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Mexicans and those who follow Mexican affairs were optimistic in 2000 when the country experienced its first alternation in government (from the Partido Revolucionario Institucional –PRI--to the Partido Acción Nacional--PAN) in more than 70 years...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780918986382Author H. G. GuterbockFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Oriental Institute of the University of ChicagoPublisher Oriental Institute of the...

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780815308065Author J. Gordon MeltonFormat HardbackPage Count 340Imprint CRC Press IncPublisher Taylor & Francis IncWeight(grams) 454g

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780815327301Author Edward R. BeauchampFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint CRC Press IncPublisher Taylor & Francis IncWeight(grams) 454g

First published in 1987 and widely acclaimed, A Guide to Documentary Editing is now available in a new and completely revised edition. Drawing on the experience of dozens of editorial projects, the author details every step of the editing process as now...

Folk riddles, emblems, charms, and chants are a few of the traditional forms examined by Andrew Welsh to discover the means by which poetic language achieves its powerful effects. His book shows how the roots of lyric are embodied in primitive verse...

Dissatisfaction with the present can cause people to gaze nostalgically back to an idealized past; that nostalgia pervades contemporary rhetoric. In lamenting the 'degeneracy' of present-day America, social and literary critics as well as contemporary...

This book approaches its subject from two angles. First, there is a detailed and descriptive analysis of the social organisation of, and place of marriage in, one community in Kyushu. To this extent, the study is a regional one and provides valuable...

In the 1970s and 80s Japan experienced some deep-rooted social changes which affected attitudes to health care services among both professionals and consumers alike. Health Care in Japan provides an introduction to and overview of health and medical...

First published in 1932. As well as an extensive introduction, this edition contains notes to all four books, a bibliographical index, a general index and an index of Tibetan words. The introduction is particularly valuable in that it sets the importance...

We live in a culture in which sports play an important role. The growth in broadcasting, merchandising, iconography and the commercialization of sports has led to an increasing interest in the emerging field of sports culture.This book examines...

Re-Imagining the Museum presents new interpretations of museum history and contemporary museum practices. Through a range of case studies from the UK, North America and Australia, Andrea Witcomb moves away from the idea that museums are always...

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415175982Author Levin L. SchuckingFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g

The question of how much freedom the press should enjoy has been debated throughout American history. In 1942 an impartial commission was formed to study mass communication, evaluate the performance of the media, and make recommendations for possible...

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415605038Author Tadesuz GrygierFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 522g

Offers a quick and easy approach to finding up-to-date contact information for political, government, media, judicial, and legislative leaders for each country of the world. The directory provides more than 10,000 names and addresses of the most...

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781579580735Author Dean J. ChampionFormat HardbackPage Count 356Imprint Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis GroupPublisher Taylor...

First published in 2003. From Part One: 'Our ignorance of the marine world is much greater still. It is such that I do not hesitate to claim that, in the ocean, everything is still possible! Faced with the immensity of Neptune's realm, a certain degree...

This is the classic text on the art of sugar boiling and all its branches, covering the manufacture of fondants, creams, chocolates, pastilles, jujubes (jelly babies) comfits, lozenges (plain and medicated), caramels, noyeaus, nougats, jap nuggets and...

The Iranian Revolution has catalysed the preconceptions holding sway in the Western World about the character of Islam and its politics, based as they are on a mixture of imagined cultural superiority and a latent fear of a resurgence similar to the Arab...

From being an important centre which attracted a large number of merchants during the feudal period, Shingu, on the northern shores of Kyushu is today a suburb of Fukuoka City. Fishing is a slowly-dying occupation and this volume analyses how the...

This study reveals the complex combination of cultural particularity and modern universality that underlies the reality of contemporary Japan. The work uses sources such as popular works of art, song, best-selling books and the advice columns of...

This unique and important directory incorporates some 3,200 entries. It covers all types and sizes of museums; galleries of paintings, sculpture and photography; and buildings and sites of particular historic interest. It also provides an extensive index...

Provides readers with a listing of some of the most useful business and industry information sources available freely on the Internet Covers: sources of useful free business and industry information, sections on different industrial sectors, business...

This study, originally published in 1959, traces the origin of Buddhism in Brahmanism, and fixes its relationship to Hinduism, describing and stressing the basic importance of Buddhist contemplation. The first half of the book introduces the very heart...

Max Weber (1864-1920) is generally recognised as one of the founding fathers of modern sociology. His ideas continue to be discussed by sociologists and historians and much homage is paid to his contribution to knowledge. However, such is the awe which...

In recent years there has been a massive upsurge in academic, professional and lay interest in mortality. This is reflected in academic and professional literature, in the popular media and in the proliferation of professional roles and training courses...

Ever since Nasser overthrew Prince Farouk in 1952, Egypt has held a special, leading position within the Arab world. It is now facing major problems, the most serious of which are the growing strength of the Muslim fundamentalists, continuing population...

First published in 1972. A revival of interest in primitive religion has been one of the most marked characteristics of British social anthropology of recent years. Inspired by the work of Audrey Richards, whose writing on ritual contains many of the...

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of...

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415177702Author E.L. EdmondsFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 408g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143423683Author Abdul A.P.J. KalamFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House India

First published in 1997. This volume is the seventh of nine reproducing Piaget's original works.Book InformationISBN 9780415515030Author Jean PiagetFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 190g

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415177993Author Neil J. SmelserFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g

The Regional Handbooks of Economic Development series provides accessible overviews of countries within their larger domestic and international contexts, focusing on the relations among regions as they meet the challenges of the twenty first century. ...

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781579581343Author Thomas C. OdenFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis GroupPublisher Taylor...

This book explores the political relationship between the Muslim majority and Coptic minority in Egypt between 1918 and 1952. Many Egyptians hoped to see the collaboration of the 1919 revolution spur the creation of both a new collective Egyptian...

The prevalent global heritage discourse has been primarily Euro-centric in its origin, premise, and praxis. Diverse cultural, historical, and geographical contexts, such as that of Asia, call for more context-specific approaches to heritage management...

Practical up-to-date advice for the aspiring director, producer, or screenwriter This third edition prepares independent or guerrilla filmmakers for the legal, financial, and organizational questions that can doom a project if unanswered. Current...

The 16th IAAF World Athletics Championships were held in August 2017 in London, with over 2000 athletes from 204 countries and territories taking part in 48 events. This book contains every result in all the heats and finals, details of previous World...