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Lost in the Long Transition
Struggles for Social Justice in Neoliberal Chile
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2009
In Lost in the Long Transition, a group of scholars who conducted fieldwork research in post-dictatorship Chile during the transition to democracy critically examine the effects of the country's adherence to neoliberal economic development and social policies. Shifting government responsibility for...
A History of the Work Concept
From Physics to Economics
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
This book traces the history of the concept of work from its earliest stages and shows that its further formalization leads to equilibrium principle and to the principle of virtual works, and so pointing the way ahead for future research and applications.
The idea that something remains constant...
Functional Analysis
Theory and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
"The book contains an enormous amount of information — mathematical, bibliographical and historical — interwoven with some outstanding heuristic discussions." — Mathematical Reviews.In this massive graduate-level study, Emeritus Professor Edwards (Australian National University, Canberra) presents...
by Jay R. Harris, Marc E. Lippman, Monica Morrow
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2014
Stay on top of the latest knowledge in the field with this must-have resource for all clinicians who treat breast diseases. Expand your knowledge of every aspect of breast diseases as a diverse and distinguished group of internationally-recognized experts summarize the current knowledge, including...
How People Vote
A Study of Electoral Behaviour in Greenwich
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Faith Rules
An Episcopal Manual
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Modeled on Michael Pollan's best-selling Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, this book seeks to introduce both faith and the Episcopal Church to the seeker with a deft touch through a series of extended one-page epigrams. Taken together, the eight sections comprise a sage and accessible introduction to...
Lectionary Levity
The Use of Humor in Preaching
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
• Addresses all 156 Gospel readings in the 3-year lectionary cycle • Provides basic exegetical summary and then concludes with humorous story or joke Spanning all 3 years of the lectionary cycle, this book provides a welcome tool for the renewal of preaching from the gospel readings. In a concise,...
The 2012 Presidential Election
Forecasts, Outcomes, and Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Though many analyses of the 2012 presidential election have emerged, none can match this collection's depth, diversity, or ability to critically and soundly argue where American politics will go from this point forward. This volume includes some of the most recognized scholars in the field and innovative...
by Melissa Boehm, Samuel Boerboom, Beth E. Bonnstetter
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2019
The Political Mel Brooks analyzes both Mel Brooks’s more popular films and his lesser known work to explore how his use of parody and satire, his keen sense of the history of Jewish comedic conventions, and his deep awareness of social issues encompasses a political project that, while often implicit,...
New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee
Intellectual, Methodological, and Theoretical Contributions
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee tells the engrossing story of Southeastern archaeology in the 1930s. The Tennessee Valley Authority Act of May 1933 initiated an ambitious program of flood control and power generation by way of a chain of hydroelectric dams on the Tennessee River. The construction...
by J. Crocker, P. DalCin, R.A. Fallon
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
New techniques make it possible for investigators to examine and sometimes quantify various aspects of nuclear morphology and function; now they can derive clinically and biologically useful information about the nucleus. This book draws together a series of techniques which have been successfully...
Urbanism in the Preindustrial World
Cross-Cultural Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2009
A baseline study of the growth of preindustrial cities worldwide.
This work employs a subset of preindustrial cities on many continents to answer questions archaeologists grapple with concerning the populating and growth of cities before industrialization. It further explores how scholars differently...
Living Earth
A Short History of Life and its Home
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Life has shaped the Earth, and the Earth has moulded the history of life. That history, the co-evolution of our ancestors and their horne, has much to teach us about our place on the planet today. We are part of the fabric of the biosphere. As we change that fabric we would be wise to understand how...
by R. E. Sheriff, L. P. Geldart
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 1995
This is the completely updated revision of the highly regarded book Exploration Seismology. Available now in one volume, this textbook provides a complete and systematic discussion of exploration seismology. The first part of the book looks at the history of exploration seismology and the theory -...