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Advertising: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Mara Einstein

Published in Print:: 28 September 2017

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569368

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190625887.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190625887

3000. That's the number of marketing messages the average American confronts on a daily basis from TV commercials, magazine and newspaper print ads, radio commercials, pop-up ads on gaming ... More

Afghanistan: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Barnett R. Rubin

Published in Print:: 08 October 2020

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569290

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190496630.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190496630

Afghanistan, a landlocked country in Central Asia, has improbably been at the center of international geopolitics for four decades. After the Soviet Union invaded in 1980, Afghanistan ... More

The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Mark J. Plotkin

Published in Print:: 23 June 2020

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569511

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190668297.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190668297

The Amazon is a land of superlatives. The complex ecosystem covers an area about the size of the continental U.S. The Amazon River discharges 57 million gallons of water per second--in two ... More

Animal Rights: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Paul Waldau

Published in Print:: 10 February 2011

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569986

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780199739974.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780199739974

In this compelling volume in the What Everyone Needs to Know series, Paul Waldau expertly navigates the many heated debates surrounding the complex and controversial animal rights movement. ... More

Antarctica: What Everyone Needs to Know®

David Day

Published in Print:: 27 June 2019

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569429

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190641320.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190641320

Part of the What Everyone Needs to Know® series, David Day's book on Antarctica examines the most forbidding and formidably inaccessible continent on Earth. Antarctica was first discovered ... More

Antiquities: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Maxwell L. Anderson

Published in Print:: 26 January 2017

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569344

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190614928.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190614928

The destruction of ancient monuments and artworks by the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has shocked observers worldwide. Yet iconoclastic erasures of the ... More

The Arab Uprisings: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)

James Gelvin

Published in Print:: 23 July 2015

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569108

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190222741.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190222741

Beginning in December 2010 popular revolt swept through the Middle East, shocking the world and ushering in a period of unprecedented unrest. Protestors took to the streets to demand ... More

Beginning in December 2010 popular revolt swept through the Middle East, shocking the world and ushering in a period of unprecedented unrest. Protestors took to the streets to demand greater freedom, democracy, human rights, social justice, and regime change. What caused these uprisings? What is their significance? And what are their likely consequences? In an engaging question-and-answer format, this updated edition of The Arab Uprisings: What Everyone Needs to Know® explores all aspects of the revolutionary protests that have rocked the Middle East. Historian James Gelvin begins with an overview, asking questions such as: What sparked the Arab uprisings? Where did the demands for democracy and human rights come from? How appropriate is the phrase “Arab Spring”?--before turning to specific countries around the region. Shifting the emphasis from the initial upheaval itself to the spinning out of the revolutionary process, Gelvin looks at such topics as the role of youth, laor, and religious groups in Tunisia and Egypt and discusses why the military turned against rulers in both countries. Exploring the uprisings in Libya and Yemen, Gelvin explains why these two states are considered “weak,” why that status is important for understanding the upheavals there, and why outside powers intervened in Libya but not in Yemen. This second edition looks more closely at the situation of individual countries affected by the uprisings. Gelvin compares two cases that defied expectations: Algeria, which experts assumed would experience a major upheaval after Egypt’s, and Syria, which experts failed to foresee. He then looks at the monarchies of Morocco, Jordan, and the Gulf, exploring the commonalities and differences of protest movements in each. Reconsidering the possible historical significance of the uprisings Gelvin explores what this means for the United States and Iran. Has al-Qaeda been strengthened or weakened? What effects have the uprisings had on the Israel-Palestine conflict? What conclusions might we draw from the uprisings so far? What Everyone Needs to Know® is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press. Less

The Arctic: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall

Published in Print:: 08 August 2019

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569443

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190649814.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190649814

As the threat of global climate change becomes a reality, many look to the Arctic Ocean to predict coming environmental phenomena. There, the consequences of Earth's warming trend are most ... More

Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Michael Ruse

Published in Print:: 26 February 2015

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569894

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780199334599.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780199334599

Over the last decade, "New Atheists" such as Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens have pushed the issue of atheism to the forefront of public discussion. Yet very few of ... More

The Bible: What Everyone Needs to Know ®

Michael Coogan

Published in Print:: 28 January 2021

Published Online:: 03 December 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569962

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780199383047.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780199383047

The Bible is the most influential book in Western history. As the foundational text of Judaism and Christianity, the Bible has been interpreted and reinterpreted over millennia, utilized ... More

Bioethics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Bonnie Steinbock and Paul T. Menzel

Published in Print:: Mar 2023

Published Online:: Jan 2024

eISBN:: 9780197658000

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780197657997.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780197657997

Bioethics is everywhere in the news media today. Should people who refuse to be vaccinated be treated if they catch COVID and end up in intensive care units when that may ... More

The Book Business: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Mike Shatzkin and Robert Paris Riger

Published in Print:: 16 June 2019

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569382

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190628031.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190628031

Many of us read books every day, either electronically or in print. We remember the books that shaped our ideas about the world as children, go back to favorite books year after year, give ... More

Many of us read books every day, either electronically or in print. We remember the books that shaped our ideas about the world as children, go back to favorite books year after year, give or lend books to loved ones and friends to share the stories we've loved especially, and discuss important books with fellow readers in book clubs and online communities. But for all the ways books influence us, teach us, challenge us, and connect us, many of us remain in the dark as to where they come from and how the mysterious world of publishing truly works. How are books created and how do they get to readers? The Book Business: What Everyone Needs to Know® introduces those outside the industry to the world of book publishing. Covering everything from the beginnings of modern book publishing early in the 20th century to the current concerns over the alleged death of print, digital reading, and the rise of Amazon, Mike Shatzkin and Robert Paris Riger provide a succinct and insightful survey of the industry in an easy-to-read question-and-answer format. The authors, veterans of "trade publishing," or the branch of the business that puts books in our hands through libraries or bookstores, answer questions from the basic to the cutting-edge, providing a guide for curious beginners and outsiders. How does book publishing actually work? What challenges is it facing today? How have social media changed the game of book marketing? What does the life cycle of a book look like in 2019? They focus on how practices are changing at a time of great flux in the industry, as digital creation and delivery are altering the commercial realities of the book business. This book will interest not only those with no experience in publishing looking to gain a foothold on the business, but also those working on the inside who crave a bird's eye view of publishing's evolving landscape. This is a moment of dizzyingly rapid change wrought by the emergence of digital publishing, data collection, e-books, audio books, and the rise of self-publishing; these forces make the inherently interesting business of publishing books all the more fascinating.Less

Brazil: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Riordan Roett

Published in Print:: 01 September 2016

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569139

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190224523.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190224523

Brazil is one of the most important but puzzling countries in the world. A nation of 200 million people, it has vast natural resource reserves, rich cultural traditions, a middle class ... More

Buddhism: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Dale S. Wright

Published in Print:: 11 June 2020

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569559

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190843670.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190843670

Buddhism is one of the oldest and largest of the world’s religions. But it is also a tradition that has proven to have enormous contemporary relevance. Founded by Siddhartha Gautama, who ... More

Burma/Myanmar: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)

David Steinberg

Published in Print:: 26 September 2013

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197570166

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780199981687.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780199981687

It is unlikely that any country in Asia in recent years has undergone such internal policy shifts in so short a time as Myanmar. Until recently, the former British colony had one of the ... More

It is unlikely that any country in Asia in recent years has undergone such internal policy shifts in so short a time as Myanmar. Until recently, the former British colony had one of the most secretive, corrupt, and repressive regimes on the planet, a country where Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was held in continual house arrest and human rights were denied to nearly all. Yet events in Myanmar since the elections of November 2010 have profoundly altered the internal mood of the society, and have surprised even Burmese and seasoned foreign observers of the Myanmar scene. The pessimism that pervaded the society prior to the elections, and the results of that voting that prompted many foreign observers to call them a “sham” or “fraud,” gradually gave way to the realization that for reasons, variously interpreted, positive change was in the air. Taking into account the dramatic changes the country has seen in the past two years-including the establishment of a human rights commission, the release of political prisoners, and reforms in health and education-David I. Steinberg offers an updated second edition of Burma/Myanmar: What Everyone Needs to Know. More than ever, the history, culture, and internal politics of this country are crucial to understanding the breaking headlines emerging from it today and placing them in a broader context. Geographically strategic, Burma/Myanmar lies between the growing powers of China and India, and has a thousand-year history as an important realm in the region-yet it is mostly unknown to Westerners. Burma/Myanmar is a place of contradictions: a picturesque land with mountain jungles and monsoon plains, it is one of the world's largest producers of heroin. Though it has extensive natural resources including oil, gas, teak, metals, and minerals, it is one of the poorest countries in the world. And despite a half-century of military-dominated rule, change is beginning to work its way through the beleaguered nation, as it moves to a more pluralistic administrative system reflecting its pluralistic cultural, multi-ethnic base. Authoritative and balanced, Burma/Myanmar is an essential book on a country in the throes of historic change.Less

Campus Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Jonathan Zimmerman

Published in Print:: 29 September 2016

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569375

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190627393.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190627393

Universities are usually considered bastions of the free exchange of ideas, but a recent tide of demonstrations across college campuses has called this belief into question, and with ... More

The Catholic Church: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)

John L. Allen

Published in Print:: 22 May 2014

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569955

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780199379804.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780199379804

Roman Catholicism stands at a crossroads, a classic ''best of times, worst of times'' moment. On the one hand, the Catholic Church remains by far the largest branch of the worldwide ... More

China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know® (3 ed.)

Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom and Maura Elizabeth Cunningham

Published in Print:: 14 June 2018

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569481

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190659073.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190659073

In this fully revised and updated third edition of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know® , Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Maura Elizabeth Cunningham provide cogent answers to the ... More

Colombia: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Richard D. Mahoney

Published in Print:: 23 June 2020

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569221

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190262754.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190262754

Even to experts, Colombia is one of the most confusing countries in the Americas. Its democratic tradition is among the richest and most long-standing in the hemisphere, with only eleven ... More

The Cyprus Problem: What Everyone Needs to Know®

James Ker-Lindsay

Published in Print:: 28 July 2011

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569993

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780199757169.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780199757169

For nearly 60 years--from its uprising against British rule in the 1950s, to the bloody civil war between Greek and Turkish Cypriots in the 1960s, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in the ... More

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