Social Science - General

Our secular society seems to have finally found its new God: Work. As technological progress makes human labor superfluous, and over-production destroys both the economy and the planet, Work remains stronger than ever as a mantra of universal submission. This book develops a fully-fledged...

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...

Title: The Chin Hills: a history of the people, our dealings with them, their customs and manners, and a gazetteer of their country. With plates.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of...

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...

""A Proposal For Correcting, Improving And Ascertaining The English Tongue: In A Letter To The Most Honorable Robert Earl Of Oxford And Mortimer, Lord High Treasurer Of Great Britain"" is a book written by Jonathan Swift and published in 1712. The book is a...

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...

In this important book a leading feminist scholar surveys and critiques gender research in a range of disciplines, showing how distinctions between the sexes are maintained by ideology and social controls.Author: Cynthia Fuchs EpsteinISBN-10: 0300046944ISBN-13: 9780300046946Publisher: Yale University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/1990Pages: 315Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.08lbsSize:...

Author: McGraw HillISBN-10: 0078953359ISBN-13: 9780078953354Publisher: McGraw-Hill EducationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2011Format: Paperback

This book explores how and why exchanges across civilizations have come to enrich science today. The dialogical dimension of the history of science has long been marginalized by an excessive concern on why modern science emerged in Europe, but not in any of the...

The Negro and His Songs: A Study of Typical Negro Songs in the South Hardcover Author: Howard W OdumISBN-10: 163923456XISBN-13: 9781639234561Publisher: Lushena BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/29/2022Pages: 320Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.14lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d

Transactions Vol. 25 features original research and creative work completed by Pace students under the guidance of Dyson faculty in philosophy, English language and literature, film studies, communication studies, science, psychology, and political science.Author: Judith PajoISBN-10: 1965246028ISBN-13: 9781965246023Publisher: Pace University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/04/2025Pages: 134Format:...

When the Spaniards conquered the Philippines (Cebu 1565, Manila 1571), they noticed several of its nations had a writing system of their own, called Bayb yin in Tagalog. It was a king of short-hand that did not make it possible to record closing consonants;...

Behavioral safety expert, Terry McSween, teams up with trusted learning adviser, Adam Hockman, to bring you The New Values-Based Safety, an essential reference for leaders and safety professionals in any industry. The authors expand on McSween's original works on Values-Based Safety, an approach to...

Unveiling Shadows of Coercive Control is a profoundly introspective and gripping narrative that takes readers on a harrowing journey through one woman's battle against relentless manipulation, betrayal, and systemic abuse. Kimberly Mosby courageously recounts a chilling sequence of events that shattered her life, violations...

Crystallizing Public Opinion by Edward Bernays, is a foundational work in the field of public relations and propaganda. Often referred to as the "father of public relations," Bernays explores the principles and practices of shaping public opinion, drawing on psychology, sociology, and communication theory....

Alien Robot Banker: Marketing with a Twist - How Humor Can Transform Your Business is an innovative guide for business owners, entrepreneurs, and marketers looking to elevate their brand through the power of humor. Author Cordell Giesen unveils a unique approach to marketing that...

This volume shows that the cultural production of nostalgia is a major tool for structuring feelings of resentment and anxiety. The current volume is concerned with collective nostalgia as it has been elicited, channeled, and weaponized by media production agents. The book aims to...

This Special Issue is entitled "Gurus, Priestesses, Saints, Mediums, and Yoginis: Holy Women as 'Influencers' in Hindu Culture" and features emerging research on holy women from different disciplinary perspectives. Applying the "influencer" concept to the study of religion, the volume explores the varieties of...

In this seminal work, Alfred Smith addresses the fundamental issue of housing scarcity and affordability, laying out a comprehensive plan for tackling the urban housing crisis that has only grown more pressing in recent years. Drawing on economic theory and social analysis, Smith's book...

Allan's Lone Star Ballads - A Collection of Southern Patriotic Songs, Made During Confederate Times is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1874. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions,...

On Sameness and Identity - A Psychological Study is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1890. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres....

""Citizenship of the United States"" by Frederick Van Dyne is a comprehensive guide to the legal and historical aspects of American citizenship. The book covers the nature and acquisition of citizenship, including birthright citizenship, naturalization, and derivative citizenship. It also explores the rights and...

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...

In the Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion (1992), John Zaller set out one of the most influential models of opinion formation: he presented the public as a pliable instrument of political elites, who are able to garner support simply by sending "cues" through...

This thought-provoking volume confronts the expected tension between care and justice as moral orientations. These original essays, by renowned educators, reveal how these two moral orientations can work together to produce wiser and more practical policies and practices. The authors explore problems at every...

What role do Chinese popular associations play in the expansion of civil society and democratization? Under Mao few associations were permitted to exist, while today over 200,000 associations are officially recognized. Are they important foundations of civil society, or vehicles for state corporatism and...

The incoming national administration has the opportunity to make a sharp break, in both domestic and international issues, with the failed, destructive policies of the past eight years.Mandate for Change provides in detail what should be done in each and every important area, in...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

Dismissing oversimplified and politically charged views of the politics of Shi'ite Islam, Said Amir Arjomand offers a richly researched sociological and historical study of Shi'ism and the political order of premodern Iran that exposes the roots of what became Khomeini's theocracy.Author: Sa?d Amir ArjomandISBN-10:...

Author: James L. Ritchie-DunhamISBN-10: 0990715329ISBN-13: 9780990715320Publisher: Vibrancy Ins, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/27/2024Pages: 200Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d

This book tells a story of serendipity. Two Christian monks left China about 1274, headed to Jerusalem. Travelling on an itinerary similar to that Marco Polo had taken, they reached Iran, ruled by a Mongol dynasty, the Ilkhans. There, what they never had expected...

Since the late 20th century, humanity has faced several challenges that make us feel increasingly vulnerable. Increasing territorial and social disadvantages, lagging regions and municipalities, the drastic deterioration of the quality of life of the people living there, economic processes and sustainability issues are...

With so many social challenges facing our world, trying to effect change feels daunting. The problems are complex, the politics murky, and the players innumerable. Yet, every day there are regular heroes making a significant impact on our most intractable social issues. "Can't Not...

Keepers of the House is a series of poems about teaching English in a public high school, and how a school can be a home for students and their teacher. Written by a veteran educator, working with a diverse population that ranges from underprivileged...

Beyond Sled Dogs and GoldSomewhere between myths and hard facts you find Nome, poised also between yesterday and tomorrow. Drawing on his background in anthropology and an equal passion for history, Michael Engelhard surveys the seam that links two neighboring continents through the lens...

How Maoism Was Made focuses on the history of the early years in China after 1949, featuring new scholarship by academics across Europe and North America. The field of early PRC history has been transformed by the unprecedented accessibility of archives from the 1990s...

'Broken, ' the first book in the debut Dark Romance/Psychological Thriller series by M.A. McNally, centres on the questions many women ask themselves: where would I be now if I'd never laid eyes on him and would my life have turned out any differently?"Jayden...

Radical Nurses unearths the extraordinary stories of 28 nurses who defied expectations, shattered norms, and redefined what it means to care. From fearless activists on the front lines of social justice to visionary writers who illuminated the profession, from steadfast nuns whose faith shaped...

Mind over Matter is an interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring how spirituality changes lives in a variety of ways. Unlike much philosophically rooted literature on spirituality, it encourages an understanding of what can be achieved through faith, belief, and self-confidence, without reliance on specific...

Robert Gass served as a firefighter in the FDNY for 27 years, witnessing firsthand the challenges, triumphs, and hidden complexities of urban firefighting. His experiences responding to fires and emergencies in New York City shaped his deep respect for the profession and the men...

Madness, Psychiatry, and Empire in Postcolonial Literature provides a comparatist interrogation of empire through archives of history, science, and literature. The book analyzes Aim? C?saire's Discourse on Colonialism to shed light on C?saire's critique of psychological and medical discourses of the colonized's mind. The...

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,...

The Social Significance of Short Stature draws on the social, psychological, and physical aspects of a uniquely stigmatized group of persons who share the rare and unusual quality of being extremely diminutive in size. In a world of average-sized persons where the concept of...

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,...

Researchers and scientists have searched and searched for an answer to how our sexual orientation is developed or created without success. They have found valuable information that may be part of the answer or caused by the answer, but never the complete answer to...

Henry J Lewis Jr. has presented a collection of essays rooted in sociological, organizational, and the psycho-socio-cultural theories of complex networks of behavioural interactions. He addresses several transformational challenges that Jamaica, and to a large extent the entire Caribbean region, must grapple with in...