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God and Greater Britain is a survey of the contribution of religion to society, politics, culture and national self-understanding in Britain and Ireland at a pivotal period in their historical development.

Tracing the process from the fieldwork to the analysis of results, this book demonstrates how the ethnographer arrives at an understanding not only of `culture' and `society', but also of the ways in which cultures and societies evolve.

This book provides a global overview of the role of the community sector, examining in detail the origins and activities of community organizations in Europe, the Americas, Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific.

This work offers the text of Richard Cobden's European diaries for the years 1846 to 1849. Cobden, the British Liberal politician and economist, went to France, Spain, Italy, Saxony, Prussia, Russia and Germany. A detailed introduction to Cobden's politics and the impact of his tour is included.

Examines the effects that the inequalities experienced between men and women have had on the psychologies of both sexes, and the battle to remove them. It aims to introduce the reader to current research and theories, drawing on novels, theatre,

Death in childhood is uncommon but for those families who have to confront the situation the burden is great. The stress and anxiety for health care workers is also considerable. This book considers the medical, psycho-social and practical issues involved in caring for children dying from chronic disease. It is directed towards pediatricians, family doctors and other professionals who may be involved in caring for terminally ill children and t...

When Steele, Richardson and Olszewski described Progressive Supranuclear Palsy in Archives of Neurology in 1964, it was thought to be a rare disease. Recent pathological studies of large numbers of patients diagnosed as having Parkinson's disease in life have highlighted the fact that at least one in ten of such cases have some other condition. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy is one of the commonest alternative diagnoses. This book is therefore...

Een selectie van hoofdstukken uit de uitgebreide serie 'Orthopedische Geneeskunde en Manuele Therapie'. Doordat de selectie geheel is toegesneden op de opleidingen is de voor de student overbodige wetenschappelijke stof hier weggelaten. Dat neemt niet weg dat alle belangrijke manueel therapeutische onderzoek- en behandeltechnieken educatief worden beschreven aan de hand van uitgebreid illustratiemateriaal.

This work explores the issues of men's studies and contemporary theories of gender within the context of the Middle Ages.

This volume honors and examines the founders of the philosophy of logical empiricism. Historical and interpretive essays clarify the scientific philosophies of Carnap, Reichenbach, Hempel, Kant, and others, while exploring the main topics of logical empiricist philosophy of science.

This book marks a watershed in the social sciences. The qualitative, critical perspective of sociology and allied disciplines challenges the technocentric managerialism' which dominates environmental policy, its discourse and its impact.The authors explore the relationship between social theory and sustainability in an attempt to transend technical rhetoric and embrace a broader understanding of nature'.

Reclaiming Sodom explores alternatives to thes force of the Sodomitic biblical narrative in Islamic, non-western, and western traditions, and discusses the ways in which sodomy calls into question normative definitions of sexuality and gender. The collection pursues the "pleasures and dangers" of these alternatives, and takes on Proust's refusal to imagine a social movement founded on the "stigma" of Sodom.

Cultural Studies is an international journal committed to exploring the relationships between cultural practices and everyday life, economic relations, the material world, the State and historical forces and contexts.

Based on impeccable scholarship and written with grace and style, The Market Revolution provides a sweeping political and social history of the entire Jacksonian period from the diplomacy of John Quincy Adams to the birth of Mormonism under Joseph Smith, from Jackson's slaughter of the Indians in Georgia and Florida to the Depression of 1819, and from the growth of women's rights to the spread of the temperance movement.

Why is it awkward to say that "Napoleon has been dead in lieu of "Napoleon was dead? What aspect of "John has arrived at seven o'clock leaves an odd ring in the ears and mind? Why do languages often depend on redundant expressions in order to convey temporality and temporal shifts? In "Time in Language, Wolfgang Klein examines these questions and others in this original study of the ways in which time encodes itself within language. Casting a ...

Planning is currently a male profession, but an analysis of a century of town planning reveals this to be a new development, women have been central to the planning movement since it began. Women and Planning is the first comprehensive history and analysis of women and the planning movement, covering the philosophical, practical and policy dimensions of planning for women'. Beyond the marginalization of women, modern, scientific planning hides...

Much emphasis is placed on direct care and services to people infected with AIDS and for those affected by this disease. This book focuses on the mobilization of community-based organizations in the struggle against HIV/AIDS and their contribution to the global effort.