Linguistic Reconstruction and Historical Ecology in the North Pacific Rim explores human-environmental interactions in the Northern Pacific Rim over the last 10,000 years. It introduces students and researchers to linguistic methods for reconstructing how humans have managed and modified landscapes over millennia. The chapters cover a variety of temporal and geographical ranges, including the coastal areas on both sides of the Pacific from Neolithic to medieval times.

This book engages a multitude of Indigenous languages, such as Sinitic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Turkic, Koreanic, Japonic, Ainuic, Amuric, Chukotko-Kamchatkan, Yukaghiric, Eskaleut, Na-Dene and Salishan languages. As such, archaeolinguistics is showcased as a truly new frontier in Historical Ecology, bridging the natural and social sciences. The volume adds linguistics to a wide array of windows into the ecological past.

This volume is ideal for advanced students and researchers in archaeology, anthropology, genetics, ecology, and geography.

In this book, Mo Mandic explores the very phenomenon of therapy, based on the fundamental question of being human, in order that therapy itself might be better understood in the light of this.

Psychotherapy, historically understood as a theory and practice that has emerged and developed over the past 120 years, has made few attempts to explore what it is that most fundamentally constitutes therapy from an experiential perspective. This book offers a language in which readers can understand the way in which therapy unfolds, how it 'happens' and what gives it its essential character. It discusses the key elements of this form of caring for and towards the human being that distinguishes it from psychology, psychiatry, anthropology, and social care. The book is presented in fourteen main sections, each exploring a central feature that constitutes the essence of therapy. Concrete examples are also included where appropriate, in order to illustrate and emphasise the practical relevance and importance of another way of thinking both about and within therapy.

The book's contents will be accessible to new and experienced therapists, trainees, and students who wish to engage in a more primordial understanding of therapy.

Artificial Intelligence Ethics argues that we cannot afford to repeat those failures.

Across nineteen chapters, Georgios Dimitropoulos deploys a rigorous historical-comparative method, drawing on the Industrial Revolution, the nuclear age, civil rights movements, environmental regulation, and the evolution of weapons governance, to expose recurring patterns in which transformative technologies outpace the institutions designed to govern them.

The result is a diagnostic framework: failure patterns that recur across multiple domains where AI operates, and an Ethical Implementation Architecture that translates ethical principles into organisational practice.

This book is a vital resource for scholars and researchers across AI ethics, philosophy of technology, law, public policy, and business analytics, as well as governance practitioners and policy advisors seeking to bridge the gap between ethical principle and institutional implementation.

This book shows how AI must be governed by learning from what we have already survived.

Learning Intermediate Japanese through Anime builds Japanese learners' linguistic proficiency while deepening their cultural and historical understanding of anime.

Designed around anime-themed readings, dialogues, and activities, the textbook helps learners develop skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking as they explore anime as a significant artistic and cultural form. The book is structured around eight key topics: the origins of anime, the anime industry, anime as technology, anime as design, anime as genre, anime as language, anime pioneers, and anime fandom. Each lesson focuses on a different language skill such as describing historical events in the passive voice, interpreting and presenting data, explaining processes, describing visual and narrative elements, summarizing information, forming arguments, making comparisons, and expressing opinions. Through this integrated approach, learners gain both practical Japanese language skills and a critical framework for understanding anime as a dynamic and influential part of Japanese culture.

This textbook is intended for students of Japanese language at intermediate high to advanced low level on the ACTFL proficiency scale and CEFR level B1 to B2.

Accompanying online resources include audio recordings of readings from the book and sample grammar worksheets to facilitate classroom planning. These materials can be accessed at www.routledge.com/9781041089636.

Waste is omnipresent, with consequences that are increasingly visible. Despite considerable efforts by the waste-management sector to keep waste out of sight and out of mind, current waste levels pose a challenge to the welfare of today and tomorrow, from the squandering of resources to lasting environmental harm.

Understanding Waste provides a multidisciplinary introduction to the diversity of waste, including its definitions, physical properties and governance. It describes the spatial rationales for waste from local to global levels, stressing the injustices that characterise how waste is collected and processed. It also explains why contemporary societies are so waste-intensive, demonstrating why so many have an interest in producing waste and suggesting that everyone is implicated in wastework. Furthermore, it suggests that waste is an underestimated source of knowledge and creativity. Readers are invited on an intriguing journey into the underworld of waste, which we all participate in constantly.

Accompanied by a series of practical exercises that encourage a reflexive engagement with waste, Understanding Waste: A Multidisciplinary Introduction offers a kickstart to the emerging fields of Waste Studies and Discard Studies.

This book uncovers a largely forgotten early vision of European unity that emerged in Britain before the First World War.

By tracing the remarkable career of Sir Max Waechter (1837-1924), entrepreneur, philanthropist and the British representative of the Nobel brothers' Caspian oil interests, it reveals how British actors were among the earliest in arguing that Europe's growing rivalries could be addressed through closer economic cooperation and political understanding. The study shows that ideas of a federated Europe were already being energetically developed, debated and promoted before 1914.

Central to the book is Waechter's creation of the European Unity League, whose ambitious programme provides a fresh lens to reassess the intellectual and political climate of the pre-war years. Drawing on extensive archival research, the volume reconstructs Waechter's 1906 manifesto to King Edward VII, his extraordinary diplomatic tour across the continent aboard the former Austrian archducal yacht Rovenska and his ability to secure audiences with most reigning heads of state, despite opposition from the Foreign Office. It follows how these efforts led to the 1909 Inaugural Congress of the European Federation in Rome, co-organized with the Italian pacifist Prince di Cassano (1855-1926), and the formal establishment of the League in London in 1913.

Although the outbreak of war curtailed its activities, the League stands as one of the earliest mass movements for European unity, anticipating Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi's better-known interwar Pan-European Union by two decades and a world war.

By situating Waechter's campaign within broader British and European debates about armaments, decline and the future of the continent, the book offers a new understanding of the roots of the European idea and of Britain's unexpected role in shaping it. Written accessibly, it will appeal to readers interested in modern European history, international politics and the life of a visionary yet overlooked figure.

This collection offers the first sustained, multidisciplinary legal analysis of deepfakes and their far-reaching consequences.

Deepfake technology has moved with disorienting speed from fringe curiosity to a global social, political and legal problem. Once the preserve of Hollywood studios, the ability to fabricate hyper-realistic images, audio and video is now available to anyone with a smartphone. Its most prevalent and devastating use remains the creation of non-consensual sexually explicit content targeting women. Yet deepfakes also fuel political disinformation, destabilise democratic processes, enable fraud and identity theft, and contribute to a broader post-truth climate in which the authenticity of all digital evidence becomes contestable. In this landscape, one of the most urgent tasks is simply to begin the right conversations about how law and society should respond. Across three sections, an international array of scholars examine how synthetic media challenges foundational assumptions about privacy, image rights, evidential truth and democratic integrity. These essays explore deepfakes' profound impact on the individual dignity of both the living and the dead, their capacity to generate epistemic uncertainty, and the structural difficulties they pose for courts, regulators and lawmakers. Bringing together theoretical, doctrinal and comparative insights, the book illuminates a fragmented regulatory landscape and articulates both the pressing need for more coherent, principled governance of synthetic media, and some of the difficulties that will necessarily be encountered by those designing regulatory measures.

This is a timely and vital volume for scholars, jurists and legislators concerned with the future of truth, autonomy and accountability in an increasingly synthetic world.

This practical guide provides structured knowledge on selected contemporary online research techniques essential for conducting scientific research utilizing modern digital tools and artificial intelligence technologies. Organized into four thematically interrelated chapters, the work systematically guides readers from fundamental methodological issues to practical applications of online research.

First, it explains the methodology and techniques of online research, covering both classical tools, such as online surveys and virtual interviews, and more advanced methods, including digital ethnography, web-scraping and online discussion monitoring, while also addressing the adaptation of traditional research methods to the specific conditions of digital settings. Second, it presents the practical aspects of applying artificial intelligence and data management in online research, highlighting ethical considerations, responsible data collection and analysis practices and the potential for optimising research processes through modern digital tools. This dual focus enables thorough understanding of theoretical foundations while supporting effective and reliable application in scientific practice.

Fundamentals of Online Research Methods serves researchers and scholars focusing on online research methods and techniques across diverse disciplines, including philosophy, sociology, psychology, communication studies and cultural studies. It provides valuable insights for both novice and experienced researchers seeking to navigate the evolving landscape of digital research methodologies, offering practical frameworks for conducting rigorous, ethical and innovative online research in contemporary academic contexts.

This translation of the L?oz? is unique in its faithful pursuit of the original meaning and prosody, combined with exhaustive citations of historical commentaries, connecting the insights of this ancient classic to current scientific and psychological findings.

Rooted in the understanding that the ineffable Dao guides all things, the L?oz? addresses cosmology, the yin and yang equilibrium, egalitarianism, the use of force and the cultivation of equanimity. This book examines the poetics through analysis of structural form and ancient Chinese phonology, seeking to enliven the text's meanings by reviving its phonology. It is the first attempt to link the L?oz?'s cosmology and theory of Oneness in personal growth, social relationships, and humanity's place in the natural world with today's biological sciences.

Chapters adopt diverse theoretical and practical perspectives, analysing both the contemporary and future relevance of change studies. Moving beyond instrumental models and towards ethical understandings of the subject, the book is divided into four thematic parts: change towards meaningful futures, change through connection and collaboration, change as social and systemic practice, and change as inquiry, play and praxis. Contributors consider organisations as part of a broader ecosystem in the Anthropocene, presenting new and exciting pathways for studies of organisational change theory.

Scholars and researchers in organisation studies and change management seeking novel approaches and challenging research questions will greatly benefit from the book's forward-looking insights. Its practical suggestions will be of equal interest to change professionals, consultants, and practitioners, as well as leaders engaged in organisational transformations.

With contributions from leading academics and practitioners, chapters analyse contemporary research and literature, emphasising how external expectations or perceptions can guide our choices. Exploring the Social Norms Approach as a practical intervention framework, the Research Handbook provides guidance on how to design and evaluate social norms-based interventions. Contributing authors utilise case studies to demonstrate the real world application of social norms-based mediations for the promotion of positive behaviour change.

This Research Handbook is a helpful resource for scholars and students of psychology, sociology, social policy and behavioural economics. Researchers and practitioners across the social sciences will equally benefit from its pragmatic approach to practice and scholarship.

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the key concepts of agricultural and agribusiness law in the United States, offering an accessible guide for students and professionals alike.

The fully revised and updated edition addresses significant legal developments, including changes in trade, taxation, water law, intellectual property, and animal law. Reflecting a growing number of farms in financial distress, new materials on workouts and debt relief, including Chapter 12 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, have been added. A new chapter explores the emerging legal landscape surrounding industrial hemp and marijuana production. The text also reflects the absence of a comprehensive farm bill since the 2018 Farm Bill and examines the legal and policy impacts of the Trump and Biden administrations. In an era where legal information is increasingly accessible online, the book delves into the challenges posed by cybercrime and misinformation, equipping readers to discern reliable sources from unreliable ones. Designed for students with little or no legal background, the text helps readers identify legal issues that may require professional consultation. Each concise chapter focuses on a specific legal topic relevant to agriculture and agribusiness, covering both federal law and illustrative examples of state law. In addition to foundational topics such as contracts, property law, and estate planning, the book addresses contemporary issues like organic certification, genetically engineered crops, and food safety. It highlights the broad scope of agricultural law, extending beyond farming to include agribusiness professionals who provide services, inputs, and act as intermediaries between farmers and consumers. Additional online resources are provided, including quiz questions for each chapter and PowerPoint slides.

This textbook is essential for students of agriculture and land-based services with little or no legal background, as well as those studying agribusiness. The book also serves as a useful reference for agricultural professionals.

Self-Harm in Adolescents provides well-researched and evidenced based information and research about what self-harm is, indicating key features of this difficulty for adolescents, and their caregivers and clinicians.

Self-harming behavior in teenagers is often a distressing experience for all parties involved, leaving the individual, caregivers and professionals, at times, feeling panicked and powerless. Written from a clinically experienced perspective, this book empathically guides the reader through what self-harm is, potential reasons for self-harming behavior and how you may create safe environments to listen to, support and help reduce self-harming behavior within adolescents. With cross-cultural reflections and a detailed look at the impact of social media Holmes provides a comprehensive overview of self-harm within adolescents and for the reader creates an invaluable toolkit for supporting the cessation of self-harming behavior.

With practical resources and explorations of clinical examples this book enables clinicians and caregivers to help reduce and alleviate self-harm, decreasing the distress for all involved, towards a better quality of life.

Halldorsson's How Digital Screen Use Alienates Human Societies examines recent processes of technological rationalism, which were intensified by the COVID pandemic, and it explores how they alienate human societies in the name of progress. Challenging the prevailing assumptions of such 'progress', the book argues that these processes undermine the essential 'social magic' - the everyday human sociality that builds communities - which results in societal fragmentation, marked by alienation in the form of social isolation, consumption, polarisation, fear and conflict.

The paradox of how increased connectivity through digital networks can lead to lack of human connection is the critical question this book pursues. It explores how intense processes of technological rationalisation have undermined human sociality and alienated the world by replacing human-to-human relationships with human-to-machine interactions. The author argues that communication with/through screen machines is incapable of replacing vital social relationships that breed 'social magic' and build communities. This disconnection, which is driven by technological capitalism, undermines human sociality and causes alienation. Ultimately, the book asserts that humanity needs more social magic, fostered through human-to-human relationships, and offers critical sociological analysis and potential remedies.

This book is a critical academic treatise. It will be of interest to social science scholars and students as well as a broader audience seeking to resist the relentless makeover of human societies, in the name of technological rationalisation, and make the world more humane, meaningful and magical.

This book explores gender justice, power relations, and social transformation in India by providing an ethnographic, socio-legal view of Nari Adalats (women's courts) and the family disputes that take place before them, in rural northern Karnataka, South India.

The book offers an ethnography of the everyday workings of Nari Adalats based on qualitative interviews, document analysis, and participant observation in a variety of settings where family law and gender justice are negotiated. The book argues that it is essential to examine societal legal forums and the social dynamics within the family (and its social environment) to better understand how changes in gender and power relations can occur. Chapters analyse five cases of Hindu, Muslim and tribal women pursuing claims, and seven further cases of lower caste Hindu women who became judges of the Nari Adalat (one of them a jury member); taken together, they provide rich insights into how successful legal outcomes are achieved, and the structural conditions inherent in the space. Ultimately, the book highlights how Nari Adalats are fundamentally women-centred spaces that challenge gender hierarchies, feminize the public sphere, and reconceptualise gender and ethnic relations in rural India.

Providing an exploration of caste, class, and religion in the wider context of gender justice, the volume will appeal to scholars and postgraduates in the fields of socio-legal studies, in particular gender and justice issues, gender studies, South Asian studies, and legal anthropology.

Mothering in the Colonies uses a psychoanalytic lens to consider the ubiquitous, but little acknowledged or spoken, relationship between settler colonial children and colonised/indentured/slave-descended women, and the way in which it inaugurated racial identity.

Diana Caine explores this relationship through seven images depicting children and caregivers in different contexts including Brazil, Mexico, India, Australia and South Africa. With reference to Freud and Lacan, Caine considers how this relationship at the heart of coloniality was impelled by socio-political and economic demands that collided with overt and covert interdictions against inter-racial intimacy.

Mothering in the Colonies will be of interest to psychoanalysts and historians of psychoanalysis, and to scholars and students of postcolonial and decolonial studies, race, imperial and colonial history and the history and politics of motherhood. It will also interest a more general readership.

With contributions from world-leading experts on cutting-edge topics at the interface of corporate law and environmental law, this timely Research Agenda explores key concepts and emerging themes within this nascent field.

Incorporating a broad range of perspectives, backgrounds and methodological approaches, this Research Agenda outlines entry points for research on the legal tools needed to address the immense and urgent environmental threat the planet faces. Chapters investigate how corporate legal structures might be surmounted to instil behavioural change within enterprises, accountability to stakeholders increased through regulatory intervention and decision-making of business leaders aligned more closely with environmental priorities. Analysing the complex regulatory conflicts that sit at the heart of corporate environmental law, expert contributors posit innovative solutions and clear pathways for future research.

Students and scholars interested in company law, corporate governance, corporate insolvency law and environmental law and policy will find the ideas and issues this Research Agenda explores invaluable. Its astute and practical insights will also be of interest to legislators, regulators and policymakers.

This transformative guide will help parents and caregivers navigate the complexities of raising resilient, emotionally capable children in today's challenging environment. This resource uniquely introduces a strength-based approach that shifts the focus from addressing deficits to uncovering and nurturing the unique strengths within every child. Backed by cutting-edge research, it offers practical strategies to foster positive emotions like gratitude, kindness, and optimism, while empowering children to embrace mistakes, develop intrinsic motivation, and regulate their emotions effectively.

Accessible and engaging, this book provides tools for parents of children across all age groups. It tackles pressing issues such as the impact of technology and social media, the benefits of mindfulness, and the importance of physical activity and nature in promoting emotional well-being. Special attention is given to supporting children with diverse learning and emotional profiles, ensuring that every child can thrive.

Authored by a seasoned psychologist with decades of experience in schools, clinics, and private practice, this resource is a must-read for anyone seeking to strengthen their bond with children while fostering resilience and emotional growth. Whether you're a parent, childcare professional or a teacher, this book provides actionable insights and exercises to help children and families flourish in a rapidly evolving world.

International trade is undergoing profound transformation. The liberalization paradigm that characterized much of the twentieth century has given way to renewed tariff conflicts, systemic disruptions caused by war and geopolitical rivalry, and mounting pressures to align trade with sustainability objectives. These shifts underscore the urgent need to re-examine the intellectual and policy foundations of global commerce in light of twenty-first century realities. This book offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary analysis of these emerging dynamics.

Drawing on contributions from legal scholars, economists, and political scientists across Europe, Asia, and North America, it traces the historical evolution of tariffs, evaluates the far-reaching consequences of the conflicts in MENA, Ukraine, and Russia, and examines the challenges posed by central bank digital currencies to established trade mechanisms. It further investigates the U.S.-China trade confrontation as a case of enduring techno-economic rivalry, the paradoxes of sustainability in mineral-based global value chains, and the regulatory tensions between market liberalisation and national sovereignty. The book examines critical mineral supply chains through a geoeconomic lens, focusing on how states and corporations leverage control over extraction, processing, and manufacturing stages to secure strategic advantage. It offers novel insights into European vulnerabilities in rare earth supply, insolvency harmonisation, and investment regulation. Together, these chapters provide an integrated perspective on the forces redefining trade law, policy, and practice. It explores the impact of digital currency regulation on international trade, with particular regard to the legal status of central banks.

This book will be of particular interest to academics, researchers, and graduate students in international economics, law, and political science, as well as to policymakers and institutional actors concerned with the future of global trade governance.

This book examines cyberloafing: employees' use of internet-enabled technologies for personal purposes during paid working time. It addresses a familiar but often misunderstood feature of contemporary work: checking messages, browsing news, using social media, shopping online, or engaging in other non-work digital activity while at work. Rather than treating cyberloafing simply as wasted time or misconduct, the book shows that its meaning depends on context. It may signal boredom, overload, weak engagement, poor role clarity, lack of recovery, or, in some cases, more serious withdrawal from work. The book combines theoretical synthesis, measurement development, cross-cultural comparison, and empirical studies. It develops a clear conceptual framework, validates the CBLS-15 Cyberloafing Scale, and examines cyberloafing across different national contexts, including Poland, Italy, and the United States. It also considers how hybrid work, digital monitoring, and artificial intelligence are changing the boundaries between work, recovery, distraction, and disengagement. The practical contribution is a more balanced approach to managing personal internet use at work. The book argues that broad restrictions and close monitoring are often insufficient and may create additional problems. Instead, organizations need better diagnosis, work design, leadership practices, recovery structures, and ethically responsible digital governance.

This empowering workbook has been designed to help Autistic adults, whether newly diagnosed or self-identifying, to develop a positive understanding of their unique Autistic identity.

With a highly structured, interactive and visual approach, the workbook guides the reader through key areas including focus, routine and structure, masking, sensory experiences, and emotions and energy levels. The book includes a wealth of tools and exercises with first-hand experiences woven throughout, and offers an affirming framework to encourage and build:

• An understanding of what autism is
• An understanding of what autism means to you
• A positive sense of self
• An acknowledgement of things that may be trickier
• A pride in being Autistic.

Having a positive understanding of your Autistic identity is an indicator of higher self-esteem, confidence and wellbeing. This workbook will be valuable for newly diagnosed adults and those wanting to better understand their own unique Autistic identity, as well as the professionals supporting them.

Early Chinese Cinema and Two-Way World Flows explores how the term 'transnational' became a condition-a site of translations, transactions, and transitions in Chinese cinema. Drawing on a broad range of previously untapped sources by and about female directors, writers, actresses, and moviegoers, including personal recollections from the family of female director Marion Evelyn Hong, this book offers new perspectives on the dynamic multidirectional flow of films, culture, and communities in the early twentieth century at a time of intense global political upheaval. At its heart are 'transnational' films and the women, audiences, and immigrants who positioned themselves across borders.

This pioneering scholarship shows how cinema emerges as an affective medium and a tool of negotiation, enabling women to navigate political and immigrant experiences. It also examines how film production and circulation became strategic responses to racial misrepresentation, with diasporic Chinese communities playing a central role in these early economic and cultural exchanges between China and the United States.

By highlighting the role of film in diasporic culture and economic transactions, this book opens new frontiers for scholars of feminist, diasporic, and global film studies, revealing the layered complexities of Chinese and Chinese American diasporic film cultures. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Chinese Cinemas.

Port Economics is the study of the economic decisions (and their consequences) of the users and providers of port services. A port works as an "engine" for economic development. This book provides a detailed discussion of port freight service users, such as freight water and land carriers, that have their ships and vehicles serviced and their cargoes unloaded by ports, as well as passenger services such as ferry carriers which are serviced by ferry passenger ports.

The text continues to enhance our understanding of port economics by exploring the economic theories, supply and demand curves, and the actual and opportunity costs relating to the carriers, shippers and passengers who use ports. This edition includes three new chapters focusing on:

• Cargo port choice behaviour from the perspective of port freight service providers;
• The state-of-the-art theory of cargo port choice equilibrium between shippers and cargo port service providers;
• The state-of-the-art theory of cargo port choice equilibrium between shipping lines and cargo port service providers.

This updated and comprehensive introduction to port economics will be of benefit to students and researchers in their study of port economics and management. It is also of great importance to professionals who manage and operate ports as well as freight and passenger carriers.

Biopsychosocial Perspectives of Major Demographic Correlates of Crime examines the four major demographic variables related to criminal offending-age, sex, race, and SES from a biopsychosocial perspective.

These four variables are typically examined only from a sociological perspective that grants all causal power to social structure, social roles, and socialization and largely ignores the role of individual traits and characteristics. This book looks at these variables from a biopsychosocial perspective, which includes everything from neurons to neighborhoods and is a developmental nature via nurture approach. Thus, in addition to the "psycho" (cognitions, emotions, behaviors) and the "social" (culture, family, social roles), it includes the "bio." (evolutionary biology, physiology, molecular and behavioral genetics, and neuroscience). With insights from evolutionary biology, molecular and behavioral genetics, physiology and neuroscience, readers gain a fresh, interdisciplinary perspective on these variables.

Biopsychosocial Perspectives of Major Demographic Correlates of Crime: Age, Sex, Race, and Social Class is an important new resource from a leader in the field that will be invaluable to scholars and professionals in biopsychosocial criminology, sociology, politics, and other social sciences.