Demography and the Making of the Modern World

Demography and the Making of the Modern WorldHow has demography shaped the Arab Spring, migrant flights from Africa to Europe, budget negotiations in the USA, immigration debates in Japan and economic growth in India and Brazil, among others? John Rennie Short explores the wide ranging economic, social and public policy implications of population changes using contemporary case studies.

Acting has traditionally been considered a form of pretending or falsehood

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these portraits also provide a sharp contrast to the idealized vision of Americanness frequently spun by media and politicians

This book examines a variety of films from the early 1990s that depict and address the lives and identities of both first-generation immigrants and children of the diaspora in Europe

or the corrupt governance of the sport

Rounding out the volume are essays on key directors

Linguistics

This second edition will be an important resource for anyone interested in arts education

Directory of World Cinema: China presents an accessible overview of the definitive films of Hong Kong and mainland China

critical essays by leading scholars of art and performance and a series of new visual essays by the artist

Hazette offers a historical and transnational study of adaptations

The Collected Folklore and Poetry of Hen-Toh is a celebration of the work of one of the most important Native voices of the nineteenth century