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Many Floridas
This collection of feminist essays envisions change for women in Florida. Authors write from various intersections of class, race, and sexuality to bridge the gap between theory and practice, making meaningful connections between the academy and the community.
Angela Ralli connects contemporary morphological theory to less-studied aspects of language interference and contact-induced variation and change, and shows how languages of divergent typologies can affect each other.
Lucky Strikes and a Three Martini Lunch
This collection of essays explores the popular AMC series Mad Men. It analyzes the seductive world of 1960s Madison Avenue advertising, interrogating identity, nostalgia, and the compelling relationships between characters. For fans, students, and educators.
International Conference on Political Economy of Water
Access to water is a fundamental human right affecting quality of life and dignity. The social work profession must address the challenges of water scarcity. This book examines the issue and develops viable social work intervention strategies based on successful models.
Ensuring Sustainable Development Goals do not Become Rhetoric
Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals has stalled, with only 12% of targets on track. To ensure the SDGs are not reduced to mere rhetoric, a new strategy is needed. This book argues for a shift to a common household database, with real examples of progress.
This study explores African/Caribbean boys’ educational experiences in the UK. It contrasts narratives of racial exclusion in mainstream schools with the positive support of supplementary education, highlighting what the former can learn from the latter.
BioFutures and the Legacy of Our Past
Our attempts to distance ourselves from nature have come at an immense cost to the planet. The problems which beset us – climate change, pandemics – have their origins in our biology. To survive, solutions must take our evolutionary heritage into account, or they will fail.
This book presents social protection trajectories on four continents, examining the genesis and modern challenges in Uganda, Mexico, Thailand, and Norway. It offers key lessons for academics, researchers, and policy makers seeking to improve the welfare of their citizens.
Soviet repressions against shamanism, a recent surge of interest in the Orthodox church, and a nationalist preoccupation with Christian roots makes research into Georgia’s pagan practices no easy business. This study helps to set the process in motion.
Dangers in the Incommensurability of Globalization
A gap exists between our intentions and their objective consequences, creating a chaos, or incommensurability, that foils human plans. This book explores how this dynamic reveals the tenuous character of our world through global warming, peak oil, and volatile economics.
What is the American Dream? This family history, spanning four centuries, finds an answer in the preserved, untold stories of the author’s Mormon ancestors. Their dream was a cautionary tale: a nightmare where coming to America was often not worth the sacrifice.
Sociology of Health in a Dalit Community
This book explores how generations of caste prejudice have impacted the health of India’s Hadi Caste. It examines their occupations, customs, and social interactions to reveal the deep link between the community’s socio-cultural life and their well-being.
Open Codes
Challenging the view that technology and society are distinct, this book explores how human action can be re-centered to democratise technology. It focuses on open source as a new participatory model for creatively re-inventing used technologies.
This book researches three solutions to steel congestion in reinforced concrete: steel fibers, self-consolidating concrete, and headed bars. Based on test results, it proposes new models that provide a basis for future research and improved codes.
Modernity, Postmodernity, and Posthumanity
Communism has not been defeated, only its immature 20th century form. This text argues for a sophisticated 21st century communism, a task for those who would live dangerously, fitting dialectics within contemporary scientific discoveries like chaos theory.
Everyday Echoes Among African Scholars and Raconteurs
A distinctive blend of scholarly essays, short stories, and poems illuminates the experiences of African peoples. Scholars and artists merge research with creative insight, exploring the quest for a just society and the pursuit of a fulfilling, authentic life.
Fairytales—A World between the Imaginary
This book investigates Basile’s masterpiece, Lo cunto de li Cunti. It examines his use of metaphor to critique baroque society and conveys his utopia of a more just world, while also proposing a new interpretation of the tales’ female characters.
Matriculture, Shamanism, and the Authority of Women
This book explores intersections between matriculture—the cultural worlds of women—and power in societies worldwide. Contributors analyze the forces that support or suppress women’s authority and agency, pointing to the social benefits of a thriving matriculture for all.