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Richly informative on American manners and morals in the early ninteenth century, this famous travel account also reveals much about the contrast between British and American culture.

The novelist William Dean Howells described autobiography as the most democratic of American literary genres. Autobiography has offered a voice to women, African Americans, Native Americans, and others whose writings have often been excluded from the literary canon.

Contains 18 selections from Margaret Leech, Helen Hunt Jackson, Edward Bellamy, Frederick Jackson Turner, Andy Adams, Jane Addams, Lincoln Steffens, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Upton Sinclair, Sinclair Lewis, John Dos Passos, Ruth McKenney, John Steinbeck, Henry Roth, Ralph Ellison, the Port Huron Statement, the Walker Report, and Greil Marcus.

Arthur Schopenhauer made original and profound contributions to aesthetics and ethics that were widely influential in the late nineteenth century, most notably on Nietzsche, but whose importance has since been underestimated.

This collection presents 100 key readings that address the contested philosophical assumptions and competing principles of politics. Contributions include writings from the founders of the major ideological perspectives of the 19th and 20th Centuries, to the most important political theorists and philosophers of the modern world.

This introduction to the Byzantine civilisation provides a guide for those who know nothing or little about the history of Byzantium.

Drs. Little and Merrill draw on their expertise in general thoracic and cardiac surgery to review tracheobronchial operations, lung volume reduction operations, lung transplantation, minimally invasive esophagectomy, pleural operations, revascularizations, myocardial operations, and aortic and great vessel operations.

This Companion provides a comprehensive account of health and medical geography and approaches the major themes and key topics from a variety of angles. Thematically organized sections offer detailed accounts of specific issues and combine general overviews of the current literature with case study material.

* Evidence-based theory clearly linked to application in the ward with case studies throughout * Procedure and equipment guidelines included, with specific recommendations for practice * Accessible format designed for easy reading and reference * Highly illustrated with relevant diagrams and pictures.

A practical guide to the use of polymers in food technology to stabilise, thicken and gel foods Thickeners, stabilisers and gelling agents can enhance the shelf life, appearance, texture and mouthfeel of the food Emphasis is on practical applications and the properties of the additive conferred to the food.

The software industry is in transition from craft work to engineering practice, but development, operational and maintenance overheads are still unpredictable and expensive. Cleanroom Software engineering is the first practical development and certification to use statistical quality control to reduce software defects and costs. It has already distinguished itself as a complete software life cycle process with sound foundations in theory and demonstrated effectiveness in practice. The Cleanroom method is one of the few fully articulated life cycle process models in software engineering today and involves: *Incremental development under statistical process review. *Formal methods for specification, design and verification. *Statistical reliability certification. A Reader in Classroom Software Engineering gathers together, for the first time, the most up-to-date material available to form an in-depth treatment of the complete Cleanroom process.

Covering the lifespan of women from puberty to old age, this title provides research and theory that challenges the conceptions of women's health. It illustrates the diversity of approaches in this field. It includes commentaries on topics such as: anorexia, nervosa, menstruation, sexual abuse, breast cancer, sexual violence, and, drug abuse.

Presents a historical and personal account of British psychology from 1875 to 2002. It contains a collection of historical essays on institutional beginnings, practical concerns, individual projects and post-war developments, and the professional reminiscences of senior psychologists.

Presents an overview of the biology of Fusarium and the techniques involved in the isolation, identification and characterization of individual species and the populations in which they occur. This book incorporates genetic, morphological and molecular approaches.

This training pack has been designed to assist managers to review their current approach to interviewing, and to draw on an accumulation of research evidence about interviewing, in determining a corporate policy within their company.

* Published with the Parkinsona s Disease Society, this book contains highlights of PDS--sponsored welfare research over the last 10 years. * Highlights key projects carried out to improve the lives of people with the disease and provide them with better standards of care, both professional and voluntary.

Acknowledges the complementary parts that counselling and psychotherapy play in medicine, and reviews aspects of counselling and communication relevant to medical and healthcare professionals. The emphasis is on practical applications in the form of frameworks and guidelines.

This book includes a summary of the psychological theories which have been produced to explain aggression.

Richard Branson, the international powerhouse entrepreneur, is an opportunist with an uncanny knack of sniffing out great deals where others hesitate or fear to tread. Branson is the ultimate brand builder and never before has a single brand been so successfully deployed across such a diverse range of goods and services.

Human Population Genetics will provide an introduction to mathematical population genetics, along with relevant examples from human (and some non-human primate) populations, and will also present concepts and methods of population genetics that are specific to the study of human populations.

Here is the first book in decades devoted specifically to ICU radiology, from an expert author in a major US clinical setting. It covers common, everyday problems seen in each ICU, including pneumonias, heart failure, and barotraumas, along with common technical problems that lead to interpretation errors and inappropriate interventions.

This book is a unique synthesis of the major concepts and methods in bacterial population genetics in infectious disease, a field that is now about 35 yrs old. Emphasis is given to explaining population-level processes that shape genetic variation in bacterial populations and statistical methods of analysis of bacterial genetic data.

The Handbook of Educational Linguistics is a dynamic, scientifically grounded overview revealing the complexity of this growing field while remaining accessible for students, researchers, language educators, curriculum developers, and educational policy makers.* A single volume overview of educational linguistics, written by leading specialists in its many relevant fields* Takes into account the diverse theoretical foundations, core themes, major findings, and practical applications of educational linguistics* Highlights the multidisciplinary reach of educational linguistics* Reflects the complexity of this growing field, whilst remaining accessible to a wide audience

Life is too short to just come in for the paycheque Let's face it, you work for the best years of your life and spend most of your waking hours on the job, so make sure you are energized, fulfilled and buzzing. Switched On will help you leap outside your comfort zone and awaken your creativity.

This major new book provides a concise history of optical media from Renaissance linear perspective to late twentieth-century computer graphics. Kittler begins by looking at European painting since the Renaissance in order to discern the principles according to which modern optical perception was organized.

This revised edition of Patrick Baert's widely acclaimed Social Theory in the Twentieth Century , now benefitting from the collaboration of Filipe Carreira da Silva has been brought right up-to-date with cutting-edge developments in social theory today.

Cultural Studies: An Anthology is a comprehensive collection of classic and contemporary essays in the diverse field of cultural studies. It is designed for classroom use in a variety of settings and departments, from communications and film studies to literature and anthropology.

This Companion provides scholarly yet accessible new interpretations of Greek history of the Classical period, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 B.C. to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C.

This Companion represents the myriad ways of thinking aboutthe remarkable achievement of Shakespeare s sonnets. * An authoritative reference guide and extended introduction toShakespeare s sonnets. * Contains more than 20 newly-commissioned essays by bothestablished and younger scholars.