Interdisciplinary studies

Based on two decades of research in Brazil and the UK, this book explores the ways in which intersections of gender, race and class affect the positioning of the subject as 'Other' in discourses of health, and how the positioning of the subject as 'Other' has implications for health research and mental health practice.

Most countries on the African continent have ratified or acceded to several human rights treaties, including the Torture Convention and the African Charter on Human and People's Rights.

In February 2014, Russia initiated a war in Ukraine, its reasons for aggression unclear.

This book explores the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the business, hospitality, and tourism sectors, with a special focus on Eastern Europe.

Soviet Science (1936) gives information about the sort and conditions of research in Soviet scientific institutes in the 1930s.

The Red Pencil (1989) examines the many ways in which Soviet censorship interfered in the creative process - in the words of those who experienced it first hand.

The Development of Sociology in the Soviet Union (1974) examines the institutionalisation of sociology in the Soviet Union.

As the first of a two-volume set examining the distinctive social structure and governance of Huizhou, China, this book focuses on the internal elements of this social functioning.

As the first volume of a two-volume set on the history of Chinese phonology, this book introduces the basics of the discipline and charts the history of phonology from the pre-Qin period to the Song dynasty.

First published in 1929, The Dethronement of the Khedive provides an accurate account of the circumstances attending the deposition of the Khedive Abbas Hilmi Pasha of Egypt.

This book analyses the development of the rice trade in Asia since 1945.

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Edward Ashbee examines the globalizing processes of the past thirty years and considers the extent to which there has been "e;deglobalization"e; or "e;slowbalization"e; and the reasons for these apparent shifts.

The book explores record collecting and vinyl consumption in the 21st century within the context of the vinyl revival.

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This book surveys the testimony of international organizations of the impact of American foreign policy on Iraq.

This book seeks to understand how the economic construction of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) evolved, shaped by the formulation and execution of various economic management systems spanning the years 1949 to 2023, in response to numerous challenges faced by the country.

Distinctively, this book brings together an end-to-end understanding of heatwaves, that is, a consideration of their causes, consequences for human and natural systems and societal responses to them in the form of adaptation and mitigation actions.

Understanding the Modern Russian Police represents the culmination of ten years of research and an ongoing partnership between the Volgograd Academy of Russian Internal Affairs Ministry (VA MVD) and the Volgograd branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (VAPA).

This book surveys the testimony of international organizations of the impact of American foreign policy on Iraq.

This book presents a novel approach to the study of contemporary social movements and activism.

The reference text discusses fundamental principles, planning, sourcing, demand forecasting, and supply forecasting in the field of supply chain management.

Distinctively, this book brings together an end-to-end understanding of heatwaves, that is, a consideration of their causes, consequences for human and natural systems and societal responses to them in the form of adaptation and mitigation actions.

This is the first book-length study of wartime Confucianism in any language, providing new insights into key developments in Confucian thought and ideology in East Asia in the 1930s and 1940s.

The Rise of the Pelhams (1957) looks at the important period between the fall of Walpole and the appointment of Henry Pelham as First Lord of the Treasury, and the ensuing Pelhamite administration - its establishment, peak and fall and its aftermath.

An introductory critical internet studies text that builds upon media literacy and digital culture theory to offer a thorough examination of the intersection of online technology and culture.

This is a book about the dai, or traditional birth practitioner, and her place in the emerging therapeutic domain in colonial and contemporary India.

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This volume includes selected papers (in English and Chinese) from an international conference held in Beijing in 2001, the year that marked the 400th anniversary of Matteo Ricci's arrival in Beijing.

Mexiko: Ein Markt der MöglichkeitenGeschäftserfolg im Herzen Lateinamerikas: Strategien, Chancen und HerausforderungenVon Sofía Isabel Torres GómezErleben Sie den faszinierenden mexikanischen Markt und entdecken Sie die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten, die dieses dynamische Land bietet.

This book is the first comprehensive examination of China's hukou (household registration) system.

This book advances knowledge about strategic communication with an aim to improve the practice of strategic communication in unprecedented times.

This book studies the history of contemporary Chinese fiction criticism, highlighting the role of critics in shaping contemporary literary history.

This book is the first comprehensive examination of China's hukou (household registration) system.

The book deals with some major aspects of Zoroastrianism in Iran during the Sasanian period, including the important distinctions between the spritual and the material modes of existence, the idea that Ahreman, the Evil Spirit, does not belong in the material world, and the widely current myth of Zurvan.

During World War II, the Luftwaffe's Nachtjagd evolved from chaos to effective night fighter units in response to RAF Bomber Command raids.

This book critically examines the ways in which translation studies can offer a conceptual framework for understanding and researching international affairs, drawing on examples from China's Belt and Road Initiative.

This book explores the intricate web of global development assistance, dissecting India's unique position within this dynamic landscape, to study the country's evolving role in International Development.

This volume proposes "e;speaking up"e; and "e;talking back"e; as new theoretical access points for studying feminist activism in digital spaces.

Wie wird man in einer der dunkelsten Stunden der Menschheitsgeschichte zum moralischen Kompass einer globalen Gemeinschaft?

The second edition of this popular textbook provides a current and comprehensive understanding of sex and gender that incorporates biological, psychological, and social approaches.

First Published in 1944, Colloquial Hindustani is intended to supply the beginner in the language not only with the common rules of grammar and their exemplification with sentences of a practical nature, but to assist him towards a correct pronunciation, with a phonetic system of spelling designed as part of an All-India system of romantic orthography.

This text is a rigorous but approachable contribution to the literature on Christian universalism.

In the decade since the UN SDG agenda was established, how much progress have we really made?

This book illustrates that mediated popular culture and science-based knowledge systems, entangled and compromised as both have become, are still a robust crucible for system change for the future when they combine forces.