Rio - Social & Cultural Studies 5

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS THE COMMON WELFARE THE PITTSBURGH SURVEY PITTSBURGH THE NEW PITTSBURGHERS SOME PITTSBURGH STEEL WORKERS THE TEMPER OF THE ……続きを見る

The speed of social dynamics has overtaken the speed of thought. Adopting a dialectical perspective towards reality, social theory has always detected faults in the dominant social pattern, foreseei……続きを見る

Search for Boris Johnson in this eye-boggling illustrated adventure! Greetings citizens! Can you spot Boris? In an array of crowded scenes, from zip wires and bikes to Beijing and the Bullingdon Clu……続きを見る

Unpack my Heart with Words explores how literature can be used to help young victims cope with their experiences. The process of reading, discussing and rewriting carefully selected texts can have a……続きを見る

Au détour d'une simple promenade, l'inspecteur Juste est loin de se douter de ce qui l'attend... "...il quitta précipitamment l’ombre de la cabane, à reculons, il referma la porte de ses mains tremb……続きを見る

Après deux années d’enquêtes peu spectaculaires, trafics de voiture, cambriolages, quelques meurtres passionnels dont il ne faut même pas chercher l’auteur, l’inspecteur Juste se trouve confronté à ……続きを見る

Edmund Dulac’s Picture Book for the French Red Cross is a stunning work, produced in the midst of the First World War, by a true genius of illustration. It was originally published in 1915, and cont……続きを見る

Este livro resulta desse processo e conta com a participação de docentes e discentes que integram o Grupo de Estudos, Pesquisas e Assessoria em Políticas Sociais (GEAPS) e o Núcleo de Estudos, Pesqu……続きを見る

This book is about the relationship between different concepts of freedom and happiness. The book's authors distinguish three concepts for which an empirical measure exists: opportunity to choose (n……続きを見る

As governments and corporations scramble to pull the plug on research that proves that they are poisoning our planet and rush to muzzle the scientists who dare to share their disturbing data, it see……続きを見る

Environmental Science for Environmental Management has quickly established itself as the leading introduction to environmental science, demonstrating how a more environmental science can create an e……続きを見る

Die Verbindung von Spiritualität und Ökonomie Dieses Buch zeigt auf, wie jeder Mensch in seinem Leben mit Geld Brücken bauen kann und welchen wichtigen Beitrag diese Person damit für alle anderen Me……続きを見る

Introducing Urban Design: Interventions and Responses is a new departure in the town planning series under the editorship of Clara Greed. The dynamic new subject and profession of urban design strad……続きを見る

Mozambique has been hailed as a success story by the international community, which has watched it evolve through a series of violent political upheavals: from colonialism, through socialism, to its……続きを見る

Winner of the Rhodes University Vice-Chancellor's Book Award 2012! Winner of the 2011 Distinguished Publication Award of the Association for Women in Psychology! Why, despite evidence to the contrar……続きを見る

How often do we ask ourselves, ‘What will make me happy? What do I really want from life?’ In A Life of One’s Own Marion Milner explores these questions and embarks on a seven year personal journey ……続きを見る

In the final days of the Second World War, Michael Rogan, an American intelligence officer, is tortured by a group of seven senior Gestapo officers who need to discover the secrets he alone can give……続きを見る

Parma. A multiple pile-up occurs on the autostrada into the city. A truck transporting cattle skids off the road. Dozens of cows and bulls go on the rampage, injured and crazed. In the chaos, the bu……続きを見る

Political and social forces exert pressure on our globalized economy in many forms, from formal and informal policies to financial theories and technical models. Our efforts to shape and direct thes……続きを見る

Using Documents in Social Research offers a comprehensive, yet concise, introduction to the use of documents as tools within social science research. The books argues that documents stand in a dual-……続きを見る

In her exuberant new work, BOBBED HAIR AND BATHTUB GIN, Marion Meade presents a portrait of four extraordinary writers--Dorothy Parker, Zelda Fitzgerald, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Edna Ferber--wh……続きを見る

For thirty-three-year-old millionaire James Sullivan, sweeping Lita McClinton off her feet was easy. But when the reckless social climber and adulterer turned marriage in their Palm Beach mansion in……続きを見る

Discover the heart-warming and uplifting story of a Glasgow tenement urchin finding her way against adversity Born during the Second World War in Glasgow, Christine Fraser was her mother's eighth ch……続きを見る

'It was a very momentous day, the day on which I was to be slaughtered' Bringing together tales of melancholy and madness, nightmare and fantasy, this is a new collection of the most haunting German……続きを見る

Participation in international peace operations has become a key component of the foreign policy strategy of many countries worldwide. Italy and China have been, and are currently, involved in vario……続きを見る

This comprehensive text analyzes the foreign policies of eighteen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. First assessing the state of the discipline, the introduction develops a common framew……続きを見る

Use of the arts in palliative care settings is a powerful and effective way of addressing the practical, psychological, social and spiritual issues faced by service users in end-of-life care. The Cr……続きを見る

Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies. The Columbia River Treaty ratification in 1964 created the l……続きを見る

Visual Research: A Concise Introduction to Thinking Visually is the first text to present a concise overview of the significant ethical, theoretical, and practical considerations for conducting rese……続きを見る

Environmental Ethics offers an up-to-date and balanced overview of environmental ethics, focusing on theory and practice. Written in clear and engaging prose, the book provides an historical perspec……続きを見る