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This book examines the quality of democracies in Asia and determines why current democracies-especially during the so-called "new normal" era following the 2008 financial crisis-have become less stable and less resilient to increasing authoritarianism...

Face veiling is relatively new in Indonesia. It is often stereotyped as a sign of extremism and the growing Arabisation of Indonesian Muslims. It is also perceived as a symbol that demonstrates a lack of female agency. However, increasing numbers of...

This book addresses prominent views on the nature of the self in Indian philosophical traditions and presents Buddhist critiques of those conceptions through the translation and commentary on Santaraksita's chapter in the Tattvasamgraha on theories of a...

This book presents the results of extensive research into the very interesting phenomenon of local museums—kraevedschskyi museums—in Russia’s regions. It outlines how numerous such museums are, how long they have existed, what they display, and how this...

This book is a biography of a remarkable Scottish missionary worker, Alexander Wylie, a classical nineteenth century artisan and autodidact with a gift and passion for languages and mathematics. He made significant contributions to knowledge transfer,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439211106Author Ecua SolomonFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439207208Author Eke AmbaFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 100g

Japan: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the culture, society, and global positioning of Japan. Starting by looking at the common stereotypes, cliches, and tropes associated with Japan, this accessible introduction to the country is designed to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420815986Author Jack FrymierFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 376g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416589754Author Alia MalekFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 223mm * 147mm * 21mm

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 South India and...

The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) is an interregional forum for political dialogue, education and culture, security and business, aimed at enhancing relations between Asia and Europe to achieve a better interregional balance in the spheres of politics,...

This book explores the interaction between science and society and the development of forensic science as well as the historical roots of crime detection in colonial India. Covering a period from the mid-19th to mid-20th century, the author examines how...

Eugenics movements gained momentum throughout Eastern Europe between World Wars I and II. Maria Bucur demonstrates that the importance of the eugenics movement in Romania rests not so much in the contributions made to the study of science as in the realm...

Now that the welfare system has been largely dismantled, the fate of America's poor depends on what happens to them in the low-wage labor market. In this timely volume, Katherine S. Newman explores whether the poorest workers and families benefited from...

Exploring American Folk Music: Ethnic, Grassroots, and Regional Traditions in the United States reflects the fascinating diversity of regional and grassroots music in the United States. The book covers the diverse strains of American folk music--Latin,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999055618Author Linda Seatts-OgletreeFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Kitrell Publishing HousePublisher Kitrell Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 95g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780970340344Author Dr Vincent N ParrilloFormat PaperbackImprint John D. Calandra Italian-American InstitutePublisher John D. Calandra Italian-American...

The influence of race and gender on the health status of nonwhite women in the United States is the theme of this book. Four distinct groups of women are examined closely: African Americans; American Indians and Alaskan Natives; Asian/Pacific Islander...

The chapters in this book are an assembly of commentaries by a distinguished team of specialists on the social impact of the Singapore Women's Charter on women and men. The Women's Charter is the main legislation protecting women's rights in the context...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524930127Author Jeanne LacourtFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.Publisher Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S...

This series of absorbing case studies focuses on the portrayal of Pakistani women in the global media. Analyzing Hollywood films, British documentaries, newspapers and mainstream U.S. magazines, the book traces sensational female figures of...

This collection of papers examines a variety of topics on the Chinese in Malaysia: the nature of Malaysian multi-ethnic society and the position of the ethnic Chinese, the conflation between ethnicity and religion, the 8 March 2008 election and its...

This volume seeks to introduce and deepen the understanding of Islam and its role in politics as encountered in different national and transnational contexts in Southeast Asia, eschewing the neo-orientalist approach that has informed public discourse in...

Exploring American Folk Music: Ethnic, Grassroots, and Regional Traditions in the United States reflects the fascinating diversity of regional and grassroots music in the United States. The book covers the diverse strains of American folk music--Latin,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615525778Author Kofi AnnanFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Institute of Government and Public AffairsPublisher Institute of Government and Public...

Who are we? is the question at the core of these fascinating essays from one of the nation's leading intellectual historians. With old identities increasingly destabilized throughout the world - the result of demographic migration, declining empires, and...

In Third Worlds Within, Daniel Widener expands conceptions of the struggle for racial justice by reframing antiracist movements in the United States in a broader internationalist context. For Widener, antiracist struggles at home are connected to and...

Offers essays and dialogues by well-known Buddhist and Christian scholars on topics that were of primary interest to Frederick J. Streng, in whose honour the volume was created. Topics include interreligious dialogue, ultimate reality, nature and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780970340351Author Nancy L ZiehlerFormat PaperbackImprint John D. Calandra Italian-American InstitutePublisher John D. Calandra Italian-American...

Examines the internment of Ukrainian Canadians during the Great WarExamines the internment of Ukrainian Canadians during the Great WarAbout the AuthorBohdan S. Kordan is professor of international relations and director of the Prairie Centre for the...

This dictionary provides a readily available collection of source material for a subject which has recently become of considerable public and academic interest. It provides a point of reference for key words and concepts which have previously been...

Germans have played a significant part in Australian history since 1788. For the first hundred years of European settlement they were the largest ethnic group on the continent, contributing to the development of the hinterlands of Queensland, New South...

The Italians comprised the first truly large wave of immigrants to have arrived from Southern Europe after World War II. Today, people of Italian background in Australia number around one million. The Italians have made an enormous contribution to the...

The Werewolf is a boldly drawn novel of the tyranny of love over men and women and the unending trials of strength between good and evil in human nature. Its main characters are of heroic stature yet deeply flawed, moving against the backdrop of...

Should African American be construed as a race or as an ethnic group? If African Americans are defined as an ethnic group, what role does culture play in their lives and how can we measure their culture? This groundbreaking volume argues that we reject...

Responding to the recent indigenous turn in American studies, the essays in this volume inform discussion about indigeneity, race, gender, modernity, nation, state power, and globalization in interdisciplinary and broadly comparative global ways...

Jews form only a tiny proportion of the Australian population, yet they have made outstanding contributions and have influenced Australian society immeasurably. Stories such as that of Sir John Monash, Australian commander-in-chief during World War I,...

The Greeks have made an enormous contribution to Australian cultural and social life, and this book vividly tells their story. Beginning with an examination of the conditions in Europe that led to migration, it details the role of the Greeks in...

Nominated for the 1995 Distinguished Publication Award of the Association for Women in Psychology A provocative, insightful volume, Black Women in America offers an interdisciplinary study of black women's historic activism, representation in literature...