Explores the panics, myths, and ever-shifting attitudes regarding food and its safety. This book recounts the development of safety methods that became the Western model for fighting animal diseases. It discusses crucial and curious food-related incidents, trends, and beliefs.
Principles of Geochemistry offers broader coverage of the field than is currently available in other texts, including an in-depth discussion of the geochemistry of the solid state and trace element geochemistry.
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Preserving the Press is an insider account that vividly describes the personalities, organizations, and policy debates of the... Læs mere
The authors put forward their own concept for the interpretation of international relations, describing how progress occurs not necessarily out of moral... Læs mere
The first book to clearly explain the science used by paleontologists and the new, cutting-edge techniques that led to the discovery of Seismosaurus, the longest dinosaur... Læs mere
The fourteen contemporary novellas and stories in Running Wild represent the best of new Chinese writers from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the U.S., and New Zealand.
Drawing on concepts taken from US law and legal theory, postmodernism and queer theory, as well as the author's own experience in the courtroom... Læs mere
An examination of the conceptual underpinnings of revolutions, nations and empires and the conditions that make them possible. The text argues that how concepts are defined and delimited strongly influences the theoretical claims that can be made about them.