Water sprites, mountain goblins, shape-shifting animals, and the monsters known as yôkai have long haunted the Japanese cultural landscape. This history of the...
?This thoughtful and original study throws important critical light on the dominant orthodoxies about sustainable development, and suggests a radically new dire...
When published in 1971, Principles of Paleontology (POP) by David Raup and Steven Stanley revolutionized both textbooks and teaching in paleontology by adopting...
Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yokai, these creatu...
For nearly 70 years, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has played a crucial role in developing policies and recommen...
byMichael Foster,Jeffrey Tolbert
"This volume introduces a new concept to explore the dynamic relationship between folklore and popular culture: the "folkloresque." With "folkloresque," Foster ...
The largest seaweed, giant kelp (Macrocystis) is the fastest growing and most prolific of all plants found on earth. Growing from the seafloor and extending alo...
byMichael Foster,Jeffrey Tolbert
This volume introduces a new concept to explore the dynamic relationship between folklore and popular culture: the “folkloresque.” With “folkloresque,” ...
byLori Thompson,Michael Coovert
Recent advances in technology have dramatically altered the manner in which organizations function, transforming the way people think about and perform their wo...
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest m...
byMichael Edmonds,Alethea Foster
Foot problems in diabetic patients are some of the most challenging complications to treat, due to an often quite late presentation of symptoms from the patient...
byAlethea Foster,Michael Edmonds
Diabetic Foot Care: Case Studies in Clinical Management uses a 100% illustrated patient case study format to demonstrate the multidisciplinary care and clinical...
byAnna Rathmell,Patrick Davey,Helen Salisbury,Michael Dunn,Charles Foster
Medical Ethics, Law and Communication at a Glance presents a succinct overview of these key areas of the medical curriculum. This new title aims to provide a co...
byVivek Tayal,Michael Blaivas,Troy Foster
This book addresses the wide range of issues that face the program leader - from how to choose a site and how to negotiate for equipment, to how to determine st...
byMichael Nakkula,Shenita Bolstrom,Marc Mannes,Karen Foster
The Healthy Communities Healthy Youth (HC HY) project has provided grassroots support for the creation of robust, welcoming environments not only for childr...