David Christian: 97 books
by David C. Venerus, Hans Christian Öttinger
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
This advanced text presents a unique approach to studying transport phenomena. Bringing together concepts from both chemical engineering and physics, it makes extensive use of nonequilibrium thermodynamics, discusses kinetic theory, and sets out the tools needed to describe the physics of interfaces...
Census
The Family Historian's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Fully revised and updated, this book is a comprehensive, up-to-the-minute guide to help you make the most of UK census records in your family history research.
This practical handbook shows you how to interpret the records to discover intricate details of your ancestors' lives, but also explores how...
Damn Dutch
Pennsylvania Germans at Gettysburg
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2004
This is the first work to highlight the contributions of regiments of the Pennsylvania Dutch and the post-1820 immigrant Germans at the Battle of Gettysburg. On the first day, the 1st Corps, in which many of the Pennsylvania Dutch groups served, and the half-German 11th Corps, which had five regiments...
Van Gogh among the Philosophers
Painting, Thinking, Being
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
This volume brings Continental philosophical interpretations of Van Gogh into dialogue with one another to explore how for Van Gogh, art places human beings in their world, and yet in other ways displaces them, not allowing them to belong to that world.
Discourse Analysis and the Study of Classroom Language and Literacy Events
A Microethnographic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2004
The authors present a social linguistic/social interactional approach to the discourse analysis of classroom language and literacy events. Building on recent theories in interactional sociolinguistics, literary theory, social anthropology, critical discourse analysis, and the New Literacy Studies,...
On Discourse Analysis in Classrooms
Approaches to Language and Literacy Research
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This book in the NCRLL Collection provides an introductory discussion of discourse analysis of language and literacy events in classrooms. The authors introduce approaches to discourse analysis in a way that redefines traditional topics and provokes the imagination of researchers. For those who have...
Le Briquet
(illustré)
Language: French
Release Date: April 3, 2016
Un soldat revient chez lui après la guerre. En chemin, il croise une affreuse sorcière, qui lui propose de descendre dans le tronc d’un arbre.
Au fond de celui-ci se trouve un couloir qui mène à 3 portes. La porte de droite cache un coffre rempli de pièces...
Urbanism in the Preindustrial World
Cross-Cultural Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2009
A baseline study of the growth of preindustrial cities worldwide.
This work employs a subset of preindustrial cities on many continents to answer questions archaeologists grapple with concerning the populating and growth of cities before industrialization. It further explores how scholars differently...
Larp und ich
Aufsatzsammlung zum MittelPunkt 2012
Language: German
Release Date: January 11, 2012
Warum glauben wir, dass fette Elfen schlechte Spieler sind? Welchen Reiz üben extreme Rollenspielerfahrungen auf die Teilnehmer aus? Und was können Plotschreiber von Joseph Campbells Der Held mit den tausend Gesichtern lernen? Mit diesen und weiteren Fragen beschäftigen sich die Autoren dieser Aufsatzsammlung....
by Donal Mr. McGettigan, Xavier Mr. Debrun, Mark Mr. Griffiths
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2005
The key policy challenge for Turkey in the years ahead will be to enhance and consolidate the advances made since the nation’s 2000-01 economic crisis. Higher growth could reduce unemployment and raise living standards toward European Union levels. This paper reviews Turkey’s policy performance...
Die Baubranche im Aufwind?
Eine aktuelle Marktanalyse
Language: German
Release Date: July 26, 2018
Die Baubranche hat in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten einen deutlichen Wandel vollzogen. Nach einem Boom nach der Wiedervereinigung kennzeichneten insbesondere Jahre mit Auftragsrückgängen und Pleiten das Bild. Durch die historisch niedrigen Zinsen nach der Finanzkrise 2008 hat sich das Bild jedoch...
Paths to State Repression
Human Rights Violations and Contentious Politics
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2000
In the last ten years, there has been a resurgence of interest in repression and violence within states. Paths to State Repression improves our understanding of why states use political repression, highlighting its relationship to dissent and mass protest. The authors draw upon a wide variety of political-economic...
Community Music in Oceania
Many Voices, One Horizon
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Community Music in Oceania: Many Voices, One Horizon makes a distinctive contribution to the field of community music through the experiences of its editors and contributors in music education, ethnomusicology, music therapy, and music performance. Covering a wide range of perspectives from Australia,...
by Nevin C. Hughes-Jones, Deborah Hay, David M. Keeling
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
Haematology Lecture Notes is an accessible and concise best-selling study guide, outlining the physiology, pathology and treatment of the most common blood disorders. Extensively revised and updated to reflect the considerable advances in the understanding of the molecular biology and pathogenesis...