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Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Older adults’ civic engagement has become a key concern in academic and policy debates in recent years. However, existing studies on this t……続きを見る

Despite Japan's long-held reputation as an ethnically homogeneous country largely closed to foreigners, the number of immigrants in Japan has been increasing, partially as a direct result of governm……続きを見る

This book elucidates findings from an anthropological study that analyzes the patterns of Taiwan's Atayal tribe’s fabric in their ethnic dress codes. By analyzing the changes and development of the ……続きを見る

This book provides an account of how rectificatory justice for climate change loss and damage can be realized by bridging the worlds of political philosophy, climate science and climate policy toget……続きを見る

Rivers of the Asian Highlands introduces readers to the intersecting headwaters of Asia’s eight largest rivers, focusing on the upper reaches of two river systems: the Brahmaputra’s highland tributa……続きを見る

Winner of the 2024 Silver Medal for LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction from the Independent Publisher Book Awards. Offers a radical theory of gender formation and its ongoing mutations Gender Without Identity chall……続きを見る

Technology and Values provides a highly useful collection of essays organized around issues related to science, technology, public health, economics, the environment, and ethical theory. The editors……続きを見る

Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case? When word gets out that Pomeroy Chemicals is s……続きを見る

內容簡介 《紐約時報》暢銷書、美國前國務卿麥克・龐培歐親筆撰寫 理解美中關係、臺灣角色及未來挑戰的必讀之書 「當邪惡肆虐於世，我們如果表現得膽小懦弱，就是失職。」 ーー麥克・龐培歐 美國前國務卿麥克・龐……続きを見る

The identity of Taiwan is a matter of intense local and international debate. This book shows how engineers helped produce two distinct visions of the land of Taiwan and its people, elevating the va……続きを見る

Or ils ont aussi des incidences négatives, liées aux activités et pratiques non durables actuelles, qui contribuent au changement climatique, à la dégradation des ressources naturelles et à l’inacce……続きを見る

Hong Kong was a key battlefield in Asia's cultural cold war. After 1948-1949, an influx of filmmakers, writers, and intellectuals from mainland China transformed British Hong Kong into a hub for mas……続きを見る

El Programa SciELO fue creado a finales de la década de 1990, cuando la idea de acceso gratuito a contenidos académicos comenzó a ganar impulso, incluso antes de que se acuñara el término "acceso ab……続きを見る

The SciELO Program was created in the late 1990s when the idea of free access to scholarly content began to gain momentum, even before the term "open access" had been coined. At that time, access to……続きを見る

O Programa SciELO foi criado no final da década de 1990, quando a ideia do acesso livre ao conteúdo acadêmico começou a ganhar força, antes mesmo que o termo “acesso aberto” tivesse sido cunhado. Na……続きを見る

‘One of the most powerful books in the social sciences ever written**’ Thomas Piketty** 'The twentieth century's most prophetic critic of capitalism' Prospect ‘Polanyi’s revolutionary work is a must……続きを見る

As educators and legislators across the country debate how to improve public schools, the most vital factor often disappears from the equationーthe relationship between the teacher and the student. ……続きを見る

What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984, Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevan……続きを見る

A compelling look at the global trends that have led to today's obesity crisis The planet's 1.6 billion overweight people by far outnumber the 700 million who are undernourished. This figure would h……続きを見る

"En cuatro escenarios, los autores plantean sus reflexiones en torno a sus áreas para seguir construyendo la sociedad después de la pandemia, dado que El Covid -19 pudo ser la preocupación más urgen……続きを見る

A riveting look at the perpetrators, victims, and whistleblowers behind financial crimes, from forensic accounting expert and documentarian Kelly Richmond Pope. Have you ever wondered why Bernie Mad……続きを見る

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction ‘A devastating indictment’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘An important book, a superb piece of reporting’ OBSERVER ‘With great narrative verve, and a sober and subtle int……続きを見る

The honest, compassionate and vital guide to getting older, from dementia to finances, medication to care homes 'The most important book about the second half of your life you'll ever read. I wish e……続きを見る

This fifth volume in John Pocock's acclaimed sequence on Barbarism and Religion turns to the controversy caused by Edward Gibbon's treatment of the early Christian church. Examining this controversy……続きを見る

It has long been the policy of the US government that a nuclear-armed Iran would be unacceptable. Yet, whether the conventional and nontraditional means of US and Western policy can secure the end o……続きを見る

This open access book describes the differences in US census coverage, also referred to as “differential undercount”, by showing which groups have the highest net undercounts and which groups have t……続きを見る

This new and extended edition of Chinese: An Essential Grammar is an up-to-date and concise reference guide to modern Chinese (Mandarin) grammar. Refreshingly jargon-free, it presents an accessible ……続きを見る

Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case? The naked, burned and mutilated body of a midd……続きを見る

A set of state of the art empirical analyses at the country, regional, and global level that work from a new theoretical framework that analyzes the politics of growth and stagnation. As highlighted……続きを見る

In A Tapestry of African Histories: With Longer Times and Wider Geopolitics, contributors demonstrate that African historians are neither comfortable nor content with studying continental or global ……続きを見る