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This book addresses the urgent need for adequate shelter and services for the urban poor in developing countries. It not only examines the evolution and performance of policies and projects, but also analyzes factors which effect policy implementation, and identifies alternative approaches for upgrading settlements as well as increasing access of the poor to these shelters. To enhance the practicality of this excellent source, there are ten or...

The most extensive bibliography on this segment of the aged population, European American Elderly encompasses 311 publications published in the United States during the past 15 years. Works were included that fit the following criteria: they referred to people 65 years and older, and they dealt with basic information about this group, its adjustment to American life, various factors related to well-being, specific problems and needs, and use o...

Presents the major concepts, techniques, problems and solutions in the emerging field of pseudorandom pattern testing. The intention of this book is to present the material in a unified manner, making it a useful source for practising professionals and students.

As Leon Hurwitz clearly illustrates in this new work, Western Europe provides the best examples of regional interdependence and international management of cooperation through various intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations. And it is the European Community institutional framework which has enjoyed the greatest success among these organizations. This book is a penetrating study of the European Community's experience in the internat...

25 Jahre >Das große Märchenbuch<: »Ein Prachtband. Ein Buch zum Schmökern und Stöbern, das aber richtig zum sinnlichen Vergnügen durch die vorzüglichen Zeichnungen und Aquarelle von Tatjana Hauptmann wird, die fast keine Seite ausgelassen hat, um sie mit einer oder zwei ihrer witzigen und frechen Zeichnungen zu versehen.« Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin

Die »Hymnen«, von denen George im Jahr ihrer Entstehung 1890 einen Privat-Druck veranlasste, der - ebenso wie die zwischen Ende Dezember 1890 und Ende Juni 1891 verfassten »Pilgerfahrten« - in 100 Exemplaren Verbreitung fand, sind Georges erstes Werk, das er selbst als völlig eigene und neue Dichtung ansah. Das Neue entsteht hier aus der Beschäftigung mit dem Fremden: George nimmt zu dieser Zeit die Werke der französischen Symbolisten auf, er ...

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Mit einem breiten Spektrum von interdisziplinären Originalbeiträgen werden in diesem Buch Sexualität im Alltag und alltägliche Sexualität unter 3 Gesichtspunkten dargestellt: Sexualität und familiäre Beziehungen, Sexualität und Psychoanalyse, Sexualität und Herrschaft. Die Beiträge entstanden mit dem Anspruch, das Alltägliche des sexuellen Erlebens zu betrachten statt spektakuläre sexuelle Phänomene. Die Vielfältigkeit, das kreative Potential ...

Der Band beschreibt eine Methode zur quantitativen, multidimensionalen Erfassung chronischer Schmerzen bei Karzinompatienten im Endstadium der Krankheit. Beim Versagen aller üblichen Schmerztherapien wurde bei diesen Patienten eine kontinuierliche peridurale Opiatanalgesie durchgeführt, wodurch eine Reduzierung der Schmerzen um durchschnittlich 70% erreicht werden konnte. Der therapeutische Effekt wird bezüglich anamnestischer Daten, Schmerzch...

A major contribution to the history of American theatre, this book records in one volume all available data about theatres built in this country before 1915. The first comprehensive reference work of its kind, the Directory of Historic American Theatres identifies 886 theatres ranging from forgotten second-floor opera houses to elaborate performance centers still in use today. The data collected here is based on exhaustive questionnaire and fo...

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This unique collection brings together various scholars of sociology and political science to explore the status and activities of the intellectuals and the intelligentsia past, present and future. The intellectuals and intelligentsia perform a social role as well as a mental function and are products of their age and country. Their role in various parts of the globe and in different historical periods is compared and contrasted. Long-range hi...

Proceedings from a symposium addressing the latest advances in bacterial vaccine research. The reports aim to highlight the increasing potential and need for continuing research into disease pathogenesis, host resistence mechanisms and vaccine development.

The most comprehensive work of its kind, "Great Themes of Science Fiction" looks at the most important elements of the genre and shows how each has evolved over time. Among the topics examined are aliens and alien worlds, supermen and adapted men, immortality and paranormal powers, robots and computers, space civilizations and colonies, wars on earth and in space, worldwide disasters, time travel, and parallel worlds. Selected examples of each...

There are a number of reasons why Ghana represents an important case study for any discussion of population, urbanization, and rural settlement in postcolonial Africa. First, it served as a pioneering experiment in the decolonization of Africa, second, its government was one of few ruling bodies in Africa to recognize the relationship between socioeconomic development and development in urban and rural areas, and third, it formulated vital pol...

This reference represents the most complete and detailed examination of Blackwood to date. Preceding the bibliography is a foreword by Ramsey Campbell, an introduction, a user's guide, and a short but detailed biography revealing much new material about Blackwood's life, and a chronology of dates. The bibliography is divided into four parts: works by Blackwood, adaptations of his work by others, works about Blackwood, and source indices. The l...

In a groundbreaking contribution to the international relations literature, Kromer examines the historical experience of NATO with new weapons technologies and analyzes their effect on alliance stability. Concentrating specifically on new, innovative, radically different technologies--rather than on modifications or upgrades to existing weapons systems--Kromer uses a focused comparison methodology to develop his arguments. His study takes the ...

The Marketer's Guide to Media Vehicles, Methods, and Options is an unusually practical hands-on reference source written for marketing, advertising, and promotion professionals to use in conjunction with their daily work. Designed as a convenient desk-top manual, this is an informative guide to the use of media vehicles. Ann Grossman covers the traditional broadcast, print, and out-of-home media formats and sales promotions as well as the incr...