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The Francophone Caribbean and the American South are sites born of the plantation, the common matrix for the diverse nations and territories of the circum-Caribbean.

Visions of the American city in post-apocalyptic ruin permeate literary and popular fiction, across print, visual, audio and digital media.

Jenny Huberman provides an ethnographic study of encounters between western tourists and the children who work as unlicensed peddlers and guides along the riverfront city of Banaras, India.

This open access book provides a concise explanation of the fundamentals and background of the surround sound recording and playback technology Ambisonics.

Many people see citizenship in a globalised world in terms of binaries: inclusion/exclusion, past/present, particularism/universalism.

Hugh Dempsey has for decades been one of Alberta's most prolific and influential public historians. Author of more than twenty books, he has also been "in on the ground floor" of the development of many key Alberta institutions, including the Indian Association of Alberta, the Historical Society of Alberta, and most importantly, the Glenbow Museum.

The volume of scientific literature is increasing and researchers have difficulties in estimating their quality and relevance.

Louis Althusser's thinking laid the groundwork for critical educational theory, yet it is often misunderstood in critical pedagogy, sociology of education, and related fields. In this open access book, David I.

This open access book presents recent advances in the pure sciences that are of significance in the quest for alternatives to the use of animals in research and describes a variety of practical applications of the three key guiding principles for the more ethical use of animals in experiments – replacement, reduction, and refinement, collectively known as the 3Rs.

Owing to climate change related uncertainties and anticipated population growth, different parts of the world (particularly urban areas) are experiencing water shortages or flooding and security of fit-for-purpose supplies is becoming a major issue.

This issue of International Development Policy looks at recent paradigmatic innovations and development trajectories in Latin America, focusing on the Andean region.

"In Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History, Michel-Rolph Trouillot writes that by examining the process of history we can “discover the differential exercise of power that makes some narratives possible and silences others.”

With existing petroleum oil and natural gas reserves enough for only several more decades, there is an imminent need for alternative energy sources.

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on bloomsburycollections.com.

A fresh anthropological look at a central but neglected topic: the profound changes in rural life throughout Western Europe today.

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.

This Open Access book presents a pioneering research on brownfield redevelopment in mountain regions, and specifically in the European Alps.

Early in the twenty-first century, Louisiana, one of the poorest states in the United States, redirected millions in tax dollars from the public coffers in an effort to become the top location site globally for the production of Hollywood films and television series.

What does thinking mean in the age of Artificial Intelligence? How is big-scale computation transforming the way our brains function?

In Allegories of the Anthropocene Elizabeth M. DeLoughrey traces how indigenous and postcolonial peoples in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands grapple with the enormity of colonialism and anthropogenic climate change through art, poetry, and literature.