Matt - Social & Cultural Studies 96

A military historian traces the long struggle of American presidents to assert their power over uncooperative generals. Since World War II, the United States has been engaged in near-constant milita……続きを見る

Every day in the United States, people test their luck in numerous lotteries, from state-run games to massive programs like Powerball and Mega Millions. Yet few are aware that the origins of today’s……続きを見る

The historic 1910 London domestic murder case is re-examined using new DNA evidence in this true crime study. It was an 'open and shut' case. Hawley Harvey Crippen, an American quack doctor, had mur……続きを見る

This anthology of historical war studies looks at military expansion from the French Revolution to WWIIーand the enduring lessons for today. In the years after the Cold War, many governments sought ……続きを見る

2020 marks 75 years since the end of World War II, yet even as the war slips from living memory, its legacies continue to influence current political and military thinking. This anthology will analy……続きを見る

This groundbreaking study of environmental assessment “provides an essential examination of the factors that shape and dictate our climate policy” (Choice). Discerning Experts reexamines the assessm……続きを見る

“For those for whom conservatism means something more than anti-liberalism . . . who wish to dive deep into the conservative tradition in search of pearls” (The American Conservative). Ours is an ag……続きを見る

A look into the covert influence billionaires wield in American politics and the actions citizens can take to hold them more accountable. In 2016, when millions of Americans voted for Donald Trump, ……続きを見る

A fascinating study of the role that foodーand the lack of itーplayed in the First World War, for both troops and civilians. In the First World War, the supply of food to civilians became as signifi……続きを見る

The true story behind a Jazz Age crime that shook the Chicago region and shaped the fates of three very different men. On the morning of April 14, 1926, the Inland Steel payroll delivery was hijacke……続きを見る

“The best, the liveliest and most illuminating” account of Rockefeller, Morgan, and the other men who seized American economic power after the Civil War (The New Republic). John D. Rockefeller, J. P……続きを見る

Turn on the television or sign in to social media during election season and chances are you’ll see plenty of negative campaigning. For decades, conventional wisdom has held that Americans hate nega……続きを見る

“The biology of Israel/Palestine simply and beautifully revealed,” from the author of Down and Out Today: Notes from the Gutter (Jon Snow, journalist and presenter). Writer Matthew Small traveled to……続きを見る

Do digital networks make a difference to the scope, scale and severity of social harm? Considering four distinct digital affordances for crime (access, concealment, evasion and incitement) this book……続きを見る

An in-depth look at the lives of illegitimate children and their parents in England in the later Middle Ages. For the nobility and gentry in later medieval England, land was a source of wealth and s……続きを見る

Uncovering the roots of the U.S. Constitution The U.S. Constitution influences nearly every aspect of our lives. But for all the fierce disputes about what the Constitution means, the historical fou……続きを見る

“If you love Sherlock Holmes, you’ll love this book…the best account of Baker Street mania ever written.”ーMichael Dirda, The Washington Post Winner of the Agatha Award for best nonfiction work Edga……続きを見る

Reflections on A New Mexican Crypto-Jewish Song Book offers close examinations of a manuscript written over a 20-year period by Loggie Carrasco, a well-known crypto-Jew from Albuquerque, New Mexico.……続きを見る

Le prime esperienze che viviamo nel corso della nostra infanzia svolgono un ruolo fondamentale nella formazione della persona che saremo in futuro. Questi anni cruciali rappresentano un periodo di s……続きを見る

Während die Welt gebannt auf die Ukraine schaut, formiert sich viele tausend Kilometer entfernt ein noch viel größerer Konflikt – China und die USA sind im Indopazifik auf Kollisionskurs. Im neuen E……続きを見る

Wissen ist nicht gleich Macht. Aber Unwissen führt zu Ohnmacht. Die JACOBIN-Ausgabe über Bildung und Befreiung. Inhaltsverzeichnis Pranger Krawallunternehmer (Nils C. Kumkar) Wir brauchen eine ander……続きを見る

"A beautiful, moving queer coming-of-age memoir set in Alaska with a narrative voice that is funny, sensitive and emotionally sharp. For fans of Garrard Conley, Garth Greenwell and Brandon Taylor" -……続きを見る

This approachable book in the SAA Press Current Perspectives Series is a comprehensive synthesis of Northwest Mexico from the US border to the Mesoamerican frontier. Filling a vital gap in the regio……続きを見る

From the late 1800s to the early 1900s, Australian settler colonists mobilised their unique settler experiences to develop their own vision of what ‘empire’ was and could be. Reinterpreting their hi……続きを見る

Vollständig realistische Erfahrungen in einer virtuellen Welt anbieten: Darum geht es bei Immersiver Virtueller Realität. Das ausführliche Lehrbuch bietet Studierenden der Informatik, Medien-, Ingen……続きを見る

Leonard Cohen and the Apostle Paul might be imagined as brothers with wildly different characters but a strong family resemblance. Paul, the elder sibling, was awkward, abrasive, and zealous. Leonar……続きを見る

Was passiert, wenn wir politisch einfach so weiter machen? Wie lässt sich Politik gleichzeitig verantwortungsvoller und dezentraler organisieren? Im Gegensatz zu anderen politischen Analysen bietet ……続きを見る

Senza rendersene conto e in maniera ostinatamente recidiva, il mondo adulto si sta macchiando di due crimini giganteschi: il primo è lo speranzicidio e il secondo è la cronofagia. Con il nostro modo……続きを見る

How the drug war transformed American political culture Since the 1950s, the American war on drugs has positioned white middle-class youth as sympathetic victims of illegal drug markets who need reh……続きを見る

An analysis of advances in military technology that illustrates the importance of organizational flexibility in both an attacker’s innovations and an opponent’s adaptations. How important is militar……続きを見る