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Now that Soviet style socialism has collapsed upon itself and liberal capitalism offers itself as the natural, necessary and absolute condition of human social life on a worldwide scale, this book insists that the potentially emancipatory resources of a renewed, and perhaps reconstructed, historical materialism are more relevant in today's world than ever before. Rather than viewing global capitalism as an eluctable natural force, these essays...

This comprehensive text provides a concise overview of environmental problems caused by agriculture, (such as pesticide pollution and increased nitrate levels) and offers practical solutions to them. It is well illustrated and contains a fully-referenced introduction to the main contemporary agricultural pollution issues in the UK. It will help provide clear, scientific and technical understanding of the most important sources of agricultural ...

On the night of 14-15 April 1912 during her maiden voyage "Titanic" struck an iceberg and sank, losing most of her passengers and crew. Of the five epic films interpreting this tragic event, the docu-drama "A Night to Remember" (1958) is often regarded as the definitive version. This text examines the film's place in the continuing generation of "Titanic" mythology. He analyses the film, unravels its production history and reception, and compa...

Relating the Muslim understanding of Moses in the Qur'an to the Epic of Gilgamesh, Alexander Romances, Aramaic Targums, Rabbinic Bible exegesis, and folklore from the ancient and medieval Mediterranean, this book shows how Muslim scholars authorize and identify themselves through allusions to the Bible and Jewish tradition. Exegesis of Qur'an 18:60-82 shows how Muslim exegetes engage Biblical theology through interpretation of the ancient Isra...

In diesem Band werden zunächst die linguistischen Grundlagen für das Testen und Bewerten kommunikativer Leistungen expliziert: sprachliche Kommunikation als Lösen von kommunikativen Aufgaben, Spezifika fremdsprachiger Kommunikation, Text und Textsorte in diesem Kontext. Darauf aufbauend werden für das Testen Aufgabentypen zur Textrezeption und -produktion definiert. Ihnen werden Testverfahren bzw. typische Aktivitäten der Texterstellung zugeor...

This is a historical survey of all the religious traditions of Korea in relation to the socio-cultural trends of seven different periods of Korean history. The book includes a discussion of the history of the study of religion in Korea, a chronological description of Korean folk religion including shamanism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, Islam, and Korean New Religions, and some final observations about the uniqu...

This acclaimed selection of Russell's early letters, available in paperback for the first time, reveals the full scope of his life and innermost thoughts up to the First World War.

Existing studies of the Vietnam War have been written mostly from an American perspective. This book presents a history of the war from the perspective of the Vietnamese communists, using Vietnamese, Chinese and former Soviet sources.

Terry Eagleton's "Tragedy "provides a major critical and analytical account of the concept of 'tragedy' from its origins in the Ancient world right down to the twenty-first century. A major new intellectual endeavour from one of the world's finest, and most controversial, cultural theorists. Provides an analytical account of the concept of 'tragedy' from its origins in the ancient world to the present day. Explores the idea of the 'tragic' acr...

This book looks at how human factors are being used more and more in the product design process within commercial manufacturing organisations. It shows how designs can appeal to the user holistically, so that products are a joy to use.

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This book draws on the author's own experiences implementing constraint management within UK manufacturing, using case studies to highlight the key issues that substantially enhanced bottom-line performance. It examines the roles of new product development, production, and distribution, team development, and the strategic focus required to turn what the author calls the "Revenue Chain" into a practical approach for any company. Constraint Mana...

An analysis of the socio-economic changes brought about by colonial rule in a frontier area of Bengal, Jalpaiguri. Challenging long established debates focused around the powers of dominant groups over a settled peasantry, this book broadens our perspective on the 18th century, promoting a deeper understanding of the change-over from the pre-colonial to the colonial era.

A richly complex study of the Yogacara tradition of Buddhism in India and China, divided into five parts. Part 1 is on Buddhism and phenomenology, with close attention to elements in Husserl and Merleau-Ponty that are helpful for understanding Yogacara. Part 2 details the four basic models of Indian Buddhist thought - the five skandhas, conditioned co-arising, the triple world, and the interplay of behaviour/meditation/understanding. A chapter...

Purposefully written for those coming to politics for the first time, this textbook provides an exploration and analysis of the most important political issues affecting the Developing World. Offering a different perspective from standard texts in this field, "Politics in the Developing World" encourages an understanding of the breadth and nature of a range of pressing - and previously understated - issues: the striving for democracy, the poli...

Im vorliegenden Buch werden von führenden Vertretern der Fachgebiete Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie neueste Erkenntnisse für den klinischen Alltag aufbereitet dargestellt. Der erste Beitrag äußert sich grundsätzlich zum psychischen Kranksein. Schwerpunkte bilden weiterhin epidemiologische und klinische Fragestellungen der Schizophrenieforschung, ausgewählte Aspekte der Alkoholabhängigkeit, die Verbindung von Grundlagen und Klinik bei den neur...

Trixi ist neun Jahre alt und darf die Sommerferien bei ihrer Großtante Ottilie in Tiefenmoor verbringen. Trixi bemerkt bald, dass es ein Geheimnis um ein großes, leer stehendes Haus außerhalb des Dorfes gibt. Vom Garten führte eine breite, halb zugewachsene Steintreppe auf eine große Terrasse. Alle Fensterläden im Erdgeschoss waren geschlossen. Im Dachgeschoss gab es außer einigen kleinen Luken keine Fenster. Trixi stand nachdenklich da und be...

D.S. Richards' translation of the 13th century Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh covers the period of the 'great sultanate'. With copious annotations, the translation is an invaluable aid and resource for students and scholars.

First impressions count, and nothing makes a better first impression on dinner guests than those delectable little nibbles that you set out before the main course. And you don t have to limit yourself to serving appetizers at the beginning of a meal. Appetizers are first and foremost about entertaining.

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