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Kategorier: Amerikas historia Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Bostadsproblem och hemlöshet Etnicitet Fattigdom och arbetslöshet Historia Historia och arkeologi Landsbygd Livsstil, hobby och fritid Lokalhistoria Lokalhistoria, familjehistoria och nostalgi Personliga berättelser Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala grupper Sociala och etiska frågor Sociologi Sociologi och antropologi
Hillbilly Elegy recounts J.D. Vance’s powerful origin story…
From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate now serving as a U.S. Senator from Ohio and the Republican Vice Presidential candidate for the 2024 election, an incisive account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader,…
Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
A SHREWD AND TIMELY EXPLORATION OF A CULTURAL LANDSCAPE PREDICATED ON THE PRIMACY OF YOUTH
Have you ever noticed that in areas of everyday life, rather than being addressed like a mature adult, you’re increasingly treated like an irresponsible child in constant need of instruction and protection?
Noticing…
Kategorier: Alternativa trossystem Ande, kropp och själ Filosofi och religion Folkliga föreställningar och kontroversiell kunskap Forntida religioner och mytologier Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Keltisk religion och mytologi Mystik, magi och det ockulta Ockulta studier Religion och tro Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
· Examines the many corresponding giant mythologies throughout
the world, such as the Greek and Roman titans, Norse frost giants
and the biblical Nephilim
· Reveals recent finds of giant skeletons in the deserts of Saudi
Arabia and India
· Explains how giants passed on their sophisticated culture and
…
Kategorier: Konservatism och högerideologier Liberalism och centerideologier Politik och statsskick Politiska ideologier Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociologi Sociologi och antropologi Sociologisk teori Statlig politik Statlig styrning
Richard Hanania has emerged as one of the most talked-about writers in the nation, and in this book, he puts forward a stunning new theory about the culture war that could turn our debates upside down.
Richard Hanania has come out of nowhere to become one of the best-known writers in the nation in the last few years.…
Kategorier: Föroreningar och miljöhot Geovetenskap, geografi, miljö och samhällsplanering Klimatförändringar Miljön
A Guardian book to look out for in 2024
An insightful exploration of the nature of inequality by the internationally bestselling author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century.
In his newest work, Thomas Piketty explores how social inequality manifests itself very differently depending on the society and epoch in which…
Kategorier: Databrott, cyberbrott Datasäkerhet Informationsteknik IT-rätt och kommunikationsrätt Juridik Människa – datorinteraktion Särskilda rättsområden Systemvetenskap
Inom cybersäkerhetsområdet har teknikexperterna länge haft tolkningsföreträde. Denna bok syftar till att vidga perspektivet och se till samspelet människa-teknik-organisation och processer.
Målgruppen är alla som har intresse för säkerhet och säkerhetsledning oavsett roll och verksamhetsfält. Bokens ambition är att…
Popular Evangelicalism in American Culture explores the controversies, complexities, and historical development of the evangelical movement in America and its impact on American culture. Evangelicalism is one of the most dynamic and growing religious movements in America and has been both a major force in shaping…
Early Americans claimed that they looked to ”the Bible alone” for authority, but the Bible was never, ever alone. Bible Culture and Authority in the Early United States is a wide-ranging exploration of the place of the Christian Bible in America in the decades after the Revolution. Attending to both…
The imposition of a loyalty oath on French clergymen in the winter of 1790 was a turning point in the Revolutionary decade after 1789. What is more, there is a remarkable similarity between the geography of this oath–the regional percentages of those who accepted or rejected it–and the geographic patterns…
Christos Yannaras is one of the most significant Orthodox theologians of recent times. The work of Yannaras is virtually synonymous with a turn or renaissance of Orthodox philosophy and theology, initially within Greece, but as the present volume confirms, well beyond it. His work engages not only with issues of…
This volume offers insights into the current ‘public-square’ debates on Indian Christianity. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork as well as rigorous analyses, it discusses the myriad histories of Christianity in India, its everyday practice and contestations and the process of its indigenisation. It addresses complex and…
The life of Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism, has, with the passing of time, been magnified to the scale of myth, turning history into the stuff of legend. Known as the First Patriarch, Bodhidharma brought Zen from South India into China in 500 CE, changing the country forever. In Tracking Bodhidharma, Andrew…
Religious traditions in the United States are characterized by ongoing tension between assimilation to the broader culture, as typified by mainline Protestant churches, and defiant rejection of cultural incursions, as witnessed by more sectarian movements such as Mormonism and Hassidism. However, legal theorist and…
The connection between popular culture and religion is an enduring part of American life. With seventy-five percent new content, the third edition of this multifaceted and popular collection has been revised and updated throughout to provide greater religious diversity in its topics and address critical developments in…
This is the first book in English to provide a comprehensive examination of the hospital movement that arose and prospered in northern Italy between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries. Throughout this flourishing urbanised area hundreds of independent semi-religious facilities appeared, offering care for the ill, the…
Creating Christian Granada provides a richly detailed examination of a critical and transitional episode in Spain’s march to global empire. The city of Granada—Islam’s final bastion on the Iberian peninsula—surrendered to the control of Spain’s ”Catholic Monarchs” Isabella and Ferdinand on…
Popular Evangelicalism in American Culture explores the controversies, complexities, and historical development of the evangelical movement in America and its impact on American culture. Evangelicalism is one of the most dynamic and growing religious movements in America and has been both a major force in shaping…
Kategorier: Antropologi Kulturantropologi och socialantropologi Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociologi och antropologi
The ultimate visual guide to Samurai history and culture!
The Samurai are continuously celebrated as the greatest warriors the world has ever seen. They ruled Japan for centuries, finally uniting the nation after a prolonged period of brutal war and bloodshed. Though famed for their loyalty, honor, and chivalry, they…
Architecture China Vol. 8: Building for a New Culture II is a collective coverage as well as critique on newly emerging museums and galleries in contemporary China.
Practicing mindfulness is a hard skill to master, and this book teaches us how to harness and master its power.
Architecture of Culture is a project which explores the subject of craft preservation from a macroscale, looking at it in relation to local materials, local architecture, and local environments to study its everchanging role and impact on the Emirati community’s sustainability and to revitalise its role in today’s…
All organizations have a culture, whether they acknowledge it or not, and whether it’s helping or hindering them. Get it right, and culture can be a positive force for good. Get it wrong, and culture can be a negative, becoming toxic and undermining performance and reputations. In short, culture matters. It can,…
An international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both your work and personal life.
Americans precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans get straight to the point; Latin Americans and…
This eighth volume of the Artefacts series explores how material culture has affected music and sound. Presented are a collection of essays exploring technological innovations and their effects on musical culture. Contributors include composers, performers, musicologists and scientists, providing diverse insights into…
This anthology of essays questions many widespread assumptions about the culture of post-war America. Illuminating the origins and development of the many threads that constituted American culture during the Cold War, the contributors challenge the existence of a monolithic culture during the 1950s and thereafter. They…
Kategorier: Etnicitet Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala grupper Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
SMITHSONIAN ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY, ART, AND CULTURE IN 101 OBJECTS invites readers to experience both well-known and untold stories through influential, controversial, and meaningful objects. Thematic chapters explore complex history and shared experiences: navigation, intersections, labour, innovation,…
Kategorier: Idéhistoria Kulturvetenskap Kulturvetenskap och medievetenskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
’A writer of genius’ – William DalrympleCan anyone really own a culture? This magnificent account argues that the story of global civilisations is one of mixing, sharing, and borrowing.
It shows how art forms have crisscrossed continents over centuries to produce masterpieces. From Nefertiti’s…
All Crews is a comprehensive exploration of jungle/drum & bass. The book offers a detailed and immersive journey into the history, culture, and evolution of this influential genre. Author Brian Belle-Fortune delves into the origins of jungle, tracing its roots back to the UK sound system and rave culture of the…
A psychologist and former counselor of Vietnam veterans, Emmett Early provides an especially timely and insightful look at post-traumatic stress disorder.
Kategorier: Aspekter av religion Filosofi och religion Kristendom Kulturvetenskap och medievetenskap Medievetenskap Medievetenskap: internet, digitala medier och samhälle Predikningar Religion och tro Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
The purposes of this article-based thesis are to explore and understand preaching as a practice in general, and the practice of preaching in digital culture and spaces in particular. Informed by the practice theory of Theodore Schatzki, it presents the results of a cross-case analysis of four different case studies of…
Boken handlar om antika kinesiska berättelser. Den troligtvis presenterar en samling av berättelser från historiska perioder och visar myter, legender, folktro och berättelser från Kinas förflutna. Boken ger insikter i kulturella värderingar, traditioner och berättararvet från det antika Kina.
New Chinese Language and Culture Course: Common Chinese Geography Textbook (2nd Edition) (Kinesiska)
Kategorier: Språk och lingvistik
Boken handlar om allmän kunskap om kinesisk geografi. Den täcker troligtvis ämnen som fysiska drag, regioner, landmärken, floder, berg och kulturella aspekter av Kinas mångfacetterade landskap. Boken ger insikter i landets geografiska mångfald och kulturella betydelse.
Boken handlar om kinesiska idiomatiska uttryck och deras historier. Den troligtvis går in på ursprung, betydelser och användning av vanliga kinesiska idiom, och ger anekdoter och berättelser som hjälper läsare att förstå det kulturella sammanhanget och den historiska betydelsen bakom dessa språkliga uttryck.
Kategorier: Folkliga föreställningar och kontroversiell kunskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
Oral tradition in Polynesia recounts the story of Lemuria, a vast kingdom of islands and archipelagoes that once sprawled across the Pacific Ocean, but was destroyed by a mighty ”warrior wave”–a tsunami. Frank Joseph offers a compelling picture of this motherland of humanity, which he suggests was the…
Kategorier: Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
This souvenir book showcases some of the most influential and important treasures of the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s collections. These include a hymn book owned by Harriet Tubman; ankle shackles used to restrain enslaved people on ships during the Middle Passage; a dress that Rosa…
Kategorier: Folkliga föreställningar och kontroversiell kunskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
Explores scientific evidence from four cataclysmic events that led to the development of civilization and the downfall of Atlantis• The sequel and companion volume to The Destruction of Atlantis• Studies the connections between the world-conquering war the Atlanteans launched and the quartet of natural…
Kategorier: Kulturvetenskap Kulturvetenskap och medievetenskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
&b>Marcus Collins, award-winning marketer and strategist to some of the worlds biggest companies, explains why culture is the key to influencing mass behaviour.&/b>
An illustrated cultural history of drug use from its roots in animal intoxication to its future in designer neurochemicals
• Featuring artwork from the upcoming High Society exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London, one of the world’s greatest medical history collections
• Explores the roles drugs play in…
Kategorier: Kulturvetenskap Kulturvetenskap och medievetenskap Populärkultur Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
In ”Opium Culture,” Peter Lee presents a fascinating narrative that covers every aspect of the art and craft of opium use. The text is studded with gems of long forgotten opium arcana, dispelling many of the persistent myths about opium and its users, and includes information on the suppression of opium by…
Kategorier: Folkliga föreställningar och kontroversiell kunskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
Explores the influence of Neanderthal man on the cultural and biological development of humanity• Traces the power of long-held beliefs and superstitions to the influence of Neanderthal lunar and dream-based traditions• Offers a compelling vision of a unified humanity that can benefit from the gifts of both…
Kategorier: Den medicinska professionen Läkare / patientrelation Medicin och omvårdnad Medicin: allmänt
THE PHYSICIAN CHAMPION provides immediately applicable, experience-proven methods to sustain the spiritual formation of doctors and develop a culture of mutual care and compassion. The author practised for 32 years as a surgeon, working for 10 years with doctors to develop and prove these methods. With a virtual vacuum…
Kategorier: Genusvetenskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala grupper
Beautiful stories of life in Australian Aboriginal society–where gender influences every aspect of existence–that show a new way to find happiness in our modern Western culture Follows an Australian Aboriginal boy and girl from childhood through adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death, contrasting their…