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Describes Bedouins, a tribal pastoral people in eastern Saudi Arabia. This title documents changes in their way of life, beginning in the 1930s and continuing to the 1960s. It also describes 'The Empty Quarter' that is a place inhabited by a people so thoroughly devoted to their pastoral pursuits that they are referred to as nomads of the nomads.

Captures various developments in the field of chromatography. This title covers such topics as: the retention mechanism in reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC); thermodynamic modeling of chromatographic separation; ultra-performance liquid chromatography (ULPC); and, biointeraction affinity chromatography.

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Relates traditional taxonomic studies to the developments in biochemical and other fields. This work provides guidelines for the integration of modern and traditional methods, and explains the underlying principles and philosophy of systematics. It also deals with the problems of zoological, botanical, and paleontological classification.

A study of the importance of farce, guiding the reader through the history of the European theatre. The emphasis is on the discussion of actual farce texts, which range from Plautus to Stoppard, from fairground knockabout to the well-oiled machines of Labiche and Feydeau.

Analyzes the effect of working and living spaces on human behavior. This book focuses on such contemporary social problems as the influence of the physical environment on psychological stress, mental illness, family disorganization, urban violence, and delinquency.

Presents an analyses of the nature of capital punishment and provides perspectives on the larger issues of our approach to law-breakers and their rehabilitation. This title includes the claims of both those who want to retain capital punishment and those who want to abolish it.

States that in general, boys don't enjoy writing as much as girls. What's wrong? How can we do a better of job of creating 'boy-friendly' classrooms so their voices can be heard? This book asks teachers to imagine the writing classroom from a boy's perspective, and consider specific steps we might take to create stimulating classrooms for boys.

Fraud and piracy of products and ideas have become common in the early twenty-first century, as opportunities to commit them expand, and technology makes fraud and piracy easy to carry out. This book presents an analysis of intellectual property theft and how perpetrators innovate and adapt in response to shifting opportunities.

Clinical psychology is the largest of psychological specialization in the US. This title describes the nature and function of the clinician, traces the evolution of the field, and divines workable training procedures. It presents an overview of the major aspects of the field, defining the history and professional role of the clinical psychologist.

One of the potentially explosive issues of the modern era is the growing disparity between the overwhelming predominance of elites in the decision-making process and the democratic ideal that people should participate in making decisions that affect them. This book offers conflicting views on the form of democratic elitism practiced in the US.

Western European Christendom finds it difficult to comprehend the Eastern Orthodox Church because it knows little about the practice and doctrines of Orthodoxy

Presents an analysis of the theories, politics, and realities of boys' education around the world, providing an insightful and often disturbing account of various educational systems' successes and failings in fostering intellectual and social growth in male students.

Looks at Islamic philosophy and theology in a chronological framework. This volume is suitable for specialists and policy makers alike.

Terence achieved in his brief twenty-six years a standard of stylistic perfection and artistic restraint that ranked him, along with Plautus, as the greatest of the Roman comic playwrights. This title includes his major comedies such as: "The Fair Andrian", "The Mother-In-Law, "The Self-Tormentor", "The Eunuch" and "The Tricks of Phormio".

Describes the strategies in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of catheter-related infections (CRIs) - describing the pathogenesis of infectious complications while discussing procedures in infection control, catheter and catheter-site care, and patient monitoring and evaluation.

Contains a statement by a preeminent sociologist of America on what remains a problem in American history and social analysis: the nature and extent of movement within American society from one status to another. The book interests those concerned with the social history of America and with problems of social change.

Seven controversial approaches to schizophrenia, each assuming a distinctive model, biological, psychological, or social, are presented by their leading exponents

This book begins in a narrow territory, strictly Western, and extends with the passage of time to include the poetry, plays, novels, and works of speculation of the great authors of the past and present, from Russia to Mexico

After the Hungarian Revolution in November 1956, the entire world became aware of the Hungarians--the independent people who defied the might of Soviet Russia in defense of their national freedom and traditions.

Conveys how medical people shape and organize the knowledge, perception, and experience of illness, as well as the substance of illness behavior, its management, and treatment. The authors believe that the understanding of specifically human rather than generally "animal" illness requires proper study of the social meanings surrounding illness.

Working within the relatively new perspective on the body as a zone of critical praxis, Shapiro lays the foundation for the theory and practice of a somatically oriented critical pedagogy.

John Adams, philosopher of the Revolution and early America, and participant in many of the major events of that period, strove to find universal patterns in the lives of all men. This book presents a study of John Adams in the many roles he played during his eventful life: lawyer, polemicist, Founding Father, diplomat, President, husband, father.

In this volume leaders in the fields of urban design and planning examine the structure and functioning of the urban region, discuss the strategies and machinery required to make regional planning effective, compare experiences in urban renewal, and analyze the part played by transportation and land values in the shaping of regional development

Focusing on central issues in the study of conflict and conflict resolution, this volume sets forth the views of eminent scholars on the forms, uses, and limitations of violence, nonviolence, and symbolic violence

Explains the continuing importance of Darwin's thinking, and explains why it still influences contemporary scholarship in many fields. This book presents fundamentals of Darwin's revolutionary thought.

Exposes a century's worth of flawed thinking about language, to exhibit some of the dangers it presents, and to suggest a path to recovery. This book examines the causes of changes in the English vocabulary. It discusses a variety of verbal solecisms, vulgarisms, and infelicities generally.

Describing the natural order of human beings in the context of the Chinese earth and civilization, this book narrates the evolution of the Chinese landscape since prehistoric times. It views landscape as a visible expression of man's efforts to gain a living and achieve a measure of stability in the constant flux of nature.

Explaining the rise and fall of the world's largest empire, this book describes the incredible ascent of the Mongol people, which, through the political and military genius of Genghis Khan, overwhelmed and subdued the nations of most of the world. It demonstrates the transformation of barbarous nomads into the most efficient rulers of their time.

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