Society and culture: general

Americas cities: celebrated by poets, courted by politicians, castigated by social reformers.

This book looks at the study of ideas, practices and institutions in South Asian Islam, commonly identified as 'Sufism', and how they relate to politics in South Asia.

This innovative edited collection brings together leading international academics to explore the use of various non-prescription and prescription substances for the purpose of perceived body image enhancement.

The persistence of a raced-based division of labor has been a compelling reality in all former slave societies in the Americas.

This study explores the reinvention of the calendar during the French Revolution and its long-lasting cultural effects.

Wie Staatsanwältinnen, Richter, Polizistinnen und verdeckte Ermittler rechten Hetzern auf die Spur kommen: der Kampf gegen Hassrede im Internet als packende, detailreiche Polizei-Reportage.

The growing inequality in the global economy across the planet is reaching unprecedented levels.

Architectural design can play a role in helping make the past present in meaningful ways when applied to preexisting buildings and places that carry notable and troubling pasts.

Adolescence is a challenging stage for all individuals, especially for those with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

The main objective of this book is to provide a multidisciplinary overview of methodological approaches, architectures, platforms, and algorithms for the realization of an Internet of Things (IoT)-based Smart Urban Ecosystem (SUE).

This book explores the politics of conservative Christian churches and social movements in Russia and the United States, focusing on their similar concerns but very different modes of political engagement.

Marvin Giehl zeigt den im erziehungswissenschaftlichen Diskurs bislang unterrepräsentierten Konnex zwischen den ethisch motivierten Ernährungs- und Lebensformen des Vegetarismus und des Veganismus sowie deren biographischer Genese und bildungstheoretischen Überlegungen auf.

The death of feminism is regularly proclaimed in the West.

This collection analyses the remaking of culture and music spaces during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

A topical, up-to-date and highly authoritative survey of the highly controversial debate around reform of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy.

A captivating look at the history of the pure females of Islamic paradise known as the houri The fascination with the houri, the pure female of Islamic paradise, began long before September 11, 2001.

Between 1939 and 1945, over two hundred German and forty-five Allied servicemen were interned in neutral Ireland.

Freedom Faith is the first full-length critical study of Rev.

The book provides insights on decolonising media and communication studies education from diverse African scholars at different stages of their careers.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

This history of Colombia's illegal drug trade--and of the extreme violence it created--describes how in the late 1960s narcotics traffickers from the United States convinced Colombians who had no previous involvement in the drug trade to grow marijuana for export to America.

This book discusses Irish Passion plays (plays that rewrite or parody the story of the Passion of Christ) in modern Irish drama from the Irish Literary Revival to the present day.

Justice apps - mobile and web-based programmes that can assist individuals with legal tasks - are being produced, improved, and accessed at an unprecedented rate.

Security challenges pose significant hardship for citizens of Caribbean nations.

Your favorite long-term client tells you they want to open up their relationship.

British labour history has been one of the dominating areas of historical research in the last sixty years and this book, written in honour of Professor Chris Wrigley, offers a collection of essays written by leading British labour historians of that subject including Ken Brown, Malcolm Chase and Matthew Worley.

What is the point of cultural theory?

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First published in 1942, this dictionary was designed to help civilians and members of H.

This book gathers eleven scholarly contributions dedicated to the work of Mexican director Arturo Ripstein.

The Routledge Handbook of Translation and the City is the first multifaceted and cross-disciplinary overview of how cities can be read through the lens of translation and how translation studies can be enriched by an understanding of the complex dynamics of the city.

First published in 1932, The Indians of Canada remains the most comprehensive works available on Canada's Indians.

In the 1940s film Now, Voyager, Bette Davis plays a daughter struggling against her mother's stifling repression.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COLVIN PRIZE 2021!

Edited and with contributions by Liisa North and Alan Simmons, this collection explores the participation of the oppressed and marginalised Guatemalan refugees, most of them indigenous Mayas who fled from the army's razed-earth campaign of the early 1980s, in government negotiations regarding the conditions for return.

Do we have positive duties to help others in need or are our moral duties only negative, focused on not harming them?

Islam came on the scene, with a message, philosophy and code of conduct, perfect by all means, with its advent, the new faith revolutionised the contemporary world in a very short span of time.

A collection of fantastical and macabre Gullah-inspired folklore that illuminates African-American life in nineteenth-century South Carolina.

This publication aims to investigate the nature of social life in public and urban spaces in the cities of the Middle East, considering the value of environmental approaches.

When the Nazis seized power in Germany in 1933 they promised to create a new, harmonious society under the leadership of the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler.

Hilfe für belastete Frauen in Schwangerschaft und Postpartalzeit- Angesprochen sind: Alle, die eine Gruppe für Schwangere und Mütter anbieten wollen - von der ÄrztIn und PsychotherapeutIn bis zur Hebamme und BeraterIn- In die Zukunft gedacht: Psychoedukation von Müttern ebnet den Weg für eine sichere Bindung und eine bessere psychische Gesundheit für Mutter und Kind sowie die gesamte Familie- Niederschwellig: Einmal die Woche à 90 Minuten am besten in der Gruppe, um fehlende soziale Kontakte auszugleichen- Hilfe durch: Stabilisierung, Wissensvermittlung und EntlastungBevorzugt im Gruppensetting, aber auch in Einzelsitzungen, lernen Frauen Bewältigungsstrategien sowie mögliche Hilfen im Alltag kennen.

We live in a time when public discourse is more skewed than ever by the propaganda that big money can buy, with trust in the leadership of elected officials at an all-time low.

From tracking down information to symbolising human experiences, this book is your guide to telling more effective, empathetic and evidence-based data stories.

On May 25th, 1946, after 22 years as a congressional secretary, Jane Pratt was elected as North Carolina's first congresswoman.

In recent years, food waste has risen to the top of the political and public agenda, yet until now there has been no scholarly analysis applied to the topic as a complement and counter-balance to campaigning and activist approaches.

This volume looks at how accumulation in postcolonial capitalism blurs the boundaries of space, institutions, forms, financial regimes, labour processes, and economic segments on one hand, and creates zones and corridors on the other.

Assertive, tough, and idealistic, the Weatherwomen--members of the Weather Underground Organization (WUO) from the late 1960s--were determined to stamp out sexism and social injustice.