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AbstractThis policy perspective discusses three important social welfare programs—Social Security Disability Insurance, Medicare, and Temporary Aid to Needy Families—and offers an explanation of how they have expanded over time.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Setting the Scene: A Timeline -- Introduction: From Islam to ISIS -- Chapter One: Bin Laden, al-Zarqawi, and AQI -- Chapter Two: Al-Masri and the Creation of the Islamic State -- Chapter Three: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi -- Chapter Four: Syria, Mosul, and the Establishment of the Caliphate -- Chapter Five: The Caliphate and the Coming Apocalypse -- Chapter Six: The Impact of ISIS -- Epilogue: ISIS Worldwide -- Notes -- For More Information -- Index -- Picture Credits -- About the Author -- Back Cover

The Gilded Age Construction of American Homophobia is an analysis of the negative response to the discovery of the homosexual in late Nineteenth century America. In this period of social distress, many Americans came to doubt the underlying assumptions of national progress. If the United States were to remain true to its promise of earthly perfection, then the forces of social disharmony had to be overcome. Homosexuality, however, challenged the very notions of order and progress. This book investigates the responses of the emergent medical community to this problem, and concludes with a discussion of how the negative reception of the homosexual impacted the future social conception of gay men and women.

Why study the history of modern German-speaking Central Europe? If pressed to answer this question fifty years ago, a Germanist would likely have said something to the effect that one studies modern German history to trace the "German" origins of Nazism, with the broader aim of understanding authoritarianism. While the problem of authoritarianism clearly remains relevant to this day, the nation-state-centered approach to understanding it has waned, especially in light of the recent shift toward transnational and global history. The following essay focuses on the issue of authoritarianism, asking whether the study of German history is still relevant to authoritarianism. It begins with a review of two conventional approaches to understanding authoritarianism in modern German history, and then thinks about it in a different way through G. W. F. Hegel in an effort to demonstrate the vibrancy of German intellectual history for exploring significant and global issues such as authoritarianism.

Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Epigraph -- Introduction : A New Story of Middle Age -- PART I : FROM SAVANNA TO SUBURBIA: Why Middle Age Has Never Been About Growing Old -- 1. What makes middle-aged people? -- 2. What breaks middle-aged people? -- 3. Are people really meant to die at forty? -- 4. Why is middle age so important? (A first attempt at an answer.) -- 5. Saggy? Wrinkly? Grey? Why? -- 6. Middle-aged spread is normal, isn't it? -- PART II : STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS: The Triumph of the Middle-Aged Mind -- 7. Over the hill or prime of life? -- 8. Why does time speed up as you get older? -- 9. Is your mind 'complete' by thetime you're forty? -- 10. Do middle-aged people really getsadder? -- 11. Is the middle-aged mind fragile? -- 12. So … what is the secret of a flourishing middle-aged mind? -- PART III : OLDER AND BOLDER:Romance, Love, Sex, Babies and Life After Forty -- 13. The end of sex? (An introduction.) -- 14. Why does women's reproduction just 'switch off'? -- 15. Crisis? What crisis? -- 16. Should middle-aged people havebabies? -- 17. Is the 'empty-nest syndrome' real? -- 18. Will you still love me tomorrow? -- Conclusion : The View from the Summit -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Index -- A, B, C -- D, E, F -- G, H, I -- J, K, L -- M, N, O -- P, Q, R -- S, T, U -- V, W, X -- Also by this author -- Copyright.

A masterfully researched and compelling history of Iran from 1501 to 2009 This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years. The book covers the complex history of the diverse societies and economies of Iran against the background of dynastic changes, revolutions, civil wars, foreign occupation, and the rise of the Islamic Republic. Abbas Amanat combines chronological and thematic approaches, exploring events with lasting implications for modern Iran and the world. Drawing on diverse historical scholarship and emphasizing the twentieth century, he addresses debates about Iran's culture and politics. Political history is the driving narrative force, given impetus by Amanat's decades of research and study. He layers the book with discussions of literature, music, and the arts; ideology and religion; economy and society; and cultural identity and heritage.