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Civic Engagement in the Wake of Katrina

Amy Koritz and George J. Sanchez, Editors

This collection of essays documents the ways in which educational institutions and the arts community responded to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. While firmly rooted in concrete projects, Civic Engagement in the Wake of Katrina also addresses the larger issues raised by committed public scholarship.

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Framed: The New Woman Criminal in British Culture at the Fin de Siècle

Elizabeth Carolyn Miller

Framed uses fin de siècle British crime narrative to pose a highly interesting question: why do female criminal characters tend to be alluring and appealing while fictional male criminals of the era are unsympathetic or even grotesque?

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Wiki Writing: Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom

Robert E. Cummings and Matt Barton, Editors

When most people think of wikis, the first—and usually the only—thing that comes to mind is Wikipedia. The editors of Wiki Writing: Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom, Robert E. Cummings and Matt Barton, have assembled a collection of essays that challenges this common misconception, providing an engaging and helpful array of perspectives on the many pressing theoretical and practical issues that wikis raise.

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