BOOKS with Alphabet T (Ta, Tb,Tc, Td, Te…... )

Overview: This book focuses on the identity and public personae of the dogaressa, wives of the elected doges of medieval and early modern Venice. The study traces the evolution of the public functions of the group of quasi-royal wives, rare for their visibility, during Venice‘s development into a regional economic and political power.978-1-137-03782-4Series ISSN 2945-5936 Series E-ISSN 2945-5944

Overview: ‘Thatcherism‘, as attitude of mind and style of action, has dominated the agenda and tone of British politics during the 1980s. Supporters and critics alike have acknowledged the bold scope of the campaign launched by the Prime Minister ‘to change the heart and soul‘ of the nation. Here nine contributors, of differing political persuasion, come together to offer a variety of approaches to, and conclusions about, ‘the Thatcher Phenomenon‘. Their essays review the concept of Thatcherism; its impact on the Conservative Party and on the forces of Opposition; its effect on Cabinet governm

Overview: The encounter between patient and physician may be characterized as the focus of medicine. As such, the patient-physician relationship, or more accurately the conduct of patients and physicians, has been the subject of considerable comment, inquiry, and debate throughout the centuries. The issues and concerns discussed, apart from those more specifically related to medical theory and therapy, range from matters of etiquette to profound questions of philosophical and moral interest. This discourse is impressive with respect both to its duration and content. Contemporary scholars and l

Overview: Discovers the health implications of suburban life lifestyle for Chinese emerging new-middle class.Deals with the causal relations between health outcomes and suburban living.Formulates policy and pla.This book aims to formulate recommendations for achieving a healthy neighborhood living environment for the middle-income people in China‘s suburbs. In China, the expeditious urbanization triggers the prosperous commodity housing development, which further grows with the spatial restructuring and socioeconomic transition. Residential suburbanization is generated, accompanied with the em

Overview: Offers an interdisciplinary perspective from scholars of secondary and higher education.Focuses on the pedagogical manifestations and implications of whiteness.Addresses the limitations of the white fThis book considers the causes and effects of an education field that remains white and gendered and critically examines how the race-gendered power afforded to white women in educational spaces is transacted through instructional practices and interpersonal interactions. White women occupy a complex position in society within systems of white supremacy and patriarchy, participating as b

Overview: Illuminates the diverse roles of, and attitudes to chance over the full spectrum of scholarly disciplines.Asks the fundamental question of when and whether chance is an unavoidable part of nature as o.This book presents a multidisciplinary perspective on chance, with contributions from distinguished researchers in the areas of biology, cognitive neuroscience, economics, genetics, general history, law, linguistics, logic, mathematical physics, statistics, theology and philosophy. The individual chapters are bound together by a general introduction followed by an opening chapter that s

Overview: Teil II des Verhandlungsberichtes enthält die Vorträge und Diskussionen der Jahresversammlung 1989. Er spiegelt die Ergebnisse in den verschiedenen Gebieten klinischer und theoretischer Forschung in der HNO-Heilkunde wider.978-3-540-51657-6978-3-642-83931-3Series ISSN 0934-2400

Overview: Discusses classic, modern, and contemporary approaches of friendships.Examines the caveats surrounding the meaning of disability and friendship in perspective of Disability Studies and Disability TheoThis book rethinks the anthropology of friendship from the perspective of theology and disability, and suggests the respect for human dignity and the person´s vulnerability as the criterion in reconsidering such an anthropology. The reality of disability is not only the reality of being in the world, but also concerns the concept of the meaning of otherness and being created as an image

Overview: This volume offers one of the first systematic analyses of therise of modern social science. Contrary to the standard accounts ofvarious social science disciplines, the essays in this volumedemonstrate that modern social science actually emerged during thecritical period between 1750 and 1850. It is shown that the socialsciences were a crucial element in the conceptual and epistemicrevolution, which parallelled and partly underpinned the political andeconomic transformations of the modern world. .From a consistently comparative perspective, a group ofinternationally leading scholars

Overview: 978-1-4613-8608-7978-1-4613-8606-3Series ISSN 1431-7540

Overview: Shows the impact of electronics and computing on the individual as well as society at large.Covers the inventors, inventions, and developments in the field of electronics and computing.Contains an abu.This book is about how electronics, computing, and telecommunications have profoundly changed our lives – the way we work, live, and play. It covers a myriad of topics from the invention of the fundamental devices, and integrated circuits, through radio and television, to computers, mobile telephones and GPS. Today our lives are ruled by electronics as they control the home and computer

Overview: Sulfate-reducing bacteria comprise a diverse and ecologically interactive group of anaerobic prokaryotes which share an extraordinary trait: growth by sulfate respiration with hydrogen sulfide as a major end-product. Sulfate-reducers are found in diverse environments ranging from estuaries to geological oil-bearing formations. They have attracted considerable scientific and commercial interest. These organisms have been actively investigated by researchers in microbial energetics, protein chemistry, ecology and more recently molecular biology. This interest has increased greatly over

Overview: Migration topics are covered from both a theoretical and empirical view.Includes recent developments in the field and utilises the latest research methodologies.Useful as a handbook and for teachers aThough globalisation of the world economy is currently a powerful force, people’s international mobility appears to still be very limited. The goal of this book is to improve our knowledge of the true effects of migration flows. It includes contributions by prominent academic researchers analysing the socio-economic impact of migration in a variety of contexts: interconnection of people

Overview: Only study which tackles the issue of why the Egyptian military is viewed by Egyptians as a legitimate actor in politics.Highly original analysis of the representation of multiple cultural formats andThis book examines a key question through the lens of popular culture: Why did the Egyptian people opt to elect in June 2014 a new president (Abdel Fattah al-Sisi), who hails from the military establishment, after toppling a previous military dictator (Hosni Mubarak) with the breakout of the 25 January 2011 Revolution? In order to dissect this question, the author considers the complexit

Overview: 978-3-642-47545-0978-3-642-47541-2Series ISSN 0930-8989 Series E-ISSN 1867-4941

Overview: Provides a thorough and stimulating contribution to the critical analysis and theorization of harm.Offers a unique, in-depth, ethnographic study of an environmental issue in South America.Enhances criThis book examines the politics of harm in the context of palm oil production in Colombia, with a primary focus on the Pacific coast region. Globally, the palm oil industry is associated with practices that fit the most conventional definitions and perceptions of crime, but also crucially, forms of social and environmental harm that do not fit strictly legalistic definitions and understa

Overview: Offers a radical reorientation to how we think about films and filmmaking.Challenges film theory’s familiar language, representational and visual approaches, to advance the work of Deleuze, particular.This unique study opens up a new dimension of Terrence Malick’s cinema – its expressions of unseeing and hearing. ‘Unseeing’ is Malick’s means of transcending the moment in order to enter the life that unfolds; to treat cinema as a real experience for those who live its reality. In this way, .Terrence Malick’s Unseeing Cinema. moves beyond film theory to advance a work of original philo

Overview: History of algebraic number theory in the twenties and thirties of last century.Based on historial documents as letters, manuscripts and published articles.Includes supplementary material: ..The unpublished writings of Helmut Hasse, consisting of letters, manuscripts and other papers, are kept at the Handschriftenabteilung of the University Library at Göttingen. Hasse had an extensive correspondence; he liked to exchange mathematical ideas, results and methods freely with his colleagues. There are more than 8000 documents preserved. Although not all of them are of equal mathematical

Overview: "The fixed person for fixed duties, who in older societies was such a godsend, in the future ill be a public danger." Twenty years ago, a single legal metaphor accurately captured the role that American society accorded to physicians. The physician was "c- tain of the ship." Physicians were in charge of the clinic, the Operating room, and the health care team, responsible - and held accountabl- for all that happened within the scope of their supervision. This grant of responsibility carried with it a corresponding grant of authority; like the ship‘s captain, the physician was answera

Overview: Erste kommunikationswissenschaftliche Analyse von Terrorismus.Bietet Hilfestellung für gegenterroristische Maßnahmen.Trägt dazu bei, das Phänomen Terrorismus in seiner Gesamtheit zu erfassenKommunikationstheorien und Terrorismus – wie lässt sich hier eine Verbindung schaffen? Terrorismus ist ein in der heutigen Zeit dominantes Thema: Es bestimmt zuweilen die öffentliche politische Diskussion wie auch private Gespräche. Die Kommunikationswissenschaft kann dazu beitragen, das Phänomen Terrorismus weiter zu durchdringen, und wichtige Puzzlesteine liefern, es in seiner Gesamtheit zu erfa