Kao - Social & Cultural Studies 1

"Shoot them mother-fucken dice, nigga!" Big Sean urged. "You over here procrastinating, knowin' you finna crap out, little nigga." That is how you survive in the Evergreen Circle complex. You talk f……続きを見る

À l’heure où les algorithmes influencent nos choix, où les données sont une arme, et où les infrastructures critiques deviennent des champs de bataille, ce livre est une boîte à outils pour agir, av……続きを見る

This book explores the potential for economic development within rural areas. With a particular focus on African economies, it examines the challenges facing rural areas, including inadequate infras……続きを見る

Histoires et cultures des peuples du Tchad se veut un voyage au cœur de cette mosaïque culturelle, linguistique et historique pévé, mundang, laka, kuwong, kanembou, ngambaye et massa. Il explore les……続きを見る

Coping and Adaptation in Times of Exodus offers an in-depth, interdisciplinary exploration of the Venezuelan migration crisis - one of the most significant South-South population movements in recent……続きを見る

An "important . . . chilling and timely" look at how a new theory of unchecked presidential power developedーfrom the author of Democracy in the Dark (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times ). Thir……続きを見る

Body psychology is a new current in psychology that seeks to improve mental states by harnessing the interrelationship between body and mind. Its starting point was the invention of fMRI (functional……続きを見る

The various words for “divorce” in Japaneseー*rien, enkiri, fūfu wakare, rikonー*reflect how the socially constructed institutions of marriage and family, along with their dissolutions, have been un……続きを見る

Comics and cartoons from Japan, or manga and anime, are an increasingly common feature of visual and popular culture around the world. While it is often observed that these media forms appeal to bro……続きを見る

In The Hungarian Gentleman Farmer, Baroness Orczy turns her eye once more to the countryside of her beloved homeland, this time exploring the life and traditions of the landed gentry. Through vivid ……続きを見る

The Hungarian Peasant Farmer is Baroness Orczy's heartfelt tribute to her homeland and its enduring rural traditions. Best known for her Scarlet Pimpernel adventures, here she turns to nonfiction, o……続きを見る

Ambient History presents the role urban fabric plays in constructing the wartime history of Warsaw. It focuses on history embedded in matter and details the practices followed by municipal instituti……続きを見る

A partir da revisão teórica sobre a violência de gênero e da investigação sobre a formação social da cidade de Carangola, Érika Oliveira Amorim Tannus Cheim apresenta, a partir de uma escuta ativa, ……続きを見る

This book is an up-to-date critical examination of schooling in Japan by an expert in this field. It focuses on developments in the last two decades, with a particular interest in social justice. Ja……続きを見る

This is the first book to attempt a systematic comparison of Japanese and British climate policy and politics, and is now available in paperback. Focusing on institutional contrasts between Japan an……続きを見る

The 2007 financial crisis and the Great Recession have prompted a debate about the state of macroeconomics, and many orthodox economists have argued that macroeconomics has entered a Dark Age. This ……続きを見る

The book offers a comparative analysis of diverse Darwinism-inspired discourses such as post-modern novels, science fiction, popular science and nature films. Analysing the uses of the evolutionary ……続きを見る

Das Buch ist eine umfassende Abhandlung über einen der größten kroatischen Schriftsteller: Antun Gustav Matoš (1873-1914). Der Band ist in zwei methodologisch unterschiedliche Hauptkapitel aufgeteil……続きを見る

Safety and health concerns in workplaces across the globe continue to be of concern for leaders as they seek to discover novel ways to provide a workplace that preserves the health and safety of wor……続きを見る

This book examines the lived experiences of a group of Japanese women through their thirties, revealing the dynamic of human agency responding to the social changes of Japan’s ‘lost decades’. Explor……続きを見る

During the half century from the 1950s to the year 2000, Japan emerged as a major international aid donor. In 1989 it became the largest bilateral air donor in the world. How did Japan emerge as a t……続きを見る

Science is increasingly defined by multidimensional collaborative networks. Despite the unprecedented growth of scientific collaboration around the globe – the collaborative turn – geography still m……続きを見る

In 1999, Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua was among a group of young educators and parents who founded Hālau Kū Māna, a secondary school that remains one of the only Hawaiian culture-based charter schools i……続きを見る

This book details a cutting-edge smart airport infrastructure with a focus on sustainable, net-zero energy solutions and advanced technologies. The current global trend is construction so that all i……続きを見る

China's recent economic growth has expanded industrialization and urbanization, upgraded consumption, increased social mobility, and initiated a shift from an agricultural-based economy to one based……続きを見る

A great burst of globalization brought the 20th century to a close, creating upheaval in the world economy from roughly 1995 to 2008. And now a second upheaveal is in the offing following the severe……続きを見る

This “memorable and moving immigrant story” chronicles the life of the author’s father, a Hmong refugee and keeper of cultural memory (Booklist). Winner of the 2017 Minnesota Book Award in Creative ……続きを見る

Amending our Pasts and Futures: Observing Media and Place as Means to Memory is an edited volume presenting original research from established and emerging scholars of public and collective memory. ……続きを見る

Through a meticulous exploration of oral traditions and community-based media practices, Unwana Samuel Akpan, Eddah Mutua, and the contributors of Indigenous African Communication and Media Systems ……続きを見る

A collection of true stories of refugees who have found new lives in Minnesota's Twin Cities, told by the award-winning author of The Latehomecomer . All over this country, there are refugees. But ……続きを見る