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When the Cold War ended, the world let out a collective sigh of relief as the fear of nuclear confrontation between superpowers appeared to vanish overnight. As we approach the new millennium, however, the proliferation of nuclear weapons to ever more belligerent countries and factions raisesalarming new concerns about the threat of nuclear war.In Return to Armageddon, Ronald Powaski assesses the dangers that beset us as we enter an increasing...

What type of choir did Bach have in mind as he created his cantatas, Passions and masses? How many singers were at his disposal in Leipzig, and in what ways did he deploy them in his own music?Seeking to understand the very medium of Bach's incomparable choral output, Andrew Parrott investigates a wide range of sources: Bach's own writings, and the scores and parts he used in performance, but also a variety of theoretical, pictorial and archiv...

Most people still think of themselves as belonging to a particular culture. Yet today, many of us who live in affluent societies choose aspects of our lives from a global cultural supermarket, whether in terms of food, the arts or spiritual beliefs. So if roots are becoming simply one more consumer choice, can we still claim to possess a fundamental cultural identity?Global Culture/Individual Identity focuses on three groups for whom the tensi...

Most people still think of themselves as belonging to a particular culture. Yet today, many of us who live in affluent societies choose aspects of our lives from a global cultural supermarket, whether in terms of food, the arts or spiritual beliefs. So if roots are becoming simply one more consumer choice, can we still claim to possess a fundamental cultural identity?Global Culture/Individual Identity focuses on three groups for whom the tensi...

Unlike other books that "pair" classic and contemporary books, this one provides readings and specific analysis of the Shakespearean influence underpinning many young adult novels.

The Endangered Self" focuses on how the discovery of an HIV positive status affects the individual's sense of identity, on the experience of living with HIV and its effects on the individual's social relationships.

Top academic scholars, authors, and consultants address topics and trends as diverse as service learning, technological change, curriculum renewal, faculty reward systems, and post-tenure review. They offer models to help department chairs and administrators work through the change process, including recommAndations based on real-world experiences. They also integrate the latest research with examples of best practices into a readable, accessi...

Anthropologists on 'relatedness', transformed by changes in marriage arrangements, gender relations and new reproductive technologies.

A unique memoir that interweaves poetry, narrative, meditation, and social history, A Spiritual Life explores the complex facets of a Jewish woman's spiritual coming-of-age, capturing the emotional and spiritual reality of contemporary Jews as well as religious seekers of all types.

Industrial Uses of Biomass Energy demonstrates that energy-rich vegetation, biomass, is a key renewable energy resource for the future. Brazil, uniquely, has a recent history of large-scale biomass industrial uses that makes it a specially important test-bed both for the development of biomass technology and its utilisation, and for understanding how this is shaped by political and socio-economic forces. The book analyses the cause for this an...

Tracing the firm's beginnings in 1869 to its current status as world leader, "Goldman Sachs" is a rare and captivating look inside America's premier investment house and inside the financial world at its highest levels. of photos.

The Routledge Reader in Politics and Performance brings together for the first time a comprehensive collection of extracts from key writings on politics, ideology, and performance. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, and including new writings from leading scholars, the book provides material on: * post-coloniality and performance theory and practice * critical theories and performance * intercultural perspectives * power, po...

This new addition to the Millennium "SF Masterworks" series was a Nebula Award winner.

This is a handbook for regular classroom teachers with students who don't necessarily qualify for special services, but are in need of special help nonetheless.

Explains how Cairo came to have its important Genizah archive, how Cambridge developed its interests in Hebraica, and how a number of colourful figures brought about the connection between the two centres. Also shows the importance of the Genizah material for Jewish cultural history.

Offers a reappraisal of Lope's literary career, bringing out the complexities of his texts.

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Diese Arbeit wurde für ein mittelständisches Softwareunternehmen angefertigt. Erkenntnisse aus dieser Arbeit können aber ohne weiteres auf Unternehmen anderer Branchen und Größenklassen übertragen werden. Ziel war es, nicht lediglich einem Vergleich der Bewertungs- und Bilanzierungsvorschriften auf theoretischer Ebene durchzuführen, sondern die konkreten Anpassungen aufzuzeigen, die ein Unternehmen vorzunehmen hat, ...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Mit der Veröffentlichung der vom Massachusetts Institut of Technology (MIT) vorgelegten Studie zur "zweiten Revolution in der Automobilindustrie" wurden erstmals die Produktivitätsrückstände der westlichen Automobilhersteller gegenüber dem japanischen Produktionssystem populär-wissenschaftlich manifestiert und die Manager der westlichen Automobilindustrie zum Handeln aufgerufen. Dieses System der Produktionsorganisat...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Erfolgreiche Mitarbeiter gleich erfolgreiche Unternehmen? Diese Wechselwirkung ist offenkundig. Man kann sich aber fragen, ob ein Unternehmen deswegen erfolgreich ist, weil seine Mitarbeiter es sind oder ob die Mitarbeiter deswegen so erfolgreich sind, weil sie in einem erfolgreichen Unternehmen arbeiten. Ohne Zweifel bestehen hier starke Wechselwirkungen, die es zu nutzen und zu verstärken gilt. Dies bedeutet, im U...

Among the unintended and largely unforeseen consequences of globalization are the fundamental transformations of local relationships, both economic and cultural, that occur within communities drawn into the predominantly capitalist world economy. Democracy, once considered the essential political mode of regulation for successful capitalist economies, is being replaced by nondemocratic modes of social organization as localized responses to glo...