Ru - Social & Cultural Studies 14

Scheherazade Or the Future of the English Novel John Carruthers Originally published in 1928 "A brilliant essay…" Daily Herald A survey of contemporary fiction in England and America lends to the co……続きを見る

This is a brief narrative which describes the slave trade that flourished in central Africa during the 1880's.続きを見る

God intended the Bible to give guidance to every area of lifeーincluding how governments should function. Derived from Wayne Grudem's Politics According to the Bible, this book highlights those econ……続きを見る

The five short novellas which comprise this anthology were written between 1890 and World War I. All share a common settingーthe Eastern European Jewish town or shtetl, and all deal in different way……続きを見る

Historically, Argentina has been one of the strongest, most independent countries of Latin America. It seems odd then, that Argentina should develop a foreign policy during the post-Cold War period ……続きを見る

This is Florence’s story, one of five stories extracted from THE SWEETHEARTS. Whether in wartime or peace, tales of love, laughter and hardship from the girls in the Rowntrees factory in Yorkshire. ……続きを見る

“If the wars of this century were fought over oil, the wars of the next century will be fought over water.” Ismail Serageldin (1995) On average, 1 person drinks between 2 to 4 litres of water per da……続きを見る

People spent the twentieth century obsessed with the future. We created technologies that would help connect us faster, gather news, map the planet, and compile knowledge. We strove for an instantan……続きを見る

The contemporary animal rights movement encompasses a wide range of sometimes-competing agendas from vegetarianism to animal liberation. For people for whom pets are family membersーanimal lovers ou……続きを見る

The Russo-Chechen conflict has been the bloodiest war in Europe since the Second World War. It continues to drag on, despite the fact that it hits the headlines only when there is some 'terrorist sp……続きを見る

In cities throughout Africa, local inhabitants live alongside large populations of "strangers." Bruce Whitehouse explores the condition of strangerhood for residents who have come from the West Afri……続きを見る

For the first time in ebook format. What drew Annie Taylor and Alexandra David-Neal to Tibet, when it was still cut off from the world and so hostile to foreigners, and particularly female ones, tha……続きを見る

Written by a two of Margaret Thatcher’s staunchest allies, this short book is filled with personal memories of meeting the great lady and of the impact she had on British politics. As British politi……続きを見る

Men and women 150 years ago grappled with information overload by making scrapbooks-the ancestors of Google and blogging. From Abraham Lincoln to Susan B. Anthony, African American janitors to farmw……続きを見る

As one of the few surviving archaeological sites from the medieval Christian kingdom of Nubia, Qasr Ibrim is critically important in a number of ways. It is the only site in Lower Nubia that remaine……続きを見る

Groff's argument runs counter to the familiar anti-metaphysical habit. Social and political philosophy, she maintains, is not as metaphysically neutral as it may seem. Even the most deontological of……続きを見る

Secret Wisdom is a profusely illustrated exploration of the Western Mystery tradition and its development through the centuries. Aspects of the tradition can be seen to have influenced the growth of……続きを見る

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Encompassing everything from immigration to civil war, emancipation, slavery and migration, Black History in an Hour gives you a neat overview ……続きを見る

Twenty-five years ago, Edward Said's Orientalism spawned a generation of scholarship on the denigrating and dangerous mirage of "the East" in the Western colonial mind. But "the West" is the more da……続きを見る

The planet is sick. Human beings are guilty of damaging it. We have to pay. Today, that is the orthodoxy throughout the Western world. Distrust of progress and science, calls for individual and coll……続きを見る

In today′s performance driven environment, maintaining service quality in social work is more important than ever. This book will help social work leaders and managers to understand the role that pe……続きを見る

I’ll confess that in some ways, The ‘Tragedy of the Middle East is my favorite of everything I’ve written. The title was chosen in great sincerity because the theme here is to explain how the region……続きを見る

The full, original text of this rarely reprinted book, together with explanatory notes, introduction and conclusion by historian Rupert Matthews. In the summer of 1918 the Bolshevik Revolution in Ru……続きを見る

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‘Buy British!’ we often hear, and many foreign companies have done just that. US food giant Kraft bought Cadbury in 2010, Dutch group AkzoNobel acquired ICI in 2007, Deutsche Bahn now own Arriva, an……続きを見る

This book is a translation of one of the most important Turkish scholarly works of the twentieth century. It was the masterpiece of M.F. Koprulu, one of Turkey’s leading, and most prolific, intellec……続きを見る

When George Washington became the new United States of Americas first president, he set several precedents, including one on April 30, 1789. That day, Washington was inaugurated as president, and fo……続きを見る

There has been, of late, a growing realisation that the pace and pattern of economic development of a country can hardly be understood and explained comprehensively in terms of the straitjacket of e……続きを見る

Harukiyo Hasegawa challenges the notion of the Japanese success story with an in-depth case study of comparative growth and decline in the steel industries of two mature economies. 続きを見る

This book examines the key debates about globalization and provides a detailed and incisive analysis of the varied and often contradictory opposition to globalization within the United States. Subje……続きを見る