USA Today's 5 BOOKS NOT TO MISS **"Alexander nimbly and grippingly translates the byzantine world of American health care into a real-life narrative with people you come to care about." ーNew York Times "Takes readers into the world of the American medical industry in a way no book has done before."** ーFortune **"W...

This volume explores the life of Bjargey “Bíbí” Kristjánsdóttir (1927–1999), an Icelandic woman with intellectual disabilities, through analysis of her autobiography and personal archive on the basis of the research disciplines of critical disability studies and microhistory. Bíbí, who grew up in northern Iceland on...

Merriam Press World War 2 In Review Series 2023 eBook Edition Coverage of these six American tanks of World War II and the pre-war period, including service, prototype, test and experimental models of these vehicles: (1) Six-ton Tank M1917 (2) Tank Mark VIII (3) Christie Tank Designs (4) Marmon-Herrington CTLS Light...

The story of the westward expansion of this country does not stop with the hardships encountered by travelers on the Mormon Trail, the discomforts endured by early settlers in sod houses, the bravery of the Pony Express riders, the romantic solitude of the cowboys, or the sufferings of the Indians forced to abandon ...

Based on twenty years of research in formerly secret archives, this book reveals for the first time the full significance of War Plan Orangeーthe U.S. Navy's strategy to defeat Japan, formulated over the forty years prior to World War II.

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Sri Lanka offers a comprehensive survey of issues facing the island country and an overview delineating some key moments in the country’s contemporary polity, economy, and sociality. This book outlines aspects and influences foundational to understanding a country defined by it...

戰爭結束了，考驗才正要開始。 國籍身分轉換的時刻，臺灣人心中有著怎樣的徬徨與想望？ 結合真人實事與文學感性，貼近大時代下的動盪心靈， 以情感與力度兼具的文字，留住紛亂時局裡的堅毅身影。 尋回常民二戰經驗、還原失落生命記憶的里程碑之作 一九四五年八月十五日，昭和天皇宣讀《終戰詔書》的錄音，從帝國平民百姓家中的收音機流瀉而出...

This book advances a holistic conceptualisation of maritime security, under the term ‘Blue Security’, and situates it in states across the Indo-Pacific. The Indo-Pacific encompasses a vast space, incorporating two of the planet’s biggest oceans, the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, as well as littoral and hinterland ...

The 2024 edition of Warship, the celebrated annual publication featuring original research on the history, development, and service of the world's warships. For over 45 years, Warship has been the leading annual resource on the design, development, and deployment of the world's combat ships. Featuring a broad range ...

This book outlines an analytical framework to understand power, influence, and statecraft in the Pacific Islands region. With contributions by scholars from the United States, Australia, China, New Zealand, and across the Pacific Islands region, it provides ‘both sides of the story’ of statecraft and explores how po...

This book provides a holistic perspective on coastal dunes, highlighting new insights into present-day challenges to show that narratives, along with numbers, graphics, and computer models, have a role to play in climate change science, policymaking, and citizenship awareness. Adopting a cross-disciplinary approach,...

European Media Systems for Deliberative Communication explores how four dimensions of national media systems – the legal framework for freedom of expression and information, media accountability, journalism and audience media usage and competencies – contribute to or are detrimental to the success of deliberative co...

Public health is a term much used in the media, by health professionals, and by activists. At the national or the local level there are ministries or departments of public health, whilst international agencies such as the World Health Organisation promote public health policies, and regional organisations such as th...

This book explores the close connections between populism and conspiracy theory. Populism and Conspiracy Theory contributes to filling the gap in the research in this area. The individual contributions in Part I provide in-depth analyses of specific configurations of populism and conspiracy theory. Part II includes ...

Contemporary screen industries such as film and television have become primary sites for visualizing borders, migration, maps, and travel as processes of separation and dislocation, but also connection. Migration, Dislocation and Movement on Screen pulls case studies in film and television industries from throughout...

In an uprising heard around the world, people in Argentina took to the streets on December 19th & 20th, 2001, shouting “¡Qué se vayan todos!” These words (All of them out!), and the thousands of people banging pots and pans, opened a period of intense social unrest and political creativity that led to the collapse o...