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To solve the problems of the twenty-first century, historian John Charles Chasteen argues that we must first know our shared human story

This text presents the basic concepts of systems ecology and human ecology in an accessible way. It integrates the basic concepts of systems ecology w

To solve the problems of the twenty-first century, historian John Charles Chasteen argues that we must first know our shared human story

In this important new work, Howard T. Odum, widely acknowledged as the father of systems ecology, lucidly explains his concept of emergy, a measure of

Emma J. Flatt shows the centrality of courtliness in the political and cultural life of the Deccan in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. She argue

Throughout the seventeenth century, scores of Englishwomen took up the banner of history, exploring in their accounts the shifting relationships betwe

Tracking trends in American public opinion, this study examines moods of public policy over time. It argues that public opinion is decisive in America

Politics is a trial in which those in government - and those who aspire to serve - make proposals, debate alternatives, and pass laws. Then the jury o

Covering key issues in methodology - from measurement and experimental design, to analyzing data and interpreting research results - and providing pra

Beginning with a sartorial study - how the Jews were marked on their clothing and what these marks meant - the book offers an in-depth analysis of ant

This book explains how children's early ability to distinguish between animate and inanimate nouns helps them acquire complex sentence structure. The

This book provides a comprehensive historical treatment of the Latin liturgy in medieval England. Richard Pfaff constructs a history of the worship ca

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, ahs been known for two centuries as the "Garden Spot of America," a quintessentially rural place. Walbert considers wh

Throughout the seventeenth century, scores of Englishwomen took up the banner of history, exploring in their accounts the shifting relationships betwe

The Peutinger Map is the only map of the Roman world to come down to us from antiquity. Today it is among the treasures of the Austrian National Libra

It is a little known fact that as early as the thirteenth century, Europe's political and religious powers tried to physically mark and distinguish th

Reid Barbour's 2002 study takes a fresh look at English Protestant culture in the reign of Charles I (1625-1649) to offer an extensive appraisal of cr

Visions of Victory, first published in 2005, explores the views of eight war leaders of the major powers of World War II - Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, Ch

James L. Peacock's revised version of The Anthropological Lens (1986) covers current issues in cultural anthropology, incorporates new topics such as

Since the end of the Cold War, more and more countries feature political regimes that are neither liberal democracies nor closed authoritarian systems