A beautifully illustrated look inside the opulent world of the Spanish Creole aristocracy of the colonial period explores a wide variety of palatial homes, rich interiors, and elegant furnishings from Cuba's wealthy sugar, cotton, and tobacco barons, accompanied by a social, cultural, architectural,[...]
Presents a coherent framework for understanding the complex international and global politics of the Asia Pacific region. This title provides an overview of the main actors, institutions and contemporary issues, such as security and transnational actors.[...]
Widely praised for its student-friendly style and exceptional artwork and pedagogy, "Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain" is a leading undergraduate textbook on the biology of the brain and the systems that underlie behavior. This edition provides increased coverage of taste and smell, circadian rhyth[...]
This revised and updated edition of the widely praised "Democracy and National Identity in Thailand" provides readers with a fascinating discussion of how debates about democracy and national identity in Thailand have evolved from the period of counter-insurgency in the 1960s to the current (post-co[...]