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Das Bild des vormodernen Staates wird in der Regel mit der Repräsentation des Königskörpers in Verbindung gebracht. Demgegenüber legt die Autorin ihr Augenmerk auf Visualisierungen staatlicher Zusammenhänge in Form der Kunstkammer, des Setzkastens, der Staatstafel und der Tabelle, die das Bild des Staates zu konstruieren suchten. Mit Blick auf die Handhabung von gesammelten Objekten und Informationen beschreibt sie Ordnungsverfahren und Argume...

Ende Juli 1937 leitete der Volkskommissar des Innern der Sowjetunion Nikolaj E¿ov (Jeschow) mit dem "Befehl Nr. 00447" eine Massenverfolgung unangepasster, auffällig gewordener Sowjetbürger ein. Sie wurde nach der Hauptkategorie der Verfolgten im NKVD-Jargon "Kulakenoperation" genannt. Ihr fielen bis November 1938 Hunderttausende zum Opfer. Sie wurden nach Listen festgenommen und in Schnellverfahren zum Tode oder zu Lagerhaft verurteilt. Dabei...

Nichts war mittelalterlichen Autoren wohl verbindlicher als die Heilige Schrift ¿ warum musste der kanonische Text dennoch kommentiert werden? War es etwa ungenügend, was Moses und andere notiert hatten? Jenseits aller Überlegungen zu Tradition und literarischer Form der Kommentare im allgemeinen geht es um die grundlegenden Fragen, warum den Autoren ein Kommentar zur Heiligen Schrift überhaupt notwendig erschien und was es für sie genau bedeu...

Menschenaffen ergänzen ihr Instinkt- und Triebleben positivistisch durch individuelle Intelligenz, Sozialität und Kulturalität. Was ihnen fehlt, ist der Sinn für das Negative, d. h. derjenige Weltkontrast, der die Selbstreferenz von Symbolen und des Sozialen ermöglicht. Was man heute in der Evolutionstheorie den Schlüssel der Menschwerdung nennt, eine soziokulturelle Nischenbildung, arbeitete die Philosophische Anthropologie besser als eine so...

Das Badische Wörterbuch dokumentiert den mundartlichen Wortschatz im Gebiet des ehemaligen Großherzogtums Baden, vom Bodensee über den Schwarzwald und die rechtsrheinische Rheinebene bis an den Odenwald und den Main bei Wertheim. Neben dem Wortschatz der lebenden Mundarten werden in geringerem Umfang historisches Wortgut und Namen berücksichtigt. In drei Bänden wird der Inhalt der sämtlichen seit 1925 erschienenen Lieferungen unverändert wiede...

This is a corpus that is unique in the academic world. It presents those parts of ancient Greek commentaries preserved on papyrus, that is the hypomnemata and marginalia on Greek authors, as well as glossaries and lexica. Previously these have only been published scattered in separate works. A new installment of some 250-300 pages is planned to appear every 2-3 years (a total of about 10 installments are planned for the period 2003/2020). The ...

A skilfully selected collection of Seton Gordon's inimitable writings on his first love, the Cairngorms complemented with original archive photographs

Influenza has become an important infectious disease with regard to its enormous clinical and economic impact on population health. This book indicates the future directions in which the war versus influenza is to be developed, thus ensuring its scientific priority. It is suitable for health care professionals and health science administrators.

Biomass gasification means incomplete combustion of biomass resulting in the production of combustible gases consisting of carbon monoxide, hydrogen and methane. Amongst the renewable energies, the biomass is the most important energy source. Three types of biomass are available, one generated during the processing of wood in timber mills, another is energy plantation and third bio-residues generated during the processing of agricultural produ...

Nanotechnology is revolutionising the world of materials. The research and development of nanofibres has gained much prominence in recent years due to the heightened awareness of its potential applications in the medical, engineering and defence fields. Among the most successful methods for producing nanofibres is the electrospinning process. Electrospinning introduces a new level of versatility and broader range of materials into the micro/na...

Appetite is the desire to eat food and it exists in all higher life-forms, and serves to regulate adequate energy intake to maintain metabolic needs. A person's nutritional assessment is an in-depth evaluation of both objective and subjective data related to the individual's food and nutrient intake, lifestyle, and medical history. The association of appetite, diet and nutrition with chronic disease such as diabetes has been well documented. T...

The authors have compiled a review of the Codes of Good Governance in some of the most outstanding countries. These codes are one of the mechanisms that, given the growing concern on corporate governance, have been put in place to improve the way in which firms are run. Consequently, the analysis of each code should run parallel to the legal and institutional environment of the country. This book is an outcome of the stress on this multination...

Arid environments are landscapes that receive very little precipitation. Deserts can be described as an arid environment where more water is lost that gained as precipitation. Arid environments have been classified as mega thermal climates, areas of having great heat. This book focuses on regions classified as arid environments and how systematic, evidence-based synthesis may be useful for assessing ecological and cost-effective strategies for...

Looks at the darker, more scandalous side of the county. The author has spent much of her life in Brighton and knows the naughty side of the area.

Draws on the poet's experiences of childhood and adolescence, of childbirth and death, of motherhood, love and sexuality.

Winner of the 2016 Tony Awards for Best Revival of a Play and Best Direction of a Play: Ivo van Hove.Set in the 1950s on the gritty Brooklyn waterfront, A View from the Bridge follows the cataclysmic downfall of Eddie Carbone, who spends his days as a hardworking longshoreman and his nights at home with his wife, Beatrice, and orphan niece, Catherine. But the routine of his life is interrupted when Beatrice's cousins, illegal immigrants from I...

The first book to cover grounding from the circuit to system and across the entire spectrum of applications Grounds for Grounding provides a complete and thorough approach to the subject of designing electrical and electronic circuits and systems, blending theory and practice to demonstrate how a few basic rules can be applied across a broad range of applications. The authors begin with the basic concepts of Electromagnetic Compatibility (EM...

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, Proven techniques for software engineering successThis in-depth volume examines software engineering topics that are not covered elsewhere: the question of why software engineering has developed more than 2, 500 programming languages, problems with traditional definitions of software quality, and problems with common metrics, "lines o...

Written in accordance with the President's 2003 homeland security directive and the Department of Education's guidelines, and in response to the ever-present threats facing our school systems, this book helps schools and institutions develop a comprehensive emergency response plan. This book outlines programs and procedures that can be applied to any school system to address hazard mitigation and prevention, emergency preparedness and response...

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