Romantic poet Justinus Kerner’s Sketches from My Boyhood is a vivid, charming, and entertaining narrative of growing up in Württemberg. Set against the ever-present reality of the French Revolution, it is a gem of 19th-century autobiographical writing.
Slaves were not passive victims. They used religion with ingenuity to create new cultures, identities, and even resistance. This volume juxtaposes slave religious strategies in Graeco-Roman antiquity and modern Brazil, shedding new light on ancient slaves.
Slivers of Life
Slow violence is the gradual environmental catastrophe harming the poor. While often associated with the Global South, this book reveals its devastating impact in America, concentrating on Illinois and Appalachia and exploring its reflection in literature.
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Poverty Reduction in Africa
Why have SME interventions failed to reduce poverty in Africa? This book offers an innovative approach, moving beyond technical training to focus on mindset, system thinking, and spirituality to help policymakers and entrepreneurs achieve real change.
Small Places, Operatic Issues
Through its analysis of five different social positions or characterisations of opera from 1748 to 2005, this book creates a fruitful interpretative encounter of the academic domains of opera studies, historical sociology, cultural sociology and social and cultural anthropology.
Small-Screen Shakespeare is a guide to Shakespeare productions on computer or TV. From silent films to cinematic spin-offs, Peter Cochran gives an expert opinion on the best and worst, based on a lifetime of viewing, teaching, acting and directing.
Smartphone-based Learning in the Japanese ESL Classroom
Gromik gives an account of the integration of smartphone video recording in the language classroom. He reports on the implementation process and practical issues related to this learning method, and he suggests that digital video production is a necessary academic skill.
SME’s and the Internationalization of Food Exports
As internationalization grows, firms see expansion as an opportunity for growth. This book identifies the internal and external factors associated with exporting foodstuffs into retail, conceptualising internationalization theory to address its unique problems.
Snakes, People, and Spirits, Volume One
This analysis of ophidian symbolism in Eastern Africa connects the topic to ancient civilizations. It shows that the meanings attributed to snakes were multifaceted and paradoxical, and that the widely acknowledged assimilation of snakes to death and Evil is unrepresentative.
Snakes, People, and Spirits, Volume Two
This study explores the multifaceted ophidian symbolism of Eastern Africa and its mysterious “snake priests,” whose curse was like a serpent’s bite. It shows the widely held assimilation of snakes to death and Evil is unrepresentative, both historically and culturally.
In a world of unprecedented crises, a shift in thinking is needed. Diverse scholars explore what the Anthropology of Consciousness can contribute, reframing it as an “anthropology of conscience.”
This book examines the social and emotional challenges faced by autistic students in college. Viewing autism from the inside through the lens of neurodiversity—as a human variation, not a disorder—it offers practical advice for those who work with autistic students.
This book addresses social capital and poverty in Indonesia, describing the benefits of social capital, its role in poverty alleviation, and alternative efforts to improve people’s welfare.
This book presents a qualitative analysis of how Irish entrepreneurs use technology, such as LinkedIn, to form, develop and maintain professional business networks and manage social capital.
Social Capital in Organizations
This study interprets networks as social capital. It fuses socioeconomic exchange theory with social network analysis and puts the resulting synthesis to the test by examining cooperation among equal members of an organization.
Data is a new production factor—data capital—creating a new social class and threatening social cohesion. To ensure society functions properly, this book argues for a regulatory framework that allows the state to become an active economic player, creating wealth for communities.
This volume explores social constructionism, focusing on reality as a communicative action and a strategy for exercising power. It also proposes a new semiotic strategy, “fractal constructionism,” which analyses the interpretative drift of key social constructs.
This book analyzes family diversity across cultures and generations. It reveals the complex connections between individual lives and major social, economic, and demographic shifts, deconstructing myths and exploring changes in gender and generational roles.
This book analyzes how social economics and entrepreneurship can be successful approaches in social work. It deals with core topics like management and social development, with implications for policy and organizations, appealing to researchers and a wider audience.
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