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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807023440Author Rachel KarpFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

What would anthropology look like if the South were our North? This book turns the map upside down and calls for transforming anthropology from a singular to a plural perspective, which recognizes the Global South as a site of original theory and...

An essential collection of Dwight Macdonald's prophetic essays on politics, art, and violence in twentieth-century America.What does extreme violence do to human values? Does the concept of collective guilt make sense in assessing responsibility for...

This study examines the transformation of Israel's public sphere through two distinct communicative arenas: radio phone-ins and online commenting (Tokbek).Using ethnomethodology and discourse analysis, the author reveals how these sites function as...

A guide to evaluating minors in personal injury cases that describes the relevant legal framework, applicable psychological principles, and pertinent methodology. This clear, comprehensive, and accessible resource provides readers with the essential...

An authoritative look at how artificial intelligence both shapes and is shaped by the political and economic forces of the modern world. As the effects of artificial intelligence are felt across economies and societies, many of its ramifications are...

For Alain Badiou, Friedrich Nietzsche is the "prince" of anti-philosophy. French leftist thinkers celebrated Nietzsche in the second half of the twentieth century, but when a backlash emerged in the 1990s, Badiou refused to join the attack. Instead, he...

The Archaeology of the Tibetan Plateau offers a comprehensive survey of past and recent research on the prehistory of the plateau, from its early peopling to the eve of the foundation of the Tibetan Empire in the 7th C. The first English language...

Pesticide and Nutrient Management: Application Based Problem-Solving in Agriculture is a two-volume set designed to bring together science and theory with practice in the field. Pesticides, fertilizer, and fuel are discussed in numerous books and...

Rape culture, a colloquial term often used to describe society's normalization and cultural acceptance of sexual violence, especially of men towards women, can be defined in a variety of ways. Academic discussions surrounding this topic often lack the...

The book discusses aspects such as converter design, control techniques, and other functionality augmented in the controllers mandated by the grid. It further explains how the power from renewable energy is converted to electrical energy and integrated...

The sophisticated human capacity for trust is our crowning evolutionary achievement that makes social life and long-lasting relationships and institutions possible. This cutting-edge volume provides a comprehensive overview of the psychology of trust,...

Since its first publication 75 years ago, Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine has kept pace with how modern medicine is taught, providing a wealth of trusted information in an easy-to-read, concise, and beautifully illustrated format. Now in...

A striking triptych once displayed in countless African American households, the Trinity typically features Jesus Christ, Martin Luther King Jr., and John F. Kennedy. More than decoration, these portraits were deliberate acts of memory and quiet...

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Despite the advances in transgender equality that have been secured at the federal level, since 2020 there has been an upsurge in state and local government restrictions on transgender rights. Susan Gluck Mezey highlights this shift in transgender...

Transgender rights in the United States are under attack. While transgender equality expanded during the Obama and Biden years, it was significantly eroded in the two Trump administrations, especially in the second term. Susan Gluck Mezey details how,...

The Molecular Biology of RNA gives a comprehensive overview of the rapidly expanding field of RNA biology, distilled into an accessible and compact primer. It covers the key discoveries and pioneers of the field, as well as providing students with an...

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A striking triptych once displayed in countless African American households, the Trinity typically features Jesus Christ, Martin Luther King Jr., and John F. Kennedy. More than decoration, these portraits were deliberate acts of memory and quiet...

This book brings together David Cockburn's best work on Wittgensteinian themes relating to 'mind' and 'language'. While none of these papers is well described as 'exegetical', most are discussions of Wittgenstein, and all are discussions of themes...

Around the world, journalism is undergoing a crisis of legitimacy. Public confidence in the news is declining; populist leaders attack the media; and journalists are routinely harassed and threatened. Many journalists and scholars believe that building...

Current debates in the environmental humanities, animal studies, and related fields increasingly revolve around this question: What to do with "the human"? Is the human a category worth preserving? Should it be replaced with the post-human? Should...

Packed with case examples, clinical tips, new and classic metaphors, reflection prompts, and learning exercises, this concise primer helps readers hone their skills and confidence for practicing acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Gjis Jansen is a...

This book provides an entry into some the key areas of research in contemporary model theory. Model theory, a branch of mathematical logic, is an exciting and vibrant discipline. Advances in pure model theory drive applications in algebra, algebraic...

Packed with case examples, clinical tips, new and classic metaphors, reflection prompts, and learning exercises, this concise primer helps readers hone their skills and confidence for practicing acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Gijs Jansen is a...

Queer Studies: The Basics offers a concise and accessible introduction to the foundational principles, history, and contemporary concerns of queer studies. Organised across eight themed chapters, the book traces the development of queer theory from the...

In a world where water scarcity is increasingly dominating management decisions, this book offers a comprehensive examination of decision support models in transboundary water management, and a groundbreaking approach to resolving international water...

No matter where or how we live, we face enormous challenges today: inequalities continue to deepen, democratic institutions are being attacked and undermined, the environment is being destroyed and climate change is bringing humanity to a point where its...

Around the world, journalism is undergoing a crisis of legitimacy. Public confidence in the news is declining; populist leaders attack the media; and journalists are routinely harassed and threatened. Many journalists and scholars believe that building...

Postcolonial theory and its bedfellow, decolonial theory, are the most flourishing products of academia in recent times. Transcending their origins in universities and literary criticism, and clustering around what is coming to be known as 'theory from...

From foundational concepts to emerging technologies, this book reviews current human neuroplasticity research and its clinical applications. Experts in the field cover the biology and mechanisms of neuronal plasticity, its role in learning and...

In this book based on his 2024 Adorno Lectures, Loic Wacquant combines social theory, comparative history and structural ethnography to probe criminal punishment as a core function of the state. Extending Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of bureaucratic field...

Drawing on the European Network for Clinical Legal Education's expertise, this collection examines clinical legal education in Europe. Challenging traditional legal education, the book shows how clinical legal education methodologies can enhance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683674221Author Christopher D. DoernFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint American Society for MicrobiologyPublisher American Society for Microbiology

The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed that legislatures, including Parliament, are bound by the Constitution - even beyond the explicit text of the Charter and the British North America Act. Yet legislatures are increasingly asserting authority...

Departing from conventional community-based histories, this innovative work examines how immigrant identities are transformed into transnational ones. Focusing on families from the Campania region of Italy who settled in Toronto, Ontario, and Buenos...

A groundbreaking study of Yorùbá-language print culture in colonial LagosMuch Matter in a Penny Paper offers the first in-depth exploration of the emergence of an African-language print culture in early twentieth-century Lagos, Nigeria. Focusing on the...

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