“…Liberalism is now the dominant ideology in the Western world, but it covers a broad swathe of different (and sometimes rival) ideas and traditions and its essential features can be hard to define…”

“…Emphasizing the debates and ideological assumptions around the Western canon of art, it ranges through art history from Pliny the Elder to current issues of gender…”

“…In this generously illustrated book, Anne Hollander examines the representation of the body and clothing in Western art, from Greek sculpture and vase painting through medieval and renaissance portraits, to contemporary films and fashion photography…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The rise of occult powers, AIDS and the Roman Catholic church in western Uganda / Heike Behrend -- Christian salvation and Luo tradition : arguments of faith in a time of death in western Kenya / Ruth Prince -- The new wives of Christ : paradoxes and potentials in the remaking of widow lives in Uganda / Catrine Christiansen -- AIDS and the power of God : narratives of decline and coping strategies in Zanzibar / Nadine Beckmann -- Competing explanations and treatment choices : Muslims, AIDS and ARVs in Tanzania / Felicitas Becker -- 'Muslims have instructions' : HIV/AIDS, modernity and Islamic religious education in Kisumu, Kenya / Jonas Svensson -- 'Keeping up appearances' : sex and religion amongst university students in Uganda / Jo Sadgrove -- Healing the wounds of modernity : salvation, community and care in a Neo-Pentecostal church in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania / Hansjörg Dilger -- Gloves in times of AIDS : Pentecostalism, hair and social distancing in Botswana / Rijk van Dijk -- Leprosy of a deadlier kind : Christian conceptions of AIDS in the South African Lowveld / Isak Niehaus -- Subjects of counselling : religion, HIV/AIDS and the management of everyday life in South Africa / Marian Burchardt -- Therapeutic evangelism : confessional technologies, antiretrovirals and biospiritual transformation in the fight against AIDS in West Africa / Vinh-Kim Nguyen…”
Click para texto completo desde fuera UPSA
Click para texto completo desde UPSA

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Work Orientations in Western Europe and the United States: Tomas Berglund…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…COVER; CULTURE AND PUBLIC RELATIONS: Links and Implications; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 CULTURE AND PUBLIC RELATIONS: Formulating the Relationship and Its Relevance to the Practice; 2 WESTERN CLASSICAL RHETORICAL TRADITION AND MODERN PUBLIC RELATIONS: Culture of Citizenship; 3 IN PRAISE OF HYBRIDITY: Globalization and the Modern Western Paradigm; 4 A PUBLIC RELATIONS FRAMEWORK FOR INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT; 5 IDENTITY AND CULTURE: Implications for Public Relations; 6 CULTURE AND CHINESE PUBLIC RELATIONS RESEARCH…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Sokolova; 7 Music and Drug-Induced Altered States of Consciousness Jörg Fachner; 8 The Role of Music in Healing with Hallucinogens Tribal and Western Studies Marlene Dobkin de Rios…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Prologue : naval battles and history -- Wooden warships and the western frontier : the Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813 -- Iron, steam, and national union : the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862 -- Armored cruisers and empire : the Battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898 -- Naval aviation and world war : the Battle of Midway, June 4, 1942 -- Missile warfare and the American imperium : Operation Praying Mantis, the Persian Gulf, April 18, 1988 -- Epilogue : naval battles and the 21st century…”
Enlace del recurso

Tabla de Contenidos: “…An Integrated Study of Western Civilization 3. From a First to a Second Genesis 4. …”
Click para texto completo desde fuera UPSA
Click para texto completo desde UPSA

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Wyndham's Rule: Extrapolation, Intensification, Mutation -- Detroit Diaries, 1992-­1999 -- White Futures and Visceral Presents: Robocop and P-­Funk -- The Revolutionary Horizons of Labor and Automation: Blue Collar and Player Piano -- California Diaries, 2008-­2015 -- Extrapolating Neoliberalism in the Western Frontier: Octavia Butler's Parables -- New York Diaries, 2015-­2018 -- The Nihilism of Deep Time: Man after Man and After -- Mutating Temporalities: Slipstream Christopher Columbus -- Acknowledgments -- Works Cited…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The new economic imperative in rural regions Thinking regionally in a globalizing economy Prosperity and productivity New regional partnerships in the United States The micro-region strategy in Mexico Linking rural policy and regional development in Western Canada Reducing the territorial divide in France : redefining regions Federal co-ordination in Austria The living countryside in the Netherlands Rural development in Europe : approaches and future perspectives Five themes in the future of rural policy Where is rural policy headed? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…CONTENTS; GLOSSARY; Fruit shape: shape of longitudinal section; Predominant fruit skin colour at maturity; Secondary skin colour pattern; Fruit surface characteristics; Sutures; Netting; Creasing of surface; Main colour of flesh; Dehiscence of the peduncle; Simplified table of criteria of distinction; COMMERCIAL TYPES OF MELONS; Ananas; Baskavas; Branco; Western shipper; Yellow Eastern Shipper; Green Eastern Shipper; Canari; Yellow Charentais; Green Charentais; Galia; Honeydew; Kirkagac; Ogen; Piel de Sapo; Rochet; Tendral…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…CONTENTS; Summary of the Meeting; Housing Finance in Transition Economies; Housing Finance in the Czech Republic; The Housing Sector in Estonia; Housing Finance in Hungary; Housing Finance in Latvia; Framework for the Housing Sector of Lithuania; Housing Finance in Poland; Funding the Housing Construction in the Slovak Republic; Housing Finance in Slovenia; Recent Developments in European Mortgage Markets; International Models of Housing Finance: Housing Systems in the Western and Transition Economies…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction : the Darwinian revolution? -- I. Major western views of nature -- 1. Humoral/environmental theories and the chain of being -- 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front cover; Half title; Title; Copy right; Contents; Acknowledgements; PART 1 Contexts; Chapter 1 Knowledge production in context; Chapter 2 Young people, death and bereavement in contemporary western societies; PART 2 Evidence; Chapter 3 The perspectives of young people; Chapter 4 Bereavement as a 'risk' factor in young people's lives; Chapter 5 The social contexts of bereavement experiences and interventions; PART 3 Conclusions; Chapter 6 Knowledge, 'meaning', and interdisciplinarity; References; Index; Back cover…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…CONTENTS; Foreword: Ordinary People, Country Portraits, and State Violence and Aggression; Set Introduction; Introduction to Volume 1; Part I. Western Europe; 1 Great Britain; 2 Northern Ireland; 3 Portugal; 4 Spain; 5 France; 6 Iceland; 7 Sweden; Part II. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front matter -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Critical crisis transformation -- 3 The potential and limits of EU crisis response -- 4 The EU's integrated approach to crisis response -- 5 Securitisation of the EU approach to the Western Balkans -- 6 The paradoxes of EU crisis response in Afghanistan, Iraq and Mali -- 7 The effectiveness of EU crisis response in Afghanistan, Iraq and Mali -- 8 Dissecting the EU response to the 'migration crisis' -- Index…”