This study of rural Ireland in the years leading up to the Great Hunger of the 1840s explicates the social, economic and demographic conditions of the era. The author argues that overpopulation and deprivation were inextricably linked to a third variable - the rapid economic development of rural Ireland that was shaped by British interests.
This study of rural Ireland in the years leading up to the Great Hunger of the 1840s explicates the social, economic and demographic conditions of the...
"Nightspeeder" follows the adventures of starship pilot Finn and her holographic navigator as they carry 4,000 emigrating humans through hyperspace to a new colony.
"Nightspeeder" follows the adventures of starship pilot Finn and her holographic navigator as they carry 4,000 emigrating humans through hyperspace to...
"I'm not perfect," Mateo confessed. "Nobody is. But I try." Secure the Soul shuttles between the life of Mateo, a born-again ex-gang member in Guatemala and the gang prevention programs that work so hard to keep him alive. Along the way, this poignantly written ethnography uncovers the Christian underpinnings of Central American security. In the streets of Guatemala City--amid angry lynch mobs, overcrowded prisons, and paramilitary death squads--millions of dollars empower church missions, faith-based programs, and seemingly secular security projects to prevent gang violence through...
"I'm not perfect," Mateo confessed. "Nobody is. But I try." Secure the Soul shuttles between the life of Mateo, a born-again ex-gang member in ...
I m not perfect, Mateo confessed. Nobody is. But I try. Secure the Soul shuttles between the life of Mateo, a born-again ex-gang member in Guatemala and the gang prevention programs that work so hard to keep him alive. Along the way, this poignantly written ethnography uncovers the Christian underpinnings of Central American security. In the streets of Guatemala Cityamid angry lynch mobs, overcrowded prisons, and paramilitary death squadsmillions of dollars empower church missions, faith-based programs, and seemingly secular security projects to prevent gang violence through the...
I m not perfect, Mateo confessed. Nobody is. But I try. Secure the Soul shuttles between the life of Mateo, a born-again ex-gang member in Guat...
The Internet has reinvented the paradigm of life and death: social media enables a discourse with loved ones long after their deaths, while gaming sites provide opportunities for multiple lives and life forms. In this thought-provoking work, author Kevin O'Neill examines America's concept of afterlife as imagined in cyberspace and considers how technologies designed to emulate immortality present serious challenges to our ideas about human identity and to our religious beliefs about heaven and hell.
The first part of the work covering the period between 1840 and 1860 addresses...
The Internet has reinvented the paradigm of life and death: social media enables a discourse with loved ones long after their deaths, while gaming ...
