E-book Migration Narratives : Diverging Stories in Schools, Churches, and Civ…

Longstanding residents—members of formerly migrant groups whose families had been in Marshall for over a generation—often told stories that compared their own families’ migrant histories with Mexican migrants’. Many of these stories described similarities between the narrators’ migrant ancestors and contemporary Mexicans. In the passage above …

E-book Eyewitness Travel: Los Angeles

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E-book Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction

Poststructuralism changes the way we understand the relations between human beings, their culture, and the world. Following a brief account of the historical relationship between structuralism and poststructuralism, this Very Short Introduction traces the key arguments that have led poststructuralists to challenge traditional theories of language and culture. While the author discusses such we…

E-book Garranes : An Early Medieval Royal Site in South-West Ireland

The significance of Garranes lies partly in the date of Lisnacaheragh, believed to have been built in the fifth century AD. That is early in the history of the Irish ringfort, the origins of which remain unclear. The evidence of specialist craftworking in metal, glass and enamel from Lisnacaheragh testifies to the importance of the site. The dis…

E-book Sound Citizens : Australian Women Broadcasters Claim their Voice, 1923…

In 1954, Dame Enid Lyons, the first Australian woman elected to the House of Representatives, remarked in an interview with ABC Weekly that radio had ‘created a bigger revolution in the life of a woman than anything that has happened any time’, as it enabled women to engage with world affairs while doing the housework. According to Lyons, radio had given women the ‘confidenceâ…

E-book Global Political Demography : The Politics of Population Change

Political demography, or the systematic study of population changeand politics, public policies and polities, sees population dynamics (struc-ture and change) as one of the main drivers of politics at the meso-and macro-level. As an approach, it can be defined as the study of thedynamics in the size, composition and distribution of populations andtheir effects on political and policy processes.…

E-book Energy Poverty, Practice, and Policy

Energy poverty refers to issues that span access to energy, energy depri-vation, and its under-use within daily life. Broadly, the central concern ofresearch and policy in this space is with the negative outcomes that a lackof energy use has for wellbeing. Within the UK and many other globalcontexts, the focus has often been on those that cannot afford to heattheir homes, with solutions posed a…

E-Book Human-Centered AI: A Multidisciplinary Perspective for Policy-Makers, …

Artificial intelligence (AI) permeates our lives in a growing number of ways. Relying solely on traditional, technology-driven approaches won't suffice to develop and deploy that technology in a way that truly enhances human experience. A new concept is desperately needed to reach that goal. That concept is Human-Centered AI (HCAI). With 29 captivating chapters, this book delves deep into the r…

E-Book Dispossession: Anthropological Perspectives on Russia’s War Against …

This volume examines Russia’s war on Ukraine. Scholars who have lived through the Russian invasion or who have conducted ethnographic research in the region for decades provide timely analysis of a war that will leave a lasting mark on the twenty-first century. Using the concept of dispossession, this volume showcases some of the novel ways violence operates in the Russian-Ukrainian war and t…

E-book Disturbing Times : Medieval Pasts, Reimagined Futures

These are disturbing times. Scholars in medieval and premod-ern studies are tired of explaining why, yet this labor continues to be performed by those who often have the least personal and professional security.1 A case in point here is Mary Rambaran-Olm, who consistently advocated, and with considerable risk for her own scholarly career and personal well-being, for the re-tire…