In the first systematic examination of the role and impact of visiting judges, Borrowed Judges analyzes the U.S. courts of appeals' use of judges who visit from other circuits and in-circuit district judges, along with the courts' own senior judges.…
The true, captivating, and intensely personal account of an extraordinary American woman who lived, with her medical missionary husband and son, through more than two decades of transition in China. Eventually forced to leave the Communist country,…
This prize-winning, foundational book - now in a new edition featuring a 2015 Foreword by Neil Smelser - focuses on the structural and ideological roots of intelligence failures (both informational and analytical) found in government, industry, and…
LAW, SOCIETY, AND INDUSTRIAL JUSTICE is a foundational study of workplace justice, still engaging and referenced a half-century after its original publication. The 50th Anniversary Edition adds an extensive, substantive Foreword by Berkeley's Lauren…
They have mules. The past is more stubborn. AFTERMATH is a story spun from persistent memories of the Civil War and its violent sequels, from Appalachian culture and the often tragic history of the American South. Cynthia and J.P. Kinsor, both survi…
Memoirs and case studies of fraud schemes and consumer protection from an insider who helped to found New York City's first consumer watchdog agency, Counsel for the Deceived is a funny, candid account of fraud and institutional paralysis written by…
The Negro in Federal Employment is a classic study of civil rights in the U.S. civil service at a time of tumultuous change and reexamination. Praised widely on its initial publication in 1967, Krislov's book remains an important part of the canon o…
Captains Island: 1942 . . . For the sleepy little fishing village in Casco Bay, war was just a distant rumbling. Life went on pretty much as usual while their giant sixteen-inch guns guarded the convoys leaving Portland, Maine. Only Tom Heiden, a yo…
The 30th Anniversary Edition is a candid academic treatment of offensive and sick humor by the leading folklorist scholar on the topic of jokes and joke cycles. It features insightful, surprising, controversial and thought-provoking analyses of the…
