GAMIN DE PARIS IN 19TH-CENTURY - Bok av Marilyn R. Brown - Häftad

GAMIN DE PARIS IN 19TH-CENTURY - Bok av Marilyn R. Brown - Häftad

Spanish Horror Film and Television in the 21st Century - Bok av Vicente Rodríguez Ortega - Inbunden

This book provides an up-to-date, in-depth survey of 21st century Spanish horror film and media, exploring both aesthetics and industrial dynamics.

International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond - Bok av Antony Best - Häftad

Now in its fourth edition, this highly successful global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward.Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors have produced an authoritative yet accessible and seamless account of the history of international relations in the last century, covering events in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. They focus on the history of relations between states..

A Guide to Twentieth Century Literature in English - Bok av Harry Blamires - Häftad

First published in 1983, A Guide to Twentieth Century Literature in English is a detailed and comprehensive guide containing over 500 entries on individual writers from countries including Africa, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the UK. The book contains substantial articles relating to major novelists, poets, and dramatists of the age, as well as a wealth of information on the work of lesser-known writers and the part they have played in cultural..

Introducing Religion - Religious Studies for the Twenty-First Century - Bok av Robert S Ellwood - Häftad

Introducing Religion examines the different ways of looking at religion in the twenty-first century. Providing a broad overview to the discipline of religious studies, this new edition continues to introduce students to engaging and contemporary topics such as: - sociology of religion, - psychology of religion, - history of religion, - religion and art, - religious ethics, - popular religion- religion and violence.Thoroughly updated throughout, this sixth edition includes new coverage of current..

Nineteenth Century America in the Society of States - Reluctant Power - Bok av Cornelia Navari - Häftad

This book examines how the United States adopted and contributed to the practices of international society--the habits and practices states use to regulate their relations--during the nineteenth century. Expert contributors consider America's \entry\ into international society and how independence forced it to enter into diplomatic relations with European states and start a permanent engagement with a society of states. Individual chapters focus on U.S. perceptions of the international order and..

Academic Advising Administration - Essential Knowledge and Skills for the 21st Century - Bok av Susan M Campbell - Häftad

The second edition of Academic Advising Administration: Essential Knowledge and Skills for the 21st Century examines the evolving boundary-crossing role of the advising administrator in an increasingly complex and diversified higher education environment. Written by scholar-practitioners in the field, chapters situate advising administration as a central and critical function that connects the curriculum and scholarship work of faculty members with the aspirations and goals of students. Through..

Lifestyle and Medicine in the Enlightenment - The Six Non-Naturals in the Long Eighteenth Century - Bok av James Kennaway - Häftad

The biggest challenges in public health today are often related to attitudes, diet and exercise. In many ways, this marks a return to the state of medicine in the eighteenth century, when ideals of healthy living were a much more central part of the European consciousness than they have become since the advent of modern clinical medicine. Enlightenment advice on healthy lifestyle was often still discussed in terms of the six non-naturals - airs and places, food and drink, exercise, excretion and..

The Romance of the Western Chamber (Hsi Hsiang Chi) - A Chinese Play Written in the Thirteenth Century - Bok av S I Hsiung - Häftad

This play, first published in 1935, is a classic love story first written in the thirteenth century, and came to be seen in China as the play. It was banned by the authorities, yet ran into thousands of editions and no classical scholar would fail to recite these very passages because of the beauty of the language. It contains much useful information about life in China at the time, as well as the relationship between cultural traditions.

Britain 1740 - 1950 - An Historical Geography - Bok av Richard Lawton - Häftad

Originally published in 1992, this book provides students with a well-illustrated, clearly written text which offers a coherent overview of Britain's development from a pre-modern to a modern economy and society. The key processes that have shaped the geography of modern Britain are rooted in the significant demographic, economic, technological and social transitions of the early eighteenth century, the impact of which was not fully diffused through the nation until the mid-20th Century. This country-wide..

Making Mental Health - A Critical History - Bok av Elizabeth Roberts-Pedersen - Häftad

Making Mental Health: A Critical History historicizes mental health by examining the concept from the 'madness' of the late 19th century to the changing ideas about its contemporary concerns and status. It argues that a critical approach to the history of psychiatry and mental health shows them to constitute a dual clinical-political project that gathered pace over the course of the twentieth century and continues to resonate in the present. Drawing on scholarship across several areas of historical..

The Chinese Knight-Errant - Bok av James J y Liu - Häftad

This book, first published in 1967, is a comprehensive study of knight-errantry in Chinese history and literature from the fourth century BC to the twentieth century. After discussing the social and intellectual backgrounds of knight-errantry, it gives examples of historical knights and describes the development of the theme of knight-errantry in poetry, fiction and drama. Many biographies, anecdotes, poems and tales are translated in full, while long prose romances and dramatic works are summarized..

The Emergence of Relativism - German Thought from the Enlightenment to National Socialism - Bok av Martin Kusch - Häftad

Debates over relativism are as old as philosophy itself. Since the late nineteenth century, relativism has also been a controversial topic in many of the social and cultural sciences. And yet, relativism has not been a central topic of research in the history of philosophy or the history of the social sciences. This collection seeks to remedy this situation by studying the emergence of modern forms of relativism as they unfolded in the German lands during the \long nineteenth century\� \from..

Police Leadership and Administration - A 21st-Century Strategic Approach - Bok av Gennaro F Vito - Häftad

This innovative text adapts the strategic management process to the police organizational environment, illustrating how to tailor responses to the unique problems and issues that professionals are likely to face in the field of law enforcement. The authors cover pioneering management techniques for leaders facing the challenges of today's complex environment, offering police executives guidance on planning, setting direction, developing strategy, assessing internal and external environments, creating..

Freud, the Contemporary Super-ego, and Western Morality - An Essay on Psychopolitics - Bok av Giosuè Ghisalberti - Häftad

Freud, the Contemporary Super-ego, and Western Morality traces the origins of the relationship between the morality of the super-ego and the destructive impulse of the death drive in the liberal democracies of the twenty-first century.

An Outline of 19th Century European Painting - From David Through Cezanne - Bok av Lorenz Eitner - Häftad

This one-volume edition contains both text and plates and includes corrections in the text and bibliography made since the books publication in 1987. There are concise monographic chapters on the important artists and movements of the period, with material on each artists life and work, characteristics of style, and the relationship of the artistic movements to historical and intellectual currents of the time. The author covers a wide range of material and his presentation is lucid and perceptive...

Creating a Culture of Integrity - Business Ethics for the 21st Century - Bok av Andrea Spencer-Cooke - Häftad

For companies, unethical business practices like bribery and corruption pose major business risks, and can result in fines, reputational damage, lost business opportunity and ΓÇô increasingly ΓÇô criminal or civil charges.Organizations have responded to this critical governance issue with rigorous formal integrity and compliance frameworks, to set out and enforce standards for ethical business practice. But companies also need to create an enduring culture of integrity that establishes..

Nationalism and Hegemony - The Consolidation of the Nation in Social and Political Life - Bok av Michaelangelo Anastasiou - Häftad

This book develops a contemporary theory of nationalism that addresses 21st century political challenges, exploring theoretical and empirical understandings of the concepts of 'the nation' and 'nationalism' and the failure of theoretical accounts to decipher the ways nationalism comes to be embedded in our social and political world.

El Greco to Murillo - Spanish Painting in the Golden Age, 1556-1700 - Bok av Nina A Mallory - Häftad

A study of the art and artists of seventeenth-century Spain examines historical, religious, cultural, and political influences. Including entries on the School of Madrid, Baroque painting of Seville and artists; El Greco, Luis Tristan, Juan Sanchez Cotan, Pedro Orrente, Juan Bautista Mayno, Juan van der Hamen, and Vicencio Carducho.

Three American Radicals - John Swinton, Charles P. Steinmetz, and William Dean Howells - Bok av Sender Garlin - Häftad

Sender Garlin is a veteran journalist and pamphleteer who has interviewed such figures as Theodore Dreiser, Clarence Darrow and Emma Goldman, and was present at all the Moscow purge trials of the 1930s. Here he writes on three Americans involved in forging a new political force before, and just after, the turn of the century.

Fifty Songs from the Yüan - Fifty Songs from the Yüan: Poetry of 13th Century China - Bok av Charles R Metzger - Häftad

Xuanzang - A Buddhist Pilgrim on the Silk Road - Bok av Sally Wriggins - Häftad

The saga of the seventh-century Chinese monk Xuanzang, who completed an epic sixteen-year journey to discover the heart of Buddhism at its source in India, is a splendid story of human struggle and triumph. One of China's great heroes, Xuanzang is introduced here for the first time to Western readers in this richly illustrated book.

Jamestown Archaeology - Remains to Be Seen - Bok av William M Kelso - Häftad

This book showcases the latest information and newly discovered seventeenth-century artifacts from Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America.Jamestown Archaeology: Remains to be Seen uses archaeological discoveries to greatly augment what we know about the settlement from written records. It discusses how the archaeological revelations recreate the backdrop where, amid Jamestown's growing fortifications, its houses, government buildings, churches, graves and village streets,..

Essentials of Economics in Context - Bok av Neva Goodwin - Häftad

Essentials of Economics in Context is specifically designed to meet the requirements of a one-semester introductory economics course that provides coverage of both microeconomic and macroeconomic foundations. It addresses current economic challenges, paying specific attention to issues of inequality, globalization, unpaid work, technology, financialization, and the environment, making the text a genuine 21st century introduction to economics.Aspects of history, institutions, gender, ethics, and ecology..

The Avowing of King Arthur - Bok av Roger Dahood - Häftad

This book presents the manuscript of the original poem, from the Ireland Blackburne MS. The composition is from some time between the late 14th and late 15th century. Originally published in 1984, this book introduces the manuscript with historical details and discussion of its language, structure and sources, including a bibliography of related studies. After the poem is a comprehensive notes section and glossary.