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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

Author: Rodolfo RosalesISBN-10: 1315113155ISBN-13: 9781315113159Publisher: Taylor & Francis GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2017Format: OtherNot available to be shipped via Media Mail

This title was first published in 2001. In the Nordic countries women are considered equal to men. Advanced social and economic rights are often given as the explanation for the equality. In this volume, Nordic feminist legal scholars give a more contradictory image of...

Financial crises, which are currently perceived as the dark side of economic cycles, also represent one of the most obvious remedies to the decline of empires. Paradoxically, far-ranging economic crises have not necessarily accelerated the downfall of civilizations. The times of economic crises, whose...

Title: Ode to Science. Recited at the anniversary meeting of the Philomathian Society, June 20, 1791. Together with the song, snug by Brother Webb, on the same occasion.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The classical historian Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903) published his History of Rome between 1854 and 1856. His work was received with widespread acclaim by the scholarly community and the reading public. In 1902, in recognition of this monumental work, Mommsen was awarded the Nobel Prize...

The new edition of this unique resource, ground on an understanding that our global world is more connected than it has ever been, provides an essential survey of infectious diseases based on both clinical presentation and geographical area of exposure.Author: Eskild PetersenISBN-10: 1032856610ISBN-13: 9781032856612Publisher:...

This book is an essential resource for anyone passionate about the advancement of education in the pandemic and post-pandemic era.Author: Syamsul ArifinISBN-10: 1032452439ISBN-13: 9781032452432Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/10/2024Pages: 216Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.38lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.56d

A selection of papers focusing on the following five aspects: Big data acquisition and analysis, Integration of qualitative research and quantitative research, Sociological Internet experiment research, Application of ABM simulation method in Sociology Research, Research and development of new social computing tools.Author: Dan DobrotaISBN-10:...

"Fairs, Past and Present: A Chapter in the History of Commerce" by Cornelius Walford delves into the fascinating world of fairs as vital engines of trade and commerce throughout history. This meticulously researched work explores the evolution of markets and fairs, examining their significant...

In this influential pamphlet, John Cartwright argues for American independence as a means of strengthening ties between Britain and its colonies. Drawing on political philosophy and contemporary debates, Cartwright presents a compelling case for the value of self-determination and democratic governance. This book is...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

The concept of equality has two edges. The first, equality under the law or equality of treatment, is a tenet of many modern liberal societies. Opposite treatment is the second edge, outcome, where inequality, not equality, is often the reality. An example is the...

This study found that leaders are divinely empowered and authorized to participate with God mediating the relation- ships between God and man and among men. This study addresses the divine aspect of leadership by examining the relationship between God and leadership roles. Ephesians 4:1-16...

It is well known and acknowledged that public policies are inherently complex. But the implications of complexity theory (or complex adaptive systems theory) for policy analysis have not been explored fully. The authors of this volume offer perspectives and methodological tools to fill this...

This book had its genesis in Dr. Davis' remarkable editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine that sharply criticized medical schools for lowering their standards of admission to fill minority quotas and ultimately risking the lives of patients. Davis' position (widely held, but...

The effort, in the early years of the Nicaraguan revolution, to lead, organize, and educate in the fight for women's rights.Author: Tomas BorgeISBN-10: 0873484754ISBN-13: 9780873484756Publisher: PathfinderLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1982Pages: 43Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.05lbsSize: 7.02h x 4.01w x 0.11d

From her political awakening as a schoolgirl in tsarist-occupied Poland until her murder by thugs in 1919 during the German revolution, Rosa Luxemburg acted and wrote as a proletarian revolutionist. Rosa Luxemburg Speaks takes us inside the political battles between revolution and class collaboration...

New Zealand in World Affairs III surveys the period 1972-1990, provides a record of New Zealand's major international preoccupations, describes how they were officially handled and makes assessments of how effectively the challenges were interpreted and acted upon.Author: Bruce BrownISBN-10: 0864733720ISBN-13: 9780864733726Publisher: New Zealand...

Central to the Enlightenment is the ideal of the Secular City, in militant reply to the Civitas Dei of St Augustine. The essays in this volume, all by distinguished eighteenth century specialists, illustrate the elaboration of that vision, both in the planning and depiction...

Author: Robert C. TuckerISBN-10: 0826262368ISBN-13: 9780826262363Publisher: University of Missouri PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/1995Pages: 192Format: Hardcover

The controversy surrounding the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism has raised unprecedented questions about the communication of health and science. Health, Risk and News: The MMR Vaccine and the Media examines how this story came to be so influential and asks...

C.-S. Abraham Cheong explores different possibilities for the meaning of The Steward parable (Luke 16:1-9), adopting a system of M. Bakhtin's dialogic scheme, a literary carnivalization. Cheong breaks new ground by clearly demonstrating individual performance on the hermeneutic of the Gospel parables. He characterizes...

A complete source of information on questionnaires for lay persons and professionals, from how to design a questionnaire and write the questions to analyzing the data.Author: Douglas R. Berdie,John F. Anderson,Marsha A. NiebuhrISBN-10: 0810818841ISBN-13: 9780810818842Publisher: Scarecrow PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/1992Pages: 344Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 8.66h x...

This is a consolidated edition of the most important collection of lineage records related to the War of 1812: . The two-volume set, which has been authorized by the Society of the War of 1812, incorporates three earlier publications and a new supplement.Author: Dennis...

In their introduction, the editors point out that constitutional order is tied to the exercise of power by law enforcement agencies, and that if relations between the police and civil society continue to erode, the exercise of force will rise - a dangerous prospect...

This detailed study of the use of water at different price levels by residential consumers in the Toronto-centred region from Hamilton to Oshawa challenges the basis of our present urban water supply policy. Adoption of the recommendations presented would mean higher prices to householders,...

Sayeed explores the kinds of resistance Western hegemony has provoked in the Middle East and shows that, although Islamic fundamentalism cannot provide a viable alternative to Western political, cultural, and economic systems, some of the major Islamic ideas can do so.This book challenges prevalent...

On September 11 more people clicked "on documentary news photographs than on pornography for the first (and only) time in the history of the Internet," reports writer David Levi Strauss. The archive of images associated with the tragic events of 9/11 merits careful analysis....

This work analyzes the changes that financial globalization is bringing about in the housing and home-finance markets of the USA, Japan and South Korea, with special attention to the gender inequality.Author: Gary Dymski,Dorene IsenbergISBN-10: 0765606801ISBN-13: 9780765606808Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/30/2001Pages: 382Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.59lbsSize: 9.22h x...

The relationship between workers and firms are changing worldwide. Nowhere is this more evident than in the psychological contracts of employment.This book combines the cross-national perspectives of organizational scholars from thirteen countries to examine how societies differ in the nature of psychological contracts in...

Dr Peter Ellyard, futurist and strategic analyst, argues that a new interdependent planetary society is emerging in the dawn of the new millennium.'Ellyard prods us to think the unthinkable. For him it's simply a matter of planetry survival.' Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Executive Director 1992-1998 United...

In Man's Nature and Nature's Man, Lee R. Dice tells of the interrelationship of man in his communities, of his plant and animal associates, and of how they act one upon the other. He describes the laws that govern their rise and decline, and...

This text indicates those variables which in general may need a better control. Examples illustrate the impact that those variables may have on various characteristics. A series of representative studies are presented so that insight can be obtained about the effects of these parameters.Author:...

The last decade has seen exponential growth in the development of digital technologies. This has led to significant shifts in the political arena as well as in the economy, precipitating a series of revolutionary changes in the fabric of our societies, which have had...

Today and Tomorrow Volume 16 War and Politics re-issues works originally published in the 1920s and 1930s including A Defence of Chemical Warfare, Paris or the Future of War, Janus or the Conquest of War, Sinon, Or the Future of Politics and Typhoeus or...

Already aware that chalk, limestone and coal seams are the residues of ancient life, the author suggests that this knowledge may also be applied to the rest of matter. In that case, he argues, the origin of the world was not cosmic upheaval which...

This accessible satellite textbook in the Routledge Intertext series is unique in offering students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on speech and writing. Written in a clear, user-friendly style, it combines practical activities with texts, accompanied by commentaries and suggestions for further...

First published in 1991. Brendan Barrett and Riki Therivel describe interest group participation in Japan's environmental policy-making and give an historical review of the relationship between economic growth and environmental problems. Author: Brendan F. D. Barrett,Riki TherivelISBN-10: 0367189100ISBN-13: 9780367189105Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/08/2019Pages: 314Format: HardcoverWeight:...

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is America's largest integrated health care system, providing care at 1,243 health care facilities, including 172 medical centers and 1,063 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity, serving 9 million enrolled Veterans each year. In addition, VHA has opened...

Does the public trust science? Scientists? Scientific organizations? What roles do trust and the lack of trust play in public debates about how science can be used to address such societal concerns as childhood vaccination, cancer screening, and a warming planet? What could happen...

Now available in paperback, Kevin O'Neill's highly praised study of rural Ireland in the years leading up to the "Great Hunger" of the 1840s explicates the social, economic, and demographic conditions of the era. He argues that overpopulation and deprivation were inextricably linked to...

Planning and evaluating air pollution control strategies is a difficult and demanding task requiring the application of the most advanced technical and computational resources that are available to the analyst. In this book, an economist applies the powerful tool of linear programming to develop...

Deals with the logic of toll-free services in all three sectors: government, business and nonprofit, and generalises the notion of voluntary work toward encompassing everything that is free of charge.Author: Andras KelenISBN-10: 9639241334ISBN-13: 9789639241336Publisher: Central European University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2002Pages: 370Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 9.26h...

Uberall auf der Welt haben Menschenrechte im Laufe der Jahre an Bedeutung gewonnen. Trotz dieser Errungenschaften zeigen zahlreiche Ereignisse, die vor allem politisch motiviert sind, dass die Achtung der Menschenrechte in der Praxis leider noch lange nicht uberall verwirklicht ist. Bisherige Studien dazu weisen...