In just five hundred years, the population of many Caribbean islands, including Cuba, have gone through a complete transformation from native tribes through slavery, migratory workers and immigration. Analysis of the economic, demographic and cultural processes in Cuba during this period is related to the transformation of ethnic consciousness.
The book analyzes the social status, life orientations, and values of the young generation in the countries of Eastern Europe 1990-2010 which changed their social system from socialism to capitalism in the last two decades.
This collective monograph analyzes the development of coal, oil and gas industry in China. It studies environmental safety and energy policy of the country. The analysis shows that despite the fact that the country has its own vast energy resources, it depends on imports of these resources as well as on development of a nontraditional energy industry.
This book is a bout the history of Christianity in the land of the present state of Israel, the role of Christians in the political life of this country, as well as the attitude of the Christian churches to the state and its foreign policy.