An anthology of approximately 100 articles and essays. Features a student-oriented structure, including clear section introductions.

Philosophy and the Human Condition

Politics & Social Sciences

Beauchamp, Tom L.

Feinberg, Joel

Smith, James M.

Philosophy

Pearson College Div

The Magdalen laundries were workhouses in which many Irish women and girls were effectively imprisoned because they were perceived to be a threat to the moral fiber of society. Mandated by the Irish state beginning in the eighteenth century, they were operated by various orders of the Catholic Church until the last laundry closed in 1996. A few years earlier, in 1993, an order of nuns in Dublin sold part of their Magdalen convent to a real estate developer. The remains of 155 inmates, buried in unmarked graves on the property, were exhumed, cremated, and buried elsewhere in a mass grave. This triggered a public scandal in Ireland and since then the Magdalen laundries have become an important issue in Irish culture, especially with the 2002 release of the film The Magdalene Sisters. Focusing on the ten Catholic Magdalen laundries operating between 1922 and 1996, Ireland's Magdalen Laundries and the Nation's Architecture of Containment offers the first history of women entering these institutions in the twentieth century. Because the religious orders have not opened their archival records, Smith argues that Ireland's Magdalen institutions continue to exist in the public mind primarily at the level of story (cultural representation and survivor testimony) rather than history (archival history and documentation). Addressed to academic and general readers alike, James M. Smith's book accomplishes three primary objectives. First, it connects what history we have of the Magdalen laundries to Ireland's “architecture of containment” that made undesirable segments of the female population such as illegitimate children, single mothers, and sexually promiscuous women literally invisible. Second, it critically evaluates cultural representations in drama and visual art of the laundries that have, over the past fifteen years, brought them significant attention in Irish culture. Finally, Smith challenges the nation―church, state, and society―to acknowledge its complicity in Ireland's Magdalen scandal and to offer redress for victims and survivors alike.

Ireland's Magdalen Laundries and the Nation's Architecture of Containment

History

Europe

University of Notre Dame Press

In this series of provocative essays, nine specialists in early American history examine some of the more important aspects of the seventeenth-century colonial experience, presenting an impressive sampling of modern historical research on such topics as colonists and Indians, people and society, church and state, and history and historians. Originally published 1959. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Seventeenth-Century America: Essays in Colonial History

Americas

Praeger

For the first time, these two important Irish national novels are paired in one volume, suitable for courses in Anglo-Irish literature and history, Romantic studies, and women's studies. Contextual materials include commentaries by contemporaries and personal letters from both authors.

Two Irish National Tales: Castle Rackrent, The Wild Irish Girl

Literature & Fiction

EDGEWORTH, Maria

Owenson, Sydney

Literary

Wadsworth Publishing

Between 1922 and 1996, over 10,000 girls and women were imprisoned in Magdalene Laundries, including those considered 'promiscuous', a burden to their families or the state, those who had been sexually abused or raised in the care of the Church and State, and unmarried mothers. These girls and women were subjected to forced labour as well as psychological and physical maltreatment. Using the Irish State's own report into the Magdalene institutions, as well as testimonies from survivors and independent witnesses, this book gives a detailed account of life behind the high walls of Ireland's Magdalene institutions. The book offers an overview of the social, cultural and political contexts of institutional survivor activism, the Irish State's response culminating in the McAleese Report, and the formation of the Justice for Magdalenes campaign, a volunteer-run survivor advocacy group.Ireland and the Magdalene Laundries documents the ongoing work carried out by the Justice for Magdalenes group in advancing public knowledge and research into Magdalene Laundries, and how the Irish State continues to evade its responsibilities not just to survivors of the Magdalenes but also in providing a truthful account of what happened. Drawing from a variety of primary sources, this book reveals the fundamental flaws in the state's investigation and how the treatment of the burials, exhumation and cremation of former Magdalene women remains a deeply troubling issue today, emblematic of the system of torture and studious official neglect in which the Magdalene women lived their lives.The Authors are donating all royalties in the name of the women who were held in the Magdalenes to EPIC (Empowering People in Care).

Ireland and the Magdalene Laundries: A Campaign for Justice

McGettrick, Claire

O’Donnell, Katherine

O'Rourke, Maeve

Steed, Mari

I.B.Tauris

Geography of International Affairs

Science & Math

Earth Sciences

Kendall/Hunt Publishing

Historical Dictionary of Arms Control and Disarmament provides a historical review of key themes and issues in international security and arms control, focusing on efforts in the 20th century to control the spread and use of armaments and to prevent war. This book summarizes the rich and proud traditions of arms control and disarmament, their critical role in ensuring a non-catastrophic course throughout history (especially the dangerous period of the Cold War), and their continuing relevance and role in the emerging post-Cold War world. It also seeks to reinforce a broad perspective of key terms in order to capture the scope and range of their application yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Given this combined tradition and focus, this Dictionary serves two purposes. As a historical dictionary, it chronicles key terms, personalities, events, and agreements as a ready reference from which to launch a more extensive investigation. But it also seeks to capture the breadth of current and future applications by presenting the vocabulary of traditional and non-traditional approaches. The book includes a large dictionary of more than 1,000 key terms, as well as a comprehensive bibliography divided into multiple categories, an extensive chronology, and a timeline. This book can also serve as a useful desk reference for the policy practitioner. The pace and intensity of the practice of arms control often eliminates the luxury of conventional study of past or related arms control efforts. The dictionary seeks to provide a relevant sampling of treaty and agreement details and of the specific terms of reference of arms control to allow productive progress in a policy work environment. Researchers and students will also find the dictionary to be a useful reference tool. Much of the formal literature in the field, such as treaty texts and policy pronouncements, is written in technical language without elaboration. Also, many references to agreements are posed in shorthand intended only for the policy practi

Historical Dictionary of Arms Control and Disarmament (Volume 28) (Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest, 28)

Larsen, Jeffrey A.

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Scarecrow Press

A holistic view of the factors that impact the health of a patient beyond the illness itself, this book examines what it is like to be a patient. It espouses the view that terminal illness may not be a tragedy but, an opportunity for emotional growth. The inadequacies of medical care today are discussed, from the failure of health care professionals to see the person with the disease, to the many ways in which managed-care organizations jeopardize the doctor/patient relationship.The work reviews concrete ways in which health care professionals can enhance the quality of their care, by remaining compassionate, continuing to offer patients hope (even if their condition is terminal), acknowledging and addressing patients' suffering, and counseling patients so that they can obtain the support needed. A new advocacy role for doctors is presented that enables patients to make advised decisions about their own treatment. This book encourages patients to take back their lives from the diseases that overwhelm them. It also discusses advance directives, living wills, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and do not resuscitate orders. Information is provided to help patients assume self advocacy on end-of-life issues from an emotional perspective as well as a legal perspective.

Producing Patient-Centered Health Care: Patient Perspectives about Health and Illness and the Physician/Patient Relationship

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Meaningful Graphs is a concise and practical go-to guide for creating charts in Excel ® that clearly and accurately tell the story in your data. It incorporates (a) the graph design principles of the experts (applicable regardless of the software package used), (b) the software steps necessary to incorporate these principles into Excel ® 2010 charts, and (c) chart-related discussions of quality improvement (including Pareto charts), statistics (including run charts and correlations), and the use of graphs in PowerPoint ® presentations (including chart animation). Examples are taken from healthcare but the principles of graph design and Excel® techniques apply to all areas. Over 120 graphs are presented in full color, many with tables of data to facilitate practice. Reading this book you'll learn: <ul>
<li>how to select the correct chart type for your data and how to format it to tell your story more effectively</li>
<li>the nature of "chartjunk" and why the design of some charts requires mental gymnastics to interpret</li>
<li>why looks can be deceiving (3-D charts)</li>
<li>the appropriate use of color in charts</li>
<li>why truncating the value axis of several types of charts is a fatal flaw</li>
<li>how to determine whether a statistically significant change has occurred merely by calculating the mean or median and plotting the data</li>
<li>the type of chart that one chart design expert refers to as a mortal sin</li>
<li>why chart design experts disparage the use of pie charts and what they recommend in their place</li>
<li>which of the six less frequently used chart types (area, stock, surface, doughnut, bubble, and radar) may have some value in healthcare applications</li>
<li>how letting the data talk in their own terms often leads to problem solutions</li>
</ul>If you follow the advice in this book, the graphs you create for reports, presentations, posters, or publications will be more informative and more readily understood. "Finally!! A book that I can recommend to students so they can appreciate the science and art of Meaningful Graphs. Dr. Smith skillfully combines the principles of good graph design and the techniques of Excel and does so in a way that is brilliantly illustrated and easy to follow. I will ensure our bookstore has multiple copies on hand." James Regan, Ph.D., Director, Graduate Psychology Program, Marist College

Meaningful Graphs: Converting Data into Informative Excel Charts

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

James M. Smith

Bloomsbury Academic

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