Children in South African Families
This book gives an overview of African children’s lives in times of transition, transformation, and change some twenty-two years after political emancipation in South Africa. It covers conceptual and theoretical questions that explore the context of children’s experiences.
Children of Incarcerated Parents
In this poignant book, children of the incarcerated share their real-life stories, putting a face to the numbers. With eye-opening accounts from caregivers and professionals, discover programs and best practices that are making a difference in the lives of these children.
Children of the Sun
An ethnographic study of street children in Mexico and Peru. Based on firsthand knowledge gained from living and working with them, this book offers an in-depth look at their subculture, drug use, crime, and the effects on their development.
Children on the Boundaries of Time and Space in Sub-Saharan Africa
This book departs from stereotypes to analyze children’s rights and well-being in sub-Saharan Africa. It explores the conflict between official policies and reality, bridging the gap between government rhetoric and effective practice to help children thrive.
Children, Childhood, and the Future
The science of a “good childhood” is based on Western children, ignoring the global majority. This volume bridges that gap by exploring childhood in African countries, offering ways to develop joint ideas about childhood instead of imposing one-sided standards.
Fourteen authors present their work on children in past societies, from the Palaeolithic to the Middle Ages. These studies explore the lives and deaths of children, challenging our notions of the past. The past will never be the same after its children have entered the scene…
Children, Their Schools and What They Learn on Beginning Primary School
This pioneering study of education in Cameroon highlights how Anglophone and Francophone colonial legacies shape language socialization in schools, exposing a critical gap between official bilingualism policy and classroom reality and its impact on identity.
Children, Young People and Sport
This research-based study explores the motivations of children and young people in playing sport, what it means to them, and how it fits into their everyday lives, capturing the texture, nuances and meanings of participation in sport in Australia, France, Japan and New Zealand.
Children’s and Young Adult Literature and Culture
This collection of essays investigates various nuances of a wealth of topics in children’s and young adult literature and culture, from the representation of race and bullying in picture-books to environmentalism and religion in fantasy literature, among others.
This collection of scholarship offers an eclectic overview of youth culture. Essays explore unusual minds that question human existence, the evolution of board and video games, magic in fantasy fiction, and consumerism in popular teen book series.
ChiMoKoJa
This initial volume of the biannual and peer-reviewed journal of the same name covers a variety of aspects of East Asian history, including the Russian East Asiatic Company in the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-5 and the role of Japan during the early Cold War.
China
China’s university graduates are its future leaders. A look into their psyche is a window into the future of China, as their thoughts as students will shape their adult attitudes. Here, we present students’ responses on issues of current importance.
China and Europe in 21st Century Global Politics
China and Europe shape global politics through partnership and competition. This volume investigates their “co-evolution”—cooperating where possible to minimize conflict. With balanced perspectives from Chinese and European scholars, it covers security, economics, and energy.
China and the Global Media Landscape
This book explores how Chinese media became a global force, remapping the world’s media landscape. It examines how China’s system is shaped by others, while its own “going out” strategy influences film, broadcasting, the press, and the Internet worldwide.
China and the United States
Using the latest economic and business information to show how the business and economic environments of China and the United States are intertwined, this text offers a detailed account of how multinationals from the United States have been incorporated into the Chinese economy.
China and the West
This collection scrutinises how China and the West interact in culture, arts, politics and everyday life. The essays analyse new dynamics that challenge authoritative views and deconstruct traditional responses to otherness within globalisation.
China Beyond the Binary
This book brings together Ancient Chinese stories, great novels, and modern online literature. It is a magic combination of stories and academic studies, with ideas from writers from different backgrounds, forming a picture of China and its relationship with other cultures.
China From Where We Stand
This anthology brings together powerful, diverse voices to define the boundaries and possibilities of the new field of Comparative Sinology, and redefines the boundaries of traditional academic study when trying to understand China and its place in the world today.
China in the Frame
This ethnographic study of Chinese art displays in Italy highlights how representing the cultural Other becomes a process of self-expression. It shows how in representing China, Italy is induced to question and represent its own cultural identity.
China Views Nine-Eleven
In this collection of essays, scholars, mostly from China, address how Nine-Eleven affected the United States globally and at home. They discuss foreign policy, internal politics, and cultural repercussions, viewing the events in a much broader historical context.
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