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Lennig presents a biographical profile of Erich von Stroheim, who forged his screen image as "the man you love to hate" at a time when the male lead in silent pictures was a romantic hero, not a heartless Don Juan. 30 photos.

A supplemental text with a fresh, bold edge, Challenges of Urban Education includes a range of topics from quantitative analyses of student demographics to the description and analysis of urban high school students' creative writing. The book bridges the dualisms of local and global, theory and practice, and structure and agency. It furthers the advancement of "the new sociology of education" by making connections between the social context of...

The Burden of Memory, like The Open Sore of a Continent, derives from the three lectures Soyinka gave at the DuBois Institute (the inaugural lectures of the Genevieve McMillan Foundation). Where The Open Sore offered a searing critique of the Nigerian military and its repression of human and civil rights, The Burden of Memory addresses the next logical question in a broader global context: is reconciliation between oppressor andoppressed possi...

A new English translation of Schelling¿s unfinished magnum opus, complete with a contextualizing introduction by the translator.

Lord and Lady Clonbrony are more concerned with fashionable London society than with their responsibilities to those who live and work on their Irish estates. Concerned by this negligence, their son Lord Colambre goes incognito to Ireland to observe the situation and to discover the truth about the origins of his beloved cousin Grace. Can he find a solution that will bring prosperity and contentment to every level of society, including his own...

Italy's residents are a migratory people. Since 1800 well over 27 million left home, but over half also returned home again. As cosmopolitans, exiles, and 'workers of the world' they transformed their homeland and many of the countries where they worked or settled abroad. But did they form a diaspora? Migrants maintained firm ties to native villages, cities and families. Few felt much loyalty to a larger nation of Italians. Rather than form a ...

Women's Work in Britain and France is a ground-breaking retheorization of what constitutes 'progress' in gender relations. The book shows that French women, although having more full-time and continuous careers and greater social policy support, retain as great a responsibility for unpaid domestic and caring work as their British counterparts. It replaces the conventional focus upon encouraging women's increased insertion into employment as th...

Bohman develops a realistic model of deliberation by gradually introducing and analyzing the major tests facing deliberative democracy: cultural pluralism, social inequalities, social complexity, and community-wide biases and ideologies.

An exciting new survey of the history of Europe since the end of World War II. Thought-provoking and wide-ranging this book discusses political, economic, cultural and social change in Western Europe.

Women's Work in Britain and France is a ground-breaking retheorization of what constitutes 'progress' in gender relations. The book shows that French women, although having more full-time and continuous careers and greater social policy support, retain as great a responsibility for unpaid domestic and caring work as their British counterparts. It replaces the conventional focus upon encouraging women's increased insertion into employment as th...

Mit dieser Abhandlung wird ein hochaktuelles und äußerst kontrovers diskutiertes Thema ¿ die Erledigung der Hauptsache ¿ aufgegriffen, das sich auf die sachgerechte Kostenentscheidung und den fairen Rechtsschutz bezieht. Es wird behandelt, ob die Erledigung der Hauptsache als verfahrensrechtliches Institut zwischen Dispositionsmaxime und Kostenrecht anzusehen ist, welche Voraussetzungen es für die Erledigung der Hauptsache gibt und wie das Ver...

Die westdeutsche Israel- und Nahostpolitik war von Beginn an durch eine Gratwanderung zwischen historisch-moralischen Verpflichtungen und realpolitischen Interessen geprägt. Standen die deutsch-israelischen Beziehungen stets im Schatten der NS-Vergangenheit, kennzeichneten die deutsch-arabischen Beziehungen besonders energiepolitische und ökonomische Faktoren. Wie gerade die traditionell israelfreundliche SPD dieser Herausforderung auf Regieru...

When the British took control of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius soon after the abolition of the slave trade, they were faced with a labour-hungry and potentially hostile Franco-Mauritian plantocracy. This book explores the context in which Indian convicts were transported to the island and put to work building the infrastructure necessary to fuel the expansion of the sugar industry. Drawing on hitherto unexplored archival material, it is...

The paperback edition of the critically-acclaimed, pioneering book on successful urban recovery. Two urban experts draw on their firsthand observations of downtown change across the country to identify a flexible, effective approach to urban rejuvenation. From transportation planning and sprawl containment to the threat of superstore retailers, they address a host of key issues facing cities today.

In Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer's Disease: A Christian Perspective, pastors and caregivers will discover a journal-like account of a daughter's initial difficulties in dealing with her mother's increasing dementia. You will also find practical day-to-day tips for living with senile dementia. This book provides comfort as well as support and an honest description of the emotions you may be forced to come to terms with while dealing wit...

With Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, G. I. Gurdjieff intended to "destroy, mercilessly . . . the beliefs and views about everything existing in the world." This novel beautifully brings to life the visions of humanity for which Gurdjieff has become esteemed. Beelzebub, a man of worldly (and other-worldly) wisdom, shares with his grandson the anecdotes, personal philosophies, and lessons learned from his own life.The reader is given a detail...

Schulen und ihre Wirkung auf die Kinder. Mit einer Einleitung von Hartmut von Hentig.

Supplement 9 contains bibliographical and archival materials pertaining to two eminent American economists: "The Finding Guide to the Frank H. Knight papers at the University of Chicago" and, a complete annotated bibliography of the writings of Frank H. Knight, assembled and edited by Ross B. Emmett. Also included is a bibliography to references for Thorstein Veblen works for the period 1983-1996, assembled by Solidell Wasser and Felicity Wasser.

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This textbook outlines the factors that every student must assess for a proper understanding of the period, from the attitudes of the aristocracy and the role of state religion to the function of political institutions.