Separating truth from hype, this book introduces readers to the topic of life extension in a holistic manner that provides scientific, historical, and cultural perspectives.
artWork: Art, Labour and Activism brings together a variety of perspectives on contemporary cultural production and activism in order to interrogate how the concepts of art, labour and activism intersect in practices for social change.
artWork: Art, Labour and Activism brings together a variety of perspectives on contemporary cultural production and activism in order to interrogate how the concepts of art, labour and activism intersect in practices for social change.
Food and the Novel in Nineteenth-Century America revolves around the 1840 presidential election when, according to campaign slogans, candidates were what they ate.
As the European Community moves toward full integration of its members' economies, one of the most far-reaching changes will be in the European labor market.
Tattoos are a highly visible social and cultural sight, from TV series that represent the lives of tattoo artists and their interactions with clients, to world-class sports stars and the social actors we meet on a daily basis who display visible tattoo designs.
Tattoos are a highly visible social and cultural sight, from TV series that represent the lives of tattoo artists and their interactions with clients, to world-class sports stars and the social actors we meet on a daily basis who display visible tattoo designs.
A New Yorker, Time Out, NPR, Electric Lit and Publishers Weekly Book of the Year, and Lambda Literary Award Finalist A fabulously riveting hybrid memoir and queer history lesson The New York TimesIt s 1996, and Jeremy, a young American, has met the British boy of his dreams just as, amid a media frenzy, US Congress prepares the Defense of Marriage Act, denying same-sex couples rights including immigration.
Originally published as Course of Popular Lectures, the works collected in this volume display the gift for oratory and range of progressive ideas that made Frances Wright (1795-1852) both a sought-after lecturer and a controversial figure in early nineteenth-century America.
Originally published as Course of Popular Lectures, the works collected in this volume display the gift for oratory and range of progressive ideas that made Frances Wright (1795-1852) both a sought-after lecturer and a controversial figure in early nineteenth-century America.
An ethnographic account of the political-economic afterlife of the Armenian genocide in present-day TurkeyTemptations in Ruin examines the political-economic afterlife of the Armenian genocide in present-day Turkey, focusing on the region of Mus (Moush).
Originally published in 1992, in this second edition of Genius and Eminence there are 28 chapters, of which 17 were new while the remaining chapters had been revised and updated.
Introduction to Statistics in Criminal Justice and Criminology: A Practical Approach to Calculating, Using, and Interpreting Data provides students with a clear, structured path to the quantitative tools that shape empirical inquiry in the field.
Understanding how cities shape human life through space and place Cities function as dynamic systems where physical space, social forces, and human experience intersect.
"e;Make Holidays Your Own"e; is about ways to celebrate July 4 as "e;Interdependence Day"e; and to make Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day, and other holidays less commercial and more meaningful and inclusive.
As nuclear energy experiences renewed global interest amid climate concerns and energy security challenges, understanding the social foundations of nuclear governance becomes increasingly critical for policymakers, industry leaders, and civil society organisations.
This book explores critical and thought- provoking questions about the role and impact of psychotherapy in addressing societal, environmental, and economic challenges.
Georges Louis Leclerc, conde de Buffon (1707-1788), destaca dos rasgos notables en el campo de la antropologia: la idea del poder de la razon del hombre (entendido como el optimismo de la ilustracion) y el rechazo de postulados metafisicos para alcanzar el conocimiento y explicarse el mundo (asumiendo el papel de Creador), considerando este como un terreno abierto a la conquista.
Der Preis der Likes ist eine ruhige, analytische Auseinandersetzung mit der Frage, wie digitale Medien Wahrnehmung, Vergleich und soziale Nähe verändern.
Penetrar en los arcanos de la historia y del pensamiento nahuatl a traves de sus propias palabras es acercarnos al corazon de un pueblo que vivio la grandeza y el infortunio en carne propia.
"No cuentas con nada ni con nadie y lo único que va a pasar es que te van a matar en la siguiente y nadie se va a enterar ni a nadie le va a importar", le dijo uno de sus maestros a Héctor Castillo cuando éste se recuperaba de la golpiza que recibió tras publicar su libro El basurero: antropología de la miseria.
El Gobierno nos aconseja tener a punto un kit de emergencia, la Union Europea nos advierte que la guerra puede salpicarnos, mas o menos cerca, a la clasica o la moderna con caidas de sistemas o armas biologicas, los expertos alertan que las catastrofes por exceso de calor, sequias o lluvias torrenciales se acentuaran, que vendran nuevas epidemias, que no podemos confiar en que las rutas comerciales se mantengan abiertas.
