Taringana considers the growth of the coffee sector in colonial Zimbabwe within the broader context of agrarian capitalism in settler economies. He unpacks the central philosophy of statecraft based on the desire to develop Southern Rhodesia as a permanent white settler colony.
Heinz-Uwe Haus, a leading voice in the collapse of communism in the GDR, combined politics and theatre. In this book, he provides a unique insider’s narrative of German unification and its aftermath, widening the context to current issues through the lens of theatre.
Spaces of Knowledge
Medieval thought is more than its intellectual elite. This volume explores its extraordinary wealth and variety, from major philosophical works to technical treatises involving all social strata. It offers a new approach to the knowledge of an era.
This monograph represents a tool for comparative analysis for researchers and academics dealing with the business environment. It discusses various facets of the Czech business environment, focusing on the quality and sustainability factors that influence Czech industries.
Lying Beyond Scruples
In an age of open lies, how have blatant manipulators become socially tolerable? This book dissects this dangerous shift and presents a powerful model of resistance and self-empowerment against these harmful new tactics.
Challenges and Channels
This collection deals with the challenges of teaching the English language and literature in the Middle East and North Africa region, bringing together educators and scholars with first-hand experience in teaching the English language and its literatures in this region.
This publication focuses on the efficacy of ‘financial education’ as a tool in attaining client protection in Varanasi, India. It also utilizes the Microfinance Clients Awareness Index to evaluate the factors that impact the level of financial awareness for microfinance clients.
Denham brings together the work of Helen Kemp Frye, an accomplished artist and musician, and the wife of literary critic Northrop Frye. The book contains her reflections on art, giving voice to a creative being whose contributions to cultural life in Ontario are often neglected.
Contesting Categories, Remapping Boundaries
This book traces the evolution of Tamil Dalit writing from the early twentieth century to the present and explores its impact on academia. It analyses the literary works of Tamil Dalits and explores how students respond to this literature in university curricula.
Local Governments and the Public Health Delivery System in Kerala
This monograph considers a new public health model in the Indian state Kerala, which is unique in achieving human and social development with a low level of economic development.
Conceiving God
Where does belief in God come from? This book uncovers its roots in childhood magical thinking and our capacity to dream, drawing on the latest findings from anthropology, neurology, and psychology.
A Sociocultural Study of Intercultural Discourse
This book unites the theories of Bernstein, Vygotsky, and Halliday with empirical analysis of classroom interaction. It explores the relationship between group processes and individual learning through the language used by Italian and immigrant adolescents.
This book analyses the paradigm shift towards a rights-based reproductive health program in Bangladesh, where services still confront issues of availability, accessibility, and quality. It investigates how policy frameworks have affected these services.
Dalit Women and Dropout Rates in Collegiate Education
Caste remains a hurdle in Indian education, particularly for Dalit women. This book throws light on the social stigma they face, leading to high dropout rates from college in the Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh.
The Bible as Revelatory Word
This collection looks at a narrative view of the history of Ancient Israel, in stories written in the late Old Testament to reflect on the tribulations of the people in captivity. It illustrates how God’s ways are sought amidst defeat and confusion and amidst fear and hope.
Christian Churches and Nigeria’s Political Economy of Oil and Conflict
Is African evangelical Christianity a-political? This ethnographic study of congregations in Nigeria’s Niger Delta challenges that claim, revealing how their spirituality is a potent form of political praxis, not an escape from social responsibility.
Writing the Land
John Burroughs, America’s most beloved nature writer, explored his home landscape to examine the universal theme of our relation with nature. This collection of essays explores his legacy and what writing the land means from urban, suburban, and rural perspectives.
Learn Italian with fun texts, dialogues, and photos covering cultural topics like cities, recipes, and famous writers. This book includes grammar and recordings with a variety of accents—a great training tool for A1-B2 level students.
Resisting Modernity
Samir Dayal’s Resisting Modernity is provocative. Drawing on postcolonial and psychoanalytic theory, Dayal complicates our understanding of Ramakrishna, Tagore, and Gandhi, seeing them as resisting the modernist rhetoric of sovereignty and rational nationalism.
Reacting to The Da Vinci Code, scholars debate the feminist challenge to patriarchal authority and the textual construction of meaning. These essays examine resistance to the sacred feminine in religious, cultural, and literary histories.