Social and cultural anthropology

Over the last few years intensive community programmes for both young and adult offenders have become established in the UK as an important new component of penal policy - the ISSP (Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme) for persistent and serious young offenders, and the ICCP (Intensive Control and Change Programme) for adult offenders.

Marine environment is the largest habitat covering approximately 70% of the total earth surface.

With case studies from the USA, Canada, Chile, and other countries in Latin America, American Chinese Restaurants examines the lived experiences of what it is like to work in a Chinese restaurant.

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Transcultural Theater outlines the idea of a transcultural theater as enabling an approximation to and an interaction with the foreign and the alien.

A highly original study of newspaper cartoons throughout India''s history and culture, and their significance for the world today.

This book compares aspirations and life choices among educated young adults in urban China and Taiwan.

Advanced Dairy Chemistry-l: Proteins is the first volume of the third edition of the series on advanced topics in Dairy Chemistry, which started in 1982 with the publication of Developments in Dairy Chemistry.

Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Enlightenment argues for the centrality of magical practices and ideas throughout the long eighteenth century.

It is common to think of the Arctic as remote, perched at the farthest reaches of the world-a simple and harmonious, isolated utopia.

This book explores cooperation between humans and animals in extreme environments and contends that understanding domestication is crucial to explaining how life is possible in such conditions.

With its thunderous sounds and dazzling choreography, Japanese taiko drumming has captivated audiences in Japan and across the world, making it one of the most successful performing arts to emerge from Japan in the past century.

This book shows how the theme of laughter can shed light on ancient Greek ethical values and attitudes to life.

How can we assess the ability of a place to respond to challenges like migration, recession and disease?

This volume explores "e;performative linguistic space"e;, namely a space which ushers or hinders linguistic practices.

Winner of the 2024 BASEES (British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies) Women's Forum.

Obesity represents one of the major global health challenges of the 21st century.

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Cradock, the product of more than twenty years of research by Jeffrey Butler, is a vivid history of a middle-sized South African town in the years when segregation gradually emerged, preceding the rapid and rigorous implementation of apartheid.

 This book presents an ethnographic study of environmental Christian networks involved in the climate and transition towns movements.

In 1992, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), signed by over 160 countries and hailed as the key symbol of a common vision for saving Earth's biodiversity, set forth three primary mandates: preserving biodiversity, using biodiversity components sustainably, and enabling economic benefit-sharing.

Misanthropology: Science, Pseudoscience, and the Study of Humanity introduces students to key concepts in critical thinking across the four core branches of anthropology: cultural, linguistic, biological, and archaeological.

Policing and Intelligence in the Global Big Data Era, Volume I, the first of a two volume set, presents a rich and unique collection of global perspectives on data-driven predictive technologies and the expansion and use of surveillance apparatuses in policing and intelligence, both public and private.

As a rapidly aging continent, Europe increasingly depends on the successful integration of migrants.

Over the past several years there has been increasing information in the medical literature regarding the health benefits of a Mediterranean diet.

Although Sumatra is the sixth largest island in the world and home to an estimated 44 million Indonesians, its musical arts and cultures have not been the subject of a book-length study until now.

This comprehensive reference covers the impact of dietary phosphorus in phosphorus physiology, public health and the pathogenesis of disease.

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This book describes the basic concepts and recent advances in new discoveries and technologies related to microbial omics and their role in environmental research and human health.

Canadian Multiculturalism and the Far Right examines a neglected aspect of the history of 20th century Canadian multiculturalism and the far right to illuminate the ideological foundations of the concept of 'third force'.

Developed from the efforts of a multiyear, international project examining how persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) chemicals are evaluated and managed, Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (PBT) Chemicals: Technical Aspects, Policies, and Practices focuses on improving the processes that govern PBTs.

Play & Culture Studies is a bi-annual, peer-reviewed series published by the Association for the Study of Play.

This illuminating book critically examines multicultural language politics and policymaking in the Andean-Amazonian countries of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, demonstrating how issues of language and power throw light on the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the state.

This edited volume takes a comprehensive look at solid waste management across jurisdictions in Canada, including provinces, territories, municipalities, and Indigenous communities.

The home has been on the forefront of rapid economic, political, social, and technological transformations for many individuals and families across the world.

This is a comparative study of the politics of Chinese cultural identity facing China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the US-Chinese, and the Chinese diaspora in the West.

This is the first book to focus explicitly on how Chinas rise as a major economic and political actor has affected societies in Southeast Asia.

A highly interdisciplinary overview of the wide spectrum of current international research in intercultural communication, including discussions of practical applications.

Olives and Olive Oil in Health and Disease Prevention, Second Edition expands the last releases content and coverage, including new sections on materials in packaging, the Mediterranean diet, metabolic syndrome, diabetic health, generational effects, epigenetics, glycemic control, ketogenic diet, antioxidant effects, the use of olive oil in protection against skin cancer, oleuropein and ERK1/2 MAP-Kinase, oleocanthal and estrogen receptors, and oleocanthal and neurological effects.

Coffee: A Comprehensive Guide to the Bean, the Beverage, and the Industry offers a definitive guide to the many rich dimensions of the bean and the beverage around the world.

The Psychology of Eating is the essential multi-disciplinary introduction to the psychology of eating, looking at the biological, genetic, developmental, and social determinants of how humans find and assimilate food.

Combining theoretical and empirical discussions with shorter thick description case studies, this book offers an anthropological exploration of the emergence in Malaysia of lifestyle bloggers precursors to current social media microcelebrities and influencers.

When Rains Became Floods is the gripping autobiography of Lurgio Gavilan Sanchez, who as a child soldier fought for both the Peruvian guerrilla insurgency Shining Path and the Peruvian military.

Health and medical uses of ginseng is broad due to its adaptogenic properties, it is an effective tonic.

This long-awaited volume is the first edited collection to focus entirely on Hip Hop in Australia.

A revealing work of public history that shows how communities remember their pasts in different ways to fit specific narratives,Race, Place, and Memorycharts the ebb and flow of racial violence in Wilmington, North Carolina, from the 1730s to the present day.