This book examines those countries of Southern Europe influenced by the phases of European construction and countries of Latin America where the opening up process has changed the traditional role played by multinational corporations.
This study is an attempt to locate the practice of consumption within more general strategies of social self-definition. The essays in this volume are addressed to the... Læs mere
Explores the development of British anthropology from 1880 to 1920, looking at such diverse issues as the establishment of new... Læs mere
This book focuses on field theory and it covers subjects such as statistical mechanics, quantum field theory and their interrelation, continuous global symmetry, non-Abelian gauge fields, instantons and the quantum theory of loops, and quantum strings and random surfaces.
This book, a part of the series Studies in Medicinal Chemistry, details the biological inhibitors that reflect drug discovery in treating human diseases, including cardiovascular,... Læs mere
This volume comprises a study of parent and child, examining such issues as parental authority, support obligations, abuse, custody, legitimacy and whether religious views should be taken into account in deciding the best interests of the child.
This book shows how the discipline of pathology fits into society and interfaces with science and medicine. It focuses on anatomical... Læs mere
This textbook integrates basic research and clinical aspects underlying the most recent results in those malignant diseases where progress is most effective
This is an ethnographically-focused environmental study of Montane, New Guinea, where people were among the world's first to cultivate crops some ten millennia ago, and where today an enduring agricultural tradition continues.
This book presents a collection of known information on the insecticidal properties of constituents of higher plants, microorganisms, animals, and marine flora and fauna in order to assist researchers in selecting leads for further development.
In the years 1917 to 1991, despite unfavourable prevailing conditions, there were a number of achievements in the music created for the cinema in the Soviet Union. This volume attempts a historical analysis of Soviet film music and its place in world cinema.