DK - Social & Cultural Studies 47

During the American Civil War, Maryland did not join the Confederacy but nonetheless possessed divided loyalties and sentiments. These divisions came to a head in the years that followed the war. In……続きを見る

This book could not be timelier, as Americansーwhether as media pundits or while conversing at a partyーtalk past one another with ever-greater volume, heat, and disinterest in contrary opinions. Pr……続きを見る

As the tragedy of the Grenfell tower fire has slowly revealed a shadowy background of outsourcing, private finance initiatives and a council turning a blind eye to health and safety concerns, many q……続きを見る

This book presents a collection of papers that provide a snapshot of ongoing research on energy analysis, a record of the growing pains of a fledgling subject. The collection of papers arose out of ……続きを見る

This book is an original and comparative study of reactions in West and East Africa to the persecution and attempted annihilation of Jews in Europe and in former German colonies in sub-Saharan Afric……続きを見る

Famine in the Horn is both a tool and an aspect of ethnic conflict, with the Ethiopian Amharas of the central highlands pitted against the Eritreans and Tigreans of the north. The overwhelming major……続きを見る

“The Economic Consequences of the Peace, which I published in December 1919, has been reprinted from time to time without revision or correction. So much has come to our knowledge since then, that a……続きを見る

In this innovative book, the authors persuasively argue that the First Amendment to the Constitution has risen in the late twentieth century, like an ill guided individual with knife in hand, to mur……続きを見る

Climate crisis is upon us. By choice or necessity, New Zealand will transition to a low-emissions future. But can this revolution be careful? Can it be attentive to the disruptions it inevitably cre……続きを見る

Beretning om Cecil Bødkers tre måneders ophold i en ethiopisk bjerglandsby, samt jernalderboplads, hos en enke med ni børn. Men bogen er også beretningen om, hvad der sker, da billedet vender og sal……続きを見る

Gibt es eine Antwort auf die schwelenden Nationalitätenkonflikte? Eine spannende Reportage von London bis nach Siebenbürgen. Ein ungarischer Premier macht einen jüdischen Milliardär für eine antieur……続きを見る

Lights, Camera, Execution!: Cinematic Portrayals of Capital Punishment fills a prominent void in the existing film studies and death penalty literature. Each chapter focuses on a particular cinemati……続きを見る

This book describes the social and economic conditions in Ireland in the second half of the 19th century, that is after the Great Famine. Though the famine severely affected the under-developed part……続きを見る

Jealousy. Rage. Murder. Was Aniya having an affair with her pastor? Donnovan couldn't live with the possibility. The worst decision of Donnovan's life cost Aniya hers. Aniya's mother wants justice. ……続きを見る

De dood heeft allerlei facetten, praktische, medische en filosofische, die deel uitmaken van het leven zonder dat we ons daarvan bewust zijn. Journalist Elke Veldkamp wilde weten welke en sprak daar……続きを見る

Rural Development in the Digital Age explores current theoretical and policy developments in EU rural policy during the 4.0 period. The book offers an analysis of the contradictory and complex drive……続きを見る

While today's presidential tweets may seem a light-year apart from the scratch of quill pens during the era of the American Revolution, the importance of political communication is eternal. This boo……続きを見る

First published in December 1919, this global bestseller attacking those who had made the peace in Paris after the First World War, sparked immediate controversy. It also made John Maynard Keynes fa……続きを見る

In this first one-volume English-language full biography of Abraham Joshua Heschel, Edward K. Kaplan tells the engrossing, behind-the-scenes story of the life, philosophy, struggles, yearnings, writ……続きを見る

In this book, Reinhold Kramer explores a variety of important social changes, including the resistance to objective measures of truth, the rise of “How-I-Feel” ethics, the ascendancy of individualis……続きを見る

Principled humanitarian action is under attack around the world. Globally, 70.8 million people are considered forcibly displaced by armed conflict and nearly 132 million people need emergency humani……続きを見る

PORN. FANTASY. ADDICTION. Lust quickly turns to love. Grant can't get enough of Silvie. His family will pay the price. Grant finally has a beautiful girlfriend who loves him more than anything or an……続きを見る

The essays in Pragmatist and American Philosophical Perspectives on Resilience offer a survey of the ways that “resilience” is becoming a key concept for understanding our world, as well as providin……続きを見る

In 1980s America, coming out as gay as a father and husband was a significant journey for anyone to make. Coming out as gay as a priest guaranteed immersion into controversy, contradiction, and chal……続きを見る

100 Years of Women’s Suffrage commemorates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment by bringing together essential scholarship on the women's suffrage movement and women's voting previously publis……続きを見る

Last year was a “blood year” in the Middle East – massacres and beheadings, fallen cities, collapsed and collapsing states, the unravelling of a decade of Western strategy. We saw the rise of ISIS, ……続きを見る

Récit des désillusions d'un immigré Après une enfance albanaise durant laquelle les minijupes des animatrices de la télévision italienne résument à ses yeux la vie en Occident, Gazmend Kapllani fran……続きを見る

First Things First is a college coursebook like no other. Written by three First Amendment experts and professors, the book provides students with the fundamentals of modern American free speech law……続きを見る

Originally published in 1974 Campaigning for the Environment addresses the issue of the environmental lobby. Using seven case-studies from the time of publication, the book covers the important aspe……続きを見る

Die USA-Korrespondenten Hannelore Veit und David Kriegleder beschreiben das Stimmungsbild eines zerrissenen Landes. Die ORF-Korrespondenten unternehmen mit ihrer Reportage eine Reise durch ein gespa……続きを見る