With a series of lyrical vignettes, this title traces the author's life as an African American woman growing up in middle-class New Orleans in the 1950s and 1960s. It focuses on her relationship with her mother, family, community, and the city itself, while touching upon life after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Conveying through 16 essays the continuing importance of American Studies and the excitement to be gained from its study, this book provides an evaluation of America's place in the world and the often tangled paths that led her there. It also examines ideals such as the commitment to liberty, equality and material progress.

Offers an insight into the struggle between provinces and central government within Indonesia. This book includes introductory essays that provide an impartial background on regional aspects of the Republic. It features a chronology that covers the major events in the area's political and economic history.

Examines how people living in the Sundarbans perceive the mangrove forests and its man-eating tigers. This book focuses on the environment in contemporary Bangladesh, and offers a different frame of reference to understand social relations in the Indic world.

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A revised and updated edition of this popular A level General Studies text to meet the requirements of the 2008 AQA A General Studies specification.

The Internet is developing quicker in Asia than in any other region of the world. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the information society in an Asian context, and the impact of these technologies in Asia.

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This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the Vietnamese situation, identifying the factors shaping social vulnerability and resilience to environmental change and considering prospects for sustainable development.

Essays with Indo-China.

A definitive textbook for OCR's new General Studies A Level.

A reference work about Wales, it contains entries on various kinds of people and places which have made it so culturally, historically and geographically rich. It also covers topics ranging from: Snowdonia to the pampas of Patagonia, folk heroes to Welsh Olympians, and the men and women of Wales who have excelled in art, culture and politics.

In 2002, as Sierra Leone prepared to announce the end of its brutal civil war, the distinguished anthropologist, poet, and novelist Michael Jackson returned to the country where he had intermittently lived and worked as an ethnographer since 1969. Here, he offers his reminiscences revisiting the site of his fieldwork from the 1970s.

Modernisation has been a constant theme in Russian history. This book examines the broad theme of modernisation in late imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet Russia both through general overviews of particular topics, and specific case studies of modernisation projects and their impact.

How can we determine which economic model best provides for economic development and social welfare? In this comparative work, economist Carmelo Mesa-Lago analyzes three Latin American countries with divergent economic systems: Chile (a market economy), Cuba (socialist) and Costa Rica (mixed).

The Mekong is the focus of wide-ranging debates over development strategy, governance, legal issues, and environmental management. This title includes publication details and commentary on more than a thousand titles across a range of subject areas covering history, culture, natural resources, economics, social issues, politics, and security.

Looks at the ways the global form of capitalism affects our lives. This book analyzes how changes in work ethic, in our attitudes toward merit and talent, and in public and private institutions contributes to 'the spectre of uselessness'. It concludes with suggestions to counter this disturbing culture.

This supporting fully photocopiable Teacher Guide provides answers to all end-of-chapter questions. The Guide comproses of a photocopiable ringbinder plus a free CD-ROM version of the content.