D.O. - Social & Cultural Studies 1

Born enslaved. Silenced by force. Awakened by truth and the will to resist. In this deeply personal and powerful autobiography, Frederick Douglass recounts his life in bondage with searing honestyー……続きを見る

Raw, courageous, and profoundly moving, My Bondage and My Freedom is Frederick Douglass's deeply personal account of his life in slavery and his journey toward freedom. With clarity and moral force,……続きを見る

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This volume brings together key scholars from across the globe to explore anti-colonial and anti-imperial perspectives to help transform ou……続きを見る

How and why was universal health coverage implemented so early in a poverty-stricken province in Canada? Why was its design so faithfully replicated in the national standards that ultimately shaped ……続きを見る

Bright red terra sigillata pots dating to the first three centuries CE can be found throughout the Western Roman provinces. The pots' widespread distribution and recognisability make them key eviden……続きを見る

"A serious examination of the faulty reasoning that leads to repeated mistakes by individuals, businesses, and nations…In this fascinating book, Dobelli does not offer a recipe for happiness but a w……続きを見る

*** Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025 *** Misogyny, conspiratorialism, surveillance, manipulation, fraud, and AI slop are drowning the internet. For the……続きを見る

Wisdom, freedom, and self-reliance ー the voice of America's spiritual philosopher. Ralph Waldo Emerson, leader of the Transcendentalist movement, inspired generations with his writings on individua……続きを見る

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Despite growing international interest in the position and power of the Japanese prime minister, there is little existing research on what ……続きを見る

U.S. military conflicts abroad have left nine million Americans dependent on the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) for medical care. Their "wounds of war" are treated by the largest hospital syst……続きを見る

Pourquoi la violence inconsciente déborde-t-elle ? La violence s’impose de façon inquiétante autour de nous sous des modalités multiples. Il ne manque pas d’analyses économiques, politiques ou socio……続きを見る

Awaken your inner strength, creativity, and sense of purpose with the complete works of America's leading voice of TranscendentalismーRalph Waldo Emerson. This definitive collection gathers Emerson'……続きを見る

Allegories of America offers a bold idea of what, in terms of political theory, it means to be American. Beginning with the question What do we want from a theory of politics? Dolan explores the met……続きを見る

What does effective research and development look like in the creative industries and how might it lead to successful innovation? This book is an answer to that question. Building upon place-based c……続きを見る

A remarkable look at how the growth, technology, and politics of high-frequency trading have altered global financial markets In today’s financial markets, trading floors on which brokers buy and se……続きを見る

Geopolitics is a way of looking at the world: one that considers the links between political power, geography, and cultural diversity. In certain places such as Iraq or Lebanon, moving a few feet ei……続きを見る

De tous les sociologues français du xxe siècle, Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) est sans doute aujourd’hui le plus connu et le plus controversé. Son œuvre foisonnante a durablement marqué le champ intel……続きを見る

En el libro dos Recrear la Educación en y para la vida se trazan horizontes educativos y se delinean rutas que colocan a la vida como centro para la recreación humana, tanto individual como colectiv……続きを見る

Long before the current calls for national service, civic responsibility, and the restoration of community values, the Progressives initiated a remarkably similar challenge. Eldon Eisenach traces th……続きを見る

Esta edición digital en formato ePub se ha realizado a partir de una edición impresa digitalizada que forma parte de los fondos de la Biblioteca Nacional de España. El proyecto de creación de ePubs ……続きを見る

A complete dependence on capable leadership is one of few things every organisation has in common. In the absence of talented leadership, the workforce – and by extension the entire business – canno……続きを見る

First published in 1903, "The People of the Abyss" tells Jack London’s descent into London’s east end in the 1900s. Sent to cover Edward VII’s coronation, he went in search of the real story – the s……続きを見る

__________________ THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Stop searching for the answers - and start delighting in the questions with Pandora Sykes, c****o-host of The High Low podcast. 'Deliciously fascinatin……続きを見る

Esta edición digital en formato ePub se ha realizado a partir de una edición impresa digitalizada que forma parte de los fondos de la Biblioteca Nacional de España. El proyecto de creación de ePubs ……続きを見る

This book studies the deliberative dynamics in the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations’ specialised agency for regulating international shipping. The importance of internat……続きを見る

How reading and writing are collective acts of political pedagogy, and why the struggle for change must begin at the level of the sentence. “Reading is class struggle,” writes Bertolt Brecht. Politi……続きを見る

This book reveals how decisions regarding where to migrate are made, what factors are considered, how these change over time and why some destinations are more attractive to certain categories of pe……続きを見る

O livro apresenta textos dos professores pesquisadores do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas sobre Exclusão, Cidadania e Direitos Humanos (GEPEC) da Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS) e de pesquisadore……続きを見る

'A lively and dramatic account of greed, corruption, and scandal that will captivate you from start to finish.' – FRANK W. ABAGNALE, subject of Catch Me If You Can 'Everything you feared was true ab……続きを見る

Based on a deliberative democracy, this book uses a hermeneutic-critical methodology to study bibliographical sources and practical issues in order to analyse the possibilities, limits and consequen……続きを見る