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Definitive, broad-ranging reference work on Old World monkeys (Cercopithecoids).

In Challenging Codes Melucci brings an original perspective to research on collective action which both emphasizes the role of culture and makes telling connections with the experience of the individual in postmodern society. The focus is on the role of information in an age which knows both fragmentation and globalisation, building on the analysis of collective action familiar from the author's Nomads of the Present. Melucci addresses a wide ...

Recent developments in critical theory form the basis for this new study of Dostoyevsky.

This is a reprint of the rewritten and enlarged second edition originally published in 1899.Contents:Preliminary Definition of GothicThe Sources of GothicGothic Construction in France - The Beginnings of GothicGothic Construction in France - Later Structural DevelopmentsGothic Construction in France - Modes of Enclosure and General FormsPointed Construction in EnglandPointed Construction in GermanyPointed Construction in ItalyPointed Construct...

The contributors to this volume address questions central to the development and survival of democratic rule. Brought together under the auspices of a Nobel Symposium on democracy, leading experts in the field examine historical experiences, social and cultural problems, economic development, constitutional issues, the impact of globalization, and the prospects for promoting democratic government. The coverage of the book is global, and the ap...

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An introductory survey to America's relationship with the Asia-Pacific after 1945.

CONTENTSIntroductionBrief Sketch of St. Patrick's LifeGenuine Writings of PatrickDoubtful RemainsAppendix -Poetical Versions of the HymnThe Ancient Irish Hymn in the Original Irish, with a Translation into Modern Irish

The main chapter divisions are: "The Jewish Witnesses", "The Roman Witnesses", "The Witness of Paul", and "The Witness of the Gospels." From the Preface: "...Meanwhile we may reflect with comfort on the words of Dupuis: 'There are large numbers of men so perversely minded that they will believe everything except what is recommended by sound intelligence and reason, and shrink from philosophy as the hydrophobic shrinks from water. These people ...

If an intimacy, an uninterrupted friendship, of close upon half a century during which early associations, ambitions, failures, successes, and their results were frankly discussed, entitles one to speak with authority on Richard Wagner, the man, the artist, his mental workings, and the doctrine he strove to preach, then am I fully entitled so to speak of my late friend." Ferdinand Praeger London, 15th June 1885

Possibly the most complete, and at the same time the most impartial English study of Victor Hugo, both as a man and as an author. A. F. Davidson was also the author of The Life of Alexander Dumas. French literary history was always his hobby. He graduated from Oxford in 1883.

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This book is designed to give the student a fundamental, in-depth understanding of all the essential features of the magnetic recording process for both high density disk and tape recording. The book provides a thorough grounding in four basic areas of magnetic recording: structure and fields of heads and media, the replay process, the recording process, and medium noise analysis. Besides the fundamental issues, key systems questions of nonlin...

Originally published in 1909, when in the Preface it was said: "Until the past ten years a study of Chinese court life would have been an impossibility. The Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and the court ladies were shut up within the Forbidden City, away from a world they were anxious to see, and which was equally anxious to see them. Then the Emperor instituted reform, the Empress Dowager came out from behind the screen, and the court entered i...

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This is an introduction to Lie algebras and their applications in physics. The first three chapters show how Lie algebras arise naturally from symmetries of physical systems and illustrate through examples much of their general structure. Chapters 4 to 13 give a detailed introduction to Lie algebras and their representations, covering the Cartan-Weyl basis, simple and affine Lie algebras, real forms and Lie groups, the Weyl group, automorphism...

A comprehensive examination of Shakespeare's use of Ovid's epic poem, Metamorphoses.

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An exploration of the impact of modernity on religious authority.