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Early Modern Italy is a fascinating survey of society in Italy from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries - the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. Covering the whole of the Peninsula from the Venetian Republic, to Florence, through to Naples it shows how the huge economic, cultural and social divides of the period still affect the stability of present day united Italy.This is an essential guide to one of the most vibrant yet tempestuous per...

The development of an American science establishment -- today an amalgam of scientists, engineers, universities, industrial laboratories, and federal science agencies -- began early in the twentieth century when the federal government began to invest in a national scientific infrastructure. During World War II this investment swelled to colossal proportions. At present, the yearly federal investment in basic science and technology amounts to a...

Parallele und verteilte Anwendungen: Dieses Buch gibt einen Überblick über die verschiedenenen gängigen methodischen Ansätze. Zur Einführung werden die theoretischen Grundlagen in knapper Form abgehandelt. Sie lernen, welche logischen Unterschiede zwischen einzelnen Methoden zum Aufbau paralleler Systeme bestehen. Der Stoff wird auf abstraktem Niveau vermittelt, unabhängig von Plattform und Programmiersprache. Alle wichtigen Einsatzfelder para...

This revised edition of Pollock and After features ten new articles and is fully updated to take account of new critical approaches to post-war American art.

Enter the Body offers a series of provocative case studies of the work women's bodies do on Shakespeare's intensely body-conscious stage. Rutter's topics are sex, death, race, gender, culture, politics, and the excessive performative body that exceeds the playtext it inhabits. As well as drawing upon vital primary documents from Shakespeare's day, Rutter offers close readings of women's performance's on stage and film in Britian today, from Pe...

Healthy Urban Planning aims to refocus urban planners on the implications of their work for human health and well-being. If many of the problems faced in cities are to be resolved, improving health will be the fundamental goal of urban planners. Poor housing, poverty, stress, pollution, and lack of access to jobs, goods and services all impact upon health. This book provides practical advice on ways to integrate health and urban planning and w...

Conspiracy theories are everywhere in postwar American culture. From postmodern novels to The X-Files, and from gangsta rap to feminist polemic, there is a widespread suspicion that sinister forces are conspiring to take control of our national destiny, our minds, and even our bodies. Conspiracy explanations can no longer be dismissed as the paranoid delusions of far-right crackpots. Indeed, they have become a necessary response to a risky and...

. Wie häufig sind psychogene Erkrankungen in der Erwachsenenbevölkerung? . Wie verlaufen sie spontan, d. h. ohne Behandlung? . Was beeinflußt die Entstehung dieser Erkrankungen und ihren weiteren Verlauf? Auf der Datenbasis der seit 1975 laufenden Mannheimer Kohortenstudie wird der Langzeitverlauf psychischer und psychosomatischer Erkrankungen beschrieben. Zu diesen Störungen (Häufigkeit ca. 26 %), zählen z. B. Angsterkrankungen, depre...

In this book, Cees J Hamelink proposes an answer to - how should democratic societies organize cyberspace? - that puts human-rights, rather than profit, at the top of the agenda. He argues that conventional ethical approaches are all seriously flawed. There is a growing volume of moral rules, netiquettes and codes of conduct, but they are of little help in solving the moral dilemmas raised by the new technologies. In this book the author analy...

Jean-Paul Sartre is one of the most famous philosophers of the twentieth century. The principle founder of existentialism, a political thinker and famous novelist and dramatist, his work has exerted enormous influence in philosophy, literature, politics and cultural studies.Jean-Paul Sartre: Basic Writings is the first collection of Sartre's key philosophical writings and provides an indispensable resource for all students and readers of his w...

Featuring sections on a range of materials including ceramics, glass, metals and stone, this work examines the foundations of archaeological study. It is suitable for those interested in ancient technologies, especially those involving high temperatures.

Issues in Modern Foreign Languages Teaching draws together a range of issues in the teaching of modern foreign languages into one volume that will encourage students and newly qualified teachers to consider and reflect on the issues so that they can make a reasoned and informed judgement about their teaching of MFL. It will be relevant for students and newly qualified teachers at both primary and secondary level and will fill a gap in their kn...

The authorized, paginated WTO Dispute Settlement Reports in English: cases for 1998.

Includes the Lockerbie decision, with additional materials, relating to the trial before a Scottish court in the Netherlands. Six ECJ cases concerning the implementation of UN sanctions, the Sandline and Papua New Guinea 1998 arbitration, and two decisions of the International Tribunal for the Law of Sea are also included.

This book is a highly original study of transnationalism among immigrants from the county of Taishan, from which, until 1965, a high percentage of the Chinese in the United States originated. The author vividly depicts the continuing ties between Taishanese remaining in China and their kinsmen seeking their fortune in “Gold Mountain.”

Right-wing militias and other anti-government organizations have received heightened public attention since the Oklahoma City bombing. While such groups are often portrayed as extremists, the values they espouse have influenced mainstream politics and culture far more than most Americans realize. This important volume offers an in-depth look at the historical roots and current landscape of right-wing populism in the United States.

Samuel Beckett's work forever changed the concepts of literature and theatre. His work remains a core part of introductory courses on literary history, drama, theatre or performance and also features in more specialist modules such as Modernism or The Absurd. Samuel Beckett is a comprehensive introduction to his life and work as well as an outline of the critical issues surrounding his work. This guidebook leaves judgements up to the student b...

This beautifully illustrated book introduces children ages 5-10 to the magic of using herbs for healing, cooking, and nature crafts, inspiring a lifelong interest in the natural world.

Hard Green" indicts environmentalism as we know it today and articulates a robust, conservative alternative. Huber maintains that, captured as it has been by the "Soft Green" oligarchy of scientists, regulators, and lawyers, modern environmentalism does not conserve forests, oceans, lakes, and streams but instead hastens their destruction.

This book demonstrates how pupils can approach their work, and their future, with confidence, ambition, optimism and integrity. Providing practical strategies for integrating Emotional Intelligence across the curriculum, Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom reveals the power of emotion in learning, explaining the fundamentals of Emotional Intelligence and EQ (Emotional Quotient), and presenting original research on the impact of El on learn...