This is a study of how ethnic diversity is represented in public institutions in India, and how politics manages ethnic... Læs mere
This book reappraises the place of children's literature, showing it to be a creative space where writers... Læs mere
Using interdisciplinary techniques and original research findings, this volume explores the shift from humoral to nervous interpretations of emotion; the emotional... Læs mere
The book overviews a wide range of vocabulary research methodologies, and offers practical advice on how to carry out valid and reliable research on... Læs mere
This book-length treatment of Exploratory Practice introduces five propositions about learners as practitioners of learning who are capable of developing their expertise through conducting research in and on their own classroom learning lives.
Images and accounts of the Mexican - US migration process and the border region abound.
This politically astute cosmopolitan appreciation will generate an intriguing "cross-over" audience: from ethnic studies to American studies and from literary studies to romantic studies, this book will interest a range of readers.
There is a growing realization that business development is the most effective weapon in fighting world poverty. How the for-profit model can be harnessed... Læs mere
For Hayek, spontaneous order - the emergence of complex order as the unintended consequence of individual actions that have no such end in... Læs mere
This volume collects four sharp philosophical essays by Ilan Stavans on the acquisition of knowledge in multi-ethnic environments, the role that dictionaries play in the preservation of memory, the function of libraries in the electronic age, and the uses of censorship.
Cutting across the humanities and social sciences, and situated in sites across the black diaspora, the work in this book collectively challenges notions that we are living... Læs mere
Hurricane Katrina of August-September 2005, one of the most destructive natural disasters in U.S. history, dramatically illustrated the continuing racial and class inequalities of America.