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Gujjarsliving in Rajaji National Park (RNP), Uttarakhand, India. In the broader context of forest conservation discourse, steps taken by the local government to relocate the Gujjars outside RNP have been crucial in their choice to associate with NGOs and Deobandi Muslims. These intersecting associations constitute the context of their transitioning religious identity. The book presents a rich account of the actual process of Islamization thro...

Johann August Eberhard (1739-1809) zählt zu den gleichermaßen renommierten wie umstrittenen Vertretern der deutschen Popularphilosophie des späten 18. Jahrhunderts. Sein jahrzehntelanges Wirken als Universitätsdozent, Kritiker, Zeitschriften- und Lexikonherausgeber, Kompendien- und Romanautor machte ihn weit über die Grenzen seiner Wirkungsstätte Halle hinaus zu einem der wichtigsten Exponenten eines popularphilosophisch reformierten Aufklärun...

Contemporary Literary Criticism assembles critical responses to the writings of the worlds most renowned novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, scriptwriters, and other creative writers and provides supplementary biographical context and bibliographic material to guide the reader to a greater understanding of the genres and creators. Each entry includes a set of previously published reviews, essays and other critical responses fro...

Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism assembles critical responses to the works of 19-Century authors of all sorts -- novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, philosophers, political leaders, scientists, mathematicians and writers from other genres -- from every region of the world. Each of the more than 240 volumes in this long-standing series profiles approximately 3-6 novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, philosophers or other cr...

Twentieth-Century Literature Criticism assembles critical responses to the works of 20TH-Century authors of all sorts-novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, philosophers, political leaders, scientists, mathematicians and writers from other genres-from every region of the world. Each of the more than 240 volumes in this long-standing series profiles approximately 3-6 novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, philosophers or other creativ...

Each volume of Contemporary Black Biography contains at least 65 full-length biographies written in an easy-to-follow prose style, ranging from two to four pages each. Arranged alphabetically, entries are divided by subheads for quick scanning. Sections cover portrait (as available), date and place of birth, educational background, address, career data, memberships, awards received, detailed prose essay, and complete source citations.Contempor...

This in-depth study provides a timely assessment of how the foreign, military, and security policies of Venezuela shape relations with the United States in the Chavez era. ¿ Primary source documents including key speeches, foreign policy documents, and interviews with prominent politicians ¿ A detailed chronology of events traces the history of American/Venezuelan relations¿ An extensive bibliography listing print, digital, and video resources...

This thoroughly revised second edition offers a child-centered, international perspective as it urges America to de-stigmatize alternate family forms. In this book's first edition, Philip L. Kilbride showed polygamy as the preferred marriage pattern in most parts of the nonwestern world and explained how plural marriage is surfacing in western countries to address economic and spiritual crises. In Plural Marriage for Our Times: A Reinvented Op...

Recent postclassical narratology has constructed top-down reading models that often remain blind to the frame-breaking potential of individual literary narratives. Narrative, Interrupted goes beyond the macro framing typical of postclassical narratology and sets out to sketch approaches more sensitive to generic specificities, disturbing details and authorial interference. Unlike the mainstream cognitive approaches or even the emergent unnatur...

This book is a critical instructional leadership resource for new and veteran principals who want to see all students succeed. Key scholars show how to put into practice a commitment to equity and excellence across the Pre-K-12 spectrum. Readers learn directly from experts in each of the content domains how a commitment to social justice and equity can be grounded in core subject areas, why each has a place in the school, and what they need to...

This book is a critical instructional leadership resource for new and veteran principals who want to see all students succeed. Key scholars show how to put into practice a commitment to equity and excellence across the Pre-K-12 spectrum. Readers learn directly from experts in each of the content domains how a commitment to social justice and equity can be grounded in core subject areas, why each has a place in the school, and what they need to...

Over the last few years, the area of Natural Language Processing has drastically grown in recognition, not only within the research and development community, but also with industry professionals. As NLP continues to be discussed and researched, certain areas continue to grow and mature. As a result, the need for advanced research and information is in high demand. Emerging Applications of Natural Language Processing: Concepts and New Research...

This 2004 book investigates the relationship between historical earthquakes in the Americas and structural damage at archaeological sites.

Dieses Lehrbuch der Anatomie zeigt auf faszinierende Weise den Stand der Wissenschaft der Anatomie im Jahre 1858.

Ein Maskenball: König Gustav von Schweden plant einen großen Maskenball - für Amelia, seine heimliche Liebe, die mit dem Grafen Anckarström verheiratet ist. Eine Wahrsagerin prophezeit Gustav, dass er während des Balles sterben werde - durch die Hand Anckarströms. Doch Gustav schlägt alle Warnungen in den Wind. Giuseppe Verdis Meisterwerk mit der einzigartigen Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano und Tito Gobbi! Komplettaufnahme (1956)aus der Mai...

Ausführliches Grundwerk zu mathematischen Zahlenreihen, Beziehungen der Reihen und Beziehungen der Zahlen zu Reihen.

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This new edition of the critically-acclaimed biography of Alexander Trocchi has been revised, extended and updated since its first publication in 1991 when it helped to create new interest in the celebrated - and notorious - author of Young Adam and Cain's Book. It was highly influential, led to the reprinting of his novels and inspired a wave of new writers to discover Trocchi for themselves. A story of heartbreak and pain, the minutiae of sq...

This cutting edge book provides all the important aspects dealing with the basic science involved in materials in biomedical technology, especially structure and properties, techniques and technological innovations in material processing and characterizations, as well as the applications. The volume consists of 12 chapters written by acknowledged experts of the biomaterials field and covers a wide range of topics and applications.