M.E.S - Social & Cultural Studies 2

The book offers a study of a fascinating political personality, that of Japanese prime minister Abe Shinzôō (2012-2020). Abe's political career was boosted by his predecessor Koizumi Jun.ichirōô and……続きを見る

120 degree heat in the San Luis summers. Wind chills in the single digits in the Nogales winters. Wild summer monsoons Pacific gales. Sonora Desert sand storms. No matter. The border never shuts dow……続きを見る

White Men Challenging Racism is a collection of first-person narratives chronicling the compelling experiences of thirty-five white men whose efforts to combat racism and fight for social justice ar……続きを見る

A groundbreaking new theory of the real rules of politics: leaders do whatever keeps them in power, regardless of the national interest. As featured on the viral video Rules for Rulers, which has be……続きを見る

"“The People’s Victory is a mirror for each of us to see our own power to fight for justice and create the change we want to see in our world.” – Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California In 1……続きを見る

Walking through social development’s key theoreticalprinciples and practice strategies, this book shows how it promotes peoples’ wellbeing not only in the Global South, where it first emerged, but i……続きを見る

人類學大師セン姆斯‧斯科特（James C. Scott） 最平易近人的幽默作品！ 我提出的是「實踐中的無政府主義。」 我的無政府主義觀點，包括捍衛政治、衝突與辯論的價值， 以及隨之產生、永遠存在的不確定與不斷學習。 ……続きを見る

Why do some societies fare well, and others poorly, at reducing the risk of early death? Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America finds that the public provision of basic health ……続きを見る

A leading intellectual historian traces the origins of Barack Obama’s ideas Derided by the Right as dangerous and by the Left as spineless, Barack Obama puzzles observers. In Reading Obama, James T.……続きを見る

Beneath the rolling, restless seas lie the mysteries of forgotten civilizations. Swept by the tides, half buried in the sands, worn away by terrific pressure, are the remnants of a culture little kn……続きを見る

****Named one of the best books of 2015 by The Economist** Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors.** North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The ……続きを見る

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER • A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of ……続きを見る

"Why is it so difficult to develop and sustain liberal democracy? The best recent work on this subject comes from a remarkable pair of scholars, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. In their latest……続きを見る

Have you ever imagined the life of a vigilante to be exciting? Do you see them as righters of wrongs and seekers of justice? Or are they something more sinister? Vigilantes occupy a curious space in……続きを見る

All over the world democratic reforms have brought power to the people-but under conditions where the people have little opportunity to think about the power that they exercise. Do we want a democra……続きを見る

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time has produced an astounding new theory about the future of life on Earth. James Lovelock ……続きを見る

As this bestseller predicted, Trump has only grown more erratic and dangerous as the pressures on him mount. This new edition includes new essays bringing the book up to dateーbecause this is still ……続きを見る

In 1945 the Labour Government set out to enable everyone to have a decent home, where people from all walks of life could live together. This dream was destroyed by a succession of avoidable mistake……続きを見る

'A fascinating exposé of the world behind your screen. Timely, often disturbing, and so important' Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women 'Takes us beyond Zuckerberg, Bezos et al to a murk……続きを見る

Presidents and Their Pens: The Story of White House Speechwriters explores 23 presidencies through the detailed analysis of speeches including Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Teddy Roosevelt’s “Big St……続きを見る

Henry James Sumner Maine's 'The early history of the property of married women' provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal rights and restrictions surrounding the property ownership of married w……続きを見る

The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of the United States of Amer……続きを見る

The Syrian state is less than 100 years old, born from the wreckage of World War I. Today it stands in ruins, shattered by brutal civil war. How did this happen? How did the lands that are today Syr……続きを見る

This accessible, hands-on text has now been revised and updated, with expanded coverage of topics including how theory may emerge from exploratory data analysis. The book prepares graduate students,……続きを見る

Raymond Chandler, a dazzling stylist and portrayer of American life, holds a unique place in literary history, straddling both pulp fiction and modernism. With The Big Sleep, published in 1939, he l……続きを見る

◆文明的搖籃、發展與衝突、貿易戰爭、殖民爭霸、強權併吞、生態環境 ◆海洋是世上最大犯罪現場？最多不法之地？ ◆大海的一切，牽動著陸地上的人類，7大海洋的過去與未來如何影響世界？ 萬海歸宗，一切要從海說起！ ……続きを見る

Rock music today is universal and its popular history is well known. Yet few know how and why it really came about. Taking a fresh look at events long overlooked or misunderstood, this book tells ho……続きを見る

This book is a strenuous critique of the misinterpretation of statistical knowledge of populations in mainstream psychology, exploring the implications of assuming that those statistics constitute s……続きを見る

The anthology 'The Mythology of Cherokee, Iroquois, Navajo, Siouan, and Zuñi' stands as a monumental collection that traverses the rich tapestry of Native American mythology. Encompassing a wide arr……続きを見る

The Netherlands is known among foreigners today for its cheese and its windmills, its Golden Age paintings and its experimentation in social policies such as cannabis and euthanasia. Yet the histori……続きを見る