This open access book provides both a broad perspective and a focused examination of cow care as a subject of widespread ethical concern in India, and increasingly in other parts of the world. In the face of what has persisted as a...

In a rare combination of comprehensive coverage and sustained critical focus, this book examines Japan's progress through its entire history to its current status as an economic, technological, and cultural superpower. A key factor is a...

Spectral Shakespeares is an illuminating exploration of recent, experimental adaptations of Shakespeare on film, TV, and the web. Drawing on adaptation studies and media theory as well as Jacques Derrida's work, this book argues that...

The book is concerned with social issues and problems that effect women throughout the world, the policies and practices that impinge on their human rights, and the programmes around the globe that are successfully changing their...

"World Armies" von John Keegan ist ein umfassendes Nachschlagewerk, das detaillierte Informationen über die Armeen der Welt bietet. Es deckt alle Länder ab und liefert Daten zu Themen wie Personalstärke, Organisation, Bewaffnung und...

This book maps three waves of nativist populism in the post-war era, emerging into contemporary Neo-Nationalism. The first wave rose in the wake of the Oil Crisis in 1972. The second was ignited by the Collapse of Communism in 1989,...

This book brings together fascinating testimonies from thirty inhabitants of the 'Kommunalka,' the communal apartments that were the norm in housing in the cities of Russia during the whole history of the Soviet Union. von Messana, P.

Why is it that all interpretations are possible, and none is true? That some interpretations are just, but some are false? Lecercle draws on the resources of pragmatics, literary theory and the philosophy of language to propose a new...

Considers the misappropriation of African American popular culture through various genres, largely Hip Hop, to argue that while such cultural creations have the potential to be healing agents, they are still exploited -often with the...

Why do elderly choose to move away from their children so as to not receive their support? Using a number of case studies, contributors explore social support as a tool of mutuality, or maintaining relatedness and sharing feelings,...

"Principles of Economics: An Introductory Volume" von Alfred Marshall ist ein grundlegendes Werk in der Wirtschaftswissenschaft. Es bietet eine umfassende Einführung in die Grundprinzipien der Mikro- und Makroökonomie, einschließlich...

"Women in Cities: Gender and the Urban Environment" von Linda Peake untersucht die Rolle und Erfahrungen von Frauen im städtischen Umfeld. Das Buch analysiert, wie Geschlecht die Wahrnehmung und Interaktion mit der Stadt beeinflusst und...