The Bliss Bibliographic Classification Association is an association of users and supporters of the Bibliographic Classification. The association promotes the development and use of classification, publishes official amendments, enables users to keep in touch and exchange experience, and gives them a say in the future of the scheme. It is a non-profit organization, founded in 1969, with members all over the world. Each of the following schedul...
Ethnicity, Gender and Social Change explores the social space occupied by both gender and ethnicity. As recognition of the sociological importance of gender and ethnicity has grown, so has the opportunity for exploring the intersections between them. This volume brings together both theoretical reflections and new research in this key area. For the sociologist this presents a conceptual challenge, while for the individual it may present a seri...
More than other Atlantic societies, Latin America is shackled to its past. This collection is an exploration of the binding historical legacies--the making of slavery, patrimonial absolutist states, backward agriculture and the imprint of the Enlightenment--with which Latin America continues to grapple. Leading writers and scholars reflect on how this heritage emerged from colonial institutions and how historians have tackled these legacies ov...
Agroforestry is the cultivation, by farmers, of trees or other woody plants with crops or pasture. Its scientific study is attracting great interest and increasing funding because of its potential to produce sustainable agricultural systems and agroforestry is now included in most university and college courses covering land use subjects. "Tropical Agroforestry" is the first book that provides an analytical account of the principles, as well a...
Recently, accurate ab initio quantum computational chemistry has evolved dramatically. In particular, the development of multireference-based approaches has opened up a whole new area and has also had a profound impact on the potential of theoretical chemistry.The multiconfigurational SCF (MCSCF)/CASSCF method is an attempt to generalize the Hartree-Fock (HF) model and to treat real chemical processes, where nondynamic correlation is important...
Frederick Jackson Turner is often considered to be the most influential American historian office century, and his views continue to shape the controversial field of Western American history. In this book, John Mack Faragher introduces and comments on ten of Turner's most significant essays, concluding with a comment on the recent debate over Turner's legacy and his effect on Americans' understanding of their national character.
The first set of worksheets to accompany the Giesecke series. This book will feature traditional problems, emphasize hand drawing, and not contain descriptive geometry.
Rafik Schami, vielgerühmter und -geliebter Geschichtenerzähler, kann einfach nicht nein sagen. Immer, wenn ihn jemand um einen Vortrag, eine Lesung bittet, sagt er zu. Und so hetzt er durch ganz Deutschland, kennt jedes Hotel im Land, - und ist sich selbst ganz fremd geworden. Da hat ein Freund die rettende Idee: Arbeit doch mit Doppelgängern! Eine Katastrophe bahnt sich an...
Menschen, die traumatisierenden Erfahrungen ausgestzt waren (Mißhandlung, Mißbrauch in der Kindheit, Kriegs- und andere Gewalterfahrungen), entwickeln oft vielfältige Reaktionen und Bewältigungsformen, die mit klaren und eindeutigen Diagnosen schwer greifbar sind.
Das Buch - orientiert am Verständnis der humanistischen Psychologie - geht von der in der Praxis erlebbaren Reaktionsvielfalt aus, die »Posttraumatische Belastungsstörung« ist nur e...
Diese Geschichte eines Reisenden durch Ort und Zeit nimmt ihren Ausgangspunkt in einem Triester Kaffeehaus und endet gleich nebenan in einem Stadtpark. Doch dazwischen liegt eine ganze Welt. Denn immer wieder entdeckt der reisende Erzähler in den kleinen Welten große Geschichten: komische und tragische Schicksale von obskuren und illustren Menschen, Kriege, Auswanderungen und eine halb versunkene Liebesgeschichte.
In Magdalena Sadlons erstem Roman begegnen wir einem Enkel der Monarchie, einem Sohn des Dritten Reiches - einem Kind Österreichs. Wie die meisten Wiener stammt auch Jakob aus der Provinz. Seit seiner erzwungenen Pensionierung als Lehrer gibt er sich den Passionen des Alltags hin: Kaffeehaus, Pfeife, Billard, Zeitungen und unregelmäßige Besuche in zwielichtigen Spelunken. Zwischen den Verlockungen des Ausbrechens aus dem Alltag und der Macht d...
The temporal categories of tense and aspect have received much attention in linguistic literature. But often scholars concentrate on their grammatical description without regard to their function in discourse. This work is a comprehensive and systematic description of the function of tense and aspect in the Obolo language. The data for this study are ten texts, both written and oral, from the Ngo dialect of Obolo, which is spoken in southeaste...
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The dissertation scrutinises the opportunities that product placement may entail as an additive and integral part of a company¿s marketing mix. It also discusses its imminent disadvantages and threats as posed by the relevant German legislation. The main focus, however, is placed on the conceivable effects of product placement as regards brand awareness, recall, attitudes and increasing turnover.
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