Social Science - General

Author: Robin RidingtonISBN-10: 0877453918ISBN-13: 9780877453918Publisher: University of Iowa PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1992Pages: 317Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 8.96h x 5.46w x 0.80d

In Sensing Corporeally, Floyd Merrell argues that human sensation and cognition should be thought of in terms of continually changing signs that can be accounted for in terms of topological forms. Focusing on qualitative and analogical sensing, rather than quantitative and digital reasoning, Merrell...

Eighteenth-century Italian playwright Pietro Chiari designated the age he lived in 'The Century of Women' - an age when women gained considerable power through education and admission to various academic positions and professions. Structured as an extended disputation, this book tells the tale of...

Written by two leading scholars of global politics, Globalization: the return of borders to a borderless world? is a major new book for students of globalization. It describes and explains globalization and its origins, and examines its future in light of key recent political...

The presence of international missions in weak and failing states across the globe confirms that multi-lateral involvement has become a strategic imperative to secure international peace and security. With demands for democratic governance and peaceful coexistence in countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq, the...

Follow the author's harrowing descent from a successful journalist and communications professional into severe addiction to alcohol and drugs, including multiple relapses and a dozen stays in various inpatient rehabilitation facilities.At center is the "Rehab All-Star" paradox: the tendency to thrive within structured environments...

Rethink what it means to grow older.In the second volume of his Intelligent Age Series, Klaus Schwab challenges outdated assumptions about aging, work, and purpose. With longer lifespans, today's older adults are healthier, more educated, and more active than ever. Their experience and wisdom...

Observations toward enhancing emergency disaster management drawn from "the ladies," including Katrina, Lee, Rita, Sandy, and Wilma.Topics include incident command system (ICS), three time urgency rules, four response priorities (safety, security, sanitary, and shelter), five disaster management stages, six disaster emotional reaction phases, and...

"No writer, I suspect, is altogether free of the hope that what he writes - or even only a sentence or phrase of it - will survive him. A bon mot remembered in a hundred years' time might justify an entire life." In The...

To Arrive Where I Started--and Know It for the First TimeFor anyone raised in a forgotten place who has lost part of themself, for those from Appalachia labeled "backward" and blamed for America's ills, and for anyone who's ever whispered, Is this all there...

The heart of social work lies in individual casework, where people and families need concrete support. Case management offers a carefully designed framework for systematically assessing individual life situations, coordinating appropriate support, and developing stable long-term perspectives. This book guides you through the practice...

Mildred Smith, so far, has lived 94 years. This book was delivered to her on her 94th Birthday on August 28th, 2025 after her hand written chapters were made into a book our family can cherish forever. Author: Mildred SmithISBN-10: 1088161022ISBN-13: 9781088161029Publisher: Mildred SmithLanguage:...

This pioneering text brings together for the first time the global institutions on the front line of the campaign against hunger and poverty. The institutions examined in this book - the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the...

"Chinese martial arts, also known as kung fu. It has a long history, profound and extensive, rooted in the people, and rich in culture. Martial arts have a special charm that attracts millions of people to learn it.Kung Fu is loved by people all...

Follow the story of 20th - 21st Century Genocide as told by a man who researched, wrote a thesis and created a human rights early warning system that helped stop genocide, massacres and starvation in hot spots around the world. Respected reviewers call this...

Filled with happy endings! The fourth of a four part series explaining the virtually unexplainable truths of homelessness in a way that folks from 8 to 80 can understand. Priscilla and her band of faithful fans journey into the limelight to find solutions to...

"The Prince and the Pauper" is a historical novel written by Mark Twain, first published in 1881. The story is set in 16th-century England and follows the adventures of two boys who switch places: Edward Tudor, the Prince of Wales, and Tom Canty, a...

"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" is a satirical novel written by Mark Twain, published in 1889. The story follows a 19th-century American, Hank Morgan, who is mysteriously transported back in time to King Arthur's Britain. Using his modern knowledge and technology, Hank...

"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World" is a travelogue written by Mark Twain, first published in 1897. In this book, Twain recounts his experiences during a lecture tour around the world, which he embarked on to pay off his debts following a...

"Life on the Mississippi" is a memoir by Mark Twain, published in 1883. In this work, Twain reflects on his experiences as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the Civil War, as well as his return to the river years later as...

As I watch what is happening in the United States it seems there is little accountability, or sense of social responsibility. Individual rights are put before those of collective rights and people demand to exercise their Constitutional rights even if doing so can put...

It is a travesty of history that Ambedkar, whose mortifying critiques of the caste system are routinely cited by 'liberals' to scorn and deride Hinduism, but whose trenchant criticism of Islam, and particularly the history of Muslims in India, has received little critical scrutiny...

The twentieth century has left behind a painful and complicated legacy of massive trauma, monstrous crimes, radical social engineering, or collective/individual guilt syndromes that were often the premises for and the specters haunting the process of democratization in the various societies that emerged out...

This monograph places the science and ideology of eugenics in early twentieth century Portugal in the context of manifestations in other countries in the same period. The author argues that three factors limited the impact of eugenics in Portugal: a low level of institutionalization,...

NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS India Under British Rule From The Foundation Of The East India Company This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and...

This study offers guidelines for pedestrian and bicycle traffic in African cities. The text is based on the combination of studies and test findings obtained in pilot projects carried out in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Eldoret and Morogoro between 1995 and 2000.Author: M. De...

Exchange programmes have been a part of US foreign relations since the nineteenth century, but it was only during and after World War II that they were applied by the US government on a large scale to influence foreign publics in support of strategic...

This book offers an interdisciplinary and in-depth analysis of the relationship between intercultural dialogue and multi-level governance, seen from a human rights-based perspective. It brings together papers that were originally presented at international workshops organised by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence of the...

Hunger and nutrition are central to public health, social stability and a balanced economy. A powerful interdisciplinary field has recently emerged among demographers, cultural, economic and science historians around food studies. This book is a study of the historical interactions between diet, hunger and...

This volume offers a collection of thirteen studies on the subject of intercultural contact and exchange in the medieval and early modern periods. The aim of the authors was to approach this phenomenon as broadly as possible, and the resulting volume is, therefore, a...

Based on modern linguistic studies conducted in Germany, England, France, and the USA regarding commonly used vocabulary, researchers have found that the first 1,000 essential words cover over 80% of the vocabulary used in regular (non-specialized) texts. The second 1,000 words add an 8-10%...

This book presents compelling essays by leading Hungarian and foreign authors on the variety of social movements and parties that seek influence and power in a Hungary mired in deep and manifold crisis. The main question the volume tries to answer is: what can...

The acquisition of intersubjectivity, as the result of semiotic mediation and social mediation, is the critical issue in moral education. As Vygotsky lamented, morality is beginning to acquire an increasingly temporal character, therefore, the essence of moral education can not be found in unnecessary...

Populism" is a fuzzy term. It neither identifies a specific political program nor does it clearly situate political positions along a left-to-right spectrum. Instead, it refers to a strategy of communication and a style of political performance. This volume sheds light on the resurgence...

Any oral and written text can be considered literature in the broadest sense of the word; and Buddhist texts are no exception. The literary quality of Buddhist texts is intimately integrated with Buddhist moral and religious teaching, and it ultimately serves soteriological goals. Buddhist...

Chinese leisure has received little attention from either Chinese or international scholars. Because of the long history of Chinese leisure, and because China has the largest population in the world, understanding Chinese leisure may greatly assist us in understanding the evolution of leisure in...

This book explores late-sixth and early fifth-century Boiotia as a case study in the construction and articulation of collective identity in archaic and early classical Greece. By juxtaposing a variety of sources - historiography, numismatics, iconography, epigraphy - the author discusses traditions of Boiotian...

Photographs of Robben Island - Kamchatka (Mt. Velienchinski, Petropavlovsk), Bering Island (sledge dogs, fur-seal drives and rookeries) and Copper Island is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research...

The Soldier's Hymn-Book - For Camp Worship is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1862. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As...

This edited collection assesses governance in forestry programmes and projects, including REDD+ governance. It examines political representation, participation and decentralisation in forest governance, providing insight as to how forest governance arrangements can be responsive to the socio-economic interests of local people and communities who...

Energy transformation significantly redefines the business models of enterprises in the energy sector, putting difficult decisions before them in terms of both strategy and operationalization. This shift aligns with climate protection policies, Industry 4.0 principles, and advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, blockchain, and IoT....

The purpose of the Special Issue was to collect the results of research and experience on the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for the energy sector and the energy market, broadly understood, that were visible after a year. In particular, the impact of COVID-19...

The research in this Special Issue is an international collection of studies focusing on the current challenges and possibilities in teacher education. The contributors examine teacher education with theoretical and empirical approaches including both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The studies demonstrate that future...

Once considered a stepchild of social theory, legal criticism has recently received a great deal of attention, perpetuating what has always been an ambivalent relationship. On the one hand, law is praised for being a cultural achievement, on the other, it is criticized for...

Author: Alice Cline ParkerISBN-10: 3030468933ISBN-13: 9783030468934Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/17/2020Pages: 266Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d

Winner of the 2014 ESSE Book award (in Cat B. Cultural Studies-Jr. Scholar) This volume offers a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary treatment of European representations of the Indies between the twelfth and the fifteenth centuries. Drawing on encyclopedias, cosmographies and cartography, romance, hagiography, and legend,...

Uncover the hidden stories of wartime New Zealand. In 1918, a miner's letter to his sweetheart was intercepted, leading to his imprisonment. This is just one of the many remarkable stories revealed in Dead Letters, a deep dive into the world of wartime censorship...

The British vs. Kenya's Mau Mau is a provocative and remarkable family and community memoir told with honesty, clarity, and suspense. The book captures the opportunities gained and lost, the resilience of the Gȋkũyũ community told through the eyes of Wanjirũ Warama from age...

Amid a flurry of national standards and high-stakes assessments, it's easy to overlook the curiosity and invention that is inherent to science and that should be central to any science lesson plan. Similarly, the connections between what students learn in the classroom and the...

The editors of Culture, Nation, and Identity, representing the Seminar for East European History at Cologne University, the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, and CIUS Press at the University of Alberta, invited seventy specialists to examine the Russian-Ukrainian encounter in four chronological symposia, from...