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Multiple Antiquities – Multiple Modernities Ancient Histories in Nineteenth Century European Cultures
ISBN: PB: 9783593391014, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, October 2011
450 pp., 21.2x14.2 cm
Antiquity, as the term has been understood and used over the centuries by scholars, political and religious figures, and ordinary citizens, is far from a single, monolithic concept. Rather than reflecting a stable, shared understanding about the past...
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Cultural Transfers in Dispute Representations in Asia, Europe and the Arab World since the Middle Ages
ISBN: PB: 9783593394046, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, September 2011
300 pp., 22x14 cm
Our conception of cultures and cultural change has altered dramatically in recent decades: no longer do we understand cultures as isolated units; rather, we see them as hybrid formations constantly engaged in a multidirectional process of exchange an...
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Privilege of Crisis Narratives of Masculinities in Colonial and Postcolonial Literature, Photography, and Film
ISBN: PB: 9783593393995, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, July 2011
320 pp., 22x14 cm
Despite the understanding of scholars that masculinity, far from being a natural or stable concept, is in reality a social construction, the culture at large continues to privilege an idealized, coherent male point of view".The Privilege of Crisis" d...
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Mobilizing the Faithful Militant Islamist Groups and Their Constituencies
ISBN: PB: 9783593394121, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, July 2011
260 pp., 22x14 cm
One of the keys to dealing with militant Islamic groups is understanding how they work with, relate to, and motivate their constituencies".Mobilizing the Faithful" offers a pair of detailed case studies – of the Egyptian groups al-Jamaa al-Islamiyya...
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Metropolitan Governance Different Paths in Contrasting Contexts: Germany and Israel
ISBN: PB: 9783593394015, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, July 2011
350 pp., 22x14 cm
As urban areas have grown and sprawl has spread in recent decades, metropolitan governments around the world have begun to look beyond city borders, establishing regional partnerships to help them deal with issues of transit, resource use, and more"....
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Secret of Successful Acquisitions Abandoning the Myth of Board Influence
ISBN: PB: 9783593394381, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, July 2011
192 pp., 22x14 cm
Despite the fact that mergers and acquisitions are a crucial part of the modern business landscape, the factors that can make the difference between success and failure remain little understood – as evidenced by the disappointing outcomes of the majo...
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Alexander Dallas Bache Building the American Nation through Science and Education in the Nineteenth Century
ISBN: PB: 9783593393551, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, April 2011
340 pp., 21.2x14 cm, 1 map, 3 figures, 15 halftones
Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was one of the leaders of American science in the nineteenth century. Driven by a vision of science as a key component of an integrated U. S. nation-state, he guided the nascent American Association for the Advancem...
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Ahead of Change How Crowd Psychology and Cybernetics Transform the Way We Govern
ISBN: PB: 9783593392042, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, March 2011
173 pp., 21.6x14 cm
Wars, revolutions, and financial disasters do not have to happen. There are ways to transform governmental policies so as to avoid such catastrophes. What is needed – argues management expert Constantin Malik – is to anticipate change and to prepare...
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Politics of Corporate Social Responsibility The Rise of a Global Business Norm
ISBN: PB: 9783593392639, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, March 2011
390 pp., 21.2x14 cm
Bringing together the fields of sociology, political science, and management and organization studies, Ursula Muhle offers in this unique volume an authoritative overview of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Muhle first considers the origins of...
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Intervention as Indirect Rule Civil War and Statebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo
ISBN: PB: 9783593393117, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, March 2011
300 pp., 21.4x14 cm
One of the largest peace-keeping missions currently being undertaken by the United Nations is in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the UN is attempting to deal with the civil wars and other conflicts that have plagued the country since 1996. In...
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