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In To End All Wars, Thomas J. Knock provides a fascinating narrative of Wilson's epic quest for a new world order. Massively researched and filled with intriguing and provocative insights, this account follows WIlson's thought and diplomacy from his early historical writings to his policy towards revolutionary Mexico, from his dramatic call for 'Peace Without Victory' in World War I to America's entry into that conflict, and from the Fourteen ...

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Providing a variety of perspectives on the conceptualization of adult learning, "Culture and Processes of Adult Learning" combines the ideas of sociology, psychology, adult education and applied research into how adults experience learning. The book addresses a range of significant issues, incorporating a number of major contributions to current debates about the purpose of adult learning and how best it may be developed: what are skills and h...

In 338 B.C. Philip II of Macedon established Macedonian rule over Greece. He was succeeded in 336 B.C. by his son Alexander the Great, whose conquests during the next twelve years reached as far as the Russian steppes, Afghanistan, and the Punjab, thus creating the Hellenistic world. Based on his earlier work, a first-ever comprehensive history of ancient Macedonia, this abridgement now provides, in one volume, a history of the Macedonian Stat...

Der Tagungsband zum 5. CIP-Kongre~ dokumentiert den Status quo des PC-Einsatzes in vielen bedeutenden F{chern der Hochschullehre und zeigt neueTrends auf. Der st{rkste innovative Schub bei der Lehrsoftware geht zur Zeitvom Bereich Multimedia aus. Die Weiterentwicklung der Rechnerpools und der Rechnervernetzung an den Hochschulen ist dadurch bestimmt, da~ sich die CIP-Pools mittlerweile zu reinen Institutspools entwickeln und durch den Z...

This book analyzes, through easy-to-follow play synopses, the strengths and weaknesses of the female protagonists as they impact not only the plot of Shakespeare's plays but the male protagonist. Selected, condensed one-act versions of the plays are provided in order to enrich the discussion of the play, to stimulate in reading the play in its entirety, and to provide a springboard for group discussion of the play and the impact of the women. ...

With a new introduction by John Gray and striking new cover from the artist Stanley Donwood, the author of 'Cocaine Nights' brings you the story of suburban London transformed into an exotic dreamworld.

Traces the development of the sonnet from its invention in the early Italian Renaissance to the time of John Milton, showing how the form has developed and acquired the capacity to express lyrically the nature of the desiring self. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information.Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.

This new book provides an insight into how whole life costing is affecting design, construction, maintenance and disposal of structures.

Combining established work with that of recent provocative scholarship on the antebellum South, this collection of essays puts students in touch with some of the central debates in this dynamic field.

What does modern medical science know about menstruation? Less than is commonly assumed, according to Annette and Graham Scambler. In this thought-provoking book, they challenge orthodox thinking on menstruation and disorders associated with it. Based on women's own experience and accounts of menstruation and menstrual disorders, their study will prompt health workers to rethink their approaches to menstrual phenomena. It shows how women are c...

Combining established work with that of recent provocative scholarship on the antebellum South, this collection of essays puts students in touch with some of the central debates in this dynamic area. It includes substantial excerpts from the work of Eugene Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, who lay out the influential interpretation of the South as a "paternalistic" society and culture, and contributions from more recent scholars who provide...

This volume reprints some of the most important essays published in the field of children's literature in the last five years and includes three new essays on folklore and science fiction, psychology, and cultural studies.

In "Technology and Industrial Growth in Pre-War Japan, " Yukiko Fukasaku examines development in Japan in the pre-War period, and views the achievements of this period as central to the present competitiveness of the country's industrial technology. She gives particular emphasis to the crucial role played by training and research in the accumulation of technological capability and the assimilation of imported technology. Fukasaku shows that su...

This introduction to popular media culture in Britain discusses the ways in which popular culture can be studied, understood and appreciated, and covers its key analytical issues and some of its most important processes.

George Bernard Shaw was the master intellectual of British socialism and has been one of the most influential political commentators of the twentieth century. "Socialism and Superior Brains" provides a comprehensive critical account of his political ideas. Shaw assumed many roles as a thinker, including those of artist-philosopher, clowning prophet, and pamphleteer. This book explains the methods he employed, the levels of abstraction at which...