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The botulinum neurotoxin: a deadly protease with applications to human medicine
Kirkwood M. Land and Luisa W. Cheng
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What is a Good Society? Pacific Seminar 1 Textbook 2009
Macelle Mahala, Sarah M. Mathis, Marisela Ramos, Stacy Rilea, Susan G. Sample, and Caroline T. Schroeder
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John Stuart Mill, Three Essays on Religion
Lou Matz
John Stuart Mill was one of the most important political and social thinkers of the nineteenth century, and his writings on human rights, feminism, the evils of slavery, and the environment are still widely read and influential today. Published after Mill’s death to avoid controversy, the three essays in this edition, Nature, Utility of Religion, and Theism, represent Mill’s considered position on religion. Mill argues that belief in a supernatural power holds us back, but that a conception of the meaning and value of being human, or Religion of Humanity, could make the world a better place. Essential in understanding Mill’s views on religion and his practical philosophy, these essays are also significant contributions to the philosophy and psychology of religion.
Appendices include Mill’s other writings on religion, his early influences, contemporary reviews, and other 19th century writings on religion and science.
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Mercury rising: Exposing the vaccine-autism myth
Matthew P. Normand and Jesse Dallery
Environmentalist and attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. argues that childhood vaccines containing thimerosal are linked to autism and that the government has colluded with pharmaceutical companies to cover up this information. Psychology professors Matthew Normand and Jesse Dallery contend that studies have failed to uncover any specifi c link between autism and mercurycontaining thimerosal vaccines.
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Pancake: a global history
Ken Albala
Round, thin, and made of starchy batter cooked on a flat surface, it is a food that goes by many names: flapjack, crêpe, and okonomiyaki, to name just a few. The pancake is a treasured food the world over, and now Ken Albala unearths the surprisingly rich history of pancakes and their sizzling goodness.
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Human Cuisine
Ken Albala and Gary Allen
There's something about the idea of munching on a nice leg o' man that makes everyone want to be a comedian. We use jokes to hide anxiety about touchy subjects, of course, but it's more than nervous laughter. People like to discuss eating people--once someone else brings up the subject. William Bueller Seabrook, a man who acquired more firsthand knowledge about the fundamental facts of cannibalism than most of the civilized people who talk about it, wrote about cannibals in 1931, 'Even aside from their delightful humorous aspect they are a highly interesting and wholly legitimate subject, whether for the adventurer or the learned anthropologist.'" There's no doubt about it--cannibalism is fascinating. The stories, essays, poetry and drama in this anthology reveal that cannibalism can also be disgusting, sometimes frightening, sometimes hysterically funny, sometimes touching--but always interesting (at least once you get past the gag reflex). Includes (untested) recipes.
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La invención del mundo
Martín Camps
La invención del mundo nos recuerda que el primer día es el mismo que el ultimo, y que el fin de las otras vidas será el comienzo de unas cuantas que hablan aquí como si el futuro hubiese sido aniquilado o se hubiese invertido el eterno retorno. Es decir, nos muestra un nuevo mar, una nueva tierra, nuevas ciudades, nuevos animales y nuevos árboles, que sin embargo han estado allí. El cartógrafo es un sonámbulo y el meteorólogo es un brujo, afirma el poeta, y sin duda creemos que así es. Este notable y alucinante libro es una prueba de ello, pues es, justamente, la escritura del día después del último día de la realidad, y por tal es una radical esperanza y un desolado testamento.
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Sisterhood beyond the ivory tower: An exploration of black sorority alumnae membership
Marcia D. Hernandez
Alumnae members are the backbone of black sororities. The sheer number of alumnae members and their collective resources make these women a significant force for change in their communities. This research demonstrates that community service, philanthropy, sisterhood, and professional development are motivating factors for women to maintain an active status in their college organizations or to join sororities after graduation. Given the wide variety of philanthropic, professional, and social organizations that black women can join today, the fact that alumnae membership continues to grow highlights the importance of these groups in contemporary society. Moreover, the disproportionately high percentage of graduate members in black sororities speaks to members' individual commitment to maintain the vitality of the groups through different stages of their lives and across generations. However, research on Greek organizations continues to neglect the relevance of these organizations for members after college, while social movement literature ignores the complexity and multipurpose goals of sororities. My research indicates that membership in alumnae chapters involves a variety of negotiations, including when to seek membership, the nature of relationships with peers, and decisions to opt out. Most of my respondents believe that the opportunity to join later in life or to rejoin a sorority is beneficial for themselves as well as for the organizations. Membership in an alumnae chapter can be a complicated process to navigate, however. Continuous members hold complex and often contradictory views of their graduate-only peers. There was almost uniform agreement among the continuous members that pledging not only makes them better informed but also facilitates the creation of bonds among women. My findings indicate that graduate-only members may experience a social disadvantage due to their more limited membership intake process. All alumnae members have to negotiate how much of their personal resources they are willing to share with a sorority. Generosity with one's time, expertise, energy, and money is a sign of one's devotion to the group and is part of being a good sister. However, if the expectations of sisterhood are unrealistic or become too much, women may elect to opt out, at least for a limited time. My research indicates that further investigation is essential to better understand the dynamics of alumnae membership in black sororities. Research into intragroup class-based inequalities would provide more information on the diversity of membership as well as motivations for joining a sorority.49 Each sorority has nationally mandated community service goals, but each chapter can perform these goals according to the needs of the local community. Understanding the decision-making process alumnae members go through in terms of acting on these goals might uncover structural changes that could alleviate the pressure of sororities acting as greedy institutions. Also, longitudinal research on opting out and reentry would be useful in understanding at what point in life women are most likely to do either. Scholars studying community service, social movements, and Greek-letter organizations should explore these issues to expand the understanding of membership in black sorority alumnae chapters and their continued relevance in contemporary society. Copyright © 2008 by The University Press of Kentucky.
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International Economics, Globalization, and Policy: A Reader, 5th ed.
Philip King and Sharmila K. King
The King reader is a collection of articles on international economics by leading economists drawn from various scholarly sources (e.g., Foreign Affairs, Current Issues in Economics and Finance, Finance and Development, Federal Reserve Publications, the Journal of Economic Perspectives). Previously known as International Economics and International Economic Policy, the new title is briefer and yet more descriptive, since the term globalization has been added to reflect the content of the book, which is also used in courses devoted to globalization, particularly the economic aspects of globalization. The Fifth Edition focuses on real debates within the discipline of economics and political economy, not on phony “pro-cons” debates which often obscure the real issues. The reader continues to be unique as the most relevant in today’s market.
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Secrecy and the Gods: Secret Knowledge in Ancient Mesopotamia and Biblical Israel
Alan Lenzi
Secrecy and the Gods is a comparative mythological study of the human reception and treatment of divine secret knowledge in ancient Mesopotamia and biblical Israel.
The human royal council was the social model for ancient ideas about divine knowledge being secret – just as human kings had secrets so too did the gods. Diviners who received this knowledge from the gods in an on-going, ad hoc manner were an essential link between the divine assembly and the human royal council for whom such knowledge was intended.
Scribes eventually adapted the ad hoc divinatory means of receiving divine communications to their culturally significant texts. By discursively asserting a historical connection between themselves and unique mediators with a close divine affiliation (the apkallus and Moses), the scribes constructed myths that legitimated their texts as divine revelation and claimed these were received in history through normal scribal channels. In this manner, scribes fixed the secret of the gods permanently among humans in textualized form that valorized their own position within society.
Although the origin of divine secret knowledge was rooted in a common mythological idea of the divine assembly, its treatment was quite distinct. The Mesopotamians guarded divine secret knowledge through various scribal means, including the attachment of a Geheimwissen colophon to certain tablets (treated exhaustively), whereas biblical Israel published it openly. The contrast in treatment of divine secret knowledge was directly related to different mytho-political self-understandings: Mesopotamia's imperial aspirations versus biblical Israel's vassaldom. As vassals to Yahweh, the divine imperial king, the kings of Judah and Israel as presented in the biblical material were not to formulate secret orders; they were only to obey them.
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Gendered Self-Consciousness in Mexican and Chicana Women Writers: The Female Body as an Instrument of Political Resistance
Traci Roberts-Camps
This book examines the various representations of the female body in four contemporary Mexican and Chicana novels written by women: Los recuerdos del porvenir (1963) by Elena Garro, Nadie me verá llorar (1999) by Cristina Rivera Garza, La piel del cielo (2001) by Elena Poniatowska, and Caramelo (2002) by Sandra Cisneros. This work also analyzes the depictions of the female body in these novels from the perspectives of space and violence, abjection and national progress, sexuality and sensuality, and visibility and invisibility.
A selection of published books and book chapters from faculty members of the College of the Pacific at University of the Pacific.
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