This text should be a key reference for students of the many and varied helng professions. It offers concise explanations of the most important social work terms and concepts in jargon-free language.

Dictionary of Social Work

Martin, Thomas

Reference

Collins

Fight or Flight Britain, France, and their Roads from Empire

OUP Oxford

Alessandro Vittoria's portrait busts are unique in Italian art for their quality and quantity. No other Renaissance sculptor devoted himself so exclusively to portraiture. This is the first book on Vittoria, in English, to analyze the busts and explain their larger meaning in terms of the fundamental Renaissance preoccupation with reviving activity.

Alessandro Vittoria and the Portrait Bust in Renaissance Venice: Remodelling Antiquity (Clarendon Studies in the History of Art)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Oxford University Press

The French North African Crisis analyses the postwar breakdown in French imperial rule in North West Africa, concentrating primarily upon the Algerian war of independence. The book highlights the human tragedy involved and the divisive consequences within French metropolitan politics of intractable colonial conflict. It further examines how far the protracted crisis of colonial control in North Africa shaped French foreign and security policy and this impacted upon Anglo-French relations, the western alliance and the wider process of decolonization.

The French North African Crisis Colonial Breakdown and Anglo-French Relations, 1945-62

Macmillan Press

History of Thomas Martin

History

BiblioLife

The End of Empires and a World Remade A Global History of Decolonization

Princeton University Press

Oppression and the Human Condition is both a valuable teaching tool and an insightful addition to scholarship on the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre. Students and teachers will find it an excellent and accessible introduction to Sartre's existentialism, ideal for courses in existentialist and 20th century philosophy. Equally, Sartre scholars will find that the book, especially the sections on oppression and "bad faith," gives them much to think about.Author Thomas Martin applies Sartre's philosophy to contemporary issues and concerns, and draws on two case studies to make his point. The cases examine modern-day oppressors―in one case an anti-semite, in the other a sexist who objectifies women―in the context of Sartre's "bad faith." The case studies also reinforce Martin's argument that Sartre's early philosophy, especially his concept of "bad faith," provides a framework for discussions of oppressions such as racism and sexism.

Oppression and the Human Condition: An Introduction to Sartrean Existentialism

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

<p>Oppression and the Human Condition is both a valuable teaching tool and an insightful addition to scholarship on the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre. Students and teachers will find it an excellent and accessible introduction to Sartre's existentialism, ideal for courses in existentialist and 20th century philosophy. Equally, Sartre scholars will find that the book, especially the sections on oppression and 'bad faith,' gives them much to think about. Author Thomas Martin applies Sartre's philosophy to contemporary issues and concerns, and draws on two case studies to make his point. The cases examine modern-day oppressors―in one case an anti-semite, in the other a sexist who objectifies women―in the context of Sartre's 'bad faith.' The case studies also reinforce Martin's argument that Sartre's early philosophy, especially his concept of 'bad faith,' provides a framework for discussions of oppressions such as racism and sexism.</p>

This pathbreaking new Guide ranks cars and trucks according to environmental friendliness. Consumers can use it to compare cars, vans, pickups, and sport utility vehicles by their environmental impacts, including air pollution, global warming, and fuel efficiency. Inside the Guide: how to buy the cleanest and most efficient vehicle that meets your needs; "green scores" for all 1998 makes and models, listed by class--compact, midsize, and large cars; vans; pickups; and sport utilities; a "best of '98" list featuring the "greenest models in each class; listings for electric and other alternative fuels' vehicles in addition to gasoline and diesel vehicles; tips on keeping your vehicle running cleanly and efficiency; educational and consumer information about the environmental impacts of vehicles covering global warming and health effects of vehicle pollution. The easy-to-use listings will help consumers find the "greenest" model that meets their needs and fits their budgets.

Green Guide to Cars and Trucks Model Year 1998

Engineering & Transportation

John DeCicco

Automotive

Amer Council for an Energy

The Inversion of Western Aesthetic Sensibility Our experience of "race" is based on how we define beauty. In the past, we thought that discipline was liberating and beautiful, while raw nature was confining and ugly. Today we believe that raw nature is liberating and beautiful, and discipline is confining and ugly. And for better or worse, modernists see African Americans as somehow non-Western, more natural, or a kind of moral avant-garde. This volume surveys the arts and politics to illustrate the change in our idea of the beautiful. "There is much to admire in this work." -- Kevin MacDonald, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, California State University, and author of The Culture of Critique. "This work illustrates with many telling examples the inversion of values wrought by modernist egalitarianism." -- Stanley Payne, Ph.D., Professor of History, Emeritus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, author of Civil War in Europe, 1905-1949 (Cambridge University Press, 2012). "For the select few who appreciate a masterful weaving of history, philosophy and the arts (from grand opera to the movies) the book is a tour de force. Reading it is like a return to college. For those concerned about the state of modern life, it is a must read." -- Robert Weissberg, Professor of Political Science, New York University. "Modern sleep and dream science teaches us, as does The Victory of Humanism that all human activity, including art and politics are products of the human brain and that each of us has the privilege and responsibility of using it actively and communicating its creations." -- Dr. J. Allan Hobson, Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School, author of Dreaming: An Introduction to the Science of Sleep (Oxford University Press, 2004). "Thomas Martin might as well have added the subtitle to his book "The Changing Nature of Western Symbolism." The author focuses on the shifts in the meanings of Western symbols ... and he explains their different interpretations within different socio-political epochs. The author displays considerable erudition as he puts his description into a wider historical perspective. The book offers us a further insight into the self-perception of the Ancients as opposed to the self-perception of what came to be known as "the Moderns". Backed by solid bibliography and numerous quotations from classics, the book is a valuable source in understanding the deliberate sliding of the Western man into his own self-destruction. ... might qualify as a short sequel to Spengler's and Toynbee's premonitions of the final death of the West." -- Dr. Tom Sunic, Author of Postmortem Report: Cultural Examinations from Postmodernity. "Martin has written a work of critical importance about American life that merits our attention. His thoughts are well phrased and reflect the author's detailed knowledge of the American cultural scene. Martin moves easily from highbrow to lowbrow culture and can write intelligently about both." -- Prof. Paul Gottfried, Ph.D., author of Leo Strauss and the Conservative Movement in America (Cambridge University Press, 2012). "In this revolutionary work, Martin shows that during the ancien regime the upper class controlled the lower classes, but during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries this became inverted, and so the low increasingly started to control the high, in both politics and culture. This process of inversion is so well documented it is clear the author has achieved what most scholars thought impossible: a unification of the apparent diversity of modern culture with a few basic principals from philosophy and evolutionary psychology. This book will cause a paradigm shift and allow us to get our emotions, values, culture and politics back under control. Highly recommended." -- Prof. Richard Webster, received Ph.D. from Cambridge, author of several books.

The Victory of Humanism: The Psychology of Humanist Art, Modernism, and Race

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