“…As previous studies have focused on the coasts, historians have not yet completely explained why westerners joined the ranks of the National American, or "Know Nothing," Party or why the nation's bloodiest anti-immigrant riots erupted in western cities--namely Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, and St. …”

“…Toujours dans le cadre d'une typologie du cinéma, les goûts de Claude Simon en matière de Western sont révélés par une lecture attentive des romans. …”

“…Aware of the ambiguous nature of information collected in restricted circumstances, they make every effort to present a complete and unbiased picture of Tibetan communities living on China's western frontiers.Kolas and Thowsen investigate the present conditions of Tibetan cultural life and cultural expression, providing a wealth of detailed information on topics such as the number of restored monasteries and nunneries and the number of monks, nuns, and tulkus (reincarnated lamas) affiliated with them; sources of funding for monastic reconstruction and financial support of clerics; types of religious ceremonies being practiced; the content of monastic and secular education; school attendance; educational curriculum and funding; the role of language in Tibetan schools; and Tibetan news and cultural media.On the Margins of Tibet will be of interest to historians and social scientists studying modern China and Tibetan culture, and to the many others concerned about Tibet's place in the world…”

“…Showing why Afghan activists often chose to use the leverage of Western powers instead of entering into either protracted negotiations with powerful national actors or broad political mobilization, the book examines both the achievements and the limits of this strategy."…”

“…The book deals not only with developments in the large states of Western Europe, but gives equal attention to small states (Belgium, the Netherlands, Hungary) and to the declining Habsburg Empire and Tsarist Russia. …”

“…This open access book focuses on the origins, consequences and aftermath of the 1995 and 1999 Western military interventions that led to the end of the most recent Balkan wars. …”

“…Konvitz argues that as seafaring became more critical to Western civilization, intellectuals and rulers placed more importance on urban planning. …”

“…This collection’s central questions revolve around the disassociation Western ideas of creative freedom have from the impacts those ideas and practices have on the non-human world. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Characteristics of Teachers -- The Status and Prestige of Teachers and Teaching -- The Political Orientations of Teachers -- Dimensions of Quality in Teacher Knowledge -- Teachers' Values in the Classroom -- Footnotes to Teacher Leadership -- Sex Segregation and Tokenism among Teachers -- Teacher Behavior -- The Classroom as an Arena of Teachers' Work -- Teachers and Democratic Schooling -- Teachers and Parents -- Teacher Commitment -- Teachers' Beliefs about Student Learning and Motivation -- Teachers and the Politics of History School Textbooks -- Teachers' Emotion Regulation -- Principal and Teachers Relations: Trust at the Core of School Improvement -- Teacher Misbehaviour -- School Administrator Mistreatment of Teachers -- Teacher Life-Cycles -- Tracking Teachers -- Teachers' Work, Power and Authority -- Teachers as Professionals: Salaries, Benefits and Unions -- Teacher Burnout and Teacher Resilience: Assessing the Impacts of the School Accountability Movement -- Teachers and Promotion: Research Evidence on the Role of Gender, Career Intentions, Promotion Criteria and Teacher Satisfaction -- Teachers and Teaching in Comparative Perspective -- Teachers in Comparative Perspective -- Comparative Perspectives On Teachers, Teaching And Professionalism -- Teachers and Teaching in Eastern and Western Schools: A Critical Review of Cross-Cultural Comparative Studies -- Teachers and Teaching in Africa -- Greek Cypriot Teachers and Classroom Diversity: Intercultural Education in Cyprus -- Dimensions of Teaching -- Three Sides of Teaching: Styles, Models, and Diversity -- Creating Productive Learning Environments in Culturally Pluralistic Classrooms -- Justice in Teaching -- Ethics and Teaching -- Teacher Expectations and Labeling -- Teaching in Classrooms -- Teacher–Student Interaction -- Assessment and Examinations -- Classroom Management -- Teachers as Role Models -- Teaching in a Multicultural Classroom -- Teaching in Large and Small Classes -- Teaching and Learning in the Ict Environment -- Effective Teaching: an Emerging Synthesis -- Teaching and Nonverbal Behavior in the Classroom -- Teaching Specific Student Populations -- Teaching at the Secondary Level -- Teaching at Tertiary Level -- Teaching for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) -- Teaching Students With Special Needs -- Teaching Gifted and Talented Children -- Teaching “at Risk” Students: Meeting Their Needs -- Teaching Indigenous Populations -- Single-Sex or Coeducational Classes -- Teaching and the Boy Problem -- The Teaching of Individual Subjects -- The Teaching of Reading -- Teaching History -- Teaching Mathematics -- Teaching Science -- Teaching About Political and Social Values -- Conditions for Promoting Moral and Prosocial Development in Schools -- Teaching a Second Language -- Teaching in Arts Education -- Research on Teaching Health and Physical Education -- Great Debates about Teachers and Teaching -- Keeping Track or Getting Offtrack: Issues in the Tracking Of Students -- High Stakes Testing and Teaching to the Test -- Value-Added Models of Teacher Effects -- Teachers and Teaching During Educational Restructuring and Reforms -- Grade Retention Redux: A Dissenting Perspective -- Teachers and Teaching in an Era Of Heightened School Accountability: A Forward Look…”

“…But who would venture to describe the entire complicated worldwide system starting in the diamond mines and ending with the consumers of Western metropolises? In The Mazzel Ritual: Culture, Customs and Crime in the Diamond Trade, Russian-Israeli cultural anthropologist and criminologist Dina Siegel follows the route of a diamond from the mines of Africa to the shops of Europe and the United States, as it passes through countless hands and places and is smuggled, stolen, cut, polished, sold, exchanged and, finally, worn as jewelry. …”

“…Men Trapped in Men's Bodies explores the phenomenon of autogynephilia, arguing cogently that it accounts for many cases of male-to-female (MtF) transsexualism in Western countries. The book demonstrates that not all MtF transsexuals conform to the familiar stereotype of women trapped in men's bodies: Many resemble—and even describe themselves as—men trapped in men's bodies. …”

“…The volumes expound the contribution of the German tradition to the rise of social policy in the Western world in the 19th and 20th centuries. Germany pioneered modern social policy in the 19th century when Bismarck introduced social insurance. …”

“…Edelman's subject is the peasantry of the right-bank Ukraine, and he uses local and regional archives seldom available to Western scholars to give a detailed picture of the ways in which the inhabitants of one of Russia's most advanced agrarian regions expressed their discontent during the years 1905-1907. …”

“…This think tank was a rare zone of freedom, communication, and negotiation, where leading Soviet scientists could try out their innovative ideas, benefit from access to Western literature, and develop social networks, thus paving the way for some of the key science and policy breakthroughs of the twentieth century.Ambitious diplomatic, scientific, and organizational strategies were employed to make this arena for cooperation work for global change. …”

“…This book examines the major dynamics that drive changes in the religio-political landscape of the Muslim world-a vast and diverse region that stretches from Western Africa through the Middle East to the Southern Philippines and includes Muslim communities and diasporas throughout…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Berlinski and Simon A. R. Western -- Chatper 4. Institutionalisation, Retailisation, and Shifting Responsibilities: The Canadian Perspective by Thomas A. …”

“…Additionally, there is a growing reaction to the predominance of Western social theories that is fuelling recognition of and movement towards theories that reference the wide range of contextual and cultural perspectives available in the East. …”

“…This collection brings together leading anthropologists, historians, philosophers, and artificial-intelligence researchers to discuss the sciences and mathematics used in various Eastern, Western, and Indigenous societies, both ancient and contemporary. …”

“…She shows how myriad forms of nostalgia across the globe-from those that posit a mythic national past to those critical of neoliberalism that remember a time when people believed in the possibility of a collective good-indelibly shape the post-cold war era. When Western triumphalism moved into global South and former eastern bloc spaces, many articulated a powerful sense of loss and a longing for stability. …”

“…Benjaminsen introduces the international debate on climate security, with a particular focus on Mali as a 'hub' country of the current security crisis in the Western Sahel. Providing a critique of simplistic narratives, he develops the idea of 'recognition' as a neglected aspect of justice in the literature on the Sahel, as well as in policy and media debates. …”