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This new edition of The Essential Guide to Western Civilization provides a succinct and engaging overview of European history for students.With wide chronological coverage, from early humans and the first civilizations to the present, this book provides a narrative of key events in the West with insightful analysis to further contextualize the relationship of the West to the wider world. The second edition has been fully updated, with increased coverage of women, slavery, colonization, economics and finance, and concurrent developments in the non-Western world. It engages with recent scholarship and includes updated suggested readings to offer a more comprehensive view of Western Civilization. To further aid student understanding, this book includes review questions at the end of each section, key terms and definitions for each chapter, discussion questions at the end of every chapter, and maps and images to illustrate important concepts.Ideal for undergraduates in Western Civilization

The Essential Guide to Critical Development Studies provides an up-to-date and authoritative introduction to the field, challenging mainstream development discourse and the assumptions that underlie it.Critical development studies lays bare the economic, political, social, and environmental crises that characterise the current global capitalist system, proposing instead systemic change and different pathways for moving beyond capitalism into a new world of genuine progress where economic and social justice and ecological integrity prevail. In this book, the authors challenge market-driven, neoliberal development agendas, incorporating analyses of class, gender, race, and the dynamics of uneven capitalist development. This thoroughly revised and expanded second edition includes: 18 new chapters, including on topics such as philanthrocapitalism, race, the energy transition, Indigenous resistance and resilience, and global health Expanded global coverage, including new chapters on South A

Data has been called the ‘new oil’ of the 21st-century economy, yet knowledge of how to harness and comprehend data is lagging. This book presents a comprehensive guide for university students and business practitioners to acquire the core competencies to become data literate.Data Literacy: The Essential Language in the Digital Era introduces a logical way to master the nature, features, characteristics, limitations, uses, and protection of data, as well as its legal, regulatory, and ethical concerns. The book helps readers to develop their data literacy skills, based on lessons learnt from the authors’ professional experience in the banking and education sectors, together with doctrinal and empirical findings from research and observation.With a structured methodology for interpreting data, practical case studies, and useful exercises, this textbook is an essential guide and reference for students, practitioners, and scholars in any discipline, as well as policymakers and regulators f