Social Science - General

Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: A, Webster University, language: English, abstract: During the 1960‟s and early 1970‟s, a rise in Quebec nationalism led to an independence movement through...

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Business economics - Economic and Social History, grade: 1,3, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Economics), language: English, abstract: Japan with its 126.8 million inhabitants is the unique example of a Non- Western economy achieving an equal...

Scientific Study from the year 2013 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, language: English, abstract: As a result of recent terrorist attacks in Qatar, where a Chechen leader was killed in a car explosion and where...

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: A-, Utrecht University (Roosevelt Academy), course: Security in the Post-Cold War Era, language: English, abstract: Rare earth metals are chemical elements which are...

This study examines the phenomenon of Global Jihadism through the lens of modern social movement theory. Through an in-depth analysis of its history, beliefs, and practices, the book argues that Jihadism has taken on many of the same characteristics as other social movements of...

The volume addresses education policy in higher education, vocational/professional education and the reform of education systems. Contributions span Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe. It helps researchers, policy makers, students and practitioners to understand processes of policy making, its theory, practice and outcomes.Author: Sandra...

Rigveda the Oldest Literature of the Indians is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As...

Orthophony - The Cultivation of the Voice in Elocution is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1878. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other...

Folklore and Legends - Russian and Polish is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1890. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As...

A commentary on the Gospel of St. Luke is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres....

One hundred favorite songs and music of the Salvation Army - Together with a collection of fifty songs and solos. Second Edition is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such...

Drawings by Sandro Botticelli for Dante's Divina Commedia - Reduced facsimiles after the originals in the Royal Museum, Berlin, and in the Vatican Library is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic...

Pope's the Iliad of Homer - Books I, VI, XXII, and XXIV is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition,...

The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1887. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a...

Congressional Government - A Study in American Politics is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1885. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres....

Cremona - An account of the Italian violin-makers and their instruments is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine,...

The Powers and Duties of Notaries Public - and justices of the peace in Massachusetts is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions,...

Syllabus for an Elementary Course in Constitutional Government - Together with the Articles of Confederation, and Constitution of the United States is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1884. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as...

Commentaries on Hebrew and Christian mythology is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a...

Commercial Law - A Text-Book for Commercial Classes is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1893. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres....

The probate jurisdiction and practice in the courts of the state of Illinois: containing the law of wills, of administration and of guardian and ward and rules of court - Being a guide for executors, administrators, guardians and conservators is an unchanged, high-quality reprint...

The Maryland Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1899 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and...

The American numismatical manual of the currency or money of the aborigines and colonial, state, and United States coins - With historical and descriptive notices of each coin or series. Second Edition is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1860. Hansebooks...

The evidence for a future period of improvement in the state of mankind is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1787. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and...

Etymological dictionary of the German language is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a...

The Beautiful in Music - A Contribution to the Revisal of Musical Aesthetics is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and...

The Secret Doctrine - the synthesis of science, religion, and philosophy is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine,...

Yoga Sastra: The Yoga Sutras of Patenjali Examined - With a Notice of Swami Vivekananda's Yoga Philosophy is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel...

Quixstar - A Novel is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1873. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we...

Diana Victrix - A Novel is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher...

This book asks how we--as citizens, immigrants, activists, teachers--can counter the abuse of language in our midst. How can we take back the power of language from those who flaunt that power to silence or erase us and our fellows? In search of answers,...

Contents Permissions Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 The Genesis of Caribbean Voices: People and Policies Chapter 2 The Critics' Circle Chapter 3 Caribbean Voices and Competing Visions of Post-Colonial Community Chapter 4 A Sustaining Epistolarly Community Chapter 5 The Naipaul / Mittelholzer Years: 1954-58 Afterword...

Examines the connections between musical modernism and German cinema from the Autorenfilm movement (1913-14) through the dawn of the recorded sound film (1932-33)Analyses a corpus of original compositions, films, and aesthetic writingsDocuments how modernist composers from the Austro-German area approached film music composition and...

"Those of us who have worked on the frontline of Aboriginal health for any length of time know that beneath the surface reality of Aboriginal people's poor health outcomes sits a deeper truth. It is about the importance of social and emotional wellbeing, and...

The proletariat never existed--but it had a profound effect on modern German culture and society. As the most radicalized part of the industrial working class, the proletariat embodied the critique of capitalism and the promise of socialism. But as a collective imaginary, the proletariat...

Alexander Kluge's revolutionary storytelling for the 21st-century pivots on the production of anti-realist hope under conditions of real catastrophe. Rather than relying on possibility alone, his experimental miniatures engender counterfactual horizons of futurity that are made incrementally accessible to lived experience through narrative form....

Germans Going Global is the first monograph in English to address in depth the interrelatedness between contemporary German literature and globalization. In an interdisciplinary framework and through detailed readings of a wide variety of texts, the study shows how the challenges globalization has posed...

Semiotics has had a profound impact on our comprehension of a wide range of phenomena, from how animals signify and communicate, to how people read TV commercials. This series features books on semiotic theory and applications of that theory to understanding media, language, and...

The sharing economy and collaborative consumption are attracting a great deal of interest due to their business, legal and civic implications. The consequences of the spreading of practices of sharing in urban environments and under daily dynamics are underexplored.This Special Issue aims to address...

This book highlights the latest research in the field of Sustainable Aviation. In recent decades, there have been considerable improvements in aircraft efficiency and noise reduction. However, with the demand for both passenger and freight transportation expected to increase significantly in future years, the...

This book explores the link between climate change and resiliency on each continent of the world. It reviews how climate change affects populations, not only through environmental exposures and health outcomes, but how people live their lives. Zolnikov brings together a set of experts...

Marie Perret has explored the connection between expression, art and awareness for many years. Originally trained in transpersonal psychotherapy, meditation and spiritual healing she evolved a holistic way of working with creativity using intuitive painting called 'Art Synthesis.' For the last 20 years she...

If you are passionate about any cause you need this book.Whether you are a teacher, a nurse, a doctor or a barber, building the right relationships is critical to success. Inspired by city council members, school administrators and mayors who came in for a...

As more people are becoming politically engaged, the concept of social justice is rapidly becoming a hot topic. Help students learn about the concept of justice and how it relates to their lives. This book highlights not only the importance of justice but also...

The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788. A compilation of these and...

For Readers of Ray Kurzweil and Michio Kaku, a New Look at the Cutting Edge of Artificial Intelligence Imagine a robotic stuffed animal that can read and respond to a child's emotional state, a commercial that can recognize and change based on a customer's...

Skills for the Future are those skills which will allow us to effectively and ecologically define, move toward and manage the future amid the challenges of uncertainty and change. The two basic goals for developing skills for the future are to 1) improve performance...

The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series demonstrate the University Press of Florida's long history of publishing Latin American and Caribbean studies titles that connect in and through Florida, highlighting the connections between the Sunshine State and its neighboring islands....

In this moving and personal work, Rade B.Vukmir MD, JD vividly re-creates life in an American steel town. Relying on extensive interviews and his own experience in the industry, Dr. Vukmir offers a retrospective summary of the life and times of a diverse group...

In this moving and personal work, Rade B.Vukmir MD, JD vividly re-creates life in an American steel town. Relying on extensive interviews and his own experience in the industry, Dr. Vukmir offers a retrospective summary of the life and times of a diverse group...