Environmental Activism, Social Media, and Protest in China: Becoming Activists over Wild Public Networks builds upon existing social movement scholarship in communication studies, China studies, and sociology by analyzing China’s vibrant contemporary environmental protests. Using news reports, social media feeds, and conversations with witnesses and participants in the protests, Elizabeth Brunner examines three important antiparaxylene (PX) protests: the 2007 protests in Xiamen, the 2011 p...

Award-winning entrepreneur, fashion innovator, and conscious parenting advocate Elizabeth Brunner invites young readers to celebrate what makes them unique in Me is All I Want to Be, a heartwarming picture book starring the unforgettable Stereo the Snake.Inspired by Elizabeth’s real-life experience raising girl/boy twins and creating the gender-inclusive kids’ fashion brand StereoType, this empowering story encourages children to express themselves boldly and authe...

Water, Rhetoric, and Social Justice: A Critical Confluenceexamines how individuals and communities have responded on a global scale to present day water crises as matters of social justice, through oratory, mass demonstration, deliberation, testimony, and other rhetorical appeals. This book applies critical communication methods and perspectives to interrogate the pressing yet mind-boggling dilemma currently faced in environmental studies and policy: that clean water, the very stuff of lif...

What Democracy Looks Like is a compelling and timely collection which combines two distinct but related theories in rhetoric and communication studies, while also exploring theories and ideas espoused by those in sociology, political science, and cultural studies.Recent protests around the world (such as the Arab Spring uprisings and Occupy Wall Street movements) have drawn renewed interest to the study of social change and, especially, to the manner in wh...

Creating Citizens is a collection of essays about Community and Civic Engagement (CCE) learning at land-grant universities.In Creating Citizens, professors and administrators at Auburn University’s College of Liberal Arts recount valuable, first-hand experiences teaching Community and Civic Engagement (CCE). They demonstrate that, contrary to many expectations, CCE instruction both complements the mission of liberal arts curricula and powerfully a...

**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Rheumatology**This core textbook discusses the presentation and pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, management, and prognosis for a comprehensive range of pediatric rheumatic conditions. Global leaders in the field provide evidence-based guidance highlighted by superb full-color illustrations that facilitate a thorough understanding of the science that underlies the investigation, recognition, and management of rheumatic diseases in childhood...

La douleur est insupportable et inquiétante, sa prise en charge est un objectif prioritaire des projets médicaux. Cet ouvrage destiné aux soignants propose une mise à jour complète des données relatives à la douleur, tant sur le plan de l'évaluation que celui de son traitement et de l'accompagnement du patient qu'elle nécessite. Il permet aux infirmier(e)s, d'acquérir ou de perfectionner des compétences dans la prise en charge de la douleur du patient. Après avoir abordé la physiopathologi...