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This comprehensive study traces the history of over forty royal free towns from the sixteenth-century to 1848 in the territories of what today are Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania. Szelényi argues that these towns have been a neglected feature of national meta-narratives in Eastern Europe because their dwellers were often German speakers.

This study explores the Taiwan issue from the three perspectives of Beijing, Taipei, and Washington since Taiwan leader Lee Teng-hui's visit to Cornell University in 1995. These are explored, by leading scholars, not only in terms of the three parties involved, but also in terms of the differences within each party.

A middle-aged biker hooks up with a young man who wants to learn the ways of the road. Little does the experienced biker know that he will end up teaching the kid's sister a move or two as well.

The field of Contenders vying to become the next President of the United States seems to grow every day. Big names like Clinton, McCain, Obama and Giuliani dominate the landscape right now but as we know, it¿s possible that an unknown can come out of the pack and become the Contender to beat. Questions surround the leading Contenders: · Is America ready to elect a woman President? · Has John McCain mended fences in the Republican Party? · Is A...

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Eloquently introducing students to international perspectives on cross-cultural psychology (both Eastern and Western cultures), this textbook contains many features to promote student learning. It: - contains an array of vignettes, case studies and other text features - addresses international research on cross-cultural psychology unlike other books that focus purely on Western perspectives - is thoughtfully yet provocatively written, appropr...

Wie erreicht man demokratische Verhältnisse in der Gesellschaft und demokratisches Verhalten beim Einzelnen? Was bedeutet es, Demokratie nicht nur als Staatsform, sondern als Lebens- und als Gesellschaftsform zu praktizieren, zu begreifen und täglich zu erneuern? Die darüber teilweise sehr kontrovers geführte Diskussion in Pädagogik, Politikwissenschaft und Didaktik, die dieses Buch aufgreift, zeigt, dass eine richtungs- und begriffsklärende D...

In der Kunst der Moderne kommt den vielfältigen Erfahrungen von physischer und psychischer Gewalt eine zentrale Bedeutung zu. Die sich daraus ergebende Frage nach den Formen der Präsentation von Gewalt und nach den Gründen für das Vergnügen an tragischen Gegenständen stellt sich jedoch bereits in der griechischen Klassik in durchaus vergleichbarer Weise. Die Studien des Bandes, die aus einem Symposion des Sonderforschungsbereichs "Ästhetische ...

Der Historiker Graham Hendrick war fünfzehn Jahre einigermaßen glücklich verheiratet. Doch dann lernt er auf einer Party Ann kennen, gescheiterte Schauspielerin und nun erfolgreiche Einkäuferin. Ann wird die Frau seines Lebens, das mit ihr an Tempo gewinnt. Doch eines Tages wird er zum Opfer quälender Eifersucht auf Anns Lebens vor seiner Zeit.

Jean Serjeant ist hundert Jahre alt. Julian Barnes stellt in seinem Roman drei verschiedene Episoden aus diesem Leben dar. Er erzählt von dem naiven, liebenswerten Mädchen, das in der Zeit vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg eine sorglose Jugend auf dem Land verlebt. Als reife Frau, die eine späte Schwangerschaft durchsteht, trennt sich Jean von ihrem Mann. Durch die Trennung bricht das Abenteuer in ihren Alltag ein. Und schließlich ist da die alte Frau...

Mit dem vorliegenden Band wird der 1984 erschienene Band über die Hildesheimer Bischöfe von Hans Goetting fortgesetzt (GS NF 20). Behandelt werden die Bischöfe von Konrad II., dem letzten Bischof der sächsischen Bistumsstadt, der auf Reichsebene tätig war, bis Gerhard von Schalksberge, dessen lange Regierungszeit von 1365 bis 1398 das Bistum stabilisierte. In diese Periode fallen der Aufbau des Hochstiftes Hildesheim und zahlreiche Konflikte m...

Braided Dreams presents three original stories by Merlyn, a Scotsman who lived in the sixth century. Each chapter shows a continuing segment of one dream of the competition between brothers living in retirement in the early twenty-first century. The second dream is a chronological series of twenty-one short story segments that begin 12, 000 years ago and conclude in Merlyn's own lifetime. The third story is a future dream that has a mix of mar...

For centuries, money was viewed as tokens with intrinsic value, like gold or silver coins. Paper currencies were often used as substitutes, but they were only accepted on the promise they could be converted on demand into "hard money." The era of hard money ended in the mid-20th century. Today every major industrial nation creates its own currency in the form of intrinsically worthless tokens known as fiat money. Most other forms of money are ...

Alcoholism is a disorder characterised by the excessive consumption of and dependence on alcoholic beverages, leading to physical and psychological harm and impaired social and vocational functioning. This book gathers new and important research on this socially and medically destructive disorder. These include addiction issues, forms of treatment, behavioural and clinical studies.

In this book the authors analyse the circadian characteristics of autonomic cardiac control in norm and in pathology through the indices of heart rate variability. The starting hypothesis was that the changes in the circadian nature of the autonomic balance have both specificity and sensitivity, i.e., they have a characteristic profile in the principal cardiovascular pathologies. The material is presented in eight chapters. The first four summ...

This book is an exploration not only of the lessons that Abraham Lincoln, America's sixteenth president, drew from the founders of the United States, especially, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, but also how others abroad have interpreted and incorporated his legacy. Because Lincoln occupied the presidency during democracy's first great civil war, he set a precedent for other leaders at home and abroad. "Liberal" leaders tend to identif...

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Lobbyists and others who seek to participate in public policy activities through the formation of coalitions and associations whose members may not be identifiable, and the use of grassroots campaigns that attempt to mobilize citizens to advance the message of a lobbyist's client have raised concerns. Some lobbying activities have also been linked to campaign finance practices, congressional procedures regarding the acceptance of gifts from lo...

An answer for the economist is a question for a policy maker. Most economists are confronted daily with the practical question of how the world is organised and how the global economy performs? When economists conclude they can grasp certain aspects scientifically, they offer an answer, which becomes, in turn, a question to the policy makers, keen on changing the world for the better. The unique approach presented in the book is the combinatio...