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Cover of Gary M. Reich: The Politics of Immigration Across the United States

Gary M. Reich: The Politics of Immigration Across the United States

In recent years, Republicans and Democrats have drifted toward polarized immigration policy positions, forestalling congressional efforts at comprehensive reform. In this book Gary M. Reich helps exp …

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Haidy Geismar & Hannah Knox: Digital Anthropology

Digital Anthropology, 2nd Edition explores how human and digital can be explored in relation to one another within issues as diverse as social media use, virtual worlds, hacking, quantified self, blo …

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Dr Eva Haifa Giraud: Veganism

What exactly do vegans believe? Why has veganism become such a critical and criticized social movement, and how does veganism correspond to wider debates about sustainability, animal studies, and the …

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Keith A. Wehmeyer: What Every Engineer Should Know about Microcomputer Software

This book covers the entire scope of computer programming and Structured Program Design, from problem identification to maintaining existing programs. It is intended for two audiences: beginning prog …

Cover of Gisela Pereyra (Argentina’s National Scientific Research Council, Argentina) Doval & Gaston (Argentina’s National Scientific Research Council, Argentina) Souroujon: Global Resurgence of the Right

Gisela Pereyra (Argentina’s National Scientific Research Council, Argentina) Doval & Gaston (Argentina’s National Scientific Research Council, Argentina) Souroujon: Global Resurgence of the Right

This book provides a broad-ranging analysis of the global resurgence of right-wing forces in the twenty-first century. These parties, organisations and social movements represent a break from right-w …

Cover of Ian Neary: Dōwa Policy and Japanese Politics

Ian Neary: Dōwa Policy and Japanese Politics

This book locates the development of Dōwa policy projects within their historical and political context, offering examples of human rights protection in a non-Western society. Charting Dōwa policy fr …

Cover of Kant B. Patel & Mark E. (Missouri State University, USA) Rushefsky: The Opioid Epidemic in the United States

Kant B. Patel & Mark E. (Missouri State University, USA) Rushefsky: The Opioid Epidemic in the United States

The current opioid epidemic in the United States began in the mid-1990s with the introduction of a new drug, Oxy Contin, viewed as a safer and more effective opiate for chronic pain management. By 20 …

Cover of Gideon (North-West University, South Africa) van Riet: Hegemony, Security Infrastructures and the Politics of Crime

Gideon (North-West University, South Africa) van Riet: Hegemony, Security Infrastructures and the Politics of Crime

This book examines the politics of crime and the response to it in Potchefstroom, a small settler colonial city in South Africa. It draws on the city’s everyday practices and experiences to offer loc …

Cover of M. G. Swift: Malay Peasant Society in Jelebu

M. G. Swift: Malay Peasant Society in Jelebu

First published in 1939 and long out of print, this book remains unique as the only full and detailed account by a social anthropologist of a complete pagan Polynesian ritual cycle. This new single-v …

Cover of Professor Michael K. Goodman & Lewis Holloway: Geographies of Food

Professor Michael K. Goodman & Lewis Holloway: Geographies of Food

What is the future of food in light of growing threats from the climate emergency and natural resource depletion, as well as economic and social inequality? This textbook engages with this question, …