Location is vital to the efficiency and profitability of industrial activity. Industrial Location presents a comprehensive introduction to and critical review of this field of growing academic and business interest. In business, the right choices have to be made to produce profit. Industrial location is a fixed investment, crucial to the strategy and capital investment of any organization. Location also impacts upon non-investors, directly affecting employment, the environment, and economic activity in the locale. Focusing chiefly on the United States, but drawing on an...
Location is vital to the efficiency and profitability of industrial activity. Industrial Location presents a comprehensive introduction to an...
James Harrington's brief career as a political and historical theorist spans the last years of the Cromwellian Protectorate and the Restoration of 1660. This volume comprises the first and last of Harrington's writings. Harrington was the first theorist to interpret the English Civil Wars as a revolution, the result of a longterm process of social change that led to the decay of the old political order. Professor Pocock's lucid introduction emphasizes Harrington's place as a pivotal figure in the history of English political thought. This edition also contains a chronology of principal events...
James Harrington's brief career as a political and historical theorist spans the last years of the Cromwellian Protectorate and the Restoration of 166...
The Commonwealth of Oceana is the first and only volume written by Harrington. It was published in 1660. Harrington had a great influence on political thought in this era. His theories about the civil revolution in England are discussed in this volume. The revolt was the result of social change, which led to the failure of the political environment of the time.
The Commonwealth of Oceana is the first and only volume written by Harrington. It was published in 1660. Harrington had a great influence on political...
The political trial of Fethullah Gulen, a moderate Turkish religious leader, helped to greatly expand civil liberties and strengthen democracy in Turkey. The trial began in 2000 in an Ankara state security court (now disbanded) and ended in 2008 in an appeals court in Gulen's favor. This book explores Gulen's trial, examines the evolving process of Turkey's efforts to enter the European Union, and discusses ways that the EU's insistence on expanding civil liberties in Turkey and reforming the judicial system affected the outcome of the trial (and vice versa). As a coda, the book considers...
The political trial of Fethullah Gulen, a moderate Turkish religious leader, helped to greatly expand civil liberties and strengthen democracy in Turk...
Time: A Philosophical Introduction presents the philosophy of time as the central debate between being and the becoming.This core theme brings together the key topics, debates and thinkers, making ideas such as Zeno's paradoxes, the experience of change and temporal flow and the direction and shape of time and time travel, clear and understandable. Alongside a glossary and detailed timeline to further enhance study and understanding, each chapter features:
- Extensive lists of further reading in both primary and secondary sources - A chronological listing of key figures,...
Time: A Philosophical Introduction presents the philosophy of time as the central debate between being and the becoming.This core theme brin...
Time: A Philosophical Introduction presents the philosophy of time as the central debate between being and the becoming.This core theme brings together the key topics, debates and thinkers, making ideas such as Zeno's paradoxes, the experience of change and temporal flow and the direction and shape of time and time travel, clear and understandable. Alongside a glossary and detailed timeline to further enhance study and understanding, each chapter features:
- Extensive lists of further reading in both primary and secondary sources - A chronological listing of key figures,...
Time: A Philosophical Introduction presents the philosophy of time as the central debate between being and the becoming.This core theme brin...
Giovanni was a poor fisherman living in 16th Century Venice. His entire family had been lost to the white plague. He suffered through their deaths only to discover that he too was infected with it. He is now alone and questioning his faith. The angel, Adalyn, was a hero of the Celestial War against Lucifer. All knew and admired her until she uncovered a plot to overthrow the Most High. In an attempted cover up, Adalyn is betrayed and cast out of Heaven. She is sent to the mortal world to face torture and death at the hands of the creatures she most fears: humans. Their worlds become...
Giovanni was a poor fisherman living in 16th Century Venice. His entire family had been lost to the white plague. He suffered through their deaths onl...
The war in the celestial realm had taken its toll on everyone. The angel population had been decimated, and the Most High's Kingdom was in ruins. Lucifer had been expelled and the remnants of his army were being hunted down. One of his most loyal followers, General Xaphan, was one of the last to be captured, ushering in the end of any legitimate threat that Lucifer still posed... or so the angels thought. General Xaphan, after being expelled, aids Lucifer in the reconstruction of his armies in his newly founded underworld kingdom. However, unknown even to Xaphan, Lucifer has concocted another...
The war in the celestial realm had taken its toll on everyone. The angel population had been decimated, and the Most High's Kingdom was in ruins. Luci...
