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In Her Hands

The Education of Jewish Girls in Tsarist Russia

by Eliyana R. Adler

Price: $29.99

ISBN: 9780814351451

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: November 2024

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

224 Pages

Adler examines the schools' curriculum, teachers, financing, students, and educational innovation and demonstrates how each of these aspects evolved over time to provide new opportunities.

Dear Department Chair

Letters from Black Women Leaders to the Next Generation

Edited by Stephanie Y. Evans, Stephanie Shonekan and Stephanie G. Adams

Foreword by Johnnetta Betsch Cole

Afterword by Tracy Sharpley-Whiting

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814350744

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 2023

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

200 Pages

The collective's works, including this volume, serve as tools for faculty interested in administration, current chairs seeking mentorship, and upper-level administrators working to diversify their ranks.

A People's Atlas of Detroit

Edited by Andrew Newman, Linda Campbell, Sara Safransky and Tim Stallmann

Price: $39.99

ISBN: 9780814342978

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 2020

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

352 Pages

This innovative collection builds bridges between multiple areas of social activism as well as current scholarship in geography, anthropology, history, and urban studies to inspire communities in Detroit and other cities towards transformative change.

Teaching the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Edited by Rachel S. Harris

Introduction by Jacob Lassner

Price: $39.99

ISBN: 9780814346778

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: April 2019

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

468 Pages

Whether planning a new course or searching for new teaching ideas, this collection is an indispensable compendium for anyone teaching the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Teaching Fairy Tales

Edited by Nancy L. Canepa

Price: $49.99

ISBN: 9780814339350

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: March 2019

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

478 Pages

Scholars from many different academic areas will use this volume to explore and implement new aspects of the field of fairy-tale studies in their teaching and research.

A History of Wayne State University in Photographs

by Evelyn Aschenbrenner

Foreword by M. Roy Wilson

Price: $39.99

ISBN: 9780814345849

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: October 2018

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

296 Pages

"The second edition of A History of Wayne State University in Photographs compiles rare and intriguing images that will be make a perfect keepsake for current and former students, faculty and staff, and anyone interested in Detroit history.

Going Greek

Jewish College Fraternities in the United States, 1895-1945

by Marianne R. Sanua

Price: $22.99

ISBN: 9780814344194

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 2018

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

488 Pages

In Going Greek Marianne Sanua examines the founding of Jewish fraternities in light of such topics as antisemitism, the unique challenges faced by Jewish students on campuses across the United States, responses to World War II, and questions pertaining to assimilation and/or identity reinforcement.

A Bibliography of Jewish Education in the United States

by Norman Drachler

Foreword by Abraham Peck and Jacob Rader Marcus

Price: $34.99

ISBN: 9780814343500

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: December 2017

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

753 Pages

This book contains entries from thousands of publications whether in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, and German—books, research reports, educational and general periodicals, synagogue histories, conference proceedings, bibliographies, and encyclopedias—on all aspects of Jewish education from pre-school through secondary education

Constructing Modern Identities

Jewish University Students in Germany, 1815-1914

by Keith Pickus

Price: $29.99

ISBN: 9780814343524

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: December 2017

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

222 Pages

By illuminating how identities fluctuated throughout life, he demonstrates that adjusting one's social relationships to accommodate the Gentile and Jewish worlds became the norm rather than the exception for 19th-century German Jews.

To Light a Fire

20 Years with the Insideout Literary Arts Project

Edited by Terry Blackhawk and Peter Markus

Price: $25.99

ISBN: 9780814341179

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: August 2015

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

232 Pages

Fellow educators, poets, and creative writers will be moved and inspired by this collection.

The Case Against Academic Boycotts of Israel

Edited by Cary Nelson and Gabriel Noah Brahm

Price: $34.99

ISBN: 9780990331605

Publisher: Mla Members Scholars' Rights

Publication Date: November 2014

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Mla Members Scholars' Rights

232 Pages

The book gathers essays by an international cohort of scholars from Britain, Israel, and the United States.

The New Life

Jewish Students of Postwar Germany

by Jeremy Varon

Price: $35.99

ISBN: 9780814339619

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 2014

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

376 Pages

With liberation nearly seventy years in the past, it is among the very last studies based on living contact with Holocaust survivors.

Let's Read

A Linguistic Approach

by Clarence L. Barnhart and Leonard Bloomfield

Edited by Cynthia A. Barnhart and Robert K. Barnhart

Price: $36.99

ISBN: 9780814334553

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 2010

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

480 Pages

Parents, reading teachers, tutors, as well as ESL teachers and adult literacy instructors will be interested in the second edition of Let’s Read.

Challenges of Equality

Judaism, State, and Education in Nineteenth-Century France

by Jeffrey Haus

Price: $52.99

ISBN: 9780814333808

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 2009

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

240 Pages

Scholars of Jewish history, French history, European history, and the history of education will appreciate the detailed look at Jewish integration in France that Haus provides.

Back to School

Jewish Day School in the Lives of Adult Jews

by Alex Pomson and Randal F. Schnoor

Foreword by Jack Wertheimer

Price: $27.99

ISBN: 9780814333839

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: March 2008

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

200 Pages

Jewish parents, Jewish studies scholars, as well as researchers of educational and social trends will enjoy this evocative volume.

Remapping the Humanities

Identity, Community, Memory, (Post)Modernity

Edited by Heidi Gottfried, Mary Garrett and Sandra VanBurkleo

Introduction by Heidi Gottfried, Mary Garrett and Sandra VanBurkleo

Price: $37.99

ISBN: 9780814333693

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: January 2008

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

276 Pages

Educators involved with or wanting to learn more about interdisciplinary research will appreciate this unique collection.

Jewish Education and Society in the High Middle Ages

by Ephraim Kanarfogel

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814333686

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 2007

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

214 Pages

Available in paperback for the first time with a new preface included, Jewish Education and Society in the High Middle Ages will be a welcome addition to the libraries of Jewish studies scholars and students of medieval religious literature.

Children's Special Places

Exploring the Role of Forts, Dens, and Bush Houses in Middle Childhood

by David Sobel

Price: $29.99

ISBN: 9780814330265

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: December 2001

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

192 Pages

Children's Special Places enters these hidden worlds, reveals their importance to children's development and emotional health, and shows educators, parents, and other adults how they can foster a bond between young people and nature that is important to maturation.

Reading Cavell's the World Viewed

A Philosophical Perspective on Film

by Marian Keane and William Rothman

Price: $29.99

ISBN: 9780814328965

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: November 2000

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

296 Pages

Reading Cavell's The World Viewed will prove invaluable to scholars and students of film and philosophy, and to those in other fields, such as literary studies and American studies, who have found Cavell's work provocative an fruitful.

Practice! Practice!

A Latin via Ovid Workbook

by Norma W. Goldman and Michael Rossi

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814326114

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: July 1995

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

152 Pages

Nyenhuis.

Cicero's Verrine Oration Ii.4

With Notes and Vocabulary

by Shelia K. Dickison

Price: $28.99

ISBN: 9780814323823

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: July 1992

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

280 Pages

A glossary of every world in the text helps students with a modest knowledge of Latin to read the text without experiencing undue frustration.

Labor History Archives in the United States

A Guide for Researching and Teaching

Edited by Daniel J. Leab and Philip P. Mason

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814323892

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 1992

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

288 Pages

In view of the fact that labor history has become, over the past generation, one of the more active and seminal fields of American historical studies, with major institutions and many smaller ones throughout the country now represented, this volume will serve as a basic but detailed guide to the major record holdings.

Copper Country Journal

The Diary of Schoolmaster Henry Hobart, 1863-1864

by Henry Hobart

Edited by Philip P. Mason

Introduction by Philip P. Mason

Price: $34.99

ISBN: 9780814323427

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: April 1991

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

352 Pages

He provides firsthand accounts of the unsafe conditions in the mines, the workers and their families, and the impact of the mine on the employees and the community.

Interdisciplinarity

History, Theory, & Practice

by Julie T. Klein

Price: $25.95

ISBN: 9780814320884

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 1991

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

336 Pages

Whether the context is a short-ranged instrumentality or a long-range reconceptualization of the way we know and learn, the concept of interdisciplinarity is an important means of solving problems and answering questions that cannot be satisfactorily addressed using singular methods or approaches.

Caesaris Augusti

Res Gestae Et Fragmenta

Edited by Herbert W. Benario

Introduction by Kenneth Scott, Margaret M. Ward and Robert S. Rogers

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814321386

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 1990

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

236 Pages

A vocabulary section is included.

Introduction to the Human Sciences

An Attempt to Lay a Foundation for the Study of Society and History

by Wilhelm Dilthey

Translated by Ramon Betanzos

Price: $35.99

ISBN: 9780814318980

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: December 1988

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

386 Pages

Betanzos surveys Dilthey's life and thought and hails his efforts to create a foundational science for the particular human sciences, and at the same time, takes serious issue with Dilthey's historical/critical evaluation of metaphysics.

Latin via Ovid

A First Course

by Jacob E. Nyenhuis and Norma W. Goldman

Price: $36.99

ISBN: 9780814317327

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 1982

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

524 Pages

For additional complimentary materials on this topic, please see the accompanying text Practice, Practice: A Latin Via Ovid Workbook by Norma Goldman and Michael Rossi.

Roman Realities

by Finley P. Hooper

Price: $29.99

ISBN: 9780814315941

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: January 1978

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

592 Pages

"Although scholars will find the events in this book familiar, they will not necessarily share its insights or agree with its interpretations. This is a book to read, enjoy—and argue about!

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