Horne - Social & Cultural Studies 1

The Fabian Society's Long March Through the Institutions: Capturing Minds, Education, and Culture in the 21st Century Book 3 of 4 While the world watched dramatic revolutions and election cycles, th……続きを見る

The Fabian Society's Hidden Hand in America: Gradualism, Permeation, and a Century of Subtle Socialist Revolution Book 2 of 4 For more than a century, the Fabian Society's influence didn't stop at B……続きを見る

In 1787, British philosopher and social reformer Jeremy Bentham conceived of the panopticon, a ring of cells observed by a central watchtower, as a labor-saving device for those in authority. While ……続きを見る

Aboriginal art practice in southeast Australia is dynamic, innovative and powerful. This is clear from the diverse artworks in this book which celebrate contemporary Aboriginal artists and their con……続きを見る

Acclaimed historian Gerald Horne troubles America's settler colonialism's "creation myth" August 2019 saw numerous commemorations of the year 1619, when what was said to be the first arrival of ensl……続きを見る

Chronicles how American culture - deeply rooted in white supremacy, slavery and capitalism - finds its origin story in the 17th century European colonization of Africa and North America, exposing th……続きを見る

La doctora Gwen Adshead es una de las principales psiquiatras forenses de Reino Unido. Durante décadas ha tratado a asesinos en serie, pirómanos, pedófilos y otros convictos sobre quienes recae el e……続きを見る

Interpretive Description: Qualitative Research for Applied Practice has established itself as the key resource for novice and intermediate level researchers in applied settings for conducting a qual……続きを見る

Malgré la boue, le froid et l’omniprésence de la mort, les poilus ont beaucoup lu, autant la presse que des livres. Pour s’informer, pour lutter contre l’ennui et la peur, pour mettre des mots sur l……続きを見る

China is the 21****st century's greatest success story, rising from poverty to become a leading force for change in the world. In these essays, learn how China is transforming social and economic li……続きを見る

AFRICA - TRE GRANDI MISSIONARI Robert Moffat • David Livingstone • Albert Schweitzer Sinossi Una storia dimenticata: il volto plurale delle missioni Questo libro non è un trattato sulle missioni nel……続きを見る

The biannual, peer-reviewed Journal of Romanian Studies, jointly developed by The Society for Romanian Studies and ibidem Press, examines critical issues in Romanian studies, linking work in that fi……続きを見る

A foundational document in the history of law, this volume presents one of the earliest known legal codes from ancient Mesopotamia, issued by Babylonian King Hammurabi around 1760 BC. It details a c……続きを見る

A world-famous singer and actor, a trained lawyer, an early star of American professional football and a polyglot who spoke over a dozen languages. These could be the crowning achievements of a life……続きを見る

In Search of Liberty explores how African Americans, since the founding of the United States, have understood their struggles for freedom as part of the larger Atlantic world. The essays in this vol……続きを見る

Investigates how Americans have remembered violence and resistance since the Civil War, including Confederate monuments, historical markers, college classrooms, and history books. George Floyd’s mur……続きを見る

e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited collection of feminist masterpieces - from fictional protagonists who influenced generations of young women to the real heroines of the past, their ……続きを見る

A galvanizing history of how jazz and jazz musicians flourished despite rampant cultural exploitation The music we call “jazz” arose in late nineteenth century North Americaーmost likely in New Orle……続きを見る

This book addresses Suzanne Collins's work from a number of literary and cultural perspectives in an effort to better understand both its significance and its appeal. It takes an interdisciplinary a……続きを見る

An unprecedented number of folklorists are addressing issues of class, race, gender, and sexuality in academic and public spaces in the US, raising the question: How can folklorists contribute to th……続きを見る

This book celebrates the power of everyday generosity to create meaningful changeーfrom small gestures like mentoring or sharing a meal, to large-scale philanthropy that transforms lives and ecosyst……続きを見る

Just how near is the end of the world? Behind the veil of safety of everyday life in the West lurks the sinister reality of a chaotic universe. Doomsday reveals the very real threats posed to modern……続きを見る

In the decade or more since publication of the first edition of Understanding Sport, both sport and wider global society have undergone profound change. In this fully updated, revised and expanded e……続きを見る

Winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History For the first time, ASIO has opened its archives to an independent historian. With unfettered access to the records, David Horner tells th……続きを見る

This first episode of Political Fictions Revealed begins a series of what amount to lies that translate into votes from a believing American electorate. The series is based heavily on data taken fro……続きを見る

Audio book out now. It is now 25 years since the first edition of Person-Centred Counselling in Action appeared, offering the definitive exposition of the theory and practice of the person-centred a……続きを見る

Set in 17th-century Puritan New England, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter tells the story of Hester Prynne, a woman accused of adultery, a serious crime in their strict society. Forced to we……続きを見る

On the day she was murdered, Myrtle Underwood Cook boasted to local authorities about new evidence of a major bootlegging ring operating out of the Rock Island train depot behind her house in a smal……続きを見る

A searing anatomy of a New Orleans murder trial and a system of justice gone wrong. In a New Orleans supermarket parking lot in the fall of 1984 ,two disparate lives become inextricably bound for th……続きを見る

Drawing on affect theory and the key themes of attachment, disruption and belonging, this book examines the ways in which our placed surroundings – whether urban design, border management or organis……続きを見る