"This new work by a prominent medievalist focuses on the period of transition between 1250 and 1550, when the wealth and power of the great lords was threatened and weakened, and when new social groups emerged and new methods of production were adopted. Professor Dyer examines b…
Discusses the development of the feminist movement, including world involvement and personal stories.
Discusses the development of the feminist movement, including world involvement and personal stories.
By focusing on the intersection between globalization studies and youth culture, the authors offer a vital contribution to the development of a new, interdisciplinary approach to youth culture studies.
A study of youth culture worldwide and its influence on popular cultural practices, national ideologies, and global markets.
This work explores the great diversity that characterises initiatives and policies under the name of CSR, the highly contingent and contextual nature of corporate responss to indigenous demands, and the complex and evolving nature of indigenous-corporate relations.--Résumé de l'…
"Attempts to challenge the virtual exclusion of the male prespective from Middle Eastern studies of gender. The text investigates the ways in which men are acting, reacting and adapting to the structural upheaval of the "traditional" family and to new images of virility and resp…
"For the Gitksan and Witsuwit'en peoples of northwest British Columbia, the land is invested with meaning that goes beyond simple notions of property or sustenance. Considered both a food box and a storage box of history and wealth, the land plays a central role in their culture…
by Wu, Yenna
fromHarvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
"Children are at the heart of popular and public debates in North America and Europe about the culture of public space. On the one hand there is increased anxiety about children's vulnerability to stranger danger on the other there is a rising tide of fear about out of control a…
"Children are at the heart of popular and public debates in North America and Europe about the culture of public space. On the one hand there is increased anxiety about children's vulnerability to stranger danger on the other there is a rising tide of fear about out of control a…
"China's meteoric rise to economic powerhouse might be charted with dams. Every river in the country has been tapped to power exploding cities and factories--every river but one. Running through one of the richest natural areas in the world, the Nujiang's raging waters were on t…
"This ground-breaking work makes a major contribution to our understanding of Protestant and rural support for Nazism and adds an important cultural and religious dimension to our understanding of the underpinnings of Nazi power. It will be of interest to historians and students…
