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

"The Treaty of Waitangi" is the founding document of New Zealand, a subject of endless discussion and controversy, and is at the centre of many of ...

The city of Trondheim can look back on one thousand years of history. In the course of this time it has been an ecclesiastical centre, a regional c...

From Lucy to Bethany all of TV's greatest and most notorious mums are represented in this collection sure to fascinate. Most of the book is taken f...

Social media have formed part and parcel of our everyday life. Defined by many as a public sphere, Twitter has indeed enabled social and political ...

This book is like a time capsule containing a selection of interviews that aired on Hromadske Radio’s Ukraine Calling show. They capture what peopl...

"This book draws on the author’s experience from 26 years of Ukrainian diplomatic service in, among others, Bonn, Berlin, Washington, and Vienna, a...

The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies' hallmark event for its fortieth anniversary in 2016 was a two-day conference held at the University of...

This book puts Hong Kong on the world map and elevated this docile, money-minded Asian island to a model for pro-democracy campaigns across the glo...

Members of Congress continue to demonstrate an ongoing interest in the efficiency and effectiveness of United Nations (U.N.) development activities...

Created in 1787, the United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representat...

The book takes off with a general overview which is an introduction to urban studies and urbanisation. The next chapter is an analysis of the patte...

Love vampires? Test your knowledge and have some fun with this collection of crossword puzzles and trivia questions about the children of the night...

Keeping a ship safe and secure occurs through the investment of time and effort by both the Vessel Security Officer and the crew. Some of the topic...

After communist North Vietnam's victory over U.S.-backed South Vietnam in 1975, U.S.-Vietnam relations remained essentially frozen until the mid-19...

Clustered yet scattered, we New Zealanders live across the country’s physical landscapes, experiencing its varied weather and environments. We co-c...

"When you educate a girl, you educate a nation." --Malawian saying The women of Malawi, like many other women in developing countries, struggle to ...

Just around the next mountain switchback or on the next sunny beach, you can find some fairly unusual sites in British Columbia: a nude beach, a ho...

From strange behaviour to interesting prey-vs.-predator relationships to fantastical creatures, the animal world is full of fascinating facts about...

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...

Don't like the weather; just wait five minutes. Real Canadian culture is complaining about the weather: * The ice storm of January 1998 in Eastern ...

Ben Granby, frustrated American food service worker, takes a multifarious, back roads ramble through the combat zone of Israel/Palestine, circa 200...

The American presidency has become one of the most powerful offices in the world with the ascendancy of American power in the 20th century. 'White ...

The American presidency has become one of the most powerful offices in the world with the ascendancy of American power in the 20th century. "White ...