BRO readers should check out The Localist Manifesto: Why Place Matters: Geography, Identity, and Civic Life in Modern America. It’s about creating a sense of place in our cities and it’s very much a ...

While shivering along to class in the middle of a bitter winter, I am often asked, “Shouldn’t you be used to this weather? You’re Russian!” I try to find kind but stern ways to respond, my favorite ...

The paper addresses issues raised by Langton and Hoppe (1983; 1988) regarding the crude and ultimately barren dichotomy between town and country which underpins much analysis of economic process in ...

Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Iranology Foundation, says the three Persian Gulf islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb are an enduring part of Iran’s historical and cultural identity.

Cultural identity is part of a person's self-concept and is related, but not limited, to nationality, ethnicity, sexuality, ability, religion, social class, generation, or any social group that has ...

In the past last decades tourism was long perceived as a solution to remediate to economic crisis and recessions, while the impacts were secondary and weren’t qualified. Focusing of the consequences ...

China claims that stability and modernization in Xinjiang have led to prosperity, but the truth reveals a systematic erosion of Uyghur cultural identity. Cities have been redesigned, traditional ...

Can your religious identity predict your political views? According to the data, sometimes—but the story is more complicated ...