In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the pharmacology, effects, and abuse prevention in heroin. Topics discussed in t...

This book starts by elaborating on the history of the consumption of heroin in central Asia and how this problem came to be a current epidemic in t...

The Black College and University Act defined a historically black college and university (HBCU) as one that existed before 1964 with a historic and...

In recent years, dedicated revenues to the Highway Trust Fund have been eroding, resulting in fewer resources to fund surface transportation projec...

The author projects Senator Hillary Clinton as the first woman to win the White House. He delves into the machinery and into the managers and pundi...

Baby-boomers, this book is for YOU! Hippie artifacts are a potential goldmine today. Abundant undiscovered material still lies in attics and baseme...

In the 1950s, a frenzy of modernisation and a growing post-World War II population and economy were leading to the wholesale destruction of histori...

How does one handle a concept like 'infrastructure', which seems, simultaneously, so vague and yet heavily technical? In this international researc...

This edited volume brings together interdisciplinary research from diverse fields such as psychology, history, education, and cultural studies to e...

The contributions to this volume address a wide range of fascinating topics: the marital regime in Damascus, narrative strategies in biographies of...

This book is an introduction to the topic of bridges and is an unpretentious, popular contribution to the history of technology, where such aspects...

Nakosteen has drawn from German, Persian, Arabic, English, and French sources as well as his own understanding of the Eastern and Western cultures ...

In the American Southwest, Native people remain connected to the lands that have been their homes for centuries. In Home: Native People in the Sout...

This book presents eleven chapters by sixteen established academic authors from five main refugee-receiving Western countries (the US, Australia, C...

There are over a half million people experiencing homelessness in the United States, nearly 160,000 of them are children, and nearly 38,000 are vet...

Homelessness - A Guide to the Literature -- Second Edition

The rich continue to get richer -- thank goodness. And in the 21st century the homeless do not exist. At least that is what the media leads us to b...

Homelessness prevention is an essential element of any effort to end homelessness either locally or nation-wide. To close the front door of entry i...

This guide to the literature presents descriptions of books, reports and articles dealing with all aspects of Homelessness including: economic aspe...

This book contains diverse chapters examining homelessness from a myriad of perspectives, from global perspectives to clinical perspectives. An int...

This book provides background information on government policy on tackling statutory homelessness (ie: those households for whom local authorities,...