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gebondenEngels9781137293640
1-10-2013
Although many of the states of East Asia have achieved startling success, not all have benefited from the region's development. Many of the most vulnerable sections of East Asian populations still face tremendous challenges in their daily lives, have yet to enjoy the rewards of the Asian Century, and may even be further imperiled as a result of the forces of development. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781087968674
29-9-2023
PaperbackEngels9781036910525
8-5-2025
Your Lowly Hedgehog Knows takes a clear, fresh look at the physical world around us and finds it more startling and more heartening than the media would have us believe. Meer
GebondenEngels9781108484688
24-10-2018
The impact of malaria on humankind has been profound. Focusing on depictions of this iconic 'disease of empire' in nineteenth-century and postcolonial fiction, Jessica Howell shows that authors such as Charles Dickens, Henry James, H. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781107512061
11-6-2015
The celebrated jurists Sir Frederick Pollock (1845–1937) and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr (1841–1935) maintained a regular trans-Atlantic correspondence between 1874 and 1932, in which they discussed many points of law, as well as more personal matters. Meer
GebondenEngels9781041026655
1-5-2025
Originally published in 1976, this monumental volume is a study of one of the major migrations of modern times. In researching this volume, the author drew on many different sources, including the rich materials of the Yiddish press and the vast number of memoirs written in both English and Yiddish. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138122284
26-9-2017
Originally published in 1969. Until the latter half of the nineteenth century, it was thought that England, alone among the European countries, and unlike Scotland and Ireland where collections of ballads and songs had already been published as early as the eighteenth century, had no important native tradition of music. Meer
GebondenEngels9781138953437
24-11-2015
Originally published in 1969. Until the latter half of the nineteenth century, it was thought that England, alone among the European countries, and unlike Scotland and Ireland where collections of ballads and songs had already been published as early as the eighteenth century, had no important native tradition of music. Meer
paperbackEngels9781349372133
9-11-2015
This study of the French Revolution reveals that from March 1792 to April 1793, French foreign policy was dominated not by the leaders of the French revolutionary government, but by two successive French foreign ministers, Charles-Francois Dumouriez and Pierre LeBrun. Meer
paperbackEngels9781349511228
1-1-2004
This book deals with the political philosophy that underpins theories of European integration and develops an understanding of Europeanization based on downloading and up-loading. Meer
paperbackEngels9781349440238
1-1-2013
This book considers the role of cross-dialectal data in our understanding of linguistic variability, focusing on the widely discussed dichotomy between past tense forms and relying primarily on spoken language data from different varieties of Spanish. Meer
GebondenEngels9781138584693
22-8-2018
Originally published in 1954 this book was originally designed for administrators but has become a key title for anthropologists. It includes a summary account of the history and social organisation of the Nuer and provides a descriptive analysis of their customary practices concerning homicide, blood-feuds, marriage and divorce and the settlement of disputes by arbitration and the award of compensation. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138584716
29-4-2020
Originally published in 1954 this book was originally designed for administrators but has become a key title for anthropologists. It includes a summary account of the history and social organisation of the Nuer and provides a descriptive analysis of their customary practices concerning homicide, blood-feuds, marriage and divorce and the settlement of disputes by arbitration and the award of compensation. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781350150867
20-2-2020
PaperbackEngels9781324117674
18-11-2025
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature
One of NPR’s "Books We Love in 2024" and a California Review of Books Best Poetry of the Year
"[This book] makes a concise case for Howe's status as an essential poet. Meer
paperbackEngels9781349386758
8-11-2015
This book charts the significant changes in contemporary Canada's literary profile since the mid-1990s, within a context of the new national rhetoric of multiculturalism. Meer
paperbackEngels9781349331499
1-1-2012
Jude Howell brings together eight in-depth studies of the politics of global non-governmental public action. Covering detailed empirical research around the themes of environmentalism, security, children's rights and more, the contributors explore the complex politics amongst non-governmental public actors acting transnationally. Meer
paperbackEngels9781349331512
28-3-2013
This unique collection explores the different organizational forms, strategies and tactics that activists adopt. The authors examine how established trades unions struggle to reform, how non-governmental public actors negotiate various dilemmas, and the efforts of non-governmental public actors to secure justice. Meer