Ireland and the Americas; Social history of the United States

Ireland and the Americas: culture, politics, and history : a multidisciplinary encyclopedia / edited by James P. Byrne, Philip Coleman, Jason King. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2008. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Social history of the United States / series editors, Daniel J. Walkowitz and Daniel E. Bender. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2009. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Human and civil rights; U.S. manufacturing and distribution; The states

Human and civil rights : essential primary sources / K. Lee Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, and Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner, editors. Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2006. (Click here to access resource)

Manufacturing & distribution U.S.A. : industry analyses, statistics, and leading companies / Arsen J. Darnay, managing editor ; Joyce P. Simkin, editor. 4th ed. Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2006. (Click here to access resource)

Worldmark encyclopedia of the states / Timothy L. Gall, editor in chief. 7th ed. Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2007. (Click here to access resource)

Nuclear Iran; China and India; Secularism and Islam

The rise of nuclear Iran: how Tehran defies the West / Dore Gold. Washington, D.C. : Regnery Pub., 2009. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

China and India: prospects for peace / Jonathan Holslag. New York : Columbia University Press, 2010. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Secularism confronts Islam / Olivier Roy ; translated by George Holoch. New York : Columbia University Press, 2007. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Race, class, gender; virtualization; armed violence reduction

Emerging intersections: race, class, and gender in theory, policy, and practice / edited by Bonnie Thornton Dill and Ruth Enid Zambrana ; foreword by Patricia Hill Collins. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2009. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Virtualization: a beginner’s guide / Danielle Ruest, Nelson Ruest. New York : McGraw Hill, 2009. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Conflict and fragility: armed violence reduction: enabling development. Paris : OECD Pub., 2009. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Travel writing; Islam in America; secondhand smoke

Huggan, Graham. Extreme pursuits: travel/writing in an age of globalization. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2012. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Ahmed, Akbar. Journey into America: the challenge of Islam. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2010. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Committee on Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Acute Coronary Events, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice. Secondhand smoke exposure and cardiovascular effects: making sense of the evidence. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2010. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Diverse classrooms; affirmative action in education; immigration

Lucas, Tamara, ed. Teacher preparation for linguistically diverse classrooms: a resource for teacher educators. New York: Routledge, 2011. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Featherman, David L., Martin Hall, and Marvin Krislov, eds. The next twenty-five years: affirmative action in higher education in the United States and South Africa. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2010. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Schmidt, Sr., Ronald, et al. Newcomers, outsiders, and insiders: immigrants and American racial politics in the early twenty-first century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2010. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Counterinsurgency; counter-terrorism; Iraq/Afghanistan war veterans

Felbab-Brown, Vanda. Shooting up: counterinsurgency and the war on drugs. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2010. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Howell, Jude, and Jeremy Lind, eds. Civil society under strain counter-terrorism policy, civil society, and aid post-9/11. Sterling, VA: Kumarian Press, 2010. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Committee on the Initial Assessment of Readjustment Needs of Military Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families ; Board on the Health of Select Populations. Returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan: preliminary assessment of readjustment needs of veterans, service members, and their families. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2010. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Climate, development, energy efficiency, ethics, evolution

Development and climate change. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2010. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Bose, Ranjan K. Energy efficient cities: assessment tools and benchmarking practices. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2010. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Antholis, William, and Strobe Talbott. Fast forward: ethics and politics in the age of global warming. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2010. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Committee on the Earth System Context for Hominin Evolution ; Board on Earth Sciences and Resources ; Division on Earth and Life Studies. ; National Research Council of the National Academies. Understanding climate’s influence on human evolution. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2010. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Financial crisis, working poor, NGOs, achievement gaps

World Bank Commission on Growth and Development. Post-crisis growth in developing countries: a special report of the Commission On Growth And Development on the implications of the 2008 financial crisis. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2010. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Gitterman, Daniel P. Boosting paychecks: the politics of supporting America’s working poor. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2010. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Holmén, Hans. Snakes in paradise: NGOs and the aid industry in Africa. Sterling, VA: Kumarian Press, 2010. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Paige, Rod, and Elaine Witty. The Black-White achievement gap: why closing it is the greatest civil rights issue of our time. New York: AMACOM, 2010. (Publisher’s description)(Click here to access resource)

Girl power; women domestic workers in Pakistan

Zaslow, Emilie. Feminism, Inc.: coming of age in girl power media culture. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. (Publisher’s description)

Shahid, Ayesha. Silent voices, untold stories: women domestic workers in Pakistan and their struggle for empowerment. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2010. (Publisher’s description)