A Global History of Indigenous Peoples examines the history of the indigenous/tribal peoples of the world.
The past three decades have seen a remarkable growth of interest in intellectual history and this book provides the first comprehensive survey of recent... Læs mere
Socio-economic scenarios help the reader to explore the ways in which individual civilizations - through world views, styles of life and responses to the environment that each bear their own signature - struggle, merge, submerge in the flow of the currents of history.
Drawing upon both conceptual and empirical evidence, this volume argues the case for the centrality of social policy in development, focusing particularly on the message that social policy needs to be closely intertwined with economic policy.
The US is slowly recovering from the aftermath of the burst of the 'new economy' bubble - which was one of the worst in... Læs mere
In Genocide and Human Rights: A Philosophical Guide, an international group of twenty-five contemporary philosophers work to correct those deficiencies by showing how philosophy can and should respond to genocide, particularly in ways that defend human rights.
EU-US Relations offers answers to the major questions of the future of transatlantic relations and includes almost 30 contributions from prominent... Læs mere
With unprecedented trends towards globalization (in part propelled by developments in information technology), the repercussions of economic crisis are more profound than ever before, particularly for developing countries.
There is a heated debate underway on the legitimacy of global activists, a war of words (and sometimes stones and teargas) that is rarely examined from top to bottom.
This book explores landmark criticism on a writer who continues to command critical attention. In addition to mapping out the existing critical terrain, these... Læs mere
This book provides an analysis of the development and deployment of chemical weapons from 700BC to the present day. Finally, the book examines the threat (real and... Læs mere
This book presents a picture focused on the T'ang period, one of China's acknowledged golden ages. Within a looser web of globalization, the T'ang... Læs mere