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The Work of the Heart: Young Women and Emotion, 1780-1830

Martha Tomhave Blauvelt

How did young American women construct and express their emotions between 1780 and 1830? Before Oprah and therapy, how did they reconcile society’s demanding and often contradictory expectations? In The Work of the Heart: Young Women and Emotion, 1780-1830, Martha Tomhave Blauvelt looks to the often spirited diaries written by young women in America’s early republic, arguing that the continuous, demanding, and often unnoticed emotional labor of women exemplified their uneasy position within society.

Employing the concept of "emotion work," Blauvelt argues that despite the fact that the amount of physical labor may have declined for these young women, the popularity of fiction, desire to display genteel refinement, need to deflect criticism of women’s academy education, and resignation in marriage created multiple emotional tasks requiring highly skilled labor. In her detailed examination of fifty young northern women’s diaries during this time period, the author shows that while this work entailed attempts at suppressing inappropriate feeling, it also invited self-consciousness and a sense of competence as these women addressed society’s often contradictory expectations. In a variety of settings, emotion work was the means through which women constructed a fluid and negotiated self, while their diaries provided a mirror and tool of this labor.

Showing work where none seemed to exist, The Work of the Heart suggests emotion work as a key measure of women’s status, whether for the twenty-first century or the eighteenth, and offers an analytical tool for historians exploring the self.
From Revolutionary Movements to Political Parties: Cases from Latin America and Africa

Kalowatie Deonandan, David Close, and Gary Prevost

This volume is a series of original articles analyzing eleven case studies of revolutionary movements which have reconstituted themselves into formal political parties now contesting electoral politics. These case studies are drawn from Africa and the Americas and examined within the context of the democratic transitions which have taken place in the developing world. The book's principal objective is to analyze the factors influencing the successes and failures of these former politico-military movements within this new context of democracy and electoralism.
Business, Ethics, and the Environment: Imagining a Sustainable Future

Joseph R. DesJardins

This book provides a framework for business ethics in the age of sustainability. The book examines the many ways that business is changing, and should change, to meet the demands of a sustainable future. This book blends philosophical and ethical analysis with real-world practical cases and examples to show what sustainable business can and should become. This book covers the shift to sustainable business models, environmental sustainability, alternative economic model of sustainable economics, sustainable production, and consumerism.
Spanish and Empire

Nelsy Echávez-Solano and Kenya C. Dworkin y Méndez

Essays in this volume deal with the historical, linguistic, and ideological legacy of the Spanish Empire and its language in the New World.

Table of Contents:
Languages, Catholicism, and power in the Hispanic Empire (1500-1770) / Juan R. Lodares -- Echoes of the voiceless : language in Jesuit missions in Paraguay / Fernando Ordóñez -- Languages and imperial designs in the Andes / Juan C. Godenzzi -- Exploring the problematics of non-Castilian emigration to the Americas through La vida cuartizada of Joan/Juan Torrendell / Thomas Harrington --The Foxes by José María Arguedas : a death warrant for Peru's modern national project / José Antonio Giménez Micó -- Nuyorican Poetry, tactics for local resistance / Susan M. Campbell -- Latino, Latin American, Spanish American, North American, or all at the same time? / Edmundo Paz-Soldán -- Language imperialism and the spread of global Spanish / Clare Mar-Molinero -- Signs of empire in Mexican graphic narrative : a research agenda / Bruce Campbell -- Spanish, English, or Spanglish? : truth and consequences of U.S. Latino Bilingualism / John M. Lipski -- Language and empire : a conversation with Ilan Stavans / Ilan Stavans and Verónica Albin.
Perspectives on Minnesota Government and Politics (6th Edition)

Steve Hoffman, Angela High-Pippert, and Kay G. Wolsborn
Spirit and Reason: The Embodied Character of Ezekiel's Symbolic Thinking

Dale Launderville OSB

By comparing and contrasting the pictures gained from Greek and Mesopotamian cities with Ezekiel's Jerusalem, Launderville masterfully shows how Ezekiel fosters a type of symbolic thinking focused on making the Israelites into living symbols of God. The Spirit is the reality that connects humans with the cosmic order and enables the workings of the human heart—the place within which reason functions, according to ancient Israelite anthropology. Ezekiel's symbolic thinking is an integrative rationality in which reason is regarded as operating within the heart through the empowerment and guidance of the Spirit.
Clemens Perk

Paul Marsnik and Terri Barreiro

Clemens Perk is a full-service coffee shop located in a college library, launched by a group of college students. See the step-by-step process of how they turned opportunity into reality.

Each EduCase contains a video DVD and accompanying written material that work together to bring you the full experience.The high-definition DVD contains an overview of the venture as well as several modules that allow for course-specific and interdisciplinary study of each EduCase. The faculty-authored booklet expands the company overview and includes supporting material such as industry analysis and competitive environment, as well as student questions and resources.
The Bush Doctrine and Latin America

Gary Prevost and Carlos Oliva Campos

In the wake of the events of September 11, 2001, the government of George W. Bush has articulated a new strategy for U.S. foreign policy that has come to be known as the Bush Doctrine, and is based on a more aggressive approach to perceived threats to U.S. security. This book analyzes how the application of the Bush Doctrine in Latin America has changed U.S. policy in the region. Various authors demonstrate how security issues, never absent from hemispheric relations, have again moved to the forefront.
An Introductory Dictionary of Theology and Religious Studies

Aaron Raverty OSB, Orlando Espin, and James Nickoloff

Students enrolled in undergraduate theology and religious studies courses are frequently confronted with the daunting task of mastering new and unfamiliar terminology. While some textbooks include glossaries to aid the introductory student, many educators assign classroom texts that assume students' prior knowledge of key terms. Having ready access to a wide variety of definitions in a single, compact volume is especially important in our multicultural and religiously plural world. Spanning the gamut from "Aaron" to "Zwingli," this dictionary includes nearly 3,000 entries written by about sixty authors, all of whom are specialists in their various theological and religious disciplines. The editors have designed the dictionary especially to aid the introductory-level student with instant access to definitions of terms likely to be encountered in--but not to substitute for--classroom presentations or reading assignments. Designed as a supplement for student coursework, An Introductory Dictionary of Theology and Religious Studies is also a useful resource for catechesis or religious education, for those pursuing interfaith or interreligious dialogue, and for those whose duties require communication with persons from diverse religious traditions.
To Thank and Bless : Prayers at Meals

Dietrich Reinhart OSB and Michael Kwatera OSB

When families gather for meals, they are nourished with more than the food placed before them. Mealtime is a time to be nourished with the companionship of people as well. Both the food we share and the people with whom we share it are gifts from God. So it is fitting that we pause at mealtime to offer thanks and praise to God. This collection of prayers echoes the Scripture-yet another source of God's sustenance-of the church year. From Advent to Ordinary Time, from the Solemnity of St. Joseph to the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, families will be reminded of the link between the dining room table and the eucharistic table.
Sacred Music and Liturgical Reform: Treasures and Transformations

Anthony Ruff OSB

Sacred Music and Liturgical Reform is a high-level study of liturgical music in the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. Anthony Ruff, a preeminent scholar of liturgical music, proposes a hermeneutic for understanding the Second Vatican Council's teachings on worship music: a balanced 'inconsistency' rather than absolutist and rationalistic coherence. Ruff's focus in this study is on preservation and renewal, arising from the Council's decrees mandating, on the one hand, the preservation of the inherited treasury of sacred music (the thesaurus musicae sacrae), and, on the other hand, the adaptation and expansion of this treasury to meet the changed requirements of the reformed liturgy. Sacred Music and Liturgical Reform, with an extensive index essential for any student of liturgical music, also explores controversies surrounding liturgical music and provides a historical context for the musical changes in the Church. Drawing on the musical and liturgical history that led up to and informed the statements of the Council, Ruff offers a centrist interpretation of Vatican II's teachings on worship music and in the process seeks to reclaim and redefine the 'center.' This is an essential text for all professors and students of liturgical music, as well as music directors.Anthony Ruff, OSB, is a member of the Music Subcommittee of the Bishop's Committee on Liturgy and has numerous articles published in Antiphon, The Hymn, and Pastoral Music, among others. Father Ruff is currently an assistant professor of theology and liturgical music at St. John's University.
God's Gift Giving : In Christ and through the Spirit

R. Kevin Seasoltz OSB

Beginning with the notion of gift giving, this book serves as a mediation on the central mysteries of the Christian faith - the trinity, redemption, the eucharist, human participation in the divine life and solidarity with one another - in a contemporary idiom
The Art of the Saint John's Bible

Susan Sink

The Saint John's Bible provides an opportunity for people to experience the Scriptures in a new—but at the same time ancient—way. Here are illuminations that bring the words of the Bible alive for the contemporary world. Some of the world's top calligraphers, working in a tradition all but replaced by the printing press centuries ago, invite us into a rich and varied creation. The illuminations draw on and update Eastern iconographic and Western sacred art traditions, resulting in one of the most important sacred art achievements of our time.

The Art of The Saint John's Bible: A Reader's Guide brings text and illumination together for reflection. This guide further opens up the significance of elements in the illuminations, and points out recurring visual motifs that connect the stories within and across the volumes. You will find here some of the history of the tradition of illuminated Bibles, as well as insight into the thought processes and artistic vision behind the planning and execution of the images. The guide covers the first three published volumes of The Saint John's Bible, Pentateuch, Psalms, and Gospels and Acts. It includes information on the individual artists; an explanation of terms such as carpet pages and marginalia; an index of flora and fauna; and a chart of the chant tones used in Psalms. More importantly, it offers an invitation to experience the illuminations and the biblical text more deeply.

This book features beautiful full color and black and white reproductions of more than 40 major artworks from the individual volumes and over two dozen reproductions of the minor elements (text treatments, marginalia, initials). It is the first book in a series of three, the second of which will feature the most recently released volumes, Prophets and Wisdom Books, while the third book will feature Historical Books and Letters and Revelation, the final volumes of The Saint John's Bible yet to be released.
Soldier, Artist, Monk

Placid Stuckenschneider OSB

Soldier, Artist, Monk is a collection by Brother Placid Stuckenschneider OSB of his thoughts and memories that covers over fifty years. He grew up in Montana, but soon found himself on board a US Troop Ship leaving San Francisco harbor. Pacific Stars and Stripes was the first publication to publish drawings by "Stucky" when he was serving at the end of World War II in the Philippines and Japan.After a brief sojourn at Layton School of Art, Milwaukee, Stuckenschneider entered the Benedictine monastery of Saint John's Abbey in Minnesota to try his vocation. For many years his work enhanced publications of Liturgical Press. Throughout his life as a monk he sought to balance the three primary elements of Benedictine monastic life: Work, Reading and Prayer. Brother Placid died at Collegeville on Saturday, 24 February 2007, less than a month after receiving the first copy of Soldier, Artist, Monk.
Mississippi Topsoils, inc.

Virginia Arthur, Ernest Diedrich, Paul Marsnik, and Rick D. Saucier

Mississippi Topsoils, Inc. is an established business that uses a highly technical composting process to convert secondary biosolid material from a poultry processor into value-added soil products under the trade name Soil Essentials. Join Brad Matuska, co-owner of Mississippi Topsoils, to learn how this entrepreneurial idea led to a successful business by living the values of sustainability and positive relationships.
Rodolfo Walsh: Argentino, Escritor, Militante

Eleonora Bertranou

A treinta años del último golpe de estado que inauguró el gobierno militar más violento de la historia argentina, Rodolfo Walsh, argentino, escritor, militante de Eleonora Bertranou, propone el análisis de uno de los íconos políticos más relevantes surgidos al final de la dictadura. Rodolfo Walsh intentó reconciliar un pasado de contradictorias corrientes políticas militando en la agrupación Montoneros, sin abandonar el periodismo donde, como en todo lo que emprendía, se comprometía exponiendo las falacias y excesos de los gobiernos militares. El estudio de su vida y su obra es doblemente necesario en la Argentina actual. Por un lado nos permite interpretar la historia reciente durante la cual se convirtió en uno de nuestros desaparecidos. Por el otro, si continuamos evocándolo como figura emblemática de la lucha por la verdad y la justicia, Walsh es un argentino a quien debemos conocer en profundidad. Este libro colabora en esa tarea inconclusa.
Pathophysiology: Functional Alterations in Human Health (Edition 1)

Carie Braun and Cindy Miller Anderson
Study Guide to Accompany Pathophysiology: Functional Alterations in Human Health

Carie Braun and Cindy Miller Anderson
Eternity Today: On the Liturgical Year. Volume 1: On God and Time, Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Candlemas

Martin Connell

According to Dom Gregory Dix, the basic shape of the Christian liturgy has remained the same "ever since thirteen men met for supper in an upper room at Jerusalem" some two thousand years ago. According to Martin Connell, the same cannot be said for the liturgical year. The Triduum, or three days of Easter, only emerged in the fourth century. So, too, did Christmas. Earlier, Epiphany was the birthday of the Savior. Although a pre-Easter fast of variable length was observed since earliest times, the precise Forty Day span only appeared, once again, in the fourth century. And that foundational fourth century also saw the beginnings of the observance of Advent, which actually took centuries to catch on. As Connell demonstrates in this fascinating book, the varieties of Christian observance emerged in local communities stretching from Gaul to India and were often born in the struggles that were define orthodoxy and heresy.

Eternity Today is a vade mecum for anyone who wishes to observe the liturgical year with intelligent devotion. Throughout, Connell aims to recover the theology and spirituality of the Christian year. As an aid to reflection, he incorporates numerous selections of contemporary poetry, thereby demonstrating how secular poets can often hit upon a point that finds its echo in Christian life and ritual.
Eternity Today: On the Liturgical Year. Volume 2: Sunday, Lent, The Three Days, The Easter Season, Ordinary Time

Martin Connell

According to Dom Gregory Dix, the basic shape of the Christian liturgy has remained the same "ever since thirteen men met for supper in an upper room at Jerusalem" some two thousand years ago. According to Martin Connell, the same cannot be said for the liturgical year. The Triduum, or three days of Easter, only emerged in the fourth century. So, too, did Christmas. Earlier, Epiphany was the birthday of the Savior. Although a pre-Easter fast of variable length was observed since earliest times, the precise Forty Day span only appeared, once again, in the fourth century. And that foundational fourth century also saw the beginnings of the observance of Advent, which actually took centuries to catch on. As Connell demonstrates in this fascinating book, the varieties of Christian observance emerged in local communities stretching from Gaul to India and were often born in the struggles that were define orthodoxy and heresy. Eternity Today is a vade mecum for anyone who wishes to observe the liturgical year with intelligent devotion. Throughout, Connell aims to recover the theology and spirituality of the Christian year. As an aid to reflection, he incorporates numerous selections of contemporary poetry, thereby demonstrating how secular poets can often hit upon a point that finds its echo in Christian life and ritual.
Lazarus at the Table: Catholics and Social Justice

Bernard F. Evans

This book is the fruit of more than two decades of instructing students in the social teachings of the Catholic Church. For most of these years Bernard Evans has taught graduate students. Lately he also teaches lay Catholics engaged in parish ministry and enrolled in diocesan ministry formation programs. This book is written specifically for the latter group.
Evans agrees with the bishops of the United States who insist that any Catholic education that does not include Catholic social teaching is not fully Catholic. And so he writes clearly, concisely, and convincingly about how Catholic social teaching addresses such contemporary issues as human dignity, abortion, assisted suicide and euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, the death penalty, war, family, marriage, poverty, superfluous income, just wages, unions, and peace. Excerpts from the church's official teachings in papal documents abound throughout the book.
The Moral Ecology of Markets: Assessing Claims about Markets and Justice

Daniel K. Finn

Disagreements about the morality of markets, and about self-interested behavior within markets, run deep. They arise from perspectives within economics and political philosophy that appear to have nothing in common. In this book, Daniel Finn provides a framework for understanding these conflicting points of view. Recounting the arguments for and against markets and self-interest, he argues that every economy must address four fundamental problems: allocation, distribution, scale, and the quality of relations. In addition, every perspective on the morality of markets addresses explicitly or implicitly the economic, political, and cultural contexts of markets, or what Finn terms 'the moral ecology of markets'. His book enables a dialogue among the various participants in the debate over justice in markets. In this process, Finn engages with major figures in political philosophy, including John Rawls, Robert Nozick, and Michael Walzer, as well as in economics, notably Milton Friedman, Friedrich Hayek, and James Buchannan.
Confronting Aristotle's Ethics: Ancient and Modern Morality

Eugene Garver

What is the good life? Posing this question today would likely elicit very different answers. Some might say that the good life means doing good - improving one's community and the lives of others. Others might respond that it means doing well - cultivating one's own abilities in a meaningful way. But for Aristotle these two distinct ideas - doing good and doing well - were one and the same and could be realized in a single life. In Confronting Aristotle's Ethics, Eugene Garver examines how we can draw this conclusion from Aristotle's works, while also studying how this conception of the good life relates to contemporary ideas ofmorality.

The key to Aristotle's views on ethics, argues Garver, lies in the Metaphysics or, more specifically, in his thoughts on activities, actions, and capacities. For Aristotle, Garver shows, it is only possible to be truly active when acting for the common good, and it is only possible to be truly happy when active to the extent of one's own powers. But does this mean we should aspire to Aristotle's impossibly demanding vision of the good life? In a word, no. Garver stresses the enormous gap between life in Aristotle's time and ours. As a result, this book will be a welcome rumination on not only Aristotle, but the relationship between the individual and society in everyday life.
El Mito Como Provocación : Edipo en el teatro español contemporáneo

Christina M. Hennessy
El mito disidente : Ulises y Fedra en el teatro español contemporáneo (1939-1999)

Christina M. Hennessy

Paperback book, written in Spanish, "The Maverick Myth: Ulysses and Phedra in Contemporary Spanish Theater. Part of a series of academic publications on theater.