International Social Science Review articles from March 2006

International Social Science Review archives from March 2006

"Fitted to receive the word of God": emotions and scientific naturalism in the Religious Revivals of the 1830s.(Charles Grandison Finney )
March 22, 2006... Charles Grandison Finney opened his series of weekly Lectures on Revivals of Religion that he delivered in New York in 1835 by asserting that, employing the "laws of nature," a religious revival could be induced among a group of people with the...

Medieval leprosy reconsidered.(1000 to 1300 A.D.)
March 22, 2006... Historians recognize that during the High Middle Ages--from shortly after 1000 to 1300 A.D.--Western Europe experienced a period of unparalleled growth. Populations tripled; first schools and then universities flourished; new cathedrals rose up...

An analysis of reproductive health components in Yemen.
March 22, 2006... Introduction Over the last five decades, efforts to control global population growth have focused on family planning policies and programs. Since the 2004 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), (1) demographic...

Environmental concerns in China: problems, policies, and global implications.
March 22, 2006... Introduction China's recent rapid economic growth has come at a cost of environmental degradation. Various factors, including the conflict between economic development and environmental concerns, insufficient government regulation of...

Policy point-counterpoint: should illegal immigrants and their children receive federal and state social services.
March 22, 2006... The United States has been built primarily by immigrants, most seeking a better life for themselves and their families though some type of industrious behavior. Until the late nineteenth century, anyone could emigrate to the U.S., and thousands...

Undocumented immigrants should receive social services.
March 22, 2006... Introduction For most Americans, immigration is a volatile and emotional issue. Opinions, rhetoric, and statistics concerning the impact of immigration on the U.S. economy are often hotly debated. One aspect of this debate that is largely...

Illegal immigrant should not receive social services.
March 22, 2006... Introduction Throughout its history, the United States has been a land of immense opportunities. For many, it is only a dream to live in a country where opportunity is just around the corner. While many individuals achieve their dream of...

Booth, John A., Christine J. Wade, and Thomas W. Walker. Understanding Central America: Global Forces, Rebellion, and Change.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Booth, John A., Christine J. Wade, and Thomas W. Walker. Understanding Central America: Global Forces, Rebellion, and Change. 4th ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2005. 285 pages. Paper, $28.00. This book is the latest edition of one of the...

Carey, Elaine. Plaza of Sacrifices: Gender, Power, and Terror in 1968 Mexico.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Carey, Elaine. Plaza of Sacrifices: Gender, Power, and Terror in 1968 Mexico. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2005. xvii + 254 pages. Cloth, $45.00; paper, $22.95. This book comes at a time of heightened interest in the...

Chaires, Robert H., and Bradley Chilton, eds. Star Trek Visions of Law and Justice.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Chaires, Robert H., and Bradley Chilton, eds. Star Trek Visions of Law and Justice. Dallas, TX: Adios Press, 2003. 296 pages. Paper, $16.95. Readers expecting mere fan fiction or a collection of episode synopses will be disappointed by...

Critchlow, Donald T. Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman's Crusade.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Critchlow, Donald T. Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman's Crusade. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005. xiv + 422 pages. Cloth, $29.95. Donald T. Critchlow offers a history of the Republican party from the...

Crowther-Heyek, Hunter. Herbert A. Simon: The Bounds of Reason in Modern America.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Crowther-Heyck, Hunter. Herbert A. Simon: The Bounds of Reason in Modern America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. ix + 420 pages. Cloth, $49.95. Herbert Simon is not exactly a household name, probably even among households...

Engene, Jan Oskar. Terrorism in Western Europe: Explaining the Trends Since 1950.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Engene, Jan Oskar. Terrorism in Western Europe: Explaining the Trends Since 1950. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2004. vii + 200 pages. Cloth, $95.00. It comes as no great revelation: The distribution of terrorist attacks...

Herlihy, David V. Bicycles: The History.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Herlihy, David V. Bicycles: The History. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004. 480 pages. Cloth, $40. Herlihy, a denizen of Hull, MA, and a look-alike of Michael Caine, is a lifetime scholar of the bicycle. He started as a teenager in...

Kahn, Lynn Sandra. Results at the Edge: The Ten Rules of Government Reform.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Kahn, Lynn Sandra. Results at the Edge: The Ten Rules of Government Reform. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2003. 187 pages. Paper, $34.00. Though a recurring topic throughout American history, government reform enjoyed a...

Martin, Bradley K. Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Martin, Bradley K. Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2004. 849 pages. Cloth, $29.95. Bradley Martin's book offers an insightful and revealing portrait of North...

Mixon, Gregory. The Atlanta Riot: Race, Class, and Violence in a New South City.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Mixon, Gregory. The Atlanta Riot: Race, Class, and Violence in a New South City. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2005. xv + 197 pages. Cloth, $59.95. Race relations have permeated American life for centuries. Self-aggrandized...

Morrow, Lance. The Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948--Learning the Secrets of Power.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Morrow, Lance. The Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948--Learning the Secrets of Power. New York: Basic Books, 2005. xl + 312 pages. Cloth, $26. Lance Morrow argues that 1948 was a watershed year in the lives of...

Pestritto, Ronald J., ed. Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political Writings.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Pestritto, Ronald J., ed. Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political Writings. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. x + 279 pages. Cloth, $70.00; paper, $24.95. Ronald J. Pestritto's Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political Writings...

Schackel, Sandra K., ed. Western Women's Lives: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Schackel, Sandra K., ed. Western Women's Lives: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2003. 440 pages. Paper, $22.95. This is an anthology of sixteen articles that gives voice to...

Thrift, Nigel. Knowing Capitalism.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Thrift, Nigel. Knowing Capitalism. London: Sage, 2005. viii + 256 pages. Cloth, $99.95; paper, $29.95. In the late 1990s, municipal authorities in London installed "smart" closed-circuit television systems (CCTV) capable of recognizing...

Wallerstein, Immanuel. Alternatives: The United States Confronts the World.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Wallerstein, Immanuel. Alternatives: The United States Confronts the World. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2004. 173 pages. Cloth, $59; paper, $18.95. As a Ph.D. student at the University of Texas, I studied historical research methods...