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Using a gender-sensitive political economy approach, this book
analyzes the emergence of new migration patterns between Central
Mexico and the East Coast of the United States in the last decades
of the twentieth century, and return migration during and after the
global economic crisis of 2007. Based on ethnographic research
carried out over a decade, details of the lives of women and men
from two rural communities reveal how neoliberal economic
restructuring led to the deterioration of livelihoods starting in
the 1980s. Similar restructuring processes in the United States
opened up opportunities for Mexican workers to labor in US
industries that relied heavily on undocumented workers to sustain
their profits and grow. When the Great Recession hit, in the
context of increasingly restrictive immigration policies, some
immigrants were more likely to return to Mexico than others. This
longitudinal study demonstrates how the interconnections among
class and gender are key to understanding who stayed and who
returned to Mexico during and after the global economic crisis.
Through these case studies, the authors comment more widely on how
neoliberalism has affected the livelihoods and aspirations of the
working classes. This book will be of key interest to scholars,
students and practitioners in migration studies, gender
studies/politics, and more broadly to international relations,
anthropology, development studies, and human geography.
Using a gender-sensitive political economy approach, this book
analyzes the emergence of new migration patterns between Central
Mexico and the East Coast of the United States in the last decades
of the twentieth century, and return migration during and after the
global economic crisis of 2007. Based on ethnographic research
carried out over a decade, details of the lives of women and men
from two rural communities reveal how neoliberal economic
restructuring led to the deterioration of livelihoods starting in
the 1980s. Similar restructuring processes in the United States
opened up opportunities for Mexican workers to labor in US
industries that relied heavily on undocumented workers to sustain
their profits and grow. When the Great Recession hit, in the
context of increasingly restrictive immigration policies, some
immigrants were more likely to return to Mexico than others. This
longitudinal study demonstrates how the interconnections among
class and gender are key to understanding who stayed and who
returned to Mexico during and after the global economic crisis.
Through these case studies, the authors comment more widely on how
neoliberalism has affected the livelihoods and aspirations of the
working classes. This book will be of key interest to scholars,
students and practitioners in migration studies, gender
studies/politics, and more broadly to international relations,
anthropology, development studies, and human geography.
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A History of Japan (Paperback)
Hisho Saito; Translated by Elizabeth Lee
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R1,059
R680
Discovery Miles 6 800
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This volume presents the Japanese version of the history of Japan
from its origins, through the subjection of Korea, the introduction
of Chinese culture, rebellion in Korea, Buddhism, Taika reforms,
Ainu insurrection, the founding of Kyoto as the capital, the power
of Fujiwara, the founding of the Kamakura Shogunate, Hojo family,
Ashikaga Shogunate, Oda & Toyotomi families, Tokugawa
Shogunate, the beginning of the Meiji, relations with Korea, Russia
and the Chino-Japanese war of 1894, ending with the Russo-Japanese
war of 1904.
Why don't most popular diet plans work for post-menopausal women;
and if they do, why do women have to work at it three times as hard
and four times as long to lose half the weight a man does? Dr
Elizabeth Lee Vliet answers the questions in a groundbreaking book
that will be a godsend to every woman who has tried and failed to
stop the dreaded 'inevitable' weight gain that comes with mid-life.
In this book Dr Vliet explains how and why hormone imbalances are
the major factor in the mid-life woman's inability to lose weight
and how balanced hormonal production combined with exercise and a
proper diet can lead to a breakthrough in mid-life fitness, health
and well-being.
Despite the increased attention in the media to women's health,
hormone connections are not being routinely evaluated and as a
result, critical information is still being missed. Women are
suffering needlessly, often being given costly medications that
cause side-effects. In this revised and updated edition, Dr. Vliet
continues her crusade to debunk the myths and misinformation on
women's health, and to inform readers about premature menopause,
increasing hormone problems in young women, new natural hormone
options, over-the-counter herbs and supplements, "Syndrome W":
perimenopausal weight gain and insulin resistance, progesterone the
pregnancy hormone, and the relationships between hormones and
diseases.
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A History of Japan (Hardcover)
Hisho Saito; Translated by Elizabeth Lee
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R3,861
R1,439
Discovery Miles 14 390
Save R2,422 (63%)
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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This volume presents the Japanese version of the history of Japan
from its origins, through the subjection of Korea, the introduction
of Chinese culture, rebellion in Korea, Buddhism, Taika reforms,
Ainu insurrection, the founding of Kyoto as the capital, the power
of Fujiwara, the founding of the Kamakura Shogunate, Hojo family,
Ashikaga Shogunate, Oda & Toyotomi families, Tokugawa
Shogunate, the beginning of the Meiji, relations with Korea, Russia
and the Chino-Japanese war of 1894, ending with the Russo-Japanese
war of 1904.
Anyone suffering from a terminal illness faces huge challenges, not only emotionally and physically, but also in the range of practical decisions they need to make. In your own time guides the patient through the choices that exist in the current system of medical care, helping them decide on the kind of care they want, and where they receive it - in the hospice or the home. It includes chapters on coming to terms with their situation, the help available to them at home, how to choose between a hospice and home, and advice on coping with the inevitable feelings and emotions of both patient and carer. Written by a GP with extensive experience in this area, the book is unique in presenting both a compassionate and practical guide for anyone affected by serious illness, one that will empower them with the information they need to maintain the highest possible quality of life in their final days.
When it is no longer safe to be a witch, they call themselves cunning
1620s Lancashire. Away from the village lies a small hamlet, abandoned since the Plague, where only one family dwells amongst its ruins. Young Sarah Haworth, her mother, brother and little sister Annie are a family of outcasts by day and the recipients of visitors by night. They are cunning folk: the villagers will always need them, quick with a healing balm or more, should the need arise. They can keep secrets too, because no one would believe them anyway.
When Sarah spies a young man taming a wild horse, she risks being caught to watch him calm the animal. And when Daniel sees Sarah he does not just see a strange, dirty thing, he sees her for who she really is: a strong creature about to come into her own. But can something as fragile as love blossom between these two in such a place as this?
When a new magistrate arrives to investigate the strange ends that keep befalling the villagers, he has his eye on one family alone. And a torch in his hand.
Cunning Women is the powerful reckoning of a young woman with her wildness, a heartbreaking tale of young love and a shattering story of the intolerance that reigned during the long shadow of the Pendle Witch Trials, when those who did not conform found persecution at every door.
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