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Winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner of the American Book Award Winner of the Merle Curti Social History Award Winner of the James A. Rawley Prize Winner of the Zora Neale Hurston/Rich……続きを見る

“Turn on, tune in, drop out,” Timothy Leary advised young people in the 1960s. And many did, creating a counterculture built on drugs, rock music, sexual liberation, and communal living. The hippies……続きを見る

Tagline: "Freedom isn't given - it's fought for every single day." Definition of Freedom is the powerful continuation of Lily's true journey, following The Stolen Years in Zurich. After decades of d……続きを見る

Tagline: "Eine Stimme für die Stimmlosen. Ein Weg vom Exil zur Hoffnung." Die Gestohlenen Jahre in Zürich ist eine kraftvolle autobiografische Reise über Überleben, Entwurzelung und Widerstandskraft……続きを見る

«Una voz para los sin voz. Un viaje del exilio a la esperanza.» En Tránsito: Del Cielo al Infierno es un viaje autobiográfico conmovedor sobre supervivencia, desarraigo y resiliencia. A través de lo……続きを見る

Tagline: "Freiheit wird nicht geschenkt – sie muss jeden Tag erkämpft werden." Definition von Freiheit ist die kraftvolle Fortsetzung von Lilys wahrer Lebensgeschichte nach Die gestohlenen Jahre in ……続きを見る

Tagline: "A voice for the voiceless. A journey from exile to hope." The Stolen Years in Zurich is a powerful autobiographical journey of survival, displacement, and resilience. Through the eyes of L……続きを見る

Focusing on East Asia from the nineteenth century to the present, Crafting Everyday Food highlights the role of technology in transforming traditional foods into modern ones and in reinventing indus……続きを見る

Este libro reúne una serie de ensayos que analizan el papel de la universidad en su contexto social y ambiental, destacando cómo su accionar y el de la comunidad impactan, de manera positiva o negat……続きを見る

Case studies of nineteenth-century sites from New York City to the American West  The Archaeology of Prostitution and Clandestine Pursuits synthesizes case studies from various nineteenth-century s……続きを見る

The groundbreaking Constitution of the United States has provided the framework and guiding principles that have enabled the country to flourish for 250 years. However, it is yielding to unrelenting……続きを見る

This book presents a collection of papers by researchers from several different institutions on a wide range of digital issues. Digitalization describes the phenomenon of how knowledge is processed ……続きを見る

Directed at a diverse audience of students, legal and public health practitioners, and anyone interested in understanding what human rights-based approaches (HRBAs) to health and development mean an……続きを見る

As states across the country battle internally over same-sex marriage in the courts, in legislatures, and at the ballot box, activists and scholars grapple with its implications for the status of ga……続きを見る

This book presents a collection of papers by researchers from several different institutions on a wide range of globalization issues. Globalization is a phenomenon that affects many areas of life. G……続きを見る

Our public elections do not function correctly. Elections have never worked as well as people thought they did, and over the past 200 years, career politicians have found multiple ways (like gerryma……続きを見る

**“This is the kind of book that haunts your dreams. Essential reading for anyone who has known what it is like to live within a totalitarian stateーor is worried they’re about to find out.”ーZadie ……続きを見る

The Other Fridas: The Lives and Works of Latin American Women Artists explores the lives of prominent and lesser known artists from a dozen different countries, and seeks to understand their artisti……続きを見る

The Lebanese state is structured through religious freedom and secular power sharing across sectarian groups. Every sect has specific laws that govern kinship matters like marriage or inheritance. T……続きを見る

Since the 1890s, New Jersey has attracted hundreds of thousands of Caribbean and Latin American migrants. The state’s rich economic history, high-income suburbs, and strong public sector have all co……続きを見る

This work explores the transformative potential of neuroscience in reshaping India's criminal justice system. It deftly navigates the complex terrain of neurolaw, examining its implications for crim……続きを見る

Narrative Medicine in Action: Lessons from the Maternal Mortality Project addresses the United States’s ongoing maternal health crisis by extracting findings from eighteen underrepresented women’s i……続きを見る

What will it take to build high-performing, purpose-oriented public sector organizations in India? In answering this question, the voices of India's frontline officers--charged with delivering a vas……続きを見る

This book is intended an introduction and a tribute to the visionary work of American futurist Lawrence Taub, author of The Spiritual Imperative: Sex, Age, and the Last Caste. Whether you are a seek……続きを見る

This book uses contemporary continental philosophy to develop an alternative theory of the superhero to the one currently offered by the comic book industry and comic book studies. Studying superher……続きを見る

This book provides a philosophical investigation of technology in Africa, articulating conceptual foundations and analyses rooted in African worldviews and communitarian values. It aims to spur disc……続きを見る

La COVID-19 a provoqué la crise mondiale la plus importante et la plus globale du 21e siècle. Pour certains, les répercussions ont été rapides et dramatiques, la pandémie poussant des dizaines de mi……続きを見る

In Forensics III: They Got Fifteen Minutes of Fame from the Way They Died, I reviewed twenty-eight ordinary people who were thrust into the spotlight, gaining fame not for their talents or accomplis……続きを見る

Looking at a world map, there are six continents with hundreds of borders that divide them physically and culturally. On one side of a border may live Armenian Christians who speak a millennia-old, ……続きを見る

La educación rural enfrenta una crisis profunda. No solo se evidencia en los bajos resultados de los estudiantes rurales en pruebas estandarizadas, sino también en la comprensión errónea de la educa……続きを見る