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Our Lives - An Ethnic Studies Primer
Guadalupe Capozzi, Silas Cha, & Daryl Johnson · CC ECHO
This book is an introduction or primer to ethnic studies and is not a complete or comprehensive review of the literature. We identified and included major concepts, theories, perspectives, and voices in ethnic studies with research from anthropology, history, political science, psychology, and sociology to offer an inclusive approach for critical inquiry.
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Philosophy Readings
Cathy Hagman and Glen Nesse · Whatcom Community College
Introduction to the problems, history and nature of philosophy with reading and discussion of selected writings from the Pre-Socrates to the present, focusing on traditional Western philosophical issues.
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Labor Relations and Negotiations
Andrew Paasch · Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
This text introduces students to the history of the labor movement and includes the legal collective bargaining processes while applying the learned skills with case studies, a mock negotiation of a realistic collective bargaining contract, and the simulation of a grievance arbitration.
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The Environment in the Age of the Internet (Graf)
Heike Graf (ed.) · Södertörn University
The Environment in the Age of the Internet: Activists, Communication, and the Digital Landscape is an interdisciplinary collection that draws together research and answers from media and communication studies, social sciences, modern history, and folklore studies. Edited by Heike Graf, its focus is on the communicative approaches taken by different groups to ecological issues, shedding light on how these groups tell their distinctive stories of "the environment".
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Theater Appreciation
Lumen Learning · LibreTexts
Theater appreciation is the study of theater as an art form, focusing on its history, techniques, and cultural significance. It involves analyzing plays, performances, and production elements like acting, directing, set design, and lighting. The goal is to cultivate an understanding and appreciation of the creative process and the societal role of theater.
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Color Theory and Applications
Melissa Delaney · Coalinga College
In the contents: 01: PART 1- A Brief History of Color · 1.02: History of Colour Theory
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Breve historia cultural hispánica
Enrique Yepes · Bowdoin College, Colegiatura Colombiana, & Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
This quick Socio-Cultural history provides an overview of the chronology of Spain (from the Middle Ages) and Spanish America (from Pre-Columbian times) to the beginning of the 21st century. It can serve as contextual reading for the "panoramic" courses on Hispanic literatures and art which are often taught on third-year Spanish courses in US universities. It is also useful as a reference for classes or conversations on any aspect of the Spanish cultures.
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La guerra civil española para estudiantes
Grant D. Moss · Universidad Estatal de Pittsburg
La guerra civil española para estudiantes usa prácticas pedagógicas principales para los que quieran comprender las complejidades de la guerra civil española (1936-1939), sus antecedentes y sus repercusiones culturales, sociales, históricas, políticas y artísticas. Las metodologías presentes ayudarán al estudiante a que se centre en la comunicación en vez de en la precisión gramatical mientras logre tener más conocimiento sobre la España de entre 1920 y 1945.
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Phil 100: Introduction to Philosophy (Haven)
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Students will critically engage with core philosophical issues and questions, found in primary texts, regarding the topics of metaphysics, epistemology and possible other topics such as ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of religion, history of philosophy, philosophy of self and a life well lived. This course provides a survey of the discipline in its methodology and subject matter, allowing students the opportunity to understand themselves, their community and the greater pluralistic worl
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A Concise Introduction to Logic
Craig DeLancey · SUNY Oswego
This text is an introduction to formal logic suitable for undergraduates taking a general education course in logic or critical thinking, and is accessible and useful to any interested in gaining a basic understanding of logic. This text takes the unique approach of teaching logic through intellectual history; the author uses examples from important and celebrated arguments in philosophy to illustrate logical principles. The text also includes a basic introduction to findings of advanced logic.
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2.34: New Historicism
Jill Bonds · Coalinga College
This page examines the relationship between history and literature, contrasting early linear views with New Historicism's perspective of dynamic cultural interplay. It highlights examples like Yeats's "Easter, 1916" and Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to showcase literature as both a reflection of and response to historical contexts.
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Intermediate Drawing: Techniques and Content
Melissa Delaney · Coalinga College
In the contents: 3.01: A Brief Introduction to the History of Drawing
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SOC 202: Racial and Ethnic Relations
Vivian Varela · Mendocino College
In the contents: 3.01: History and Background · 5.01: History and Demographics · 6.01: History and Demographics
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Tokyo University and the War
Tachibana Takashi · LibreTexts
Tachibana Takashi analyzes the impact of World War II on Tokyo University and Tokyo University’s impact on the war: attacks from outside, faculty politics and purges, institutional expansion, the sacrifice of liberal arts students to the war machine, and heroic dissenting professors who tried in vain to bring the war to an early end.
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Telling Stories to Save the World
Judith Sebesta · Sebesta Education Consulting
Explores the history and impact of the “Cli-Fi Film,” or Climate Fiction Film, a sub-genre of narrative cinema that depicts, on some level, the effects of climate change on the Earth and its inhabitants.
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Chinese Rhetoric and Writing
Andy Kirkpatrick & Zhichang Xu · Griffith & Monash Universities
This book provides teachers of writing, and in particular those involved in the teaching of English academic writing to Chinese students, an introduction to key stages in the development of Chinese rhetoric, a wide-ranging field with a history of several thousand years. Understanding this important rhetorical tradition provides a strong foundation for assessing and responding to the writing of this growing group of students.
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Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
Jennifer Ounjian · Contra Costa College
In the contents: 5.01: History and Demographics · 6.01: History and Demographics · 7.01: History and Demographics
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The Simple Math of Writing Well - Writing for the 21st Century
Jennie A. Harrop · George Fox University
Writing guides abound, but The Simple Math of Writing Well is one of a kind. Readers will find its practical approach affirming, encouraging, and informative, and its focus on the basics of linguistic structure releases 21st-century writers to embrace the variety of mediums that define our internet-connected world. As Harrop reminds us in the opening chapters of her book, we write more today than ever before in history: texts, emails, letters, blogs, reports, social media posts, proposals, etc.
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Nursing
Nilgun Ulutasdemir Ed. · Gümüşhane University
In the contents: 2.03: History of the Nursing Knowledge · 4.07: The History of Transcultural Nursing
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Early World Civilizations
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
In the contents: 01: The Study of History and the Rise of Civilization · 1.01: Splitting History