This work addresses issues arising from the definition and measurement of poverty in terms of nutritional status. A range of issues are covered, focusing on the differing views and perceptions of the
This monumental achievement, the first comprehensive study of Asian influences on Western culture, was launched to acclaim in 1965 with Volume I: A Century of Discovery (2 books), which covered the 15
For almost 20 years, the Journal of Management Education has clearly been the most authoritative and up-to-date forum for the improvement of management and organization studies education in both acade
Risto Miikkulainen draws on recent connectionist work in language comprehension tocreate a model that can understand natural language. Using the DISCERN system as an example, hedescribes a general app
This book is a comprehensive guide to the methodological, ethical and practical issues involved in undertaking research on sensitive topics. Raymond M Lee explores the reasons why social research may
Mythologies offers illuminating examples of the workings of myth in the structure of societies past and present—how we create, use, and are guided by systems of myth to answer fundamental questions ab
Thomas Jefferson was, by any reckoning, one of the most remarkable men ever to have crossed America's political stage. In 1776 he drafted the Declaration of Independence, and throughout the Revolutio
In light of the legendary difficulty of Walter Benjamin's works, it is a strange and intriguing fact that from 1929 to 1933 the great critic and cultural theorist wrote - and broadcast - numerous scr
This reference/text examines the importance of toxicokinetics on drug disposition and outlines its practical applications in drug development - helping readers incorporate the most up-to-date findings
Originating at a minisymposium at the second ICIAM meeting (International Conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics) in Washington, D.C., July 1991, offers results, perspectives, and case studi
"Syntax of Scope" takes up the issue of relative operator scope in generative grammar and offers a comparative study of quantifiers and interrogative "wh"-operators. The authors argue that the interac
For generations, poets have turned to the Bible for insight and inspiration. What did so many creative minds find in scripture? Is the Bible still a vital source of poetic inspirations?Chapters Into V
This new benchmark publication comes from one of the world's foremost researchers on vision and the brain. The cerebal cortex is the most complicated piece of matter in the known universe, and is resp
Defines the emerging field of catalytic reaction synthesis in the search for new catalysts and catalytic processes. Illustrates how experimental data from diverse sources can be consolidated to form
Montgomery offers a theory of caring, grounded in both clinical practice and theory, that advances caring as an intrinsic part of nursing. Demonstrating the depth and complexity of caring communicati
Germans to America provides both genealogists and researchers of family history with the first extensive, indexed source of German-surname immigrants who came to all ports in the United States between
Virtually all anthropologists undertaking fieldwork experience emotional difficulties in relating their own personal culture to the field culture. The issue of gender arises because ethnographers do
In this mesmerizing account Ann Imbrie recreates the lost life of her childhood friend, Lee Snavely, a beautiful and talented young woman who wound up a drug addict, a prostitute and the victim of a s
This is the first biography of the historian Karl Lamprecht, whose theories of historical method unleashed a bitter controversy, which colored the writing of history in Germany well into the twentieth
A comprehensive analysis and evaluation of all the factors and entities involved in the complex process of shaping the future of land-mobile communications systems, deriving particularly new and inter
The overarching argument of?Reading the Social Body?is that the body is cultural rather than “natural.” Some of the essays treat the social construction of bodies that have actually existed in human h
Freud's lifelong involvement with the Russian national character and culture is examined in James Rice's imaginative combination of history, literary analysis, and psychoanalysis. 'Freud's Russia' ope
On a day in town with her mother, a little girl starts off with an empty green pocketbook. Along the way, the little girl collects tiny pieces of her day to put inside, until finally the big green poc
The second volume of the Secretary of State subseries of The Papers o James Madison ) covers developments in Europe that greatly affected the international position of the US and its citizens, partic
The World of Minack records the years Derek Tangye spent at Minack with his wife Jeannie before her death in 1986. It contains a selection of favorite passages, many of them chosen by readers, from 16
There is a possibility that general practitioners, having gathered knowledge piecemeal in the course of contacts over the years, may come to feel they know their patients better than they really do, a
Germans to America provides both genealogists and researchers of family history with the first extensive, indexed source of German-surname immigrants who came to all ports in the United States between
"A most significant yet unsung contribution within the field of Turkish studies over the past quarter of a century has been the work of Barbara K. Walker in collecting, preserving, and sharing Turkish
Ruthless Criticism was first published in 1993. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original U
At Chartres Cathedral, for the first time in medieval art, the lowest register of stained-glass windows depicts working artisans and merchants instead of noble and clerical donors. Jane Welch Williams
Winner of the American Bar Association's 1992 Silver Gavel Award "in recognition of an outstanding contribution to public understanding of the American system of law and justice.""Mr. Sobol has produ
This volume offers an integrated appraisal of exaction financing, showing that exactions come in many forms and that they can be meaningfully evaluated only by comparison with realistic alternatives.
With its shut-down mines, with its scarred and restive blue-collar descendants of Eastern European and Italian immigrants, Rocksburg, Pennsylvania, is in the midst of tough times. And no one has it t
The role of the poet, Mary Kinzie writes, is to engage the most profound subjects with the utmost in expressive clarity. The role of the critic is to follow the poet, word for word, into the arena wh
The wartime memoirs of Count Rene de Chambrun provide a fascinating inside look at the world of some of the most powerful leaders and social figures in America during the turbulent early 1940s. Utiliz
When their grandfather arranges for them to spend two week at Sunny Oaks, the four Alden children enjoy settling into the routines of farm life but become suspicious about a mysterious horse locked in
Charlotte Metcalf is taken in by the Ayrtons, distant relatives of her father, but strange events at Barras Hall convince her she must flee for her life
Lucid, ardent, and contemplative, May Sarton is one of America's best-loved writers. This comprehensive collection - the first in twenty years - celebrates six decades of bold imagination and fifteen
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