Social Science - General

In this groundbreaking book Osmundo Pinho makes an important contribution to Black Studies transnationally through placing Afro-pessimism in conversation with "Ancestrality," an important theoretical concept emerging from the field of Black Studies in Brazil. In the book, Pinho argues that social death and ancestry...

What if the road to understanding American politics runs through every one of its 3,000+ counties?In this compelling mix of travel memoir and cultural insight, the author crisscrosses the country with one goal: to listen. From diner counters to train stations, coffee shops to...

Sacred, Symbolic, and Contested explores how animals are revered, represented, and disputed across global cultures. Through vivid case studies--from sacred cows in India to ritual slaughter in Judaism and animal commodification in industrial societies--this book reveals how human-animal relationships express deep ethical, religious, and...

What should professionals-judges, lawyers, teachers, social workers, and Guardian ad Litem or CASA volunteers -consider in pursuing the Best Interest of Children who have been abandoned, neglected or abused? How can Department of Children and Families improve their systems?Best Interests of the Children explains...

In The Second Vulture, Dr. Olusegun Abejide delves into the haunting story behind Kevin Carter's Pulitzer-winning photo to explore urgent moral dilemmas in modern society. Blending psychology, journalism, and ethics, this compelling call to action challenges us to rediscover compassion in an age of...

Are you ready to break free from patterns and beliefs that no longer serve you? Do you long to uncover your authentic self and lead a life rooted in self-trust, resilience, and purpose?In Cracked Open, Michelle Moffitt shares her powerful journey of breaking free...

Salini, a modern-day professor and mother, never expected her life to take a turn into the ancient past. But when a mysterious time-travel device sends her hurtling through the ages, she finds herself in a world of warrior cultures, deadly beasts, and civilizations long...

Captive Ambassadors challenges the notion of zoo animals as "ambassadors" for their species, revealing the exploitative marketing tactics behind their individualized narratives. Drawing on cognitive and behavioral ethology, transspecies psychology, and critical anthropomorphism, this multidisciplinary work exposes how zoos fabricate biographies to mask the...

This book brings together contributions from leading scholars around the world on philosophy as a way of life (PWL), the research field opened up by the groundbreaking works of Pierre and Ilsetraut Hadot. The chapters examine how PWL opens up new perspectives on historical...

The present book provides a wide knowledge of Environmental Science and Natural Resources, and the types of presents in the Natural World (Chapter 1). Moreover, the concept of the ecosystem and the importance of the ecosystem has been described in Chapter 2. Chapter 2...

Arabic language has attained the status of an International language. United Nations has adopted Arabic as one of its six official languages. Arabic language plays a vital role in the commercial and the cultural fields in the globalizational era. Arabic is a very rich...

The history of the Samaná Americans begins with their resettlement in 1824 from Philadelphia to the Samaná peninsula as part of the plan of the Haytian President Boyer to populate the first free black republic in the Western Hemisphere. Only a few decades later,...

The Prisoners' Hidden Life or Insane Asylums Unveiled is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1868. 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....

Septenary Man - The Microcosm of the Macrocosm is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. 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....

Master's Thesis from the year 2016 in the subject Social Studies (General), grade: 90.00, University of East London, language: English, abstract: The research explored the realities of those who live within some of Maryland's poorest neighbourhoods in West Baltimore. The study analysed the correlation...

Cultural Writing. The three essays in this volume originate from a symposium held at Florida Atlantic University, dedicated to the integration of the Advanced Placement exam within the teaching of Italian language and culture. Special emphasis was placed upon Italian-American culture, as shown in...

This edited book, Global Social Work - Cutting Edge Issues and Critical Reflections, presents global social work expertise, practical tools, and an iterative and reflective process for developing a global social work pedagogy that advances deep disciplinary learning. The authors offer the specifics of...

Universal Recognition kindles the wonderful creation of the world, a universal coexistence universally established with beautiful human beings. In light of human history, the author touches on the importance of universal wellness, the human heart, the human spirit, and human emotion, i.e., the human...

James Harvey Robinson (1863 - 1936) was an American Historian. In his writings he stressed the "new history" - the social, scientific, and intellectual progress of humanity rather than merely political happening. The Mind in the Making: The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform...

Merriam-Webster defines Economics in the following manner: A Social science that analyzes and describes the consequences of choices made concerning scarce productive resources. Economics is the study of how individuals and societies choose to employ those resources: what goods and services will be produced,...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

Title: Observations on the act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port-Bill: with thoughts on civil society and standing armies.Author: Josiah QuincyPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

A Study of the Sky is a book written by Herbert A. Howe and first published in 1896. The book is a comprehensive study of the sky and its various phenomena, including clouds, rain, hail, lightning, and thunder. Howe provides detailed explanations of the...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel illuminates the psychological, emotional, behavioral, and spiritual impact of police work on police officers, administrators, emergency communicators, and their families.Author Stephanie Conn, a board-certified police psychologist as well as a former police officer and dispatcher, debunks myths...

This book provides a detailed exploration of the septenary system, a concept that posits the existence of seven levels of being in both the microcosm of the human soul and the macrocosm of the universe. Drawing on a wide range of religious and philosophical...

The Surtees Society has been a leading publisher of historical works since its inception in 1834, and this collection features some of its most popular and acclaimed titles. From medieval manuscripts to Victorian memoirs, the publications of the Surtees Society offer a fascinating glimpse...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

In The Step-Father's Step-Son, Barbara M. Cox takes a stand for a man's first wife and the children of his first wife. The laws of this land care for neither except to offer social services that are funded by the overburdened taxpayer.Adultery is encouraged...

In this volume, Elizabeth Masiga Kakembo draws together many contributors to create a book that preserves and expands on previous work by Abner Ekudu on the lineage and legacy of OMUTABONA LWANDE WESONGA and his descendants, as a branch of Abatabona.This unique work on...

The theory of compatibility directs the progress of knowledge acquisition in science and many aspects of life and society. Vladimir A. Morozov defines the principles and criteria of compatibility and offers a concise exploration of human and organizational development in tandem with society as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This book analyzes the relationship between Peronism and the Argentine working class from the foundation of the Peronist movement in the mid 1940s to the overthrow of Peron's widow in 1976. It presents an account of such crucial issues as the role of the...

Many of the deep-rooted human conflicts that seize our attention today are not ready for formal mediation and negotiation. People do not negotiate about identity, fear, historic grievance, and injustice. Sustained dialogue provides a space where citizens outside government can change their conflictual relationships....

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. It is free to read on Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Over the last 150 years,...

Author: Richard E. KopelmanISBN-13: 9798822939943Publisher: Palmetto PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/13/2025Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.29d

The Soviet Communist Party faced a large-scale problem of regulating membership after the Russian Revolution of 1917. While recruitments were conducted mainly according to the internal Party rules, exclusion campaigns were periodically adopted to ensure ideological purity. In the decades before World War II,...

The Ecosystem Project offers a groundbreaking approach to navigating complexity and making real, lasting change in human systems.Too often, leaders face challenges that are overwhelming in scope-interconnected problems that defy simple fixes. The default is to focus on what can be controlled: launching initiatives,...

Labour shapes contemporary life not only as an activity or institution, but as a mode of thought - a framework that organises time, structures society, and defines value. This book examines labour as a political force that produces subjectivity and sustains social legitimacy, moving...

The second edition of Media Ethics and Global Peace: Readings on Artificial Intelligence, Critical Thinking, and Cyberspace explores pressing ethical issues at the forefront of our ever-evolving media landscape, especially in view of advanced technologies and global interconnectedness. The anthology offers critical insight into...

The Son of the Wolf and Other Klondike Tales is a collection of short stories by Jack London, published in 1900. This collection showcases London's deep connection to the Klondike Gold Rush and reflects his firsthand experiences in the harsh, rugged environment of the...

Many judgments regarding what is good or bad, possible or impossible, rely upon unspoken assumptions or frameworks which are used to view and evaluate events and actions. Philosophers uncover these hidden aspects of thoughts and judgments, scrutinizing them for soundness, validity, and fairness. These...

The Intellectual Life - Vol. 3 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1876. 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 a...

Thomas Crawford and Art in America is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1875. 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 a...

A conference about the next succession to the crowne of England - Divided into two parts is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1594. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and...