This book is devoted to identifying the precursors of adolescents” health problems and risk taking behaviors and the developmental processes that accompany them. It presents data on lay conceptions …

The Title ”Encyclopaedia of Manipur, Vol. 2 written/authored/edited by Khomdon Singh Lisam”, published in the year 2011. The ISBN 9788178358659 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. T …

Few outsiders realize that student illness is frequently, and ironically, a by-product of medical training. This unique study by a medical doctor and trained anthropologist debunks popular myths of e …

This book presents a fascinating, ethnographic account of the challenges faced by communities living in Majuli, India, one of the largest river islands in the world, which has experienced immense soc …

This book examines the advantages and disadvantages of Korean immigrant entrepreneurs in the mainstream labor market. Immigrants to the U.S. have historically pursued entrepreneurship as a means of a …

Until recently we have known more about gift giving practices in pre-industrial societies than about those of industrial western society. In this book, first published in 1988, David Cheal shows that …

In an era of budgetary belt-tightening, policymakers must prove that their programs work or face drastic cuts in spending. This book, informed by the author’s many years of practice in program evalua …

From uncovering major retailers” links to sweatshop abuses and revealing the deception of American tobacco companies, to questioning corporations” ties to repressive dictators, shaming food process …

Many professionals in health, education, and community service roles are caught in a particular bind of identity—they live in a complex social borderland of credibility and professional authority whi …

Can politicians effectively control national borders even if they wish to do so? How do politically powerless migrants relate to more privileged migrants and to national citizens? Is it possible for …