Area Handbook for Guinea

Area Handbook for Guinea
Author: Harold D. Nelson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 412
Release: 1975
Genre: Guinea
ISBN:

Provides basic yet comprehensive facts about the social, economic, political and millitary institutions of the country.

The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area

The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area
Author: Bill Palmer
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 1036
Release: 2017-12-04
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110295253

The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of all major regions of the world. The island of New Guinea and its offshore islands is arguably the most diverse and least documented linguistic hotspot in the world - home to over 1300 languages, almost one fifth of all living languages, in more than 40 separate families, along with numerous isolates. Traditionally one of the least understood linguistic regions, ongoing research allows for the first time a comprehensive guide. Given the vastness of the region and limited previous overviews, this volume focuses on an account of the families and major languages of each area within the region, including brief grammatical descriptions of many of the languages. The volume also includes a typological overview of Papuan languages, and a chapter on Austronesian-Papuan contact. It will make accessible current knowledge on this complex region, and will be the standard reference on the region. It is aimed at typologists, endangered language specialists, graduate and advanced undergraduate students, and all those interested in linguistic diversity and understanding this least known linguistic region.

Handbooks

Handbooks
Author: Defense Documentation Center (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1962
Genre: Research
ISBN:

Area Handbook for Oceania

Area Handbook for Oceania
Author: John William Henderson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 578
Release: 1971
Genre: Islands of the Pacific
ISBN:

General study of Pacific - covers historical and geographical aspects, the demographic aspects and social structures, living conditions, religion, traditions, cultural factors, education, governmental systems, political leadership, the economic structure, banking, trade, transportation, tourism, economic resources, etc. Bibliography pp. 463 to 465, map and references.

Area Handbook for Australia

Area Handbook for Australia
Author: Donald P. Whitaker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 486
Release: 1974
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

A philosophical analysis informed by history, this work examines the reasons for the highly destructive behavior of the Red Guards in the early part of China's Cultural Revolution. By probing the political, educational, and psychological factors influencing the Red Guards, Jing Lin sheds light on how teenagers and young adults were able to justify violence in the name of class struggle and human rights. She concludes that non-critical, categorical thought, buttressed by the political and educational systems, was pivotal. Jing Lin introduces the work with a discussion of democratic and non-democratic thought, and of the Red Guards' views about class struggle, authority and justice. She then examines the theory behind Mao's totalitarian rule. Chapter Three is devoted to schools, and their decisive role in developing the Red Guards. The psychology of the Red Guards follows: Lin details how concepts of the proletariat, class enemies, and intellectuals nurtured habits of aggression and obedience. In concluding, Lin suggests how to foster critical and democratic thinking in Chinese education.

The Handbook of African Intelligence Cultures

The Handbook of African Intelligence Cultures
Author: Ryan Shaffer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 833
Release: 2023-02-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1538159988

Bringing together a group of international scholars, The Handbook of African Intelligence Cultures provides the first review of intelligence cultures in every African country. It explores how intelligence cultures are influenced by a range of factors, including past and present societal, governmental and international dynamics. In doing so, the book examines the state’s role, civil society and foreign relations in shaping African countries’ intelligence norms, activities and oversight. It also explores the role intelligence services and cultures play in government and civil society.