Social Science
Social Science
Africa, Cultural Studies and Difference
Cultural Studies has evolved and continues to evolve primarily along regional lines. However uncomfortable this might be, the genie of British cultural studies cannot be returned to the bottle of history. Thus, national versions of cultural studies have arisen in...
$75.00
Advances in Women's Empowerment: Critical Insight from Asia, Africa and Latin America
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 5 has revealed the undeniable truth that women’s empowerment remains a critical challenge, and that gender inequality is an essential building block to a fair and prosperous society. But what progress has been made? This...
$136.00
Africa, Cultural Studies and Difference
Cultural Studies has evolved and continues to evolve primarily along regional lines. However uncomfortable this might be, the genie of British cultural studies cannot be returned to the bottle of history. Thus, national versions of cultural studies have arisen in...
$260.00
Africa Counts: Number and Pattern in African Cultures
This fascinating study of mathematical thinking among sub-Saharan African peoples covers counting in words and in gestures; measuring time, distance, weight, and other quantities; manipulating money and keeping accounts; number systems; patterns in music, poetry, art, and architecture; and number...
$26.00
Advances in Engineering Education in the Middle East and North Africa: Current Status, and Future Insights (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2016
This book provides a collection of the latest advances in engineering education in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and sheds insights for future development. It is one of the first books to address the lack of comprehensive literature...
$143.00
Advances in Engineering Education in the Middle East and North Africa: Current Status, and Future Insights (2016)
This book provides a collection of the latest advances in engineering education in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and sheds insights for future development. It is one of the first books to address the lack of comprehensive literature...
$143.00
Advanced Techniques for Modelling Maternal and Child Health in Africa (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2014)
This book presents both theoretical contributions and empirical applications of advanced statistical techniques including geo-additive models that link individual measures with area variables to account for spatial correlation; multilevel models that address the issue of clustering within family and household;...
$221.00
Advanced Techniques for Modelling Maternal and Child Health in Africa (2014)
This book presents both theoretical contributions and empirical applications of advanced statistical techniques including geo-additive models that link individual measures with area variables to account for spatial correlation; multilevel models that address the issue of clustering within family and household;...
$221.00
Africa
"Did you know that the continent of Africa is home to animals that people in other parts of the world can only see in zoos? Elephants, gorillas, cheetahs, lions, and giraffes can all be found in Africa. Discover more intriguing...
$48.00
Africa
This book introduces readers to the climate, landforms, plants, animals, and people of Africa. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and...
$43.00
Africa
The vast continent of Africa is a land of enormous diversity. Bever explores the history of Africa from the origin of one of the oldest civilizations in the world to the present-day challenges of race relations, politics, and economic development....
$43.00
Africa
Africa is a continent of 53 countries and is home to people who make up more than 8 ethnic groups. More than 5, years ago, the country of Egypt, located in northern Africa, was one of the world’s greatest civilizations....
$34.00
Adolescent Health in the Middle East and North Africa: An Epidemiological Perspective (2022)
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Adolescent Health in the Middle East and North Africa: An Epidemiological Perspective (2022)
This 2-volumeset focuses on adolescent health in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), and presents the latest research on the health risk behaviours and social behaviours that adolescents from the MENA region engage in. While there has been...
$182.00
Adjustment and Agriculture in Africa: Farmers, the State, and the World Bank in Guinea (1997)
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Adjustment and Agriculture in Africa: Farmers, the State, and the World Bank in Guinea (1997)
With the adoption of a World Bank-sponsored structural adjustment programme in the mid-1980s, Guinea underwent a dramatic change in its economic and agricultural policies. The country's experience over the past decade illustrates some of the most pressing problems encountered by...
$143.00
Addressing Xenophobia in South Africa: Drivers, Responses and Lessons from the Durban Untold Stories
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Addressing Xenophobia in South Africa: Drivers, Responses and Lessons from the Durban Untold Stories
Xenophobia is a salient issue in South Africa. Prominent episodes of violence targeting migrants and refugees have received enormous attention from scholars, researchers, policymakers, government officials, and media agencies. Focusing on a prominent episode of anti-immigrant violence in the Durban...
$136.00
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Address [On the Slave Trade in the Interior of Africa] Before the Anti-Slavery Society at Manchester. [By H. M. Stanley.]
Title: Address [on the Slave Trade in the Interior of Africa] before the Anti-Slavery Society at Manchester. [By H. M. Stanley.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of...
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Africa
Johann Melchior Hartmann's "Africa" offers a comprehensive overview of the continent. Exploring its diverse geography, peoples, and historical developments, this work provides valuable insights into the complexities of Africa. Hartmann's detailed account makes it a useful resource for understanding the...
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Adapting to Drought: Farmers, Famines and Desertification in West Africa
This book embodies the results of thirteen years of research in drought-prone rural areas in the semi-arid zone of northern Nigeria. It describes the patterns of adaptive behaviour observed among Hausa, Ful'be and Manga communities in response to recurrent drought...
$65.00
Adaptation to Climate Change in Southern Africa: New Boundaries for Development
Adverse climate impacts are already evident across Southern Africa and pose a serious threat to the development prospects of the region's societies. Sustainable development in this region will depend on the rapid development and implementation of effective adaptation measures. This...
$86.00
Africa
After a lifetime's close observation of the continent, one of the world's finest Africa correspondents has penned a landmark book on life and death in modern Africa. It takes a guide as observant, experienced, and patient as Richard Dowden to...
$32.00
Adam Kok's Griquas: A Study in the Development of Stratification in South Africa
This book examines the ways in which racial and economic stratification were brought to coincide in pre-industrial South Africa by describing in detail the history of one group, the Griquas of Philippolis and Kokstad. These people, of very mixed origins,...
$61.00
Afghanistan and South Africa: a letter to W. E. Gladstone
This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions of academic literature and research on the...
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Affective Health and Masculinities in South Africa: An Ethnography of (In)Vulnerability
Affective Health and Masculinities in South Africa explores how different masculinities modulate substance use, interpersonal violence, suicidality, and AIDS as well as recovery cross-culturally. With a focus on three male protagonists living in very distinct urban areas of Cape Town, this...
$71.00
The Activist Collector: Lida Clanton Broner's 1938 Journey from Newark to South Africa
“After twenty-eight years of desire and determination, I have visited Africa, the land of my forefathers.” So wrote Lida Clanton Broner (1895–1982), an African American housekeeper and hairstylist from Newark, New Jersey, upon her return from an extraordinary nine-month journey...
$56.00
ACTA Germanica: GERMAN STUDIES IN AFRICA- Jahrbuch des Germanistenverbandes im Suedlichen Afrika- Yearbook of the Association for German Studies in So
Fremdenfeindlichkeit in Südafrika, insbesondere gegenüber Migranten aus anderen afrikanischen Ländern, rückte mit den xenophobischen Attacken im Mai/Juni 2008 mit Macht ins Blickfeld der südafrikanischen und internationalen Öffentlichkeit. Zum Begriff der Fremde in Sprache und Literatur war deshalb in Bezug auf diese Ereignisse...
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ACTA Germanica: German Studies in Africa- Jahrbuch Des Germanistenverbandes Im Suedlichen Afrika- Yearbook of the Association for Germ
Durch die Zusammenarbeit von zwei Verlagen hat die Acta Germanica mit diesem Band zum ersten Mal eine südafrikanische und eine deutsche Ausgabe. Mit dieser erfreulichen Neuerung wird der Schwerpunktsetzung der Zeitschrift des Germanistenverbandes im südlichen Afrika Rechnung getragen, denn zum einen reflektiert...
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ACTA Germanica: German Studies in Africa- Jahrbuch Des Germanistenverbandes Im Suedlichen Afrika- Journal of the Association for Germa
Der erste Teil versammelt Beiträge, die unterschiedliche Bezüge zum Thema Reisen und Wissenschaft sowie Afrika herstellen. Vorgestellt werden zunächst der wenig bekannte Afrikaforscher Emil Holub, sowie Erfahrungen von fünf Afrikanern, die Deutschland und Österreich im 19. Jh. bereisten. Es folgt...
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ACTA Germanica: German Studies in Africa- Jahrbuch Des Germanistenverbandes Im Suedlichen Afrika- Journal of the Association for German
Der erste Teil des Bandes versammelt drei Beiträge, die unterschiedliche Bezüge zu Afrika herstellen. Der Roman Im Kongo des Schweizer Autors Urs Widmer wird als alternative Lesart zu Hegels Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Weltgeschichte vorgestellt, das Stück Peggy Picket sieht das Gesicht Gottes von Roland...
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ACTA Germanica: German Studies in Africa- Jahrbuch Des Germanistenverbandes Im Suedlichen Afrika- Band 38/2010- Yearbook of the Association
Die Beiträge im ersten Teil dieses Bandes befassen sich schwerpunktmäßig einerseits mit einer kritischen Beleuchtung der Tatsache, dass Afrika als Denkfigur und realer Kontinent seit der Kolonialzeit bis heute in literarischen Texten als monolithischer Block gesehen wird, und andererseits damit,...
$103.00
Affective Health and Masculinities in South Africa: An Ethnography of (In)Vulnerability
Affective Health and Masculinities in South Africa explores how different masculinities modulate substance use, interpersonal violence, suicidality, and AIDS as well as recovery cross-culturally. With a focus on three male protagonists living in very distinct urban areas of Cape Town, this...
$260.00