A comprehensive analysis of the historical film-a popular and controversial genre that's been with us since the early days of cinema-and Hollywood's unique ability to reshape our viewpoints while it sensually recreates the past.
This text provides readers with a broad overview of the range and complexity of fieldwork in anthropology. The updated selections offer insight into the... Læs mere
* develops the notion of the pricing mechanism in relation to property * covers practical issues of comparison and the real problems in applying valuation theory * explores calculations - including social and environmental worth - ignored in other texts.
Charting the rise and development of Christianity, Carter Lindberg has succeeded in writing a concise and compelling history of the world's largest religion. He spans... Læs mere
The increasing integration between gene manipulation and genomics is embraced in this new book, Principles of Gene Manipulation and Genomics, which brings... Læs mere
This important new text is a comprehensive survey of current thinking and research on a wide range of developmental disorders. Highlights key... Læs mere
The Germans and the Final Solution stand as the fullest assessment to date of the attitudes of the German public to the Nazi policy of... Læs mere
Distinctive in its attention to both the underlying philosophical and sociological aspects of science and technology, the second edition of this popular... Læs mere
This anthology presents classic and recent scholarship on Italian art from 1600-1750. Arranged thematically, it highlights the key debates with which art historians continue to grapple.
Information overload, the shallows, weapons of mass distraction, the googlization of minds: countless commentators condemn the flood of images and information that dooms us to a pathological attention deficit.