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"An exploration of the factors behind neoliberalism's resilience in developing economies and what this could mean for democracy's future"--

Now fully revised and updated--a carefully designed and beautifully illustrated photographic field guide helps readers to identify the day-flying moths most likely to be seen in Great Britain and Ireland. Includes individual accounts for 158 species and full-color photos of 28 others.hers.

Traces the development of Buddhism in China since the Han Dynasty and describes its impact on Chinese culture.

Why does democracy-as a word and as an idea-loom so large in the political imagination, though it has so often been misused and misunderstood? Setting the People Free starts by tracing the roots of democracy from an improvised remedy for a local Greek difficulty 2,500 years ago, through its near extinction, to its rebirth amid the struggles of the French Revolution. Celebrated political theorist John Dunn then charts the slow but insistent metamorphosis of democracy over the next 150 years and its apparently overwhelming triumph since 1945. He examines the differences and the extraordinary continuities that modern democratic states share with their Greek antecedents and explains why democracy evokes intellectual and moral scorn for some, and vital allegiance from others. Now with a new preface and conclusion that ground this landmark work firmly in the present, Setting the People Free is a unique and brilliant account of an extraordinary idea.

Helmreich walked every block of New York City--6,000 miles in all--to write the award-winning "The New York Nobody Knows." Now he has re-walked most of Manhattan--721 miles--to write this new, one-of-a-kind walking guide to the heart of one of the world's greatest cities.d's greatest cities.

Dream interpretation was a prominent feature of the intellectual and imaginative world of late antiquity, for martyrs and magicians, philosophers, polytheists and monotheists alike. This book draws on pagan, Jewish, and Christian sources and modern semiotic theory to demonstrate the integral importance of dreams in late-antique thought and life.

Singular integrals are among the most interesting and important objects of study in analysis, one of the three main branches of mathematics. They deal with real and complex numbers and their functions. This book deals with this aspect, and serves as a mathematics text.

Aimed at a diverse scientific audience, this book explains the theory underlying the classical statistical methods. It covers topics that include common probability distributions; sampling and the distribution of sampling statistics; confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and the theory of tests; estimation; and more.

Since the 1960s the number of highly educated professionals in America has grown dramatically. This title challenges these characterizations, showing that claims about the distinctive politics and values of the professional stratum have been overstated.

Includes Weber's discussion of what is called social capital, his analysis of the institutions needed for a well-functioning capitalist economy, and his attempt to introduce social structure into economic analysis.

Presents an advanced theoretical treatment of global seismology. This book provides a survey of both the history of global seismological research and the major theoretical and observational developments made over a decade. It is intended for graduate students and to professional seismologists, geodynamicists, and geomagnetists.