BiS - Social & Cultural Studies 1

**Named Sports Illustrated's best football book of all time and a #1 NYT bestseller, this is the classic story of a high school football team whose win-loss record has a profound influence on the to……続きを見る

VOTED BEST BLUES BOOK OF 2024 IN THE LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE READERS’ POLL Out of the Blue: Life on the Road with Muddy Waters begins with a moment lifted from a young musician’s dreams. Brian Bisesi,……続きを見る

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Groups most severely affected by COVID-19 have tended to be those marginalised before the pandemic and are now largely being ignored in……続きを見る

Central to this volume, and critical to its unique creative significance and contribution, is the conceptual unification of syndemics and stigma. Syndemics theory is increasingly recognized in socia……続きを見る

An exploration of the ways that everyday life in the city is defined by commuting. We spend much of our lives in transit to and from work. Although we might dismiss our daily commute as a wearying s……続きを見る

Nazo ke maHlubi izibong'o nezibongh'elo zenu njhenghoba bening'phile. Ng'iyathemba zizoba lulutho kuthi sonke sitjo sikwazi ukuzibongh'ela ngokugcwele ze nabantabethu bakwazi uzibongh'ela. Aythabe b……続きを見る

Apospasma twn praktikwn ths 7hs hmeras ths dikhs "Politeia tou Tennessee kata Scopes": H exetash tou W.J. Bryan apo ton C. Darrow. Ti symvainei otan h misallodoxia, o fanatismos, h 8rhskolhpsia, o a……続きを見る

In "Law and Authority," Peter Kropotkin eloquently critiques the interrelation between legal systems and state power, positing that law, rather than being a neutral arbiter of justice, often serves ……続きを見る

Książka “Jak budować pewność siebie” jest przeznaczona dla każdego, kto chce świadomie podnieść poczucie własnej wartości. Z książki dowiesz się m.in.: ー skąd bierze się brak pewności siebie ー czy……続きを見る

El debat és obert, al carrer, als mitjans de comunicació en els cercles d'opinió. Però la pregunta ha d'anar més enllà: hauríem de tenir una política de defensa pròpia? En un món globalitzat i inter……続きを見る

Misogyny across Global Media argues that, although women’s experiences under misogyny are by no means universal, patriarchal social and institutional systems facilitate gender-based hostility across……続きを見る

From the colonial period onward, black artisans in southern cities ー thousands of free and enslaved carpenters, coopers, dressmakers, blacksmiths, saddlers, shoemakers, bricklayers, shipwrights, ca……続きを見る

The comic book has become an essential icon of the American Century, an era defined by optimism in the face of change and by recognition of the intrinsic value of democracy and modernization. For ma……続きを見る

Transnational Cinematography Studies introduces new perspectives to the discipline of film and media studies. First, this volume focuses on a crucial yet largely unexplored area in film and media st……続きを見る

The mistreatment of older people is categorized in many societies as “elder abuse and neglect,” yet the concept has not been subjected to rigorous critical inquiry. Instead, it has most often repres……続きを見る

Democracy has never been a quick or easy process by which to get things done. But many citizens are fed up with the current, extreme partisan gridlock at the national, state, and even local levels o……続きを見る

The Handbook is intended for all researchers in education and the social sciences-undergraduate students to advanced doctoral students and research faculty. Part I provides an introduction to basic ……続きを見る

A study of U.S.-Chinese relations involving the U.S. Army, this work focuses at the personnel level on the Army's service in China. While studies have been published of the U.S. Marines' and U.S. Na……続きを見る

World War I did not bypass Latin America. Within days of the war's outbreak, European belligerents mobilized intelligence assets and secret diplomacy to compete for Latin America's allegiances and r……続きを見る

Updated information and unbiased, developmentally appropriate strategies and activities to celebrate, rather than exclude, diversity, traditions, and holidays. Many programs are establishing a "no h……続きを見る

This book analyzes the development of economic cycles in the run of history. The focus is on the development of cycle theory, with maximum emphasis upon ideas. Chapter 1 delivers an overview of the ……続きを見る

The New York Times said of Józef Hieronim Retinger that he was on intimate terms with most leading statesmen of the Western World, including presidents of the United States. He has been repeatedly a……続きを見る

This book examines the experience of post-colonial territories and their attempts to manage ethnic communities within their countries. The study focuses on Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, and……続きを見る

Since the 1980s there has been a continual engagement with the history and the place of western medicine in colonial settings and non-western societies. In relation to South Asia, research on the ro……続きを見る

Why are men, like other primate males, usually the aggressors and risk takers? Why do women typically have fewer sexual partners? In Why Sex Matters, Bobbi Low ranges from ancient Rome to modern Ame……続きを見る

Elle s’appelle Anémone Laurent, est diplômée en criminologie juvénile et vient d’arriver à la section des homicides de la police de Montréal, où l’intégration n’est guère facile. Le lieutenant Stife……続きを見る

The complex history of Lebanese Shi‘ites has traditionally been portrayed as rooted in religious and sectarian forces. The Abisaabs uncover a more nuanced account in which colonialism, the modern st……続きを見る

Mit sechs Empfehlungen an Politik und Stiftungen für mehr Teilhabechancen von Kindern und Jugendlichen Bildung und Teilhabe gehören zum Existenzminimum. Das legte das Bundesverfassungsgericht in sei……続きを見る

Auf Grundlage einer Onlinebefragung sowie Interviews mit Stiftungsexpertinnen und -experten untersucht die Studie freiwilliges Engagement in deutschen Stiftungen. Die überwiegende Mehrzahl der deuts……続きを見る

Wirtschaftskrisen gehören zum Kapitalismus wie Gewitter zu einem heißen Sommertag. Sie sind die Kehrseite seiner enormen Wachstumsdynamik. Das Buch gibt einen historischen Überblick von den frühmode……続きを見る