usi - Social & Cultural Studies 9

During the uprisings of late 2010 and 2011 which took place across the Middle East and North Africa, women made up an important part of the crowds protesting. Women's rights were central to the dema……続きを見る

La muerte de Jorge Rafael Videla se inscribe en un decenio marcado por el fallecimiento de numerosos criminales de masa. Ésta sigue a las de Slobodan Milosevic, Augusto Pinochet, Saddam Hussein, Osa……続きを見る

Political, social and economic transformations have marked the 20 years since Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region of China. To mark the historic handover, the Institute of Advanced Stud……続きを見る

People with bipolar disorder are particularly vulnerable to anxiety and intrusive mental imagery, which can contribute to mood swings and a heightened risk for relapse. This book presents a novel br……続きを見る

Over the last generation, the womanist idea--and the tradition blooming around it--has emerged as an important response to separatism, domination, and oppression. Gary L. Lemons gathers a diverse gr……続きを見る

This work is a multi-disciplinary reconstruction, analysis and evaluation of the development, organisation and mobilisation of political consciousness in Guyana between the legal termination of phys……続きを見る

Clara Usiskin has spent eight years investigating the 'War on Terror' and its effects in the East and Horn of Africa, documenting hundreds of cases of rendition, secret detention and targeted killin……続きを見る

FOR THE SECOND YEAR THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE STUDIES HAS EDITED THE RUSI AND BRASSEY'S DEFENCEYEARBOOK. THIS PARTNERSHIP HAD THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF ALMOST DOUBLING THE CIRCUL……続きを見る

This enlightening and reflective guide studies the psychological impact of racism and discrimination on BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) people and offers steps to improve wellbeing. It inclu……続きを見る

The book presents a revolutionary approach to higher education based on empathy, trust and collaboration. It describes how people can be brought together across cultural, racial, ethnic, gender, sex……続きを見る

En México, la impunidad que se vive en el actual sexenio ha favorecido una agudización de la corrupción y la inseguridad, que explotaron en distintos frentes en el primer semestre de 2017. En lo eco……続きを見る

Photographic subjects examines photography at royal celebrations during the reign of Queens Wilhelmina (1898–1948) and Juliana (1948–80), a period spanning the zenith and fall of Dutch rule in Indon……続きを見る

Royals on Tour explores visits by European monarchs and princes to colonies, and by indigenous royals to Europe in the 1800s and early 1900s with case studies of travel by royals from Britain, Franc……続きを見る

Playing for time explores connections between theatre time, the historical moment and fictional time. Geraldine Cousin persuasively argues that a crucial characteristic of contemporary British theat……続きを見る

Ein Schweizer Banksafe, Josef Mengele, geheimnisvolle Dokumente aus dem Lager Auschwitz-Birkenau, wo die berüchtigten medizinischen Versuche an Häftlingen vorgenommen wurden – verfasst von einem dar……続きを見る

Pakistan is the world’s second-largest Muslim nation; it is strategically located and armed with nuclear weapons. It is also in a precarious position: its economy is collapsing to the point of bankr……続きを見る

Droga vlada planetom. Kosmetsko carstvo. Evropa puni zatvore. Otrovana Amerika. Albanski klan u Švajcarskoj. „Operacija Madrid“. Ubistvo jugoslovenskog ambasadora. Dileri finansijeri OVK. Zloupotreb……続きを見る

The Familiar Past surveys material culture from 1500 to the present day. Fourteen case studies, grouped under related topics, include discussion of issues such as: * the origins of modernity in urba……続きを見る

Using archaeology, archaeo-mythology and mitochondrial DNA we can chart the mass migrations of people throughout the ancient world and follow the footsteps of the beliefs of Old Europe. But if the c……続きを見る

Does a murder psychically imprint itself on a blood-stained crime scene? Sam Baltrusisrevisits the haunts associated with the most horrific homicides in Massachusetts, including the Lady of the Dune……続きを見る

Este libro constituye el resultado de una larga investigación que, desde los años 80, se ha propuesto develar los mecanismos del fraude electoral en México. En la elección de 2006 se descubren las "……続きを見る

A Social History of Indian Football covers the period 1850-2004. It considers soccer as a derivative sport, creatively and imaginatively adapted to suit modern Indian socio-cultural needs - designed……続きを見る

This book analyses the experiences of prisoners in England & Wales sentenced when relatively young to very long life sentences (with minimum terms of fifteen years or more). Based on a major study, ……続きを見る

Dark sound carries the dense cultural weight of darkness; it is the undertow of music that embodies melancholy, desire, grief, violence, rage, pain, loss and longing. Compelling and unnerving, dark ……続きを見る

Given the recent revival of nationalism in many parts of the world in tandem with new conflicts and forms of interventionism, this book uses the case of Kosovo to discuss some of key problems around……続きを見る

Ghosts lurk in the waters near Boston's historic seaport, haunting the secluded islands scattered throughout the harbor. Boston Harbor brims with the restless spirits of pirates, prisoners and victi……続きを見る

Las grandes tormentas ideológicas han empezado con las ideas, recuerda Isaiah Berlin, y los grandes hechos históricos del siglo xx son un reflejo de ello. La igualdad, el psicoanálisis, el feminismo……続きを見る

This book argues for the importance of popular music in negotiations of national identity, and Germanness in particular. By discussing diverse musical genres and commercially and critically successf……続きを見る

Tajna politika, tajna diplomatija i špijunaža odvajkada su bili podupirači važnih državnih poslova. Vilijam Kejsi, nekada prvi obaveštajac Amerike, umeo je iskreno da prizna da je špijunaža toliko o……続きを見る

Već dve stotine godina Srbi osvajaju zemlju koju su belci oteli od Indijanaca. U Ameriku su prvo odlazili bokeljski mornari, srpski misionari i avanturisti, brdska sirotinja sa Balkana, seljaci i ra……続きを見る