ZACK - Social & Cultural Studies 1

When Zackary Vernon moved to the Appalachian town of Boone, North Carolina, he had a goal: to make more ethical food choices. Soon he was working on an organic farm; volunteering at a pay-what-you-c……続きを見る

Hope is in short supply right now, things aren’t working and many of us feel stuck… What’s the answer? It’s all of us. With curiosity rather than authority, by resisting the pull towards just one st……続きを見る

A captivating exploration of Japan’s supernatural catsーmysterious, mischievous, and deeply woven into the country’s folklore, art, and spiritual imagination. Drawing on centuries of legends, woodbl……続きを見る

Rogue Prosecutors explains the origins, beliefs, playbook, funding, and real-life consequences of the "progressive prosecutor" movementーa group of newly elected prosecutors, their allies, and backe……続きを見る

This book examines the intersections of sport, race, gender, social networks and social movements with a case study of the North-American nonprofit organization 'Black Girl Hockey Club' (BGHC). The ……続きを見る

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. How do we hold onto friends and communities in a world that feels increasingly fragmented? This timely collection explores how social conne……続きを見る

Democracia se refere às formas ideais e reais de governo. O conceito significa que os governados – o demos – têm voz no governo. Mas diferentes concepções de democracia deixaram muitos de fora ao lo……続きを見る

El desarrollo tecnológico relacionado con la cibernética se produce a tal velocidad, que los operadores de otros ámbitos profesionales y del conocimiento muestran dificultades evidentes para seguir ……続きを見る

Flight is the story of humankind's most ambitious undertaking. From thousand-year-old flying machines and the trailblazing 'birdmen' who risked their lives to test them, to the Wright brothers' lege……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 ……続きを見る

Lessons from the groundbreaking grassroots campaign that helped launch a new political revolution Rules for Revolutionaries is a bold challenge to the political establishment and the “rules” that go……続きを見る

Moving beyond familiar myths about moonshiners, bootleggers, and hard-drinking writers, Southern Comforts explores how alcohol and drinking helped shape the literature and culture of the U.S. South.……続きを見る

Ecocriticism and Appalachian studies continue to grow and thrive in academia, as they expand on their foundational works to move in new and exciting directions. When researching these areas separate……続きを見る

A corrective history of the essential role that Black women played in the early Black press. In Great Thinkers and Doers, Teresa Zackodnik looks at the vitalーand largely overlookedーrole of Black w……続きを見る

這個「鐵飯碗」不好捧！ 上級抽象指令、民眾複雜困境 誰來教我怎麼做？ 〓強力推薦（依姓氏筆畫排序） 朱智宇　　台灣公務革新力量聯盟理事 李拓梓　　作家 林淑馨　　國立台北大學公共行政暨政策學系特聘教授 屋……続きを見る

"A modern day Lafcadio Hearn is picking up his ghostly torch. Zack Davisson is the author, translator, and folklorist following in Hearn's footsteps." ーtofugu.com Mysterious demons, ghosts and mons……続きを見る

With keen insight, Vox journalist Zack Beauchamp traces how a reactionary antidemocratic ethos born and bred in America has come to infect democracies around the world. There is a fundamental contra……続きを見る

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Democracy refers to both ideal and real forms of government. The concept of democracy means that those governed ー the demos ー have a say in g……続きを見る

A fin de promover el comercio justo y la solidaridad entre el Sur Global y el Norte Global, la Guía de Comercio Justo aborda el comercio justo desde diferentes perspectivas y ámbitos. Los investigad……続きを見る

Philosophy of Race: An Introduction provides plainly written access to a new subfield that has been in the background of philosophy since Plato and Aristotle. The second edition is updated to includ……続きを見る

Ethics for Disaster shows how individual and government preparation and response to hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, wildfires, pandemics, and other disasters are ethical matters. Confronting the……続きを見る

Songs of protest have been inspiring activists for millennia, and continue to be created, shared, and reworked across musical genres. From the prophet Habakkuk as proto-protest singer, through a bro……続きを見る

The complete critical companion to The X-Files, covering every episode and both films and featuring interviews with screenwriters and stars. In Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion ……続きを見る

A single image taken from a high-rise building in inner-city Johannesburg uncovers layers of historyーfrom its premise and promise of gold to its current improvisations. It reveals the city as carca……続きを見る

A political history of the rise and fall of American debt relief. Americans have a long history with debt. They also have a long history of mobilizing for debt relief. Throughout the nineteenth cent……続きを見る

This dynamic new text for ethics and philosophy of race courses brings together subjects philosophers have generally kept separateーethics and race. But every issue concerning race is an ethical iss……続きを見る

The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is a classic tragedy of destruction following errors in judgment. Naomi Zack presents social and political aspects of this disaster as it unfolded in publi……続きを見る

This is a story of a school in the walled city of Old Delhi - the Anglo-Arabic Senior Secondary School. The school has its origins in Madrasa Ghaziuddin established in 1692. Using archival data and ……続きを見る

"I lived in a haunted apartment." Zack Davisson opens this definitive work on Japan's ghosts, or yurei, with a personal tale about the spirit world. Eerie red marks on the apartment's ceiling kept Z……続きを見る

Ludwig Dehio advances a theory of the historical dynamic of the modern European state system (1494–1945) and its hegemonic wars. After explaining Dehio's thoughts about why none of the European Powe……続きを見る