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Historical Perspectives on Climate Change

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Flemong>inong>g, James Rodger, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This ong>inong>triguong>inong>g volume provides a thorough examong>inong>ation of the ong>historicalong> roots of global climate change as a field of ong>inong>quiry, from the Enlightenment to the late twentieth century. Based on primary ong>andong> archival sources, the book is filled with ong>inong>terestong>inong>g perspectives on what people have understood, experienced, ong>andong> feared about the climate ong>andong> its changes ong>inong> the past. Chapters explore climate ong>andong> culture ong>inong> Enlightenment thought; climate debates ong>inong> early America; the development of ong>inong>ternational networks of observation; the scientific transformation of climate discourse; ong>andong> early contributions to understong>andong>ong>inong>g terrestrial temperature changes, ong>inong>frared radiation, ong>andong> the carbon dioxide theory of climate. But perhaps most important, this book shows what a study of the past has to offer the ong>inong>terdisciplong>inong>ary ong>inong>vestigation of current environmental problems.

Women in Muslim Societies: Diversity Within Unity

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bodman, Herbert L., PUBLISHER: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Authors from a variety of disciplong>inong>es assess the issues facong>inong>g women ong>inong> Muslim societies not only ong>inong> the Middle East but also ong>inong> Africa ong>andong> Asia. They stress the importance of ong>historicalong> ong>contextong>, local customs ong>andong> policies ong>inong> defong>inong>ong>inong>g the status of Muslim women, ong>andong> examong>inong>e how women are copong>inong>g with challenges such as modernity ong>andong> conservative reaction.

Praying for a Cure: When Medical and Religious Practices

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Desautels, Peggy / Battong>inong>, Margaret Pabst / May, Larry, PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Three medical ethicists take varied ong>andong> often opposong>inong>g stong>andong>s on the ethical, ong>socialong>, ong>andong> political issues that arise when religious ong>andong> medical practices conflict. The ong>inong>terchange focuses on the tensions between the belief systems, ong>inong>stitutional practices, ong>andong> health-related decisions of Christian Scientists ong>andong> those of a secularized medically oriented, broader society.

Contemporary English and american literature

Contemporary English ong>andong> american literature: an anthology Autore Giobbio, Skey Editore SEI Anno Anthology with a ong>historicalong> ong>andong> ong>socialong> survey Il libro è ong>inong> ottimo stato, dotato di copertong>inong>a plastificata Le pagong>inong>e sono ong>inong>giallite dal tempo Spese di spedizione: pacco non tracciabile 2E, pacco tracciabile 4E

Homelessness Amid Affluence: Structure and Paradox in the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lang, Michael H., PUBLISHER: Praeger Publishers, Approachong>inong>g the problem of homelessness from a broad public policy perspective, Lang focuses on the American political economy ong>andong> how it permits community development patterns based on racism ong>andong> self-ong>inong>terest. This ong>inong>terdisciplong>inong>ary study challenges the belief that homelessness is entirely due to the Reagan admong>inong>istration's cutbacks. ong>Inong>stead, it suggests the need for reform ong>inong> our housong>inong>g ong>andong> employment policies. The book reviews competong>inong>g socioeconomic paradigms that can explaong>inong> why meanong>inong>gful ong>andong> effective programs are difficult to enact. Homelessness Amid Affluence discusses housong>inong>g, community development patterns, economic segregation, ong>andong> problems of the urban underclass, as well as proposed solutions. The ong>inong>terdisciplong>inong>ary nature ong>andong> ong>historicalong> perspective of this volume make it ong>inong>formative readong>inong>g for sociologists, ong>socialong> workers, policymakers, ong>andong> researchers. This volume is divided ong>inong>to five sections. The first section provides a conceptual overview. Section Two deals with the urban policy ong>contextong> from which a solution to homelessness must emerge. Section Three covers low-cost housong>inong>g while Section Four deals with specific policies ong>andong> programs developed ong>inong> response to the needs of the homeless. A case study based on the author's experience with the efforts of Camden County, New Jersey is ong>inong>cluded. The last section analyzes some new policy approaches ong>andong> ends with an assessment of the likely policy outcomes to emerge from this contong>inong>uong>inong>g debate.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Last Plays

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Alexong>andong>er, Catherong>inong>e M. S., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Which plays are ong>inong>cluded under the headong>inong>g 'Shakespeare's last plays', ong>andong> when does Shakespeare's 'last' period begong>inong>? What is meant by a 'late play', ong>andong> what are the benefits ong>inong> defong>inong>ong>inong>g plays ong>inong> this way? Reflectong>inong>g the recent growth of ong>inong>terest ong>inong> late studies, ong>andong> recognisong>inong>g the gaps ong>inong> accessible scholarship on this area, leadong>inong>g ong>inong>ternational Shakespeare scholars address these ong>andong> many other questions. The essays locate Shakespeare's last plays - song>inong>gle ong>andong> co-authored - ong>inong> the period of their composition, consider the significant characteristics of their Jacobean ong>contextong>, ong>andong> explore the rich afterlives, on stage, ong>inong> prong>inong>t ong>andong> other media of The Wong>inong>ter's Tale, Cymbelong>inong>e, The Tempest, Pericles, The Two Noble Kong>inong>smen ong>andong> Henry VIII. The volume opens with a ong>historicalong> timelong>inong>e that places the plays ong>inong> the ong>contextong>s of contemporary political events, theatrical events, other cultural milestones, Shakespeare's life ong>andong> that of his playong>inong>g company, the Kong>inong>g's Men.

Water Quality - Management of a Natural Resource

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Perry, James / Perry / Perry, Jim, PUBLISHER: Wiley-Blackwell, Once a purely technical sub-disciplong>inong>e of hydrology, water quality management is now a ong>socialong> ong>andong> political disciplong>inong>e, with concerns rangong>inong>g from ensurong>inong>g adequate health stong>andong>ards to preservong>inong>g biological diversity ong>andong> ecosystem ong>inong>tegrity. This book goes beyond the technical manuals ong>andong> specialty publications to provide support ong>andong> guidance for the everyday decisions made by water-quality managers. Water Quality: Management of a Natural Resource addresses the rarely touched upon ong>socialong>, biophysical, long>andong>-use ong>andong> policy considerations, which reflect the issues that confront managers ong>andong> decision-makers. ong>Inong> a series of ong>inong>cisive reviews, experts address key topics ong>inong> modern water resource management ong>andong> case studies illustrate the successes ong>andong> failures of past management efforts. Water Quality: Management of a Natural Resource develops ong>andong> presents a management view requirong>inong>g an awareness of: the ong>socialong> ong>contextong> of management, new ecological theories, ong>andong> how policy is implemented ong>inong> different situations ong>andong> countries.

The Psychology of Gratitude

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Emmons, Robert A. / McCullough, Michael E., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Gratitude, like other positive emotions, has ong>inong>spired many theological ong>andong> philosophical writong>inong>gs, but it has ong>inong>spired very little vigorous, empirical research. ong>Inong> an effort to remedy this oversight, this volume brong>inong>gs together promong>inong>ent scientists from various disciplong>inong>es to examong>inong>e what has become known as the most-neglected emotion. The volume begong>inong>s with the ong>historicalong>, philosophical, ong>andong> theoretical foundations of gratitude, then presents the current research perspectives from ong>socialong>, personality, ong>andong> developmental psychology, as well as from primatology, anthropology, ong>andong> biology. The volume also ong>inong>cludes a comprehensive, annotated bibliography of research on gratitude. This work contributes a great deal to the growong>inong>g positive psychology ong>inong>itiative ong>andong> to the scientific ong>inong>vestigation of positive human emotions. It will be an ong>inong>valuable resource for researchers ong>andong> students ong>inong> ong>socialong>, personality, ong>andong> developmental, clong>inong>ical, ong>andong> health psychology, as well as to sociologists ong>andong> cultural anthropologists.

La Roja: a Journey Through Spanish Football

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Burns, Jimmy, PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Ltd, "La Roja" is bestsellong>inong>g author Jimmy Burns tremendous opus on Spanish soccer. From its early begong>inong>nong>inong>gs when the first soccer on the shores of Bilbao ong>andong> Buenos Aires was played by British sailors ong>andong> engong>inong>eers, through to the ong>inong>flux of South American stars, ong>andong> similarly ong>inong>spirational Italians, Dutchman ong>andong> Scong>andong>ong>inong>avians, Burns show how the engagement of foreigners with home-grown Spanish ong>talentong> overcame political adversity ong>andong> produced football of sublime skill ong>andong> passion that ong>inong>toxicates fans around the world. The book takes us on a journey through some of the extraordong>inong>ary characters, classic matches, ong>andong> brutal controversies that have defong>inong>ed Spanish football from the early days when a few enthusiasts developed their ong>talentong> kickong>inong>g a ball on a piece of ong>inong>dustrial waste ground, to the emergence of rival giants, FC Barcelona ong>andong> Real Madrid- the most powerful ong>andong> successful football clubs ong>inong> the world- to the Franco regime (that propped up the Madrid team) ong>andong> democracy (where Barca has ruled), to ong>andong> a national team that, encompassong>inong>g all, became the world's champion.

A Country Nourished on Self-Doubt: Documents in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Thorner, Thomas / Frohn-Nielson, Thor, PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press, This new edition of Broadview's two volume anthology of documents ong>inong> Canadian history, A Few Acres of Snow ong>andong> A Country Nourished on Self-Doubt, presents many new documentary sources on Canadian history, combong>inong>ed with the most compellong>inong>g passages from the first edition, ong>Inong>cluded are documents that focus on the history of Canada's various regions; on ong>socialong>, cultural, political ong>andong> ong>inong>tellectual history; ong>andong> on the experiences of women, Native peoples, immigrants ong>andong> labour.

Readings in Globalization: Key Concepts and Major Debates

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ritzer, George / Atalay, Zeynep, PUBLISHER: Wiley-Blackwell, This unique ong>andong> engagong>inong>g anthology ong>inong>troduces students to the major concepts of globalization withong>inong> the ong>contextong> of the key debates ong>andong> disputes. ong>Inong>troduces globalization through its basic concepts, rather than thematically; a distong>inong>ctive approach that provides students with a better grasp of what ong>socialong> science has to offer on the topic Utilizes concepts from ong>inong>terdisciplong>inong>ary sources, brong>inong>gong>inong>g together work from key figures across a number of fields - from Weber ong>andong> Marx, to contemporary figures ong>inong> the field, ong>inong>cludong>inong>g Beck, Bauman, Castells, ong>andong> Homi Bhabha ong>Inong>cludes excerpts to illustrate ideas, all at an appropriate level of difficulty for an undergraduate audience Offers all of this ong>inong> the dynamic ong>contextong> of major debates surroundong>inong>g the basic concepts ong>andong> the fundamental realities of globalization Designed so it can be used ong>inong>dependently, or alongside Ritzer's "Globalization: A Basic Text" for a complete student resource Acquista Ora

Selected Essays of Wilson Harris: The Unfinished Genesis of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harris, Wilson / Bundy, ong>Andong>rew / Bundy, A. F. M., PUBLISHER: Routledge, Wilson Harris is one of the outstong>andong>ong>inong>g literary ong>inong>novators of the century. His novels date from The Palace of the Peacock to Jonestown. This long-awaited volume matches Harris's career with his critical writong>inong>gs, from to the present day. Selected Essays of Wilson Harris brong>inong>gs together twenty-one lectures, addresses ong>andong> essays to make available Harris's full range of writong>inong>gs on subjects ong>inong>cludong>inong>g: * the literate imagong>inong>ation * traditions of myth ong>andong> fable ong>inong> Central ong>andong> South America * the North American literary imagong>inong>ation, from Edgar Allen Poe, Herman Melville ong>andong> Ralph Ellison, to William Faulkner ong>andong> Jean Rhys * ong>inong>heritances ong>andong> legacies of writers of the postcolonial diaspora This comprehensive collection also comes complete with: * an extensive editorial ong>inong>troduction, providong>inong>g valuable ong>historicalong> ong>andong> theoretical ong>contextong> for the essays * a map of Guyana * bibliographies of Harris's fiction ong>andong> non-fiction * appendices on the legends of El Dorado ong>andong> the Holy Grail.

Contemporary English and american literature: an anthology

Autore Giobbio, Skey Editore Sei Anno Anthology with a ong>historicalong> ong>andong> ong>socialong> survey Il libro è ong>inong> ottimo stato, dotato di copertong>inong>a plastificata Le pagong>inong>e sono ong>inong>giallite dal tempo Spese di spedizione: pacco non tracciabile 2E, pacco tracciabile 4E

Renaissance Essays

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wiener, Philip P. / Kristeller, Paul Oskar, PUBLISHER: University of Rochester Press, The Journal of the History of Ideashas, over the years, published many important articles on the Renaissance; this selection provides a significant ong>inong>dex of American scholarship ong>inong> the field ong>inong> the first twenty-five years of the journal's publication. Apart from the quality of the papers, the maong>inong> criterion of selection has been their diversity. The editors aimed to present a broad cross-section of the ong>inong>tellectual history of the Renaissance, ong>andong> have on the whole preferred comprehensive rather than monographic studies. The so-called problem of the Renaissance is represented by FERGUSON; the ong>historicalong> thought of the period by WEISong>INong>GER, BARON, ong>andong> REYNOLDS; its ong>socialong>, moral ong>andong> religious thought by ADAMS, RICE ong>andong> TRong>INong>KAUS; humanism by GRAY; philsophy ong>andong> science by CASSIRER, Rong>ANDong>ALL ong>andong> BOUWSMA; literature by TUVE; the visual arts by SCHAPIRO; ong>andong> music by LOWong>INong>SKY. First published .

Building Corporate Accountability: Emerging Practice in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Zadek, Simon / Evans, Richard / Pruzan, Peter, PUBLISHER: Earthscan Publications, ong>Socialong> ong>andong> ethical accountong>inong>g is emergong>inong>g as a key tool for companies ong>inong> the s ong>inong> response to calls for greater transparency ong>andong> accountability to stakeholders, ong>andong> as a means for managong>inong>g companies ong>inong> ong>inong>creasong>inong>gly complex situations where ong>socialong> ong>andong> environmental issues are significant ong>inong> securong>inong>g busong>inong>ess success.This is the first book to address the practices of ong>socialong> ong>andong> ethical accountong>inong>g, auditong>inong>g ong>andong> reportong>inong>g, ong>andong> their implications for the development of corporate ong>socialong>, ethical ong>andong> environmental responsibility. It ong>inong>cludes nong>inong>e case studies, ong>andong> a ong>historicalong> overview of developments. The editors ong>inong>troduce a methodological framework that allows emergong>inong>g practice worldwide to be analysed, understood ong>andong> improved. This ong>inong>novative book, written by ong>inong>ternational leaders ong>inong> the field, will be of enormous value to busong>inong>ess managers, particularly those responsible for corporate affairs, human resources, environmental management, fong>inong>ancial management or plannong>inong>g. It will also be a useful text for busong>inong>ess students.

Marx and Mill: Two Views of Social Conflict and Social

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Duncan / Duncan, Graeme, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, First published ong>inong> , this was the first detailed comparative analysis of the writong>inong>gs of Karl Marx ong>andong> John Stuart Mill. it contaong>inong>s a full, careful ong>andong> sympathetic account of their respective ong>socialong> doctrong>inong>es, ong>andong> concludes with a critical comparative evaluation of the two thong>inong>kers.

Oxford Readings in Homer's Iliad

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cairns, Douglas L., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This anthology makes accessible to the reader sixteen of the most important studies of Homer ong>andong> the Iliad to appear ong>inong> the last forty years. The essays, by leadong>inong>g Homeric scholars from Great Britaong>inong>, the United States, ong>andong> Europe, deal not only with the aesthetics ong>andong> artistry of the Iliad as a poetic artefact, but with its ong>historicalong> ong>contextong>, its cultural background, ong>andong> its ethical ong>andong> political framework.

The Economy of Modern India,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tomlong>inong>son, B. R., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This is the first comprehensive ong>andong> ong>inong>terpretative account of the history of economic growth ong>andong> change ong>inong> colonial ong>andong> post-colonial ong>Inong>dia. Dr. Tomlong>inong>son draws together ong>andong> expong>andong>s on the specialist literature dealong>inong>g with imperialism, development ong>andong> underdevelopment, the ong>historicalong> processes of change ong>inong> agriculture, trade ong>andong> manufacture, ong>andong> the relations among busong>inong>ess, the economy ong>andong> the state. What emerges is a picture of an economy ong>inong> which some output growth ong>andong> technical change occurred both before ong>andong> after , but ong>inong> which a broadly based process of development has been constraong>inong>ed by structural ong>andong> market imperfections. Tomlong>inong>son argues that ong>Inong>dia has thus had an underdeveloped economy, with weak market structures ong>andong> underdeveloped ong>inong>stitutions, which has song>inong>ce profoundly ong>inong>fluenced the ong>socialong>, political ong>andong> ecological history of South Asia.

The State and the Poor: Public Policy and Political

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Echeverri-Gent, John, PUBLISHER: University of California Press, This comparison of rural development ong>inong> ong>Inong>dia ong>andong> the United States develops important departures from economic ong>andong> ong>historicalong> ong>inong>stitutionalism. It elaborates a new conceptual framework for analyzong>inong>g state-society relations begong>inong>nong>inong>g from the premise that policy implementation, as the site of tangible exchanges between state ong>andong> society, provides strategic ong>inong>teraction among self-ong>inong>terested ong>inong>dividuals, ong>socialong> groups, ong>andong> bureaucracies. It demonstrates how this ong>inong>teraction can be harnessed to enhance the effectiveness of public policy. Echeverri-Gent's application of this framework to poverty alleviation programs generates provocative ong>inong>sights about the ways ong>inong> which ong>inong>stitutions ong>andong> ong>socialong> structure constraong>inong> policy-makers. ong>Inong> the process, he illumong>inong>ates new implications for the concepts of state autonomy ong>andong> state capacity. The book's origong>inong>al conceptual framework ong>andong> ong>inong>triguong>inong>g fong>inong>dong>inong>gs will ong>inong>terest scholars of South Asia ong>andong> American politics, ong>socialong> theorists, ong>andong> policy-makers.

Islam, Politics, and Social Movements

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Burke, Edmund, III / Lapidus, Ira M. / Abrahamian, Ervong>andong>, PUBLISHER: University of California Press, Taken together the essays ong>inong> this work not only provide new research essential to the study of Islamic societies ong>andong> Muslim peoples, but also set a new stong>andong>ard for the concrete study of local situations ong>andong> illumong>inong>ate the forces shapong>inong>g the history of modern Muslim societies. This collection is unique ong>inong> its sophisticated ong>inong>terpretation of the ong>socialong> protest ong>andong> political resistance movements ong>inong> Muslim countries durong>inong>g the nong>inong>eteenth ong>andong> twentieth centuries. The contributors take two prong>inong>cipal approaches to the study of their subject. Utilizong>inong>g "new cultural history," they explore how particular movements have deployed the cultural ong>andong> religious resources of Islam to mobilize ong>andong> legitimize ong>inong>surgent political action. Others rely on "new ong>socialong> history" to study the economic, political, ong>andong> ong>socialong> ong>contextong>s ong>inong> which movements of anti-colonial resistance ong>andong> revolution have developed. This work brong>inong>gs together contributions from specialists on Islamic North Africa, Egypt, the Arab fertile crescent, Iran ong>andong> ong>Inong>dia.

Continental Philosophy of Social Science: Hermeneutics,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sherratt, Yvonne, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Yvonne Sherratt argues for the importance of an ong>historicalong> understong>andong>ong>inong>g of the contong>inong>ental traditional approach to ong>socialong> science ong>inong> order to appreciate its ong>inong>dividual, humanist character. Examong>inong>ong>inong>g the key traditions of hermeneutic, genealogical ong>andong> critical theory, ong>andong> the texts of major thong>inong>kers such as Gadamer, Ricoeur, Derrida, Nietzsche, Foucault, the Early Frankfurt School ong>andong> Habermas, she also ong>contextong>ualizes contemporary developments withong>inong> strong>andong>s of thought stemmong>inong>g back to Ancient Greece ong>andong> Rome. Sherrat demonstrates how these modes of thong>inong>kong>inong>g developed through the ages to become part of twentieth-century disciplong>inong>es.

Energy: Its Use and the Environment

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hong>inong>richs, Roger A. / Kleong>inong>bach, Merlong>inong> H., PUBLISHER: Thomson Brooks/Cole, What is the impact of such energy issues as global warmong>inong>g, radioactive waste, ong>andong> municipal solid waste on the ong>inong>dividual ong>andong> society? ENERGY: ITS USE ong>ANDong> THE ENVIRONMENT answers these questions, emphasizong>inong>g the physical prong>inong>ciples behong>inong>d energy ong>andong> its effects on our environment, ong>andong> explaong>inong>ong>inong>g the basic physical prong>inong>ciples behong>inong>d the use of energy, ong>inong>cludong>inong>g the study of mechanics, electricity ong>andong> magnetism, thermodynamics, ong>andong> atomic ong>andong> nuclear physics. By placong>inong>g energy issues withong>inong> the ong>contextong> of everyday examples ong>andong> askong>inong>g you to defong>inong>e ong>andong> support critical arguments, ENERGY: ITS USE ong>ANDong> THE ENVIRONMENT offers a provocative approach to this crucial issue.

Inside Out and Outside in: Psychodynamic Clinical Theory and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Berzoff, Joan / Flanagan, Laura Melano / Hertz, Patricia, PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Over the past decade, ong>Inong>side Out ong>andong> Outside ong>Inong> has become a very important book among mental health practitioners ong>inong> a variety of disciplong>inong>es that deal with ong>inong>dividuals ong>inong> their complex ong>socialong> environments. Revised ong>andong> updated throughout, the third edition builds on this foundation ong>andong> adds a new chapter on cognitive behavioral theory ong>andong> practice ong>andong> a new chapter on relational ong>andong> ong>inong>tersubjective theories to more fully meet the needs of both students ong>andong> practitioners today. The third edition of ong>Inong>side Out ong>andong> Outside ong>Inong> maong>inong>taong>inong>s the book's respectful tone ong>andong> empathetic voice while makong>inong>g many new additions. The chapter on affective disorders now ong>inong>cludes bipolar disorders. Two other chapters update content on psychodynamic theory ong>andong> race ong>andong> gender. This edition also offers new research on schizophrenia ong>andong> personality disorders. Other key updates ong>inong>clude long>inong>kong>inong>g trauma theory with attachment, as well as attendong>inong>g to client systems, ong>inong>cludong>inong>g couples, throughout the book. This new edition further deepens our understong>andong>ong>inong>g of the bio-psycho-ong>socialong> ong>contextong>s ong>inong> which clong>inong>ical theory ong>andong> practice occur, particularly ong>inong> multicultural settong>inong>gs. It offers ways to clearly understong>andong> theories ong>andong> clong>inong>ical disorders ong>inong> their biological ong>andong> ong>socialong> ong>contextong>s ong>andong> provides key updates on new developments ong>inong> the biopsychoong>socialong> domaong>inong>. Acquista Ora

Mountain Environments and Communities

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Funnell, Don / Funnell, D. C. / Funnell Don, PUBLISHER: Routledge, Mountaong>inong> Environments ong>andong> Communities explaong>inong>s the background physical environment ong>andong> then explores the environmental ong>andong> ong>socialong> dimensions of mountaong>inong> regions. This critical review of the concepts currently employed ong>inong> mountaong>inong> research, draws upon a wide range of examples from developed ong>andong> developong>inong>g countries. The dynamics of mountaong>inong> life are described through both ong>historicalong> accounts of village-based systems ong>andong> examples of the contemporary impact of global capital ong>andong> sustaong>inong>able development strategies.

Close Encounters?

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lamdourne, R. J. A. / Lambourne, Robert / Lambourne, R. J., PUBLISHER: Taylor & Francis Group, Currently, science fiction ong>inong> all its forms is enjoyong>inong>g enormous popular ong>inong>terest. There can be no doubt that science fiction books ong>andong> films have great ong>inong>fluence on the public view of science ong>andong> scientists. Close Encounters? examong>inong>es the ong>historicalong> development of science fiction as a genre ong>inong> books ong>andong> films, tracong>inong>g its roots, examong>inong>ong>inong>g its most common ideas, explorong>inong>g its relationship to real science, ong>andong> attemptong>inong>g to assess its cultural impact. Discussion focuses on major themes such as time travel, politics, religion, ecology, ong>andong> disasters. The authors consider the science ong>inong> science fiction, the images of scientists that science fiction conveys, ong>andong> some of the political, religious, ong>andong> ong>socialong> motifs promong>inong>ent ong>inong> science fiction. They also discuss pseudo-science ong>andong> its growong>inong>g ong>inong>fluence on the public perception of science. This fascong>inong>atong>inong>g, thought-provokong>inong>g study should be read by all those ong>inong>terested ong>inong> how the nature of science ong>andong> its role ong>inong> our society is portrayed ong>inong> science fiction.

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