“…Historical teleologies have profoundly informed a variety of other disciplines, including modern philosophy, natural history, literature, humanitarian and religious philanthropism, the political thought and practice of revolution, emancipation, imperialism, colonialism and anti-colonialism, the conceptualization of universal humankind, and the understanding of modernity in general. …”

“…Drawing upon a variety of primary sources, this work scrutinizes Tocqueville's actual political action in 1848-1852 and suggests his famous Souvenirs (Recollections) reflect second thoughts more than deeds. …”

“…Contemporary corpus linguists use a wide variety of methods to study discourse patterns. This volume provides a systematic comparison of various methodological approaches in corpus linguistics through a series of parallel empirical studies that use a single corpus dataset to answer the same overarching research question. …”

“…Longenecker presents a wide variety of artifacts from across the Mediterranean basin that testify to the use of the cross as a visual symbol by some pre-Constantinian Christians. …”

“…Designed as an introduction to modern societies and modern sociological analyses, this book is of value to students on a wide variety of social science courses in universities and colleges, and also for readers with no prior knowledge of sociology. …”

“…A team of expert international contributors have been brought together to address the question of intersubjectivity from a variety of perspectives. Using methods of description and analysis they explore the structures and effects of concrete interdependencies between individual subjectivities engaged in economic activity, and develop conceptual and analytical tools for this task. …”
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“…The chapters present research, clinical guidance, and case studies representing a wide variety of approaches and settings, including community mental health centers, private practice offices, hospitals and medical clinics, universities, and prisons…”

“…Bringing together key scholars in the field, and revealing the rich variety of amateur filmmaking--from home movies of Imperial India and film diaries of life in contemporary China, to the work of leading auteurs such as Joseph Morder and Peter Forgacs--Amateur Filmmaking highlights the importance of amateur cinema as a core object of critical interest across an array of disciplines. …”

“…The book consists of an editor's introduction and fifteen chapters written from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Part One examines philosophical approaches advanced historically to account for the phenomenon, beginning with Longinus, moving through eighteenth and nineteenth century writers in Britain, France, and Germany, and concluding with developments in contemporary continental philosophy. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…(Hans) van der Ven -- Varieties of religious solidarity / Hans Schilderman -- Church, public and bioethics : religion's construction of public significance through the bioethical discourse / Ulla Schmidt -- Factors predicting engagement with society among Anglicans in England / Andrew Village -- Maintaining a public ministry in rural England : work-related psychological health and psychological type among Anglican clergy serving in multi-church benefices / Christine E. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Documenting the Past, Envisioning the Future: The His- torical Sociolinguistics of Spanish in the U.S. Southwest -- Varieties of Spanish in Post-Annexation California (1848-1900) -- From Voice to Print: Language and Social Change in New México, 1880- 1912 -- A Historical Perspective on Contemporary New México Spanish Ar- chaisms -- SECTION II. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Environmental effects; Insect-resistant (Bt) cowpea; Disease-resistant bananas; Cassava resistant to cassava mosaic virus (CMV); Drought-tolerant maize; Improved rice varieties; Striga-resistant maize; Vitamin-enhanced crops; Sorghum; In the hands of the politicians; The views of Africans themselves; Glossary; Bibliography; Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…What does Teaching and Learning Look Like in a Variety of Classroom Spatial Environments? -- Chapter 14. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Panoramic photography: From Composition and Exposure to Final Exhibition; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Solutions and Formats; A Variety of Approaches; The Panoramic Image; Angle of View; Different Aspect Ratios; Format Size; Influence on Image Detail; Influence on Depth of Field; Hyperfocal Distance; Chapter 2 Framing and Composition; Framing; Viewfinder; Flatback Cameras; Swing-Lens and Rotational Cameras; Photographic Assemblage; Composition; Rule of Thirds; Placing the Horizon Line; Shifting the Lens; Symmetry; Composing with the Sun; Composing at Night…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Exposure; The response to risk: risk compensation; Homo prudens and free will; Risk: an interactive phenomenon; Problems of measurement; Varieties or uncertainty; 3 Patterns in Uncertainty; The world's largest industry; Patterns in uncertainty; Myths of human nature; Divergent perspectives on environmental threats: an example of the cultural construction of risk; The four rationalities as contending paradigms…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Toward an integrated physiological and phenomenological account -- 5. Varieties of extended self and personality -- 1. How emotion grounds the various senses of self -- 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Implicit Promising and the Implicit Promise; The Person to Whom Life Has Failed to Keep Its Promises; The Promising, but Problematic, Patient as an Analytic Candidate; Detecting the "Narcissistic Core" of the Problematic Applicant; Problems Arise as These Analysts Age; Problems for Terminating the Analysis of a Once Promising but Problematic Patient; Another Variety of the Problematic "Promising" Patient; The "Promiser" Who Fails to Live Up to His "Promise"; Chapter 8. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Something very much like knowledge; Meaning and language; meaningfulness and culture; Knowledge evolves; The cultural evolution of gentlemen (a short but instructive digression); The nature of culture and beyond biosemiotics; Meaningfulness and marriageability; Contesting cultural order; Chapter 7 Newness; The Janus face of culture; The dynamic scale of cultural change; Randomness makes variety; Consciousness makes creativity; Demes make newness; The economic sociology of newness: 'Irritating impact'; Chapter 8 Waste On the efficiency of cultural productionTrillions and trillions; Cultural efficiency; Children and waste; Wasted words?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- About Introductions -- About Genetic Modification -- About Weeds -- CONTROL AND CONFINEMENT OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANT VARIETIES -- LARGE-SCALE INTRODUCTIONS AND COMMERCIALIZATION -- A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING RISK -- GEOGRAPHIC FRAME OF REFERENCE -- OVERSIGHT CONSIDERATIONS -- 7 Past Experience with the Introduction of Microorganisms into the Environment -- HISTORY OF BENEFICIAL USES OF MICROORGANISMS AND PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE -- Food Production -- Agriculture…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…(Hans) van der Ven -- Varieties of religious solidarity / Hans Schilderman -- Church, public and bioethics : religion's construction of public significance through the bioethical discourse / Ulla Schmidt -- Factors predicting engagement with society among Anglicans in England / Andrew Village -- Maintaining a public ministry in rural England : work-related psychological health and psychological type among Anglican clergy serving in multi-church benefices / Christine E. …”