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Iraq Between the Two World Wars: The Militarist Origins of Tyranny
Reeva Spector Simon
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• Author(s): Reeva Spector Simon • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Middle East - GeneralHow the new Iraqi political elite used the military and school system to create an Iraqi Arab ide...
View full detailsBeing Modern in Iran
Fariba Adelkhah
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• Author(s): Fariba Adelkhah • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Islam - GeneralWhat does it mean to be modern in Iran today? Can one properly speak of modernity in relation to what many ...
View full detailsIraq Between the Two World Wars: The Militarist Origins of Tyranny
Reeva Spector Simon
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• Author(s): Reeva Spector Simon • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Middle East - GeneralWhy did a group from the Iraqi army seize control of the government and wage a disastrous war aga...
View full detailsCubeo Hehénewa Religious Thought: Metaphysics of a Northwestern Amazonian People
Irving Goldman
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• Author(s): Irving Goldman • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialThe societies of Vaupes region are among the most documented indigenous cultures, in pa...
View full detailsVillage Life in Hong Kong: Politics, Gender, and Ritual in the New Territories
James Watson
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• Author(s): James Watson • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialThis book explores the cultural traditions of Cantonese villagers...
View full detailsEconomic Feasibility of Projects: Managerial and Engineering Practice
S. L. Tang
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• Author(s): S. L. Tang • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Engineering (General)This is a textbook for engineering and management/business undergraduates and post...
View full detailsCubeo Hehénewa Religious Thought: Metaphysics of a Northwestern Amazonian People
Irving Goldman
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• Author(s): Irving Goldman • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialThe societies of Vaupes region are among the most documented indigenous cultures, in pa...
View full detailsProsthetic Memory: The Transformation of American Remembrance in the Age of Mass Culture
Alison Landsberg
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• Author(s): Alison Landsberg • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialProsthetic Memory reveals the transformative effect that modern mass culture has had ...
View full detailsBelieving History: Latter-Day Saint Essays
Richard Lyman Bushman
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• Author(s): Richard Lyman Bushman • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Christianity - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Written by an eminent historian, this book reflects on h...
View full detailsRheology and Deformation of the Lithosphere at Continental Margins
Garry Karner
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• Author(s): Garry Karner • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeologyThis book explores the current cutting-edge interdisciplinary research in lithospheric rheology and p...
View full detailsRheology and Deformation of the Lithosphere at Continental Margins
Garry Karner
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• Author(s): Garry Karner • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeologyThis book explores the current cutting-edge interdisciplinary research in lithospheric rheology and p...
View full detailsHungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex
John Cunningham
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• Author(s): John Cunningham • Publisher: Wallflower Press • Publisher Imprint: Wallflower Press • BISAC: Film - GeneralHungarian cinema has often been forced to tread a precarious and difficult path. Through the failed 1919 revolution to the def...
View full detailsThe Columbia Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry
David Mccann
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• Author(s): David Mccann • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asian - GeneralThe only up-to-date representative gathering of Korean poetry from the twentieth century in English, this volu...
View full detailsThe Columbia Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry
David Mccann
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• Author(s): David Mccann • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asian - GeneralKorea's modern poetry is filled with many different voices and styles, subjects and views, moves and countermo...
View full detailsChina's Democratic Future: How It Will Happen and Where It Will Lead
Bruce Gilley
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• Author(s): Bruce Gilley • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Political Process - GeneralAn eminent China expert considers how the Chinese Communist Party will be removed from power and d...
View full detailsOn the Move: Women and Rural-To-Urban Migration in Contemporary China
Arianne Gaetano
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• Author(s): Arianne Gaetano • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Sociology - RuralThis book explores the impact of migration on the identities, values, worldviews, and social positions of...
View full detailsLocal Actions: Cultural Activism, Power, and Public Life in America
Melissa Checker
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• Author(s): Melissa Checker • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialIllustrates how ethnographic research itself can become a tool for activism. This book...
View full detailsLocal Actions: Cultural Activism, Power, and Public Life in America
Melissa Checker
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• Author(s): Melissa Checker • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialIllustrates how ethnographic research itself can become a tool for activism. This book...
View full detailsWomen and the U.S. Constitution: History, Interpretation, and Practice
Sibyl Schwarzenbach
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• Author(s): Sibyl Schwarzenbach • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: ConstitutionalDivided into three parts-History, Interpretation, and Practice-this provocative volume incorporates law,...
View full detailsTorn at the Roots: The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America
Michael Staub
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• Author(s): Michael Staub • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Judaism - HistoryThis book explodes the myth of a monolithic, liberal Judaism and tells the story of the many fierce battles...
View full detailsGuangdong: Preparing for the Wto Challenge
Joseph Y. S. Cheng
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• Author(s): Joseph Y. S. Cheng • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: GeneralThis volume aims to study preparations for China's entry into the World Trade Organizati...
View full detailsPicturing Cathay: Maritime and Cultural Images of the China Trade
Hong Kong University Gallery
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• Author(s): Hong Kong University Gallery • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: Asian - GeneralFeatures China trade paintings and export art works dating from the late 18th and 19th centu...
View full detailsTalk Mandarin Today (Book Only)
Hong Xiao
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• Author(s): Hong Xiao • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Chinese"Talk Mandarin Today" is a practical guide for learning and getting by in Mandarin Chinese for ad...
View full detailsGay Men Choosing Parenthood
Gerald Mallon
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• Author(s): Gerald Mallon • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Parenting - FatherhoodAn in-depth study of gay parenthood draws on case studies and interviews to explore the various factor...
View full detailsGay Men Choosing Parenthood
Gerald Mallon
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• Author(s): Gerald Mallon • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Parenting - FatherhoodGay parenting is a topic on which almost everyone has an opinion but almost nobody has any facts. Here...
View full detailsJohn Woo's a Better Tomorrow
Karen Fang
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• Author(s): Karen Fang • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismA Better Tomorrow has always been hailed as a milestone in Hong Kong cinema. This book describe...
View full detailsWeathering the Storm: Hong Kong Observatory and Social Development
Pui–Yin Ho
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• Author(s): Pui–Yin Ho • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: Earth Sciences - Meteorology & ClimatologyThis book based on valuable historical texts and photographs, describes the cha...
View full detailsHungarian Arts and Sciences 1848-2000
László Somlyódy
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• Author(s): László Somlyódy • Publisher: East European Monographs • Publisher Imprint: East European Monographs • BISAC: GeneralSpecialists focus on Hungary's outstanding achievments in various fields, notably technology, literature and the arts...
View full detailsHong Kong Taxation: Law and Practice
Ayesha Macpherson Lau
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• Author(s): Ayesha Macpherson Lau • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: MilitaryThis is a professional book on Hong Kong tax system. It explains in detail the taxes...
View full detailsDeveloping Practice Guidelines for Social Work Intervention: Issues, Methods, and Research Agenda
Aaron Rosen
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• Author(s): Aaron Rosen • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Social WorkThe authors of this work advocate the development of readily available, accessible and professionally sanctioned pr...
View full detailsA History of Eastern Europe Since the Middle Ages
Emil Niederhauser
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• Author(s): Emil Niederhauser • Publisher: East European Monographs • Publisher Imprint: East European Monographs • BISAC: Europe - GeneralA survey of 500 years of change in Eastern Europe, this title looks at the structural elements in the earl...
View full detailsDeveloping Practice Guidelines for Social Work Intervention: Issues, Methods, and Research Agenda
Aaron Rosen
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• Author(s): Aaron Rosen • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Social WorkThis book bridges the gap between social work knowledge and empirically based practice. Although there is a signifi...
View full detailsZhongda Chinese-English Dictionary
Jiande Zheng
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• Author(s): Jiande Zheng • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: ChineseThis dictionary includes over 4500 Chinese characters with over 60,000 entries. The entries co...
View full detailsEssential Law for Social Workers
Robert Madden
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• Author(s): Robert Madden • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Practical GuidesWhether protecting their own rights or those of their clients, or navigating the juvenile justice, immigrati...
View full detailsCaring for Our Elders: Multicultural Experiences with Nursing Home Placement
Patricia Kolb
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• Author(s): Patricia Kolb • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Health Care DeliveryDescribes the experiences of African American and Afro-Caribbean, white Jewish, and Latina/o residents a...
View full detailsEssential Law for Social Workers
Robert Madden
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• Author(s): Robert Madden • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Practical GuidesWhether protecting their own rights or those of their clients, or navigating the juvenile justice, immigrati...
View full detailsCaring for Our Elders: Multicultural Experiences with Nursing Home Placement
Patricia Kolb
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• Author(s): Patricia Kolb • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Social WorkDescribes the experiences of African American and Afro-Caribbean, white Jewish, and Latina/o residents and their ...
View full detailsCriminal Lessons: Case Studies and Commentary on Crime and Justice
Frederic G. Reamer
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• Author(s): Frederic G. Reamer • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: CriminologySummarizing what he has learned about crime and criminals during his long career, Frederic G. Reamer specula...
View full detailsTown Planning in Hong Kong: A Review of Planning Appeal Decisions, 1997-2001
Wai Chung Lawrence Lai
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• Author(s): Wai Chung Lawrence Lai • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: Urban & Land Use PlanningAs Hong Kong town-planning legislation develops, there is an ever-growing demand for...
View full detailsVirtual Publics: Policy and Community in an Electronic Age
Beth Kolko
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• Author(s): Beth Kolko • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Social AspectsA collection of interdisciplinary essays that examine how the internet has affected conceptions of community and ...
View full detailsVirtual Publics: Policy and Community in an Electronic Age
Beth Kolko
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• Author(s): Beth Kolko • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Social AspectsA collection of interdisciplinary essays that examine how the internet has affected conceptions of community and ...
View full detailsNew Year Celebrations in Central China in Late Imperial Times
Göran Aijmer
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• Author(s): Göran Aijmer • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Customs & TraditionsThis study, which has been conducted in the spirit of a symbologically inclin...
View full detailsWong Kar-Wai's Ashes of Time
Wimal Dissanayake
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• Author(s): Wimal Dissanayake • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismAshes of Time, by the internationally acclaimed director Wong Kar-wai, has been consider...
View full detailsPerspectives on Marine Environmental Change in Hong Kong, 1977-2001
Brian Morton
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• Author(s): Brian Morton • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: Animals - Marine LifeMalacological, wetland and marine international workshops have been convened in Hong Kong at approxima...
View full detailsAt Home with Density [With CDROM]
Nuala Rooney
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• Author(s): Nuala Rooney • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: History - GeneralHong Kong has one of the lowest crime rates in the world and is one of the most prosperous societies , but...
View full detailsAt Home with Density
Nuala Rooney
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• Author(s): Nuala Rooney • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: History - GeneralHong Kong has one of the lowest crime rates in the world and is one of the most prosperous societies , but...
View full detailsThe Invention of a Nation: Zionist Thought and the Making of Modern Israel
Alain Dieckhoff
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• Author(s): Alain Dieckhoff • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Political Ideologies - GeneralFor two centuries, according to Alain Dieckhoff, the Jews were remarkable experimenters. Rea...
View full detailsThe Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing
William Kasdorf
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• Author(s): William Kasdorf • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Publishers & Publishing IndustryThe first comprehensive guide to all aspects of digital publishing, from rights to eBo...
View full detailsModern Construction Project Management, Second Edition
Siu Lam Tang
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• Author(s): Siu Lam Tang • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: Industrial ManagementFrom the Back CoverConstruction / Real Estate
Generalist Practice: A Task-Centered Approach
Eleanor Reardon Tolson
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• Author(s): Eleanor Reardon Tolson • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Social WorkThis essential text presents a "task-centered" methodology―a structured, short-term problem-solving appr...
View full detailsSome Did It for Civilisation; Some Did It for Their Country: A Revised View of the Boxer War
Jane Elliott
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• Author(s): Jane Elliott • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Asia - ChinaThis book marks a total departure from previous studies of the Boxer War. It evaluates th...
View full detailsPost-Soviet Russia: A Journey Through the Yeltsin Era
Roy A. Medvedev
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• Author(s): Roy A. Medvedev • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Development - Economic DevelopmentRoy Medvedev, one of the world's best-known Russian scholars and a former consultant to ...
View full detailsMobilizing Islam: Religion, Activism, and Political Change in Egypt
Carrie Rosefsky Wickham
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• Author(s): Carrie Rosefsky Wickham • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Middle East - Egypt (see also Ancient - Egypt)The book explains how Islamist groups captured the hearts and minds ...
View full detailsMobilizing Islam: Religion, Activism, and Political Change in Egypt
Carrie Rosefsky Wickham
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• Author(s): Carrie Rosefsky Wickham • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Middle East - Egypt (see also Ancient - Egypt)The book explains how Islamist groups captured the hearts and minds ...
View full detailsMasculine Interests: Homoerotics in Hollywood Film
Robert Lang
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• Author(s): Robert Lang • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismThis title considers how Hollywood articulates the eroticism that is intrinsic to identification...
View full detailsReal Choices / New Voices: How Proportional Representation Elections Could Revitalize American Democracy
Douglas Amy
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• Author(s): Douglas Amy • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Political Process - Campaigns & ElectionsDouglas J. Amy argues that plurality rules are unfair, outmoded and undemocratic ...
View full detailsWintry Night
Qiao Li
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• Author(s): Qiao Li • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: SagasSpanning over half a century, this historical novel traces the fortunes of the Peng family, Hakka Chinese pioneers whose stor...
View full detailsGirls: Feminine Adolescence in Popular Culture and Cultural Theory
Catherine Driscoll
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• Author(s): Catherine Driscoll • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Life Stages - AdolescenceThe Spice Girls, Tank Girl comicbooks, Sailor Moon, Courtney Love, Grrl Power: do such things ...
View full detailsGirls: Feminine Adolescence in Popular Culture and Cultural Theory
Catherine Driscoll
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• Author(s): Catherine Driscoll • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Life Stages - AdolescenceIs there such a thing as "girl culture"? This text argues that both "girls" and "culture" as i...
View full detailsInternational Social Work: Global Opportunities and Challenges
M. C. Hockenstad
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• Author(s): M. C. Hockenstad • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Methodology