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The Emergence of Voice in Latino/A High School Students
ISBN: 9780820449685 / Angielski / Miękka / 109 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The subordination, suppression, and silencing of bilingual students voices and their communities by their educational system came under scrutiny at the end of the twentieth century. This book provides a forum for students voices by examining some of the factors that promote the silencing of voice in Latino/a high school students thus submersing them in the culture of silence. Its significance rests on the ability to draw out, explore, and document how Latino/a students perceive their cultural and linguistic reality; the presentation of curricular and methodological approaches and alternatives...
The subordination, suppression, and silencing of bilingual students voices and their communities by their educational system came under scrutiny at th...
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Celtic Dragon Myth
ISBN: 9781138873377 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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112,60 |
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Africa's Land Rush: Rural Livelihoods and Agrarian Change
ISBN: 9781847011305 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Africa has been at the centre of a -land grab- in recent years, with investors lured by projections of rising food prices, growing demand for -green- energy, and cheap land and water rights. But such land is often also used or claimed through custom by communities. What does this mean for Africa? In what ways are rural people's lives and livelihoods being transformed as a result? And who will control its land and agricultural futures? The case studies explore the processes through which land deals are being made; the implications for agrarian structure, rural livelihoods and food security;...
Africa has been at the centre of a -land grab- in recent years, with investors lured by projections of rising food prices, growing demand for -green- ...
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Hajj: Global Interactions Through Pilgrimage
ISBN: 9789088902857 / Angielski / Miękka / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every year, in the last month of the Islamic calendar, millions of Muslims from around the world come together in Mecca to perform the Hajj, the pilgrimage that all capable Muslims should perform at least once in their lives. In 2013, the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden organized the exhibition Longing for Mecca. The Pilgrim's Journey. The chapters in this volume are the outcome of the two-day symposium on the Hajj, which was held at the museum in connection to the exhibition. The central theme that runs through the book is how Hajj practices, representations of Mecca and the...
Every year, in the last month of the Islamic calendar, millions of Muslims from around the world come together in Mecca to perform the Hajj, the pilgr...
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244,89 |
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Beyond Common Sense: Sexuality And Gender In Contemporary Japan
ISBN: 9780710305930 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman
ISBN: 9781138133389 / Angielski / Twarda / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Married at twelve, then separated, divorced and widowed, Nisa is the mother of four children, none of whom survived. She is strong, capable of foraging on her own in one of the world's most hostile environments, not dependent on any man for her daily sustenance and ready to talk to anyone as her equal. Wise, full of humour at the absurdities of life and courageous in the face of its defeats, she is bawdy, practical and incurably romantic. She is a woman of the Khung people who live by means of humanity's oldest survival strategy - gathering and hunting. This book is the remarkable story of...
Married at twelve, then separated, divorced and widowed, Nisa is the mother of four children, none of whom survived. She is strong, capable of foragin...
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World Anthropologies in Practice: Situated Perspectives, Global Knowledge
ISBN: 9781474252607 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a post-colonial world, the contributions of anthropologists living outside North America and Western Europe can no longer be treated as marginal. World Anthropologies in Practice demonstrates how global dialogues enable us to draw on local knowledge as well as differences of perspective to help overcome anthropology's eternal struggle against ethnocentrism and to strengthen the subject's relevance to the contemporary world.
Based on contributions to the ASA-sponsored IUAES World Anthropology Congress in Manchester, UK, this truly global book brings together a wide range of... In a post-colonial world, the contributions of anthropologists living outside North America and Western Europe can no longer be treated as marginal. <...
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710,17 |
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Everyday Life Matters: Maya Farmers at Chan
ISBN: 9780813062105 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Interesting, strong, and timely. Everyday Life Matters is clearly and sharply written, and by targeting the archaeology of everyday life as an emerging field explicitly, it identifies and fills a real void in the field. John Robb, author of The Early Mediterranean Village An absolute must-read. Robin s thorough understanding of commoners and how they occasionally interacted with elites provides a solid foundation for social reconstruction. Payson Sheets, coeditor of Surviving Sudden Environmental ChangeWhile the study of ancient civilizations most often...
Interesting, strong, and timely. Everyday Life Matters is clearly and sharply written, and by targeting the archaeology of everyday life as an ...
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Malaria in the Social Context: A Study in Western India
ISBN: 9781138662780 / Angielski / Miękka / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book underscores how, apart from bacteriological factors, human behavioural characteristics as well as the socio-cultural factors that affect people's lives contribute to the risk for and prevention of infection, with particular focus on malaria. It argues that the implementation of malaria-control measures can be successful only if it considers the human response to malaria and control measures. Any new tool which is introduced in a particular area - be it a new vaccine, a new drug combination, the promotion of impregnated bed nets, spraying of insecticides, or improved home... This book underscores how, apart from bacteriological factors, human behavioural characteristics as well as the socio-cultural factors that affect ... |
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274,23 |
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Urban Navigations: Politics, Space and the City in South Asia
ISBN: 9781138665026 / Angielski / Miękka / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides an important account of how the city in South Asia is produced, lived and contested. It examines the diverse lived experiences of urban South Asia through a focus on contestations over urban space, resources and habitation, bringing together accounts from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. In contrast to accounts that attribute urban transformation mainly to neoliberal globalisation, this book vividly demonstrates how neoliberalism functions as one of the many drivers of urban change. This edited volume brings together an interdisciplinary and... This book provides an important account of how the city in South Asia is produced, lived and contested. It examines the diverse lived experiences o... |
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A History of Football in North and South Korea C.1910-2002: Development and Diffusion
ISBN: 9783034317399 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the Koreans, no sport has surpassed football in terms of its popularity and national importance, from the Japanese colonization era onwards. However, its importance has developed over time as a result of unusual and agonizing historical events, including the tragic split between North and South Korea.
This volume attempts to assess football s changing political and cultural place in Korea over the course of the twentieth century, from the Japanese colonial period via the Korean War to the end of the Cold War. It analyses the development and diffusion of football in North and South... For the Koreans, no sport has surpassed football in terms of its popularity and national importance, from the Japanese colonization era onwards. Howev...
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Transnational Revolutionaries: The Fenian Invasion of Canada, 1866
ISBN: 9783034319225 / Angielski / Miękka / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The organization of several thousand Irish American men into a military outfit, which then attempted to invade Canada from within the United States, is a significant historical event that remains largely unexplored from an Irish and Irish American perspective. This study offers a fuller exploration of the details behind the Fenian invasion, asking why Irish immigrants were motivated to shape American international policy and examining the ways in which the Fenians defined identity as a transnational phenomenon. By taking a fresh look at the Irish foray, the author reveals new aspects to Irish...
The organization of several thousand Irish American men into a military outfit, which then attempted to invade Canada from within the United States, i...
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Constructing Reality / Realität konstruierend; Festschrift in Honor of Prof. Dr. Friedrich Wallner in Celebration of his 70 th Birthday / Festschrift
ISBN: 9783631665855 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of essays assumes the main thesis of Constructive Realism: reality is created. In this volume, it is constructed by authors from various scientific disciplines and very different cultures. The Festschrift is dedicated to the founder of this philosophical approach, Professor Dr. Friedrich Wallner (University of Vienna), in celebration of his 70th birthday.
Dieser Sammelband geht von der Hauptthese des Konstruktiven Realismus aus wir konstruieren Realitat. Hier wird sie von Autoren aus verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen und sehr unterschiedlichen Kulturen... This collection of essays assumes the main thesis of Constructive Realism: reality is created. In this volume, it is constructed by authors from vario...
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Theorising Modernity: Reflexivity, Environment & Identity in Giddens' Social Theory
ISBN: 9780582307438 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume explores questions of modernity through critical engagements with the work of Anthony Giddens, focusing in particular on the relationships between his social theory and political sociology.
This volume explores questions of modernity through critical engagements with the work of Anthony Giddens, focusing in particular on the relationships...
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440,75 |
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Chol (Mayan) Folktales: A Collection of Stories from the Modern Maya of Southern Mexico
ISBN: 9781607324874 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chol (Mayan) Folktales deftly combines high-quality and thoughtfully edited transcriptions of oral storytelling with translation and narrative analysis, documenting and analyzing a trove of Chol folklore. The work provides a look into the folktale culture of the contemporary Maya presented with a rare and innovative theoretical framework.
The rich Chol oral narrative tradition is represented by eleven stories, each printed in the original language of the storytellers with parallel English translations and accompanied by a brief introduction that provides the relevant cultural and... Chol (Mayan) Folktales deftly combines high-quality and thoughtfully edited transcriptions of oral storytelling with translation and narrative ...
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Evolutionary Thinking in Medicine: From Research to Policy and Practice
ISBN: 9783319297149 / Angielski / Twarda / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The aim of this edited book is to provide health professionals, across a wide variety of specialisms, with a targeted access to evolutionary medicine. Throughout the book, the views of both medical and evolutionary scientists on the latest relevant research is presented with a focus on practical implications. The inclusion of boxes explaining the theoretical background as well as both a glossary for technical terms and a lay summary for non- specialists enable medical researchers, public health professionals, policy makers, physicians, students, scholars and the public alike to quickly and... The aim of this edited book is to provide health professionals, across a wide variety of specialisms, with a targeted access to evolutionary medici... |
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Black Tents: My Life Amonst the Bedouins
ISBN: 9781138964754 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Saigo Takamori - The Man Behind the Myth
ISBN: 9781138985612 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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The Cognitive Revolution in Western Culture: Volume 1: The Birth of Expectation
ISBN: 9781349099900 / Angielski / Miękka / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. LePan challenges the assumption that everybody thinks in the same way by examining a particular mental faculty - expectation. He concludes that certain forms of expectation did not exist in the minds of most medieval people, any more than they do in children or adults in many primitive societies.
LePan challenges the assumption that everybody thinks in the same way by examining a particular mental faculty - expectation. He concludes that certai...
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201,24 |
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Jews in Contemporary East Germany: The Children of Moses in the Land of Marx
ISBN: 9781349101566 / Angielski / Miękka / 169 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the result of a series of interviews of Robin Ostow with Jews in the German Democratic Republic. For the first time since the founding of the East German state in 1949 Jews have been allowed to speak openly. Jewish men and women of different ages were interviewed.
This book is the result of a series of interviews of Robin Ostow with Jews in the German Democratic Republic. For the first time since the founding of...
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