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This book on Deaf made home movies takes readers on a journey through the first fifty years of filmmaking (from 1925 through the 1970s), highlighting how the American Deaf community utilized silent ……続きを見る

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. With Agenda 2030, the UN adopted wide-ranging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that integrate development and environmental agendas. Th……続きを見る

War is raging again. Corruption is rife. We are more divided now than in living memory. To top it off we are lonely and struggling to make ends meet while the rich gloat over their ever-increasing r……続きを見る

This ambitious book is constructed to provide the reader with unusually broad and deep insight into North Korea, illustrating how the Kim Jong-un regime calculates, balances, and addresses the vario……続きを見る

The "1997 Special Investigation in Connection with 1996 Federal Election Campaigns" presents a rigorous examination of the complex web of issues and events surrounding the 1996 federal elections in ……続きを見る

This is the inside story of an Army Ranger, surrounded and outnumbered, fighting a desperate action on the ground during the Black Hawk Down raid in Somalia in 1993. ??In 1993 Lieutenant James Lechn……続きを見る

This open access book is based on the research outputs of China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) in 2021. It covers major topics of Chinese and internati……続きを見る

Turkey’s growing assertiveness on the international stage, difficulties with EU accession, rapidly rising economy, and the long and controversial reign of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) are……続きを見る

The legality of abortion in the United States is subject to individual state laws. In 1973, Roe v. Wade made the first abortion case to be taken to the Supreme Court, which had made it federally leg……続きを見る

With the Civil Rights movement of the sixties fresh in their perspective, movie producers of the early 1970s began to make films aimed toward the underserved African American audience. Over the next……続きを見る

Conflict in cyberspace is not a new phenomenon, but the legality of hostile cyber activity at a state level remains imperfectly defined. While the United States and its allies are in general agreeme……続きを見る

In this startling and incisive exploration, Judge Jed S. Rakoff, a leading authority on white-collar crime, exposes the paradoxes and injustices that define the American judiciary today. How can we ……続きを見る

The 2009 Human Rights Report: China, produced by the United States Department of State, offers a comprehensive assessment of the human rights situation in China, including its regions of Tibet, Hong……続きを見る

The 'National Strategy for Victory in Iraq' presents a multifaceted approach to the U.S. mission in Iraq post-2003 invasion. Written in a policy-making context, this strategic document articulates a……続きを見る

The United States Constitution stands as a profound testament to the principles of governance and individual rights that have shaped the American political landscape. Written in 1787, the document e……続きを見る

The writer and politician Mahmud al-Mis’adi is a figure of prime importance in the development of North African literature and cultural politics since the last war. This fascinating book covers both……続きを見る

There are significant variations in how healthcare systems and health professionals are regulated globally. One feature that they increasingly have in common is an emphasis on the value of including……続きを見る

VORARLBERG IN DER ZUKUNFT: VERZETTELUNG ODER WELTNIVEAU? Die Welt ist aus den Fugen geraten. In Vorarlberg läuft es trotzdem prima. Also einfach weitermachen wie bisher und auf Bergkäse und Hochglan……続きを見る

This title was first published in 1976. This book provides both an explanation of the inflation which has bedeviled economic policy in the West since the end of World War II and a micro-economic the……続きを見る

Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book evaluates the complex nexus between climate change and regional food security in Asia Pacific. Feeding the planet puts a lot of stress on the environme……続きを見る

Representing Radicals helps lawyers understand ways to work with radical defendants, with an explicit focus on how to help them achieve ends that go beyond traditional legal goals. For example, many……続きを見る

Thumb through the index of almost any study of the Thatcher years ー biographical, scholarly or journalistic ー and you will come across the name of Sir Alfred Sherman. In her memoirs Lady Thatcher ……続きを見る

Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The general focus in Lakota oral literary research has been on cont……続きを見る

The need for new approaches, methods, and techniques in cross-cultural training and intercultural education are virtually insatiable, especially for experiential activities. The emphasis in this boo……続きを見る

This book addresses the endangerment of children’s bodies in affluent societies. Bodily integrity is an important part of a child’s physical and mental well-being, but it can also be violated throug……続きを見る

Providing a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the way national and European identities are intertwined in old and new member states of the European Union, this volume assembles nine country ……続きを見る

This short book rewrites the history of modern American liberalism. It shows that what we think of as liberalism-the top-and-bottom coalition we associate with President Obama-began not with Progres……続きを見る

On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown, an unarmed African American high school senior, was shot by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. For months afterward, protestors took to the streets demand……続きを見る

“A gripping, suspenseful page-turner” (Kirkus Reviews) with a “fast-paced, detailed narrative that moves like a thriller” (International Business Times), Fukushima teams two leading experts from the……続きを見る

The shooting of Michael Brown occurred on August 9, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri, a northern suburb of St. Louis. Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was fatally shot by Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson ……続きを見る