Women and Public Life in Early Meiji Japan focuses on women’s activities in the new public spaces of Meiji Japan. With chapters on public, private, and missionary schools for girls, their students, and teachers, on social and political groups women created, on female employment, and on women’s participation in print media, this book offers a new perspective on nineteenth- and early twentiet…
Making Sense explores the experiential, ethical, and intellectual stakes of living in, and thinking about, a world in which language cannot be taken for granted. In Nepal, many deaf signers use Nepali Sign Language (NSL), a young, conventional signed language. The majority of deaf Nepalis, however, use what NSL signers call natural sign. Natural sign involves both conventional and improvisatory…
We are all familiar with the many reasons why we should fight poverty. Poor people do not have enough money to meet their basic needs, are excluded from society, are often not given proper respect, or can become easy prey at the hands of others who want to dominate them. In the domains of both material and immaterial goods, there is a widespread understanding about what it means w…
This open access edited volume reports on a unique network of innovative in-school and out-of-school programs, University-Community Links. UC Links connects university faculty and students with young people and their families in diverse communities around the world. Chapters in this volume describe programs in the United States (California) as well as Germany, Italy, Spain, Uganda, and Uruguay.…
When Europeans first arrived in North America, between five and eight million indigenous people were already living there. But how did they come to be here? What were their agricultural, spiritual, and hunting practices? How did their societies evolve and what challenges do they face today? Eminent historians Theda Perdue and Michael Green begin by describing how nomadic bands of hunter-gather…
Describes the fascinating animal details that are too small for the unaided eye to see, and how these microscopic systems work to keep the animal alive and healthy.
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is an international organization dedicated to supporting and promoting strong, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth in developing countries and emerging economies. GGGI interventions are premised on the promise of green growth—a simultaneous advancement of economic growth, environmental sustainability, poverty reduction, and social inclusiveness.…
Cities and Citadels provides an urgent update of archaeology’s engagement with economic theory. Recent events have forced a major reassessment of economic thinking. In the wake of the 2008 Great Recession and the economic impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the world finds itself in unprecedented times. Even though archaeology typically concerns itself with the remote past, it must also help us …
Ayu Sutra didapati tetangganya, Ny. Diah, dalam keadaan babak belur setelah dihajar suaminya. Di dalam kamarnya Ny. Diah melihat sebilah gunting yang tajam, yang ikut ambil bagian dalam adegan pertengkaran mereka. Tiga hari kemudian, Ir. Sutra ditemukan Ny. Diah dalam keadaan tidak bernyawa di kamarnya. Gunting yang sama merupakan senjata fatalnya. Beberapa waktu sebelumnya, istri korban terli…
Masyarakat Surabaya dan sekitarnya pasti mengenal Kakek Bodo - tempat rekreasi yang disemarakkan oleh kehadiran sebuah air terjun di daerah pegunungan yang sejuk dan menawan. Lalu apakah yang akan anda lakukan jika pada suatu saat anda menyaksikan suatu pembunuhan di sana? Dessy Kosasih yang tiba-tiba sadar bahwa ia telah melihat wajah seorang pembunuh, menjadi panik. Lebih-lebih lagi setelah …
Citra membuka pintu kamar tidur sahabatnya. Apa yang dilihatnya membuatnya berteriak sebelum dia menyadari bahwa mayat yang terkapar di lantai itu bukanlah Ani sahabatnya! Namun kelegaan yang timbul segera tersalip oleh kekuatiran. Di manakah Ani kalau begitu? Ini merupakan awal pengusutan Kapten Polisi Kosasih bersama kawan karibnya Gozali. Siapakah yang telah membunuh gadis yang tidak dikena…
This is the new edition of chemical and process engineers' favorite reference. Previous editions of this authoritative, comprehensive handbook have sold more than 887,000 copies. This Seventh Edition contains 50% new or revised material, including new information on condensers, reboilers, evaporators, and vessels; multicomponent and enhance distillation including azeotropic, extractive, and rea…
Sejarah umat manusia adalah catatan besar tentang aneka paradoks. Bagaimana kita bisa sangat welas asih dan sekaligus sangat kejam. Kita begitu pantang menyerah dan sekaligus cepat putus asa. Sedemikian digdaya kita menjelajah ruang angkasa, tapi tak kuasa menyelamatkan sesama dari kelaparan dan peperangan. Dan kenyataan itu dipertajam dan diperluas oleh teknologi digital ketika semua hal parad…
"La-ha-hoo! la-ha-hoo!" Far down the widening valley, and up the wild, picturesque ravine, rang the strange but not unmusical call. It awoke the slumbering echoes of the still place, and a hundred voices seemed to take up the cry, and pass it on as from mouth to mouth. But the boy's quick ears were not to be deceived by the mocking voices of the spirits of solitude, and page 1 / 222 pres…
Pada suatu malam digin, di sudut kota Chicago paling tak disangka, dua orang yang tidak saling mengenal bertemu. Dua remaja bernama sama, dengan teman-teman sangat berbeda, mendadak mengalami perubahan hidup luar biasa, yang berujung pada perubahan hati yang heroik dan pertunjukan musikal paling epik di SMA.