wyszukanych pozycji: 5
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Beyond Pain: The Role of Pleasure and Culture in the Making of Foreign Affairs
ISBN: 9780275974312 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Breslin demonstrates that, for two millennia, states in East Asia, Europe, and America have successfully used pleasure to protect themselves and advance their interests, at a small fraction of the cost of militarized policies. Indeed, the Chinese demonstrated that pleasure-based policies primed a stream of highly profitable foreign trade and bolstered the state. Pleasure was feared because it was effective as both an offensive and defensive strategy. The colleens of Ireland and the bibis of India showed how inexorably effective pleasure could be in confounding militarily stronger invaders.... Breslin demonstrates that, for two millennia, states in East Asia, Europe, and America have successfully used pleasure to protect themselves and ad... |
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209,53 zł |
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The Great Anglo-Celtic Divide in the History of American Foreign Relations
ISBN: 9780313397936 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. How is American foreign policy determined? "The Great Anglo-Celtic Divide in the History of American Foreign Relations" approaches that question from a fascinating perspective, arguing that, to a large extent, the answer lies in the ethnicity of the president. To make its point, this book examines the key foreign policies of American presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush and shows how their most important foreign policy decisions have tended to follow an ethnic pattern. The presidency has been dominated by Americans from English or Celtic backgrounds since the nation's... How is American foreign policy determined? "The Great Anglo-Celtic Divide in the History of American Foreign Relations" approaches that question fr... |
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441,79 zł |
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Anatomy of a Dream: The Making of FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, 2006-2016
ISBN: 9780692607305 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (FIU HWCOM) was established in 2006 at a time when the nation was bracing for a critical shortage of physicians, but the dream to create the medical school had begun many years before. In 1989, FIU Vice Provost for Research Thomas A. Breslin, PhD, launched a formal campaign to develop a medical school as a means to further FIU s recognition as a research university. However, there was little appetite for this idea at the time, and the effort stalled amidst nationwide concerns of a predicted doctor glut. But the predictions...
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (FIU HWCOM) was established in 2006 at a time when the nation was bracing for a ...
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186,06 zł |
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Recent Trends and Developments in Social Software: International Conferences on Social Software, BlogTalk 2008, Cork, Ireland, March 3-4, 2008, and BlogTalk 2009, Jeju Island, South Korea, September
ISBN: 9783642165801 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. BlogTalk, the International Conference on Social Software, brings together different groups of people using and advancing the Internet and its usage: technical and conceptual developers, researchers with interdisciplinary backgrounds, and practitioners alike. The focus is on social software as an expression of a culture that is based on the exchange of information, ideas and knowledge. The present volume includes 6 papers from BlogTalk 2008 as well as 11 papers from BlogTalk 2009. The areas discussed include: forms and consequences of emerging social software practices; social software in...
BlogTalk, the International Conference on Social Software, brings together different groups of people using and advancing the Internet and its usage: ...
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193,19 zł |
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Letchworth State Park
ISBN: 9781531635176 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Letchworth State Park, now a century old, grew out of a generous donation made by William Pryor Letchworth to the State of New York. The park's remarkable history reaches back as far as the last ice age. From the Portage Gorge to the mighty highbanks at Mount Morris, Letchworth State Park follows the flow of the Genesee River, exploring the natural and human events that have shaped this inspiring landscape. Drawing on historical images and regional folklore from the collections of the authors, the park, and various local sources, the reader is invited into the past of a park that has been...
Letchworth State Park, now a century old, grew out of a generous donation made by William Pryor Letchworth to the State of New York. The park's remark...
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132,68 zł |