Raising Brooklyn: Nannies, Childcare, and Caribbeans Creating Community
ISBN: 9780814791431 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stroll through any public park in Brooklyn on a weekday afternoon and you will see black women with white children at every turn. Many of these women are of Caribbean descent, and they have long been a crucial component of New York's economy, providing childcare for white middle- and upper-middleclass families. Raising Brooklyn offers an in-depth look at the daily lives of these childcare providers, examining the important roles they play in the families whose children they help to raise. Tamara Mose Brown spent three years immersed in these Brooklyn communities: in public parks,... Stroll through any public park in Brooklyn on a weekday afternoon and you will see black women with white children at every turn. Many of these wom... |
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131,18 zł |
Collective Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Identity-Based Movement of Plain Indigenous in Taiwan
ISBN: 9780415882521 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The focus of this book is on the PingPu peoples in Taiwan and their right to official recognition as "indigenous peoples" by the Taiwanese government. The result of centuries of colonization, indigenous tribes in Taiwan have faced severe cultural repression because of the government's refusal to accept ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity. The PingPu Status Recognition Movement is the result of a decade of activism by impassioned people seeking the right to self-determination, autonomy, and tribal legitimacy from the Han-Chinese-controlled Taiwanese government. This book examines,...
The focus of this book is on the PingPu peoples in Taiwan and their right to official recognition as "indigenous peoples" by the Taiwanese government....
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227,08 zł |
Development-Induced Displacement, Rehabilitation and Resettlement in India: Current Issues and Challenges
ISBN: 9780415600804 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contributions by some of India's most engaged administrators, academics, and activists in the field provide insightful interpretations, analyses and critique of land acquisition law and in-depth case studies of its application.
Contributions by some of India's most engaged administrators, academics, and activists in the field provide insightful interpretations, analyses and c...
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731,87 zł |
Security, Development and Nation-Building in Timor-Leste: A Cross-Sectoral Assessment
ISBN: 9780415601245 / Angielski / Twarda / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite Timor-Leste's high expectations when it became independent from Indonesia in 2002, the country is ranked among the least developed countries in the world. It has found itself at the centre of international attention in the last decade, with one of the biggest interventions in UN history, as well as receiving amongst the highest per capita rates of bilateral assistance in the Asia-Pacific region. This book draws together the perspectives of practitioners, policy-makers and academics on the international efforts to rebuild one of the world's newest nations. The contributors... Despite Timor-Leste's high expectations when it became independent from Indonesia in 2002, the country is ranked among the least developed countrie... |
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706,63 zł |
Blacks & Blackness in Central America: Between Race and Place
ISBN: 9780822348030 / Angielski / Miękka / 418 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the earliest Africans to arrive in the Americas came to Central America with Spanish colonists in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and people of African descent constituted the majority of nonindigenous populations in the region long thereafter. Yet in the development of national identities and historical consciousness, Central American nations have often countenanced widespread practices of social, political, and regional exclusion of blacks. The postcolonial development of mestizo or mixed-race ideologies of national identity have systematically downplayed African ancestry...
Many of the earliest Africans to arrive in the Americas came to Central America with Spanish colonists in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and...
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143,40 zł |
Institutional Reform in Central Asia: Politico-Economic Challenges
ISBN: 9780415602006 / Angielski / Twarda / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The countries of Central Asia are increasingly the focus of intense international attention due to their geopolitical and economic importance as well as their unsettled transition processes. The region faced enormous challenges when the Soviet Union disintegrated, and this book focuses on the reforms of the institutional environment that have been largely neglected.
The countries of Central Asia are increasingly the focus of intense international attention due to their geopolitical and economic importance as well ...
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706,63 zł |
Counseling Across and Beyond Cultures: Exploring the Work of Clemmont E. Vontress in Clinical Practice
ISBN: 9780802095350 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Professional counseling is a dynamic field, necessarily changing to reflect shifting societal norms and client needs. In an increasingly multicultural and globalized society, there is a growing need for counselors to be sensitive to the diverse needs of clients expressing different cultural and ethnic beliefs and facets of racial, gender, sexual, age, ability, disability, or class identities. Using as a starting point the pioneering work of Clemmont E. Vontress, the contributors to Counseling Across and Beyond Cultures trace the evolution of multicultural counseling and... Professional counseling is a dynamic field, necessarily changing to reflect shifting societal norms and client needs. In an increasingly multicultu... |
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181,70 zł |
Counseling Across and Beyond Cultures: Exploring the Work of Clemmont E. Vontress in Clinical Practice
ISBN: 9780802097811 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Professional counseling is a dynamic field, necessarily changing to reflect shifting societal norms and client needs. In an increasingly multicultural and globalized society, there is a growing need for counselors to be sensitive to the diverse needs of clients expressing different cultural and ethnic beliefs and facets of racial, gender, sexual, age, ability, disability, or class identities. Using as a starting point the pioneering work of Clemmont E. Vontress, the contributors to Counseling Across and Beyond Cultures trace the evolution of multicultural counseling and... Professional counseling is a dynamic field, necessarily changing to reflect shifting societal norms and client needs. In an increasingly multicultu... |
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383,60 zł |
Thinking Identities: Ethnicity, Racism and Culture
ISBN: 9780333717745 / Angielski / Miękka / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings together research about a diverse range of groups who are rarely analysed together: Welsh, Irish, Jewish, Arab, White, African and Indian. The aim of the book is to critique orthodox explanations in the field, drawing upon the best of 'old' and 'new' theory. Key contemporary questions include: issues about the black-white model of racism; the underplaying of anti-semitism; the need to examine ethnic majorities, as well as whiteness and the reconfiguration of the United Kingdom.
This book brings together research about a diverse range of groups who are rarely analysed together: Welsh, Irish, Jewish, Arab, White, African and In...
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194,08 zł |
Ethnic Challenges Beyond Borders: Chinese and Russian Perspectives of the Central Asian Conundrum
ISBN: 9780333694671 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A rare collection of essays by leading Chinese and Russian Central Asian specialists. The contributors address the problems and challenges posed by the resurgence of Central Asia to China and Russia. Both Countries are in search of a post communist and post cold war order. The editors explore uncertain transformations in Central Asia and their implications for Chinese and Russian foreign policies and speculate on the possible outcome of the current search for a regional order.
A rare collection of essays by leading Chinese and Russian Central Asian specialists. The contributors address the problems and challenges posed by th...
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388,20 zł |
Ernest Francisco Fenollosa: Published Writings in English
ISBN: 9784861661129 / Angielski / Twarda / 2700 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ernest Francisco Fenollosa: Published Writings in English is the very first collection of almost all of the writings of Ernest Fenollosa, Father of Japanese Art, published in his lifetime.To commemorate the 100th anniversary of his death, 51 articles from journals, newspapers, pamphlets, exhibition catalogues, and booklets which the editor collected for many years are reprinted in facsimile, together with many plates (some in colour).The editor s detailed introduction (both in English and Japanese) includes a chronological record of Fenollosa s life, and his wife Mary s writings... Ernest Francisco Fenollosa: Published Writings in English is the very first collection of almost all of the writings of Ernest Fenollosa, ... |
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The Boy's Own Paper Vols. 1-4 (1879-82)
ISBN: 9784902454185 / Twarda / 2700 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Boy's Own Paper Vols. 1 4 (1879 82) is a facsimile reprint of the leading Victorian weekly for boys from the 1st to 194th issue covering 1879 to 1882. This facsimile is a complete reproduction with many illustrations (some in colour) in the original size. Containing a mixture of factual articles about such things as history, science, religion, famous figures and topical social changes affecting the daily lives of girls and women, as well as short stories, serialized novels, and poetry. The Boy's Own Paper Vols. 1 4 (1879 82) is an ideal companion to the reprint volumes of The... The Boy's Own Paper Vols. 1 4 (1879 82) is a facsimile reprint of the leading Victorian weekly for boys from the 1st to 194th issue covering 1879 t... |
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Songs and Tales for Children: A Collection of Chapbooks in 19th-Century Britain
ISBN: 9784902454406 / Angielski / Twarda / 2700 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection is a reprint of forty-three titles bound in one volume. The chapbook was a popular publication in Britain, sold cheaply, at a penny or so. As publishing became a prosperous business at the end of the eighteenth century, adult readers took to new media like magazines or newspapers and the chapbook decreased in popularity. However, the chapbook for children became popular and survived until the end of the nineteenth century. Local publishers selected suitable subjects for children and made various series. Often, expensive, well-known books published in London turned up as... This collection is a reprint of forty-three titles bound in one volume. The chapbook was a popular publication in Britain, sold cheaply, at a penny... |
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858,05 zł |
Book of Trades: A Collection of the Nineteenth-Century Handbooks, 6-Vol. Set
ISBN: 9784902454482 / Angielski / Twarda / 2700 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, various modern trades were born and the need to employ young workers expanded. To improve comprehension of many of the new trades and practices required by the emerging industries, various guidebooks and handbooks aimed at a young readership started to appear in the early nineteenth century, and this is a reprint collection of eight books published in different decades of the nineteenth century. Including numerous illustrations of the tools and machines, and people at work using them, the collection is a crucial source of both textual and... With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, various modern trades were born and the need to employ young workers expanded. To improve comprehensio... |
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4542,62 zł |
Orange County Jew: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781449073497 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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91,29 zł |
The Hadrami Diaspora: Community-Building on the Indian Ocean Rim
ISBN: 9781845457426 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A fascinating subject, based on extensive fieldwork and excellent case studies of diaspora communities." - Christopher Davidson, Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Durham, UK
The Hadramis of South Yemen and the emergence of their diasporic communities throughout the Indian Ocean region are an intriguing facet of the history of this region's migratory patterns. In the early centuries of migration, the Yemeni, or Hadrami, traveler was both a trader and a religious missionary, making the migrant community both a "trade diaspora" and a "religious diaspora." This tradition has... "A fascinating subject, based on extensive fieldwork and excellent case studies of diaspora communities." - Christopher Davidson, Centre for Middle Ea...
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499,68 zł |
Christian Communities in the Arab Middle East: The Challenge of the Future
ISBN: 9780198293880 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beginning with an examination of the role played by Eastern Christians in the history of Arab society, this important study offers a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the many challenges currently facing these communities. Focal points include juridical status; social, political, and economic dynamics; and relationships with the Muslim majority culture.
Beginning with an examination of the role played by Eastern Christians in the history of Arab society, this important study offers a comprehensive and...
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The Theatre and the State in Singapore : Orthodoxy and Resistance
ISBN: 9780415584487 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a comprehensive examination of the contemporary English-language theatre field in Singapore. It describes Singapore theatre as a politically dynamic field that is often a site for struggle and resistance against state orthodoxy, and how the cultural policies of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) have shaped Singapore theatre. The book traces such cultural policies and their impact from the early 1960s, and shows how the PAP used theatre -- and arts and culture more widely -- as a key part of its nation building programme. Terence Chong argues that this diverse theatre...
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the contemporary English-language theatre field in Singapore. It describes Singapore theatre as a po...
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706,63 zł |
Political Theory and Community Building in Post-Soviet Russia
ISBN: 9780415596015 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book revisits many aspects of current social science theories, such as actor-network theory and the French school of science and technology studies, to test how the theories apply in a specific situation, in this case after 1991 in the city of Cherepovets in Russia, home of Russia's second biggest steel producer, Severstal. Using political philosophy to analyse the down-to-earth details of the real techno-scientific problems facing the world, the book examines the role of things - and urban infrastructure in particular - in political change. It considers how the city's infrastructure,...
This book revisits many aspects of current social science theories, such as actor-network theory and the French school of science and technology studi...
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731,87 zł |
Incentives for Innovation in China: Building an Innovative Economy
ISBN: 9780415603942 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the past three decades, China has successfully transformed itself from an extremely poor economy to the world's second largest economy. The country's phenomenal economic growth has been sustained primarily by its rapid and continuous industrialization. Currently industry accounts for nearly two-fifths of China's gross domestic product, and since 2009 China has been the world's largest exporter of manufactured products. This book explores the question of how far this industrial growth has been the product of government policies. It discusses how government policies and their priorities... In the past three decades, China has successfully transformed itself from an extremely poor economy to the world's second largest economy. The coun... |
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706,63 zł |