Regional Studies

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789292627713Author Asian Development BankFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Asian Development BankPublisher Asian Development BankWeight(grams) 259g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944528966Author Erin WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint Et Alia PressPublisher Et Alia PressWeight(grams) 240g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789815011197Author Oliver TappeFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Iseas - Yusof Ishak InstitutePublisher Iseas - Yusof Ishak InstituteWeight(grams)...

Reexamining Economic and Political Reforms in Russia, 1985-2000: Generations, Ideas, and Changes analyzes the impact of generational changes and ideational changes on major political and economic reforms conducted in Russia during the late twentieth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947660274Author Al ArnoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Shotwell Publishing LLCPublisher Shotwell Publishing LLCWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633916975Author Mary Jo Aman MlisFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Westphalia PressPublisher Westphalia PressWeight(grams) 553g

The December 2018 issue of the Pacific Economic Monitor provides an update on developments in 14 Pacific economies and explores topical policy issues in the region. It explores topical policy issues in the region over the years, and presents global...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732292321Author Dr J David JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Screven and Allen PublishingPublisher Screven and Allen PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938349492Author David AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint PelekinesisPublisher PelekinesisWeight(grams) 345g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789987160402Author Godfrey MwakikagileFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint New Africa PressPublisher New Africa PressWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789987160365Author Godfrey MwakikagileFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint New Africa PressPublisher New Africa PressWeight(grams) 463g

This compelling book explores the intimate connections between people and plants, agriculture and cooking, and the practical work of building local food networks and transnational social movements. Lauren E. Baker uses corn and maize to consider central...

This book utilizes narratives from U.S. and Caribbean scholars to examine the viability of sociologists changing the world from below through sporadic interdependent networks (Piven 2008). The conclusion reached is that in its current state, the academy...

In 2006, Fidel Castro yielded power over Cuba to his younger brother Raul, making him the first new president of the island nation in nearly five decades. Since then, Raul has ushered in many changes and reforms, including allowing open criticism of the...

In this work the various ways that social, economic, and cultural factors influence the identities and educational aspirations of rural working-class Appalachian learners are explored. The objectives are to highlight the cultural obstacles that impact...

A method for measuring migration and occupational mobility in the community.Book InformationISBN 9781512811865Author Sidney GoldsteinFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint University of Pennsylvania PressPublisher University of Pennsylvania...

This classic study on the sociology of Japan remains the only in-depth treatment of the Japanese middle class. Now in a fiftieth-anniversary edition that includes a new foreword by William W. Kelly, this seminal work paints a rich and complex picture of...

In 1958, Suzanne and Ezra Vogel embedded themselves in a Tokyo suburban community, interviewing six middle-class families regularly for a year. Their research led to Japan's New Middle Class, a classic work on the sociology of Japan. Now, Suzanne Hall...

Prefiguring Peace: Israeli-Palestinian Peacebuilding Partnerships, a longitudinal study of more than ten years (1993-2008), focuses on the major peacebuilding initiatives with an educational encounter-based approach in Israel and Palestine. It examines...

In 1911 Cora Wilson Stewart founded the Moonlight Schools in Rowan County, Kentucky, an innovative night program that taught illiterate adults to read. Hoping that 150 people would attend the first classes, Stewart was amazed that over 1,200 men and...

This collection draws upon a range of thematic and regional case studies and uses the right to health as a normative framework to explore the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.Drawing lessons from across the continent, the book...

This book examines the intersection of caste and politics in North India and highlights its contribution to the anthropological study of democracy. It argues that the long-term process of internalization of democracy within the caste body has...

This volume examines societal change in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Russia in a purposeful movement away from the generalized debated associated with 'transition' theory and a simultaneous engagement with the complexities of...

This volume examines societal change in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Russia in a purposeful movement away from the generalized debated associated with 'transition' theory and a simultaneous engagement with the complexities of...

The purpose of The Mythologies of Capitalism and the End of the Soviet Project is to show that in order to understand popular disillusionment with democratization, liberalization, and other transformations associated with the attempts of non-Western...

Colonial Capital Theory at Work: The Case of Jamaica contributes to our understanding of the emerging Caribbean and explains how some have intentionally used "sociological imagination," or the links between history and biography, to achieve...

Reexamining Economic and Political Reforms in Russia, 1985-2000: Generations, Ideas, and Changes analyzes the impact of generational changes and ideational changes on major political and economic reforms conducted in Russia during the late twentieth...

Muslim women of all ages, economic status, educational backgrounds, sexual orientations, and from different parts of historically Muslim countries suffer the kinds of atrocities that violate common understandings of human rights and are normally...

The Nature of Christianity in Northern Tanzania explores the relationship between the region's environment and social change during the pivotal, often over-looked German colonial period (1890-1916). The work connects changes in the landscape order and...

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This is a biography of the city of Elvis Presley, Isaac Hayes, Stax Records, and FedEx. Celebrated as the home of the blues and the birthplace of rock and roll, Memphis, Tennessee, is where Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Johnny Cash, and other musical legends...

In the early years of the nineteenth century, the burgeoning cultural pride of white Creoles in New Orleans intersected with America's golden age of print, to explosive effect. Imagining the Creole City reveals the profusion of literary output --...

Asia and the Pacific accounted for 42.6% of global GDP at purchasing power parity in 2017, up from 30.1% in 2000. Around 780 million people from the region moved out of extreme poverty from 2002 to 2013. The Key Indicators (KI) 2018 presents the latest...

This book presents a graphic picture of the backgrounds, development, status, and needs of business education in the changing South. The data have been compiled and analyzed in a regional framework with the results carefully evaluated and presented in a...

A century ago, agriculture was the dominant economic sector in much of Africa. By the 1990s, however, African farmers had declining incomes and were worse off, on average, than those who did not farm. Colonial policies, subsequent 'top-down' statism, and...

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Cambodia's transport sector plays a critical role in the country's economic development by supporting growth in key sectors such as agriculture, tourism, manufacturing, and construction. This publication examines Cambodia's transport sector performance,...

At the end of June, there was $15.3 trillion in local currency bonds outstanding in the region, 3.5% more than at the end of March and 14.2% more than in June 2018. Bond issuance in emerging East Asia amounted to $1.6 trillion in the second quarter, 12...

In 2007, a survey - the first of its kind - was carried out to gauge young people's awareness of and attitudes towards ASEAN, follow the decision by ASEAN heads of state and government to accelerate the date for accomplishing an integrated ASEAN...

Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program member countries share best practices in road asset management, which aims to optimize economic benefits by minimizing maintenance and road user costs. This compendium presents the best practices...