Author: MR Ken LevinePublisher:
ISBN: 9780615653525
Category : Nineteen sixties
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
The television and screenplay writer--and sportscaster--reflects on his youth in Woodland Hills, Calif.
The Me Generation... by Me (Growing Up in the '60s)
Author: MR Ken LevinePublisher:
ISBN: 9780615653525
Category : Nineteen sixties
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
The television and screenplay writer--and sportscaster--reflects on his youth in Woodland Hills, Calif.
The Social History of the American Family
Author: Marilyn J. ColemanPublisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1452286159
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 2111
Book Description
The American family has come a long way from the days of the idealized family portrayed in iconic television shows of the 1950s and 1960s. The four volumes of The Social History of the American Family explore the vital role of the family as the fundamental social unit across the span of American history. Experiences of family life shape so much of an individual’s development and identity, yet the patterns of family structure, family life, and family transition vary across time, space, and socioeconomic contexts. Both the definition of who or what counts as family and representations of the “ideal” family have changed over time to reflect changing mores, changing living standards and lifestyles, and increased levels of social heterogeneity. Available in both digital and print formats, this carefully balanced academic work chronicles the social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of American families from the colonial period to the present. Key themes include families and culture (including mass media), families and religion, families and the economy, families and social issues, families and social stratification and conflict, family structures (including marriage and divorce, gender roles, parenting and children, and mixed and non-modal family forms), and family law and policy. Features: Approximately 600 articles, richly illustrated with historical photographs and color photos in the digital edition, provide historical context for students. A collection of primary source documents demonstrate themes across time. The signed articles, with cross references and Further Readings, are accompanied by a Reader’s Guide, Chronology of American Families, Resource Guide, Glossary, and thorough index. The Social History of the American Family is an ideal reference for students and researchers who want to explore political and social debates about the importance of the family and its evolving constructions.
Generation Me
Author: Jean M. TwengePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743276981
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Noted researcher Dr. Twenge uses 14 years of research and its data from 1.3 million respondents to reveal how profoundly different today's young adults are from previous generations, and makes controversial predictions about what the future holds.
Looking Back
Author: Joyce MaynardPublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453261281
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
A memoir of what it was like to be a teenager in a tumultuous era, from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Best of Us. Joyce Maynard was eighteen years old when her 1972 New York Times Magazine cover story catapulted her to national prominence. Published one year later, Looking Back is her remarkable follow-up—part memoir, part cultural history, and part social critique. She wrote about diving under her desk for air-raid practice during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Beatles’ first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, and catching the first glimpse (on the cover of Life magazine) of a human fetus in utero. Extraordinarily frank, sincere, and opinionated, Maynard seemed unafraid to take on any subject—including herself. But as she reveals in a poignant and candid new foreword, she carefully kept her inner life off the page. She didn’t write about her difficult relationship with her mother, or her father’s alcoholism, or the fact that her best friend at college had struggled with the knowledge that he was gay. And she did not mention the most important part of her life at the time she was writing this book: her relationship with reclusive author J. D. Salinger, who read and corrected every page, even as he condemned her for writing it. In this special anniversary edition, Maynard’s candid introductory reflections on the girl behind the girl who wrote Looking Back lend a new dimension to this iconic analysis of a generation. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Joyce Maynard including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.
Successful Parenting
Author: John Sherwood LeitePublisher: Wellness Institute, Inc.
ISBN: 9781587410857
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
About The BookSuccessful Parenting is an interesting and easy to read book showing parents how to deal effectively with the teenage years. It doe not seek to produce perfect parents or perfect children but instead provides simple yet effective guidelines on how to parent successfully. The focus of the book is on what parents can do to provide a healthy environment in which their children can grow.The heart of the book deals with The 10 Commandments Of Healthy Parenting. These commandments provide valuable guidelines for dealing with the common trials and tribulations of the teenage years. Parents will find the information they need to effectively deal with such issues as positives values, setting limits, good communication, sex, cigarettes, and much more.Leite and Parish set the stage with a discussion of adolescent tasks and characteristics, giving helpful insight into teenage reasoning and behavior. They also discuss the changing social climate and how this change adds to the stress of adolescence.About The AuthorsJohn S. Leite, Ph.D. is on the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Medical School and is responsible for training doctoral candidates in clinical psychology in the treatment of adolescents. He has been active in the treatment of adolescents and adult addictive disease since 1979.
Get Smart! About Modern Career Development
Author: Michelle L. CastoPublisher: Get Smart Publishing
ISBN: 9780967470450
Category : Career development
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Get Smart! About Modern Career Development will teach you to raise your self-awareness, practice active reflection, and follow your intuition to enhance your decision- making skills. Topics include: decision making, getting ready for work, work in the 21st century, entrepreneurship, self- marketing tools, and the 6 stages of career development: assessment, investigation, preparation, commitment, retention, transition.
My City, My Los Angeles
Author: Jeryl BrunnerPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 076279321X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
What do famous people love to do during their free time in Los Angeles? Angelenos and other notables have their rituals that connect them to the city in a unique way: favorite restaurants, museums, beaches, parks, markets, landmarks, haunts, and hideaways. The activities are as diverse and eclectic as the city itself. My City, My Los Angeles gives readers something truly unique––a chance to experience L.A. the way the city’s most notable luminaries do.
The Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13 3/4
Author: Tez IlyasPublisher: Sphere
ISBN: 0751582174
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The incredible Sunday Times bestseller 'Essential...A complex blend of overexcited Adrian Mole-like anecdotes mixed with shocking moments of racism and insights into Muslim religious practices' Sunday Times 'Authentic, funny and very relatable' - Sayeeda Warsi In 1997, Britain was leading the way to an exciting new world order. A funny, loveable and naïve 13-year-old Tez Ilyas from working class Blackburn wanted to be a doctor. By the end of 2001, the UK was at war with Afghanistan and Islamophobia had shot through the roof. 18-year-old Tez wasn't heading for a medical degree. In this rollercoaster of a coming-of-age memoir, comedian Tez Ilyas takes us back to the working class, insular British Asian Muslim community that shaped the man he grew up to be. Full of rumbling hormones, mischief-making friends, family tragedy, racism Tez didn't yet understand and a growing respect for his religion, his childhood is both a nostalgic celebration of everything that made growing up in the 90s so special, and a reflection on how hardship needn't define the person you become. At times shalwar-wetting hilarious and at others searingly sad, this is an eye-opening childhood memoir from a little-heard perspective that you'll be thinking about long after you've finished the last page.
Saving the World at Work
Author: Tim SandersPublisher: Crown Currency
ISBN: 0385528272
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Even the actions of a single person can help to change the world. How? Through simple acts of leadership and compassion. Open up this book, and discover the true stories of people whose actions have caused a chain reaction at work and in their communities. Among them: A manager who gives an employee some supportive praise, and as a result literally saves his life (page 231). A small group of bank tellers who spearhead a movement to raise millions of dollars for breast cancer, making it the biggest fundraiser in North America, and enhancing their company’s reputation (page 213). A sales manager who gets a copy of a groundbreaking book that leads to a transformation of the company’s operations. As a result, hundreds of millions of pounds of carpet waste avoid the landfill, and the company sparks a revolution in its industry (page 12). A “responsibility revolution” is shaking up corporate America. In this provocative and insightful book, bestselling author Tim Sanders reveals why companies must to go beyond making a profit and start making a difference. Every one of us, regardless of title or position, can inspire our companies to change the way they do business, helping them to become a positive force for enriching people, communities, and the environment. When this happens, not only do we help save the world, we help save our companies from becoming irrelevant. We also become part of what Sanders calls the Responsibility Revolution. Companies that don’t participate in this revolution risk becoming obsolete. Today customers, employees, and investors are demanding that companies focus on their social responsibilities—not just their bottom lines. Sixty-five percent of American consumers say they would change to brands associated with a good cause if price and quality were equal; 66 percent of recent college graduates will not work for companies with poor social values. And more than sixty million people are willing to pay a premium for socially and environmentally responsible products. In SAVING THE WORLD AT WORK, Tim Sanders offers concrete suggestions on how all of us can help our companies join the Responsibility Revolution. Drawing on extensive interviews with hundreds of employees and CEOs, and illuminated by countless stories of people who are making a difference in the workplace and in the world, Sanders offers practical advice every individual and company can use to make the world a better place--now and in the future.
Growing Up in a Land Called Honalee
Author: Joel P. RhodesPublisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826273858
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This study examines how the multiple social, cultural, and political changes between John Kennedy’s inauguration in 1961 and the end of American involvement in Vietnam in 1973 manifested themselves in the lives of preadolescent American children. Because the preadolescent years are, according to the child development researchers, the most formative, Joel P. Rhodes focuses on the cohort born between 1956 and 1970 who have never been quantitatively defined as a generation, but whose preadolescent world was nonetheless quite distinct from that of the “baby boomers.” Rhodes examines how this group understood the historical forces of the 1960s as children, and how they made meaning of these forces based on their developmental age. He is concerned not only with the immediate imprint of the 1960s on their young lives, but with how their perspective on the era influenced them as adults.