What causes a financial crisis? Can crises be anticipated or even avoided? Should governments and international institutions intervene? Based on ten years of research, the authors develop a theoretical approach to analyzing financial...

"Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England" von Keith Thomas untersucht die Rolle von Magie, Aberglauben und Religion im Alltagsleben der Menschen im England des 16. und...

"Feminism and 'Race'" ist eine Sammlung von Essays, die sich mit den komplexen Verbindungen zwischen Feminismus und Rasse auseinandersetzen. Herausgegeben von Kum-Kum Bhavnani, bietet das Buch eine tiefgreifende Analyse der...

This systematic presentation of the parametric approach to child language considers the nature of the information the child must acquire according to the various linguistic theories. In doing so it sets out in detail the practical...

"Environmental Modelling: An Introduction" von Jo Smith ist ein umfassender Leitfaden für Umweltmodellierung und Simulation. Das Buch bietet eine detaillierte Einführung in die grundlegenden Konzepte, Methoden und Anwendungen der...

Life throws moral questions at us every day -- about our family, social, and working relationships, about what the fair or decent thing to do is, about how society should be run. In this book a panel of distinguished philosophers offer...

The daughter of a Algonquin mother and an Iroquois father, Catherine/Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680) has become known over the centuries as a Catholic convert so holy that, almost immediately upon her death, she became the object of a...

"Workbook II: Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek Second Edition: Workbook 2" von Gilbert Lawall ist ein Begleitbuch zur Lehrbuchreihe "Athenaze", die darauf abzielt, Lernenden der alten griechischen Sprache eine umfassende...

Value and Capital An Inquiry into some Fundamental Principles of Economic Theory von Hicks, J. R.;Hicks, John R.;

This edition is now under the authorship of Peter Shears and Graham Stephenson, who have added a contemporary outlook to its traditional virtues. It includes the latest legislation such as the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994...

"Cosmic Anger: Abdus Salam - The First Muslim Nobel Scientist" ist eine Biographie von Gordon Fraser, die das Leben und die Arbeit des renommierten Physikers Abdus Salam dokumentiert. Das Buch zeichnet den Weg von Salam nach, der aus...

Phoenix, Arizona is one of America's fastest growing metropolitan regions. It is also its least sustainable one, sprawling over a thousand square miles, with a population of four and a half million, minimal rainfall, scorching heat, and...