“…After a first denial and a forced assimilation, the indigenous element was integrated into the institutions until it became central to the construction of an alternative constitutionalism to the Western model. The dissertation outlines three Latin American constitutional cycles. …”

“…Hollywood, años 60. La estrella de un western televisivo, Rick Dalton (DiCaprio), intenta amoldarse a los cambios del medio al mismo tiempo que su doble (Pitt). …”

“…It targets scholars and students of sociology, economics, and history, aiming to shed light on the historical and cultural factors that contributed to the rise of capitalism in the Western world…”

“…Monjardet draws on empirical research and historical context to provide insights into the complexities of policing in Western countries, particularly France. The book is intended for readers interested in sociology, criminology, and public policy…”

“…This scholarly work by Sigmund Méndez explores the concept of allegory and exegesis in Western culture, focusing on its expressions in the Hispanic Baroque period. …”

“…This book provides new perspectives on the history of dreams and dream interpretation in western culture and thought. <BR><EM>Dreams and History </EM>contains important new scholarship on Freud's <EM>Interpretation of Dreams</EM> (1900) and subsequent psychoanalytical approaches from distinguished historians, psychoanalysts, historians of science and anthropologists. …”

“…What insights do eastern, natural, and modern western healing traditions have to offer, and how can practitioners put these lessons to use? …”

“…is a creative interweaving of historical, sociocultural, and research-based perspectives on death rituals, drawing from myriad sources to create a picture of what death rituals have been; and where, especially in the Western world, they are going. Death educators, researchers, counselors, clergy, funeral-service professionals, and others will appreciate the book's theory- and research-based approach to the ways in which different cultural groups memorialize their dead. …”

“…The first book to systematically address these questions, this volume analyzes more than a dozen surveys conducted in eight Western countries on topics ranging from politics to health. …”

“…It contests common views on free and unfree labor, and compares the latter to many Western countries where wage conditions resembled those of domestic servants. …”

“…The long war has been described by some as an epic struggle against adversaries bent on forming a unified Islamic world to supplant western dominance, while others describe it more narrowly as an extension of the war on terror. …”

“…Gender Equality has not yet been achieved in many western countries. Switzerland in particular has failed as a forerunner in integrating women in politics and economy. …”

“…The notion of "self" and "other" and its representation in artwork and literature is an important theme in current cultural sciences as well as in our everyday life in contemporary Western societies. Moreover, the concept of "self" and "other" and its imaginary dichotomy is gaining more and more political impact in a world of resurfacing ideology-ridden conflicts. …”

“…The first reference to letter writing occurs in the first text of western literature, Homer's Iliad. From the very beginning, Greeks were enthusiastic letter writers, and letter writing became a distinct literary genre. …”

“…Bringing together a number of perspectives on the Japanese housing system, Housing and Social Transition in Japan provides a comprehensive, challenging and theoretically developed account of the dynamic role of the housing system during a period of unprecedented social and economic change in one of the most enigmatic social, political, and economic systems of the modern world.While Japan demonstrates many of the characteristics of some western housing and social systems, including mass homeownership and consumption-based lifestyles, extensive economic growth and rapid urban…”

“…Understanding Japanese Saving holds key lessons for Western nations undergoing similar demographic transformations as well as developing countries looking to establish public savings institutions…”