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This is a pioneering work on "karayuki-san," impoverished Japanese women sent abroad to work as prostitutes from the 1860s to the 1920s.

In this book, a make-believe cocaine museum becomes a vantage point from which to assess the lives of Afro-Colombian gold miners drawn into the dangerous world of cocaine production in the rain for

This powerful study immerses the reader in the world of homelessness and drug addiction in the contemporary United States.

Perfect for homework or small group assignments, these worksheets help students apply their knowledge and experience to their work as parents, counselors, caretakers, and teachers.

This book provides an introduction to Africa -- covering its physical attributes, history, social structure, and culture.

In our zeal to embrace the wonders of the electronic age, are we sacrificing our literary culture? Renowned critic Sven Birkerts believes the answer is an alarming yes.

According to the research of initiate Rudolf Steiner, humanity is in a continual process of transformation and evolution.

"Few of the countless real-life stories of workplace discrimination suffered by men and women every day are ever told publicly.

Madness, sexuality, power, knowledge—are these facts of life or simply parts of speech?

Janet Giltrow's Academic Writing: Writing and Reading in the Disciplines has been widely acclaimed in all its editions as a superb textbook--and an important contribution to the pedagogy of introdu

After four decades of eradicating gender barriers at work and in public life, why do men still dominate business, politics and the most highly paid jobs' Why do high-achieving women opt out of succ

"A dry look at late-20th-century feminist leaders in academia, by a psychologist and professor of higher education at UCLA (Astin) and a senior program associate at the Center for Creative Leadersh

Essay Writing for Canadian Students, a popular writing guide for 30 years, presents the writing process as a systematic set of procedures for planning, drafting, and revising deductively organized

The most trusted general chemistry text in Canada is back in a thoroughly revised 10th edition.