Acknowledging that Egypt’s transformation will be an ongoing 

process, the authors analyze what has occurred to date and what 

the likely implications are for the future. They focus on key domestic, 

regional, and international repercussions, especially what the 

revolution may mean for Egypt’s relations with the Palestinians, 

Israel, and the United States. Finally, while recognizing that creating 

democracy is neither quick nor easy, the authors explain why they 

believe Egyptians have the ability to create a positive, inclusive, 

democratic state. 

FEATURES: 

• Biographical sketches of key actors 

• A chronology to help readers follow and understand the 

sequence of events 

• A bibliography of resources for further study 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Provides a contemporary analysis of Egypt’s political upheaval as it 

unfolds, promoting an understanding of its historical, political, and 

regional contexts 

• Offers an expert guide to the key actors who led Egypt into its revolutionary 

phase and may direct its government towards democracy 

• Analyzes the role of social networking in the revolution 

KIMBERLY JONES, JD, PhD, teaches in the International Affairs and 

Middle East Studies programs at Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 

DENIS J. SULLIVAN, PhD, is professor of political science at Northeastern 

University and director of the Middle East Center for Peace, Culture, 

and Development. 

April 2012, 273pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-1-4408-0121-1, $52.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-1-4408-0122-8 


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PRAEGER 


Beyond Sand and Oil 

The Nuclear Middle East 

Jack Caravelli 

This text provides an up-to-date overview 

of nuclear weapons in the politically fragile 

Middle East, discussing the evolution and 

future of national programs, as well as the 

current challenge posed by Iran. 

FEATURES: 

• Each chapter chronologically identifi es key 

milestones in the nuclear programs of the 

selected nations 

• Contains maps depicting areas of the 

Middle East 

JACK CARAVELLI is a leading expert on 

nonproliferation and nuclear terrorism. His 

published works include Praeger’s Nuclear 

Insecurity: Understanding the Threat from 

Rogue Nations and Terrorists. 

January 2011, 228pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38705-0, $49.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38706-7 


FORTHCOMING 

Arms Control 

History, Theory, and Policy 

2 VOLUMES 

Robert E. Williams, Jr. and 

Paul R. Viotti, Editors 

Set against a backdrop of terrorism, rogue 

states, non-conventional warfare, and 

deteriorating diplomacy, this encyclopedia 

offers a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, upto-date 

reference on the recent history and 

contemporary practice of arms control and 

nonproliferation. 

FEATURES: 

• 30 illustrations and photos 

• Sidebars including brief biographical 

profi les and quotations 

ROBERT E. WILLIAMS, JR. is associate 

professor of political science at Pepperdine 

University, Malibu, CA. 

PAUL R. VIOTTI is professor in the Josef Korbel 

School of International Studies, and executive 

director of the Institute on Globalization and 

Security (IGLOS), University of Denver. 

April 2012, 600pp, 7x10, 

ISBN 978-0-275-99820-2, $173.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-275-99821-9 


FORTHCOMING 

Saudi State, 

Wahhabi World 

The Globalization of 

Muslim Radicalism 

Naveed S. Sheikh 

Establishing the link between Saudi political 

ideology and the proliferation of Wahhabi 

missions around the world, this fascinating 

tour de force includes a rigorous intellectual 

history of Muslim radicalism, from the 

Kharijite movement in early caliphal history 

through Wahhabism and Salafi sm to their 

violent synthesis in al-Qaeda. 

FEATURES: 

• Goes beyond “Islamic fundamentalism” to 

investigate the true nature of the Wahhabi 

threat 

• Is accessibly written by an author who 

is an acknowledged authority on Muslim 

radicalism 

• Covers such basic questions about Muslim 

radicalism as how it came about, what 

shaped and sustains it, and how it can be 

curtailed 

NAVEED S. SHEIKH is honorary European 

Trust Scholar at Churchill College, University of 

Cambridge, United Kingdom, and a lecturer in 

international relations at Keele University. 

FORTHCOMING 

Coalition Warfare 

A Guide to the Issues 

Theodore A. Wilson 

This fi rst-ever, in-depth history of the 

formation of military alliances looks at the 

formation and overall effectiveness of these 

coalitions from ancient times to the confl icts 

being fought today. 

FEATURES: 

• Brief biographies of important fi gures in 

the history of coalition warfare 

• A detailed chronology of pivotal events in 

the development and use of military coalitions 

through the centuries 

THEODORE A. WILSON is professor of history 

at the University of Kansas. His published 

works include The First Summit: Roosevelt and 

Churchill at Placentia Bay 1941 and Makers of 

Modern Diplomacy. 

June 2012, 192pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-275-99428-0, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-1-56720-665-4 


Combatant Commands 

Origins, Structure, 

and Engagements 

Cynthia Watson 



A one-stop resource for information about 

U.S. military commands and their organizations, 

this book describes the six geographic 

combat commands and analyzes their 

contributions to national security. 

FEATURES: 

• Citation of original documents such as 

laws on national security 

• A bibliography at the end of each chapter 

as well as a separate resource chapter 

CYNTHIA WATSON is professor of strategy 

at the National War College, Washington, DC. 

December 2010, 257pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-35432-8, $49.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35433-5 


FORTHCOMING 

Arms Control Policy 

Marie Isabelle Chevrier 

In this work, an expert on biological weapons 

offers a thoughtful examination of the political 

and technical issues that have affected 

the implementation of arms control agreements 

from the 1960s to the present. 

FEATURES: 

• Primary documents and biographical 

sketches of key fi gures support the text 

• Maps show placement of land mines in 

Bosnia and elsewhere 

• Photographs depict the effects of different 

weapons 

MARIE ISABELLE CHEVRIER is professor of 

public policy at Rutgers University, Camden, NJ. 

June 2012, 192pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-275-99457-0, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-1-56720-711-8 


March 2012, 200pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-275-99914-8, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-275-99915-5 




89

PRAEGER 


NEW 

North Korea 

under Kim Chong-il 

Power, Politics, and 

Prospects for Change 

NEW 

War and 

Governance 

International Security in 

a Changing World Order 

Ken E. Gause 

Richard Weitz 

FORTHCOMING 

Environmental Security 


Elizabeth L. Chalecki 

This timely volume presents the key 

concepts, issues, and debates surrounding 

environmental security, illustrating through 

a range of examples and cases how global 

environmental matters and international 

security are closely linked. 

FEATURES: 

• Wide-ranging cases and examples, from 

climate change to energy to water 

• Primary source documents 

ELIZABETH L. CHALECKI, PhD, is visiting 

professor in the international studies program at 

Boston College, Boston, MA. 

February 2012, 224pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39151-4, $52.00 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39152-1 


FORTHCOMING 

Securitization of 

Human Rights 

North Korean Refugees 

in East Asia 

Mikyoung Kim 

This important book focuses on North Korean 

refugee human rights issues—a topic 

largely ignored in favor of addressing North 

Korea’s domestic politics and deterrence of 

Pyongyang’s nuclear threat. 

FEATURES: 

• Adopts a unique, multidisciplinary approach 

to better address the questions of 

“Why and how do North Korean human 

rights issues remain as a peripheral 

security concern in the region” and “Who 

are the main actors involved in the foreign 

policy and interactive domain” 

• Utilizes comparative and statistical 

analyses to clearly show how and why four 

regional governments in East Asia have 

taken different policy stances towards 

North Korea for its human rights records 

MIKYOUNG KIM is associate professor at 

the Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima City 

University, Japan. 

February 2012, 200pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-36407-5, $52.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-36408-2 


NEW 

Peacemaking 

From Practice to Theory 

2 VOLUMES 

Susan Allen Nan, Zachariah Cherian 

Mampilly, and Andrea Bartoli, Editors 

In a world where confl ict is never ending, 

this thoughtful compilation fosters a new 

appreciation of the art of peacemaking as it 

is understood and practiced in a variety of 

contemporary settings. 

FEATURES: 

• Contributions from an international, interdisciplinary 

team of 48 experts who bring 

together insights from peace and confl ict 

resolution studies, anthropology, sociology, 

law, cultural studies, and political science 

• First-person narratives detailing the experiences 

of prominent peacemakers 

SUSAN ALLEN NAN, PhD, is associate 

professor of conflict analysis and resolution at 

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. 

ZACHARIAH CHERIAN MAMPILLY, PhD, 

is assistant professor of political science, international 

studies and Africana studies at Vassar 

College, Poughkeepsie, NY. 

ANDREA BARTOLI is Drucie French Cumbie 

Chair and dean at the School for Conflict Analysis 

and Resolution at George Mason University, 

Fairfax, VA. 

November 2011, 860pp, 7x10, 

ISBN 978-0-313-37576-7, $189.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37577-4 


This much-needed study draws on fresh 

material and fi rsthand observation to 

provide an understanding of North Korea 

as it exists today. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes original interviews conducted in Asia by the author 

• Offers material drawn from a wide variety of sources, including the 

rich literature and analysis by Korean, Japanese, and Chinese scholars/analysts, 

much of which has not been translated into English 

KEN E. GAUSE is director of the Foreign Leadership Studies Program at 

CNA Corporation, a nonprofit research organization, Alexandria, VA. 


$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38176-8 


NEW 

Contemporary 

Maritime Piracy 

International Law, Strategy, 

and Diplomacy at Sea 

James Kraska 

“Highly recommended for 

policymakers and other 

practitioners, as well as scholars and analysts.” 

—J. PETER PHAM, DIRECTOR, MICHAEL S. ANSARI AFRICA 

CENTER, ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES 

This volume provides a concise introduction to the issues and debates 

regarding modern piracy, including naval operations, law, and 

diplomacy, and focuses on the recent surge of attacks off the coasts 

of Africa and Asia. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes maps and relevant key documents 

• Provides a bibliography of sources of additional information regarding 

international piracy 

JAMES KRASKA, JSD, is Howard S. Levie Professor of Operational Law 

and Senior Associate in the Center for Irregular Warfare and Armed Group 

at the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI. 

June 2011, 253pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38724-1, $49.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38725-8 


FEATURES: 

An insightful and expert assessment 

examines how best to end—and 

avert—wars. 

• Short case studies 

• A survey of key institutions and sub-organizations 

• Covers both global and regional institutions 

RICHARD WEITZ, PhD, is director of the Center for Political-Military 

Analysis at the Hudson Institute and the author of Revitalising US-Russian 

Security Cooperation: Practical Measures. 


$48.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-34736-8 


NEW 

Iran, Israel, and 

the United States 

Regime Security vs. 

Political Legitimacy 

Jalil Roshandel with 

Nathan Chapman Lean 

Providing an unbiased analysis of the 

past, present, and future of the hostile 

relationship between Iran, Israel, and 

the United States, this book presents an up-to-date discussion of the 

security implications for each of the two states as well as the entire 

region. 

FEATURES: 

• Illustrates the complex relationship between Iran and Israel through 

an examination of historic events 

• Provides a comprehensive bibliography of signifi cant materials from 

the fi elds of history, politics, and international relations 

JALIL ROSHANDEL, PhD, is associate professor and director of the Security 

Studies program at the Department of Political Science, East Carolina 

University, Greenville, NC. 

June 2011, 186pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38697-8, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38698-5 




91

PRAEGER 


NEW 

Geopolitics 


Bert Chapman 

This concise introduction to the growth 

and evolution of geopolitics as a discipline 

includes biographical information 

on its leading historical and contemporary 

practitioners and detailed analysis 

of its literature. 

FEATURES: 

• Biographies of major current geopolitical scholars and descriptions 

and listings of their works 

• Maps of geopolitical crisis areas, such as Afghanistan/Pakistan, the 

South China Sea, and the Straits of Malacca 

BERT CHAPMAN is government information, political science, and 

economics librarian and professor of library science at Purdue University, 

West Lafayette, IN. 

April 2011, 261pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38579-7, $49.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38580-3 


The Nexus 

International Terrorism 

and Drug Trafficking from 

Afghanistan 

Frank Shanty 

“With exemplary thoroughness 

and methodological rigour Frank 

Shanty has tested the thesis about 

links between terrorism and drugs 

trafficking in the case of Al Qaeda.” 

—DR. ALEX P. SCHMID, FORMER OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE 

TERRORISM PREVENTION BRANCH OF THE UNITED NATIONS 

OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME 

This timely and important work offers an in-depth analysis of the 

existence—or nonexistence—of a nexus between international terrorism 

and drug traffi cking emanating from Afghanistan. 

FEATURES: 

• 23 fi gures, tables, charts, graphs, and sidebars 

• Five maps showing drug traffi cking routes and terrorist attack data 

FRANK SHANTY, PhD, is cofounder and director of research for the 

Cobra Institute, a terrorism and counterterrorism research firm, 

Abingdon, MD. 

March 2011, 288pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38521-6, 

$49.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38522-3 


“A lively, diverse book about a 

lesser-known area of the world. . . . 



Both a historical analysis and a call to arms, this is the comprehensive 

policy guide to understanding and engaging in the geopolitics 

of Eurasia. 

FEATURES: 

• Five maps showing Mackinder’s Heartland of the World Island, 

Kennan’s Containment of the World Island, Pilsudski’s Prometheism, 

Pilsudski’s Intermarum, and Petersen’s 21st-Century Geopolitical 

Strategy for Eurasia 

ALEXANDROS PETERSEN is director of research at the Henry Jackson 

Society: Project for Democratic Geopolitics and senior fellow with the 

Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council, Washington, DC. 


$34.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39138-5 


makers. Recommended.” 

The World Island 

Eurasian Geopolitics and 

the Fate of the West 

Alexandros Petersen 

Women in the United 

States Armed Forces 


Darlene M. Iskra, CDR, USN (Ret), PhD 

“This volume will be useful for 

anyone researching women in the 

military, but especially for policy 


This handbook provides the reader with an historical and contemporary 

overview of the service by women in all branches of the U.S. 

military, tracing the causes and effects of evolving policies, issues, 

structural barriers, and cultural challenges on the record and in the 

future of the accomplishments by women warriors. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes results of a proprietary survey undertaken for this book 

• Offers a chronology of women’s history to present day 

DARLENE M. ISKRA, CDR, USN (ret.), PhD, is deputy director of the 

Leadership Education and Development Program at the University of Maryland, 

College Park, MD. 

March 2010, 195pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-37495-1, 

$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37496-8 


The Future Faces of War 

Population and National 

Security 

Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba 

“A must read for anyone attempting 

to better understand the future 

global security environment.” 

—KEN KNIGHT, FORMER U.S. 

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER FOR WARNING 

This comprehensive and clear volume reveals the numerous ways 

demographic trends such as age structure, composition, and migration 

infl uence national security. 

FEATURES: 

• A short glossary pointing out defi nitions of commonly used demographic 

terms 

• An index to direct readers to particular trends or implications, such 

as youth bulge or civil confl ict 

JENNIFER DABBS SCIUBBA, PhD is a faculty fellow in the Department 

of International Studies at Rhodes College, Memphis, TN. 


$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-36495-2 


BEST-SELLER 

The Politics of Food 

The Global Conflict 

between Food Security 

and Food Sovereignty 

William D. Schanbacher 



A description of the current global food system, this book challenges 

our ethical responsibility to the global poor and implicates us all for 

failing to curb global hunger and malnutrition. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes citations and references to primary source documents of 

the United Nations, World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, 

and the World Trade Organization 

• Offers an index of key terms and themes, such as food security, food 

sovereignty, and human rights 

WILLIAM D. SCHANBACHER, PhD, is a scholar of religion and 

social ethics and received his PhD from Claremont Graduate University, 

Claremont, CA. 


$34.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-36329-0 


NATO 


Brian J. Collins 

“This book is essential for an 

understanding of today’s NATO.” 

—SAMUEL F. WELLS, JR., SENIOR 

SCHOLAR, WOODROW WILSON 

CENTER 

This superb introduction to NATO is written for the national security 

novice, yet is full of insights for the more seasoned hand interested in 

how and why NATO reached its current state. 

FEATURES: 

• Illustrations • Maps 

BRIAN J. COLLINS is an Air Force officer currently on the faculty of the 

Industrial College of the Armed Forces at the National Defense University. 


$34.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35492-2 


Disarming States 

The International Movement 

to Ban Landmines 

Kenneth R. Rutherford 

“Ken Rutherford, who turned a 

horrifying personal tragedy into a 

global crusade for the rights and 

dignity of the world’s landmine 

victims, has written an exhaustive and compelling history of 

the international effort to ban antipersonnel mines.” 

—UNITED STATES SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY 

This book provides a detailed history of the global movement to ban 

anti-personnel landmines (APL), marking the fi rst case of a successful 

worldwide civil society movement to end the use of an entire 

category of weapons. 

FEATURES: 

• Presents new information on the Mine Ban Treaty gleaned from 

interviews and intensive research in ten countries 

• Includes 34 photographs from on-the-ground photographers 

KENNETH R. RUTHERFORD is director at the Center for International 

Stabilization and Recovery and the Mine Action Information Center. 


$49.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39397-6 


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FORTHCOMING 

The Khmer Rouge 

Ideology, Militarism, 

and the Revolution that 

Consumed a Generation 

Boraden Nhem 

This book provides a comprehensive 

yet concise narrative of the history of 

the Khmer Rouge, from its inception during the 1950s, through its 

eventual reintegration into Cambodian society in 1998. 

BORADEN NHEM, is in the General Department of Policy and Foreign 

Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Cambodia. He also serves as assistant 

to the minister of national defense. 

April 2012, 257pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39337-2, $52.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39338-9 


NEW 

Armed for Life 

The Army of God and 

Anti-Abortion Terror 

in the United States 

Jennifer Jefferis 

This book provides a detailed and 

comprehensive look at the primary players, 

acts, motivations, and methods of 

the Army of God in their quest to make 

abortion illegal in the United States. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes interviews, selections from the Army of God manual, essays 

and books by members, web postings, and written correspondence 

• Provides a chronology of attacks claimed by or attributed to the 

Army of God against abortion providers 

JENNIFER JEFFERIS is assistant professor of international security 

studies in the College of International Security Affairs at the National 

Defense University, Washington, DC. 

June 2011, 176pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38753-1, $49.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38754-8 


FORTHCOMING 

The IRA 

The Irish Republican Army 

James Dingley 

Authored by an individual with 30 

years of experience studying terrorism 

as well as access to the most senior 

counter-terrorist army and police offi cers 

combating the IRA, this book provides the fi rst complete analysis of 

the world’s premier terrorist group to explain them in ideological as 

well as operational terms. 

FEATURES: 

• Provides knowledge gleaned from fi rst-hand experience as well as 

in-depth academic study of the IRA 

• Covers the IRA comprehensively from its inception and historical 

antecedents, with a focus on its contemporary form and operations 

JAMES DINGLEY, PhD, is visiting research fellow at Queen’s University, 

Belfast, UK; and chairman of the Francis Hutcheson Institute, Belfast, UK. 

April 2012, 248pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38703-6, $52.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38704-3 


NEW 

The Palestine 

Liberation Organization 

Terrorism and Prospects for 

Peace in the Holy Land 

Daniel Baracskay 

This meticulous and in-depth book 

chronicles the evolution of the Palestine 

Liberation Organization (PLO)—one of 

the most powerful and infl uential terrorist organizations in modern 

Middle Eastern politics and world affairs. 

FEATURES: 

• A timeline of key events precedes each chapter 

• Numerous illustrations in the form of timelines, charts, and tables 

DANIEL BARACSKAY, PhD, is associate professor of political science 

and public administration at Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA. 

May 2011, 225pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38151-5, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38152-2 


NEW 

Eco-Warriors, 

Nihilistic Terrorists, 

and the Environment 

Lawrence E. Likar 

“This is the best security book I’ve 

read in a long time.” 

—REGIS W. BECKER, CHIEF 

COMPLIANCE OFFICER, PPG INDUSTRIES 

The fi rst book to thoroughly address the topic, this volume examines 

the ideologies, tactics, and goals of environmental terrorists and offers 

a security planning methodology to defend against their attacks. 

FEATURES: 

• Maps of environmental hot spots that are areas of potential threat 

• Attack-tree schematics 

LAWRENCE E. LIKAR, JD, is associate professor and chair of the Department 

of Justice, Law, and Security at La Roche College, Pittsburgh, PA. 

April 2011, 274pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39236-8, $49.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39237-5 


NEW 

How Wars 

Are Won and Lost 

Vulnerability and Military 

Power 

John A. Gentry 

This provocative book seeks to answer 

a most crucial—and embarrassing— 

question concerning the U.S. military: 

why the United States is so often stymied in military confrontations 

with seemingly weaker opponents, despite its “superpower” status. 

FEATURES: 

• Interviews and data drawn from the author’s personal experiences 

as a U.S. Army offi cer 

• Six case-study chapters on U.S. confl icts where military superiority 

alone was not the decisive factor in the outcome (the Philippines, 

World War II, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Iraq, and Afghanistan) 

JOHN A. GENTRY, PhD, is adjunct professor at the National Defense 

Intelligence College, Washington, DC. Gentry is a retired U.S. Army Reserve 

officer who writes about political, military, and intelligence issues. 


$63.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39583-3 

FORTHCOMING 

Sacred Terror 

How Faith Becomes Lethal 

Daniel E. Price 

This book places the current wave of 

religion-based terrorism in a historical 

perspective, explaining why religion is 

associated with terrorism, comparing 

religion-based terrorism to other forms of terrorism, and documenting 

how religion-based terrorism is a product of powerful political, 

socioeconomic, and psychological forces. 

DANIEL PRICE is assistant professor at Westfield State University, MA. 

He previously has taught at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and 

Kent State University-Trumbull Campus. His published works 

include Islamic Political Culture, Democracy, and Human Rights: 

A Comparative Study. 

June 2012, 262pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38638-1, 

$48.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38639-8 


NEW 

Galula in Algeria 

Counterinsurgency Practice 

versus Theory 

Grégor Mathias 

This groundbreaking investigation uncovers 

serious mismatches between 

David Galula’s counterinsurgency 

practice in Algeria and his counterinsurgency 

theory—the foundation of 

current U.S. counterinsurgency doctrine in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

FEATURES: 

• Maps • A glossary 

GRÉGOR MATHIAS is Service Historique de la Defense researcher 

specializing in the Algerian War and professor of history and geography 

at the College Foch a Haguenau, Bas-Rhin, France. 


$37.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39576-5 



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FORTHCOMING 

Intelligence Collection 

How to Plan and Execute 

Intelligence Collection in 

Complex Environments 

Wayne Michael Hall 

and Gary Citrenbaum 

This book examines the theoretical and 

conceptual foundation of effective modern 

intelligence collection—the strategies required 

to support intelligence analysis of the 

modern, complex operational environments 

of today’s military confl icts or competitive 

civilian situations such as business. 

WAYNE MICHAEL HALL, EdD, is a retired 

U.S. Army Intelligence brigadier general. He is 

the author of Stray Voltage: War in the Information 

Age and Intelligence Analysis: How to Think 

in Complex Environments. 

GARY CITRENBAUM, PhD, is the president, 

chairman of the board, chief scientist, and CEO 

of System of Systems Analytics (SoSA) Corporation. 

His focus is on technical intelligence 

transformation issues. 

April 2012, 408pp, 7x10, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39817-9, $89.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39818-6 


Beyond Guns and Steel 

A War Termination Strategy 

Dominic J. Caraccilo 

“Beyond Guns and Steel should be 

required reading in our nation’s war 

colleges and in the corridors of power 

in Washington.” 

—PETER R. MANSOOR, COLONEL, 

U.S.A, RETIRED, AUTHOR OF 

BAGHDAD AT SUNRISE: A BRIGADE 

COMMANDER’S WAR IN IRAQ 

This work is a doctrinal examination of war 

termination strategy and confl ict resolution 

as a dependent pair, requiring a plan to 

achieve both in unison in advance of a fi ght. 

FEATURES: 

• Examples taken from the current confl icts 

in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with models 

of war termination successes and failures 

• A full array of defi nitions offering clarity 

for the reader seeking to grasp the book’s 

methodology for war termination 

DOMINIC J. CARACCILO is an active duty 

army officer with over 26 years of service commanding 

at the company, battalion, and brigade 

levels in combat in Iraq. 

January 2011, 219pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39149-1, $49.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39150-7 


Intelligence Analysis 

How to Think in Complex 

Environments 

Wayne Michael Hall and 

Gary Citrenbaum 

“This is a brilliant work by the most 

brilliant intelligence professional the 

U.S. Army ever produced.” 

—HUBA WASS DE CZEGE, BRIGADIER 

GENERAL, U.S. ARMY, RETIRED, 

FOUNDER AND FORMER DIRECTOR 

OF THE U.S. ARMY SCHOOL OF 

ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES 

This book offers a vast conceptual and theoretical 

exploration of the ways intelligence 

analysis must change in order to succeed 

against today’s most dangerous combatants 

and most complex irregular theatres of 

confl ict. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes quotations from a wide range of 

acclaimed thinkers 

• Offers an extensive bibliography of works 

cited and resources for further reading 

WAYNE MICHAEL HALL, PhD, is a retired 

U.S. Army Intelligence brigadier general. 

GARY CITRENBAUM is the president, chairman 

of the board, chief scientist, and CEO of 

System of Systems Analytics (SoSA) Corporation. 

December 2009, 440pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38265-9, $59.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38266-6 


BEST-SELLER 

Religion, Terror, and Error 

U.S. Foreign Policy and 

the Challenge of Spiritual 

Engagement 

Douglas M. Johnston, Jr. 

“I consider this to be the best book that 

has yet been published on how religion 

can be deployed to improve U.S.-Muslim 

World relations. It should be required 

reading for anyone concerned with 

bringing peace to our war-torn world.” 

—IMAM FEISAL ABDUL RAUF, 

FOUNDER, THE CORDOBA INITIATIVE 

This book describes how the United States 

can integrate religious considerations into its 

foreign policy, moving towards a new leadership 

paradigm that effectively counters the 

challenge of Islamist extremism. 

FEATURES: 

• A foreword by retired Marine Corps General 

Anthony Zinni, former Commander-in-Chief 

of the U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special 

Envoy to the Middle East, and member of 

the CSIS Smart Power Commission 

DOUGLAS M. JOHNSTON, JR., PhD, is 

president and founder of the Washington-based 

International Center for Religion & Diplomacy. 

January 2011, 283pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39145-3, $49.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39146-0 


NEW 

Strategic 

Communication 

Origins, Concepts, 

and Current Debates 

Christopher Paul 

“This excellent book is indispensable 

reading for scholars and a broad range 

of military and civilian practitioners.” 

—BRUCE GREGORY, ADJUNCT 

PROFESSOR, GEORGE WASHINGTON 

UNIVERSITY/GEORGETOWN 

UNIVERSITY 

This volume presents a concise introduction 

to the evolution, key concepts, discourse, 

and future options for improved strategic 

communication in today’s U.S. government. 

FEATURES: 

• Key document excerpts from legislation, 

proposed legislation, doctrine, reform 

proposals, and policy documents 

CHRISTOPHER PAUL, PhD, is a social scientist 

working out of RAND’s Pittsburgh office. 

April 2011, 240pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38640-4, $49.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38641-1 


FORTHCOMING 

Stability, Security, 

Reconstruction, and 

Transition Operations 


Cynthia Watson 

This book examines how the United States’s 

extensive nation-building and stability 

operations will continue to evolve in the 

21st century in the face of ever-growing 

budgetary concerns and constraints. 

FEATURES: 

• Maps outlining the areas where 

U.S. operations have occurred 

• Documents that form the basis of 

U.S. policy 

CYNTHIA A. WATSON is professor and 

chairwoman of Department of Security Studies 

at the National War College, Washington, DC. 

April 2012, 336pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-35324-6, $63.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35325-3 


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SERIES: 

Global Security Watch 

Combining the expert analysis of social, political, and military affairs, titles 

in the Global Security Watch series assess emerging security threats 

and concerns posed by nations such as the proliferation of nuclear weapons, 

promoting terrorist activities, drug and weapons traffi cking, and other 

transnational crimes. 

FORTHCOMING 

Global Security Watch—Venezuela 

Spying in America in 

the Post 9/11 World 

Domestic Threat and 

the Need for Change 

Ronald A. Marks 

Food and 

Agriculture Security 

An Historical, 

Multidisciplinary Approach 

Justin Kastner, Editor 

NEW 

No More Secrets 

Open Source Information 

and the Reshaping of 

U.S. Intelligence 

Hamilton Bean 

Foreword by Senator Gary Hart 

Daniel Charles Hellinger 


$52.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39304-4 


FORTHCOMING 

Global Security Watch—China 

Richard Weitz 

June 2012, 224pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38482-0, 

$52.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38483-7 


“This is a superb book.” 


This book examines the realities of living in 

the United States after the events of September 

11th, 2001, and evaluates the challenges 

in gathering internal intelligence without 

severely compromising personal liberties. 

FEATURES: 

• Maps clarify America’s security threats in a 

global and domestic context 

• Photographs depict historic events like the 

attacks of September 11, 2001 and the 

Oklahoma City bombing 

RONALD A. MARKS is senior fellow at 

George Washington University’s Homeland Security 

Policy Institute, Washington, DC. 

November 2010, 153pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39141-5, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39142-2 


“This work is accessibly written. 

... Recommended.” 


This work is a historical, multidisciplinary 

explanation of the complexities of the food 

system in the United States and around 

the world, spanning the beginning of the 

modern era to today’s globalized, interconnected 

market. 

FEATURES: 

• Contains chapters on food security, trade 

policy, and historical studies of border security 

authored by resident experts within 

the Frontier program 

• Historical maps illustrate how past trade 

disputes over animal disease have 

infl uenced modern food and agriculture 

security 

JUSTIN KASTNER, PhD, is assistant professor 

of food safety and security at Kansas State 

University, Manhattan, KS. 

November 2010, 162pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38322-9, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38323-6 


“An assiduous and incisive account 

of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s 

flirtation with ‘open source 

intelligence’.” 

—GORDON R. MITCHELL, ASSOCIATE 

PROFESSOR OF COMMUNICATION, 

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH 

This in-depth analysis shows how the high 

stakes contest surrounding open source 

information is forcing signifi cant reform 

within the U.S. intelligence community, the 

homeland security sector, and among citizen 

activists. 

FEATURES: 

• Critique and commentary from intelligence 

offi cials and analysts regarding open 

source reforms within the intelligence 

community and homeland security sector 

• Three interrelated case studies through 

which post-9/11 U.S. intelligence reform 

is analyzed and critiqued 

HAMILTON BEAN, PhD, is assistant 

professor of communication in the Department 

of Communication at the University of Colorado, 

Denver. 

FORTHCOMING 

Global Security Watch—India 

Amit Gupta 

July 2012, 271pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39586-4, 

$52.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39587-1 


NEW 

Global Security Watch—Pakistan 

Syed Farooq Hasnat 

May 2011, 211pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-34697-2, 

$49.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-34698-9 


Global Security Watch—Central Asia 

Reuel R. Hanks 


$49.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35423-6 


Global Security Watch—Japan 

Andrew L. Oros and Yuki Tatsumi 

Foreword by Rust Deming 


$49.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38139-3 


May 2011, 218pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39155-2, $49.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39156-9 


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AMERICAN 

HISTORY 

BEST-SELLER 

FORTHCOMING 

FORTHCOMING 

The Rise of the 

Federal Colossus 

The Growth of Federal 

Power from Lincoln to F.D.R. 

Peter Zavodnyik 

Quack Medicine 

A History of Combating 

Health Fraud in 

Twentieth-Century America 

Eric W. Boyle 

American Civil 

War Guerrillas 

Changing the Rules 

of Warfare 

Daniel E. Sutherland 

“ The federal government grew substantially in the 20th century. 

In 1913, just prior to World War I, federal government expenditures 

were just 2.5 percent of the gross national product. By 1990 they 

had risen to 22.5 percent of the gross national product.” 

—The Cato Journal 

“An impressive overview of the 

sometimes surreptitious growth of the 

power of the federal government from 

the Civil War through the 1920s.” 

—G. EDWARD WHITE, DAVID AND 

MARY HARRISON DISTINGUISHED 

PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF 

VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW 

This challenging book explores the debates 

over the scope of the enumerated powers of 

Congress and the Fourteenth Amendment 

that accompanied the expansion of federal 

authority during the period between the beginning 

of the Civil War and the inauguration 

of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 

FEATURES: 

• Numerous citations of the Congressional 

Record and federal court opinions 

• Scores of articles from magazines, 

newspapers, and scholarly journals of 

the period that reveal how Americans of 

all walks of life perceived the evolution of 

federal authority 

PETER ZAVODNYIK is a lawyer in private 

practice in Chicago. 

January 2011, 544pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39293-1, $54.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39294-8 


This timely volume illustrates how and why 

the fi ght against quackery in modern America 

has largely failed, laying the blame on an 

unlikely confl uence of scientifi c advances, 

regulatory reforms, changes in the medical 

profession, and the politics of consumption. 

FEATURES: 

• Previously unpublished images from medical 

almanacs and drug advertisements sent 

directly to doctors 

• Images of materials used by “quackbusters” 

in their public educational campaigns, 

including posters used by the AMA and 

anti-quackery pamphlets produced by 

governmental agencies 

ERIC W. BOYLE, PhD, is guest researcher in 

the Office of History at the National Institutes of 

Health, Bethesda, MD. 

August 2012, 256pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38567-4, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38568-1 


Focusing on a little-known yet critical 

aspect of the American Civil War, this 

must-read history illustrates how guerrilla 

warfare shaped the course of the war 

and, to a surprisingly large extent, 

determined its outcome. 

FEATURES: 

• An epilogue that shares the 

recollections of Civil War guerrillas, 

showing how the memory of historical 

events may be shaped by the passage 

of time 

• A dozen black and white illustrations 

provide glimpses into history 

DANIEL E. SUTHERLAND is 

distinguished professor of history at the 

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. 

March 2012, 200pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-37766-2, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37767-9 


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AMERICAN HISTORY 

FORTHCOMING 

All Hell Broke Loose 

American Race Riots 

from the Progressive 

Era through World War II 

Ann V. Collins 

The United States has a troubling history of 

violence regarding race. This book explores 

the emotionally charged conditions and 

factors that incited the eruption of race riots 

in America between the Progressive Era and 

World War II. 

FEATURES: 

• A comprehensive chronology of race 

riots between the Progressive Era and 

World War II 

• A bibliography of race riot research 

materials 

ANN V. COLLINS, PhD, is assistant professor 

of political science at McKendree University, 

Lebanon, IL. Collins has written numerous encyclopedia 

articles on American race riots. 

May 2012, 208pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39599-4, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39600-7 


NEW 

The Great Anglo- 

Celtic Divide in the 

History of American 

Foreign Relations 

Thomas A. Breslin 

“This is an authentic tour de force.” 

—JOSEPH M. SIRACUSA, PROFESSOR 

OF HUMAN SECURITY AND 

INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY 

AND ASSOCIATE DEAN OF 

INTERNATIONAL & JUSTICE STUDIES, 

RMIT UNIVERSITY, MELBOURNE, 

AUSTRALIA 

Positing that presidents shape America’s 

foreign policy according to their ethnic heritage, 

this intriguing volume examines two 

groups that have dominated the presidency 

and the distinctly different agendas that 

have resulted. 

FEATURES: 

• Provides the fi rst and only book-length, 

systematic examination of the effect of 

presidential ethnicity on U.S. foreign policy 

• Covers all the presidents from George 

Washington to George W. Bush 

THOMAS A. BRESLIN, PhD, is professor of 

politics and international relations in the Department 

of Politics and International Relations, 

School of International and Public Affairs, at 

Florida International University, Miami, FL. 

October 2011, 364pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39793-6, $58.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39794-3 


FORTHCOMING 

Romancing the Atom 

Vignettes of the Atomic 

Mindset from the Radium 

Girls to Nuclear Green 

Robert R. Johnson 

This book presents a compelling account of 

atomic development over the last century 

that demonstrates how humans have repeatedly 

chosen to ignore the associated impacts 

for the sake of technological, scientifi c, 

military, and economic expediency. 

FEATURES: 

• Draws from top-secret government and 

military documents from the history of 

atomic development, archival documents 

from the Library of Congress, and letters 

from Albert Einstein and other prominent 

scientists during the 1950s and 1960s 

• Presents chronological histories of events 

such as the displacement and relocation 

of the Bikini Islanders, uranium mines on 

Native American lands, and the cleanup of a 

secret uranium milling facility in a residential 

neighborhood in Oxford, Ohio 

• Contains various maps including radioactive 

cleanup sites in the United States and other 

parts of the world 

ROBERT R. JOHNSON is professor of 

rhetoric, composition, and technical communication 

in the Humanities Department at Michigan 

Technological University, Houghton, MI. 

August 2012, 224pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39279-5, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39280-1 


NEW 

Marching 

with Dr. King 

Ralph Helstein and the 

United Packinghouse 

Workers of America 

Cyril Robinson 

This book shows how a Jewish lawyer 

utilized his philosophy of prophetic Judaism 

(a belief in social justice) and his training as 

a lawyer to become the head of a trade union 

that formulated policies embodying these 

social beliefs, bringing many benefi ts to its 

members. 

FEATURES: 

• Presents information based largely upon 

original interviews conducted by the author, 

the research of historians, and original 

documents from the UPWA archives 

• Provides a chronological history of the 

union movement through Helstein’s lifetime 

from the 1920s to the 1980s 

• Includes family photographs and photos of 

Helstein in various union activity settings 

such as strikes and meetings 

CYRIL ROBINSON is a lawyer and emeritus 

professor of criminal justice at Southern Illinois 

University, Carbondale, IL. 

July 2011, 256pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38418-9, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38419-6 


NEW 

A New 

World to Be Won 

John Kennedy, Richard Nixon, 

and the Tumultuous Year 

of 1960 

G. Scott Thomas 

This book tells the story of 1960—a 

tumultuous, transitional year that unleashed 

the forces that eventually reshaped the 

American nation and the entire planet, to 

the joy of millions and the sorrow of millions 

more. 

FEATURES: 

• Photographs of key newsmakers and 

important events throughout the year 

• A bibliography with a detailed listing of 

more than 400 sources, including oral 

histories, government publications, 

memoirs, and journals 

• A comprehensive index by name and 

subject 

G. SCOTT THOMAS has been a journalist 

for more than thirty years, specializing in stories 

about business and demographics. He has written 

eight books and more than 100 articles. 

September 2011, 407pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39795-0, $58.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39796-7 


NEW 

Anti-Communism 

in Twentieth-Century 

America 

A Critical History 

Larry Ceplair 

This compelling, critical analysis of anticommunism 

illustrates the variety of anti- 

Communist styles and agendas, thereby 

making a persuasive case that the “threat” 

of domestic communism in Cold War 

America was vastly overblown. 

FEATURES: 

• Pictures of the most notable 

anti-Communists 

• A bibliography of books and articles 

consulted 

LARRY CEPLAIR is professor of history 

emeritus at Santa Monica College, CA. 

October 2011, 264pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-1-4408-0047-4, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-1-4408-0048-1 




103

PRAEGER 


NEW 

Franklin D. Roosevelt 

and the Third American 

Revolution 

Mario R. DiNunzio 

This book argues that Franklin D. 

Roosevelt’s work—of which the New Deal 

was a prime example—was rooted in a 

defi nitive political ideology tied to the ideals 

of the Progressive movement and the social 

gospel of the late 19th century. 

FEATURES: 

• Provides a chronology of FDR’s career 

• Contains photographs of FDR and New 

Deal moments as well as edited versions of 

FDR’s documents and speeches 

• Includes a bibliography of works and documents 

cited 

MARIO R. DINUNZIO is emeritus professor of 

history at Providence College, Providence, RI. 

April 2011, 179pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39283-2, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39284-9 


FORTHCOMING 

Titanic Century 

Media, Myth, and the 

Making of a Cultural Icon 

Paul Heyer 

This book presents a revealing look at 

our 100-year fascination with the Titanic 

disaster and the various media that have 

been involved in reporting, preserving, and 

immortalizing the event. 

FEATURES: 

• Illustrated with photographs, a painting, 

and a movie poster 

• A comprehensive bibliography organized 

according to each of the three parts of the 

book 

• A comprehensive index of subjects and 

names 

PAUL HEYER is professor of communication 

studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, 

Ontario, Canada. 

April 2012, 248pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39815-5, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39816-2 


NEW 

A History of the 

Birth Control Movement 

in America 

Peter C. Engelman 

“This book is a thoroughly 

comprehensive and clearly written 

history of a pioneering U.S. social 

movement.” 

—DAVID J. GARROW, PULITZER PRIZE- 

WINNING AUTHOR OF LIBERTY AND 

SEXUALITY 

This narrative history of one of the most 

far-reaching social movements in the 20th 

century shows how it defi ed the law and 

made the use of contraception an acceptable 

social practice—and necessary 

component of modern healthcare. 

FEATURES: 

• 15 photographs and images of the major 

players in the movement and of key publications 

and contraceptive devices 

• A selected bibliography and extensive end 

notes, providing an up-to-date source for 

primary and secondary material on the 

birth control movement 

PETER C. ENGELMAN, a freelance writer, 

historical editor, and archivist, is associate 

editor of the Margaret Sanger Papers Project 

at New York University and has written widely 

on Margaret Sanger and the birth control 

movement. 

FORTHCOMING 

Shiloh 

Confederate High Tide 

in the Heartland 

Steven E. Woodworth 

This book analyzes the pivotal battle of 

Shiloh in 1862, the bloodiest fought by 

Americans up to that time, in which Albert 

Sidney Johnston’s desperate effort to reverse 

Confederate fortunes in the heartland 

fell just short of decisive victory. 

STEVEN E. WOODWORTH, PhD, earned 

his bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois 

University, Carbondale and his doctorate from 

Rice University, Houston, TX. He is the author 

of numerous books, including While God Is 

Marching On: The Religious World of Civil War 

Soldiers; Nothing but Victory: The Army of 

the Tennessee, 1861–1865; and This Great 

Struggle: America’s Civil War. 

September 2012, 208pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39921-3, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39922-0 


FORTHCOMING 

Antietam 1862 

T. Stephen Whitman 

This book explains how the Battle of 

Antietam—a confl ict that changed nothing 

militarily—still played a pivotal role in the 

Civil War by affording Abraham Lincoln an 

opportunity to announce the emancipation 

of slaves in states in rebellion. 

T. STEPHEN WHITMAN, PhD, writes about 

slavery and emancipation in 18th and 19th 

century America. He holds his doctorate from 

Johns Hopkins University and taught at Mount 

St. Mary’s University. Whitman is the author of 

he Price of Freedom: Slavery and Manumission 

in Baltimore and Early National Maryland and 

Challenging Slavery in the Chesapeake: Black 

and White Resistance to Human Bondage, 

1775–1865. 

July 2012, 208pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39733-2, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39734-9 


FORTHCOMING 

The Seven Days’ Battles 

The War Begins Anew 

Judkin Browning 

Written in a clear and engaging narrative 

style, this book analyzes the pivotal campaign 

in which Robert E. Lee drove the Union Army 

of the Potomac under George B. McClellan 

away from the Confederate capital of Richmond, 

Virginia, in the summer of 1862. 

JUDKIN BROWNING is assistant professor at 

Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. Browning’s 

pubished works include Shifting Loyalties: 

The Union Occupation of Eastern North Carolina 

and The Southern Mind under Union Rule: The 

Diary of James Rumley, Beaufort, North Carolina, 

1862–1865. 

July 2012, 219pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39271-9, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39272-6 


April 2011, 231pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-36509-6, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-36510-2 


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105

PRAEGER 


NEW 

The Civil War 

in the East 

Struggle, Stalemate, 

and Victory 

FORTHCOMING 

The Northern Home Front 

during the Civil War 

Paul A. Cimbala and Randall M. Miller 

Brooks D. Simpson 

“Informative, solidly researched, 

well-written, and unfailingly 

interesting.” 

—ETHAN S. RAFUSE, AUTHOR OF MCCLELLAN’S WAR: 

THE FAILURE OF MODERATION AND THE STRUGGLE FOR 

THE UNION AND ROBERT E. LEE AND THE FALL OF THE 

CONFEDERACY, 1863–1865 

This book fi lls a gap in Civil War literature on the strategies employed 

by the Union and Confederacy in the East, offering a more integrated 

interpretation of military operations that shows how politics, public 

perception, geography, and logistics shaped the course of military 

operations in the East. 

BROOKS D. SIMPSON is ASU Foundation Professor of History at Arizona 

State University and the author of six books on the Civil War, including 

Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 

1861–1868; America’s Civil War ; and The Political Education of 

Henry Adams. 

July 2011, 162pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-275-99161-6, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-08277-1 


FORTHCOMING 

Civil War Journalism 

Ford Risley 

This book examines newspapers, magazines, 

photographs, illustrations, and 

cartoons to tell the important story of 

journalism, documenting its role during 

the Civil War as well as the impact of the 

war on the press. 

FORD RISLEY is professor of communications and head of the Department 

of Journalism at Penn State University. His published works include 

Abolition and the Press: The Moral Struggle Against Slavery and articles on 

Civil War-era journalism. 

June 2012, 200pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-34727-6, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-34728-3 


This book comprehensively covers the 

wide geographical range of the northern 

home fronts during the Civil War, 

emphasizing the diverse ways people interpreted, 

responded to, and adapted to war by their ideas, interests, 

and actions. 

FEATURES: 

• Contemporary illustrations from illustrated magazines such as 

Harper’s Weekly and Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper 

• Period photographs of subjects such as supply depots fi lled with 

material for war, women making fl ags for regiments, and recruiting 

activities 

PAUL A. CIMBALA is professor of history at Fordham University, Rose 

Hill Campus, Bronx, NY. 

RANDALL M. MILLER is the William Dirk Warren `50 Chair and professor 

of history at Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA. 

June 2012, 250pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-35290-4, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35291-1 


FORTHCOMING 

Edifice of Freedom 

The Civil War Amendments in 

Historical Perspective 

James S. Humphreys 

This book explores the signifi cance of 

the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, 

both in the context of when they were 

added to the U.S. Constitution in the 19th century, and when the 

amendments later became crucial aspects of American jurisprudence; 

and explains the foundations on which the rights of American 

citizens—especially black citizens—are based. 

FEATURES: 

• Provides a basis for understanding the foundations of the political 

and civil rights of all Americans, regardless of race 

• Explores the historical context in which the Civil War amendments 

were ratifi ed and delves into the original meanings of the amendments 

JAMES S. HUMPHREYS, PhD, is assistant professor of southern history 

at Murray State University, Murray, KY. 

July 2012, 232pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38353-3, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38354-0 


NEW 

Foreign Affairs and 

the Founding Fathers 

From Confederation to 

Constitution, 1776-1787 

Norman A. Graebner, Richard Dean 

Burns, and Joseph M. Siracusa 

“This outstanding, beautifully crafted 

book should be read by all who care 

about the United States and its role in 

world affairs.” 

—IAN J. BICKERTON, SCHOOL OF 

HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY, UNSW, 

SYDNEY, AUTHOR OF THE ILLUSION 

OF VICTORY: THE TRUE COSTS OF 

WAR 

This concise diplomatic history of the 

Confederation era is the fi rst new work on 

the topic in a generation. In its pages, three 

distinguished diplomatic historians offer a 

realist interpretation of the way in which the 

Founding Fathers conducted foreign affairs, 

refreshing our collective memory about their 

priorities and their values. 

NORMAN A. GRAEBNER, PhD, was 

emeritus professor at the University of Virginia, 

Charlottesville, VA. 

RICHARD DEAN BURNS, PhD, is professor 

emeritus at California State University, Los 

Angeles, CA. 

JOSEPH M. SIRACUSA, PhD, is professor 

of human security and international diplomacy 

and associate dean of international and justice 

studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of 

Technology, Melbourne, Australia. 

October 2011, 188pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39826-1, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39827-8 


FORTHCOMING 

Books on Early 


and Culture, 

2001–2005 

An Annotated Bibliography 

Raymond D. Irwin 

This volume offers a complete listing and 

description of books published on early 

America between 2001 and 2005. 

FEATURES: 

• The book is organized thematically to 

facilitate research 

• Extensive indices (subject and author) 

and guides to important works for the 

time period are provided 

RAYMOND D. IRWIN, PhD, is 

administrative dean for academic affairs at 

Central Ohio Technical College, Newark, OH. 

June 2012, 320pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 

978-0-313-31427-8, $58.00 

NEW 

Books on 

Early American 

History and Culture, 

1996–2000 

An Annotated Bibliography 

Raymond D. Irwin 

This handy volume is a one-stop source 

for comprehensive information about 

books on early American history and 

culture published between 1996 and 

2000. 

FEATURES: 

• 32 thematic chapters covering more 

than 700 titles 

• An author index 

RAYMOND D. IRWIN, PhD, is 

administrative dean for academic affairs at 

Central Ohio Technical College, 

Newark, OH. 

May 2011, 276pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-31428-5, $54.95 

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107

PRAEGER 

WORLD 

HISTORY 

FORTHCOMING 

Masculine Identities 

The History and Meanings of Manliness 

Herbert Sussman 

Not all men are truly "men"—that is, people of both sexes believe that not 

everyone who is born biologically male reaches the ideal for men dictated by the 

society into which he is born. Such masculine identities or concepts of manliness 

have existed from the beginnings of human civilization, and they take vastly different 

shapes throughout history and across cultures and subcultures. 

In classical Athens of Plato and Pericles, erotic relations between adolescents and 

adult men—what we now revile as pedophilia—was the marker of manliness: a 

clear example of how concepts of masculinity shift. Even within modern western 

society, however, there are confl icting ideals for men: they are expected to be 

both aggressive and unemotional in business, and sensitive and caring as a 

father and lover. 

Masculine Identities: The History and Meanings of Manliness provides a comprehensive 

consideration of what “being a man” has meant over time. A fascinating 

read for men and women alike, it examines masculine identities that emerge 

in the past and continue into the present, such as the warrior, the democratic 

man, the craftsman, the self-made man of business, as well as ethnic forms of 

manliness. The work concludes by examining the contemporary issues of male 

sexuality, same-sex identity, and the confl icts within men in the modern world. 

SAMPLE TOPICS 

• Chivalry 

• Economic Man 

FEATURES: 

• Shows that concepts of masculinity take varied forms, and that certain forms can 

be changed 

• Considers the continuity of different archetypes throughout history, such as the 

warrior, craftsman, and democratic man 

• Examines stereotypes of masculinity for ethnic groups, such as African-American 

and Jewish men 

HERBERT SUSSMAN is professor emeritus of English at Northeastern University, 

Boston, MA. 

• Invention of the Homosexual 

• Passionate Friendship between Men 

• Self-Made Man 

• Slavery and African-American Manhood 

• The Berserker 

• The Tough Jew 

• Warriors from Achilles to the Marine Corps 

March 2012, 240pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39159-0, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39160-6 


“ The U.S. Marine Corps consciously models itself on the warrior code 

exemplified in the warriors of Homeric times.” 

—Warrior Culture of the U.S. Marines 

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109

PRAEGER 

WORLD HISTORY 

BEST-SELLER 

African Foreign 

Policy and 

Diplomacy 

from Antiquity 

to the 21st 

Century 

2 VOLUMES 

Daniel Don Nanjira 

“This two-volume 

study of African foreign policy and diplomacy reflects several 

complex goals. . . . Readers will find that his range of topics 

serves numerous foreign policy goals, expectations, and 

faculty-student needs. . . . Recommended." 


Africa is a crucible of culture and heritage with a complex history. 

Indigenous tribal practices and preexisting values were altered 

dramatically, either by force or as a result of the Christian and Islamic 

cultures that spread throughout the continent. Later, the domineering 

forces of European colonial nations brought even greater change. 

Africa emerged from its colonization an amalgam of diverse and 

confl icting traditions, legacies, values, and languages. Consequently, 

these developments have had a wide impact on the formulation and 

execution of African foreign policy and diplomacy today. 

African statehood predates that of Europe, as well as the rest of 

Western civilization, and yet by imposing Western values on Africa 

and its peoples, European colonialism destroyed Africa’s paradigm of 

statehood along with its value systems that were ideally suited for this 

majestic continent. This two-volume book provides a comprehensive 

survey of the issues and events that have shaped Africa from remotest 

antiquity to the present, and serves as the foundation of Africa’s 

international relations, diplomacy, and foreign policy. 

FEATURES: 

• Presents an exhaustive assessment of all the African nations and 

their international relations from the perspective of African history 

and the continent’s traditions of statecraft 

• Contains fascinating information regarding Africa’s natural resource 

base, its status as the “Cradle of Humankind,” descriptions of Africa 

as “The Dark Continent,” Africa’s paradoxes, and the reasons for 

Africa’s isolation, exploitation, impoverishment, and marginalization 

DANIEL DON NANJIRA, PhD, is adjunct associate professor of international 

and public affairs at Columbia University School of International and 

Public Affairs, New York City, NY. 


$104.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37983-3 


BEST-SELLER 

An Oral and 

Documentary 

History of 

the Darfur 

Genocide 

2 VOLUMES 

Samuel Totten 

“Its unfailing objectivity 

and rich documentation 

make it a landmark subject reference.” 

—LIBRARY JOURNAL, MAY 1, 2011 

The genocide in Darfur erupted in 2003 but its seeds had been 

planted years before. Following years of attacks on their villages, 

livelihoods and persons, as well as political and economic disenfranchisement 

by the Government of Sudan, the black Africans of Darfur 

rebelled. In retaliation, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir had his 

troops and an Arab militia, the Janjaweed, carry out a scorched earth 

policy that resulted in the killing of noncombatants, men, women, 

children, and the elderly. In the process, females of all ages were 

raped, hundreds of villages were burned to the ground, and over 

two million people were forced from their villages. By mid-2007, 

estimates of those who had been killed or had perished due to lack 

of water, starvation, or injuries, ranged from a low of 250,000 to over 

400,000. 

This two-volume set presents the harrowing stories of survivors of 

this genocide, and includes a collection of offi cial documents delineating 

the international community’s reaction to the crisis in Darfur. 

The author has interviewed two dozen Sudanese refugees who fl ed 

their homes and made their way to the neighboring country of Chad, 

recording their experiences prior to the war, during various genocide 

events, and following their escape. Those interviews comprise volume 

one. In volume two, the author has selected critical documents issued 

by the United States, the United Nations, and the International 

Criminal Court, each of which presents critical insights into how the 

international community viewed the scorched earth policy and atrocities 

and how it reached to such. 

FEATURES: 

• Actual stories from Darfur refugees make the horrors of genocide 

painfully real 

• The volume is a work of historical importance, documenting atrocities 

that should not be forgotten 

SAMUEL TOTTEN is professor at the University of Arkansas, 

Fayetteville, AR. 


$104.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35236-2 


Sociological 

Insights of 

Great Thinkers 

Sociology through 

Literature, 

Philosophy, and 

Science 

Christofer Edling and 

Jens Rydgren, Editors 

“Read this book for pleasure. It is a reassuring reminder 

that sociology has had a greater impact than its defenders 

sometimes realize. Highly recommended.” 


Sociologists have long recognized that sociological insight can 

be gleaned from creative thinkers outside their formal discipline. 

Sociological Insights of Great Thinkers: Sociology through Literature, 

Philosophy, and Science captures and examines those insights in 32 

essays that discuss scholars and writers not normally associated with 

any sociological school of thought. 

Following a tradition of enriching the sociological toolkit by fi nding 

infl uence in philosophy and literature, the volume’s contributors—an 

international group of renowned scholars—eschew biography to 

focus solely on sociological interpretations that can be drawn from 

the work of many of history’s preeminent thinkers. Among the book’s 

subjects are philosophers such as Aristotle, Plato, Kant, and Cassirer; 

scientists such as Darwin and Galileo; and authors such as Kafka, 

Proust, and Shakespeare. The essays not only allow readers to see 

such thinkers in a new light, but underscore the fact that sociological 

questions have lain at the very heart of humanity throughout history. 

FEATURES: 

• 32 short essays discuss sociological insights of scholars and 

writers who are not normally associated with any sociological 

school of thought 

• The organization of the work allows the reader to explore the 

broader ideas of sociology while moving towards insightful and 

current sociological debates 

• Contributors are leading sociologists from Europe and the United 

States, representing all streams of the discipline 

CHRISTOFER EDLING is professor of sociology at Jacobs University, 

Bremen, Germany. 

JENS RYDGREN is professor of sociology at Stockholm 

University, Sweden. 


$54.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38471-4 


FORTHCOMING 

Early 

Controversies 

and the Growth 

of Christianity 

Kevin W. Kaatz 

Drawing from primary texts, 

Early Controversies and the 

Growth of Christianity reveals 

how the religion was formed 

through a series of confl icts 

that occurred primarily between Christian groups. Presenting a close 

examination of the fi rst four centuries of Christian history through the 

lens of the controversies that animated, disturbed, and fi nally formed 

the Church, the book will enable readers to become familiar with the 

lives and writings of the early Christians and to better understand the 

fascinating history of early Christianity. 

The book focuses on several major early controversies. These include 

controversies surrounding the Apostle Paul; controversies concerning 

the apostolic fathers, especially the idea of a pope and the role 

of the bishop/priest; Marcion and his infl uence; Manichaeism and 

Gnosticism; persecution and the Dontatists; Arianism; the rise of the 

bishop in the late 4th century; and power struggles between church 

and state. Each chapter focuses on the primary texts and key players 

in the battle over what would fi nally become orthodox Christianity, 

demystifying many poorly understood events that ultimately helped 

defi ne today’s Church. 

FEATURES: 

• Maps of Paul’s journeys, of the cities that Ignatius of Antioch visited, 

and of the Roman and Persian Empires 

• Photographs including Caravaggio’s Conversion of Paul, the Chi-Rho 

symbol, the Arian Baptistry in Ravenna Italy, the Arch of Constantine, 

the Altar of Victory, and Van Dyck’s Ambrose 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Brings early Christian lives and writings to life, covering the four 

centuries from the Apostle Paul to Augustine 

• Demystifi es some poorly understood events in early Christianity 

and demonstrates that it has never been a monolithic, one-sizefi 

ts-all faith 

KEVIN W. KAATZ, PhD, is lecturer in the Department of History at 

California State University, East Bay Campus, Hayward, CA. 


$37.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38360-1 


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PRAEGER 

WORLD HISTORY 

NEW 

Leonidas and 

the Kings of Sparta 

Mightiest Warriors, 

Fairest Kingdom 

Alfred S. Bradford 

This pivotal history of the kings of Sparta 

not only describes their critical leadership 

in war, but also documents the waxing and 

waning of their social, political, and religious 

powers in the Spartan state. 

FEATURES: 

• Numerous translations by the author of 

original sources 

• Chronology history from the Dorian 

Invasion (ca. 1000 BC) to the last king of 

Sparta (mid-2nd century BC) 

• Illustrations of the kings of Sparta, gods, 

and heroes, as well as diagrams of battles 

and family trees 

ALFRED S. BRADFORD, PhD, is the John 

Saxon Chair of Ancient History at the University 

of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. 

October 2011, 251pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38598-8, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38599-5 


NEW 

Eating to Excess 

The Meaning of Gluttony 

and the Fat Body in 

the Ancient World 

Susan E. Hill 

“Readers of all sizes will find the 

liberating message delightful.” 

—MARILYN WANN AUTHOR OF FAT!SO 

This provocative book explores how ancient 

notions about the fat body and the glutton in 

western culture both challenge and confi rm 

ideas about what it means to be overweight 

and gluttonous today. 

FEATURES: 

• Contains various illustrations such as 

photographs of fi gures and statues from 

archaeological sties and a depiction of a 

biblical scene of sacrifi ce 

• Provides a bibliography of primary and 

secondary sources after each chapter 

SUSAN E. HILL, PhD, is associate professor 

of religion at the University of Northern Iowa, 

Cedar Falls, IA. 

September 2011, 148pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38506-3, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38507-0 


NEW 

The Cultural 

Context of 

Medieval Music 

Nancy van Deusen 

Nancy van Deusen’s The Cultural Context 

of Medieval Music addresses the mental 

landscape surrounding music that, especially, 

was sung and experienced in the Middle Ages. 

Largely anonymous in its composition, and 

apparently lacking the motivation of fame and 

commerce, music within a well thought-out 

system of education served a purpose that 

goes far beyond casual entertainment or 

personal professional advancement. Offering 

experience through performance, music 

exemplifi ed the basic principles not only of 

the material and possible measurements 

of the visible world—such as of objects, 

relationships, and movement—but also of the 

invisible materials of sound and time, making 

it an ideal medium for working with unseen 

substances such as concepts, imaginations, 

and ideas. St. Augustine in the late fourth 

century reinforced the importance of music 

for the process of learning when he wrote that 

nothing could be truly understood without music. 

This book shows how this, in fact, is the 

case—a message of great relevance today. 

NANCY VAN DEUSEN is professor of music at 

The Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA. 

October 2011, 140pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-275-99412-9, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-1-57356-996-5 


NEW 

Rethinking 

Chivalry and 

Courtly Love 

Jennifer G. Wollock 

“This highly readable book draws 

on some of the latest research in 

the field, yet wears its scholarship 

lightly. General readers and scholars 

alike will find much to intrigue and 

delight them here.” 

—CATHERINE BATT, SENIOR 

LECTURER, SCHOOL OF ENGLISH, 

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS 

This book offers an overview of the 

origins, growth, and infl uence of chivalry 

and courtly love, casting new light on the 

importance of these medieval ideals for 

understanding world history and culture to 

the present day. 

FEATURES: 

• A rich bibliography of key works, in print 

and online, on the history of chivalry and 

courtly love and their interpretation 

• Traces the roots of chivalry and courtly 

love, highlighting their multicultural origins 

JENNIFER G. WOLLOCK, PhD, is professor 

of English at Texas A&M University. 

April 2011, 341pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-275-98488-5, $54.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-03850-1 


Mythology in 

the Middle Ages 

Heroic Tales of Monsters, 

Magic, and Might 

Christopher R. Fee 

“This work will be a useful entrée 

to this genre, particularly for the 

lesser-known tales from the Islamic 

world.” 


Placing heroes from a wide range of medieval 

traditions shoulder to shoulder, this title 

provides the opportunity to examine what is 

common across medieval mythic, legendary, 

and folkloric traditions, as well as what 

seems unique. 

FEATURES: 

• Each chapter begins with historical context, 

includes examination of key terms, 

and ends with suggestions for further 

reading 

• A chronology and bibliography are also 

included 

CHRISTOPHER R. FEE is Johnson Distinguished 

Teaching Professor in the Humanities 

at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA. 

January 2011, 281pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-275-98406-9, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-02725-3 


FORTHCOMING 

Early Modern 

Supernatural 

The Dark Side of European 

Culture, 1400–1700 

Jane P. Davidson 

Devils, ghosts, poltergeists, werewolves, and 

witches are all covered in this book about the 

“dark side” of supernatural beliefs in early 

modern Europe, tapping period literature, 

folklore, art, and scholarly writings in its 

investigation. 

FEATURES: 

• Illustrations from rare books on witchcraft 

and demonology 

• An annotated bibliography of primary and 

secondary sources 

JANE P. DAVIDSON, PhD, is professor of history 

of art at the University of Nevada, Reno, NV. 

February 2012, 240pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39343-3, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39344-0 




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WORLD HISTORY 

NEW 

Religion, 

Magic, and Science in 

Early Modern Europe 

and America 

Allison P. Coudert 

This fascinating study looks at how the 

seemingly incompatible forces of science, 

magic, and religion came together 

in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries to 

form the foundations of modern culture. 

FEATURES: 

• Illustrations 


ALLISON P. COUDERT, PhD, is the 

Paul A. and Marie Castelfranco Endowed 

Chair in the History of Christianity in the 

Religious Studies Program at the University 

of California, Davis, CA. 

October 2011, 292pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-275-99673-4, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-275-99674-1 


Tupaia 

Captain Cook’s 

Polynesian Navigator 

Joan Druett 

“The only biography of Tupaia, Druett’s 

astute portrait vitally contributes 

to annals of exploration and cultural 

contact.” 

—BOOKLIST, DECEMBER 1, 2010 

This book offers a biography of the unacknowledged 

Tahitian navigator who was 

essential to the success and eventual fame 

of Captain Cook’s historic voyage on the 

Endeavour. 

FEATURES: 

• A detailed, four-year chronology from 

1767–1770 

• Six pieces of iconic artwork created by 

Tupaia himself are included, providing a 

rare glimpse into a long-gone people 

JOAN DRUETT is a professional writer. 

November 2010, 255pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38748-7, $44.95 

FORTHCOMING 

Western Daughters 

in Eastern Lands 

British Missionary 

Women in Asia 

Rosemary Seton 

This book provides a compelling narrative 

history of the experiences and achievements 

of female British missionaries in China, India, 

and Africa during the 19th century and fi rst 

half of the 20th century—the fi rst such account 

available. 

FEATURES: 

• Original documents include materials 

extracted from letters, diaries, and memoirs 

of and about British women missionaries 

• Photographs from the rich archives of 

British missionary societies and from 

private collections 

ROSEMARY SETON is research associate in 

the Department of the Study of Religions at the 

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at 

the University of London, England. 

July 2012, 224pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-1-84645-017-4, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-09729-4 


NEW 

From Caliphate 

to Secular State 

Power Struggle in the 

Early Turkish Republic 

Hakan Özoglu 

“... this highly important contribution 

to the study of the modern Turkey will 

also interest many scholars working on 

the dynamics of authoritarian regimes 

throughout the 20th century.” 

—HAMIT BOZARSLAN, PROFESSOR, 

ECOLE DES HAUTES ETUDES EN 

SCIENCES SOCIALES 

This insightful analysis looks at the power 

struggles of 1920–1926, a time during 

which the Ottoman Empire was replaced 

by a secular and modernist Turkish 

nationalist regime. 

FEATURES: 

• A bibliography of archival sources from the 

United States, Britain, the Ottoman Empire, 

and Turkey, as well as other primary and 

secondary sources in the Turkish, English, 

and Ottoman languages 

HAKAN ÖZOĞLU is associate professor 

of history at the University of Central Florida, 

Orlando, FL. 

NEW 

Courtship 

and Marriage in 

Victorian England 

Jennifer Phegley 

This book examines the popular publications 

of the Victorian period, illuminating the 

intricacies of courtship and marriage from 

the differing perspectives of the working, 

middle, and upper classes. 

FEATURES: 

• A chronological examination of Victorian 

marriage law 

• Various courtship and marriage cartoons; 

pictures of activities during the London 

Season; photographs of Victorian wedding 

attire; representations of Queen Victoria’s 

engagement and wedding; illustrations of 

wedding gifts, dresses, and cakes; and an 

engraving of the London Divorce Court 

JENNIFER PHEGLEY is associate professor 

of English at the University of Missouri, Kansas 

City, MO. 

November 2011, 196pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-37534-7, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37535-4 


FORTHCOMING 

Victorian Needlework 

Kathryn Ledbetter 

Marrying two exceptionally popular 

topics—needlework and women’s history—this 

book provides an authoritative 

yet entertaining discussion of the diversity 

and importance of needlework in Victorian 

women’s lives. 

FEATURES: 

• Patterns and illustrations from women’s 

periodicals and pattern books of the time 

provide a window into Victorian life that 

will be especially intriguing to the legions 

who practice these crafts today 

• Quotations from memoirs, works of fi c- 

tion, and poetry allow readers to share the 

experiences of women of the period 

KATHRYN LEDBETTER, PhD, is professor 

of English at Texas State University, San 

Marcos, where she teaches 19th-century 

British literature. 

January 2012, 189pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38660-2, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38661-9 


June 2011, 218pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-37956-7, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37957-4 




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WORLD HISTORY 

The Russian Revolution, 

1917–1945 

Anthony D’Agostino 

This book offers a fresh analysis of the Russian 

Revolution from a global perspective. It 

stresses the historical role of Soviet Communism 

in the modernization of the country, the 

defeat of Nazism, and the rise of American 

power and world leadership. 

FEATURES: 

• Suggestions for further reading that span 

decades of writing on the subject 

• An index of names and major ideas 

ANTHONY D’AGOSTINO is professor of 

history at San Francisco State University, San 

Francisco, CA. 

December 2010, 171pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38622-0, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38623-7 


Toxic Politics 

The Secret History of the 

Kremlin’s Poison Laboratoryfrom 

the Special Cabinet to 

the Death of Litvinenko 

Arkadi Vaksberg 

This book chronicles the insidious history 

of the Soviet “Poison Laboratory,” the 

top-secret organization behind countless 

political assassinations throughout the 20th 

century—and indeed well into the 21st. 

FEATURES: 

• Reveals previously undisclosed information 

gained by the author’s thorough investigation 

of historic documents 

• Places contemporary Russian political 

poisonings in historical perspective 

ARKADI VAKSBERG is an author and the 

longtime Paris correspondent of the magazine 

Literaturnaia Gazeta. 

March 2011, 218pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38746-3, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38747-0 


The Lion of Judah 

in the New World 

Emperor Haile Selassie 

of Ethiopia and the 

Shaping of Americans’ 

Attitudes toward Africa 

Theodore M. Vestal 

“Written in a lively, engaging style, the 

book provides invaluable knowledge 

about Selassie’s seemingly unending 

trips to the U.S.” 


This insightful book relates how Emperor 

Haile Selassie helped shape America’s image 

of Africa and how that image continues 

to evolve in the United States today. 

FEATURES: 

• Maps 


THEODORE M. VESTAL, PhD, is professor 

emeritus of political science at Oklahoma State 

University, Stillwater, OK. 

February 2011, 231pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38620-6, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38621-3 


NEW 

Charles Stewart Parnell 

and His Times 

A Bibliography 

N.C. Fleming and Alan O’Day 

This is the fi rst comprehensive bibliography 

of the controversial Irish politician Charles 

Stewart Parnell. 

Divided into fi fteen chapters, including a 

biographical sketch, the volume contains information 

on manuscript and archival collections, 

printed primary sources, Parnell’s writing, 

Parnell’s speeches in the House of Commons 

and outside Parliament, contemporary journalism, 

contemporary writing, and contemporary 

illustrations on Irish affairs, and a substantial 

list of scholarly work, including biographies, 

books, articles, chapters, and theses. 

N.C. FLEMING, PhD, is research fellow at 

the John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies, 

University College, Dublin, and honorary research 

fellow at the School of History, Archaeology and 

Religion, Cardiff University. 

ALAN O’DAY is senior fellow in modern 

history, Greyfriars Hall, University of Oxford, and 

member of the University History Faculty. 

July 2011, 498pp, 7x10, 

ISBN 978-0-313-28291-1, $94.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-1-4408-0268-3 

NEW 

The Making 

of the Raj 

India under the 

East India Company 

Ian St. John 

This book opens up a frequently neglected 

aspect of the rise of British power in India: 

namely, the impact of that process upon the 

lives of the Indian people themselves for 

three centuries. 

FEATURES: 

• A chronological account of the rise of 

British power in India from 1600 to 1859 

• A map of the Indian subcontinent that 

identifi es chief places mentioned in text 

• An index containing analytical as well as 

name and subject entries 

IAN ST. JOHN, PhD, received his doctorate 

in modern history at Nuffield College, 

Oxford, England, and is head of history at 

Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School, Elstree, 

England. 

November 2011, 176pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-1-84645-014-3, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-09736-2 


Sinn Féin Women 

Footnoted Foot Soldiers and 

Women of No Importance 

Margaret Keiley-Listermann 

This comprehensive examination of the role 

of Irish Republican women throughout the 

development of Sinn Féin spans a century 

of challenges and sustained commitment to 

the realization of an independent Ireland. 

FEATURES: 

• Contains archival research from the 

National Archives in Dublin and Linenhall 

Library in Belfast 

• Provides illustrations depicting the structure 

of the Irish Free State government 

and power/election fl ow in both current 

North and South elections in Ireland 

• Art-quality portraits of each interviewee 

MARGARET KEILEY-LISTERMANN is 

assistant professor of political science at 

Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA. 

September 2010, 256pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-1-84645-015-0, $44.95 


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RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY 

Explaining Evil 

3 VOLUMES 

J. Harold Ellens, Editor 

“ In myths, legends, and various religions, devils and demons are evil 

or harmful supernatural beings. Devils are generally regarded as the 

adversaries of the gods, while demons range from mischief makers 

to powerful destructive forces. In many religions, devils and demons 

stand on the opposite side of the cosmic balance from gods and 

angels. Although devils and demons have been pictured in many 

different ways, they are usually associated with darkness, danger, 

violence, and death.” 

—Jack Wickersham, Editor, Myths and Legends of the World 

HIGHLIGHTS 

• An unprecedented examination of the 

nature and origins of evil that offers 

an understanding of and strategies for 

combating evil 

• Has a universal, personal appeal since every 

reader has direct experience with evil in his 

or her surrounding world 

What is evil And what is the antidote to this universal malady, 

however it is defi ned Traditionally, people have turned to religion 

when seeking a remedy to apparent evil. However, sociologists, 

psychologists, historians, philosophers, and even lawyers can also 

provide valuable insights in addressing the perplexing issue of evil. 

The manifestation of evil has provided a convenient theme for 

popular culture entertainment, ranging from the classic fi lm 

The 

Exorcist, to almost all of Stephen King’s horror novels, to video 

games such as 

Resident Evil. Unfortunately, dealing with—and 

attempting to overcome—the forces of evil is a pervasive problem in 

the real world as well. 

Explaining Evil 

addresses incidents of evil from ancient times to modern 

day around the globe. Concepts of evil within the big three religions— 

Christianity, Judaism, and Islam—are examined, as well as in Chinese 

philosophy and Native American beliefs. The political or national expressions 

of evil are explored, such as the “axis of evil” that culminated in World War II. 

These volumes identify the causes and effects of evil, and suggest possible 

remedies to humanity’s inescapable fl aw. 

FEATURES: 

• Contains original contributions from 75 distinguished scholars from various 

religious and cultural backgrounds, including psychologists, academic and 

clinical sociologists, historians, philosophers, theologians, and professors of 

political science, ethics, and law 

J. HAROLD ELLENS, PhD, is executive director emeritus of the Christian Association 

for Psychological Studies and the founding editor and editor in chief emeritus 

of the Journal of Psychology and Christianity. 

February 2011, 1,003pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38715-9, $184.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38716-6 


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BEST-SELLER 

Goddesses in 

World Culture 

3 VOLUMES 

Patricia Monaghan, Editor 

“Given the array of topics, 

these volumes should appeal to 

readers in a variety of subject 

areas, including but not 

limited to religion, mythology, 

anthropology, and gender 

studies. . . . Recommended.” 


Goddesses in World Culture brings readers the fascinating stories of close 

to 100 of the world’s goddesses, ranging from the immediately recognizable 

to the obscure. These fi gures, many of whom derive from ancient 

cultures and civilizations, serve as points of departure for examining questions 

that go well beyond the role of women in religion and spirituality to 

include social organization, environmental awareness, historical developments, 

and psychological archetypes. 

Each volume of this groundbreaking set is composed of 20–25 previously 

unpublished articles written by expert contributors from diverse 

disciplines. Volume one covers Asia and Africa, volume two covers the 

Eastern Mediterranean and Europe, and volume three covers Australia 

and the Americas. Goddesses from cultures often overlooked in texts on 

religion, such as those of the Australian Aborigines, Korea, Nepal, and the 

Caribbean, are included here. In addition, the work offers new translations 

of ancient texts, introduces little-known folklore, and suggests new 

approaches to contemporary religious practices. 

FEATURES: 

• 63 essays cover more than 100 goddesses and goddess-like fi gures 

from world culture, with volumes organized by geographic area 

• Many original translations of prayers, sagas, and other sources not 

otherwise readily available in English 

• 60 illustrations include ethnographic photographs, depictions of ancient 

artifacts, and original artwork 

• An extensive list of bibliography of sources about the fi gure and culture 

discussed accompanies each essay 

PATRICIA MONAGHAN is professor of interdisciplinary studies at DePaul 

University, Chicago and senior fellow of the Black Earth Institute, WI. 


$184.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35466-3 


FORTHCOMING 

The Praeger 

Handbook of 

Faith-Based 

Schools in the 

United States, 

K–12 

2 VOLUMES 

Thomas C. Hunt and 

James C. Carper, Editors 

The Praeger Handbook of Faith-Based Schools in the United States, 

K–12 is an indispensable study at a time when American education 

is increasingly considered through the lenses of race, ethnicity, gender, 

and social class. With contributions from an impressive array of 

experts, the two-volume work provides a historical overview of faithbased 

schooling in the United States, as well as a comprehensive 

treatment of each current faith-based school tradition in the nation. 

The fi rst volume examines three types of faith-based schools— 

Protestant schools, Jewish schools, and Evangelical Protestant 

homeschooling. The second volume focuses Catholic, Muslim, and 

Orthodox schools, and addresses critical issues common to faithbased 

schools, among them state and federal regulation and school 

choice, as well as ethnic, cultural, confessional, and practical factors. 

Perhaps most importantly for those concerned with the questions and 

controversies that abound in U.S. education, the handbook grapples 

with outcomes of faith-based schooling and with the choices parents 

face as they consider educational options for their children. 

FEATURES: 

• Provides the fi rst comprehensive, systematic guide to the entire 

spectrum of faith-based schools in the United States today 

• Covers 30 major faith-based school groups and the denominational 

or ecumenical associations that govern or support them 

• Highlights the incredible diversity of faith-based schools in the nation, 

including the growing Islamic school movement 

• Presents a comprehensive report of U.S. Supreme Court and State 

Supreme Court decisions on faith-based schools 

• Examines American faith-based schools and schooling issues from 

an international perspective 

THOMAS C. HUNT, PhD, is professor in the School of Education and 

Allied Professions and a fellow in the Center for Catholic Education at the 

University of Dayton, OH. 

JAMES C. CARPER, PhD, is professor of social foundations of education 

at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, and has served in similar 

positions at Mississippi State University and Tulane University 

NEW 

Queer Religion 

2 VOLUMES 

Donald L. Boisvert and 

Jay Emerson Johnson, 

Editors 

Queer Religion provides 

a systematic and detailed 

overview of the challenges 

and issues that the 

intersections of religion, 

same-sex desire, and 

gender variance have 

generated, both now and in the past. It focuses upon the development 

of these areas of overlap through three distinct historical 

periods: modern religious history, LGBT liberation movements, and 

the emergence of queer theory and analysis. 

This two-volume collection of eclectic essays investigates the 

experiences of queer people and religion, providing a broad, unique, 

and invaluable analysis of this important cultural and theological 

encounter. As a group, the contributors offer brave insights and 

diverse perspectives on a variety of topics dealing with religion, 

same-sex desire, and gender expression. Some of these essays are 

explicitly historical in focus or scholarly articles, while others provide 

autobiographical viewpoints and personal reminiscences. This book 

provides a comprehensive look at the queer dimensions of religious 

practice and belief—essential reading for religious scholars; those 

within the LGBT community; and anyone interested in human 

spirituality and sexuality. 

FEATURES: 

• Contributions from 28 distinguished North American and international 

scholars and activists from a variety of religious traditions 

• A comprehensive index of key ideas and concepts 

DONALD L. BOISVERT teaches in the Department of Religion at 

Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, where he is also a member of 

the sexuality studies program. 

JAY EMERSON JOHNSON is a priest in the Episcopal Church (USA) 

and member of the core doctoral faculty at the Graduate Theological 

Union, Berkeley, CA. 


$110.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35359-8 


FORTHCOMING 

A New Biology of 

Religion 

Spiritual Practice 

and the Life of 

the Body 

Michael Steinberg 

This book is unique in its focus 

on bodily experience as an 

independent source of knowledge 

and insight, an important aspect 

of recent discoveries in neurology and psychology. By rethinking what it 

is to be human and what role self-consciousness plays, it fi nds striking 

points of intersection between science and religion and challenges readers 

to rediscover their spiritual connections to the physical world. 

Combining scientifi c rigor with the spiritual quest, A New Biology 

of Religion: Spiritual Practice and the Life of the Body reframes the 

science-religion debate. This profound work examines how all things are 

connected—both scientifi cally and spiritually—and shows how religious 

practices mirror the biological processes of life. 

FEATURES: 

• Reveals how religious practices illuminate the human condition 

• Clearly presents challenging philosophical ideas 

• Introduces radical new research in evolution, heredity, and 

neurobiology 

• Introduces radical new research in evolution, heredity, and neurobiology 

• Draws out political and ethical implications of religious practice 

• Compares developments in biology and neurology with religious practices 

through the ages 

MICHAEL STEINBERG is the author of The Fiction of a Thinkable World: 

Body, Meaning, and the Culture of Capitalism. 

July 2012, 203pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-1-4408-0284-3, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-1-4408-0285-0 


August 2012, 570pp, 7x10, ISBN 978-0-313-39139-2, $173.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39140-8 


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FORTHCOMING 

Spiritual Ecology 

A Quiet Revolution 

Leslie E. Sponsel 

A prominent scientist and scholar 

documents and explains the thoughts, 

actions, and legacies of spiritual ecology’s 

pioneers from ancient times to the present, 

demonstrating how the movement may 

offer the last chance to restore a healthy 

relationship between humankind and 

nature. 

FEATURES: 

• Clear, concise, and captivating essays 

on well-known, as well as little-known, 

pioneers in spiritual ecology 

• Chapter-long treatment of each individual’s 

contributions, allowing for in-depth 

coverage 

• An extensive resource guide, including 

fi lms and websites 

LESLIE E. SPONSEL, PhD, is professor 

emeritus in anthropology at the University of 

Hawaiì, Honolulu, HI, where he developed and 

directed the Ecological Anthropology Program 

for three decades. 

June 2012, 208pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-36409-9, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-36410-5 


FORTHCOMING 

Reason and Wonder 

A Copernican Revolution 

in Science and Spirit 

Dave Pruett 

“A truly dazzling achievement. Following 

this intriguing tale opens up a vision 

of true audacity and grandeur that will 

change your thinking for ever.” 

—URSULA KING, INSTITUTE FOR 

ADVANCED STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF 

BRISTOL, ENGLAND 

In this enlightening and provocative exploration, 

Dave Pruett sets out a revolutionary new 

understanding of our place in the universe, 

one that reconciles the rational demands of 

science with the deeper tugs of spirituality. 

FEATURES: 

• Outlines a vision of human potential that 

reconciles science and spirituality 

• Moves beyond the evolution vs. creationism 

“debate” to affi rm the complementarity of 

scientifi c and spiritual insights 

DAVE PRUETT, a former NASA researcher, is 

an award-winning computational scientist and 

professor of mathematics at James Madison 

University, Harrisonburg, VA. 

April 2012, 389pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39919-0, $58.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39920-6 


FORTHCOMING 

A History of the 

Nation of Islam 

Race, Islam, and the 

Quest for Freedom 

Dawn-Marie Gibson 

“An exemplary examination of the 

enduring legacy of the most influential 

African-American Muslims.” 

—HERBERT BERG, UNIVERSITY OF 

NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON 

AND AUTHOR OF ELIJAH 

MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM 

This book provides a fascinating, unparalleled 

look at the Nation of Islam, including 

its history, the complexity of its views towards 

orthodox Muslims, women, and other 

minorities, and the trajectory of the group 

after the 1995 Million Man March. 

FEATURES: 

• A chronology of major events in the history 

of the movement from its inception to 

present day 

• Sources include fi rst-hand accounts, 

interviews, and archives from the FBI 

• Biographical sketches of the founding 

fathers and the organization’s most infl u- 

ential leaders 

DAWN-MARIE GIBSON, PhD, teaches modern 

U.S. history at Royal Holloway, University of 

London, UK. She teaches courses on the Civil 

Rights Movement, U.S. history since 1877, and 

African American Islam. 

FORTHCOMING 

Cruel God, Kind God 

How Images of God Shape 

Belief, Attitude, and Outlook 

Zenon Lotufo, Jr. 

This enlightening analysis of the image 

of a cruel God sustained by conservative 

Christianity reveals how this image formed, 

the psychological effects of this concept, 

and the ways in which it has guided 

religious individuals—in both positive and 

negative ways. 

FEATURES: 

• An introduction that explains the objectives 

of the book 

• Enables Christians who are struggling 

with cruel God-images to seek alternative 

images upon which to base their faith 

• Provides professional readers such as 

psychotherapists, pastors, and theologians 

with resources for counseling and teaching 

individuals who are beset by unhealthy 

God-images 

ZENON LOTUFO JR., PhD, is a retired 

Presbyterian minister (Independent Presbyterian 

Church of Brazil), a philosopher, and a psychotherapist, 

specializing in Transactional analysis. 

April 2012, 193pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39611-3, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39612-0 


NEW 

Los Protestantes 

An Introduction to 

Latino Protestantism 

in the United States 

Juan Francisco Martínez 

Contradicting the widely held but false 

belief that all Latinos are Catholic, 

this book offers a concise one-volume 

introduction to America’s Latino 

Protestants, the fastest growing segment 

of U.S. Protestantism today. 

FEATURES: 

• A graph charting the various types of 

Latino identifi cation with Latino culture 

• A graph showing the implications of 

this identifi cation for probable church 

attendance 

• An extensive bibliography of most 

published materials on Latino 

Protestantism since the mid-19th 

century 

JUAN FRANCISCO MARTÍNEZ, PhD, 

is associate provost, director of the Hispanic 

Center, and associate professor of Hispanic 

studies and pastoral leadership at Fuller 

Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA. 

October 2011, 207pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39313-6, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39314-3 


NEW 

End-Timers 

Three Thousand Years of 

Waiting for Judgment Day 

Martin Ballard 

This fascinating history surveys apocalyptic 

religion through time, setting it within a 

political and social context. 

FEATURES: 

• Provides the fi rst readable, comprehensive, 

single-volume history of the 

apocalyptic religion across time and 

around the world 

• Looks at Jewish, Christian, and Islamic 

concepts of apocalypse, demonstrating 

how contemporary Jewish, Christian, 

and Islamic fundamentalism developed 

from a common base 

• Traces the rise and infl uence of the 

Christian Right in the United States 

MARTIN BALLARD is author of Praeger’s 

White Men’s God: The Extraordinary Story 

of Missionaries in Africa and other books on 

religion and history. 

August 2011, 252pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38428-8, $44.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38429-5 


April 2012, 211pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39807-0, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39808-7 




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“Islam” Means Peace 

Understanding the 

Muslim Principle of 

Nonviolence Today 

Amitabh Pal 

BEST-SELLER 

Essential Buddhism 

A Comprehensive Guide to 

Belief and Practice 

Diane Morgan 

NEW 

Hell No! 

A Fundamentalist Preacher 

Rejects Eternal Torment 

Charles Gillihan 

This critique of the Christian vision of hell 

and how it is used in ministry and Christian 

education challenges one of the most basic 

concepts in western religion. 

FEATURES: 

• Includes solid exegesis of relevant Biblical 

passages 

• Presents in-depth research of medieval 

sources of hell’s description, including 

Dante’s Inferno 

• Provides an appendix including selections 

from Milton, Jonathan Edwards, and 

James Joyce 

CHARLES GILLIHAN has 30 years’ experience 

in preaching and pastoring. 

July 2011, 143pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39754-7, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39755-4 


NEW 

Something That Matters 

A Theology for Critical 

Believers 

David R. Mason 

This fresh, new work explores major 

themes in Christian theology, refracted 

through a worldview that perceives 

everything—God and the world—to be 

dynamic, temporal, and interrelated. 

FEATURES: 

• Provides a world view that resonates 

with science as much as with scripture 

• Illustrates how theology, far from being 

merely academic speculation, is of 

immense practical import for ordinary 

people 

• Postulates that to be human is to live 

with the ineradicable confi dence that 

life is worthwhile, demanding a critical 

rethinking of faith, God, Christ, and our 

ultimate destiny 

DAVID R. MASON, PhD, is professor of 

theology in the Department of Theology and 

Religious Studies at John Carroll University, 

Cleveland, OH. 

July 2011, 186pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-38742-5, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38743-2 


NEW 

Food for the Soul 

Vegetarianism and 

Yoga Traditions 

Steven J. Rosen, Editor 

“Provides convincing evidence that a 

plant-based diet is the best diet for 

one who seeks spiritual evolution and/ 

or a more happy and healthy life.” 

—SHARON GANNON, CO-FOUNDER 

WITH DAVID LIFE OF JIVAMUKTI 

YOGA 

This revealing compilation of essays by 

prominent practitioners and well-informed 

scholars lays to bear one simple truth: One 

must be a vegetarian to properly practice 

Yoga. 

FEATURES: 

• Thoroughly analyzes the subject of 

vegetarianism in the many Yoga traditions 

of the world 

• Looks at all the major contemporary Yogis 

and their teachings on diet, specifi cally 

vegetarianism, from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 

to Swami Prabhupada 

STEVEN J. ROSEN is founding editor of 

the Journal of Vaishnava Studies and author 

of 21 books. 

April 2011, 166pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, 

ISBN 978-0-313-39703-5, $34.95, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39704-2 


“Finally, the book so many of us 

have been waiting for! This is a 

book for anyone seeking the path of 

nonviolence—Muslim and non-Muslim 

alike.” 

—MOUSTAFA BAYOUMI, AUTHOR OF HOW DOES IT FEEL TO 

BE A PROBLEM: BEING YOUNG AND ARAB IN AMERICA 

This decisive account of the role of nonviolence in Islam and Muslim 

societies, both historically and in current times, chronicles an oftenobscured 

but longstanding pacifi st tradition. 

FEATURES: 

• Voices of leading nonviolence activists, such as Nobel Peace 

Prize-winner Shirin Ebadi, Mubarak Awad, Gene Sharp, and rock 

star Salman Ahmad, that make the history of nonviolent activism 

immediate and up to date 

• A bibliography listing a wide array of source materials 

AMITABH PAL is managing editor of The Progressive magazine, founded 

in 1909, and the coeditor of The Progressive Media Project, an op-ed 

service, Madison, WI. 

March 2011, 276pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38290-1, 

$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38291-8 


FORTHCOMING 

Mythology in the 

Ancient World 

Wilfred E. Major and 

T. Davina McClain 

This volume is a thorough overview of 

ancient Western mythology, an overview 

that both reveals myth-making and 

myth-telling as fundamental modes of communication and illuminates 

for modern readers what the ancients actually believed about 

themselves. 

WILFRED E. MAJOR is an instructor in the Department of Foreign 

Languages and Literatures at Louisiana State University. 

T. DAVINA MCCLAIN is an associate professor in the Department of 

Classical Studies at Loyola University, New Orleans. 

“Essential Buddhism is one of the 

better introductions to Buddhism 

written for general audiences. Highly recommended.” 


An engaging, clear-sighted book that covers all aspects of this rich, 

peaceful, and insightful tradition. 

FEATURES: 

• A brief survey of the impact of Buddhism around the world today 

• Numerous stories and examples illuminate Buddhism’s history and 

practice 

DIANE MORGAN is adjunct professor of religion and philosophy at 

Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA, where she teaches Buddhism and 

Buddhist literature. 


$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38453-0 


FORTHCOMING 

Asian Perspectives on 

the World’s Religions 

after September 11 

Arvind Sharma, Editor 

Presenting provocative insights gained 

from the “Global Congress on World’s 

Religions after September 11— An 

Asian Perspective” conference held in New Delhi, India, in January 

of 2009, this book shares lessons from Asian religious experience 

about healing a world troubled by religious confl icts and divisions. 

ARVIND SHARMA, PhD, is the Birks Professor of Comparative Religion 

in the faculty of religious studies at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. 

May 2012, 256pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-37896-6, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37897-3 



$48.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-06545-3 




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PRAEGER 

RACE AND 

ETHNICITY 

NEW 

Voices of Historical 

and Contemporary Black 

American Pioneers 

4 VOLUMES 

Edited by Vernon L. Farmer and Evelyn Shepherd-Wynn 

“ Since 1960, when black men earned only 50 cents for every 

dollar earned by white men, income gaps have narrowed as the 

black middle class has grown and become more educated. In 

2000, black men earned 64 cents on the dollar.” 

—Thomas M. Shapiro, The Racial Wealth Gap 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Introduces readers to black 

pioneers past and present, 

including such well-known 

contemporary figures as 

Colin Powell, Al Roker, Carol 

Moseley Braun, and Lani 

Guinier, all in one source 

• Gives readers a true 

understanding of what life 

was like for black Americans 

attempting to become 

educated in a hostile and 

racist environment from the 

eve of slavery into the 21st 

century 

• Uses a blend of personal 

interviews and biographical/ 

autobiographical essays to 

underscore the extraordinary 

accomplishments and 

contributions of black 

American pioneers to the 

making of America 

Born a slave, Booker T. Washington was, by law, not allowed to learn to 

read. He said “no” to that law and eventually wrote his own book, Up from 

Slavery. Benjamin S. Carson said “no” to a college advisor who suggested 

he drop out of medical school. Today, he is an internationally renowned 

pediatric neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins University. There are many such 

inspiring stories—and it is time they were told. 

This extraordinary four-volume work is the fi rst of its kind, a comprehensive 

exploration of the obstacles black men and women, both historic and contemporary, 

have faced and overcome to succeed in professional positions. Voices of Historical and 

Contemporary Black American Pioneers includes the life and career histories of black American 

pioneers, past and present, who have achieved extraordinary success in fi elds as varied as aviation 

and astronautics, education, social sciences, the humanities, the fi ne and performing arts, law and 

government, and medicine and science. The set covers well-known fi gures, but is also an invaluable 

source of information on lesser-known individuals whose accomplishments are no less admirable. 

Arranged by career category, each section of the work begins with a biographical narrative of early 

black pioneers in the fi eld, followed by original interviews conducted by the editors or autobiographical 

narratives written by the subjects. In all, more than 150 scholars and professionals share inspiring 

insights into how they persevered to overcome racism and succeed in an often-hostile world. 


• Armed Forces 

• Bullard, Eugene Jacques 

• Coleman, Elizabeth “Bessie” 

• Fine and Performing Art 

FEATURES: 

• Keith, Damon 

• Mathematics 

• Obama, Barack 

• Rangel, Charles 

• Science 

• Tuskegee Airmen 

• Stories of 150 outstanding black American scholars and professionals from varied career fi elds, 

drawn from biographies, autobiographies, and original interviews 

• Excerpts from six original works 

• 160 photographs 

VERNON L. FARMER, PhD, is professor of educational leadership in the College of Education at 

Grambling State University, Grambling, LA. 

EVELYN SHEPHERD-WYNN, EdD, is assistant professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences 

at Grambling State University, Grambling, LA, where she earned her degree. 

February 2012, 1,408pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39224-5, $257.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39225-2 


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RACE AND ETHNICITY 

FORTHCOMING 

Fear of a Hip Hop Planet 

America’s New Dilemma 

D. Marvin Jones 

Is Gangsta Rap just black noise Or 

does it play the same role for urban 

youth that CNN plays in mainstream 

America This provocative set of essays 

tells us how Gangsta Rap is a creative 

“report” about an urban crisis, our new American dilemma, and why 

we need to listen. 

FEATURES: 

• A chronological account of development of rap music going back to 

the era of slavery 

• Drawings and editorial cartoons 

• A multicultural bibliography containing sociological, historical, and 

legal material 

D. MARVIN JONES, PhD, is professor of law at the University of Miami, 

School of Law, Coral Gables, FL. 

April 2012, 224pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39577-2, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39578-9 


FORTHCOMING 

Free Stylin’ 

How Hip Hop Changed 

the Fashion Industry 

Elena Romero 

This book sources interviews with 

scholars, urban designers, music 

experts, fi nancial analysts, retailers, and 

hip-hop celebrities to chronicle the compelling story of how hip hop 

transformed the fashion world and exploded into a $3 billion clothing 

industry. 

FEATURES: 

• A foreword by Daymond John, cofounder of FUBU, star of ABC’s 

The Shark Tank, and author of The Display of Power and The Brand 

Within 

• A chronology of 20th-century fashion styles as well as urban fashion 

from the late 1970s to present 

ELENA ROMERO teaches fashion journalism and a myriad of media 

courses as adjunct assistant professor at the Fashion Institute of 

Technology and adjunct lecturer at the City College of New York’s Center for 

Worker Education, New York, NY. 

March 2012, 188pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-38646-6, 

$37.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-38647-3 


FORTHCOMING 

Bound for the Future 

Child Heroes of the 

Underground Railroad 

Jonathan Shectman 

Through careful, detailed consideration 

of a host of primary documents about 

the Underground Railroad’s underappreciated 

operational workforce—its young activists—this book offers 

fresh insight to the complex question, “Who ended slavery” 

JONATHAN SHECTMAN is former editor of a series of science education 

books published by the National Science Resources Center, an arm 

of the Smithsonian Institution. His published works include Greenwood’s 

Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the 

18th Century. 

May 2012, 192pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39727-1, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39728-8 


NEW 

Black Educational Choice 

Assessing the Private 

and Public Alternatives 

to Traditional K-12 

Public Schools 

Diana T. Slaughter-Defoe, Howard C. 

Stevenson, Edith G. Arrington, and 

Deborah J. Johnson, Editors 

This important book provides African American parents with the 

knowledge to diversify K–12 school choices beyond traditional neighborhood 

public schools in order to optimize the educational chances 

of their own children, and it will help educators and policymakers 

to close the black-white academic achievement gap throughout 

America. 

DIANA T. SLAUGHTER-DEFOE, PhD, is the Constance E. Clayton 

Professor in Urban Education in the Graduate School of Education at the 

University of Pennsylvania. 

HOWARD C. STEVENSON, PhD, is associate professor of education 

and former chair of the Applied Psychology and Human Development 

Division in the Graduate School of Education at the University of 

Pennsylvania. 

EDITH G. ARRINGTON, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and a project 

manager at the OMG Center for Collaborative Learning, Philadelphia, PA. 

DEBORAH J. JOHNSON, PhD, is professor of human development and 

family studies at Michigan State University. 


$48.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39384-6 


BEST-SELLER 

The Entrepreneurial 

Spirit of African 

American Inventors 

Patricia Carter Sluby 

“This book is a fascinating 

and important contribution to 

understanding the significant contribution that African 

American inventors as entrepreneurs have played in shaping 

our evolving economy and our daily lives.” 

—ANDREW D. HIRSCH, MA, JD, FORMER DIRECTOR OF 

CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS, UNITED STATES PATENT AND 

TRADEMARK OFFICE 

This book not only documents the valuable contributions of African 

American thinkers, inventors, and entrepreneurs past and present, 

but also puts these achievements into context of the obstacles these 

innovators faced because of their race. 

FEATURES: 

• Presents a chronology of patents issued to African Americans from 

the period of slavery to the present 

• Includes illustrations of patents and trademarks and advertising copy 

and photographs of African American entrepreneurs and patentees 

PATRICIA CARTER SLUBY is a freelance writer, registered patent 

agent, lecturer, former U.S. primary patent examiner, and past president of 

the National Intellectual Property Law Association. 

March 2011, 250pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-36335-1, 

$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-36336-8 


FORTHCOMING 

James Meredith 

Warrior and the America 

that Created Him 

Meredith Coleman McGee 

This book provides an honest look at the 

life and times of Civil Rights icon James 

Howard Meredith within the context of 

the America that created him and his generation. 

MEREDITH C. MCGEE is the author of Married to Sin: A Memoir, a published 

poet, a professional writer for Typing Solutions Résumés & Etc, and 

the website administrator of Heirsskymall.com. She founded Heirs United 

Investment Club and Mose Dantzler Press and co-founded Heirsskymall. 

com Inc. 

July 2012, 192pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39739-4, $58.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39740-0 


known organization.” 

NEW 

African American 

Civil Rights 

Early Activism and the 

Niagara Movement 

Angela Jones 

“A fascinating history of a little 

—FRANCESCA POLLETTA, PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY, 

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE 

This fresh and invigorating analysis illuminates the often-neglected 

story of early African American civil rights activism. 

FEATURES: 

• Primary source documents including the Niagara Movement’s 

“Declaration of Principles” 

• A chronology of the development of the civil rights movement 

• Photographs of key players in the Niagara Movement 

ANGELA JONES, PhD, is assistant professor of sociology at 

Farmingdale State College, State University of New York. 


$44.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39361-7 


FORTHCOMING 

American Indians 

and Popular Culture 

2 VOLUMES 

Elizabeth DeLaney Hoffman, 

Editor 

Americans are still fascinated by the 

romantic notion of the “noble savage,” 

yet know little about the real Native 

peoples of North America. This two-volume work seeks to remedy 

that by examining stereotypes and celebrating the true cultures of 

American Indians today. 

ELIZABETH DELANEY HOFFMAN teaches English at Athens 

Technical College, Athens, GA, and is coeditor of Telling the Stories: Essays 

on American Indian Literatures and Cultures. 


$131.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37991-8 


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PRAEGER 

RACE AND ETHNICITY 

FORTHCOMING 

The Basics of 

Transracial Adoption 

Adrienne M. Robinson 

Transracial adoption—placing children 

into homes with a different ethnic background 

and race—is a growing trend in 

the 21st century. This book examines 

the challenges, risks, and enormous rewards of transracial adoption 

for parents, interested parties, counselors, and educators. 

ADRIENNE M. ROBINSON is deputy chief of field services for 

Arkansas Rehabilitation Services. She was previously adjunct professor 

for cross cultural counseling and fieldwork coordinator at the University of 

Arkansas at Little Rock, AR. 

June 2012, 192pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39689-2, $58.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39690-8 


FORTHCOMING 

Conflict 

African American Women and 

the New Dilemma of Race and 

Gender Politics 

Cindy Hooper 

This in-depth examination looks at 

African American women’s navigation of 

the interlocking obstacles of race and gender specifi cally within the 

political arena. 

FEATURES: 

• Quotes from African American women about their dual-identity 

confl icts 


CINDY HOOPER, is a veteran of numerous local, state, and national 

political campaigns and founder of the National Organization for African- 

American Women, headquartered in Washington, DC. 


$37.00, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39215-3 


FORTHCOMING 

The Forgotten 

History of America’s 

Negro Leagues 

Lawrence D. Hogan 

This text gives readers the chance to 

experience the unique character and 

personalities of the African American game of baseball in the United 

States, starting from the time of slavery, through the Negro Leagues 

and integration period, and beyond. 

FEATURES: 

• Presents a wide variety of original materials, documents, and historic 

images, including a never before published certifi cate making 

Frederick Douglass an honorary member of an early Black baseball 

team and author-conducted personal interviews 

• Chronological chapter organization clearly portrays the development 

of Black baseball in America over a century’s time 

• Contains a unique collection of period photographs depicting the 

people and sites of Black baseball 

LAWRENCE HOGAN is senior professor of history at Union County 

College, Cranford, NJ. 

June 2012, 204pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-37984-0, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-37985-7 


FORTHCOMING 

Blessing La Política 

The Latino Religious 

Experience and Political 

Engagement in the United 

States 

Carlos Vargas-Ramos and 

Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, Editors 

An essential guide to the new face of electoral politics in America, this 

book provides an examination of the political mobilization of Latinos 

and Latinas through the churches and the infl uence of being of the 

Catholic faith, enabling an understanding of the social and cultural 

dynamics at play. 

CARLOS VARGAS-RAMOS is research associate at the Center for 

Puerto Rican Studies at the City University of New York, Hunter College. 

ANTHONY M. STEVENS-ARROYO is professor emeritus of Puerto 

Rican and Latino studies at the City University of New York, Brooklyn 

College. 

FORTHCOMING 

Land and Spirit in 

Native America 

Joy Porter 

This book accurately depicts Native 

American approaches to land and spirituality 

through an interdisciplinary examination 

of Indian philosophy, history, and literature. 

JOY PORTER is senior lecturer & associate dean of the Faculty of Arts & 

Humanities at The University of Swansea, Wales, UK. 

May 2012, 184pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-35606-3, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-35607-0 


FORTHCOMING 

Reservation “Capitalism” 

Economic Development 

in Indian Country 

Robert J. Miller 

“This book provides a mountain of 

sound advice to tribal, state and 

federal policymakers.” 

—JOSEPH P. KALT, CO-DIRECTOR, HARVARD PROJECT ON 

AMERICAN INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 

This unique book investigates the history and future of American 

Indian economic activities and explains why tribal governments and 

reservation communities must focus on creating sustainable privately 

and tribally owned businesses if reservation communities and tribal 

cultures are to continue to exist. 

ROBERT J. MILLER is professor at Lewis & Clark Law School, 

Portland, OR. 


$48.00, eBook ISBN 978-1-4408-0112-9 


Lethal Encounters 

Englishmen and Indians 

in Colonial Virginia 

Alfred A. Cave 

This in-depth narrative history of the 

interactions between English settlers 

and American Indians during the 

Virginia colony’s fi rst century explains 

why a harmonious coexistence proved impossible. 

ALFRED A. CAVE is professor emeritus of history at the University of 

Toledo, Toledo, OH. 


$34.95, eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39336-5 


FORTHCOMING 

Health and Social 

Issues of Native 

American Women 

Jennie R. Joe and 

Francine C. Gachupin, Editors 

This book serves as a much-needed 

source of information on the social and 

health issues that impact the health of Native American women in 

the United States, accompanied by invaluable historical, cultural, and 

other contextual data about this sociocultural group. 

JENNIE R. JOE, PhD, MPH, MA, is professor emeritus in family and 

community medicine at the University of Arizona, Tucson. 

FRANCINE C. GACHUPIN, PhD, MPHH, CIP, is operations manager 

of the Human Research Protection Office at the University of New Mexico, 

Albuquerque. 

May 2012, 296pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39713-4, $48.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39714-1 


April 2012, 192pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4, ISBN 978-0-313-39389-1, $37.00, 

eBook ISBN 978-0-313-39390-7 


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INDEX 

ONLINE REFERENCE 

AND RESEARCH 

RESOURCES 

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sections. 

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1 

100 Years of Happiness: Insights and Findings from the Experts ..............29 

A 

A Companion to the United States Constitution and Its 

Amendments, Fifth Edition ..............................................................................78 

A History of the Birth Control Movement in America ..............................104 

A History of the Nation of Islam: Race, Islam, and the Quest 

for Freedom ....................................................................................................... 122 

A Military History of Modern Israel .................................................................82 

A New Biology of Religion: Spiritual Practice and the Life 

of the Body .........................................................................................................121 

A New World to be Won: John Kennedy, Richard Nixon, 

and the Tumultuous Year of 1960 ...............................................................103 

A Simple Path to Sustainability: Green Business Strategies 

for Small and Medium-sized Businesses .....................................................12 

African American Children and Mental Health ............................................24 

African American Civil Rights: Early Activism and the 

Niagara Movement ......................................................................................... 129 

African Foreign Policy and Diplomacy from Antiquity to 

the 21st Century ............................................................................................... 110 

Aging, But Never Old: The Realities, Myths, and 

Misrepresentations of the Anti-Aging Movement ....................................41 

All Hell Broke Loose: American Race Riots from the 

Progressive Era through World War II ........................................................102 

Altering Consciousness: Multidisciplinary Perspectives.............................23 

America’s War on Sex: The Continuing Attack on Law, Lust, 

and Liberty, Second Edition .............................................................................31 

American Civic War Guerrillas: Changing the Rules of Warfare ...........101 

American Film and Society since 1945: Fourth Edition .............................47 

American Film in the Digital Age .....................................................................47 

American History through American Sports: From Colonial 

Lacrosse to Extreme Sports .............................................................................44 

American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Mental Health: 

Development, Context, Prevention, and Treatment ..................................25 

American Indians and Popular Culture ........................................................ 129 

American Universities and Colleges: Nineteenth Edition ..........................57 

Americans, Germans, and War Crimes Justice: Law, Memory, 

and “The Good War” ..........................................................................................83 

An Oral and Documentary History of the Darfur Genocide .................... 110 

Analyzing Criminal Minds: Forensic Investigative Science 

for the 21st Century ..........................................................................................31 

Anarchism Today ...................................................................................................77 

Animals, Diseases, and Human Health: Shaping Our Lives 

Now and in the Future ......................................................................................41 

Anti-communism in Twentieth-Century America: A Critical History ..103 

Antietam 1862 .....................................................................................................105 

Appreciating Don Delillo: The Moral Force of A Writer’s Work ...............50 

Armed for Life: The Army of God and Anti-Abortion Terror 

in the United States ...........................................................................................94 

Arms Control Policy ..............................................................................................89 

Arms Control: History, Theory, and Policy ......................................................88 

Asia’s Rise in the 21st Century ..........................................................................16 

Asian American and Pacific Islander Children and Mental Health .........25 

Asian Perspectives on the World’s Religions after September 11 ........ 125 

Assured Victory: How “Stalin the Great” Won the War, 

but Lost the Peace ..............................................................................................83 

B 

Barack Obama in Hawai’i and Indonesia: 

The Making of a Global President ....................................................................73 

Barack Obama, The Aloha Zen President: How a Son of the 50th 

State May Revitalize America Based on 12 Multicultural Principles ......73 

Best Laid Plans: The Tyranny of Unintended Consequences 

and How to Avoid Them .......................................................................................17 

Beyond Burning Bras: Feminist Activism for Everyone ..................................60 

Beyond Guns and Steel: A War Termination Strategy .....................................96 

Beyond Sand and Oil: The Nuclear Middle East ...............................................88 

Beyond Suppression: Global Perspectives on Youth Violence ......................71 

Beyond the Age of Oil: The Myths, Realities, and Future of 

Fossil Fuels and Their Alternatives ................................................................57 

Beyond the Blogosphere: Information and Its Children .................................63 

Black Box Casino: How Wall Street’s Risky Shadow Banking 

Crashed Global Finance ..................................................................................... 16 

Black Educational Choice: Assessing the Private and Public 

Alternatives to Traditional K–12 Public Schools .......................................128 

Blessing La PolÃ¬tica: The Latino Religious Experience and 

Political Engagement in the United States .................................................130 

Bloggerati, Twitterati: How Blogs and Twitter are Transforming 

Popular Culture ....................................................................................................50 

Blue-Collar Pop Culture: From NASCAR to Jersey Shore ...............................48 

Books on Early American History and Culture, 1996-2000: 

An Annotated Bibliography .............................................................................107 

Books on Early American History and Culture, 2001-2005: 

An Annotated Bibliography .............................................................................107 

Bound for the Future: Child Heroes of the Underground Railroad .............128 

Boxing in America: An Autopsy ........................................................................... 51 

Branding the Candidate: Marketing Strategies to Win Your Vote ............... 13 

Built for Change: Essential Traits of Transformative Companies................ 15 

C 

Campaign Craft: The Strategies, Tactics, and Art of Political 

Campaign Management, Fourth Edition .......................................................... 76 

Can Journalism Be Saved: Rediscovering America’s Appetite for News .. 63 

Cancer Causes and Controversies: Understanding Risk Reduction 

and Prevention .....................................................................................................39 

Charles Stewart Parnell and His Times: A Bibliography...............................117 

Charlie Kaufman: Confessions of an Original Mind .........................................52 

Civil War Journalism ............................................................................................107 

Coalition Warfare: A Guide to the Issues ..........................................................89 

Combatant Commands: Origins, Structure, and Engagements .....................89 

Comics, Manga, and Graphic Novels: A History of Graphic Narratives .......50 

Commissions of Inquiry and National Security: Comparative Approaches 76 

Conflict: African American Women and the New Dilemma of Race and 

Gender Politics ..................................................................................................130 

Conspiracy Rising: Conspiracy Thinking and American Public Life ............79 

Contemporary Maritime Piracy: International Law, Strategy, 

and Diplomacy at Sea ......................................................................................... 91 

Corporal Punishment around the World ............................................................68 

Counterterrorism: From the Cold War to the War on Terror ..........................87 

Courtship and Marriage in Victorian England ............................................... 115 

Creating a Successful Marketing Strategy for Your Small New Business . 14 

Crime in Medieval England .................................................................................117 

Crime Wars: The Global Intersection of Crime, Political Violence, 

and International Law .........................................................................................71 

African American Experience 

World History: Ancient & Medieval Eras 

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Crimes Against Nature: Illegal Industries and the Global Environment .... 70 

Cruel God, Kind God: How Images of God Shape Belief, Attitude, 

and Outlook.........................................................................................................123 

Cult Pop Culture: How the Fringe Became Mainstream ..................................45 

Cybercrime: Criminal Threats from Cyberspace ...............................................71 

D 

David Galula: The Life and Writings of the French Officer 

Who Defined the Art of Counterinsurgency ...................................................81 

Debating Psychic Experience: Human Potential or Human Illusion ..........27 

Dementia..................................................................................................................37 

Developing Women Leaders in Corporate America: Balancing 

Competing Demands, Transcending Traditional Boundaries ..................... 10 

Disarming States: The International Movement to Ban Landmines ............93 

Do the Crime, Do the Time: Juvenile Criminals and Adult Justice 

in the American Court System ..........................................................................69 

Doing Business in the New Latin America: Keys to Profit in 

America’s Next-Door Markets, Second Edition ...............................................8 

Drugging Our Children: How Profiteers Are Pushing Antipsychotics 

on Our Youngest, and What We Can Do to Stop It .........................................28 

E 

Early Childhood Intervention: Shaping the Future for Children 

with Special Needs and Their Families ..........................................................37 

Early Controversies and the Growth of Christianity ......................................111 

Early Modern Supernatural: The Dark Side of European Culture, 

1400–1700 ......................................................................................................... 113 

Eating to Excess: The Meaning of Gluttony and the Fat Body 

in the Ancient World ......................................................................................... 112 

Eco-Warriors, Nihilistic Terrorists, and the Environment ............................95 

Edifice of Freedom: The Civil War Amendments in Historical 

Perspective.........................................................................................................106 

Elvis Presley, Reluctant Rebel: His Life and Our Times ................................49 

End-Timers: Three Thousand Years of Waiting for Judgement Day ...........123 

Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects .................................62 

Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a 

World of Finite Resources ..................................................................................11 

Enterprise 2.0: How Technology, Ecommerce, and Web 2.0 are 

Transforming Business Virtually .......................................................................8 

Environmental Security: A Guide to the Issues ...............................................90 

Essential Buddhism: A Comprehensive Guide to Belief and Practice .......125 

Essentials of Sports Law: Fourth Edition .........................................................46 

Excellent Care for Cancer Survivors: A Guide to Fully Meet 

Their Needs in Medical Offices and in the Community ...............................40 

Explaining Evil ..................................................................................................... 119 

F 

Fear of a Hip Hop Planet: America’s New Dilemma .......................................128 

Food and Agriculture Security: An Historical, 

Multidisciplinary Approach ...............................................................................98 

Food for the Soul: Vegetarianism and Yoga Traditions ...............................124 

Foreign Affairs and the Founding Fathers: From Confederation 

to Constitution, 1776-1787 .............................................................................107 

Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Third American Revolution ..........................104 

Free Stylin’: How Hip Hop Changed the Fashion Industry ...........................128 

Freedom of Choice: Vouchers in American Education .................................... 61 

From Caliphate to Secular State: Power Struggle in the Early Turkish 

Republic ................................................................................................................. 115 

G 

Galula in Algeria: Counterinsurgency Practice versus Theory ....................95 

Gender and Literacy: A Handbook for Educators and Parents ......................60 

Geopolitics: A Guide to the Issues .....................................................................92 

Global Business Etiquette: A Guide to International 

Communication and Customs, Second Edition .............................................. 16 

Global Energy Innovation: Why America Must Lead ........................................62 

Global Security Watch--Venezuela ....................................................................99 

Global Security Watch—Central Asia .................................................................99 

Global Security Watch—China .............................................................................99 

Global Security Watch—India ..............................................................................99 

Global Security Watch—Japan .............................................................................99 

Global Security Watch—Pakistan ........................................................................99 

Glued to Games: How Video Games Draw Us In and Hold Us Spellbound ... 51 

Goddesses in World Culture...............................................................................120 

Government Grief: How to Help Your Small Business Survive 

Mindless Regulation, Political Corruption and Red Tape ........................... 16 

Grading the 44th President: A report card on Barack Obama’s 

First Term as a Progressive Leader ................................................................73 

‘Greed is Good’ and other Fables: Office Life in Popular Culture ...............49 

Green Collar Jobs: Environmental Careers for the 21st Century ................... 9 

Gus Van Sant: His Own Private Cinema .............................................................52 

H 

Handbook of Families and Aging, 2nd Edition .................................................30 

Health and Social Issues of Native American Women .................................. 131 

Health Care Reform and Disparities: History, Hype, and Hope.....................78 

Hell No!: A Fundamentalist Preacher Rejects Eternal Torment ..................124 

How Wars are Won and Lost: Vulnerability and Military Power ....................95 

How Women can Make it Work: The Science of Success ................................ 15 

Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy ................................................................................26 

I 

Images That Injure: Pictorial Stereotypes in the Media, Third Edition .....30 

In the Company of Men: Inside the Lives of Male Prostitutes .....................32 

Intelligence Analysis: How to Think in Complex Environments ...................96 

Intelligence and Government in Britain and the United States: 

A Comparative Perspective ............................................................................... 75 

Intelligence Collection: How To Plan and Execute Intelligence 

Collection In Complex Environments ..............................................................96 

International Business in the 21st Century ........................................................7 

International Perspectives on Children and Mental Health .........................25 

Internet Child Pornography: Causes, Investigation, and Prevention ..........67 

Iran, Israel, and the United States: 

Regime Security vs. Political Legitimacy ...................................................... 91 

Iraq’s Dysfunctional Democracy ......................................................................... 75 

“Islam” Means Peace: Understanding the Muslim Principle 

of Nonviolence Today .......................................................................................125 

J 

James Meredith: Warrior and the America that Created Him ......................129 

Jury Duty: Reclaiming Your Political Power and Taking Responsibility ..... 77 

L 

Land and Spirit in Native America ................................................................... 131 

Latina and Latino Children’s Mental Health ....................................................24 

Legends, Monsters, or Serial Murderers: 

The Real Story Behind an Ancient Crime .......................................................69 

Leonidas and the Kings of Sparta: Mightiest Warriors, Fairest Kingdom 112 

Lethal Encounters: Englishmen and Indians in Colonial Virginia ............. 131 

Living in an Environmentally Traumatized World: 

Healing Ourselves and Our Planet ...................................................................58 

Los Protestantes: An Introduction to Latino Protestantism 

in the United States .........................................................................................123 

Losing the Bond with God: Sexual Addiction and Evangelical Men ............33 

M 

Making Environmental Law: The Politics of Protecting the Earth ...............79 

Making of the Raj, The: India under the East India Company ......................117 

Managing Diversity in Today’s Workplace: 

Strategies for Employees and Employers......................................................... 5 

Marching with Dr. King: Ralph Helstein and the United 

Packinghouse Workers of America .................................................................103 

Margin of Victory: How Technologists Help Politicians Win Elections ....... 76 

Masculine Identities: The History and Meanings of Manliness .................109 

misLeading Indicators: How to Reliably Measure Your Business ................ 13 

Mothers Losing Custody: The New Threat to the Family ...............................62 

Mythology in the Ancient World ........................................................................125 

Mythology in the Middle Ages: Heroic Tales of Monsters, 

Magic, and Might ............................................................................................... 113 

N 

NATO: A Guide to the Issues ................................................................................93 

No More Secrets: Open Source Information and the 

Reshaping of U.S. Intelligence .........................................................................98 

Normality Does Not Equal Mental Health: The Need to Look 

Elsewhere for Standards of Good Psychological Health .............................28 

North Korea under Kim Chong-il: Power, Politics, 

and Prospects for Change ................................................................................. 91 

Now That You’re Out: The Challenges and Joys of Living as a Gay Man .....33 

P 

Part-Time Perverts: Sex, Pop Culture, and Kink Management .....................33 

Peace Movements Worldwide ...............................................................................56 

Peacemaking: From Practice to Theory .............................................................90 

Police Psychology: A New Specialty and New Challenges 

for Men and Women in Blue ............................................................................... 70 

Police Use of Force: A Global Perspective ........................................................71 

Political Parties and Democracy ........................................................................ 74 

Praeger Handbook of Sports Medicine and Athlete Health ...........................38 

Praeger Handbook of Veterans Health: History and Challenges; 

Issues and Developments ..................................................................................35 

Praeger Handbook on Understanding and Preventing 

Workplace Discrimination .................................................................................... 9 

Prison Privatization: The Many Facets of a Controversial Industry ...........65 

Privatize This: Assessing the Opportunities and Costs of Privatization . 14 

Profit of Education ................................................................................................ 61 

Prophylactic Mastectomy: Insights from Women who Chose 

to Reduce Their Risk ..........................................................................................40 

Prostitution in the Digital Age: Selling Sex from the Suite to the Street 68 

Public Health in the 21st Century ......................................................................37 

Q 

Quack Medicine: A History of Combating Health Fraud 

in Twentieth-Century America ........................................................................ 101 

Queer Questions, Clear Answers: 

The Contemporary Debates on Sexual Orientation ......................................59 

Queer Religion ...................................................................................................... 121 

Queers in American Popular Culture .................................................................45 

Quentin Tarantino: Life at the Extremes ...........................................................52 

R 

Real Leadership: How Spiritual Values Give Leadership Meaning .............. 12 

Real-Life Monsters: A Psychological Examination of the Serial Murderer ...68 

Reaping What You Sow: A Comparative Examination of Torture 

Reform in the United States, France, Argentina, and Israel ......................79 

Reason and Wonder: A Copernican Revolution in Science and Spirit .......122 

Refugees Worldwide ..............................................................................................55 

Religion, Magic, and Science in Early Modern Europe and America ........ 114 

Religion, Spirituality, and Positive Psychology Religion and Positive 

Psychology: Understanding the Psychological Fruits of Faith ..................27 

Religion, Terror, and Error: U.S. Foreign Policy and the 

Challenge of Spiritual Engagement .................................................................97 

Remaking Chronic Care in the Age of Health Care Reform: 

Changes for Lower Cost, Higher Quality Treatment ..................................... 41 

Reproductive Justice: A Global Concern ...........................................................60 

Reservation “Capitalism”: Economic Development in Indian Country ..... 131 

Rethinking Chivalry and Courtly Love ............................................................. 113 

Revolution in Egypt: Roots and Repercussions ...............................................87 

Romancing the Atom: Vignettes of the Atomic Mindset 

From the Radium Girls to Nuclear Green ......................................................102 

S 

Sacred Terror: How Faith Becomes Lethal ........................................................95 

Safe Spaces: Making Schools and Communities Welcoming to LGBT Youth .59 

Saudi State, Wahhabi World: The Globalization of Muslim Radicalism ......88 

Science and the World’s Religions ....................................................................23 

Securitization of Human Rights: North Korean Refugees in East Asia .......90 

Sex in College ........................................................................................................32 

Sex, Love, and Mental Illness: A Couple’s Guide to Staying Connected ....32 

Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: A Decade of Crisis, 2002-2012 .....27 

Sexuality and Addiction: Making Connections, Enhancing Recovery .........40 

Shakespeare and Son: A Journey in Writing and Grieving ............................50 

Shiloh: Confederate High Tide in the Heartland............................................105 

Sinn Fein Women: Footnoted Foot Soldiers and Women of 

No Importance ....................................................................................................116 

Social Entrepreneurship: How Businesses Can Transform Society ............... 6 

Sociological Insights of Great Thinkers: Sociology through 

Literature, Philosophy, and Science ..............................................................111 

Sold into Extinction: The Global Trade in Endangered Species ..................69 

Solving the Climate Crisis through Social Change: 

Public Investment in Social Prosperity to Cool a Fevered Planet ............78 

Something That Matters: A Theology for Critical Believers .......................124 

Spirit Possession and Exorcism: History, Psychology, and Neurobiology .23 

Spiritual Ecology: A Quiet Revolution .............................................................122 

Spotlighting the Strengths of Every Single Student: 

Why U.S. Schools Need a New, Strengths-Based Approach ........................ 61 

Spying In America in the Post 9/11 World: 

Domestic Threat and the Need for Change ....................................................98 

Stability, Security, Reconstruction, and Transition Operations: 

A Guide to the Issues .........................................................................................97 

Steroids: A New Look at Performance-Enhancing Drugs ...............................46 

Strategic Communication: Origins, Concepts, and Current Debates ..........97 

Strategic Planning: A Practical Guide to Strategy 

Formulation and Execution................................................................................ 15 

Supernatural America: A Cultural History ........................................................48 

Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court is Not a Court 

and its Justices are Not Judges .......................................................................78 

T 

The Album: A Guide to Pop Music’s Most Provocative, Influential, 

and Important Creations ....................................................................................43 

The Art of Nonfiction Movie Making ..................................................................47 

The Axis Air Forces: Flying in Support of the German Luftwaffe ................81 

The Basics of Transracial Adoption .................................................................130 

The Battle of the Century: Dempsey, Carpentier, 

and the Birth of Modern Promotion ................................................................. 51 

The Big House in a Small Town: Prisons, Communities, 

and Economics in Rural America ...................................................................... 70 

The Business of Sustainability: Trends, Policies, Practices, 

and Stories of Success .........................................................................................7 

The Chameleon President: The Curious Case of George W. Bush ................ 75 

The Christian Science Monitor: An Evolving Experiment in Journalism .....17 

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The Civil War in the East: Struggle, Stalemate, and Victory ......................106 

The Coppolas: A Family Business .......................................................................52 

The Cultural Context of Health, Illness, and Medicine: Second Edition ....39 

The Cultural Context of Medieval Music ......................................................... 112 

The DVD Novel: How the Way We Watch Television 

Changed the Television We Watch ....................................................................49 

The Educated Parent 2: Child Rearing in the 21st Century ..........................28 

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Market Research ............................................... 14 

The Entrepreneurial Spirit of African American Inventors .........................129 

The Essential Guide to Overcoming Avoidant Personality Disorder ...........29 

The Essentials of Job Negotiations: Proven Strategies for 

Getting What You Want ........................................................................................11 

The European Invasion of North America: Colonial Conflict Along 

the Hudson - Champlain Corridor, 1609-1760 ..............................................82 

The Ever-Evolving Enterprise: Guidelines for Creating 

Your Company’s Future .......................................................................................17 

The Forgotten History of America’s Negro Leagues .....................................130 

The Future Faces of War: Population and National Security ........................93 

The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association Handbook on 

LGBT Health, 2 volumes .....................................................................................38 

The Global Muslim Community at a Crossroads: Understanding 

Religious Beliefs, Practices, and Infighting, to End the Conflict ............ 31 

The Great American Housing Bubble: The Road to Collapse .........................11 

The Great Anglo-Celtic Divide in the History of 

American Foreign Relations ............................................................................102 

The Inside Stories of Modern Political Scandals: How Investigative 

Reporters Have Changed the Course of American History ............................79 

The Insurgency in Chechnya and the North Caucasus: 

From Gazavat to Jihad ........................................................................................83 

The IRA: The Irish Republican Army ..................................................................94 

The Khmer Rouge: Ideology, Militarism, and the Revolution 

that Consumed a Generation .............................................................................94 

The Last Murder: The Investigation, Prosecution, 

and Execution of Ted Bundy ..............................................................................67 

The Lion of Judah in the New World: Emperor Haile Selassie of 

Ethiopia and the Shaping of Americans’ Attitudes toward Africa...........116 

The Marketing Handbook: 99 Three-Minute Marketing Lessons 

for Business Success ......................................................................................... 13 

The Militant Kurds: A Dual Strategy for Freedom ...........................................83 

The Mind of a Murderer: Privileged Access to the Demons 

that Drive Extreme Violence ............................................................................. 70 

The Myth of Fair and Efficient Government: 

Why The Government You Want Is Not The One You Get .............................. 15 

The New Digital Storytelling: Creating Narratives with New Media............63 

The Nexus: International Terrorism and Drug Trafficking 

from Afghanistan .................................................................................................92 

The Northern Home Front during the Civil War..............................................106 

The Palestine Liberation Organization: 

Terrorism and Prospects for Peace in the Holy Land ...................................94 

The Podium, the Pulpit, and the Republicans: How Presidential 

Candidates Use Religious Language in American Political Debate .......... 77 

The Politics of Food: The Global Conflict between 

Food Security and Food Sovereignty ..............................................................93 

The Praeger Handbook of Environmental Health ............................................36 

The Praeger Handbook of Faith-Based Schools in the 

United States, K-12 ..........................................................................................120 

The President as Economist: Scoring Economic Performance 

from Harry Truman to Barack Obama .............................................................. 75 

The Psychology of Black Boys and Adolescents .............................................22 

The Psychology of Love ........................................................................................20 

INDEX 

The Psychology of Peace: An Introduction, Second Edition .........................30 

The Psychology of Teen Violence and Victimization .....................................22 

The Real Change-Makers: 

Why Government is Not the Problem Or the Solution .................................. 76 

The Realist Tradition in International Relations: 

The Foundations of Western Order ..................................................................85 

The Rise of the Federal Colossus: 

The Growth of Federal Power from Lincoln to F.D.R. .................................. 101 

The Russian Revolution, 1917-1945 ...............................................................116 

The Search for Survival: Lessons from Disruptive Technologies ................ 12 

The Seven Days’ Battles ...................................................................................105 

The Seven Sources of Pleasure in Life: 

Making Way for the Upside in the Midst of Modern Demands ....................29 

The Tea Party Movement ...................................................................................... 77 

The Technology Trap: Where Human Error and Malevolence 

Meet Powerful Technologies .............................................................................58 

The Terrorist List ..................................................................................................86 

The Wire, Deadwood, Homicide, and NYPD Blue: Violence is Power ...........49 

The Words and Music of Billy Joel .....................................................................53 

The Words and Music of Dolly Parton: 

Getting to Know Country’s “Iron Butterfly” ..................................................53 

The Words and Music of George Harrison .........................................................53 

The Words and Music of Jimi Hendrix................................................................53 

The Words and Music of Paul McCartney: The Solo Years .............................53 

The World Island: Eurasian Geopolitics and the Fate of the West ..............92 

The Wu-Tang Clan and RZA: A Trip through Hip Hop’s 36 Chambers ..........48 

Titanic Century: Media, Myth, and the Making of a Cultural Icon .............104 

Toxic Politics: The Secret History of the Kremlin’s Poison 

Laboratory—from the Special Cabinet to the Death of Litvinenko .........116 

Tupaia: Captain Cook’s Polynesian Navigator................................................ 114 

U 

Underground Dance Masters: Final History of a Forgotten Era ...................48 

Understanding Pain: What You Need to Know to Take Control .....................38 

Understanding Why Addicts Are Not All Alike: Recognizing the 

Types and How Their Differences Affect Intervention and Treatment .....39 

V 

Victims of Sexual Assault and Abuse: Resources and 

Responses for Individuals and Families .........................................................66 

Victorian Needlework .......................................................................................... 115 

Violence and Abuse in Society: Understanding a Global Crisis................... 19 

Voices of Historical and Contemporary Black American Pioneers ............127 

W 

War and Governance: International Security in a Changing World Order ... 91 

War on Words: Who Should Protect Journalists .............................................63 

Wes Anderson: Why His Movies Matter ..............................................................52 

Western Daughters in Eastern Lands: British Missionary Women in Asia 114 

When Women Sexually Abuse Men: The Hidden Side of Rape, 

Stalking, Harassment, and Sexual Assault ....................................................26 

Why Germany Nearly Won: A New History of the Second 

World War in Europe ............................................................................................82 

Women and Mental Disorders .............................................................................. 21 

Women as Leaders in Education: Succeeding Despite Inequity, 

Discrimination, and Other Challenges............................................................... 10 

Women as Transformational Leaders: 

From Grassroots to Global Interests ...............................................................26 

Women in the United States Armed Forces: A Guide to the Issues .............92 

Working in Your Major: How to Find a Job When You Graduate .....................17 

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