Margaret DiCanio
Writer and Editor
Science, Social Issues,
and Mystery Stories
My WorksMemory Fragments of the Armenian Genocide: A Mosaic of a Shared Heritage
(iUniverse, 2002) ISBN:0-595-23865-3 $16.95 "Memory Fragments from the Armenian Genocide: A Mosaic of a Shared Heritage is a collection of profiles of North American Armenians whose lives often reflect the specter of the Genocide that killed and sent into exile their forbears. It is a book about the admiration of subsequent generations for parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and other relatives who, through various combinations of physical strength, tenacity, and luck, hung onto life long enough to escape from impersonal murder and find refuge in the New World. The stories of how survivors made their escapes and of how they coped far from home are filtered through the memories of their descendants." Immigrants' fears that their heritage might be lost proved to be unfounded. Descendents retain the values and respect the culture of those who transferred their lineage to the New World, and, at the same time, they embrace the values of their new homelands. Available from www.iUniverse.com Also available from www.BarnesandNoble.com Encyclopedia of Marriage, Divorce, and the Family
"Give or take an hour or two, 16 hours--or two-thirds of most adults' lives--are spent away from the work site in a place generally known as home. Because two-thirds of a daily life is such a substantial expenditure of time, most adults have strong feelings about the arrangements for how that time is spent. Arrangements for living daily life fall into two broad categories: living alone, or living with people. "Emotions about living alone are relatively simple. Those who don't like living alone hate it. Those who don't like living with others love it. Outside observers, depending upon their personal bent, view those who live alone with envy or pity. "Emotions about living with others are another matter. The whole of society chooses up sides about what are proper and improper arrangements. Central to arrangements for living in the home is the idea of marriage. "Marriage is the core concept around which other possible arrangements are described: never married; married; formerly married; and remarried. Intricately linked to the notion of marriage is the concept of family, an arrangement within which children are born and raised. The prescence or absence of children is a category used to describe families and marriages." Available from www.iUniverse.com Also available from www.BarnesandNoble.com Encyclopedia of American Activism:
1960 to the Present "Some historians and the public refer to the events of the 1960s and 1970s as "the movement," as if there had been only one movement. There were many movements. They borrowed strategy and tactics from one another, and members often left their work in one movement to lend a hand in another." "The events of the 1960s had their origins in the preceding decades. The fifteen years of the Depression, with its widespread joblessness, followed by World War II and the totalitarian threat of Nazi and Japanese ambition, left that generation with a feeling that combined caution with a sense of great accomplishment." Available from www.BarnesandNoble.com Encyclopedia of Violence:
Origins, Attitudes, Consequences "Although not usually identified as such, violence is the world's most serious health problem. It maims and kills people daily; it interrupts and interferes with their every day lives by robbing them of loved ones, homes, food, medical care, education or jobs, and too often the opportunity to grow up" "Violence is quick and dramatic, an attention-getter that is over in a few minutes, hours, or days. Recovery from violence, on the other hand, is slow, boring, and painful. It may take years or be impossible. For too many the high of the violent encounter is perceived as heroic and the complaints of victims as whiny." "Violence is a vital area of study that has not had a champion."
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