This book seeks to rectify Americans' views of its closest ally, Europe - an ambitious task, but one sorely lacking in the literature. Many prejudices about Europe surface in headlines, while others remain latent, but they are real, pervasive and ingrained.

New humorist writer, Brian Eden, extracts the absurd from the accepted and the strange from the ordinary in story after story of comic reflection about the world in general and American society in particular. Relating some of his more bizarre experiences with a mixture of admitted philosophical dribble, obtuse political thinking, some worldly strangeness and a sampling of his peculiar outside the box analysis of what's socially correct and what's not... and you have this book, over 75 stories to keep the reader entertained. Eden's whimsical take on society and human nature will keep you chuckling. Treat yourself to Brian Eden's philosophical thoughts, suggestions, experiences, observations, satire, musings, speculations and absurdities about society and our place in the cosmos. Sample Stories Garage Art, Get Even Portfolio, When is a Bargain a Bargain?, Instant America, The Case for More Mulligans, Is a Googly a Knuckler?, Life at 500, What if Everyone was Honest?, Pro-Forma Merit Reviews, The Christmas Card List, Gun Rack Social Register, and Asteroid Coming - plus much more in wit and wisdom. Reader Reviews: "This book is the perfect companion when you have only a few minutes to read." "It kept me laughing." "With life getting so serious, this book is a welcome change." "Very creative." "Wow, what a take on life!"

Hill contends that French officials in the postwar decade had already perceived a deep-rooted Amer. indifference, even hostility, to a number of vital French nat. interests. The author examines the harsh disappointments & frustrations these officials experienced in their dealings with Amer. in the 1780s, whether on the high seas, or in U.S. courts & customs houses, in the halls of Congress, or in their encounters with Amer. attitudes. These essays add to what is already known about France's difficulties with the U.S. in this era. Not so well known, however, are: how French officials perceived these problems; what solutions they sought; or how keenly frustrated they became when, despite Amer. protestations of gratitude for French assistance during the war for independence, they found self-interested Amer. unwilling to heed the least claims of an erstwhile ally.

A study was conducted to investigate the lack of White Collar African American Men in leadership roles.

First Published in 1980. The dynamism within the American colonies in the fifty years or so before the outbreak of the crisis of the 1760s that was to lead to the Revolution has never been in doubt. The articles written included in this text suggest a number of ways in which the ‘imperial factor’ was of real importance in colonial life and show that there was dynamism on the British side as well as in the colonies.

Using evidence from public opinion polls Scheve (political science, Yale U.) and Slaughter (economics, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire) discuss the attitudes of American workers towards globalization, concluding that there is a strong division in attitude based on education and skill levels, with less-skilled workers seeing globalization as a threat. The authors delineate globalization and their analysis in purely economic terms as they discuss the public opinion evidence on US opposition to globalization, various economic models to interpret the differences in opinion of the surveys, the larger context of recent US labor-market pressures and how these affect worker preferences. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

This book highlights inconsistencies within the field of sports scholarship and provides an opportunity to open up and extend conversations about the intersection of sports media and race — particularly surrounding athletes of East Asian descent. Despite the growing influence of East Asian and Asian American/Canadian athletes, they are still underrepresented in Western media and in scholarship. This anthology adds much-needed literature to sports, popular culture, East Asian, and Asian American studies. The prominence of sports in global popular culture makes the intersections explored in this collection a crucial addition to existing conversations about both sports and East Asian/Asian American/Canadian studies.

This book takes a deep dive into the perceptions of African American males regarding their viewpoints on the relationship between African Americans and the police, often shown in YouTube recordings. It highlights that this issue is not black or white, but a human problem, expanding from the United States to the world at large. The book will benefit criminal justice actors, police departments, criminologists, community organizations, African American families, and individuals interested in understanding African American males’ realities, fears, and concerns.