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Provides diverse global perspectives from seasoned scholars and teachers on systematically evaluating quality writing

Gathers pivotal and more mundane moments, dispersed across a predominantly Western history of moving images, in which animals materialize in movies and TV shows, from iconic scenes of cattle slaughter in early Soviet montage to quandaries over hunting trophies in recent home-renovation reality TV series, to animals in Black horror films.

In the 1960s, Suzuki Seijun met with modest success in directing popular movies about yakuza gangsters and mild exploitation films featuring prostitutes and teenage rebels. In this book, Peter Yacavone argues that Suzuki became an unlikely cinematic rebel and, with hindsight, one of the most important voices in the global cinema of the 1960s.

Challenging the widely accepted idea that Broadway was the white-hot creative engine of US theatre during the early 20th century, Katie Johnson reveals a far more complex system of exchanges between the Broadway establishment and a vibrant Black theatre scene in New York and beyond to chart a new history of American and transnational theatre.

The idea of teaching writing through genres - rather than through prescriptive forms, templates, and rhetorical modes - is intuitively appealing. Yet many teachers have questions. This book tackles some of the most common questions that teachers, teacher educators, and administrators may have when moving toward a genre-based teaching approach.

Spans a variety of business areas relevant to corporate renewal and turnaround management. The cases in this book were selected to cover the knowledge and skills needed by successful turnaround managers, including ethical and legal issues; developing a plan of reorganization; and defining problems and their solutions.

For this new edition, Platt has revised, updated and expanded his text, including a new chapter on bankruptcy law, a profile of the turnaround manager, and an overview of the typical turnaround engagement.

Offers a new, in-depth look at the economic forces and institutional actors that have shaped the outlines of postwar art history, with a particular focus on American art, 1960-1990. Working through four case studies, Michael Maizels illuminates how a set of dealers and patrons conditioned the iconic developments of this period.

Tells the story of how the 'Baby Ninths' came to be and what they mean. Unlike the controversy surrounding the Ninth Amendment, the meaning of the Baby Ninths is straightforward: they protect individual rights that are not otherwise enumerated.

Given the special role played by local Chinese governments in attracting and hosting Taiwanese FDI, it is important to study the differences between Taiwanese FDI and other FDI in where FDI goes.

A unique document that opens a window onto the world of Buddhist religious experience - especially for women - in high classical Japan, the time of Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book and Murasaki Shikibu's Tale of Genji.