French Botany in the Enlightenment: The Ill-Fated Voyages of La Pérouse and His Rescuers
ISBN: 9789048162130 / Angielski / Miękka / 249 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Royal Instructions for Scientific Exploration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 The French Gardener Overseas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 The Voyage of La Perouse: Part 1, From Brest to Monterey Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Part 2, From Monterey Bay to Botany Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Adventures and Misadventures: The Bizarre Story of the Dupetit-Th9uars...
Royal Instructions for Scientific Exploration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 The French Gardener Oversea...
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Business Essentials: Fachwörterbuch Deutsch-Englisch Englisch-Deutsch
ISBN: 9783486582611 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 818 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Das Worterbuch gibt dem Nutzer das Fachvokabular des modernen, internationalen Geschaftslebens in einer besonders anwenderfreundlichen Weise an die Hand. Der englisch-deutsche Teil umfasst die 11.000 wichtigsten Worter und Begriffe des angloamerikanischen Sprachgebrauchs. Er ist:
- umfassend - alle grundlegenden Bereiche werden abgedeckt, - aktuell - alle neuen Entwicklungen werden berucksichtigt, und - fundiert - die wichtigsten Begriffe werden detailliert definiert und erklart. Der deutsch-englische Teil enthalt entsprechend 14.000 aktuelle Fachbegriffe mit ihren... Das Worterbuch gibt dem Nutzer das Fachvokabular des modernen, internationalen Geschaftslebens in einer besonders anwenderfreundlichen Weise an die Ha...
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Römische Werte ALS Gegenstand Der Altertumswissenschaft
ISBN: 9783598778391 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Are the Roman values focused upon above all by Latinists in the first half of the 20th century, still relevant to the classical studies of today, or can they, in view of new research approaches and interdisciplinary discourse, still be of interest? This volume, the result of an "Institutionalism and Historicity" special research area seminar at Dresden Technical University, discusses this question in a productive manner. Eleven contributions, written by classical philologists, ancient historians and classical archaeologists, offer a range of critical surveys as well as on-going conceptual...
Are the Roman values focused upon above all by Latinists in the first half of the 20th century, still relevant to the classical studies of today, or c...
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Paleomicrobiology: Past Human Infections
ISBN: 9783642095016 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Paleomicrobiology Past Human Infections" features the methods and main achievements in this emerging field of research at the intersection of microbiology and evolution, history and anthropology. New molecular approaches have already provided exciting results, such as confirmation of a single biotype of Yersinia pestis as the causative agent of historical plague pandemics, and the closer proximity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from ancient skeletons to modern strains than to Mycobacterium bovis, shedding new light on the evolution of major human pathogens and pathogen population... "Paleomicrobiology Past Human Infections" features the methods and main achievements in this emerging field of research at the intersection of micr... |
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The Environmental Movement in Ireland
ISBN: 9789048177332 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Environmental Movement in Ireland examines key themes in Irish environmental politics, including the main components that have come to define such events, and incidents of environmental collective action in this country during forty years of growth and development. The author analyses the mobilisation and framing processes undertaken in these disputes, locating them in the context of a wider rural identity that has shaped grassroots environmentalism in the Irish case. "The Environmental Movement in Ireland examines key themes in Irish environmental politics, including the main components that have come to define ... |
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The Neolithic Demographic Transition and Its Consequences
ISBN: 9789048179060 / Angielski / Miękka / 542 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The transition from hunting and gathering to farming the Neolithic Revolution was one of the most signi cant cultural processes in human history that forever changed the face of humanity. Natu an communities (15,100 12,000Cal BP) (all dates in this chapter are calibrated before present) planted the seeds of change, and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) (ca. 12,000 ca. 8,350Cal BP) people, were the rst to establish farming communities. The revolution was not fully realized until quite late in the PPN and later in the Pottery Neolithic (PN) period. We would like to ask some questions and comment...
The transition from hunting and gathering to farming the Neolithic Revolution was one of the most signi cant cultural processes in human history that ...
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Religion-State Encounters in Hindu Domains: From the Straits Settlements to Singapore
ISBN: 9789400708860 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The historical and empirical project presented here is grounded in a desire to theorize 'religion-state' relations in the multi-ethnic, multi-religious, secular city-state of Singapore. The core research problematic of this project has emerged out of the confluence of two domains, 'religion, law and bureaucracy' and 'religion and colonial encounters.' This work has two core objectives: one, to articulate the actual points of engagement between institutions of religion and the state, and two, to identify the various processes, mechanisms and strategies through which relations across these...
The historical and empirical project presented here is grounded in a desire to theorize 'religion-state' relations in the multi-ethnic, multi-religiou...
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Causal Explanation for Social Scientists: A Reader
ISBN: 9780759113251 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All social scientists, despite their differences on many issues, ask causal questions about the world. In this anthology, Andrew P. Vayda and Bradley B. Walters set forth strategy and methods to answer those questions.
All social scientists, despite their differences on many issues, ask causal questions about the world. In this anthology, Andrew P. Vayda and Bradley ...
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Ethnizität, Geschlecht, Familie Und Schule: Heterogenität ALS Erziehungswissenschaftliche Herausforderung
ISBN: 9783531168562 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Zu einer der grossen Herausforderungen im 21. Jahrhundert gehort es, Modelle fur das Verstehen von und den Umgang mit Vielfalt in gesellschaftlichen und institutionellen Kontexten zu finden. Heterogenitat wird in diesem Zusammenhang zunehmend mehr zum Leitbegriff der Beschreibung und Analyse dieser Vielfalt in den Dimensionen der sozialen, kulturellen und sprachlichen Herkunft und des Geschlechts, des Alters sowie individueller Voraussetzungen. Der Band arbeitet in der Fokussierung auf die Themenfelder Schule und Familie - entlang der (Ungleichheits-)Dimensionen Ethnizitat, Geschlecht und...
Zu einer der grossen Herausforderungen im 21. Jahrhundert gehort es, Modelle fur das Verstehen von und den Umgang mit Vielfalt in gesellschaftlichen u...
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E.O. Wilson and B.F. Skinner: A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism
ISBN: 9781441927958 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reviewers have characterized Paul Naour's A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism, which includes brief introductions by E.O. Wilson and B.F. Skinner's elder daughter, Julie Vargus, as an idea book. The work will undoubtedly have a significant academic market and provide students and scholars in biology, ethology, psychology, anthropology, sociology and economics a strong foundation in twentieth century history and systems. Praise for A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism: -... Reviewers have characterized Paul Naour's A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism, which includes brief introduct... |
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Learning Love from a Tiger: Religious Experiences with Nature
ISBN: 9780520290426 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Learning Love from a Tiger explores the vibrancy and variety of humans sacred encounters with the natural world, gathering a range of stories culled from Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Mayan, Himalayan, Buddhist, and Chinese shamanic traditions. Readers will delight in tales of house cats who teach monks how to meditate, shamans who shape-shift into jaguars, crickets who perform Catholic mass, rivers that grant salvation, and many others. In addition to being a collection of wonderful stories, this book introduces important concepts and approaches that underlie much recent work in...
Learning Love from a Tiger explores the vibrancy and variety of humans sacred encounters with the natural world, gathering a range of stories c...
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Learning Love from a Tiger: Religious Experiences with Nature
ISBN: 9780520290419 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Learning Love from a Tiger explores the vibrancy and variety of humans sacred encounters with the natural world, gathering a range of stories culled from Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Mayan, Himalayan, Buddhist, and Chinese shamanic traditions. Readers will delight in tales of house cats who teach monks how to meditate, shamans who shape-shift into jaguars, crickets who perform Catholic mass, rivers that grant salvation, and many others. In addition to being a collection of wonderful stories, this book introduces important concepts and approaches that underlie much recent work in...
Learning Love from a Tiger explores the vibrancy and variety of humans sacred encounters with the natural world, gathering a range of stories c...
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Dance Matters Too: Markets, Memories, Identities
ISBN: 9781138215511 / Angielski / Twarda / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Nationalism and the Nation in the Iberian Peninsula: Competing and Conflicting Identities
ISBN: 9781859731758 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nationalism has recently been the focus of considerable interest, but relatively little is known about nation-building and competing identities in Spain and Portugal. In examining the roots of Iberian nationalism, and the conflicts and tensions which have come to the fore in the twentieth century, this timely collection offers a broad interdisciplinary base and socio-historical context through which to understand the region's nationalist challenges. Topics include: - how nationalism is constructed and used as a tool by political groups; - how language is used as a nationalist... Nationalism has recently been the focus of considerable interest, but relatively little is known about nation-building and competing identities in ... |
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Recovery, Analysis, and Identification of Commingled Human Remains
ISBN: 9781617377655 / Angielski / Miękka / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Commingling of human remains presents an added challenge to all phases of the forensic process. This book brings together tools from diverse sources within forensic science to offer a set of comprehensive approaches to handling commingled remains. It details the recovery of commingled remains in the field, the use of triage in the assessment of commingling, various analytical techniques for sorting and determining the number of individuals, the role of DNA in the overall process, ethical considerations, and data management. In addition, the book includes case examples that illustrate... Commingling of human remains presents an added challenge to all phases of the forensic process. This book brings together tools from diverse source... |
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Continental Divides: International Migration in the Americas
ISBN: 9781412991865 / Angielski / Twarda / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Fallen Elites: The Military Other in Post-Unification Germany
ISBN: 9780804773966 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Military officers are often the first to be considered politically dangerous when a state loses its authority. Overnight, actions once considered courageous are deemed criminal, and men once praised as heroes are redefined as villains. In Fallen Elites, Andrew Bickford examines how states make soldiers and what happens to fallen military elites when they no longer fit into the political spectrum. Gaining unprecedented entry into the lives of former East German officers in unified Germany, Bickford relates how these men and their families have come to terms with the shock of...
Military officers are often the first to be considered politically dangerous when a state loses its authority. Overnight, actions once considered cour...
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Inhuman Nature: Sociable Life on a Dynamic Planet
ISBN: 9780761957249 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The relationship between social thought and earth processes is in its infancy. It is an oddly neglected part of the social sciences.This exciting book offers to make good the defect by exploring how human induced changes impact upon planetary process. It provides a much needed in-depth inquiry into the volatile relationship between human life and the physical earth, considers the social and political implications of consistently thinking of the earth as a dynamic planet, asks what we can learn from natural catastrophes, and brings together an inter-disciplinary perspective using data from...
The relationship between social thought and earth processes is in its infancy. It is an oddly neglected part of the social sciences.This exciting book...
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605,39 zł |
Protestantism in Guatemala: Living in the New Jerusalem
ISBN: 9780292728172 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Guatemala has undergone an unprecedented conversion to Protestantism since the 1970s, so that thirty percent of its people now belong to Protestant churches, more than in any other Latin American nation. To illuminate some of the causes of this phenomenon, Virginia Garrard-Burnett here offers the first history of Protestantism in a Latin American country, focusing specifically on the rise of Protestantism within the ethnic and political history of Guatemala. Garrard-Burnett finds that while Protestant missionaries were early valued for their medical clinics, schools, translation... Guatemala has undergone an unprecedented conversion to Protestantism since the 1970s, so that thirty percent of its people now belong to Protestant... |
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Hotel Grønland: Human use of caves and rock shelters in West Greenland
ISBN: 9781841716589 / Angielski / Miękka / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on original fieldwork, historical evidence and interviews with local inhabitants of central west Greenland, Clemens Pasda's study looks at the nature of caribou-huntuing in the past and present, and the types of sites utilised. He argues that some of the sites were used like hotels, some being re-used many times when the same routes were taken year after year. His study identifies a series of site-types from camps established at fjords, large camps at the ends of routes along lakes and rivers, typically located in the centre of caribou areas, and smaller sleeping/resting places in the...
Based on original fieldwork, historical evidence and interviews with local inhabitants of central west Greenland, Clemens Pasda's study looks at the n...
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194,12 zł |