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One of the world's leading specialists in Indo-European religion and society, Bruce Lincoln expresses in these essays his severe doubts about the existence of a much-hypothesized prototypical Indo-European religion. Written over fifteen years, the essays--six of them previously unpublished--fall into three parts. Part I deals with matters "Indo-European" in a relatively unproblematized way, exploring a set of haunting images that recur in desc...

In this work, Ruth W. Grant presents a new approach to John Locke's familiar works. Taking the unusual step of relating Locke's "Two Treatises" to his "Essay Concerning Human Understanding, " Grant establishes the unity and coherence of Locke's political arguments. She analyzes the "Two Treatises" as a systematic demonstration of liberal principles of right and power and grounds it in the epistemology set forth in the "Essay.

This book is concerned with the lives of people known to be wealthy individuals whose families are engaged in private enterprise on regional, national, and international scales of operation. It documents the interplay of marital and filial relations in the attainment of power and the transmission of resources in a world in which families are also businesses.

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Kritiken und Rezensionen: 1912 / 1924 / 1926 / 1927 / 1928 / 1929 / 1930 / 1931 / 1932 / 1933 / 1934 / 1935 / 1936 / 1937 / 1938 / 1939/40 Anhang: Entwürfe zu Rezensionen / Vorschläge für den Besprechungsteil der »Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung« / Anmerkungen der Herausgeberin / Alphabetisches Verzeichnis / Inhaltsverzeichnis

Nachträge Siebter Band. Erster Teil: Frühe Schriften / Sonette / Rundfunkgeschichten für Kinder / Literarische Rundfunkvorträge / Geschichten und Rätsel / »Das kalte Herz« / Nachtrag zu den Brecht-Kommentaren / »Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit« - Zweite Fassung / »Berliner Kindheit um neunzehnhundert« - Fassung letzter Hand Anhang: Verzeichnis der gelesenen Schritten / Bibliographie der zu Lebzeiten gedruckten ...

Focusing on the historical events of post-independence Sri Lanka, S. J. Tambiah analyzes the causes of the violent conflict between the majority Sinhalese Buddhists and the minority Tamils. He demonstrates that the crisis is primarily a result of recent societal stresses--educational expansions, linguistic policy, unemployment, uneven income distribution, population movements, contemporary uses of the past as religious and national ideology, a...

Nietzsche's New Seas" makes available for the first time in English a representative sample of the best recent Nietzsche scholarship from Germany, France, and the United States. Michael Allen Gillespie and Tracy B. Strong have brought together scholars from a variety of disciplines--philosophy, history, literary criticism, and musicology--and from schools of thought that differ both methodologically and ideologically. The contributors--Karsten...

John W. Stamper traces the complex development of 'North Michigan Avenue from the 1880s to the 1920s' building boom that solidified its character and economic base, describing the initiation of the planning process by private interests to its execution aided by the city's powerful condemnation and taxation proceedings. He focuses on individual buildings constructed on the avenue, including the Renaissance and Gothic inspired Wrigley building, ...

Written by one of the leading figures in evaluation, Evaluation Thesaurus is the perfect alternative to the lengthy, expensive evaluation encyclopaedias and the all-too-brief glossaries at the end of evaluation texts. This edition includes recent work in personnel evaluation and its relevance to programme evaluation, fresh material on evaluation of scientific theories, contemporary ways to extend objective testing beyond multiple choice items...

This volume continues the stories of the Israelite patriarchs and prophets who figured in Volume II, as well as of the semi-mythical rulers of ancient Iran. In addition to biblical, Qur'anic, and legendary accounts about Moses, Aaron, and the exodus of the Children of Israel from Egypt, of the Judges, Samuel and Ezekiel, and of Saul, David, and Solomon, it includes a version of Iranian prehistory that emphasizes the role of Manuchihr (Manushih...

Roger's eccentric, junk-collecting friend Kenneth takes him on an awesome undersea ride in a homemade submarine. Their visit to a subaqueous cavern turns up a wonderful surprise: a cache of supervaluable baseball cards!

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The Handbook of Mathematical Economics aims to provide a definitive source, reference, and teaching supplement for the field of mathematical economics. It surveys, as of the late 1970's the state of the art of mathematical economics. This is a constantly developing field and all authors were invited to review and to appraise the current status and recent developments in their presentations. In addition to its use as a reference, it is intended...

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For more than twenty years this pioneering work had served as a bible for herbalists throughout the world. It is an illustrated encyclopedic guide to more than two hundred medicinal plants found in North America, with descriptions of each plant's appearance and uses, and directions for methods of use and dosage. Native American traditions are compared with traditional uses of the same plants among other cultures where the science of herbs has ...