The Story of American Vernacular Dance.

GCSE Child Development for AQA covers every unit of the AQA specification with a range of teaching and learning features including: Getting Started, Key Terms, Case Studies, Over to You, Investigate and a range of diagrams to explain key concepts and engage students. Knowledge Check features help to[...]

A brand new, engaging, accessible and assessment-focussed, approach to the 2010 specification clearly presenting information to students on what they need to know and what they need to be able to do to acheive the qualification.[...]

Gone-Away Lake is a recipient of the Newberry Honor Summer has a magic all its own in Elizabeth Enright's beloved story about two children and their discovery of a ghostly lakeside resort. This modern classic is once again available, but now with handsome new cover art by Mary GrandPre to complemen[...]

This book introduces life history evolution to postgraduate students just beginning their research in population biology, ecology, or evolutionary biology. It discusses major analytical tools, gives examples of their applications, and provides problems for discussion at the end of each chapter. It w[...]

Since Charles Darwin's masterpiece 'The origin of Species by natural selection' was published in 1859, evolution has become an established science that illuminates and informs our understanding of many central biological issues from animal development to animal behaviour. Evolution 2/e stands alone [...]

Emphasizes the major interactions among different peoples and societies.  World History in Brief highlights key events in world history, giving adequate treatment to the major issues, while leaving time for analysis and use of supplemental materials for critical thinking.  Part of the Penguin Acad[...]

This new entry in the Longman Library of World Biography series offers the compelling story of Wu Zhao - one woman's unlikely and remarkable ascent to the apex of political power in the patriarchal society of traditional China. Wu Zhao, Woman Emperor of China is the account of the first and only fem[...]

From classical times to the twenty-first century, Gender in World History is a fascinating exploration of what happens to established ideas about men and women, and their roles, when different cultural systems come into contact. This book breaks new ground to facilitate a consistent approach to gend[...]

World History is one of the most popular and talked about approaches to the study of history. This title introduces this field and addresses key questions such as: What is world history? How do we study a subject with such a broad geographic and chronological range? And why has world history been co[...]

This book examines sexuality in the past, and explores how it helps explain sexuality in the present. The subject of sexuality is often a controversial one, and exploring it through a world history perspective emphasises the extent to which societies, including our own, are still reacting to histori[...]

People's work orientations and attitudes to paid work are highly important for the welfare of any country. Still, little is currently known about how such attitudes are distributed among different countries, men and women, classes, occupations, age groups and so on. Even less is known about how work[...]