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Three scholars provide a clear conceptual framework and interpretation of the global information society --technology, knowledge, and mobility.

Leading scholars report on current research that demonstrates the central role of cultural evolution in explaining human behavior.

In this work, the term society refers to the world at large, nations, cultures within nations, and interaction among peoples.

This book brings together nine essays that examine the importance of gender, race, and culture in the New South, offering a rich and varied analysis of the multifaceted role of gender in the lives of black and white southerners in the troubled decades of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

This anthology presents personal narratives and historical photographs that illuminate the diversity of immigrant experiences in North and South Carolina since 1700.

This comprehensive volume shows how, through the decades and centuries, the art of the South expanded from mimetic portraiture to sophisticated responses to national and international movements. The essays treat historic and current trends in the visual arts and architecture, major collections and institutions, and biographies of artists themselves.

The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm presents these peerless stories to a whole new generation of readers.

Myths in the volume are organized by regions of the world and cultures, such as Oceania, South East Asia, and Meso-America. In addition, twelve maps listing ancient cultures and charts on mythological figures will provide a broad overview of major deities in world mythology.

A Companion to Folklore presents an original and comprehensive collection of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies.

A summary offers readers the major actions and characters in a myth followed by an in-depth analysis drawing upon scholarship in the field.

Thinking about what to write and how you might write it, to how you may strengthen your claims, and how to come to a strong conclusion.

The Critical Thinking Toolkit is a comprehensive compendium that equips readers with the essential knowledge and methods for clear, analytical, logical thinking and critique in a range of scholarly contexts and everyday situations.

This handbook provides a straightforward introduction to the subject of Critical Thinking.