Addresses one of the most important security questions of the time and summarizes the state of terrorism over the last 50 years
Puts forward many well-researched views that are against conventional ... Read more
A concise overview of the environmental crisis in China, which despite government efforts, continues to worsen
Shows why the environmental problems in China should matter to everyone
Covers the cr ... Read more
Looks at the history of the present-day enmity between China and Japan, the world's second and third largest economic powers
Argues that the contemporary rivalries between the two states are symp ... Read more
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A wide-ranging, global history of children and youth
Investigates the differing experiences of young people across time and place
Explores the evolution of a "global childhood" of shared assump ... Read more
Provides a comprehensive overview of the post-independent social and political climate in Nigeria
Addresses key questions regarding Nigeria's recent history, politics, culture, religion, and econom ... Read more
A highly accessible overview of the history, development, and current landscape of women's sports
Explores a variety of subjects such as transgender issues in sport, Title IX, Women in the Olympic ... Read more
The first book to offer a concise (but still comprehensive) look at the whole of American cultural history
Provides a chronological look at the development of American culture, addressing literat ... Read more
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Considers the origins of sainthood and saints
Offers insight into relics, reliquaries and related sacred objects in cultural contexts, and reflects upon relic veneration in the modern world
Int ... Read more
Offers an accessible account of typography, drawing on its history, theory, and practice
Demonstrates the growing importance of our own typographic decisions as communication is increasingly digi ... Read more
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Antimatter is one of the strangest discoveries in physics—an opposite to the 'normal' matter which makes up the world in which we live our everyday lives, and which annihilates anything it touches ... Read more
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