Wings in Orbit: Scientific and Engineering Legacies of the Space Shuttle, 1971-2010 [EPUB ebook] 

Significant advances have occurred in recent years in Europe and in North America in addressing agri-environmental policies. Land use issues tend to be more pressing in Europe than in the US as a who …

The northern Tuareg (the Tuareg of Algeria) – the nomadic, blue-veiled warlords of the Central Sahara – were finally defeated militarily by the French at the battle of Tit in 1902. Some sixty years l …

The first study of state feminism in a non-western nation state, this volume focuses on the activities and roles of the Women”s Bureau of the Ministry of Labor in post-World War II Japan. While stat …

This book offers a multifaceted, analytical account of counterterrorism argumentative speech. Traditionally, existing scholarship in this field of research has taken a selective focus on issues and a …

Drawing on qualitative and quantitative research, this book provides a path-breaking account of civil society in the Philippines. It challenges the widespread belief in political science and developm …

First published in 2008. Intended for would-be travellers to Georgia, this guide presents information on all of the country”s regions, as well as its history, language, literature, and political con …

This book focuses on the entwinement of politics and medicine and power and knowledge in India during the age of empire. Using the powerful metaphor of ‘pathology’ – the science of the origin, nature …

More than ever, humanitarian aid workers and diplomats are engaging with vulnerable populations in areas once considered too dangerous to touch. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground experience in conf …

The EU’s approach to Iran has emerged as one of the few successes of European foreign policy. Still, its role in international negotiations from 2003, as much as its broader approach to Iran, are gen …

This book employs a wide range of perspectives to demonstrate how the East India Company facilitated cross-cultural interactions between the English and various groups in South Asia between 1600 to 1 …