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Coming on the heels of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, Lincoln's Enduring Legacy offers highly readable and accessible perspectives on Lincoln at 200 in terms of his impact on great lea……続きを見る

Revolution and Genocide in Ethiopia and Cambodia is the first comparative study of the Ethiopian and Cambodian revolutions of the early 1970s. One of the few comparative studies of genocide in the d……続きを見る

Media Bias? addresses the question: To what extent can mainstream news media be characterized as 'conservative' or 'liberal'? The study involves a systematic comparative analysis of the coverage giv……続きを見る

This landmark volume brings together some of the titans of social movement theory in a grand reassessment of its status. For some time, the field has been divided between a dominant structural appro……続きを見る

Unsettling America explores the cultural politics of Indianness in the 21st century. It concerns itself with representations of Native Americans in popular culture, the news media, and political deb……続きを見る

Carbon Politics and the Failure of Kyoto charts the framework and political evolution of the Kyoto Protocol negotiations and examines the ensuing failure of the international community to adequately……続きを見る

“A brilliant discussion of campaign finance in America…a must for all who care about the American political system.” ーErwin Chemerinsky “Thorough, dispassionate, and immensely readable.” ーFloyd Ab……続きを見る

Asha Nadkarni contends that whenever feminists lay claim to citizenship based on women’s biological ability to “reproduce the nation” they are participating in a eugenic projectーsanctioning reprodu……続きを見る

Selections collected in A Book of Words from thirty-one speeches and addresses delivered by Kipling. Contents Literature The Claims of Art Values in Life Imperial Relations Growth and Responsibility……続きを見る

First published in 1887, Rudyard Kipling's The City of Dreadful Night is as nightmarish a little tale as you could wish to read, a macabre journey through the nocturnal city of Lahore that in some w……続きを見る

For a month Kipling, referring to himself as “The Englishman,” journeys unfettered through Rajputana, India, chronicling his adventures as a wayfarer through a world where British imperialism and In……続きを見る

Diversity of Creatures was published in 1917, but most of the stories predate World War I, and it shows. The book resembles the just preceding adult collection, Actions and Reactions, more than it d……続きを見る

In American Notes, Rudyard Kipling, the Nobel Prize-winning author of the Jungle Book, visits the USA. As the travel-diary of an Anglo-Indian Imperialist visiting the USA, these American Notes offer……続きを見る

Actions and Reactions is a collection of very different short stories and poems. Two stories in particular make this collection stand-out. With The Night Mail and The House Surgeon. With The Night M……続きを見る

Kipling wrote "Story of the Gadsbys" before he was married. He lamented the loss of male friends, who were "lost" to family life. If you read "Puck of Pook's Hill," you will see that he also formed ……続きを見る

A wide-ranging, significant contribution. - Göran Therborn, Cambridge University "A lively, well-informed, and accessible guide through the dynamics and complexities of globalization." - Robert Holt……続きを見る

If you are accused of a crime you did not commit, do you believe that justice will prevail in a court of law? Perhaps you should think again… An innocent woman is almost sent to prison for eight yea……続きを見る

“Madaraka” is the Swahili word for self determination. Article 2 of the United Nations 1960 Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples states: “all peoples have th……続きを見る

"Insightful and important.... A readable, timely and valuable contribution to the understanding of the revolutionary forces at work in Iran.... The reader almost becomes a participant." ーThe New Yo……続きを見る

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Ron Kessler appears to get everything first.”ーSlate As in a play, presidents, vice presidents, and presidential candidates perform onstage for the public and the media.……続きを見る

'Only with the greatest of simplifications, for the sake of convenience, can we say Africa. In reality, except as a geographical term, Africa doesn't exist'. Ryszard Kapuscinski has been writing abo……続きを見る

Uncover the truth behind our food addiction - and learn how to break the cycle Many of us find ourselves powerless in front of a bag of crisps, a packet of biscuits, the last slice of pizza. Why is ……続きを見る

This new edition of The Newspapers Handbook presents an enlightening examination of an ever-evolving industry, engaging with key contemporary issues, including reporting in the digital age and ethic……続きを見る

A provocative, timely assessment of the state of free speech in America With his best seller The Working Poor, Pulitzer Prize winner and former New York Times veteran David K. Shipler cemented his p……続きを見る

In While England Slept Winston Churchill revealed in 1938 how the inadequacy of Britain's military forces to cope with worldwide responsibilities in a peaceful but tense era crippled its ability to ……続きを見る

Was sind die Grundlagen der Evolutionstheorie von Charles Darwin? Wie entwickeln sich Arten und welche Anpassungsstrategien sichern das Überleben? Wie entstand der Mensch und was können wir aus der ……続きを見る

The Economic Consequences of the Peace was written and published by John Maynard Keynes. After World War I, Keynes attended the Versailles Conference as a delegate of the British Treasury and argued……続きを見る

Few modern events have aroused more controversy than the Spanish Civil War. This controversy was especially acute in Great Britain, which was torn between its distrust of Nazi Germany and Fascist It……続きを見る

Guttenbergs Trickkiste Wie weit liegt er zurück, der letzte Doktortitelskandal? Ein Tag? Eine Woche? Ein Monat? Bernd Kramer liefert eine Kulturgeschichte des Doktortitelschwindels und zeigt, wie er……続きを見る

Environmental journalism is an increasingly significant area for study within the broader field of journalism studies. It connects the concerns of politics, science, business, culture and the natura……続きを見る