Social scientists sketch the main characteristics of European Islam, primarily as it has developed since the late 1950s when immigrants began arriving in Europe in greater numbers from Islamic countri
An important goal of Mieder's (German and folklore, U. of Vermont) study is to demonstrate how the original, history, dissemination, and meaning of a proverb or proverbial expression can be studied. F
This volume deals with political, military, social, architectural, and literary aspects of fifteenth century England. The essays contained in the volume range across the century from some of the leadi
Cannella (Texas A&M U.) deconstructs early childhood education, identifying and evaluating the themes and forms of discourse that have dominated the field, leading to the construction of specific
Rising recognition of semantic and pragmatic disabilities in children with specific language impairment has created a demand for a satisfactory framework and suitable methods for assessment and remedi
Space Politics and Policy: An Evolutionary Perspective provides a comprehensive survey of Space Policy. This book is organized around two themes. Space Policy is evolutionary in that it has responded
This book is the first monograph on the theory of endomorphism rings of Abelian groups. The theory is a rapidly developing area of algebra and has its origin in the theory of operators of vector spave
Forest management typically deals with the challenges of uncertainty and multiple risk, but application of risk analysis in this field is not commonplace. Included here are concepts, methods, and case
Since the initial complicated (and some say disastrous) meeting of the European and Native American worlds, both sides have encountered difficulty in communication. These thirteen essays aim to bridge
During the week of October 6, 1996, over 400 scholars, researchers, and teachers gathered at the University of Louisville for the first Thomas R. Watson Conference in Rhetoric and Composition. History
An authoritative and up-to-date account of structure analysis techniques and chemical applications in the solid state focusing on X-ray diffraction, Mossbauer spectroscopy and solid-state NMR. As soli
How do science, producing knowledge and technology, and art, producing revelations and sensations, confront each other? We have taken up the two myths of Albert Einstein and Rene Magritte to addres
Americans now spend over $300 billion each year in legal gambling, and the gambling industry has become a major contributor to tax revenues. In the past 30 years, nearly all states have permitted some
Reports on the excavation of a building in southwestern Iran at a site only recently identified as the Anshen that Elamite kings claimed to rule along with Susa during the last years of the second mil
This volume is a translation into English of one of three variant texts treating early Hungarian history. As the third chronicle, following the Pict Chronicle (1358-1370) and the Buda Chronicle (1473)
Chan Buddhism has become paradigmatic of Buddhist spirituality. Known in Japan as Zen and in Korea as Son, it is one of the most strikingly iconoclastic spiritual traditions in the world. This succinc
Himself a practitioner, Hershock (Asian studies, East-West Center, Honolulu) offers a philosophical introduction to the practice tradition of Chan Buddhism, the Chinese forebear of Korean Son and Japa
Scientists from academies and industries in the maritime countries of the US, Britain, Norway, Russia, Italy, and Canada document the transition from the dream in the 1980s to the reality of robotic v
Part of a series that concentrates on the "greening" of engineering projects, this monograph by Spellerberg (nature conservation, New Zealand) describes the effects of roads and traffic on local envir
Arguing that educators are justified in shaping curriculum and instruction toward the formation of democratic citizens, Parker (education, U. of Washington) offers ten chapters that give advice on how
Applying the new perspectival method of interpreting Kant he expounded in earlier works, Palmquist examine a broad range of Kant's philosophical writings to present a fresh view of his thought on theo
Of all the qualitative research methods, none has provoked more interest among nurses than phenomenological research. As part of Pam Brink’s nuts and bolts series on research methods for nurses, this
The degradation of renewables - land and freshwater - worldwide leads to conflict over access and/or distribution of these resources. However, not all conflicts become violent. Environmentally-caus
This comprehensive collection of over 300 intriguing investigations-including demonstrations, labs, and other activities-- uses everyday examples to make chemistry concepts easy to understand. It is
Eight essays, previously or concurrently published elsewhere, illustrate the development of Hintikka's thinking on the fundamental contrast between language as a universal medium and language as calcu
This book covers the issue of war and peace. Included are selections from Toynbee, Hawtrey, Wright, Thucydides, Aquians, Vattel, Grotius, Mackinder, Kennan, Sun Tzu Tolstoy, Clauswitz, Mahan, Tuchman,
Ten contributions from Mahiri (education, U. of California, Berkeley) and his colleagues explore practices of literacy and learning (outside of the classroom) in the everyday lives of urban youth. Dra
First-century Jewish philosopher Philo wrote In Flaccus not to recount the pogrom against Jews in Alexandria in 38 CE, says Horst (New Testament and the Jewish and Hellenistic world of early Christi
This new work is a companion volume to de Waard’s work on Isaiah, published in collaboration with the United Bible Societies. The volume moves section by section through the Book of Jeremiah to
With the onset of a more conservative political climate in the 1980s, social and especially labour history saw a decline in the popularity that they had enjoyed throughout the 1960s and 1970s. This le
Clinical Personality Assessment, 2/e, is the revised edition of an acclaimed comprehensive clinical personality assessment text. In this updated volume, contributors from a diverse range of psychologi
Moving beyond the well-established problems and public discussions of the Holocaust, this collection of essays, written by some of the leading German historians of the younger generation, leaves behin
The series is designed to provide an outlet for scholars at the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman, and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Birmingham. Mullett offers a reading of Theophylact's lette
The author leads his readers through the practical difficulties of reading the Bible, offering advice that is true to the way Anglicans have read Scripture from the time of Tyndale and Cranmer.
Sums up all that is known about magic in Ancient Egypt: the role of magic in controlling the gods, powerful amulets that warded off evil spirits, scarabs of immortality, use of wax images, formulas a
Frantzich's (political science, U.S. Naval Academy) text evolved from a lecture he developed for the general public at the invitation of the Maryland Humanities Council. He begins with the premise tha
