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A cultural history of animals in Antiquity

Ed. Linda Kalof. A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008 Animals had a ubiquitous and central presence in the ancient world. A Cultural History of Animals In Antiquity presents an extraordinarily broad assessment of animal cultures from 2500 BC to 1000 AD, describing how animals were ...

A cultural history of animals in the Age of Empire

Ed. Kathleen Kete. A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008 A Cultural History of Animals in the Age of Empire explores the cultural position of animals in the period from 1800 to 1920. This was a time of extraordinary social, political and economic change as the ...

A cultural history of animals in the Modern Age

Ed. Randy Malamud. A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008 Human culture is now more dangerous to non-human animals than ever before. The destruction of natural habitats and the killing of animals for food, science, medicine or trophy - sometimes to the point of extinction - is the ...

Arte y sociedad en la Edad Media

Ya que la obra de arte en la Edad Media era primordialmente funcional, esta sociedad no distinguía entre el artista y el artesano. La diferencia entre ambos se fue consolidando alrededor del siglo XV. Antes de esa época ambos simplemente cumplían un encargo, recibiendo del ...

La publicidad en 2000 carteles

Los dos volúmenes de este título cvontienen 2.252 imágenes referidas a toda España. De ellas 1.350 son anteriores a la Guerra Civil y solamente 312 son posteriores a 1950. Cada volumen consta de tres secciones y treita apartados. Volumen I Publicidad de productos ...

Humanitarianism contested

where angels fear to tread

Foreword by Jan Egeland. This book provides a succinct but sophisticated understanding of humanitarianism and insight into the on-going dilemmas and tensions that have accompanied it since its origins in the early nineteenth century. Combining theoretical and historical exposition with a broad range of contemporary ...

Formación básica en prevención de riesgos laborales

programa formativo para el desempeño de las funciones de nivel básico

Este manual, que alcanza su cuarta edición, pretende dar respuesta a una de las necesidades formativas que emanan del marco normativo nacido con la Ley de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales y el Reglamento de los Servicios de Prevención. Este manual -muy didáctico y actualizado con ...

El silencio en la actividad de la administración pública

Dir. Luciano Parejo Alfonso. Esta obra, realizada con afán crítico constructivo, es el resultado de una reflexión colectiva sobre el juego en nuestro Derecho del mecanismo conocido como silencio administrativo. Su pretensión es, así, doble: dar cuenta del estado de situación de dicho importante instituto ...

Liderazgo

hecho y ficción: visiones actuales

Coords. Fernando Molero, José Francisco Morales. Este libro no relata la vida de líderes famosos o describe la manera de alcanzar la excelencia en el liderazgo. El enfoque adoptado, a diferencia del que puede encontrarse en otros muchos libros sobre liderazgo, basa sus contenidos no ...

ContaPlus 2011

curso recomendado

ContaPlus se ha posicionado en el mercado de las aplicaciones informáticas como el estándar a utilizar en la contabilidad de las pequeñas y medianas empresas, debido a su facilidad de uso, fiabilidad, gran funcionalidad y alto grado de adaptación a cualquier tipo de negocio. El ...

Las pólizas de seguro

legislación comentada, jurisprudencia, formularios

Completo estudio del documento más importante del contrato de seguro #la póliza# en que por lo general se otorga y en el que se concretan las condiciones, generales y particulares, que rigen la relación jurídica de él derivada. Su estudio es, pues, el aspecto nuclear ...

Peddling protectionism

Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression

The Smoot-Hawley tariff of 1930, which raised U.S. duties on hundreds of imported goods to record levels, is America's most infamous trade law. It is often associated with - and sometimes blamed for - the onset of the Great Depression, the collapse of world trade ...

The foundations of public Law

principles and problems of power in the British Constitution

This thought-provoking and engaging book offers an insightful examination of public law, exploring the complex relationship between institutions, individual and state, and offering both explanation and critical analysis. Public law is viewed against a backdrop of differing types of governmental power and the problems to ...

Ecological modernisation and renewable energy

Ecological Modernisation and Renewable Energy discusses the emergence and development of the new renewable energy industry. David Toke reinvigorates ecological modernisation (EM), a key theory of environmental development. Renewable energy was developed from the grass roots into an industry that is challenging the position of ...

The global political system

This fully revised and updated English edition of a successful Italian text provides a sophisticated assessment of the theory and practice of world politics in the 21st century. Attinà examines the impact of issues, actors and trends on the contemporary world stage and assesses the ...

The counter-revolution in diplomacy and other essays

This wide-ranging collection of essays covers not only a selection of themes but also various regions of the world and different historical periods # from the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth century to Russia, South Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America today. The title ...

Rethinking international relations theory

This innovative assessment of the current state of International Relations theory diagnoses a deep malaise in the field and proposes a reorientation from metatheoretical concerns to the theoretical exploration of central policy issues and dilemmas confronting the 21st century world.

Introduction to criminal justice

Known for its authoritative, solidly researched coverage, the exciting new Thirteenth Edition of Siegel/Worrall's "Introduction to Criminal Justice, International Edition" delivers the most comprehensive, cutting-edge coverage of criminal justice available. Extremely student friendly, the text's balanced and objective presentation is packed with ...

International marketing

"International Marketing" is aimed primarily at intermediate and advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students taking International Marketing modules. Due to its applied coverage, this book is also an excellent choice at MBA and post-experience levels. This book covers the entire range of international marketing topics, logically ...

International politics

power and purpose in global affairs

The first truly student-oriented text on this subject, "International Politics : Power And Purpose In Global Affairs, International Edition" is a full-length, highly engaging introduction to the study of world politics. D'Anieri's cohesive pedagogical framework presents the study of international politics as a series ...