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North Sámi An Essential Grammar

North Sámi An Essential Grammar

North Sámi: An Essential Grammar is the most up-to-date work on North Sámi grammar to be published in English. The book provides: a clear and comprehensive overview of modern Sámi grammar including examples drawn from authentic texts of various genres. a systematic order of topics beginning with the alphabet and phonology continuing with nominal and verbal morphology and syntax and concluding with more advanced topics such as discourse particles complex sentences and word formation. full explanations of the grammatical terminology for the benefit of readers without a background in linguistics. Suitable for linguists as well as independent and classroom-based students North Sámi: An Essential Grammar is an accessible but thorough introduction to the essential morphology and syntax of modern North Sámi the largest of the Sámi languages. | North Sámi An Essential Grammar

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The North Atlantic Frontier of Medieval Europe Vikings and Celts

The North Atlantic Frontier of Medieval Europe Vikings and Celts

Discussion of medieval European expansion tends to focus on expansion eastward and the crusades. The selection of studies reprinted here however focuses on the other end of Eurasia where dwelled the warlike Celts and beyond whom lay the north seas and the awesome Atlantic Ocean formidable obstacles to expansion westward. This volume looks first at the legacy of the Viking expansion which had briefly created a network stretching across the sea from Britain and Ireland to North America and had demonstrated that the Atlantic could be crossed and land reached. The next sections deal with the English expansion in the western and northern British Isles. In the 12th century the Normans began the process of subjugating the Celts thus inaugurating for the English an experience which was to prove crucial when colonizing the Americas in the 17th century. Medieval Ireland in particular served as a laboratory for the development of imperial institutions attitudes and ideologies that shaped the creation of the British Empire and served as a staging area for further expansion westward. | The North Atlantic Frontier of Medieval Europe Vikings and Celts

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Cenozoic Seas The View From Eastern North America

Cenozoic Seas The View From Eastern North America

>The rich fossil record of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains of the United States is a gold mine for interested scientists. The last thirty million years of Earth history are superbly chronicled by a succession of fossil assemblages extending from the St. Lawrence River to Florida. Marine scientists paleontologists and systematic biologists alike need a thorough guide to interpret this history. Cenozoic Seas: The View from Eastern North America analyzes the changing geography the arrival and departures of ecosystems and species and the affect of climate on living things. The author classifies all of the region's fossil-bearing formations and their contents within a logical descriptive framework of space and time providing a clear path for those studying evolution and extinction within specific communities of organisms. The book is also an excellent field guide for fossil collectors providing detailed information for all species illustrated. Many organisms have never before been illustrated in a book on fossil shells. | Cenozoic Seas The View From Eastern North America

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Wooden Church Architecture of the Russian North Regional Schools and Traditions (14th - 19th centuries)

Wooden Church Architecture of the Russian North Regional Schools and Traditions (14th - 19th centuries)

The book presents a broad panoramic overview of church architecture in the Russian North between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries. While it is inevitably overshadowed by the imperial splendour of the country’s capital cities this unique phenomenon is regarded as the most distinctive national expression of traditional Russian artistic culture and at the same time as a significant part of humanity’s worldwide architectural heritage. The chief intention of the book is to present the regionally specific features of the wooden churches of the Russian North which vary from area to area for local natural or historical reasons. This approach touches upon the very important questions of the typology and classification of the multiplicity of architectural forms. The regional view entails giving clear definitions of the ambiguous terms architectural school and tradition explaining the origins and shaping impulses for the different regional clusters of objects. Structurally the book presents a history of the development of wooden church architecture in the Russian North and then follows the key points of the mediaeval Russian expansion along the waterways from Novgorod into the North – he Svir’ River Lake Onego the town of Kargopol’ and the River Onega the White Sea the Rivers Dvina Pinega and Mezen’ – those areas that still retain the most splendid pieces of Russian regional wooden church architecture. The study is based on field research and provides an up-to-date multi-faceted view of Russian wooden architecture. | Wooden Church Architecture of the Russian North Regional Schools and Traditions (14th - 19th centuries)

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Geology of North Africa

Geology of North Africa

A reference volume on the geology of North Africa this volume deals with Egypt Libya Algeria Tunisia and Morocco. In great detail the geology tectonic elements the geology of the Pan-African Shield the Phanerozoic geological evolution and most of the lithostratigrahpic units of the five countries are described. Moreover the petroleum geology and petroleum systems are discussed as well as the history of geological exploration. With the incentive to provide a reference to the geology of North Africa that can be used both by professionals and students this review work provides a large amount of data based on more than 2500 references. Written in a clear straight-forward and structured style and with many schematic maps it allows the reader to easily search a topic and find further information with help of the extensive bibliography. This volume is intended for senior undergraduate and graduate students professional geologists and geophysicists who are working in North Africa and the Middle East. It is ideally suited for any professional who is looking for a quick round-up reference on the geology of North Africa. It is an expanded and revised version of ‘The Geology of Egypt and Libya’ by the same author (Balkema 2001).

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The Arctic Council Governance within the Far North

The Arctic Council Governance within the Far North

This book helps us to think carefully about how this area of the world should be best handled in the future by offering a concise and accessible introduction to the Arctic Council. Over the past two decades the Arctic has evolved from being a remote region in international affairs to becoming an increasingly central concern of the global community. The issues of climate change access to new energy resources the development of new global trade routes the protection of the natural environment and the preservation of indigenous cultures and languages have all come to be focused within this formerly neglected region. Now in its nineteenth year of operation the Arctic Council an innovative international organization is going through a period of new growth and challenges. This work identifies the major trends and directions of current Arctic diplomacy and the manner in which national regional and international leaders and organizations can all make useful contributions in dealing with the complex agenda of environmental economic and political challenges faced by this increasingly significant area of the globe. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of international organizations international relations and the environment. | The Arctic Council Governance within the Far North

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Invasive Wild Pigs in North America Ecology Impacts and Management

Invasive Wild Pigs in North America Ecology Impacts and Management

Throughout North America non-native wild pigs have become an ecologically and economically destructive invasive species. Though they are regarded as a popular game species by some provide economic benefits to others and are even engrained into societal heritage in some areas wild pigs are responsible for an extraordinary amount of damage in both natural and anthropogenic systems throughout North America. As the density and range of wild pig habitat have substantially increased over the last several decades the magnitude and diversity of their negative impacts are not yet fully realized or quantified. With various conflicts continually emerging wild pig management is difficult and expensive to achieve. As a result wild pigs represent one of the greatest wildlife management challenges North America faces in the 21st century. Invasive Wild Pigs in North America: Ecology Impacts and Management addresses all aspects of wild pig biology ecology damage and management in a single comprehensive volume. It assimilates and organizes information on the most destructive introduced vertebrate species in the United States establishing a foundation from which managers researchers policy makers and other stakeholders can build upon into the future. The book provides comprehensive coverage of wild pig biology and ecology techniques for management and research and regional chapters. It is an asset to readers interested in wild pigs the resources they impact and how to mitigate those impacts and establishes a vision of the future of wild pigs in North America. Features: Compiles valuable knowledge for a broad audience including wild pig managers researchers adversaries and enthusiasts from across North America Addresses taxonomy morphology genetics physiology spatial ecology population dynamics diseases and parasites and the naturalized niche of wild pigs Includes chapters on damage to resources management research methods human dimensions and education and policy and legislation Contains full color images and case studies of interesting and informative situations being created by wild pigs throughout North America Includes a chapter on wild pigs at the wildland–urban interface a more recent and especially challenging issue | Invasive Wild Pigs in North America Ecology Impacts and Management

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Externalizing Migration Management Europe North America and the spread of 'remote control' practices

Externalizing Migration Management Europe North America and the spread of 'remote control' practices

The extension of border controls beyond a country’s territory to regulate the flows of migrants before they arrive has become a popular and highly controversial policy practice. Today remote control policies are more visible complex and widespread than ever before raising various ethical political and legal issues for the governments promoting them. The book examines the externalization of migration control from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective focusing on ‘remote control’ initiatives in Europe and North America with contributions from the fields of politics sociology law geography anthropology and history. This book uses empirically rich analyses and compelling theoretical insights to trace the evolution of ‘remote control’ initiatives and assesses their impact and policy implications. It also explores competing theoretical models that might explain their emergence and diffusion. Individual chapters tackle some of the most puzzling questions underlying remote control policies such as the reasons why governments adopt these policies and what might be their impact on migrants and other actors involved. | Externalizing Migration Management Europe North America and the spread of 'remote control' practices

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Beyond the Networked City Infrastructure reconfigurations and urban change in the North and South

Beyond the Networked City Infrastructure reconfigurations and urban change in the North and South

Cities around the world are undergoing profound changes. In this global era we live in a world of rising knowledge economies digital technologies and awareness of environmental issues. The so-called modern infrastructural ideal of spatially and socially ubiquitous centrally-governed infrastructures providing exclusive homogeneous services over extensive areas has been the standard of reference for the provision of basic essential services such as water and energy supply. This book argues that after decades of undisputed domination this ideal is being increasingly questioned and that the network ideology that supports it may be waning. In order to begin exploring the highly diverse fluid and unstable landscapes emerging beyond the networked city this book identifies dynamics through which a ‘break’ with previous configurations has been operated and new brittle zones of socio-technical controversy through which urban infrastructure (and its wider meaning) are being negotiated and fought over. It uncovers across a diverse set of urban contexts new ways in which processes of urbanization and infrastructure production are being combined with crucial sociopolitical implications: through shifting political economies of infrastructure which rework resource distribution and value creation; through new infrastructural spaces and territorialities which rebundle socio-technical systems for particular interests and claims; and through changing offsets between individual and collective appropriation experience and mobilization of infrastructure. With contributions from leading authorities in the field and drawing on theoretical advances and original empirical material this book is a major contribution to an ongoing infrastructural turn in urban studies and will be of interest to all those concerned by the diverse forms and contested outcomes of contemporary urban change across North and South. | Beyond the Networked City Infrastructure reconfigurations and urban change in the North and South

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North American Psocoptera

North American Psocoptera

North American Psocoptera provides a complete review of the 28 families 78 genera and 287 species of the order Psocoptera found in the United States and Canada. This comprehensive book contains keys to all of the known taxa of Psocoptera which have been found in the study area including three genera named as new. Not only are the native and established species included but also those which have been taken at ports of entry in human commerce. The book contains differential diagnoses of the taxa above species level. For each named species there is an account consisting of synonymy recognition features relationships distribution and habitat. Included are 119 pages of illustrations glossary bibliography and index.

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Ecology and Conservation of North American Sea Ducks

Ecology and Conservation of North American Sea Ducks

The past decade has seen a huge increase in the interest and attention directed toward sea ducks the Mergini tribe. This has been inspired in large part by the conservation concerns associated with numerical declines in several sea duck species and populations as well as a growing appreciation for their interesting ecological attributes. Reflecting the considerable research recently conducted on this tribe Ecology and Conservation of North American Sea Ducks examines the 15 extant species of sea ducks from North America. Chapters are organized conceptually to focus on compare and contrast the ecological attributes of the tribe. Experts provide in-depth treatments of a range of topics including: Population dynamics and genetics Infectious diseases and parasites Breeding costs and cross-seasonal affects Contaminant burdens Foraging behavior and energetics Migration strategies molt ecology and habitat affinities and dynamics Breeding systems and reproductive behavior Harvest history Published in collaboration with and on behalf of the American Ornithological Society this volume in the highly-regarded Studies in Avian Biology series presents a comprehensive synthesis of sea duck ecology documents factors that have caused population declines of some species and provides managers with measures to enhance recovery of depressed populations of sea ducks in North America. Capturing the current state of knowledge of this unique tribe it provides a benchmark for where we are in conservation efforts and suggests future directions for researchers managers students conservationists and avian enthusiasts. Key Selling Features: Provides the first comprehensive assessment of the status population dynamics and demography of sea ducks across North America Characterizes phylogeography phylogenetics and population genetics Examines the diseases parasites biological toxins and contaminants affecting sea ducks Provides an up-to-date assessment of migration and molt strategies Documents reproductive energetics strategies and behavior

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Estates Enterprise and Investment at the Dawn of the Industrial Revolution Estate Management and Accounting in the North-East of England

Estates Enterprise and Investment at the Dawn of the Industrial Revolution Estate Management and Accounting in the North-East of England

At the beginning of the eighteenth century the landed estate represented the largest and most clearly defined type of business organisation in existence in pre-industrial England. Given the need for capital wayleave rights and a ready supply of coal iron and other raw materials it is unsurprising that most historians tend to place Britain's formative industrial development on such estates where all these elements were available. Yet despite this consensus relatively little attention has been paid to the management and accountancy practices of these estates which have the potential to reveal much about the development of the industrial revolution. In this study the management practice on estates in the north-east of England (c. 1700-1780) is examined through the lens of the accounts and supporting documentation. Accounts encompassed every aspect of estate operations from the housekeeper's groceries to the lead and coal mines and thus provide direct evidence of the underlying management systems over a diverse range of activities. The information flows on estates serve as an excellent medium for testing hypotheses concerning the management of estates and the attitudes of their owners and stewards. Focusing on the surviving accounts of three leading gentry families Bowes Ridley and Cotesworth who came from contrasting social backgrounds two main issues are addressed. The first concerns the productivity of estates. Were estates managed efficiently as productive investments and more specifically to what extent can the landowners and their stewards legitimately be described as capitalists? The second related question asks in what ways did accounting aid managerial activity at this early stage of industrial development? These are the central questions this book addresses through examination of the nature and function of accounts within the organisation. By looking in detail at records from this crucial region during the period of transition to an industrial | Estates Enterprise and Investment at the Dawn of the Industrial Revolution Estate Management and Accounting in the North-East of England

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Face Detection and Recognition Theory and Practice

Face Detection and Recognition Theory and Practice

Face detection and recognition are the nonintrusive biometrics of choice in many security applications. Examples of their use include border control driver’s license issuance law enforcement investigations and physical access control. Face Detection and Recognition: Theory and Practice elaborates on and explains the theory and practice of face detection and recognition systems currently in vogue. The book begins with an introduction to the state of the art offering a general review of the available methods and an indication of future research using cognitive neurophysiology. The text then:Explores subspace methods for dimensionality reduction in face image processing statistical methods applied to face detection and intelligent face detection methods dominated by the use of artificial neural networksCovers face detection with colour and infrared face images face detection in real time face detection and recognition using set estimation theory face recognition using evolutionary algorithms and face recognition in frequency domainDiscusses methods for the localization of face landmarks helpful in face recognition methods of generating synthetic face images using set estimation theory and databases of face images available for testing and training systemsFeatures pictorial descriptions of every algorithm as well as downloadable source code (in MATLAB®/PYTHON) and hardware implementation strategies with code examplesDemonstrates how frequency domain correlation techniques can be used supplying exhaustive test resultsFace Detection and Recognition: Theory and Practice provides students researchers and practitioners with a single source for cutting-edge information on the major approaches algorithms and technologies used in automated face detection and recognition. | Face Detection and Recognition Theory and Practice

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Urban Redevelopment A North American Reader

Urban Redevelopment A North American Reader

Urban redevelopment plays a major part in the growth strategy of the modern city and the goal of this book is to examine the various aspects of redevelopment its principles and practices in the North American context. Urban Redevelopment: A North American Reader seeks to shed light on the practice by looking at both its failures and successes ideas that seemed to work in specific circumstances but not in others. The book aims to provide guidance to academics practitioners and professionals on how when where and why specific approaches worked and when they didn’t. While one has to deal with each case specifically it is the interactions that are key. The contributors offer insight into how urban design affects behavior how finance drives architectural choices how social equity interacts with economic development how demographical diversity drives cities’ growth how politics determine land use decisions how management deals with market choices and how there are multiple influences and impacts of every decision. The book moves from the history of urban redevelopment The City Beautiful movement grand concourses and plazas through urban renewal superblocks and downtown pedestrian malls to today’s place-making: transit-oriented design street quieting new urbanism publicly accessible softer waterfront design funky small urban spaces and public-private megaprojects. This history also moves from grand masters such as Baron Haussmann and Robert Moses through community participation to stakeholder involvement to creative local leadership. The increased importance of sustainability high-energy performance resilience and both pre- and post-catastrophe planning are also discussed in detail. Cities are acts of man not nature; every street and building represents decisions made by people. Many of today’s best recognized urban theorists look for great forces; economic trends technological shifts political movements and try to analyze how they impact cities. One does not have to be a subscriber to the great man theory of history to see that in urban redevelopment successful project champions use or sometimes overcome overall trends using the tools and resources available to rebuild their community. This book is about how these projects are brought together each somewhat differently by the people who make them happen. | Urban Redevelopment A North American Reader

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Ritual and Music of North China Volume 2: Shaanbei

Ritual and Music of North China Volume 2: Shaanbei

This second volume of Stephen Jones' work on ritual and musical life in north China again with accompanying downloadable resources gives an impression of music-making in daily life in the poor mountainous region of Shaanbei northwest China. It conveys some of the diverse musical activities there around 2000 from the barrage of pop music blaring from speakers in the bustling county-towns to the life-cycle and calendrical ceremonies of poor mountain villages. Based on the practice of grass-roots music-making in daily life not merely on official images the main theme is the painful maintenance of ritual and its music under Maoism its revival with the market reforms of the 1980s and its modification under the assaults of TV pop music and migration since the 1990s. The text is in four parts. Part One gives background to the area and music-making in society. Parts Two and Three discuss the lives of bards and shawm bands respectively describing modifications in their ceremonial activities through the twentieth century. Part Four acclimatizes us to the modern world with glimpses of various types of musical life in Yulin city the regional capital illustrating the contrast with the surrounding countryside. The 44-minute downloadable resources with its informative commentary is intended both to illuminate the text and to stand on its own. It shows bards performing at a temple fair and to bless a family in distress and shawm bands performing at a wedding at funerals and a shop opening - including their pop repertory with the 'big band'. Also featuring as part of these events are opera troupes geomancers and performing beggars; by contrast the film shows a glimpse of the official image of Shaanbei culture as presented by a state ensemble in the regional capital. The publication will appeal to ethnomusicologists anthropologists and all those interested in modern Chinese history and society. | Ritual and Music of North China Volume 2: Shaanbei

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Rescripting Religion in the City Migration and Religious Identity in the Modern Metropolis

Rescripting Religion in the City Migration and Religious Identity in the Modern Metropolis

Rescripting Religion in the City explores the role of faith and religious practices as strategies for understanding and negotiating the migratory experience. Leading international scholars draw on case studies of urban settings in the global north and south. Presenting a nuanced understanding of the religious identities of migrants within the 'modern metropolis' this book makes a significant contribution to fields as diverse as twentieth-century immigration history the sociology of religion and migration studies as well as historical and urban geography and practical theology. | Rescripting Religion in the City Migration and Religious Identity in the Modern Metropolis

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Local/Global Women Artists in the Nineteenth Century

Local/Global Women Artists in the Nineteenth Century

Local/Global: Women Artists in the Nineteenth Century is the first book to investigate women artists working in disparate parts of the world. This major new book offers a dazzling array of compelling essays on art architecture and design by leading writers: Joan Kerr on art in Australia by residents migrants and visitors; Ka Bo Tsang on the imperial court in China; Gayatri Sinha on south Asian artists; Mary Roberts on harem portraiture of the Ottoman empire; Griselda Pollock on Parisian studios; Lynne Walker on women patron-builders in Britain; S­ghle Bhreathnach-Lynch and Julie Anne Stevens on Irish women artists; Ruth Phillips on souvenir art by native and settler women; Janet Berlo on North American textiles; Kristina Huneault on white settler identity in Canada; Charmaine Nelson on neo-classical sculpture in North America; and Stacie Widdifield on Mexico. This pioneering collection addresses issues at the heart of feminist and post-colonial studies: the nature of difference discrepant modernities and cross-cultural encounters. Written in a lively and accessible style this lavishly illustrated volume offers fresh perspectives on women art and identity. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of women artists and the art of the nineteenth century. | Local/Global Women Artists in the Nineteenth Century

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The Mongolic Languages

The Mongolic Languages

The Mongolic Languages represents the first comprehensive treatment of the Mongolic language family in English. The Mongolic languages form a linguistically well defined but geographically widely dispersed family of more than a dozen separate languages distributed from East and North Asia (Mongolia Manchuria and Southern Siberia) to Central and West Asia (Northern Tibet Gansu Sinkiang Northern Afghanistan and the Caspian Region). Written by a team of international specialists this in-depth volume is divided into twenty chapters. The first three chapters focus on reconstructed and historical forms of Mongolic. These are followed by fourteen chapters each containing synchronic and diachronic descriptions of a modern Mongolic language or dialect group including Khalkha Buryat Dagur Ordos Kalmuck and Moghol. The final three chapters deal with areal and taxonomic issues. This unique resource is the ideal companion for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of linguistics. It will also be of interest to researchers or anyone with an interest in Mongolian Studies or Central Eurasian history and cultural studies.

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Ways of War American Military History from the Colonial Era to the Twenty-First Century

Ways of War American Military History from the Colonial Era to the Twenty-First Century

From the first interactions between European and native peoples to the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq military issues have always played an important role in American history. Now in its updated second edition Ways of War comprehensively explains the place of the military within the wider context of the history of the United States showing its centrality to American culture economics and politics. The fifteen chapters provide a complete survey of the American military's evolution that is designed for semester-length courses. Features of the revised and fully-updated second edition include: • Chronological and comprehensive coverage of North American conflicts in the seventeenth century and all wars undertaken by the United States; • New or expanded sections on Non-English Colonization in Northeast North America the Beaver Wars Pontiac’s War causes of the American Revolution borderlands conflict from 1848 to 1865 causes of the American Civil War Reconstruction the Meuse-Argonne Campaign Barack Obama’s second term as president the Syrian Civil War and the rise of the Islamic State; • 50 revised maps 20 new images chapter timelines identifying key events and text boxes providing biographical information and first-person accounts; • A companion website featuring a testbank of essay and multiple choice questions for instructors as well as student study resources such as an interactive timeline chapter summaries annotated further readings links to online resources flashcards and a glossary of key terms. Extensively illustrated and written by experienced instructors the second edition of Ways of War remains essential reading for all students of American Military History. | Ways of War American Military History from the Colonial Era to the Twenty-First Century

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Taxus The Genus Taxus

Taxus The Genus Taxus

Taxol originally derived from the North American Yew tree in 1971 is well-known worldwide as a powerful anticancer agent. Mechanistically it has a unique microtubule stabilizing activity and was clinically developed as a therapeutic agent in the treatment of breast and ovarian cancers at the National Cancer Institute Washington D. C. USA. In this volume the authors provide an authoritative account of the taxoids. it covers their production and biosynthesis - from commercial cultivation to plant tissue culture methods - describes taxoid chemistry the analytical methods for identifying their structure and the pharmacological and pre-clinical aspects important in investigating their therapeutic actions. It presents a thorough review of the scientific literature including data from scientists currently engaged in taxoid research and will be of significant value to researchers and others who wish to gain a practical perspective on taxoid research and development. | Taxus The Genus Taxus

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The Roots of Religion Exploring the Cognitive Science of Religion

The Roots of Religion Exploring the Cognitive Science of Religion

The cognitive science of religion is a new discipline that looks at the roots of religious belief in the cognitive architecture of the human mind. The Roots of Religion deals with the philosophical and theological implications of the cognitive science of religion which grounds religious belief in human cognitive structures: religious belief is ’natural’ in a way that even scientific thought is not. Does this new discipline support religious belief undermine it or is it despite many claims perhaps eventually neutral? This subject is of immense importance particularly given the rise of the ’new atheism’. Philosophers and theologians from North America UK and Australia explore the alleged conflict between truth claims and examine the roots of religion in human nature. Is it less ’natural’ to be an atheist than to believe in God or gods? On the other hand if we can explain theism psychologically have we explained it away. Can it still claim any truth? This book debates these and related issues. | The Roots of Religion Exploring the Cognitive Science of Religion

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The American Civil War in the Shaping of British Democracy

The American Civil War in the Shaping of British Democracy

When the American Civil War broke out in 1861 a central question for British intellectuals was whether or not the American conflict was proof of the viability of democracy as a foundation for modern governance. The lessons of the American Civil War for Britain would remain a focal point in the debate on democracy throughout the war up to the suffrage reform of 1867 and after. Brent E. Kinser considers four figures connected by Woodrow Wilson's concept of the Literary Politician a person who while possessing a profound knowledge of politics combined with an equally acute literary ability to express that knowledge escapes the practical drudgeries of policy making. Kinser argues that the animosity of Thomas Carlyle towards democracy the rhetorical strategy of Anthony Trollope's North America the centrality of the American war in Walter Bagehot's vision of British governance and the political philosophy of John Stuart Mill illustrate the American conflict's vital presence in the debates leading up to the 1867 reform a legislative event that helped to secure democracy's place in the British political system. | The American Civil War in the Shaping of British Democracy

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The Experimental City

The Experimental City

This book explores how the concept or urban experimentation is being used to reshape practices of knowledge production in urban debates about resilience climate change governance and socio-technical transitions. With contributions from leading scholars and case studies from the Global North and South from small- to large-scale cities this book suggests that urban experiments offer novel modes of engagement governance and politics that both challenge and complement conventional strategies. The book is organized around three cross-cutting themes. Part I explores the logics of urban experimentation different approaches and how and why they are deployed. Part II considers how experiments are being staged within cities by whom and with what effects. Part III examines how entire cities or groups of cities are constructed as experiments. This book develops a deeper and more socially and politically nuanced understanding of how urban experiments shape cities and drive wider changes in society providing a framework to examine the phenomenon of urban experimentation in conceptual and empirical detail. | The Experimental City

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Nationalising the Crusades Engaging the Crusades Volume Eight

Nationalising the Crusades Engaging the Crusades Volume Eight

Engaging the Crusades is a series of concise volumes (up to 50 000 words) which offer initial windows into the ways in which the crusades have been used in the last two centuries demonstrating that the memory of the crusades is an important and emerging subject. Together these studies suggest that the memory of the crusades in the modern period is a productive exciting and much needed area of investigation. Despite their ‘intrinsic internationalism’ the crusades have long been conscripted for nationalist ends. The last decade has seen an upsurge in usage of the crusades to justify and inspire violence played out within and across national contexts. This volume furthers study of nationalist uses of the crusades and crusading by broadening the focus of study beyond north-western Europe and by showcasing different approaches to illustrate how the memory of the crusades has been employed within and between nations. This takes the form of tightly focused case studies and broader overviews covering the ambivalent role of foreign crusaders in Portuguese commemorations of the battle of Lisbon in 1947 Russian holy war rhetoric and theology Zionist perceptions of the crusader castle of ‘Athlit the role of individuals as ‘cultural brokers’ of crusader heritage amidst European imperial competition and how crusading as a part of European medievalism was received and reflected in Japan in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book will be of interest to scholars and students considering national identity medievalism and religious violence and to those with specific interest in the contexts of each chapter. | Nationalising the Crusades Engaging the Crusades Volume Eight

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