Based on the author's ethnographic research in India, the book explores the psychology of Hinduism, and offers an innovative synthesis of psychoanylsis with modern anthropological theories of cultural difference.
Each of the contributors to this book addresses a major issue in arthropod diversity by reviewing evidence of key fossils from a common perspective, and examining the... Læs mere
The first comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Reagan revolution on African-American political life. The book also critically... Læs mere
Although Alzheimer's disease has been well documented throughout the twentieth century, no biography has been written of the man who was its... Læs mere
Segal analyzes Asian immigration to the U.S., including immigrants' reasons for leaving their countries, their attraction to the U.S., the issues they face in contemporary U.S. society, and the history of public attitudes and policy toward them.
An approach to a technique for treating people with eating disorders - children as well as adults, male and female sufferers alike. This book... Læs mere
Beginning with the precolonial land-use practice of Native Americans and concluding with twenty-first century concerns over our global ecological crisis,... Læs mere
Offers a view on how America began to intervene in world affairs. By proposing an economic remedy to a political problem, this book anticipates policies embodied in the Marshall Plan, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.
Through a carefully selected range of thematically linked bio-pics, explores key issues surrounding their resurgence, structure, production, subject representation or misrepresentation, and critical response