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Inspired by the seminal work of Jack Goody, a historical anthropologist specializing in the study of social structure and change, "Technology, Literacy, and the Evolution of Society" gathers diverse perspectives of distinguished historians, anthropo

By applying globalization theory to detailed accounts of everyday life in an Arab society, this book traces the development of contemporary Morocco. Concise, descriptive, interdisciplinary, and theoretically informed, it provides an introduction to a topical issue in the increasingly globalized world.

This sequel to Gordon Lathrop's highly successful Holy Things is an exercise in liturgical theology, viewing the activities of worship as a means of defining and discussing the concept ?church.? It centers on community and assembly to discuss the sacraments. It focuses on ecumenism and inculturation as central test cases for a liturgically derived idea of church. In hopes of invigorating the local church, Lathrop explores the meaning of the te...

Reveals the development of students' understanding of statistical literacy. This book looks at students' thinking, in relation to tasks based on sampling, graphical representations, averages, chance, beginning inference, and variation, which are essential to later work in formal statistics.

Killer 'Cane takes place in the Florida Everglades, which was still a newly settled frontier in the 1920s. On the night of September 16, 1928, a hurricane swung up from Puerto Rico and collided, quite unexpectedly, with Palm Beach. The powerful winds from the storm burst a dike and sent a twenty-foot wall of water through three towns, killing over two thousand people, a third of the area's population. Robert Mykle shows how the residents of th...

Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Threat to Occupational Health in the U.S. and Canada critiques existing response capability to infectious diseases. This book performs failure analysis not found in other texts. It then offers positive solution analysis of existing inabilities. It also presents cutting-edge research, addressing different model interventions including SARS, smallpox, TB, and more. Featuring contributions from leading experts...

This book examines Thomas Hardy's representations of the road and the ways the archaeological and historical record of roads inform his work. Through an analysis of the uneven and often competing road signs found within three of his major novels - The Return of the Native, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure - and by mapping the road travels of his protagonists, this book argues that the road as represented by Hardy provides a pali...

The Year That Defined American Journalism "examines the 1897 conflict between the activist "yellow journalism" of William Randolph Hearst and its objective antithesis represented by the New York Times. No other year, arguably, has produced more memorable, singularly important, or defining moments in American journalism. This exceptional year brought the establishment of the White House Press Corps, the introduction of half-tone photographs to ...

This collection of essays addresses the inclusion and exclusion of peoples, populations and regions in an era of global economic and social integration. Although many publications have discussed the way in which globalization has changed the nature of boundaries, space and the movement of peoples, there is a wide gap in a literature that rarely addresses the reaction of local communities and inclusion for some stakeholders in decision making w...

Contributing to the sociology of gambling, this title offers a variety of sociological approaches, ranging from classical sociological analyses of gambling to contemporary sociological approaches to risk.

Analyzes Stanley Kubrick's films from a variety of perspectives. This is a study of one of the controversial filmmakers of the twentieth century. It ends with three viewpoints on Kubrick's final film, "Eyes Wide Shut", placing it in the contexts of film history, the history and theory of psychoanalysis, and the sociology of sex and power.

This book reveals the development of students' understanding of statistical literacy. It provides a way to "see" student thinking and gives readers a deeper sense of how students think about important statistical topics.

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Written by authorities on symbionts, the microbes associated with insects and mites, this work summarizes current knowledge of symbiotic organisms in the biology of insects. In this second volume, repeat authors describe brand-new aspects of their research, while a new group covers recently developing aspects of symbiotic relationships, including two new examples of using symbionts in crop protection.

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Offers an inventory of plant-derived compounds alongside the effective ways to identify, extract, analyze, and characterize fresh plant-derived compounds. This title presents examples of plant products used in food and beverages, disease prevention and treatment, pest control, textiles, and fragrances.

Includes CD-Rom `This book could be useful for a newly appointed or inexperienced SENCO, or in a school where inclusion is an issue. It does give realistic suggestions and guidelines on how to address the mounds of paperwork which are supposed to move us forward' - Special magazine 'In a world where education initiatives seem to land as relentlessly as dead leaves from a grey sky, this book will help... Readers can rest assured that they ar...

Uncovers the nature and authority of conceptual determination by critically thinking through neglected arguments in Hegel's "Science of Logic" pivotal for understanding reason and its role in philosophy. This book is of interest to readers of Hegel, as well as those wondering how thought can be objective.

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