検索キーワード： 人文地理学

From a leading Brookings Institution fellow and author of To Rule the Waves comes a vivid and bracing examination of today’s most secretive geopolitical conflict: the battle for dominance beneath the oceans. Sub War explores a high-stakes, largely invisible race that is reshaping global...

A sweeping history of the British village, both rural and urban, which makes a compelling case for why we need to protect our local communities, from bestselling author Simon Jenkins We are a nation of villages, from the rural, picturesque hamlets of Castle Combe and Clovelly, to the tight-knit...

●世界で累計10万部突破！「伝説の地理本」に全面改訂版が出た！統計データを更新、新たな論点を大幅加筆！アメリカもロシアも「地理」で動く！トランプ大統領の「本当の狙い」とは？世界の「今」と「未来」がよくわかる本

'I realised that time is precious, and what we do with it matters, especially if we want to create change. And that begins with conversation.' Growing up the son of a Black father and white mother in 1980s Britain, Alex Beresford has always known that identity isn't straightforward. From the...

For readers seeking solutions to finally end the gun violence that kills tens of thousands of people each year in the United States— from a Harvard-trained trauma surgeon treating victims in Chicago If hope for ending gun violence can take hold in Chicago’s South Side, then it can take hold...

This text outlines the relative merits of qualitative interviewing to new and emerging scholars in an accessible way. This is achieved not by providing an exhaustive 'how-to' guide but in introducing researchers to the interview technique and using examples of 'best practice' from across the...

AN NPR SUMMER READING PICK “A powerful and thought-provoking deep history of data and power, essential reading for understanding the opportunities and dangers of the technological revolution now transforming our world.” —Jonathan Kennedy, author of Pathogenesis From clay tablets to the...

When we think of a food chain, we often envision the simple "grass-rabbit-fox" diagrams from elementary school. But in the modern world, the path from the earth to your plate is far more complex, weaving through dark corners of the global economy, forgotten ecosystems, and unexpected industries. In Food Chains Nobody Talks About, we go beyond the grocery store aisles to uncover the bizarre and often unsettling connections that sustain our lifestyles.

Feeding Seven Billion Strangers: The Global Race to Solve the Ultimate Logistics Puzzle. Every single day, a miracle occurs: billions of people, separated by vast oceans and complex borders, find food on their plates. But as the global population climbs and the climate shifts, the invisible threads that connect the farm to the fork are being stretched to their breaking point. In Feeding Seven Billion Strangers, we take a deep dive into the most vital industry on Earth.

Why have Russian resorts sprung up in seaside towns in Northern Cyprus? What can Sarajevo's local politics tell us about Trump, Putin and Erdogan? How has the Syrian revolution turned the state into a new Cold War frontier? In Hinterlands, acclaimed correspondent Hannah Lucinda Smith reveals the...

What if the deepest scars are the ones nobody can see? Invisible Wounds is a powerful and emotionally gripping audiobook about PTSD, trauma, mental health, emotional healing, and the silent battles faced by veterans, survivors, and millions struggling with invisible pain every day. Written by Mac Drinker and masterfully narrated by Gary Middleton, this unforgettable audiobook delivers a raw and honest exploration of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, emotional trauma, addiction, grief, and recovery.

Audiobook narrated by the author. “A spellbinding tour de force!” —Walter Scheidel, author of What Is Ancient History? “This is non-fiction storytelling at its finest.” —Eric H. Cline, author of 1177 B.C. The creator of the hit podcast Tides of History offers a new look at...

Humans have long transformed the planet, scratching its surface for stones and ores, planting and harvesting crops, sparking fires for light and heat. But since the dawn of industrialization and especially since 1950, our impact has accelerated sharply. Economic, technological, and demographic changes have driven rapid and ongoing shifts in patterns of pollution, human health, and rising sea level and temperatures.

Quando apparve sugli scaffali delle librerie italiane e straniere nel 2015, Le 10 mappe che spiegano il mondo riscosse un successo straordinario: capace di raccontare in modo semplice e chiaro fenomeni complessi, si rivelò fin da subito un libro irrinunciabile per chiunque voglia imparare a comprendere le ragioni e le tendenze di un mondo in continua evoluzione.

The Urgency of Black Madness is a bold, uncompromising intervention in contemporary debates on race, racism, and Black identity. Drawing on history, philosophy, politics, and lived experience across Africa, Europe, and America, Prof. George Nyamndi challenges dominant narratives that locate racism solely in external oppression rather than internal reckoning. Arguing that racism is not merely prejudice but weaponized race, Nyamndi calls for a radical paradigm shift: from perpetual victimhood to collective responsibility, from lamentation to production, from accusation to creative awakening.

An illuminating history of North America's eleven rival cultural regions that explodes the red state-blue state myth—by the bestselling author of Nations Apart North America was settled by people with distinct religious, political, and ethnographic characteristics, creating regional cultures...

In 1968, a schoolteacher in Iowa divided her classroom by eye colour. Within minutes, ordinary children became tyrants. Within hours, their victims had forgotten how to read. The experiment lasted two days. The lesson it taught has haunted psychology ever since. Manmade Monsters: A Dangerous World traces a single, terrifying mechanism across five thousand years of human history. From the blood-soaked steps of Aztec temples to the gas chambers of Auschwitz.

An inventive new look at the entwined histories of Britain and Ireland’s nations – and the people who have called them home. Acclaimed author and journalist Brian Groom reveals the colourful and often-contested history of the Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans and others who have...

Na sequência ao best-seller global Prisioneiros da geografia, Tim Marshall oferece outro excepcional guia para o mundo moderno. Em Prisioneiros da geografia, Tim Marshall mostrou como as escolhas de cada nação são limitadas por montanhas, rios, mares e concreto. De lá para cá, a geografia pouco mudou. Mas o mundo sim.

In March 1946, scientists began to track thousands of children born in one cold week. No one imagined that this would become the longest-running study of human development in the world, growing to encompass five generations of children. Today, they are some of the best-studied people on the planet, and the simple act of observing human life has changed the way we are born, schooled, parent and die. This is the tale of these studies and the remarkable discoveries that have come from them. Touching almost every person in Britain today, they are one of our best-kept secrets.