Peter B. Clarke & Jeffrey Somers 
Japanese New Religions in the West [PDF ebook] 

Housing is crucial to the quality of life and wellbeing for individuals and familes, but the availability of adequate or affordable housing also plays a vital role in community economic development. …

Based on data collected through in-depth fieldwork observation and interviews in Bai Township, this book examines how women with disabilities in rural Southwest China compensate for their disability …

‘In a century of horrors, Guatemala from 1954 to the present has been a bloody scene of some of the worst horrors—and the United States has been deeply involved. Drawing upon 30 years of experience i …

Satellite Technology, Second Edition is a complete update of this popular handbook exploring the world of communication satellites. It will help broadcast professionals and students fully understand …

First published in 1986. Africanists are nowadays devoting increasing attention to the role of the state – both colonial and post-colonial – in the process of class formation in African societies. Th …

The US government spends billions of dollars to secure strategic and tactical assets at home and abroad against enemy attack. However, as ‘hard targets’ such as military installations and government …

Borders – whether settled or contested, violent or calm, closed or open – may have a direct, and often acute, human impact. Those affected may be people living nearby, those attempting to cross them …

This book is unique in applying a consumption approach to the study of ethnicity and nationalism, thereby challenging the usual ”top down” approach to nation-formation. Contributors from a variety …

While migration and population settlement have always been an important feature of political life throughout the world, the dramatic changes in the pace, direction, and complexity of contemporary mig …

This book connects a rhetorical examination of medical and public health policy documents with a humanistic investigation of cultural texts to uncover the link between gendered representations of hea …