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A classic from 1969, this book is based on a series of lectures delivered at the Les Houches Summer School of Theoretical Physics in 1955. The book outlines a general scheme of quantum kinematics and dynamics.

The last few decades have seen profound changes in the political landscapes of advanced industrial societies. This volume assesses significant political developments and links them to underlying socio-economic and cultural forces.

An analysis of contemporary Central America from a social perspective and, more specifically, from that of one of its main components: the world of labour.

"What is the source of the uniquely Western way of war, the persistent militarism that has made Europe the site of bloodshed throughout history and secured the dominance of the West over the rest of th"

"In The (Magic) Kingdom of God, Michael Budde offers a multidisciplinary analysis of the "global culture industries"--increasingly powerful, centralized corporate conglomerates in television, advertisin"

'Philip Gordon's France, Germany, and the Western Alliance is concise and very readable, and its subject is critically important--for America as well as Europe. Gordon's analysis is well informed, sensitive, broad, realistic, and balanced. His conclusions are sober but hopeful, while the advise he offers is eminently reasonable.'

Beginning with a description of political and social conditions in colonial Vietnam, this book follows the Communist Party from its formation in 1930 to the seizure of Saigon in 1975 and the dilemmas now facing its leadership in the post-Cold War era.

A recognized authority in the field of immigration law presents a cogent and coherent overview of modern U.S. immigration policies and their consequences.

Experts from a variety of disciplines place food in the framework of global history, looking at the global connections of ecology, public policy, diet, and customs on several continents.

"This innovative study examines the early years of the Red Army as it developed from a revolutionary partisan force into a modern, professional institution under the leadership of Mikhail Tukhachevsky,"

"Recently, budgetary restraints and institutional gridlock have limited the role of the national government in domestic policymaking. Subnational governments have responded by assuming primary responsi"

A short introduction to the Bible, this text provides readers with insights into reading and studying the Bible.

Re-evaluating Louis Hartz's interpretation of American politics 40 years ago in "The Liberal Tradition in America", this book examines significant movements in US history and argues that the liberal tradition is richer and more complex than Hartz and most contemporary theorists have admitted.

Molecular Epidemiology

The closing decades of the twentieth century have been characterized as a period of disruption and discontinuity in which the structure and meaning of economy, polity, and society have been radically altered

How can we think about God's action in a quantum world of indeterminacy? in a world that began with a Big Bang? in a world in which life evolved and is continually evolving? in a world governed by ent

Eastern Phoenix closely examines historical factors that have contributed to Japan's development politically, economically, socially, and culturally during the past fifty years and provides insight into the evolution of Japan's incredible rebirth.

The Loesener memoir offers a rare insider's view into the functioning of the Nazi system and Schleunes's essay provides an analysis of how Loesener's activities served to promote as well as hinder that functioning.

In this book, Pascal James Imperato examines the political and diplomatic aspects of colonial competition for the lake Rudolf. He provides unique insights and analyses of Ethiopian colonial policy and its effects on the people who inhabited the region of the lake.

This book is about the fabrication of the Indian by White culture and demonstrates the complacency of white culture in its representation of its troubled relationship with American Indians. It offers careful case studies to describe the dominant cultural fabrication of the Indian.

This book builds on the proposition that the study of politics and economics has evolved into political economy in a number of significant ways and that the new issues and ideas that became prominent in the 1980s and 1990s will carry on into the new millennium.

Examines the issue of animal consciousness by drawing comparisons with humans: how we think; how we remember; how we learn.

In this book some of the leading stratification scholars in the U.S. present empirical and theoretical essays about the institutional contexts that shape careers. Building on recent advances in theory

"In 1989, Chicago began an experiment with radical decentralization of power and authority. Intertwining extensive narratives and rigorous quantitative analyses, this book tells the story of what happe"

Providing a critical history of the creation of the Red Cross, this work argues that, whilst they set out with a vision to make war more humane, the world's Red Cross organizations soon became enthusiastic promoters of militarism and sacrifice in time of war.

"The thought-provoking quotations presented here cover a broad spectrum of topics related to leadership. The majority of authors represented are great statesmen, philosophers, or military leaders, but"

Exploring the dynamics of development and dependency, this work traces the experience of Taiwan under Japanese colonial rule. Chih-Ming Ka shows how, unlike other sugar-producing colonies, Taiwan was able to sustain its indigenous family farms and small-scale rice millers.

Distinguished contributors provide an overview of three generations of psychoanalytic theory, including the work of Freud, Horney, Winnicott, and Kristeva, and discuss the evolution of psychoanalytic thought as it relates to the role that religion plays in modern culture.

Feminist philosophy has had a powerful impact not just on philosophy but on other disciplines as well. This imaginatively edited anthology enables readers to sample this literature widely and to trace the breadth and the depth of its influence.

Although it achieved independence in 1947, Pakistan still has not succeeded in integrating its diverse peoples into a nation. The nation's search for stability is traced in this introduction to Pakistan's political, economic and social development.