Computation is the process of applying a procedure or algorithm to the solution of a mathematical problem. This book covers…

Based on interviews with individuals who abstain from habits as diverse as sex, cigarettes, sugar, and technology, this book…

Formal education is important in creating enlightened and active citizens. However, despite an increase in education…

This work builds an argument about liberalism and the realist movement by shifting the focus from the rise of both in the…

Explores how Pentecostalism presents the experience of being born again as a chance for Nigerians to realize the promises of…

Produkt Poet's Work zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele The University of Chicago Press.…

This study demonstrates that the way public opinion is measured affects the use that voters, legislators, and journalists…

Explores the struggle for influence that dominated the planning and development of Chicago's South Side during the…

Power is the central organizing principle of all social life, from culture and education to stratification and taste. In…

Pairing close readings of Moliere's comedies with accounts of French social history and aesthetics, this book aims to show…

The stereotype of the Victorian man as a sexually repressed patriarch belies the wide variety of male behaviors and…

The Carnegie Corporation, among this country's oldest and most important foundations, has underwritten projects ranging from…

'Embracing risk' offers an original approach to risk, insurance and responsibility, the provocative and wide-ranging essays…

How reliable are all those stories about the number of Eskimo words for snow? How can lamps, flags, and parrots be libelous?…

Identifies and explains a surprising affinity for medievalism and medieval studies among the leading figures of critical…

"The Existential Self in Society" explores the ways in which we experience and shape our individuality in a rapidly changing…

Gives a comparative-historical analysis of the development of neoliberal politics in different countries. This book argues…

Focusing on the theoretical, methodological, and empirical frameworks of a variety of biological approaches to political…

Most women in the West use contraception in order to avoid having children. But in rural sub-saharan Africa many women use…

"Few have set themselves to the formidable task of reconstructing and analyzing a whole human environment; fewer still have…

In this innovative approach to the practice of social science, Charles Ragin explores the use of fuzzy sets to bridge the…

This work gathers new and classic essays on the Black Power movement and its legacy by renowned thinkers who deal rigorously…

This work examines the the social upheavals of the Paris Commune of 1871 and the 1848 Revolution. It argues that whereas the…

This premise allows him to unlock for readers the historical process that started with Islamic modernism and ended with…

Interweaves analysis of the process of apprenticeship among the Vai and Gola tailors of Liberia with reflections on the…

Offering both a discussion of feminism in its postmodern context and a critique of contemporary theory, the author here…

Levine shows how Darwin's ideas affected nineteenth-century novelists from Dickens and Trollope to Conrad. "Levine stands in…

Drawing on both literary and historical evidence, Puff shows that speakers of German associated sodomy with Italy, and…

This study argues that child abandonment was common among all classes and morally acceptable from antiquity until the…

American historical writing has traditionally been a form of moral reflection. However this study argues that, in the…

Suitable for scholars and students of American history, and for scientists and others who want to better understand modern…

This volume seeks to go far beyond specialized debates about the alleged superiority of Western traditions. The culmination…

Most Americans think that judges should be, and are, generalists who decide a wide array of cases. Nonetheless, we now have…

Produkt Romanticism, Nationalism, and the Revolt against Theory - Simpson, David zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele The…

This is the second volume of Judith Shklar's work and brings together essays on a number of themes, including the place of…

This volume brings together essays by five scholars concerned with the senses and the anthropology of everyday life.…

What causes stability or change in the political system? What role do political institutions play in this process? To…

Produkt Family Life and School Achievement - Clark, Reginald M. zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele The University of…

Is political judgement a science subject to strict standards of logic and inference, or is it an art, the product of…

Produkt Death and Dissymmetry - Bal, Mieke zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele The University of Chicago Press.…

An analysis of political violence based on the narratives provided by Northern Irish subjects.…

The authors offer documentary evidence to support their conclusion that under capitalism the workers, despite long hours and…

This text explores the intricacies and implications of how people draw the line between home and work. Arguing that…

This text presents eight Nigerian women writers and proposes a vernacular theory based on their work. Flora Nwapa, Adaora…

Each year, natural disasters threaten the strength and stability of communities worldwide. This book highlights the critical…

This text looks at how postwar cultural values affected the rights-orientated policy in the 1970s and how this affects…

Philip S. Gorski argues for the importance of a disciplinary revolution unleashed by the reformation. He shows how Calvinist…

If Barack Obama had not won in Iowa, most commentators believe that he would not have been able to go on to capture the…