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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062354525Author James BlakeFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Amistad PressPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm) 218mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873410813Author Andrew CobbingFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Japan LibraryPublisher Curzon Press LtdWeight(grams) 521g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873410622Author Ian NishFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Japan LibraryPublisher Curzon Press LtdWeight(grams) 810g

Freud is often accused of eurocentrism - of making unjustifiable generalizations on the basis of European family structures. Although French Caribbean intellectuals such as Fanon, Cesaire and Glissant have joined in these criticisms, they have also made...

The book provides a comprehensive conceptual understanding covering major challenges and pathways to progressively promote inclusive development in Bangladesh. Since independence in 1971, Bangladesh has achieved significant economic growth and social...

The only recent English-language work on Spanish-American indigenismo from a literary perspective, Estelle Tarica's work shows how modern Mexican and Andean discourses about the relationship between Indians and non-Indians create a unique literary...

MacNeil also describes his early years in a Gaelic-speaking rural community, where story-telling is still a basic element of community life. He explains how he learned the tales and the customs and practices associated with their telling. He also...

Gloria P. Totoricaguena presents a thorough comparative examination of the remarkable endurance of Basque identity and culture in six countries of the far-flung Basque diaspora. Using the results of interviews and extensive anonymous surveys with more...

The apparent cohesion and stability of Indonesia during much of the New Order period (1965-1998) stand in sharp contrast to today's disorder. Whilst Suharto's authoritarian rule was significant, the regime's cultural policies also played their part...

Edward Said once noted that ""exile is compelling to think about, but terrible to experience."" The Dispossessed, a collection of thoughtful essays and critical commentaries on the meaning of exile, reverberates with the significance...

Pots of Promise delves into the Hull-House arts programs of the 1920s and 1930s and the pottery program at the commercial Hull-House Kilns. Four in-depth essays stand side-by-side with 131 color and black-and-white photographs, many of them previously...

This book consists of eight articles on Chinese literature (six from the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies), most of which have long been out of print. Since they have been generally recognized as basic studies of their respective topics, there was an...

This book explores the differing treatment of Russian minorities in the non-Russian republics which seceded from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Providing detailed case studies, it explains why intervention by Russia occurred in the case of Ukraine,...

Soviet Studies of Premodern China is an important source of secondary scholarship to American and European Sinologists.Book InformationISBN 9780892640522Author Gilbert RozmanFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Centre for Chinese Studies...

Case studies capture the experiences, difficulties, and determination of immigrant workersBook InformationISBN 9781566391313Author Louise LamphereFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780939512164Author Mutsuko SimonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint The University of Michigan PressPublisher The University of Michigan...

Michigan Papers in Japanese Studies 20 This book examines the interactions between Japan's government and passenger car industry as it traces the development of the industry from its origins in the early 1900s.Book InformationISBN 9780939512409Author...

The first detailed investigation into the decision making processes of rural JapanBook InformationISBN 9780939512171Author Robert C. MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint The University of Michigan PressPublisher The University of Michigan Press

This unique look at learned and acquired cultures explores the power and weaknesses of society, especially as it applies to those of Italian heritage. A strong argument is made for ethnic, cultural, and political independence; the importance of failure...

The flow of migrants from south to north and east to west carries with it growing concerns about the economic integration, political incorporation, and social inclusion of newcomers and their children. But what happens when a group of people deliberately...

In this study, eight young Japanese sociologists analyse quantitative social survey data to understand the new phase of Japanese nationalism. They asked ordinary Japanese people to share their views on foreign residents, using their responses to shed...

In 2007, Canada became the third largest producer of diamonds in the world. Primarily mined on the edge of the Arctic, these diamonds are said to bring economic development and opportunity to nearby Indigenous communities. In Under Pressure,...

This major synthesis of work explores new evidence gathered at Basketmaker III sites on the Colorado Plateau in search of further understanding of Anasazi development. Since the 1960s, large-scale cultural resource management projects have revealed the...

Red and Yellow, Black and Brown gathers together life stories and analysis by twelve contributors who express and seek to understand the often very different dynamics that exist for mixed race people who are not part white. The chapters focus on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781876843793Author Koichi HasegawaFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint Trans Pacific PressPublisher Trans Pacific Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816526598Author Gary Paul NabhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780939510993Author Mystic Seaport MuseumFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Mystic Seaport MuseumPublisher Mystic Seaport MuseumWeight(grams) 367g

Grappling with enduring questions about the means of achieving power in the Chinese Communist hierarchy, this study analyzes the rise of six individuals (Ji Dengkui, Peng Chong, Gu Mu, Yu Qiuli, Xu Shiyou, and Chen Xilian) who held positions of elite...

This book deals with current developments in black education in South Africa since the introduction of Bantu education in the beginning of the 1990s. During the period under discussion, improvements have been made in black education. These improvements...

Maya people have lived for thousands of years in the mountains and forests of Guatemala, but they lost control of their land, becoming serfs and refugees, when the Spanish invaded in the sixteenth century. Under the Spanish and the Guatemalan non-Indian...

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American Indians in the United States and Aboriginal people in Australia suffered a common experience at the hands of state authorities: the removal of their children to institutions in the name of...

In less than two centuries, Singapore has transformed itself from a small seaside kampong into a modern metropolis, growing first into a thriving colony, then a Straits Settlement, and becoming in 1965 an independent nation. With over 1,200 images, this...

Winner, A Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 2002 The history of Mexican Americans is a history of the intermingling of races-Indian, White, and Black. This racial history underlies a legacy of racial discrimination against Mexican Americans and their...

A revealing investigation of changing identity in a globalizing worldBook InformationISBN 9781592135400Author John Tofik KaramFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.

To most of us the food that we associate with home--our national and familial homes--is an essential part of our cultural heritage. No matter how open we become to other cuisines, we regard home-cooking as an intrinsic part of who we are. In this book,...

This is a subset of F. Max Mullers great collection The Sacred Books of the East which includes translations of all the most important works of the seven non-Christian religions which have exercised a profound influence on the civilizations of the...

Not another 'misunderstandings and misconceptions' volume, but a wide-ranging review of intellectual traditions, mutual and alternative images, and case studies of people and events that mirror the focus of this book.Book InformationISBN...

This book examines five features of Japan's 'Lost Decades': the speed of the economic decline in Japan compared to Japan's earlier global prowess; a rapidly declining population; considerable political instability and failed reform attempts; shifting...

This book explores how Confucian thought, which was the ideological underpinning of traditional, imperial China, is being developed and refined into a New Confucianism relevant for the twenty-first century. It traces the development of Confucian thought,...

Buddhist meditation, while attracting less popular attention than some other meditative disciplines, has given rise to a particularly rich literature in recent years. Despite differences in style and terminology, these modern writings on Buddhist...