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Crying in H Mart (Paperback): Michelle Zauner Crying in H Mart (Paperback)
Michelle Zauner
R285 R258 Discovery Miles 2 580 Save R27 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2021 The New York Times bestseller from the Grammy-nominated indie rockstar Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, deeply moving memoir about growing up mixed-race, Korean food, losing her Korean mother, and forging her own identity in the wake of her loss. 'As good as everyone says it is and, yes, it will have you in tears. An essential read for anybody who has lost a loved one, as well as those who haven't' - Marie-Claire In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humour and heart, she tells of growing up the only Asian-American kid at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother's particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother's tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food. As she grew up, moving to the east coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, performing gigs with her fledgling band - and meeting the man who would become her husband - her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live. It was her mother's diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer, when Michelle was twenty-five, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her. Vivacious, lyrical and honest, Michelle Zauner's voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, and reread. 'Possibly the best book I've read all year . . . I will be buying copies for friends and family this Christmas.' - Rukmini Iyer in the Guardian 'Best Food Books of 2021' 'Wonderful . . . The writing about Korean food is gorgeous . . . but as a brilliant kimchi-related metaphor shows, Zauner's deepest concern is the ferment, and delicacy, of complicated lives.' - Victoria Segal, Sunday Times, 'My favourite read of the year'

Home Again - Stories of Migration and Return (Paperback): Celia Sorhaindo, Polly Pattullo Home Again - Stories of Migration and Return (Paperback)
Celia Sorhaindo, Polly Pattullo
R309 R284 Discovery Miles 2 840 Save R25 (8%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What happens when people return to the land of their birth after decades away? The migrants' journey is a well-told story but much less is known about those who return. Why do they go back? What is it like to be back home? Home Again is a collection of contemporary real-life stories by men and women who have returned to Dominica. Their feelings and experiences, expressed in their own words, link the challenges of the past to both the positive aspects of return - a sense of belonging and well-being - and also to its difficulties - of rejection and frustration. Compelling, moving and intensely personal, Home Again, is a revealing insight into the lives of these pioneering migrants.

Once I Was You - A Memoir (Paperback): Maria Hinojosa Once I Was You - A Memoir (Paperback)
Maria Hinojosa
R477 R448 Discovery Miles 4 480 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Advanced Introduction to Migration Studies (Hardcover): Ronald Skeldon Advanced Introduction to Migration Studies (Hardcover)
Ronald Skeldon
R2,862 Discovery Miles 28 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. Providing a timely overview of the main issues and scholarship in migration studies, Ronald Skeldon examines the principal methods of migration and offers in-depth guidance on trends and types of population movements in today's world. Key areas such as forced movements and refugees are considered, alongside more voluntary migration and the relationship between migration and development. The main approaches to migration policy are also reviewed. Key features include: a broad interdisciplinary approach to migration studies consideration of both internal and international migration a fresh look at future migration challenges a substantial review of the literature. This insightful Advanced Introduction will be an excellent resource for both graduates and undergraduates studying migration. It will also be a useful guide for researchers in government departments, international agencies and think tanks who are actively engaged in work on migration.

The Cambridge World History of Food (Hardcover): Kenneth F. Kiple, Kriemhild Conee Ornelas The Cambridge World History of Food (Hardcover)
Kenneth F. Kiple, Kriemhild Conee Ornelas
R3,205 Discovery Miles 32 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An undertaking without parallel or precedent, this monumental volume encapsulates much of what is known of the history of food and nutrition. It constitutes a vast and essential chapter in the history of human health and culture. Ranging from the eating habits of our prehistoric ancestors to food-related policy issues we face today, this work covers the full spectrum of foods that have been hunted, gathered, cultivated, and domesticated; their nutritional make-up and uses; and their impact on cultures and demography. It offers a geographical perspective on the history and culture of food and drink and takes up subjects from food fads, prejudices, and taboos to questions of food toxins, additives, labelling, and entitlements. It culminates in a dictionary that identifies and sketches out brief histories of plant foods mentioned in the text - over 1,000 in all - and additionally supplies thousands of common names and synonyms for those foods.

Love Undocumented - Risking Trust in a Fearful World (Paperback): Sarah Quezada Love Undocumented - Risking Trust in a Fearful World (Paperback)
Sarah Quezada; Foreword by Alexia Salvatierra
R399 R374 Discovery Miles 3 740 Save R25 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Cambridge World History of Food (Hardcover): Kenneth F. Kiple, Kriemhild Conee Ornelas The Cambridge World History of Food (Hardcover)
Kenneth F. Kiple, Kriemhild Conee Ornelas
R3,225 Discovery Miles 32 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An undertaking without parallel or precedent, this monumental volume encapsulates much of what is known of the history of food and nutrition. It constitutes a vast and essential chapter in the history of human health and culture. Ranging from the eating habits of our prehistoric ancestors to food-related policy issues we face today, this work covers the full spectrum of foods that have been hunted, gathered, cultivated, and domesticated; their nutritional make-up and uses; and their impact on cultures and demography. It offers a geographical perspective on the history and culture of food and drink and takes up subjects from food fads, prejudices, and taboos to questions of food toxins, additives, labelling, and entitlements. It culminates in a dictionary that identifies and sketches out brief histories of plant foods mentioned in the text - over 1,000 in all - and additionally supplies thousands of common names and synonyms for those foods.

A History of Colonization on the Western Coast of Africa (Paperback): Archibald Alexander A History of Colonization on the Western Coast of Africa (Paperback)
Archibald Alexander
R788 Discovery Miles 7 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
An Address on the Prevention of Pauperism (Paperback): Walter Channing An Address on the Prevention of Pauperism (Paperback)
Walter Channing
R398 Discovery Miles 3 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Hadha Baladuna - Arab American Narratives of Boundary and Belonging (Paperback): Ghassan Zeineddine, Nabeel Abraham, Sally... Hadha Baladuna - Arab American Narratives of Boundary and Belonging (Paperback)
Ghassan Zeineddine, Nabeel Abraham, Sally Howell
R638 R576 Discovery Miles 5 760 Save R62 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Essays and poems exploring the diverse range of the Arab American experience. This collection begins with stories of immigration and exile by following newcomers' attempts to assimilate into American society. Editors Ghassan Zeineddine, Nabeel Abraham, and Sally Howell have assembled emerging and established writers who examine notions of home, belonging, and citizenship from a wide array of communities, including cultural heritages originating from Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, and Yemen. The strong pattern in Arab Detroit today is to oppose marginalization through avid participation in almost every form of American identity-making. This engaged stance is not a by-product of culture, but a new way of thinking about the US in relation to one's homeland. Hadha Baladuna ("this is our country") is the first work of creative nonfiction in the field of Arab American literature that focuses entirely on the Arab diaspora in Metro Detroit, an area with the highest concentration of Arab Americans in the US. Narratives move from a young Lebanese man in the early 1920s peddling his wares along country roads to an aspiring Iraqi-Lebanese poet who turns to the music of Tupac Shakur for inspiration. The anthology then pivots to experiences growing up Arab American in Detroit and Dearborn, capturing the cultural vibrancy of urban neighborhoods and dramatizing the complexity of what it means to be Arab, particularly from the vantage point of biracial writers. Included in these works is a fearless account of domestic and sexual abuse and a story of a woman who comes to terms with her queer identity in a community that is not entirely accepting. The volume also includes photographs from award-winning artist Rania Matar that present heterogenous images of Arab American women set against the arresting backdrop of Detroit. The anthology concludes with explorations of political activism dating back to the 1960s and Dearborn's shifting demographic landscape. Hadha Baladuna will shed light on the shifting position of Arab Americans in an era of escalating tension between the United States and the Arab region.

Yaradee - a Plea for Africa: in Familiar Conversations on the Subject of Slavery and Colonization (Paperback): Frederick Freeman Yaradee - a Plea for Africa: in Familiar Conversations on the Subject of Slavery and Colonization (Paperback)
Frederick Freeman
R601 Discovery Miles 6 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
An Essay on the Principle of Population, as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society. With Remarks on the Speculations of... An Essay on the Principle of Population, as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society. With Remarks on the Speculations of Mr. Godwin, M. Condorcet, and Other Writers. by T.R. Malthus (Paperback)
Thomas Robert Malthus
R712 Discovery Miles 7 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
An Essay on the Principle of Population - Or, a View of Its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness; With an Inquiry Into... An Essay on the Principle of Population - Or, a View of Its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness; With an Inquiry Into Our Prospects Respecting the Future Removal or Mitigation of the Evils Which it Occasions (Paperback)
Thomas Robert Malthus
R714 Discovery Miles 7 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Vindication of Commerce and the Arts - Proving That They Are the Source of the Greatness, Power, Riches and Populousness of a... A Vindication of Commerce and the Arts - Proving That They Are the Source of the Greatness, Power, Riches and Populousness of a State (Paperback)
William Temple
R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
An Essay on the Principle of Population - Or, a View of Its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness; With an Inquiry Into... An Essay on the Principle of Population - Or, a View of Its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness; With an Inquiry Into Our Prospects Respecting the Future Removal or Mitigation of the Evils Which it Occasions (Paperback)
Thomas Robert Malthus
R717 Discovery Miles 7 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Bilateral Relations in the Mediterranean - Prospects for Migration Issues (Hardcover): Francesca Ippolito, Gianluca Borzoni,... Bilateral Relations in the Mediterranean - Prospects for Migration Issues (Hardcover)
Francesca Ippolito, Gianluca Borzoni, Federico Casolari
R4,028 Discovery Miles 40 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This timely book assesses national and supranational bilateral approaches to dealing with the rising tide of migration into the European Union via the Mediterranean Sea. International law and EU migration law specialists critically assess the legal tools adopted to engage with the 'refugee crisis'. While the EU works to develop a unified approach to Mediterranean transit and origin countries, the authors argue that a crucial role should be accorded to individual states in finding a solution to this complex and sensitive situation. Historical and political factors playing into migration strategies are discussed, and the legal framework underpinning the bilateral and regional schemes on which the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean seek to cooperate on migration is also examined. Migration-related issues, such as search and rescue at sea, human rights and policing are explored throughout the book. Comparing the bilateral arrangements Southern EU Member States have made with the Mediterranean countries of origin and the regional bilateralism conducted by the EU, expert authors assess how best to achieve a coherent model. This will be an essential read for academics and scholars in international and European migration law, environmental politics and policy; practitioners and policymakers working on migration issues, and NGOs. Contributors include: C. Billet, M. Borraccetti, G. Borzoni, F. Casolari, M. Di Filippo, M. Gatti, I. Gonzalez Garcia, F. Ippolito, K.D. Magliveras, A. Ott, M. Ovadek, E. Papastavridis, I. Sammut, F. Seatzu, P. Van Elsuwege, J. Wouters, V. Zvezda

American Like Me - Reflections on Life Between Cultures (Paperback): America Ferrera American Like Me - Reflections on Life Between Cultures (Paperback)
America Ferrera
R576 R546 Discovery Miles 5 460 Save R30 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Advanced Introduction to Demography (Paperback): Wolfgang Lutz Advanced Introduction to Demography (Paperback)
Wolfgang Lutz
R806 Discovery Miles 8 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. Highlighting the power of multi-dimensional demography, this Advanced Introduction addresses the most consequential changes in our societies and economies using quantitative approaches. It defines three demographic theories with predictive power - demographic metabolism, transition and dividend - and repositions the discipline at the heart of social science. Key features include: Discussion of alternative demographic scenarios in the context of sustainable development Introduction of national human resource management as the population policy for the 21st century An outline of how the significant demographic theories discussed form the building blocks of a Unified Demographic Theory An argument for cognitive changes as the primary driver of demographic transition rather than changing economic conditions, demonstrated by the impact of changing educational attainment structures. This Advanced Introduction is a must-read for demographers around the globe for its concise summary of the concepts, theories and power of multi-dimensional demography, as well as students of demography at all levels. It will also be useful to academics in other social sciences, including human geography, development studies and sociology scholars interested in what state-of-the-art demography has to offer their fields.

Handbook on Human Security, Borders and Migration (Hardcover): Natalia Ribas-Mateos, Timothy J Dunn Handbook on Human Security, Borders and Migration (Hardcover)
Natalia Ribas-Mateos, Timothy J Dunn
R6,564 Discovery Miles 65 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Drawing on the concept of the 'politics of compassion', this Handbook interrogates the political, geopolitical, social and anthropological processes which produce and govern borders and give rise to contemporary border violence. Chapters map different aspects of structural violence and mobilities in some of the world's most contentious border zones, highlighting the forms and practices that connect with labour exploitation, legal exclusion and a severe absence of human rights. International interdisciplinary contributors, including renowned sociologist Saskia Sassen, draw attention to the forms and spaces of resistance available to migrants and activists, contemplating how advocates attempt to provide protection and human security to those subjected to border violence. Offering empirical analyses of critical border spaces, the book covers extensively the US-Mexico border region and border zones around the Mediterranean. Border issues in South, Central and North America, Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, the Middle East, Central Africa and East and Central Asia are also discussed. The Handbook thus provides a truly transnational approach to borders and migration, demonstrating the dynamic but asymmetric relationship between the social structure of border enforcement and the human agency of migrants and global activists. Combining theoretical insights into structural violence and human rights with key case studies of border zones, this comprehensive Handbook is crucial reading for scholars and researchers of social and political science investigating human migration, the humanitarian, border control and human rights. Its practical insights will also benefit policy-makers involved in borders and migration, as well as advocates and NGOs working with migrants and refugees to create secure environments.

Demographic yearbook 2014 (Hardcover, 65th ed): United Nations.Department of Economic and Social Affairs.Statistics Division Demographic yearbook 2014 (Hardcover, 65th ed)
United Nations.Department of Economic and Social Affairs.Statistics Division
R3,982 R3,500 Discovery Miles 35 000 Save R482 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Demographic Yearbook 2014 is the the sixty-fifth in a series published since 1948. Through the cooperation with the National Statistical Offices, official demographic statistics are compiled in theYearbook, as available, for more than 230 countries and areas of the world up to the reference year 2014. This edition of the Yearbook contains chapters on the population size and distribution, the population of capital cities, fertility, foetal mortality, infant and maternal mortality, general mortality, nuptiality and divorce.

Managed Migrations - Growers, Farmworkers, and Border Enforcement in the Twentieth Century (Paperback): Cristina Salinas Managed Migrations - Growers, Farmworkers, and Border Enforcement in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
Cristina Salinas
R788 R737 Discovery Miles 7 370 Save R51 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

2020 National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) Book Award Winner Honorable Mention, Ramirez Family Award for Most Significant Scholarly Book, Texas Institute of Letters, 2019 Managed Migrations examines the concurrent development of a border agricultural industry and changing methods of border enforcement in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas during the past century. Needed at one moment, scorned at others, Mexican agricultural workers have moved back and forth across the US–Mexico border for the past century. In South Texas, Anglo growers’ dreams of creating a modern agricultural empire depended on continuous access to Mexican workers. While this access was officially regulated by immigration laws and policy promulgated in Washington, DC, in practice the migration of Mexican labor involved daily, on-the-ground negotiations among growers, workers, and the US Border Patrol. In a very real sense, these groups set the parameters of border enforcement policy. Managed Migrations examines the relationship between immigration laws and policy and the agricultural labor relations of growers and workers in South Texas and El Paso during the 1940s and 1950s. Cristina Salinas argues that immigration law was mainly enacted not in embassies or the halls of Congress but on the ground, as a result of daily decisions by the Border Patrol that growers and workers negotiated and contested. She describes how the INS devised techniques to facilitate high-volume yearly deportations and shows how the agency used these enforcement practices to manage the seasonal agricultural labor migration across the border. Her pioneering research reveals the great extent to which immigration policy was made at the local level, as well as the agency of Mexican farmworkers who managed to maintain their mobility and kinship networks despite the constraints of grower paternalism and enforcement actions by the Border Patrol.

UN-ASEAN Coordination - Policy Transfer and Regional Cooperation Against Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia (Hardcover):... UN-ASEAN Coordination - Policy Transfer and Regional Cooperation Against Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia (Hardcover)
Guangyu Qiao-Franco
R2,658 Discovery Miles 26 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Despite the high frequency of their interactions, the policy coordination process between the United Nations (UN) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been underexamined in global and regional governance and ASEAN studies literature. To chart this important terrain, this incisive book contributes to scholarship by investigating UN-ASEAN policy coordination in the case of trafficking in persons (TIP). Guangyu Qiao-Franco advances a conceptual framework designed to explore the coordination between the UN and ASEAN, based on theories of policy transfer, norm diffusion, regime complex, and institutional interaction. By examining an extensive case study that traces developments in Southeast Asian regional governance since the early 1980s, this book contains rich information on the UN and ASEAN's TIP policies, lobbying and involvement of various actors, and the specific historical contexts of regional policy debates. Featuring analysis based on empirical data collected through 79 interviews with key participants in the TIP policy process across Southeast Asia, the book reveals the black box of ASEAN policymaking that has led to positive changes in human trafficking governance. This dynamic book will interest students and scholars of international relations, law, criminology, and migration studies. Its consideration of how disparate regional states might collaborate on human trafficking issues will further benefit practitioners and professionals working in governments of ASEAN member states, international organisations, and NGOs.

Handbook of Culture and Migration (Hardcover): Jeffrey H. Cohen, Ibrahim Sirkeci Handbook of Culture and Migration (Hardcover)
Jeffrey H. Cohen, Ibrahim Sirkeci
R6,431 Discovery Miles 64 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Capturing the important place and power role that culture plays in the decision-making process of migration, this Handbook looks at human movement outside of a vacuum; taking into account the impact of family relationships, access to resources, and security and insecurity at both the points of origin and destination. Utilising case studies from around the world, chapters look at migration from the perspectives of a broad range of migrants, including refugees, labour migrants, students, highly educated migrants, and documented and undocumented movers. The Handbook moves beyond an understanding of the economics of migration, looking at the importance of love, skilled movers, food and identity in migrants' lives. It analyses the assumption that migrants follow direct pathways to new destinations where they settle, recognising the dynamic ways in which movers travel, following circular routes and celebrating new opportunities. Highlighting the challenges migrants face, disputes around belonging and citizenship are explored in relation to rising nationalism and xenophobia. The insightful studies of the choices migrants make around both perceived and real needs and resources will make this Handbook a critical read for scholars and students of migration studies. It will also appeal to policy makers looking to understand the complexity of the impetus to migrant movement, and the important role that culture plays.

Solidarity & Care - Domestic Worker Activism in New York City (Hardcover): Alana Lee Glaser Solidarity & Care - Domestic Worker Activism in New York City (Hardcover)
Alana Lee Glaser
R2,278 Discovery Miles 22 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The members of the Domestic Workers United (DWU) organization-immigrant women of color employed as nannies, caregivers, and housekeepers in New York City-formed to fight for dignity and respect and to "bring meaningful change" to their work. Alana Lee Glaser examines the process of how these domestic workers organized against precarity, isolation, and exploitation to help pass the 2010 New York State Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, the first labor law in the United States protecting in-home workers. Solidarity & Care examines the political mobilization of diverse care workers who joined together and supported one another through education, protests, lobbying, and storytelling. Domestic work activists used narrative and emotional appeals to build a coalition of religious communities, employers of domestic workers, labor union members, and politicians to first pass and then to enforce the new law. Through oral history interviews, as well as ethnographic observation during DWU meetings and protest actions, Glaser chronicles how these women fought (and continue to fight) to improve working conditions. She also illustrates how they endure racism, punitive immigration laws, on-the-job indignities, and unemployment that can result in eviction and food insecurity. The lessons from Solidarity & Care along with the DWU's precedent-setting legislative success have applications to workers across industries. All royalties will go directly to the Domestic Workers United

A Handbook for Life in the UK Test (Paperback): Edited by R Poudyal A Handbook for Life in the UK Test (Paperback)
Edited by R Poudyal
R163 Discovery Miles 1 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is only for extra help. Make sure official handbook called Life in the United Kingdom: A Journey to citizenship need to be prepared. In this book you will get - * Quick memorable sentences easy to understand * Sample questions and answers * It is useful to read, after the preparation of official hand book by home office

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