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Theorizing gender is more urgent and highly political than ever before. These are times, in many countries, of increased visibility of women in public life and high-profile campaigns against sexual ……続きを見る

Lazer é, para muita gente, sinônimo de diversão, brincadeira. Mas a brincadeira é, também, assunto sério: o lazer propicia o descanso, a recreação, a recuperação das energias; beneficia a saúde (fís……続きを見る

East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte, is an edited collection of thirty-one essays that trace the experience of a California community over three centuries, from eighteenth-century Spanish c……続きを見る

Rachel Zucker's third book of poems is a darkly comic collection that looks unsparingly at the difficulties and compromises of married life. Formally innovative and blazingly direct, The Bad Wife Ha……続きを見る

This is the story of a young liberal who saw the light after getting more experience, and she #WalkedAway! It is the author's journey from a betrayed and manipulated democrat to an independent-think……続きを見る

This book revisits the forgotten history of the 'European Dependency School' in the 1970s and 1980s, explores core-periphery relations in the European integration process and the crises of the conte……続きを見る

Reveals how faith traditions have always passed down tools for self-examination and debate, because all religious ideasーnot just extremist onesーcan cause harm, even as they also embody important m……続きを見る

Foreword by Dame Winifred Mary Beard. -------- This updated edition is a complete account of the first 100 years of women in Parliament. In 1919 Nancy Astor was elected as the Member of Parliament f……続きを見る

This newly revised and expanded edition of Howard Hughes chronicles the life and legacies of one of the most intriguing and accomplished Americans of the twentieth century. Hughes, born into wealth ……続きを見る

This concise monograph introduces and examines social influence from the perspective of the so-called target, rather than from the source, thus providing for the first time a bidirectional account o……続きを見る

In Egypt, something that fails to live up to its advertised expectations is often called a watermelon: a grand promise that later turns out to be empty talk. The political transition in Egypt after ……続きを見る

Soha ne ülj be idegen kocsiba! - hangzott az egyik legfontosabb intelem, amire Rachel Botsman szülei annak idején felhívták lányuk figyelmét. Ehhez képest a közösségi autózást koordináló cégek az el……続きを見る

This edited collection examines conflicting assumptions, expectations, and perceptions of maternity in artistic, cultural, and institutional contexts. Over the past two decades, the maternal body ha……続きを見る

Change and Archaeology explores how archaeologists have historically described, interpreted, and explained change, and argues that change has been under-theorised. The study of change is central to ……続きを見る

Based on deep analysis of Mass Observation wartime diaries, Food in Wartime Britain explores the food experience of the British middle classes in their own words throughout the course of the Second ……続きを見る

Contemporary Criminological Issues tackles some of today’s most pressing social issues, from the criminalization of Indigenous peoples to interpersonal violence, border control, and armed conflicts.……続きを見る

This book provides a research-based analysis of the dynamics of several types of violence in families and close relationships, as well as a discussion of theories relating to the experiences of vict……続きを見る

How a controversial biblical tale of conquest and genocide became a founding story of modern Israel No biblical text has been more central to the politics of modern Israel than the book of Joshua. N……続きを見る

Uniquely wide-ranging in its coverage of key concepts, themes and issues relating to human growth and development in adults, this textbook explores the crucial challenges and transitions that adults……続きを見る

Rio de Janeiro, Kyoto, Paris: An den unterschiedlichsten Orten der Erde kommt die Weltgemeinschaft regelmäßig zu den UN-Klimagipfeln zusammen – und entscheidet an deren Ende meist mit viel Mühe und ……続きを見る

Elections always have consequences, but the 2017 Bundestag election in Germany proved particularly consequential. With political upheaval across the globeーnotably in Britain and the USAーit was vit……続きを見る

La novedad de este libro radica en el punto de vista que adopta la autora Silvia Chejter para analizar el tema de la prostitución: la mirada de los que “pagan por sexo”. De esta manera, se cuestiona……続きを見る

North Korea's institutional politics defy traditional political models, making the country's actions seem surprising or confusing when, in fact, they often conform to the regime's own logic. Drawing……続きを見る

Activism is alive and well in the United States, according to Melissa Checker and Maggie Fishman. It exists on large and small scales and thrives in unexpected places. Finding activism in backyards,……続きを見る

From the first publication of Pride and Prejudice to recent film versions of her life and work, Jane Austen has continued to provoke controversy and inspire fantasies of peculiar intimacy. Whether c……続きを見る

Robert Neil Butler (1927–2010) was a scholar, psychiatrist, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author who revolutionized the way the world thinks about aging and the elderly. One of the first psychiatrists ……続きを見る

In 2003, after two years of negotiations, a group of prominent Israelis and Palestinians signed a model peace treaty. The document, popularly called the Geneva Initiative, contained detailed provisi……続きを見る

Why so few African American and Latino/a students study computer science: updated edition of a book that reveals the dynamics of inequality in American schools. The number of African Americans and L……続きを見る

El presente título significa una profunda, completa y exhaustiva investigación de Tollan-Xicocotitlan, mejor conocida como Tula. Presenta recientes descubrimientos de un modo accesible y sencillo, s……続きを見る

Drawing on detailed qualitative research, this timely study explores the experiences of fathers who take on equal or primary care responsibilities for young children. The authors examine what prompt……続きを見る