Daniel K : 189 books
Wang Wei und die buddhistische Wolkenmetaphorik - Zur Interpretation des Wolkenmotivs in der Dichtung Wang Weis
Zur Interpretation des Wolkenmotivs in der Dichtung Wang Weis
Language: German
Release Date: April 7, 2004
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Orientalistik / Sinologie - Chinesisch / China, Note: 1, Universität Trier (Sinologie), Veranstaltung: Proseminar, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Gegenstand dieser Arbeit ist die Untersuchung des Wolkenmotivs in drei ausgewählten lyrischen Werken des chinesischen...
Von shishiwuai zu lishiwuai - Guifeng Zongmi, Chan und der ontologische Paradigmenwechsel in der Huayan-Schule
Guifeng Zongmi, Chan und der ontologische Paradigmenwechsel in der Huayan-Schule
Language: German
Release Date: May 23, 2008
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Orientalistik / Sinologie - Chinesisch / China, Note: 1.0, Universität Trier (FB II Sinologie ), Veranstaltung: Die Schulen des chineschen Buddhismus, 27 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Untersuchung soll aufgezeigt...
Race and the Early Republic
Racial Consciousness and Nation-Building in the Early Republic
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2001
By 1840, American politics was a paradox—unprecedented freedom and equality for men of European descent, and the simultaneous isolation and degradation of people of African and Native American descent. Historians have characterized this phenomenon as the "white republic."
Race and the...
by Richard Franko, Jo Allen Gause, Jim Heid Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Get practical how-to information on designing and developing attractive, profitable, and environmentally responsible planned communities. This book includes 10 case studies of successful projects in the U.S., the U.K., and Australia
Beyond the Blurb
On Critics and Criticism
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Beyond the Blurb is a selection of essays that identifies the most important principles of literary criticism and considers the relevance of those principles in the work of specific literary critics, including James Wood, Harold Bloom, and Susan Sontag. Intended for academic and general readers alike,...
The Right Side of the Sixties
Reexamining Conservatism’s Decade of Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
The 1960s were a transformative era for American politics, but much is still unknown about the growth of conservatism during the period when it was radically reshaped and became the national political force that it is today. In their efforts to chronicle the national politicians and organizations...
Landing in Las Vegas
Commercial Aviation and the Making of a Tourist City
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Las Vegas was a dusty, isolated desert town. By century’s end, it was the country’s fastest-growing city, a world-class travel destination with a lucrative tourist industry hosting millions of visitors a year. This transformation came about in large part...
The Ordeal of the Longhouse
The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Richter examines a wide range of primary documents to survey the responses of the peoples of the Iroquois League--the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas, and Tuscaroras--to the challenges of the European colonialization of North America. He demonstrates that by the early eighteenth century...
by Daniel K. Lyons
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. Instant PostgreSQL Starter is a step-by-step guide to getting a PostgreSQL database up and running, with an accessible approach that helps you perform...
Spirituality and Deep Connectedness
Views on Being Fully Human
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
What is spirituality? Does it enable us to be better persons? Is spirituality related to religion? These days, is it even relevant? On college campuses, does it promote student well-being? Does it further moral growth? Can spirituality make a difference in healthcare? What about social justice and...
Metropolitan Governance in the 21st Century
Capacity, Democracy and the Dynamics of Place
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2004
This book offers a cross-national analysis of contemporary issues and challenges for the governing of urban regions. The case studies on Germany, Spain, France, Greece, The Netherlands, Finland, the UK, Switzerland, Australia, the US and Canada, place particular emphasis on the tensions building on...
by Justin L. Bauer, Yoo Jung Kim, Andrew H. Zureick
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
“I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students. . . . We must understand and circumvent this dangerous discouragement. No one can predict where the future leaders of science will come from.”—Carl...
Are We Thinking Straight?
The Politics of Straightness in a Lesbian and Gay Social Movement Organization
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2006
This book highlights the strategic deployment of a straight identity by an LGBT organization. Cortese explores the ways in which activists strategically use a "straight" identity as a social movement tool in order to successfully achieve the movement objectives.
by Judie Newman, Ben Siegel, Michael W. Austin
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Saul Bellow is one of the twentieth century's most influential, respected, and honored writers. His novels The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, and Mr. Sammler's Planet won the National Book Award, and Humboldt's Gift was awarded the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. In addition, his plays garnered...