Dale O Spencer

Law for the Newsman

Law for the Newsman

Men's Studies Modified: The Impact of Feminism on the Academic Disciplines

There's Always Been Womens

Holiness: The Soul of Quakerism: An Historical Analysis of the Theology of Holiness in the Quaker Tradition (Studies in Christian History and Thought)

No single word conjures up religion, spirituality or the sacred more than `holiness'. Yet its meaning in Christian theology and application in Christian practice, has been greatly misunderstood. Few Quakers today of any persuasion would recognize the mystical depth of meaning the concept had for Qua...

Ultimate Fighting and Embodiment: Violence, Gender and Mixed Martial Arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is an emergent sport where competitors in a ring or cage utilize strikes (punches, kicks, elbows and knees) as well as submission techniques to defeat opponents. This book explores the carnal experience of fighting through a sensory ethnography of MMA, and how it transgresse...

Emotions Matter: A Relational Approach to Emotions

The sociology of emotions has recently undergone a renaissance, raising new questions for the social sciences: How should we define and study emotions? How are emotions related to perennial sociological debates about structure, power, and agency? Emotions Matter brings together leading international...

Lake Ronkonkoma (Images of America)

Lake Ronkonkoma, located in the center of Long Island, becamea summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers with the arrival ofthe railroad in 1843. Luxurious hotels were built around the lakeshoreduring the 1890s to attract visitors. People would utilize the sparklingwaters of the lake for boating, f...