Product Description: Contemporary Thailand offers an accessible, critical discussion of contemporary Thai politics. Drawing on critical theories in development and international studies, the author offers a fresh and challenging view of what happens when international development agencies and Thai state and non-state actors work together...read more

Product Description: An unprecedented tour of stunning and architecturally significant Cuban palacios, mansions, and private homes that have been meticulously preserved, previously un-photographed, and inaccessible to visitors. At a time when more travelers are rediscovering Cuba, this lavishly illustrated volume offers a different view of the island’s cultural achievements...read more

Product Description: Breathtaking photographs capture the history and unique design of the English island great houses, detailing the hardwood furniture, terraced gardens, walled courtyards, and interiors. Perhaps the most admired and influential of tropical styles, the English island style transformed residences into private paradises...read more

Product Description: Caribbean Houses is a lavishly illustrated account of the development of historically significant houses in the West Indies. Author Michael Connors, a West Indian decorative arts scholar, examines venerable houses that remain as a testimony to the rich history and vibrant lifestyle that was, and continues to be, an important part of Caribbean culture...read more

Product Description: An example of how pastoral experience has been interfaced with interviews of Hispanic leaders in order to gauge the effectiveness of the National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic Ministry. This study is set in the light of relations between the United States and Mexico and deals with the subtleties of the situation of “Mexican Americans...read more

Product Description: Infostructure change is technology-driven, inevitable, somewhat predictable and, on the whole, beneficial. But it will also be much more disruptive than we realise and it will change the World Order. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: "The Race to the Intelligent State" is, in part, an antidote to the overly optimistic predictions which some people have made concerning the role of the information sector in the broader society. The book describes the complex process of the evolution of information infrastructures and the role of technology and other factors in the process...read more