Handel - Social & Cultural Studies 1

Designed Forests: A Cultural History explores the unique kinship that exists between forests and spatial design; the forest’s influence on architectural culture and practice; and the potentials and ……続きを見る

Proposes a powerful new theoretical approach to the concept of the digital Digital Theory argues that the digital is theoretical and should be understood not uniquely in terms of consumer electronic……続きを見る

Traditional histories of Black letters in Latin America have delimited their geographic scope to the Caribbean while also omitting intertwined Afro-Indigenous discourses. Inspired by the legacy of A……続きを見る

From sustainable event planning to the influence of VR, AI, and mobile applications on tourist behaviour, this book explores the dynamic landscape where innovation meets tradition. It studies the in……続きを見る

This book offers an archeology of the undeveloped potential of mathematics for critical theory. As Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno first conceived of the critical project in the 1930s, critical……続きを見る

How does a family function? How does a family make a distinctive life of its own while living according to the values of society? In what ways is a family a unit when all its members have personalit……続きを見る

Os direitos fundamentais são necessários para a realização de uma vida digna. Ao longo dos anos, as lutas e as conquistas travadas pela humanidade foram incorporando-se nas Constituições por meio de……続きを見る

Os direitos fundamentais são necessários para a realização de uma vida digna. Ao longo dos anos, as lutas e as conquistas travadas pela humanidade foram incorporando-se nas Constituições por meio de……続きを見る

This book presents a selection of studies that together convey how the agents of socialization operate to induct the human child into society. It is most fully devoted to socialization in the United……続きを見る

This work defines weak states and their strengths and weaknesses. It examines why they are weak and their position in different international systems as well as their economic positions. 続きを見る

Drawing upon findings from many disciplines including sociology, communication, family studies, human development, psychology and anthropology-this book provides the first composite study of the who……続きを見る

A detailed account of the way Israel dealt with the Iraqi nuclear buildup between its launch in 1974 and the destruction of the Tamuz I reactor on 7 June 1981. This updated account includes formerly……続きを見る

This is the first comprehensive study based on a detailed textual analysis of the classical works on war by Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, Mao Tse-tung, and to a lesser extent, Jomini and Machiavelli. Brushin……続きを見る

Investigating the logic, conduct and nature of war on the highest political and strategic levels, these essays put less emphasis on operational and tactical aspects. They look at the impact of techn……続きを見る

Published in 1996, Clausewitz and Modern Strategy is a valuable contribution to the field of Military Strategic Studies. The magnum opus of Carl von Clausewitz, On War, is a work frequently quoted (……続きを見る

Stove improvers have been designing and promoting “clean” or “efficient” biomass cookstoves in India since the 1940s and have been frustrated to find their carefully engineered stoves abandoned in t……続きを見る

Providing an unbiased analysis of the past, present, and future of the hostile relationship between Iran, Israel, and the United States, this book presents an up-to-date discussion of the security i……続きを見る

This book is about an intensive form of peacemaking interaction, in which the disputing parties agree to take time out from the routine of their daily life in order to negotiate solutions to their c……続きを見る

Intelligence and the National Security Strategist: Enduring Issues and Challenges presents students with a useful anthology of published articles from diverse sources as well as original contributio……続きを見る

The lives of women in rural India cannot be visualized without agriculture and allied activities. As per census 2011 figures, four out of five women workers in rural India work as agriculture worker……続きを見る

A sharp-witted, wide-ranging collection from Walt Handelsman, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Cartooning. Walt Handelsman's nationally syndicated editorial cartoons have touched on inte……続きを見る

For a subgroup of us, chronic threat nudges the body into extended repair and this psychophysiological state shares many features with hibernation. In humans, this shows up as retreat from social an……続きを見る

Jewish art has always been with us, but so has a broader canvas of Jewish imaginings: in thought, in emotion, in text, and in ritual practice. Imagining the Jewish God was there in the beginning, as……続きを見る

Feminist anthropology emerged in the 1970s as a much-needed corrective to the discipline’s androcentric biases. Far from being a marginalized subfield, it has been at the forefront of developments t……続きを見る

National festivals. Military parades. Patriotic memorials. Such public events and tributes naturally bring to mind the idea of nationalism. But what is the cultural logic behind them? How does a cou……続きを見る

Turkey, officially a secular state, voted in an Islamist party in 2002, 2007 and 2011. How far does this reflect the trend which has seen the rise of political Islam across the Middle East? Does thi……続きを見る

This book examines a number of the nationsーArgentina, Bolivia, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Venezuelaーin which the declines were far greater, ranging from -11.9 percent in Mexico to -27.0 percent in Bol……続きを見る

The updated ninth edition of Challenges of the Developing World examines political, social, and economic development in the diverse countries of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. In ……続きを見る

“Read and be amazed. . . . An important and fascinating look into a terrifying world of which we were blissfully unaware.”ーRobin Cook, author of Contagion Anthrax. Smallpox. Incurable and horrifyin……続きを見る

Saudi Arabia: Tackling Emerging Economic Challenges to Sustain Strong Growth続きを見る