Social Science - General

Difficult Memories: Talk in a (Post) Holocaust Era attempts a difficult cross-cultural discussion. These scholars agree that the Holocaust is not just in the past - it is with us in memory. Professors and students alike - whether European, American, or Canadian, or whether...

This collection, an exploration of new approaches to semiotics and the human sciences, includes essays by John Brigham, Denis Brion, Marcel Danesi, John Deely, Rolando Gaete, Robert Ginsberg, Bernard S. Jackson, Roberta Kevelson, Robin Paul Malloy, William Pencak, Paul Ryan, W. T. Scott and...

Thirty years ago, one writer complained that ′to admire technology is all out of fashion′. Today excited claims are made for the impact that these technologies are having on social, political and economic life. But how are we to assess these claims? This book...

Biotechnology Unglued explores this question in a well-considered investigation of the effects of technology on social cohesion. The essays present case studies of how various applications in agricultural, medical, and forensic biotechnology have affected the cohesiveness of agricultural communities, citizens, consumer groups, scientific communities,...

Government policy is to conserve buildings from every period. Listing has considerable implications for owners and occupiers. This book sets these out which is useful for the benefit of property managers and others involved in the day-to-day upkeep and long-term use of listed commercial...

This study of the Master of the Offices is an attempt to throw more light upon the intricate administrative system obtaining in the Later Roman and Byzantine Empires through a detailed treatment of the history and scope of one particular office. It is a...

This fascinating text examines the union of Africans and American Indians in Virginia during colonial times.Author: Barbara FagginsISBN-10: 0415932211ISBN-13: 9780415932219Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/07/2001Pages: 112Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 9.46h x 6.02w x 0.47d

At the turn of the twentieth century, colleges and universities in the U.S. and elsewhere were convulsed with change, a change induced by the creation of the modern set of academic disciplines. Their emergence at that time fundamentally altered how universities were constructed and...

Author: Eugenya ZingerISBN-13: 9798995126102Publisher: Eugenya ZingerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/21/2026Pages: 272Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d

Author: Joseph Albert GorskiISBN-13: 9798295881381Publisher: Jimmy OliverLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/11/2026Pages: 186Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51dLarge Print

Author: Tanul ThakurISBN-10: 9379850336ISBN-13: 9789379850331Publisher: ContextLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/21/2026Pages: 504Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.55lbsSize: 9.50h x 6.00w x 1.01d

Author: David P. Bryant,Philip BakerISBN-10: 1999741749ISBN-13: 9781999741747Publisher: Heathland BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2026Pages: 184Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.50d

Author: Oyewole Taye SalamiISBN-10: 9786825225ISBN-13: 9789786825229Publisher: Dehostconsulting PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/21/2026Pages: 378Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78d

Living in South Africa: What It Takes offers a rare, experience-driven perspective on one of the world's most complex and compelling countries. Drawing on more than four decades of living, working, and traveling across the region, author Martin Leigh presents a clear, grounded, and...

This Special Issue grew out of a simple conviction of the co-editors, that love for science and technology need not stand in unhealthy, oppositional tension with the search for the divine. Careful attention to scientific discovery and technological innovation can open up fresh pathways...

An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Abd Salam Shabeeny provides a rare and valuable description of regions in West Africa, including Timbuctoo (Timbuktu) and the Hausa territories. Based on firsthand knowledge and historical accounts, the work offers...

This second edition of The Handbook of International Psychology chronicles the discipline of psychology as it evolves in different regions, from the perspective of those living and working in the countries they write about.This volume surveys the history, methodology, education, training, and future of...

What if everything you thought you knew about Thailand's past was only part of the story? From ancient human footprints buried deep in the earth to the rise of powerful kingdoms, dramatic سقوطs, and bold political transformations, this is a journey through time that...

The University Chaplain: A Comprehensive Guide to Spiritual, Ethical, and Community Leadership in Higher Education offers an extensive exploration of one of the most multifaceted and indispensable roles within the dynamic ecosystem of higher education-the university chaplain. As both the soul of the university...

Chapter 11 is open access and available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Political theory promises...

Democracy is struggling in an age of populism and post-truth. In a world swirling with competing political groups stating conflicting facts, citizens are left unsure whom to trust and which facts are true. The role of honesty in civic life is in jeopardy. When...

The Wonders Of The Little World, Volume 2 by Nathaniel Wanley, offers a comprehensive exploration of human nature, faculties, capacities, powers, and defects of both body and mind. This historical work delves into the general history of humankind, examining the various aspects that define...

In 1775, a young Philadelphia Quaker was sent by his father to gather detailed information on business conditions in the British Isles. Fisher's travels took him throughout Britain and Ireland, even across the English Channel, and the journals that record his observations provide a...

This open access book explores the hidden politics of time--the chronopolitics--that profoundly shapes the contours of academic life and knowledge production in contemporary universities. Moving beyond familiar critiques of academic acceleration, Ulrike Felt explores the diversity of time generators and the resultant complex, multilayered...

Once We Were Hunters journeys to six different countries in southern and eastern Africa to examine those indigenous communities who, in spite of a rapidly modernizing continent, are still managing to survive in their natural environment. Since an estimated 75 percent of African wildlife...

Seventeen Pedigrees from Family Memorials is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1885. 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 publisher...

This book is written in a clear, popular manner, explaining the Scientific Socialist theories of Marx and Lenin, as opposed to the bourgeois distortion of those theories, as are taught in University. The existence of classes is stressed, as well as the necessity of...

Author: W. E. B. Du BoisISBN-10: 1930097131ISBN-13: 9781930097131Publisher: Lushena BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2000Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.43d

This guide to psychotherapy in Ireland includes a register of members of the Irish Council for Psychotherapy, ethical guidelines for the profession, a description of the approaches to psychotherapy available in Ireland and a full directory of psychotherapists in Ireland.Author: Irish Council for PsychotherapyISBN-10:...

?Today, humanity faces a fundamentally different challenge ? that of managing a planet and a global human civilization in ways that will sustain both indefinitely. What makes this task less than easy are the pace and complexity of change. Over the next half century,...

In Science for Life acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg cuts through the vested interests and confusing contradictory statements that litter the media and the internet, to give a clear picture of what science is telling us right now about changing our lives for the...

Educating about social issues in the 20th and 21st Centuries: A Critical Annotated Bibliography, Volume 3 is the third volume in a series that addresses an eclectic host of issues germane to teaching and learning about social issues at the secondary level of schooling,...

This volume understands itself as an invitation to follow a fundamental shift in perspective, away from the self-contained 'I' of Western conventions, and towards a relational self, where development and change are contingent on otherness. In the framework of 'Dialogical Self Theory' (Hermans &...

The selected papers of one of the leading intellectual figures in psychoanalysis, Arnold M. Cooper M.D., record his unique ability to reflect upon the process of change and help us understand not only where, but even what, psychoanalysis is.Author: Arnold M. CooperISBN-10: 1583918914ISBN-13: 9781583918913Publisher:...

The topic of "love" has been addressed in books that range from collections of syrupy aphorisms to "how-to" books on relationships. But love is far too broad and interesting a topic to be limited in this way. Although this book includes three chapters on...

This work offers a consideration of the nature of intelligence, cultural disadvantage, educational programs for culturally different people. In this longitudinal study, profiles of development and expression of competencies are presented.Author: Barry Nurcombe,Susan-Lee Walker,Philip de LaceyISBN-10: 1567504205ISBN-13: 9781567504200Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/12/1999Pages: 330Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.44lbsSize:...

A new leadership approach is essential for addressing today's worldwide challenges -- conflict and violence; poverty, famine, starvation, disease; and environmental devastation, much of which is attributed to global climate change. Although myriad organizations support sustainable development goals, plans and programs for economic, social...

The articles that are printed in this book made what was in my opinion the most important, the most constructive, series on a single subject that Good Housekeeping has published in the quarter century and more that I was its editor. And they might...

The North Korean Conundrum describes North Korea's relations wih its beighbors and the United States, the history of its nucleaar weapons and ballistic missile prorams and the threat that it posses to the United States and its neighbors.Author: George R. PitmanISBN-10: 1547031204ISBN-13: 9781547031207Publisher: Createspace...

A Mile Wide and an Inch Deep is the first metaphor used in this different way of looking at adolescence in America. While many are caught up in recent literature about teen brain function and cognitive development, sometimes people just need a bigger perspective...

This is irrefutably a ne plus ultra and an apt recommendation for smart city proposal.Author: Musharraf ShaheenISBN-10: 1545245401ISBN-13: 9781545245408Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/08/2017Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.13lbsSize: 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.11d

Most books claiming to interview teens are paraphrased by the interviewer. The L.A. Teen Project offers the direct transcription of forty-two kids from all across Los Angeles as they answer questions like: Have you ever felt God? How committed are you to safe sex?...

This book 'Beyond The Silver Linings' is in Self Help Motivational category. Basically this is a very thought provoking book on Life Management. The book has impressive arguments and persuasions' to the people around for establishment of global peace and promotion of mutual brotherhood...

In this world and society, God has placed each of us in particular places and circumstances. We, according to our own action (karma), evolution, education, talents and abilities, earn our living. Can everyone become rich? It may or may not be possible. But can...

The content of this book consists of 130 different topics, which could be considered controversial by some and not by others. This is totally dependent on the mindset, beliefs and perceptions of the individual reader. To some degree these factors are addressed in this...

Corporations had dominated trade and industry in mid of 20th century. It created joblessness. Small industry was losing ground in competition with corporations. It affected workers. Woman was more affected because of crisis on small industry. Women appeared with struggle for equal salary and...

This is a book about America's poor, poverty, and what can be done about it. A specific focus is given to the plight of the African American poor and what has contributed to it. The book recognizes that eliminating poverty will take the collective...

Cultures and Social Intelligence guides readers to become more aware of the power and complexities of cultures and social influences in their everyday lives. Our social intelligence, the sum total of this understanding, shows us how our cultures are related to our families, beliefs,...

Societies and Social Intelligence guides readers to become more aware of the power and complexities of societies and social influences in their everyday lives. Our social intelligence, the sum total of this understanding, shows us how our societies are related to our families, beliefs,...

Social Intelligence and Social Justice helps readers become more aware of the power and complexities of societies and social justice in their everyday lives. Our social intelligence, the sum total of this understanding, shows us how societies and social justice are related to families,...