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Set in a land of earthquakes and towering volcanoes, weaving history with myth, Arauco tells of war, sorcery ... and a love demonstrating that a man can embrace what he was seeking to destroy. When in 1540 Pedro de Valdivia headed south from Peru to conquer lands and gold, he took with him his beautiful mistress, Ines de Suarez. With him also rode his secretary, Juan de Cardena, whose hopeless love of Ines stems from the same romances that inspired the Quixote. Having crossed the Atacama Desert, the Spanish encounter the indomitable resistance of the Mapuche people.... For the first time,...

Today s warfare has moved away from being an event between massed national populations and toward small numbers of combatants using high-tech weaponry. The editors of and contributors to the timely collection "Transformations of Warfare in the Contemporary World "show that this shift reflects changes in the technological, strategic, ideological, and ethical realms.The essays in this volume discuss: . the waning connection between citizenship and soldiering;. the shift toward more reconstructive than destructive activities by militaries;. the ethics of irregular or asymmetrical warfare;. the...

Today s warfare has moved away from being an event between massed national populations and toward small numbers of combatants using high-tech weaponry. The editors of and contributors to the timely collection "Transformations of Warfare in the Contemporary World "show that this shift reflects changes in the technological, strategic, ideological, and ethical realms.The essays in this volume discuss: . the waning connection between citizenship and soldiering;. the shift toward more reconstructive than destructive activities by militaries;. the ethics of irregular or asymmetrical warfare;. the...

Changes within the interdisciplinary field of intellectual and developmental disabilities are evolving at a rapid pace. Clinicians, academics, administrators, and a variety of mental health providers alike need easy-to-access, reliable information that enables them to stay abreast of the numerous advances in research, assessment, treatment, and service delivery within a real-world sociopolitical framework. To that end, the Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is an essential resource for any professional who works with this vulnerable population.

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Changes within the interdisciplinary field of intellectual and developmental disabilities are evolving at a rapid pace. Clinicians, academics, administrators, and a variety of mental health providers alike need easy-to-access, reliable information that enables them to stay abreast of the numerous advances in research, assessment, treatment, and service delivery within a real-world sociopolitical framework. To that end, the Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is an essential resource for any professional who works with this vulnerable population.

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This text documents, through photographs and words, the changing world of manual labour in late 20th-century New England. It gives voice to the workers themselves, the women and men who have been affected most by recent social and economic transformation.