DK - Social & Cultural Studies 56

Edgar Award Finalist: The true story of a serial killer who terrorized a midwestern town in the era of free loveーby the coauthor of The French Connection. In 1967, during the time of peace, free lo……続きを見る

Reflections on A New Mexican Crypto-Jewish Song Book offers close examinations of a manuscript written over a 20-year period by Loggie Carrasco, a well-known crypto-Jew from Albuquerque, New Mexico.……続きを見る

The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money is a book by English economist John Maynard Keynes published in February 1936. It caused a profound shift in economic thought, giving macroeconom……続きを見る

Originally published in 1971, this title describes a series of studies dealing with the upbringing of children in residential institutions. Most work has been carried out in institutions for childre……続きを見る

Ethos is a radical critique of Eurocentrism. In it, Ahmad Kasravi unleashes a scathing attack on Europe's self-perceived superiority as well as on Eastern promoters of the idea. Kasravi proceeds to ……続きを見る

This book is the continuation of Volume 6. It is the final edition of the seven-book series that Wilfred "Freddy Will" Kanu Jr. began in 2016. Taken from a since renamed "Freddy Will's Blog," the da……続きを見る

Theology and Wes Craven explores the religious themes in the movies, television shows, and other works of the man who redefined the horror genre with such landmark and notorious films as The Last Ho……続きを見る

The long relationship between America’s colonizing wars and virulent anticommunism The colonizing wars against Native Americans created the template for anticommunist repression in the United States……続きを見る

Annihilation of Caste is a seminal work by the Indian social reformer, Dr B.R. Ambedkar. Originally written as a speech, the book examines the deeply entrenched caste system in India and argues for ……続きを見る

Originally published in 1977, Albany: Birth of a Prison - End of an Era attempts to document and analyse some of the changes which happened in the first five and a half years of the prison’s opening……続きを見る

This book provides a basic understanding and concise overview of the nature of population health, the factors that make a new paradigm necessary, and the attributes associated with this unique appro……続きを見る

In 1967, Sir David Khalili finished his military service in Iran and travelled to study in the United States with $750 - his remaining royalties from a book he wrote when he was just 14. Over the co……続きを見る

This book analyzes both domestic and international factors that have influenced Iran’s foreign policy since 1979. It looks not only at the perspectives of the ruling elite, but also of civil society……続きを見る

Written to help readers gain self awareness, Screens' Puppets seeks to pull back the curtain of media creators workshops and offer avenues to think critically about how media consumption affects our……続きを見る

Many of us feel a pressing desire to be differentーto be other than who we are. Self-conscious, we anxiously perceive our shortcomings or insufficiencies, wondering why we are how we are and whether……続きを見る

The Starving Empire traces the history of famine in the modern French Empire, showing that hunger is intensely local and sweepingly global, shaped by regional contexts and the transnational interpla……続きを見る

Shakespeare in Tehran is a personal history of Iran through the eyes of an award-winning Iranian American artist. Drawing on parallels between life and the stage, it uses A Midsummer Night’s Dream a……続きを見る

Though it ended more than thirty years ago, the Cold War still casts a long shadow over American society. Red Reckoning examines how the great ideological conflict of the twentieth century transform……続きを見る

The United States' ignominious exit from Afghanistan in 2021 topped two decades of failure and devastation wrought by the war on terror. A long-running "fight against migration" has stoked chaos and……続きを見る

Climate Denial in American Politics is a detailed examination of the rise within American politics of climate denialism, the counter movement which challenges the accepted science of climate change.……続きを見る

Die Lebenswege des Schriftstellers Ahmad Katlesh und der Journalistin Vanessa Vu sind durchtränkt, aber nicht bestimmt von Kriegen, Flucht und Migration. Doch was bedeuten diese Erfahrungen für ihre……続きを見る

Navid Kermani is one of the outstanding public intellectuals of his generation. Not one for drawing hard and fast conclusions, his style of thought is probing, observant, often straying from well-tr……続きを見る

Colonial Legacies in Francophone African Literature: The School and the Invention of the Bourgeoisie by Mohamed Kamara examines the representation and lasting impact of the colonial school and bourg……続きを見る

Die Politik der Bundesregierung im Ukrainekrieg ist symptomatisch für das Versagen der politischen Klasse der BRD, die sich auf nahezu allen Politikfeldern in Teufelskreise begeben hat, aus denen si……続きを見る

While early Buddhists hailed their religion’s founder for opening a path to enlightenment, they also exalted him as the paragon of masculinity. According to Buddhist scriptures, the Buddha’s body bo……続きを見る

From the A6 Disappearances to the Zodiac Killer, and all points between, here is a definitive A to Z of the many serial killer cases through history that were never solved. Jack the Ripper, The Free……続きを見る

En el pasado, el contexto geográfico y las realidades naturales de los imperios y las naciones siempre fueron determinantes en los conflictos internacionales. Así ha sido hasta ahora y así será en e……続きを見る

How do we balance freedom with the responsibilities we owe each other as members of society? Are we free to do whatever we want? This idea challenges us throughout our daily lives, from how to tackl……続きを見る

¡El último libro de Farid Kahhat! Tras la caída del muro de Berlín, la Unión Soviética despareció y los Estados Unidos se convirtieron en la principal potencia mundial. Sin embargo, la derecha radic……続きを見る

From a detective who knew “more about identifying . . . serial killers than anyone else in the field,” an account of the search for the Green River Killer (Ann Rule, New York Times–bestselling autho……続きを見る