Society and culture: general

In early North America, carrying watercraftusually canoesand supplies across paths connecting one body of water to another was essential in the establishment of both Indigenous and European mobility in the continents interior.

Pivoting from studies that emphasize the dominance of progressivism on American college campuses during the late sixties and early seventies, Lauren Lassabe Shepherd positions conservative critiques of, and agendas in, American colleges and universities as an essential dimension of a broader conversation of conservative backlash against liberal education.

This collection of Korean folk tales is sure to delight the hearts of all children between the ages of eight and eighty.

Racial capitalism, invisible but threaded throughout the world, shapes our lives.

Racial capitalism, invisible but threaded throughout the world, shapes our lives.

Pivoting from studies that emphasize the dominance of progressivism on American college campuses during the late sixties and early seventies, Lauren Lassabe Shepherd positions conservative critiques of, and agendas in, American colleges and universities as an essential dimension of a broader conversation of conservative backlash against liberal education.

Ambedkar's Political Philosophy is a critical exploration of the political theory of B R Ambedkar, the Indian thinker and leader who championed the cause of the socially oppressed.

In What Music Did, experimental filmmaker and violinist Tony Conrad explores in depth the relationship between music and mathematics.

Harold K.

Ambedkar's Political Philosophy is a critical exploration of the political theory of B R Ambedkar, the Indian thinker and leader who championed the cause of the socially oppressed.

What makes fiction recognizable as fiction?

This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of how the European Union defines, practises, operationalises, and is perceived through science diplomacy in the Middle East.

This book unearths a food story buried deep within the soil of American civil rights history.

This book unearths a food story buried deep within the soil of American civil rights history.

This book highlights world perspectives on critical aspects impacting the circular economy and the Just Transition.

Going beyond photography as an isolated medium to engage larger questions and interlocking forms of expression and historical analysis, Ambivalent gathers a new generation of scholars based on the continent to offer an expansive frame for thinking about questions of photography and visibility in Africa.

Henry James was not only a prolific novelist but also a prolific letter writer.

This book examines different key aspects around new forms of work and gender and intersectional inequalities in platforms, how the platform economy intervenes, changes and reconfigures the organization of work, and the challenges faced by policymakers and workers' organizations regarding formalization, professionalization, remuneration, quality of work or social protection of platform work.

Poverty is a root cause and effect of many social inequalities in the UK, due to the disproportionate impact on those living in poverty of their access to basic resources, services and opportunities.

This book examines different key aspects around new forms of work and gender and intersectional inequalities in platforms, how the platform economy intervenes, changes and reconfigures the organization of work, and the challenges faced by policymakers and workers' organizations regarding formalization, professionalization, remuneration, quality of work or social protection of platform work.

Poverty is a root cause and effect of many social inequalities in the UK, due to the disproportionate impact on those living in poverty of their access to basic resources, services and opportunities.

Contemporary Taiwanese Horror Cinema investigates the resurgence of horror and ghost films in Taiwan's vibrant cinematic landscape.

Contemporary Taiwanese Horror Cinema investigates the resurgence of horror and ghost films in Taiwan's vibrant cinematic landscape.

Is it possible to use the social science toolkit developed in the West to explain social change in the East?

This book explores how gender is a determining factor shaping mobilities in the global South.

Les conflits armes, l'insecurite et les migrations constituent aujourd'hui des defis majeurs pour de nombreux pays africains.

Feminist Digital Methods redefines the role of methods in research, pedagogy, and activism in an increasingly digitized world.

Over the past 30 years, China's public parks have been turned into stages for amateur performances of socialist anthems by self-organized retirees who lived through the Mao era (1949-1976).

Understanding someone's cultural context is key to understanding and supporting them as a whole person.

Understanding someone's cultural context is key to understanding and supporting them as a whole person.

"e;It was the objection of David Hume,"e;Kant wrote, "e;that first [.

The year 2020 marked the centennial of the death of Max Weber, the German sociologist, scholar of world religions, economic historian, social philosopher, and theoretician of modern political life.

Making illegal residence unattractive is a way for Western governments to limit migration from non-Western countries.

"e;It was the objection of David Hume,"e;Kant wrote, "e;that first [.

The DID and OSDD Handbook is a supportive, accessible guide to life with dissociative identity disorder (DID), other specified dissociative disorder (OSDD) and partial dissociative identity disorder (P-DID), based on author Ella Everett's experience living with DID.

The DID and OSDD Handbook is a supportive, accessible guide to life with dissociative identity disorder (DID), other specified dissociative disorder (OSDD) and partial dissociative identity disorder (P-DID), based on author Ella Everett's experience living with DID.

In this essential intervention, Venezuelan socialists provide an invaluable analysis of the origins and causes of their country's crisis, and offer a critique of the Maduro regime.

It can be easy to feel overwhelmed by politics.

This book examines the myriad of systemic challenges that are baked into the fabric of US society, perpetuating and permeating antiblackness across some of its most trusted institutions.

Social work and the crisis of representation are a common theme for practice and theory.

Over the past two decades, increased criminal and state violence has profoundly transformed everyday life in Mexico.

Black women have been credited for Democratic wins in a number of recent consequential elections.

Document from the year 2022 in the subject Social Studies (General), , language: English, abstract: The mindfulness training "e;Poise, Awareness, Breathing"e; is a means to counteract the habit of avoiding the conscious experience of the present moment.

The first English language account of deserters from the German army during World War IIThe German military executed between 18,000 and 22,000 of its personnel in World War II on the charges of desertion and "e;undermining the military spirt.

Ecomuseums, founded on the radical principle of community-led heritage, have transformed preservation practices across the globe.

Physical safety is a core task of government.

Dieses Buch beleuchtet die Schule als Spiegelbild und Denkfabrik unserer Welt.

Black women have been credited for Democratic wins in a number of recent consequential elections.

Nations all have stories about themselves--where they came from, what it means to be a citizen of that nation, what its values are.

For decades, trans studies and queer theory have treated the trans body as a theoretical construct a site for identity, dysphoria, and gender politics leaving erotic realities largely unexamined.