An American Obsession: Science, Medicine, and Homosexuality by Jennifer Terry

The History of Kuwait

The tiny state of Kuwait grabbed the world's awareness in the course of the Gulf battle, in which its normal petroleum source turned the envy of its neighboring nation of Iraq. yet Kuwait's heritage is going again lengthy sooner than any oil was once came upon, again to Mesopotamian settlements as early as 3000 BCE. excellent for top university scholars in addition to common readers, historical past of Kuwait bargains a complete examine how this sort of small kingdom may perhaps, basically, rule the realm with only one normal source.

Shanghai and the Edges of Empires

Even prior to the romanticized golden period of Shanghai within the Nineteen Thirties, the famed Asian urban was once notable for its area of expertise and East-meets-West cosmopolitanism. Meng Yue analyzes a century-long shift of urbanity from China’s heartland to its shore. throughout the interval among the decline of Jiangnan towns reminiscent of Suzhou and Yangzhou and Shanghai’s early twentieth-century upward push, the overlapping cultural edges of a failing chinese language royal order and the encroachment of Western imperialists converged.

The urbanization of injustice

With the appearance of AIDS, the proliferation of gangs and medication, and the uneasy sensation that giant Brother is admittedly observing us, the darkish facet of city residing seems overshadowing the brighter aspect of enjoyment, liberation, and chance. The Urbanization of Injustice chronicles those bleak city pictures, whereas taking to activity exclusivist politics, globalization thought, and superficial environmentalism.

Fate and Transport of Nutrients in Groundwater and Surface Water in an Urban Slum Catchment, Kampala, Uganda

City casual settlements or slums are transforming into quickly in towns in sub-Saharan Africa. typically, a sewer procedure isn't really current and the commonly-used reasonably cheap onsite wastewater dealing with practices, in most cases pit latrines, are often unplanned, out of control and inefficient. accordingly, such a lot families get rid of their untreated or in part taken care of wastewater on-site, producing excessive a great deal of foodstuff to groundwater and streams draining those parts.