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Put together to honour one of the most influential philosophers in recent times, Mrinal Miri, this book mirrors some of his concerns but goes beyond the format of a festschrift by updating the status of enquiry in the fields of philosophy, politics, literature and society.

This book attempts to deal with the problem of literary subjectivity in theory and practice. The works of six contemporary women writers ¿ Doris Lessing, Anita Desai, Mahasweta Devi, Buchi Emecheta, Margaret Atwood and Toni Morrison ¿ are discussed as potential ways of testing and expanding the theoretical debate.

The book gives an overview of the process of ageing in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Based on new field surveys, the book documents the existing policies and programme on pensions and social security and examines their fiscal implications for the economy and society.

Seeking to widen partition studies, this book examines how partition persists in the lives of some of its migrants and minorities, and political projects across South Asia and its diaspora, in an increasingly transnational context.

Knowing Differently provides a comprehensive account of the worldviews nurtured and sustained by indigenous communities across the world through their distinctive understanding ¿ of space and time, joy and pain, life and death, the epistemological clash with the `scientific¿ or `modern¿ world, along with consequences for their identity, survival and cultural transformation.

After your casebook, a Casenote Legal Brief is your most important reference source for the entire semester. The series is trusted for its expert summary of the principal cases in your casebook. Its proven reliability makes Casenote Legal Briefs the most popular case brief series available. With more than 100 titles keyed to the current editions of major casebooks, you know you can find the help you need. The brief for each case saves you time...

The essays in this collection examine how human heredity was understood between the end of the First World War and the early 1970s. The contributors explore the interaction of science, medicine and society in determining how heredity was viewed across the world during the politically turbulent years of the twentieth century.

He's first, you're next." That's the message someone scribbled on a photo of Stacy May Charms' six-year-old son, two days before her release from prison. Stacy knows why. She doesn't know who. When Stacy May breaks parole and goes on the run only two hours after her release, Elizabeth McClaine's reputation is left in ruins. Contracted to oversee Stacy's early release through the governor's new initiative, Elizabeth's reputation d...

Del Stephens travels the west coast ruining bank accounts and marriages one albacore tuna seminar after another. The deep-sea version of fishing crack, by a man called Tuna Dog, has anglers ditching their salmon gear and conventional boats for stout rods, heavy lines and big boats that can run 50 miles offshore to partake in the fastest growing salty adventure on the west coast. All it takes is one albacore feeding frenzy-with screaming reels ...

Before the industrial revolution prolonged economic growth was unachievable. All economies were organic, dependent on plant photosynthesis to provide food, raw materials, and energy. This was true both of heat energy, derived from burning wood, and mechanical energy provided chiefly by human and animal muscle. The flow of energy from the sun captured by plant photosynthesis was the basis of all production and consumption. Britain began to esca...

This book focuses on recent developments in higher education, provides snapshots of changing practices around the world and analyses the varied theoretical perspectives of quality enhancement. It draws on a wide range of international case studies, examined by a host of contributing experts.

Indonesia has a long and rich tradition of transgender cultures, with many festivals and local rites involving members of transgender communities. This book examines how transgendered individuals and transgendered communities are represented in Indonesian film, both gay, lesbian and wari (male-to-female transgender) film and more general film.

The book brings together the developments in theory and practice in time-limited working strategies emerging in the field

Bringing together cutting-edge studies into a range of contemporary sites of urban concern, this volume unfolds the collective research agenda of urban cosmopolitics in three directions: the relational constitution and political effects of urban technologies, infrastructures, and other material-semiotic agencies (agencements), the coming together of new urban concerns, constituencies, and publics (assemblies), and the coalescing of urban pract...

This new Companion surveys the traditions and conventions of the dark side of American culture

Quelle: Wikipedia. Seiten: 197. Kapitel: Induktivität, Kompass, Elektromagnet, Magnetische Feldkonstante, Sonnenfleck, SQUID, Spinpolarisation, Pulverkern, Spannungsteiler, Permeabilität, Elektromagnetische Induktion, Erdmagnetfeld, Exchange Bias, Ferromagnetismus, Magnetischer Kreis, Hall-Effekt, Heliosphäre, Magnetische Suszeptibilität, Hysterese, Magnetischer Monopol, Magnetohydrodynamik, Ising-Modell, Elektromagnetischer Puls, Paramagnetis...

This book focuses on the relationship established between China , the world¿s second largest oil importer, and Saudi Arabia, the world¿s top oil exporter. Due to Saudi Arabiäs dominance of the world oil market, China is increasingly focusing its attention on the Kingdom as a reliable oil supplier while Saudi Arabia sees China as an enormous potential market and strategic trade partner. The book discusses whether this relationship is affecting ...

David H. Barlow¿s collection of key papers on the nature of anxiety and mood disorders has led to new treatments for the emotional disorders, most notably a new transdiagnostic psychological approach that has been positively evaluated and widely accepted.Clinical psychology will benefit from this collection of papers with connecting commentary.

David H. Barlow¿s collection of key papers on the nature of anxiety and mood disorders has led to new treatments for the emotional disorders, most notably a new transdiagnostic psychological approach that has been positively evaluated and widely accepted.Clinical psychology will benefit from this collection of papers with connecting commentary.

Drawing on records of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, this work focuses on Britain's role in the Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions in Vienna, and British policy towards the Soviet Union and its satellites.