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This book explores the interrelationship between economic practice and religion, ethics and social structure in a number of ancient cultures, including studies of East Indian, Hebraic, Greek, Hellenistic, Roman and emerging European cultures. Each chapter presents a new, richer understanding of the preoccupation of the ancients with specific economic problems such as distribution, civic pride, management and uncertainty, and how they were able...

This is the first survey of British immigration policy to include both its pre-World War Two origins and its development after the crucial 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act. It is an accessible introduction to a subject of increasing popularity with students and academics. It also integrates the results of extensive archival research. Offering a different perspective to sociological approaches, British Immigration Policy since 1939 will be of i...

Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Vol 3 is devoted to a linguistic tradition that lies outside the Western mainstream, namely that of the Middle East.The reader is introduced to the major issues and themes that have determined the development of the Arabic linguistic tradition. Each chapter contains a short extract from a translated 'landmark' text followed by a commentary which places the text in its social and intellectual context. The chosen ...

In the space of less than half a century, Britain has shifted from being a virtually all-white society to a multi-racial society with important Asian and black communities. "British Immigration Policy Since 1939" traces this transition from the Second World War, through the restrictive legislation on immigration in the 1960s, up to the present day. Based on a detailed examination of recently released archival material, Ian Spencer outlines the...

In this major new text, Miroslav N.Jovanovic presents an analysis of all the major aspects of economic integration in the European Union. Beginning with an overview of the origins of European integration, he moves on to discuss in detail all the main policy areas. These include:*monetary policy*competition policy*industrial policy*fiscal policy*trade policy*the Common Agricultural Policy*foreign direct investment*regional policy.The volume als...

The purpose of Ribozyme Protocols is to provide a helpful compilation of protocols that will be of use-^not only to those with some experience of ribozymes-^but also to those wishing to use ribozymes for the first time. Although it is usually impossible to cover every aspect of a scientific field, I believe this book approaches that ideal and should help all readers perform meaningful experiments using ribozymes. To design ribozymes, one must ...

An outstanding collection of state-of-the-art methods from leading experts for interrogating ligand-receptor and receptor-effector interactions. The methods emphasize the regulation of G protein-coupled receptors and focus on receptor characterization, methods for investigating how receptors couple to G proteins, and approaches to studying how receptor expression and function is regulated. The easily reproducible protocols include chimeric rec...

Blurb & Contents" "I can think of few better ways of introducing students to the history of astronomy than by using The Eye of Heaven as a text....This is science at its best....Not only does Gingerich make you think, he also forces you back in time and makes you think as astronomers did then. Students need this inspiration." David Hughes, New Scientist Astronomer and historian Owen Gingerich provides a fascinating introduction to three giants...

In this major new text, Miroslav N.Jovanovic presents an analysis of all the major aspects of economic integration in the European Union. Beginning with an overview of the origins of European integration, he moves on to discuss in detail all the main policy areas. These include:*monetary policy*competition policy*industrial policy*fiscal policy*trade policy*the Common Agricultural Policy*foreign direct investment*regional policy.The volume als...

A Word After Dying is the tenth compelling English village crime novel in Ann Granger's Mitchell & Markby series

In Napoleon III and the Second Empire, Roger D. Price considers the mid-century crisis which provided Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte with the opportunity to gain elective office as President. The author outlines the objectives of Napoleon III and provides: * A historiographical review of the ruler and his regime* Details of changing historical attitudes to the period* A survey of Napoleon III's economic, social and political impact* An outline of th...

Image is a tool that guarantees success -- but only if you know how to use it. The Persona Principle"TM" will teach you the most powerful Image-Marketing secrets of the world's leading enterprises. Discover how to: -- Overcome the two biggest obstacles to success -- invisibility and incredibility-- Capitalize on the five hottest consumer trends to become a market leader-- Employ the 8 Persona Factors -- the most important ways to build image--...

This superb collection by the eminent physicist and critic John Ziman, opens with an album of portraits of scientists--Albert Einstein, Freeman Dyson, Lev Landau, Mark Azbel, Andrei Sakharov. Ziman takes readers into the world of the contemporary scientist, showing how discoveries are made and how claims are tested. He then travels into the minds of scientists as they are drawn into competing directions. Here Ziman exposes the path of discover...

In this wonderful collection, friends and colleagues of Russian physicist G.I. Budker--founder of the Novosibirsk Institute--reminisce on the man and his science. Two articles by Budker himself are included as well. None of this material has ever appeared in English and includes work by Kapitsa, Landau, and Sakharov.

Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, "The Denial of Death" is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the "why" of human existence. In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Becker tackles the problem of the vital lie -- man's refusal to acknowledge his own mortality. In doing so, he sheds new light on the nature of humanity and issues a call to life and its living that st...

Cuidate es la guia de salud mas vendida en el mundo y la unica que ayuda a reducir las visitas al medico.