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Examines the complex relationship between the reality of the Palestinian minority in Israel and their literature through six novels, according to a literary communication model which enables Dr Taha to examine how authors who belong to this minority relate to their readers.

Call Home the Heart is the story of Ishma Waycaster, an impoverished woman who, pregnant for the third time and discouraged by the endless struggle of rural life in the Great Smoky Mountains, flees a mill town, where she becomes involved in union organizing and a bloody strike (modeled on the Gastonia strike of 1929). Burke provides a remarkably honest portrayal of the conflicts between Ishma's sexual and emotional needs and her intellectual a...

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Consumption has become one of the leading topics across the social sciences and vocational disciplines such as marketing and business studies. In this comprehensively updated and revised new edition, traditional approaches as well as the most recent literature are fully addressed and incorporated, with wide reference to theoretical and empirical work. Fine's refreshing and authoritative text includes a critical examination of such themes as: *...

Nearly forty years after the outbreak of the "Minamata Disease, " it remains one of the most horrific examples of environmental poisoning. Based on primary documents and interviews, this book describes three rounds of responses to this incidence of mercury poisoning, focusing on the efforts of its victims and their supporters, particularly the activities of grassroots movements and popular campaigns, to secure redress. George argues that Japan...

Female mysticism, usually nourished in contemplative surroundings, in Blannbekin's case drew its inspiration from urban life, Weidhaus identifies her visions as 'street mysticism'.

The Politics of Atrocity and Reconciliation examines contemporary political violence and atrocity in the context of the crisis of the nation-state. It explores the way violence is used to unmake the social world and how its product: suffering, is used to try to remake the social world. Humphrey considers both the unmaking of the world through torture, war, urbicide and ethnic cleansing and the resultant remaking of the world through testimony ...

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When our children act up--whether they're just moody and rebellious or taking drugs and committing crimes--our solution, so often now, is to send them to a psychiatrist or developmental psychologist for help. What makes us think this will work? How did we come to rely on psychological explanations--and corrections--for juvenile misconduct?<, P>

With 300 figures, tables, and equations, this book presents a unified approach to image quality research and modeling. The author discusses the results of different, calibrated psychometric experiments can be rigorously integrated to construct predictive software using Monte Carlo simulations and provides numerous examples of viable field applications for product design and verification of modeling predictions. He covers perceptual measurement...

The diverse peoples, landscapes, and histories of Western North America come alive with these autobiographical excerpts, author profiles, and activities.

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Life in Switzerland 1900 - 1950. A single mother struggles for an existence that allows her to have her daughter with her.

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Electronic instruments: theory, applications, and real-world practice.The practical guide to electronic test and measurement: instruments and techniques, digital and analog Measurement techniques for maximizing accuracy Meters, signal sources, oscilloscopes, frequency counters, power supplies, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, logic analyzers, and more Includes many circuit models and conceptual block diagramsElectronic Test Instruments: ...

Bereson investigates the elite and privileged status of the closed-world of opera, and the way states have financed and supported it since its beginnings.

The world's most revered and eloquent interpreter of evolutionary ideas offers a work of explanatory force unprecedented in our time--the history and origins of the three core commitments of classical Darwinism. 88 line illustrations. 4 tables.

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Die Einführung ins Thema erfolgt durch eine Situierung der Standardsprache in der deutschen Schweiz. Es wird begründet, weshalb für die schweizerische Standardsprache eine Aussprachekonvention postuliert werden kann, welche einen bedeutenden Einfluß auf deren Realisierung hat. Von der Konvention unterscheidet sich die in Kodifizierungen festgelegte Norm. Es wird erwogen, ob eine Aussprachenorm überhaupt nötig ist und welcher Art diese sein sol...