"Earth's Deep History: How It Was Discovered and Why It Matters" von Martin J. S. Rudwick ist ein umfassendes Werk, das die Entdeckung und Erforschung der tiefen Erdgeschichte nachzeichnet. Das Buch beleuchtet die Entwicklung...

For dozens of developing countries, the financial upheavals of the 1980s have set back economic development by a decade or more. Poverty in those countries have intensified as they struggle under the burden of an enormous external debt....

"Visions of the Sociological Tradition" von Donald N. Levine ist ein umfassendes Werk, das die Entwicklung der soziologischen Theorie und deren Hauptdenker untersucht. Levine bietet eine kritische Analyse der zentralen Ideen und...

In recent years, the Federal Reserve and central banks worldwide have enjoyed remarkable success in their battle against inflation. The challenge now confronting the Fed and its counterparts is how to proceed in this newly benign...

"Behind the Times: Inside the New New York Times" von Edwin Diamond bietet einen tiefgehenden Einblick in die inneren Abläufe und Herausforderungen der renommierten Zeitung The New York Times während einer Zeit des Wandels. Das Buch...

Traditional thinking on metaphors has divided them into two camps: dead and alive. Conventional expressions from everyday language are classified as dead, while much rarer novel or poetic metaphors are alive. In the 1980s, new theories...

"Pervasive Prejudice?: Unconventional Evidence of Race and Gender Discrimination" von Ian Ayres untersucht die subtilen und oft übersehenen Formen von Diskriminierung, die in alltäglichen Interaktionen und wirtschaftlichen Transaktionen...

The first comprehensive study of target marketing shows how advertisers and the media are appealing to America's social divisions, self-indulgence, and self-isolation, exploiting differences among consumers based on income, age, race,...

"Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III: A Century of Advance. Book 4: East Asia" von Edwin J. van Kley ist Teil einer umfassenden historischen Untersuchung darüber, wie Asien Europas Entwicklung beeinflusst hat. In diesem speziellen...

There are disorders that defy treatment with prescribed pharmaceuticals: a man’s hands shake so hard that he cannot hold anything; a woman is mired in severe inescapable depression. For these patients and others, an alternative is...

"Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III: A Century of Advance. Book 1: Trade, Missions, Literature" von Edwin J. Van Kley ist Teil einer umfassenden Reihe, die sich mit den vielfältigen Einflüssen Asiens auf die europäische Entwicklung...

Interest in U.S. trade policy has been stimulated in recent years by the massive American trade deficit, by the belief that intervention by foreign governments in international markets has given other countries a competitive edge over...