Social Science - General

Author: Linda G. Lambert, Mary E. GardnerISBN-13: 9798218529130Publisher: Lambert GardnerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/07/2025Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d

"As political narratives focus on division, Maff Potts finds connection and joy in the extraordinary, ordinary network of public living rooms"- Anoosh Chakelian, Britain Editor, The New Statesman"The Mighty Maff on top form: Provocative and funny and seriously serious. Soul soaringly, shit stirringly special....

In a world marked by deep-seated injustices based on race, class, gender, sexual orientation, ability, and other identity markers, schools can be powerful places for students to learn to recognize, analyze, and challenge these inequities.Educating for Justice teams award-winning principal Julia Bott with scholars...

This collection of historical essays on race develops lines of inquiry into race and social studies, such as geography, history, and vocational education. Contributors focus on the ways African Americans were excluded or included in the social education curriculum and the roles that black...

Author: Peter G. MyersISBN-10: 064583615XISBN-13: 9780645836158Publisher: Polarity PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/10/2025Pages: 356Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d

What is life really like in the disparaged Gaza Strip? No Way but Forward takes you there via a set of deeply human accounts of three ordinary young Palestinian men over the past thirty years, including the year following October 7, 2023. Their lives...

"Anarchism and Other Essays" by Emma Goldman, first published in 1910, is a collection of essays by one of the most prominent and radical anarchist thinkers of the early 20th century. Goldman uses these essays to articulate her beliefs about anarchism and its relationship...

"On the Genealogy of Morals" (German: Zur Genealogie der Moral) is one of Friedrich Nietzsche's most influential works, published in 1887. It is a collection of three essays that delve into the origins and meanings of our moral concepts, values, and systems. Nietzsche critically...

Discover the extraordinary legacy of Australia's First Nations people in Australian Aboriginal Origins: Earliest Beginnings. For over 65,000 years, First Nations people thrived as global pioneers-masters of the sea, trailblazers in religion, art, aerodynamics, and innovators in land management, medicine, and commerce. In Australian...

Discover the extraordinary legacy of Australia's First Nations people in Australian Aboriginal Fire: Managing Country. For over 65,000 years, First Nations people thrived as global pioneers-masters of the sea, trailblazers in religion, art, aerodynamics, and innovators in land management, medicine, and commerce. Australian Aboriginal...

Discover the extraordinary legacy of Australia's First Nations people in Australian Aboriginal Trade: Sharing Goods and Services. For over 65,000 years, First Nations people thrived as global pioneers-masters of the sea, trailblazers in religion, art, aerodynamics, and innovators in land management, medicine, and commerce....

"Roughing It" is a semi-autobiographical travelogue written by Mark Twain, first published in 1872. In this work, Twain recounts his adventures and experiences during his time as a young man traveling through the American West in the 1860s.The book begins with Twain's departure from...

Now is the only moment that we can tangibly influence, as individuals and as a society. Technology is evolving exponentially. Human rights are also arguably better than they have ever been. Despite the unprecedented nature of this moment, however, history repeats itself. Amnesty International...

Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903-1994) was an Israeli philosopher and scientist. For decades, his thinking and persona were the embodiment of a Judaism that was vital, rebuking, involved, and committed to all the Jews of Israel. As seen in this book, Leibowitz's far-reaching public statements are...

This legal treatise, first published in 1790, remains a cornerstone of the English common law tradition. Preston's lucid explanations of complex legal concepts and his attention to detail make this volume an important resource for historians, lawyers, and anyone interested in the history of...

This book focuses on the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on STEM education and measures (teaching tools and research practices) taken to combat the learning gaps in STEM education in the post-pandemic era. Contributions were collected from researchers engaged in STEM education research,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

London Voluntaries - The Song of the Sword and other Verses is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1893. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine,...

This short book examines the need for change in human systems and provides an opportunity for achieving lasting, sustainable change. This book it set out in three chapters which address: the challenges with change in organizations and how those challenges relate to organizational culture;...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The frontier between "law" and "politics" is not always clear-cut. Although courts are allowed to function broadly, governments and parliaments can also make independent decisions. Tim Koopmans compares the way American, British, French and German law and politics handle different issues. For example, highly...

Using extensive and fresh archival material, this book places the relationship between the United Kingdom and Ireland after 1921 in a new light, encouraging us to rethink the dominant narrative of conflict and strife. While the work does not shy away from the clear...

Have you ever asked your Uber or Lyft driver about their craziest driving experiences? This Could Get Me Fired is an intimate, intriguing, behind-the-scenes look at what it's really like to be a rideshare driver. Eric Gile takes you with him as he gives...

Although artificial intelligence (AI) has many potential benefits, it has also been shown to suffer from a number of challenges for successful performance in complex real-world environments such as military operations, including brittleness, perceptual limitations, hidden biases, and lack of a model of causation...

Do you feel disconnected? Lonely? Sick and tired of being sick and tired? Long before COVID-19 emerged, researchers were reporting that united states citizens were having less sex. Some even going so far as to call it a "sex apocalypse". Throughout this book, Dr....

In Hidden Axis: Forces Beyond the Visible World, investigative journalist Shepard Ambellas uncovers the chilling connections between ancient prophecies, modern science, and clandestine operations reshaping humanity's future. Drawing from decades of research, Ambellas reveals how a massive celestial body, known as Planet X or...

This book explores representations of traditional medicine and healing practices in Irish Revival-era literature spanning from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. Specifically, the book focuses on the work of William Butler Yeats, Lady Augusta Gregory, and John Millington Synge. The...

Peter C.Y. Chow has been Professor of Economics at the City College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA, since 1986. He was previously also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a contractual consultant of...

The Palgrave Handbook on the Pedagogy of International Relations Theory is a collection that explores how best to teach the systems of thought that organize the study of international relations and global politics. All chapters document and advance intradisciplinary conversations about the challenge of...

This book provides a roadmap for modern-day conservatives to advance President Lincoln's vision to help underserved communities across our country. Underserved is a tangible blueprint for today's conservative who understands the need for a new and viable political plan of action--one that addresses the...

The Complete Writings of Constantine Smaltz Rafinesque - On Recent and Fossil Conchology is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1864. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and...

Who decides where "normal" stops and "perverse" begins? In Vicarious Kinks, Ummni Khan looks at the mass of claims that film, feminism, the human sciences, and law make about sadomasochism and its practitioners, and the way those claims become the basis for the legal...

George Gerbner's cultivation theory provides a framework for the analysis of relationships between television viewing and attitudes and beliefs about the world. Since the 1970s, cultivation analysis has been a lens through which to examine television's contributions to conceptions of violence, sex roles, political...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

Wisconsin is known as the home of the Progressive party. But, in the words of a suffragist as late as 1912, "the last thing a man becomes progressive about is the activities of his wife." In On Wisconsin Women, Genevieve McBride traces women's work...

We the people are in crisis. This is what the nation's headlines clearly tell us. Growing economic inequality is crippling more Americans, and the divide that defines us is decaying our public will. Where we have landed is unacceptable.But there are solutions, and Robert...

In Hidden Axis: Forces Beyond the Visible World, investigative journalist Shepard Ambellas uncovers the chilling connections between ancient prophecies, modern science, and clandestine operations reshaping humanity's future. Drawing from decades of research, Ambellas reveals how a massive celestial body, known as Planet X or...

In developing alternative approaches to urban development in response to the societal challenge of living in ever-expanding cities, this Volume on the SDG11, Sustainable Cities and Communities, proposes the concept of an 'Urbanising Earth'. We question the dominant model of Western cities and their...

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) promise to improve productivity significantly, but there are many questions about how AI could affect jobs and workers. Recent technical innovations have driven the rapid development of generative AI systems, which produce text, images, or other content based on...

This book is aimed at the Catu community. It is home to the only indigenous school in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, which preserves its cultural traditions in the school space, and keeps its ancestral culture alive in the need to affirm...

"The History of Medicine: From Ancient Remedies to Modern Science" provides a concise exploration of medical practices spanning from ancient civilizations to contemporary times. It traces the evolution of medical knowledge, highlighting key milestones, contributions, and advancements that have shaped the field of medicine....

The ancient state of Rhodes was famous for many things in the Hellenistic period; it emerged as an economic powerhouse thanks to its strategic position on maritime trade routes, its status further bolstered by its proud independence in an era of great kings, and...

The book titled "Chinese Racism in Neo Colonialised Africa provides a thorough analysis of China's growing presence and influence in Africa. Written by a diverse group of experts and researchers, the book offers a multifaceted perspective on the complex relationship between China and Africa,...

A captivating and incisive nonfiction investigation, "Breaking the Silence: Exposing the Truths Behind the Hoe Phase" dives into a crucial component of contemporary human behavior and relationships. In this insightful work, the author bravely takes on the prejudice and criticism leveled at the "Hoe...

Ever since antiquity, the presence of evil has been considered incompatible with the existence of God. This apparent contradiction gave rise to the argument from evil, which turned into a formidable weapon against theism. Faced with this challenge, theists of all creeds have been...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...