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"Pat Barker is one of the most compelling of the current generation of British novelists, especially in her use of the novel as an instrument of social critique, fashioning a literature which does not shy away from asking thorny questions, refusing the doctrinaire of what goes without saying, suspicious of simple answers. In this critical study, David Waterman examines questions of social representation in all of Pat Barker's novels, published over the last twenty-five years, from Union Street (1982) to the recent Life Class (2007), especially the ways in which Barker encourages us to interrogate the reality created by such conventionalizing, prescriptive representations in favor of a reality more accurately represented through a critical assessment of the uses and abuses of collective representations." --Book Jacket.
Según el Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de las Naciones Unidas (UNDESA), la movilidad humana crece en nuestro tiempo sin precedentes, pues el flujo migratorio internacional en 1960 ofrecía 100 millones de personas, en 2000 son 155 millones y en 2010 alcanza los 210 millones. La situación actual es que, si a finales del siglo XIX y principios del siglo XX, el continente europeo asistió al éxodo de sus habitantes a diferentes regiones del mundo, especialmente de América, en las últimas décadas Europa está viviendo el reverso de este fenómeno, sin contar los casos de Estados Unidos y otros países más que atraen migrantes de países subdesarrollados. La complejidad de...
A comprehensive bibliography dealing specifically with African slave trade. This volume has been sub-classified for easier consultation and the compiler has provided, where possible, descriptions and comments on the works listed.
Technology has long been an essential consideration in public discussions of the environment, with the focus overwhelmingly on creating new tools and techniques. In more recent years, however, activists, researchers, and policymakers have increasingly turned to mobilizing older technologies in their pursuit of sustainability. In fascinating case studies ranging from the Early Modern secondhand trade to utopian visions of human-powered vehicles, the contributions gathered here explore the historical fortunes of two such technologies—bicycling and waste recycling—tracing their development over time and providing valuable context for the policy successes and failures of today.
L'ouvrage présente les différents aspects de la vie familiale après la séparation des parents, tels l'adaptation des enfants et des adolescents, l'exercice des rôles familiaux, le soutien aux familles séparées, certains cas de séparation particuliers, de même qu'une perspective historique de la famille québécoise. [SDM].
A comprehensive study of recent African history, examining the political, social, and economic effects of colonialism.
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