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The Geography of Disease: How Location and Culture Influence Health in Today's World

Jing Luo

Discover the field of health geography, which seeks to better understand the causes, spread, and mitigation of disease through the study of geographic factors. Covering climate change, social determinants of health, global health challenges, and cutting-edge spatial technologies, this book blends theory with real-world examples to make complex concepts accessible.

YOUTH CULTURE / MARKET RESEARCH

Polycultural Intelligence: Eight Rules for Connecting with Generation Alpha
David Morse

Gen Alpha kids (born between 2010 and 2025) inhabit a polycultural world. For those hoping to understand or connect with them—in classrooms, boardrooms, or at kitchen tables—a shift in perspective will be required. Marketers, teachers, parents, and creative directors can all expect to find useful insights in these pages.

Morse’s Eight Rules of Polycultural Intelligence provideS a foundation for understanding and engaging with the ever-growing number of families raising polycultural kids—kids who jump between languages and cultures, who belong to more than one category, and often resist them all. This book will help you understand how these kids differ from generations that came before them and how their polycultural worldview will reshape America in the years ahead.

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Feminism and Feminist Movements in America: An Encyclopedia of Ideals and Activism
Edited by Sarah Kornfield 

Explore the essential people, events, organizations, laws, concepts, and issues that have defined US feminist movements, from the founding era through today. Featured here are the activists and ideas that have challenged - and in many instances prevailed over - inequities in US society, from key figures such as Angela Davis and Betty Friedan to significant events such as the Women's March on Washington in 2017 and the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848.

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The Chicana and Chicano Movement: From Aztlán to Zapatistas

Edited by Adelaida R. Del Castillo and Norma Iglesias-Prieto 

The impact of the Chicana/Chicano Movement on today's America can be seen in the halls of power, educational access and equity, museum exhibitions of Chicana/Chicano art, and positive self-image among Chicanas and Chicanos. It is also reflected in media arts, theater, music, and dance. This book provides an overview of the major trends and influences of the Chicana and Chicano Movement during the volatile 1960s and 1970s and the movement's direction in and impact on the following decades.

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World Today 2025-2026

Help your readers explore the world with confidence using this long-standing, reliable reference series—updated annually to reflect the latest global developments. The World Today 2025-2026 is available as individual volumes or a 9-volume set.