The fascinating story of sophistication in the United States, from the founding to the presentIs there such a thing as ';American sophistication'or is it a contradiction in terms?
Media Freedom in an Evolving Journalism Landscape offers an international account of changes and continuity in media freedom and the emergence of new threats in the evolving journalistic sphere.
The mind in the making: The relation of intelligence to social reform examines how patterns of human thinking influence social conditions and collective progress.
This volume revisits contemporary cultural and artistic imaginaries of African cities through a focus on their manifold connections with rural hinterlands.
In The Attention Gap in College Sports, Joshua Woods delves deeply into data on social media activity among college teams and college athletes and critically examines the ways attention-and attempts to gain it-are reconfiguring power and profit in college sports.
The story of Mormonism and the philosophy of Mormonism presents a detailed exploration of the origins, development, and belief systems of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, highlighting how foundational experiences and revelations shaped the early faith community.
This book deepens our understanding of the social, legal, and anthropological issues that arise from the global proliferation of advanced biomedical technologies and how they enable people to use their bodies to express individual and collective identities.
In the summer of 1411, the ageing Donald of Isla, Lord of the Isles, invaded mainland Scotland with a huge, battle-hardened army, only to be fought to a bloody standstill on the plateau of Harlaw, fifteen miles from Aberdeen, a town he had threatened to sack.
The sixth edition of A Beginner's Guide to Structural Equation Modeling has been redesigned to consider the medium-term needs of a beginner in structural equation modeling (SEM) to guide them through their research.
This book deepens our understanding of the social, legal, and anthropological issues that arise from the global proliferation of advanced biomedical technologies and how they enable people to use their bodies to express individual and collective identities.
Living and working with children in a residential setting inevitably involves a continuous 'group experience' and an appreciation of the potential for change and development inherent in group processes can be of great help to residential workers in clarifying and achieving their aims.
With thousands of migrants attempting the perilous maritime journey from North Africa to Europe each year, transnational migration is a defining feature of social life in the Mediterranean today.
This illuminating bookexamines how the public funerals of major figures fromthe Civil War erashaped public memories of the war and allowed a diverse set of people to contribute to changing American national identities.
With thousands of migrants attempting the perilous maritime journey from North Africa to Europe each year, transnational migration is a defining feature of social life in the Mediterranean today.
Media Freedom in an Evolving Journalism Landscape offers an international account of changes and continuity in media freedom and the emergence of new threats in the evolving journalistic sphere.
'An astonishing adventure' - Isabella Tree, author of Wilding'Teeming with life' - The Irish Times'Enchanting' - New Scientist'Absorbing' - Country LifeA mind-expanding deep dive into how animals have shaped us, from the Paleolithic to the present day.
In this elegiac account that is part travelogue, part memoir, British poet and writer Malcolm Ritchie recounts his and his wife's unforgettable three-year-sojourn in Sora, a remote farming and fishing village on the Japan Sea coast.
This book explores the intersections of gender, religion, ethnicity, and class in the fragile borderlands of Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh against the backdrop of the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.
The basic principle of social work underscores the profession's commitment to establishing and sustaining a society with peace, prosperity, and equality.
This illuminating bookexamines how the public funerals of major figures fromthe Civil War erashaped public memories of the war and allowed a diverse set of people to contribute to changing American national identities.
The global doubling of human life expectancy between 1850 and 1950 is arguably one of the most consequential developments in human history, undergirding massive improvements in human life and lifestyles.
