The transfer of knowledge is a key issue in the North as Indigenous Peoples meet the ongoing need to adapt to cultural and environmental change. In...

This book is about the transformative functions of words, literature, writing, and biblio/poetry therapy, approaching the subject through narrative...

In today’s globalised society, people are travelling more than ever. But they do so for different reasons, to different extents, and – not least – ...

This book brings together monumental voices in the social sciences -- such as Jean-René Ladmiral from Paris and Peter Caws from Washington DC -- to...

This is an interdisciplinary analysis of the interaction between today's globalisation and Americanisation. Transnationalism involves a loosening o...

This book Trends in African Studies is a response to the challenge of the paucity of materials on the history and the development of African Studie...

Australia's inner cities experienced an upheaval in the 1960s and 70s which left them changed forever. People from all walks of life who valued the...

According to USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS), the national net farm income, a key indicator of U.S. farm well-being, is forecast at a record...

Most U.S. households have consistent, dependable access to enough food for active, healthy living -- they are food secure. But a minority of Americ...

For almost six decades, the United States has played a leading role in global efforts to alleviate hunger and malnutrition and to enhance world foo...

This book examines the New Cold War between Anglophone Western and Russian media, focusing on its coverage of LGBTIQ+ topics and representations of...

This book examines the New Cold War between Anglophone Western and Russian media, focusing on its coverage of LGBTIQ+ topics and representations of...

Cosplay, dressing up as characters from pop culture, has swept fan conventions around the world. Now, explore the adult side of this popular phenom...

Text in French. In this book a number of internationally recognised experts explore the long experience in the French-speaking world of encounters ...

In telling the personal stories of Australians in Japan and Japanese in Australia, this book explores issues of race, identity, and ambition in tim...

How is it that today's young people are perhaps the most "cultured" they have ever been with virtually unlimited online access to new innovative un...

When the police shoot or choke civilians in supposed fear and dread of the people they are meant to be protecting and as a consequence deny them th...

Is culture fixed and immutable, or is it emergent and changing? This is a question that has taken on growing importance in light of the culturally ...

Updated with nearly 30 high-quality vintage images, the second edition of this lavishly illustrated book provides irrefutable documentation of ladi...

This book pays homage to the counterculture movement through the words and photographs of a select gathering of people who lived it. At its height ...

This book, sharing its title with a curious and entertaining travel book written by Australian-born writer John Lang, is a collection of essays abo...

Don't walk under ladders! Place a star on the top of your Christmas tree. Superstitions and traditions often govern how we participate in life. But...