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What happens when an entire modern state's material culture becomes abruptly obsolete? How do ordinary people encounter what remains? In this ethnography, Jonathan Bach examines the afterlife of Eas……続きを見る

Military capability is delivered operationally at a team and collective level, be it a unit as small as a squad or section, or as large as a maritime task group. Modern military forces are required ……続きを見る

Are humans unique? This simple question, at the very heart of the hybrid field of biological anthropology, poses one of the false of dichotomiesーwith a stereotypical humanist answering in the affir……続きを見る

Op geregelde tijdstippen krijgen we in de media te horen dat een groot deel van de Vlaamse en Nederlandse moslimjongeren de evolutietheorie niet accepteren. Meer dan andere leerlingen, zouden zij he……続きを見る

In 1900 over five million Jews lived in the Russian empire; today, there are four times as many Russian-speaking Jews residing outside the former Soviet Union than there are in that region. The New ……続きを見る

The Environmental Management Revision Guide: For the NEBOSH Certificate in Environmental Managementis the perfect revision aid for students preparing to take their NEBOSH Certificate in Environmenta……続きを見る

The disputes around fracking, and oil and gas policy, follow a long tradition of complicated intergovernmental relationships. Proponents argue that fracking supports new and well-paying jobs, revita……続きを見る

Written by leading theorists and empirical researchers, this book presents new ways of addressing the old question: Why did religion first emerge and then continue to evolve in all human societies? ……続きを見る

Peace and Conflict is a new biennial publication that provides key data and documents trends in national and international conflicts ranging from isolated acts of terrorism to internal civil strife ……続きを見る

The Chicago Food Encyclopedia is a far-ranging portrait of an American culinary paradise. Hundreds of entries deliver all of the visionary restauranteurs, Michelin superstars, beloved haunts, and fo……続きを見る

The official prayer book for Orthodox Jews in the UK, with supporting commentary by Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. The Hebrew Daily Prayer Book is the official prayer book for all Orthodox Jews in the ……続きを見る

Innovation in information and production technologies is creating benefits and disruption, profoundly altering how firms and markets perform. Digital DNA provides an in depth examination of the oppo……続きを見る

Those who address conflict resulting from differing socio-economic groups (stratification systems) focus on the arousal of negative emotions. Less frequently explored are the effects of positive emo……続きを見る

This book interrogates the existing theories of convergence culture and audience engagement within the media and communication disciplines by providing grounded examples of social media use as a soc……続きを見る

A complete, illustrated history of video games--highlighting the machines, games, and people who have made gaming a worldwide, billion-dollar industry/artform--told in a graphic novel format. Author……続きを見る

Inspired by the author’s personal experience of sustaining acquired brain injury (ABI), this path-breaking book explores the (re)construction of identity after ABI. It offers a way of understanding ……続きを見る

Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Oliver Cromwell, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo. En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá: • Analizar ……続きを見る

Understanding the effects of radical change on public personnel systems is critically important both now and in the future to all those interested in the quality of American democracy. Civil service……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte, Note: 1,0, Freie Universität Berlin (Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Gege……続きを見る

A devastating critique of the presumed theological basis of the Jewish social justice movementーthe concept of healing the world. What is tikkun olam? This obscure Hebrew phrase means literally “hea……続きを見る

Certainly this man can be anyone in upper-class American society, but he is also unique in his lack of connection to God, deep self, and his community. Predicting how people will turn out after hitt……続きを見る

Over the past several decades, the Dominican Republic has experienced striking political stagnation in spite of dramatic socioeconomic transformations. In this work, Jonathan Hartlyn offers a new ex……続きを見る

Hvem bryr seg om det palestinske folket? I løpet av de siste hundre årene har palestinernes liv ikke vært noen dans på roser. I denne boka skal vi se på hvordan palestinerne er blitt påvirket av det……続きを見る

The findings of scientific research often provide an important baseline to the formation of public policy. However, effective communication to the larger public about what scientists do and know is ……続きを見る

The Euromaidan protests highlighted Ukraine as a state between East and West European pathways. It became obvious that Ukraine’s search for identity and future is deeply rooted in historical fragmen……続きを見る

Social workers, whatever their specialism, practise with people at the margins of society. It is therefore essential that all social work students not only understand the powers and processes that l……続きを見る

Market Liberalizations and Emigration From Latin America provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of the era of liberalization in Latin America, focusing in particular on labor markets and em……続きを見る

This title was first published in 2003. There is growing anxiety about the consequences of social and economic change for children in industrial countries. It is in this context that the Federation ……続きを見る

How did American conservatism, little more than a collection of loosely related beliefs in the late 1940s and early 1950s, become a coherent political and social force in the 1960s? What political s……続きを見る

Scholarly considerations of Andy Warhol abound, including very fine catalogues raisonné, notable biographies, and essays in various exhibition catalogues and anthologies. But nowhere is there an in-……続きを見る