Benjamin Thomas: 70 books
Enlightenment and Secularism
Essays on the Mobilization of Reason
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Enlightenment and Secularism is a collection of twenty eight essays that seek to understand the connection between the European Enlightenment and the emergence of secular societies, as well as the character or nature of those societies. The contributors are drawn from a variety of disciplines including...
Currents in Transatlantic History
Encounters, Commodities, Identities
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2017
Transatlantic historians are dedicated to analyzing the dynamic process of encounter, interchange, and creolization that was initiated when peoples on different sides of the Atlantic Basin first made contact and continues until the twenty-first century.
The forty-ninth annual Walter Prescott...
Die Blumen der Mode
Klassische und neue Texte zur Philosophie der Mode
Language: German
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Mode und Kleidung als vielschichtiges Mittel des Selbstausdrucks und der Kommunikation fasziniert Schriftsteller, Philosophen und Soziologen gleichermaßen. Der Band versammelt 45 essentielle Schriften vom 18. bis zum 21. Jahrhundert, jeweils kenntnisreich eingeleitet von Barbara Vinken. Schon immer...
by Benjamin Platt Thomas, Romaine Proctor
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
Part One of this book is devoted to the history of New Salem. It tells who the inhabitants were, how they lived, and how they looked on life, giving Lincoln faith in people and himself. In Part Two, Lincoln's activities are discussed, and the meaning of the New Salem years in his development is appraised,...
Hybrid Systems, Optimal Control and Hybrid Vehicles
Theory, Methods and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
This book assembles new methods showing the automotive engineer for the first time how hybrid vehicle configurations can be modeled as systems with discrete and continuous controls. These hybrid systems describe naturally and compactly the networks of embedded systems which use elements such as integrators,...
The Mexican Revolution
Conflict and Consolidation, 1910-1940
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
In 1910 insurgent leaders crushed the Porfirian dictatorship, but in the years that followed fought among themselves, until a nationalist consensus produced the 1917 Constitution. This in turn provided the basis for a reform agenda that transformed Mexico in the modern era. The civil war and the reforms...
Communication and Conflict Transformation through Local, Regional, and Global Engagement
Through Local, Regional, and Global Engagements
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
Central to a transformational approach to conflict is the idea that conflicts must be viewed as embedded within broader relational patterns, and social and discursive structures—and must be addressed as such. This implies the need for systemic change at generative levels, in order to create genuine...
The Analyst's Ear and the Critic's Eye
Rethinking psychoanalysis and literature
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
The Analyst‘s Ear and the Critic‘s Eye is the first volume of literary criticism to be co-authored by a practicing psychoanalyst and a literary critic. The result of this unique collaboration is a lively conversation that not only demonstrates what is most fundamental to each discipline, but creates a joint perspective on reading literature that ne
Shepherding God’s Flock
Biblical Leadership in the New Testament and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2019
A biblical, historical, theological, and practical foundation for pastoral leadership
Pastors have been entrusted with leading the people of God. The shepherds of God’s flock must protect them from and guide them through the many dangers believers face. Although ultimately the Church is led...
Measuring Intra-Party Democracy
A Guide for the Content Analysis of Party Statutes with Examples from Hungary, Slovakia and Romania
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
This book presents an integrated approach to measuring the level of intra-party democracy through deductive and standardized content analysis of party statutes. Following the two main criteria of intra-party democracy – inclusiveness and decentralization – three main categories of intra-party...
Gotthardfantasien
Eine Blütenlese aus Wissenschaft und Literatur
Language: German
Release Date: May 11, 2016
Wiege der Eidgenossenschaft, militärisches Réduit, Transitort, technisches Experimentierfeld, Fiktionsmaschine: Der Gotthard setzt Fantasien frei, und zwar nicht nur im Jahr der Eröffnung des Basistunnels, sondern schon seit mehr als zwei Jahrhunderten. Experten aus Politik-, Geschichts-, Kultur-...
Spectrophotometry
Accurate Measurement of Optical Properties of Materials
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2014
This volume is an essential handbook for anyone interested in performing the most accurate spectrophotometric or other optical property of materials measurements. The chapter authors were chosen from the leading experts in their respective fields and provide their wisdom and experience in measurements...
Unternehmerisches Wagnis in der stationären Pflege
Rechtslage und Quantifizierung der Vergütung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Regelungen des dritten Pflegestärkungsgesetzes
Language: German
Release Date: January 15, 2018
Im dritten Pflegestärkungsgesetz hat der Gesetzgeber explizit die Berücksichtigung eines „angemessenen Unternehmerrisikos“ im Rahmen der Pflegevergütung für die Träger der stationären Einrichtungen und ambulanten Pflegedienste verankert. Die Konkretisierung bleibt den Akteuren der Selbstverwaltung...
L'écoconception
En 20 Réponses
Language: French
Release Date: March 16, 2015
C’est un fait, plus de 70% des nuisances environnementales d’un produit sont déterminées dès sa conception. L’écoconception est l’ensemble des solutions qui permettent de réduire ces impacts tout au long du cycle de vie d’un produit. Avec ces 20 questions,...