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Civil Service Reform in Brazil: Principles Versus Practice (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Why public administration theories of the United States and Western Europe, when transplanted to another cultural setting, did not take root and in fact unexpectedly proved to be most applicable in Brazil during periods of autocratic rule.
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Conspiracy Theory in Latin Literature (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This provocative new companion to Conspiracy Narratives in Roman History shows how viewing an array of Latin texts through the lens of conspiracy theory reveals a host of socioeconomic tensions from the Roman Republic through the age of the emperors.
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From a Year in Greece (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In this book, the reader is privileged to take a leisurely and thoroughly enjoyable trip through the Greece of the mid-twentieth century.
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Classical and Modern Interactions: Postmodern Architecture, Multiculturalism, Decline, and Other Issues (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In this thought-provoking work, a noted classics scholar tests the ancient-modern comparison, showing what it can add to contemporary debates and what its limitations are.
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The Duty to Act: Tort Law, Power, and Public Policy (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Shapo cuts through the emotion and the complexity to present a view of litigated tort law problems that is both legally sound and intuitively appealing.
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The Population of the South: Structure and Change in Social Demographic Context (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The articles in this book, the majority of which were originally presented at the Southern Regional Demographic Group meeting in 1976, deal with fertility, mortality, migration, and the factors that influence these components.
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The City Moves West: Economic and Industrial Growth in Central West Texas (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Supporting his conclusions with profuse statistical evidence, Robert L. Martin traces the economic development of six major towns in central West Texas, all with over 10,000 residents in 1960: Lamesa, Snyder, Sweetwater, Big Spring, Midland, and Odessa.
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New Approaches to Latin American History (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Originally published in 1974, this is a collection of original essays by distinguished scholars proposing original concepts and methods for analyzing crucial problems in Latin American history.
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Literary and Artistic Patronage in Ancient Rome (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This book explores all the important aspects of patronage—a topic crucial to the study of literature and art from Homer to the present day.
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Naval Power in the Conquest of Mexico (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The first detailed treatment in English of the use of ships in the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
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Treason in Roman and Germanic Law: Collected Papers (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
These essays analyze the development of the political theory of treason from its beginning in Roman Law to its transformation in the Germanic custom of the early Middle Ages.
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Drugs, Thugs, and Divas: Telenovelas and Narco-Dramas in Latin America (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The first comprehensive analysis of South American telenovelas and Mexican narco-dramas and their role in shaping popular culture throughout the Americas and beyond.
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