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Global Labor Migration: New Directions (Studies of World Migrations)
by Eileen Boris • Bridget Anderson • Pun Ngai • Julie Greene • Heidi Gottfried • Judy Fudge • Jenny Chan • Rutvica Andrijasevic • Radhika Natarajan • Matt Withers • Joo-Cheong Tham • Nicola Piper • Helen Sampson • Katie Bales • Penelope Ciancanelli • Felipe Barradas Bastos • Charlie Fanning • Jorge L Giovannetti-Torres • Justin Jackson • Bastiaan Nugteren • Jessica R Pliley • Devi Sacchetto • Yael SchacherAround the world, hundreds of millions of labor migrants endure exploitation, lack of basic rights, and institutionalized discrimination and marginalization. What dynamics and drivers have created a world in which such a huge--and rapidly growing--group toils as marginalized men and women, existing ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023 -
Contemporary Debates on Terrorism
Contemporary Debates on Terrorism is an innovative new textbook, addressing a number of key issues in contemporary terrorism studies from both 'traditional' and 'critical' perspectives. In recent years the terrorism studies field has grown significantly, with an increasing number of scholars beginni... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Ground-Based Aerosol Optical Depth Measurement Using Sunphotometers
This book gives a detailed review on ground-based aerosol optical depth measurement with emphasis on the calibration issue. The review is written in chronological sequence to render better comprehension on the evolution of the classical Langley calibration from the past to present. It not only com... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Reconstruction and Empire: The Legacies of Abolition and Union Victory for an Imperial Age (Reconstructing America)
by Mark Elliott • Rebecca Edwards • Lawrence B. Glickman • David V. Holtby • David Prior • Adrian Brettle • Christina C. Davidson • Andre Fleche • Gregg French • Reilly Ben Hatch • Justin F. Jackson • Dj Polite • Brian ShottThis volume examines the historical connections between the United States’ Reconstruction and the country’s emergence as a geopolitical power a few decades later. It shows how the processes at work during the postbellum decade variously foreshadowed, inhibited, and conditioned the development of the... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Sick of the System: Why the COVID-19 recovery must be revolutionary
by John Clarke • Richard Swift • Emma Jackson • Justin Piché • Alberto Toscano • Jamie Swift • Harry Glasbeek • Gary Kinsman • Kai Cheng Thom • Robyn Maynard • Andrew Jackson • Anita Girvan • James T. Brophy • Nicole Marie Burton • Hugh Goldring • Dallas Hunt • El Jones • Margaret M. Keith • Julie S. Lalonde • Wayne Lewchuk • Jane E. McArthur • Alexander McClelland • Karen Messing • Elaine Power • Gina StarblanketFamilies left grieving; small businesses shuttered; communities in lockdown; precarious workers set adrift; health care workers stressed beyond endurance. The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world to its core. But the cracks already ran deep. Featuring essays on poverty, health care, incarceratio... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1977