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In 1984 Czech writer Milan Kundera published his essay 'The Tragedy of Central Europe' in The New York Review of Books, which established the framework for disputes about the space ‘between East and……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

Depuis des décennies, le Soudan se caractérise par une évolution particulièrement tourmentée : guerres civiles, rébellions et insurrections s’y succèdent. Après le coup d’État de 1989, les femmes, l……続きを見る

Wie woont, werkt, sport en uitgaat in een diverse samenleving komt in aanraking met allerlei verschillende meningen, perspectieven en levensovertuigingen. In een tijd van grote maatschappelijke wend……続きを見る

This book is a short introduction to Witold Gombrowicz’s life and work as one of the most prominent figures in twentieth-century literature and theater, providing intertextual perspectives that allo……続きを見る

This book focuses on the Frobenius theorem regarding a nonlinear simultaneous system. The Frobenius theorem is well known as a condition for a linear simultaneous system’s having a nonnegative solut……続きを見る

The Black Feminist Coup: Black Women’s Lived Experiences in White Supremacist Feminist Academic Spaces is a collective narrative of how three Black women faculty at a large MidwesternPWI, and two of……続きを見る

The Akwa-Cross People of Nigeria: History, Heritage, and Culture is the first comprehensive book on Akwa-Cross contemporary historical analysis, and its historical reconstruction. The Akwa-Cross peo……続きを見る

« Pourquoi, riche comme elle est de cultures, de dynamismes, d’inépuisables créativités, de matières premières et d’espace, l’Afrique tarde-t-elle tant à entrer dans le développement ? « Pourquoi ta……続きを見る

A Bamako, le célèbre commissaire Habib, vieux flic dont la sagesse et le flair sont quasi légendaires, est expédié au coeur du pays dogon pour élucider une série de morts bizarres, vraisemblablement……続きを見る

A la saison sèche, au cœur du fleuve Niger, une ethnie réputée pour sa connaissance des mystères du monde aquatique, les Bozos, s’installe sur l’îlot de Kokrini. Un jour, contre toute attente, le fl……続きを見る

A Practical Guide for Scholarly Reading in Japanese is an innovative textbook for students specializing in scholarly Japanese for Asian studies. This book is aimed at scholars in any Asian Studies f……続きを見る

Now available in paperback, William C. Banfield’s acclaimed collection of interviews delves into the lives and work of forty-one Black composers. Each of the profiled artists offers a candid self-po……続きを見る

The purpose of this book is to give a voice to nameless and countless stories that represent the personal lived experiences of sub-Saharan African immigrants in the United States. The authors believ……続きを見る

Social Justice and the Modern Athlete: Exploring the Role of Athlete Activism in Social Change is an edited volume in which editor Mia Long Anderson and various contributors identify and discuss ath……続きを見る

Rabindranath Tagore (1861‒1941) was a prolific playwright with more than thirty plays to his credit. He is also known for his life-long, passionate engagement with theatre, first at Jorasanko and th……続きを見る

This book is a work that focuses on the forest environmental tax. Forest resources have played a major role in preventing global warming by absorbing carbon dioxide and supplying oxygen. However, gl……続きを見る

Este libro reúne un conjunto de estudios sobre grupos de personas que han llegado a la zona metropolitana de Guadalajara y la Ribera de Chapala para comprender sus procesos de asentamiento y reinven……続きを見る

This book presents rare evidence about the lives of three African women in the sixteenth centuryーthe very period from which we can trace the origins of global empires, slavery, capitalism, modern r……続きを見る

This compendium of sixteen papers addresses the macro and micro issues concerning day care for young children in India. Analysing the socio-economic context of child care in the country, it discusse……続きを見る

Until a few decades ago, women have been relegated to a role of social subordination. The possibilities to become emancipated, study, and achieve a level of economic independence were decidedly limi……続きを見る

In 1924, the skull of a 3-year-old boy found in South Africa forever changed the way people thought about human origins. The so-called Taung Child, our first encounter with an ancient group of proto……続きを見る

This book is an edited volume that focuses on international norms and normative change in some of the key areas of sustainable human development. This is an important and timely topic since the inte……続きを見る

This book consciously interrogates the varieties of opinions with regards to the socio-political and religious dynamics of Africans in the African continent as well as in the diaspora in the context……続きを見る

Transatlantic Africa examines the internal workings of African and diasporic slave societies in the transatlantic era. Emphasizing a global context and the multiplicity of African experiences during……続きを見る

Видатний англійський письменник Артур Конан Дойл (1859ー1930) написав понад 50 оповідань про геніального сищика Шерлока Голмса. До цієї книжки увійшли ті, що сам автор вважав найвдалішими ー «Людина……続きを見る

«Вампір із Сассексу» ー чергова історія про геніального сищика Шерлока Голмса, героя багатьох детективних повістей та оповідань англійського письменника Артура Конан Дойла (1859ー1930). До детектива……続きを見る

This book introduces the political thought of Yanaihara Tadao (1893-1961), the most prominent Japanese social scientist working on empire, population migration and colonial policy, and uses it as a ……続きを見る

A scholarly work that aims to be both broad enough in scope to satisfy upper-division undergraduates studying folk belief and narrative and detailed enough to meet the needs of graduate students in ……続きを見る

This study is an effort to reveal how patriarchy is embedded in different societal and state structures, including the economy, juvenile penal justice system, popular culture, economic sphere, ethni……続きを見る