Indonesian Islam in a new era examines the religious practices and identities of Indonesian Muslim women in the post-Suharto era. After 1998 Indone...

This yearbook deals with discourse within and across different cultures.

Iranians in the Minds of Americans is hitherto the most extensive study on perceptions American people have of Iranians. Also, though there are man...

Health and healing; Traditional Aboriginal education; Cross-cultural methods of learning and identity; Self-government and the northern cooperative...

Cultural and economic benefits of Aboriginal resource management; Effects of contaminants on Aboriginal lifestyles; Aboriginal self-government' Dec...

Health and healing; Aboriginal education and curriculum development; Economic, environmental, political, and cultural issues; and, Northern fisheri...

Italy's peculiar cultural variability is the result of population movements and invasions from the Mediterranean Sea, which took place in both hist...

The purpose of this intriguing book is to bring together various approaches to the study of Japanese apology in an attempt to answer some of the cr...

This book is a comprehensive synthesis of Japanese civilization in the 21st century. It covers all major elements of this civilization with a stron...

This engrossing history of the domestic kitchen in New Zealand covers 10 decades that saw culinary traditions accommodate extraordinary changes in ...

Knowledge and Global Power is a ground-breaking international study which examines how knowledge is produced, distributed and validated globally. T...

Tbilisi in the 1960s was a thriving city - one of the most beautiful in the Soviet Union and appealing to everyone. The city had many artists, musi...

In recent decades, many changes have taken place in Latin America as a result of economic, social and security developments. Increases in inequalit...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the types, nutritional composition and health benefits of legumes. Topics discus...

In the last ten years the ready meals market has had considerable growth with an average of 4.0% in value and 3.0% in volume per year. Several fact...

This book has been inspired by Dennis Meadows's (et al) The Limits to Growth, published 41 years ago. It forewarned the general public about the ex...

This book has been inspired by Dennis Meadows's (et al) The Limits to Growth, published 41 years ago. It forewarned the general public about the ex...

Over recent decades the concept of literacy has been an important field of discussion in Medieval and Early Modern studies, and questions concernin...

Two pervading factors in any life-world that are discussed, but never explicated are time and concrete action. No doubt, social theory (as well as ...

Humans have always depended upon natural ecosystems to supply a range of services useful for their survival and well-being. However, with widesprea...