Ethnic Attachments in Sri Lanka examines the uses of ethnic identity in Sri Lankan society from the early medieval period through the present day. It takes account of the religious assertion of ethnicity in the early medieval period in...

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...

"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...

In "Lesbian Lives in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia: Post/Socialism and Gendered Sexualities", untersucht Francesca Stella die Erfahrungen und das Leben lesbischer Frauen in Russland während der Sowjetzeit und danach. Stella beleuchtet,...

Business schools have been criticized for several things, such as lacking relevance, a too weak ethics orientation, dated paradigms, or commercialization. Simultaneously, there has been much positive change and accelerated dynamics...

Since the early years of telegraphy, modernity at large generated and has depended upon technologies of electrical/electronic communication and information circulation: from telephone, radio, and television to the internet. This volume...

Das Buch "Mustafa Barzani and the Kurdish Liberation Movement" behandelt das Leben und Wirken von Mustafa Barzani, einem zentralen Führer der kurdischen Befreiungsbewegung im 20. Jahrhundert. Es beleuchtet seine Rolle im Kampf für die...

Intellectual debates surrounding modernity, modernism and fascism continue to be active and hotly contested. In this ambitious book, renowned expert on fascism Roger Griffin analyzes Western modernity and the regimes of Mussolini and...

"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 tells the story of the development of the private equity industry in Germany. It is the first comprehensive history of the private equity industry for any country, revealing the vicissitudes of private equity investing, warts and...

"The Meaning of Care: The Social Construction of Care for Elderly People" von Bernhard Weicht untersucht die komplexen sozialen, kulturellen und politischen Dimensionen der Pflege älterer Menschen. Weicht analysiert, wie...

"China Goes West: Everything You Need to Know About Chinese Companies Going Global" von Joel Backaler bietet eine umfassende Analyse der Expansion chinesischer Unternehmen auf den globalen Markt. Das Buch untersucht die Strategien,...