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The Earthscan Reader on International Trade and
Sustainable Development
Kevin P. Gallagher, G99, and Jacob Werksman, Editors
earthscan publications ltd.
In an era of globalization, international trade is a fact of
life. The increasing conflicts surrounding negotiations on trade
liberalization—from the WTO debacle to Seattle in 1999
to explosive events surrounding the meeting of the G8 in Genoa
in 2001—illustrate the breadth and depth of concern among
governments, academics, activists and civil society. Gallagher,
a research associate at Tufts’ Global Development and
Environmental Institute (GDAE), and Werksman, have assembled
a collection of essays that debates these issues and consolidates
the lessons learned thus far to guide academics, practitioners,
activists and the concerned public in the next decade of work.
Net Prospect: The Courting Process of
Women’s College Basketball Recruiting
Lisa Liberty Becker, J93
wish publishing
Becker, a senior writer for Women’s Basketball magazine,
provides an analysis of women’s basketball recruiting
from those who know it best. From the high school athlete and
her family to her high school and/or AAU coaches to the college
coach to the recruiting, rankings and evaluation experts, she
offers every perspective on the recruiting process in women’s
basketball. These experts reflect on how the recruiting game
is played, the rules and who really knows them, and how to successfully
navigate the rocky waters of the process.
Racial Inequity in Special Education
Daniel J. Losen, A83, and Gary Orfield, Editors
harvard education press
In America, minority children—especially African Americans—are
far more likely than white children to be designated mentally
retarded or emotionally disturbed. When these children are placed
in special education classes, they often receive poorer services
than white children. Losen, a legal and policy research associate
with The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, and Orfield,
examine these inequities as problems in their own right, and
as reflections of persistent racial inequities in public education.
Their comprehensive review of attempts by legislators, child
advocates, and educational and civil rights enforcement agencies
to address these issues sets the stage for a more fruitful discussion
about special education and racial justice.
Women’s Best Friendships: Beyond
Betty, Veronica, Thelma, and Louise
Patricia Rind, J85
The haworth press
Who is your best friend and why? Rind, a specialist in women’s
sexuality and psychology, asked seven women this question in
interviews that are at the center of her new book. The women,
who range in age from the twenties to the fifties, share surprising
and sometimes funny answers to questions about one of their
most cherished relationships. Combined with studies on everything
from communication to competition, and how a woman’s approach
tends to differ from a man’s, these intimate interviews
follow women from when they first met through years of triumphs
and crises, painting a portrait of how friendships evolve.
At the Cut: Growing Up in Gloucester,
Massachusetts in the 1940s
Peter Anastas, G67
Dogtown books
Anastas, the former director of advocacy at Action, Inc., Gloucester’s
antipoverty agency, reflects on growing up in the 1940s in a
small New England fishing community. Rather than write a straight
forward memoir, Anastas has written a series of essays that
look back on moments in his childhood during the war. Essentially
a loner who loved nature and science and reading, he also had
his share of scraps and fights and heartaches. In examining
his early years, he discovers who he is and how he got that
way.
Essex Shipbuilding
Courtney Ellis Peckham, G98
Arcadia
Peckham, the manager of collections and research at the Essex
Shipbuilding Museum, has assembled more than 200 rare images
that represent three centuries of shipbuilding that flourished
in Essex, Massachusetts, a small village wrapped around a shallow
tidal estuary that flows into Ipswich Bay. From sturdy little
Chebacco boats to the tough but graceful fishing schooners that
plied the Grand Banks, Essex vessels became known throughout
the maritime world as swift and strong, and Essex shipbuilding
became synonymous with craftsmanship of the highest order. But
by the middle of the 20th century, the industry had vanished
and this extraordinary chapter in American maritime history
was closed.
Raymond’s Perfect Present
Therese On Louie, J89
Lee & Low Books
Winner of Lee & Low’s New Voices Award Honor, this
debut picture book tells the story of Raymond, who one days
sees a young woman smile with pleasure when she is given a gift
of flowers and is inspired to buy flowers for his mother, who
is home from the hospital. When he realizes that he doesn’t
have enough money to buy them, he decides to grow them from
seeds, but his mother has to return to the hospital before the
flowers bloom. As the flowers grow and then begin to wilt, Raymond
fears his mother will never see his present after all.
Over the Rooftops of Time: Jewish Stories,
Essays, Poems
Myra Sklarew, J56
state University of new york press
In this collection, Sklarew, a professor of literature at American
University, traces a journey across the latter half of the 20th
century and into the 21st. Her point of view is Jewish, though
her subjects include science, exile, the future, the Holocaust,
the remaining Jewish community of Morocco, Yiddish poetry, the
visual arts and teaching. Many of these pieces deal with personal
subjects—the search for a grandfather’s birthplace,
the death of a mother, the struggle of a woman to embrace Judaism.
Ultimately, the book is about access and following one’s
own curiosity despite the obstacles that might appear along
the way.
The Genomic Revolution: Unveiling the
Unity of Life
Michael Yudell, A90, and Rob DeSalle, Editors
joseph henry press
From the discoveries of Watson and Crick to the appearance of
Dolly the Sheep, the past 50 years have ushered in a revolution
of knowledge in how organisms develop, function and procreate.
Scientists are now engaged in an epic task that will vastly
expand our knowledge: the sequencing of the human genome. Yudell,
a researcher in the molecular laboratories at the American Museum
of Natural History, and DeSalle, take readers on a journey through
genomics—from the basic presentation of ideas about heredity
through the essential principles of molecular biology. Includes
contributions from some of the world’s leading experts
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