Böcker utgivna av Rutgers University Press

References to the Holocaust are some of the most common additions to contemporary haggadot. Is it possible to find any redemptive meaning in the Nazi genocide? Are we adding value to this unforgivable moment in history? This work looks at the controversial topic and explains both sides of the debates.

The American prison system has grown tenfold since the 1970s, but crime rates in the United States have not decreased. The author argues that our oversized prison system is a product of our consumer culture, the public's inaccurate beliefs about controlling crime, and the government's criminalization of the poor.

A collection of seventeen original essays on women's lives from the colonial period onwards. This title takes into account the competing forces of race, gender, class, sexuality, religion, and region.

Provides a critical lens through which to view both the contemporary debate about immigration and the US response to the emergent global tuberculosis epidemic. This book shows how the association of the disease with ""tramps"" during the 1880s and 1890s and Dust Bowl refugees during the 1930s provoked exclusionary measures against both groups.

The ability to obtain health care is fundamental to the security, stability, and well-being of poor families. Drawing upon statistical data and interviews with over five hundred families in Oregon, this work assesses the ways in which welfare reform affects the well-being of adults and children who leave the program for work.

Toyo Suyemoto is known informally by literary scholars and the media as ""Japanese America's poet laureate."" This work presents an account of Suyemoto, which includes information about policies and wartime decisions, and recounts the way in which internees adjusted their notions of selfhood and citizenship.

Conventional approaches to Hinduism typically stress its classical religious tradition with an emphasis on the Brahmin texts and practices. This introductory text provides a view of this religious tradition, acknowledging a range of its many competing and even contradictory aspects.

Taking a look at the changing face of corporate lobbying, this work shows how women who have historically worked mostly in policy areas relating to ""women's issues"" such as welfare, family, and health have become influential as corporate lobbyists, specializing in what used to be considered ""masculine"" policy, such as taxes and defense.

In the early years of the twentieth century, Americans began to recognize adolescence as a developmental phase distinct from both childhood and adulthood. This title explores the girls' organizations that sprang up in the first half of the twentieth century from a socio-historical perspective.

Identifies and documents the lives and publications of over one hundred African American women writers in the Garden State from 1836 through 2000. This volume contains biographical and bibliographical information for each author, including the photographs of the authors and citations for the published pamphlets, books, reports, and articles.

New Jersey has a varied and fascinating history - from its earliest Native American settlements, through its central role in the Revolutionary War, to its strategic position in the major events of our country's past. This guidebook includes information on forty-eight of the best sites for historical walks in New Jersey.

Presents a collection of writings by Einstein on the topic of race. This book tells how he spoke out vigorously against racism both in the United States and around the world. It brings attention to Einstein's antiracist public activities, and provides insight into antiracist struggles in America.

Explores the rise of an ethic of self-sacrifice in American science. This work describes when and how science came to rely on an investigator willing to embrace toil, danger, and even lethal dismemberment. It examines the suffering scientist as a way to understand the transformation of American life between the Civil War and World War I.

Shows readers how they can continue to enjoy youthful living, regardless of whether their hearing abilities are undiminished or severely compromised. This book explains the typical causes of hearing loss, from genetic factors to years of exposure to loud noises, and demystifies the sometimes confusing results of a hearing test.

In the first decade of the AIDS epidemic, New York City was struck badly. This book presents a social history of New York's AIDS community, and focuses on the ways that these disparate groups formed networks of people and organizations that supported persons with AIDS, reduced transmission, funded research, and gave a face to this epidemic.

After the 9/11 World Trade Center terrorist attacks, New York City's Emerald Society Bagpipe Band of firefighter-musicians prepared to bury their 343 brothers in duty. This book tells the story of four firefighters in the band, whose stories illustrate the grief and recovery that the nation experienced in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks.

Presenting an illustrated history, this book calls upon several photographs and newspaper clippings that uncover the story of how the Irish in New Jersey maintained their cultural roots. It is suitable for those interested in the cultural heritage of a proud and accomplished people.

Presents a book-length collection of documents that spans the history of New Jersey, from the arrival of Dutch traders in the 1600s. Offering a balanced survey of New Jersey's history presented in the context of a changing nation, this volume is suitable for US history students at the high school and college levels.

A reference for amateur naturalists, outdoor enthusiasts, and others who wish to explore the area, this book explains the geographic characteristics, animal habits and habitats, climate, geology, and vegetation of the area. It also includes brief profiles of individuals who played significant roles in the preservation of the area's ecology.

Best known in the United States for her path-breaking efforts in preserving the character of Greenwich Village, Jane Jacobs is the author of the classic 1961 book, ""The Death and Life of Great American Cities"". This book tells how without any formal training in planning, Jacobs became a prominent spokesperson for sensible urban change.

Why did some offenses in the South end in mob lynchings while similar crimes led to legal executions? Why did still other cases have nonlethal outcomes? Here, the author explores the complex relationship between these two forms of lethal punishment, challenging the assumption that executions consistently grew out of - and replaced - lynchings.

Provides a full and balanced portrait of Fulgencio Batista. The author describes Batista's rise to power as part of a revolutionary movement and the intrigues and dangers that surrounded him. This volume focuses on Batista's role as a revolutionary leader from 1933 to 1934 and his image as a strongman in the years between 1934 and 1939.

Explains how and why this religious group, founded on principles of enforced community, explicit authoritative relationships, and therapeutic ideals, attracted so many individuals. Tracing the rise and fall of this fast-growing religious movement, this study offers insight into the difficulties that revivalist movements have in sustaining growth.

A biking book for the New Jersey region geared specifically toward families with young kids, this shows where to find nearly 25 kid-friendly trails - trails that are not too steep or too long, do not encounter many roads, and provide ample access to food and restroom facilities. A guide for planning family bike excursions.

This anthology reorients the field of domestic violence research by bringing attention to the structural forms of oppression in communities marginalized by race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, or social class. It is for courses in sociology, criminology, social work, and women's studies and provides information and resources for professionals.

A survey of community-based performance in the US from its roots, to its flourishing during the 1960s, to present-day popular culture. It provides descriptions of performances and processes, first-person stories, and analysis and shows how ritualism reinforces community identification while aestheticism enables locals to transgress cultural norms.

In this revised and expanded, 21 educators call attention to racial disparities in the child welfare system by demonstrating how practices that are successful for white children are often not similarly successful for African American children.

Cheryl Clarke explores the relationship between the Black Arts Movement (BAM) and black women writers of the period, whose poems chart the emergence of a new and distinct black poetry and its relationship to the black community's struggle for rights and liberation.

As Krin Gabbard reveals in this book, we duly recognize the cultural heritage of African Americans in literature, music and art, but there is a disturbing pattern in the roles that blacks are asked to play - particularly in the movies.

Focusing on recent postmodern examples, this is a collection of essays reviewing the history of the horror film and the psychological reasons for its persistent appeal.