This book presents a broad view of contemporary research in evolutionary plant ecology. It illustrates the broad spectrum of life history stages which affect plant reproductive success in some fashion.

With the advent of posthumanism, many scholars in the humanities have started to explore a transforming conception of the “human,” recognizing the limits of “anthropocentricism” both within and between disciplines. Posthumanism may be defined in various ways but the emphasis in this volume is on the idea of constitutive alterity, not simply in the relationship between human beings and other human beings, but in that between human beings and other species and life forms, and between human b...

Few American Civil War operations matched the controversy, intensity, and bloodshed of Confederate general John Bell Hood’s ill-fated 1864 campaign against Union forces in Tennessee. In the first-ever anthology on the subject, The Tennessee Campaign of 1864, edited by Steven E. Woodworth and Charles D. Grear, fourteen prominent historians and emerging scholars examine the three-month operation, covering the battles of Allatoona, Spring Hill, and Franklin, as well as the decimation...

For decades, students learning the Arabic language have begun with Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and then transitioned to learning spoken Arabic. While the MSA-first approach neither reflects the sociolinguistic reality of the language nor gives students the communicative skills required to fully function in Arabic, the field continues to debate the widespread adoption of this approach. Little research or evidence has been presented about the effectiveness of integrating dialect in the curr...

‘Secularization’ sounds simple, a decline in the power of religion. Yet, the history of the term is controversial and multi-faceted; it has been useful to both religious believers and non-believers and has been deployed by scholars to make sense of a variety of aspects of cultural and social change. This book will introduce the reader to this variety and show how secularization bears on the contemporary politics of religion.Secularization addresses the sociological classics’ ambiva...

This rich and assured book is a major contribution to the growing Weber industry. It reveals Weber's theory of modernity in a new and unexpected light.

Wilhelm 'Gi' Baldamus (1908-1991) was one of the most distinctive voices in British sociology in the second half of the twentieth century. He made major contributions to both industrial sociology and sociological theory, yet many of his central concerns remain under-explored. This volume is the first of its kind to engage with these questions and Baldamus’ responses, in combination with the publication of two of Baldamus's own later writings never before printed in English. A substantial b...

These are stories of fantasy, dystopian themes, science fiction. I wrote dark stories of the human condition. Some are funny, at least in part. Some could make you say, "What?"The Tale of Mickey DogSpacerInvaders From the Shadow Planets of TwarrClark's CrossingFallingThe Final StrawStumpy

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.As the old paradigm of materialism that is causing social, ecological, and economic injustices crumbles, it is essential to consciously participate in the shaping of a new paradigm. Charles Turner describes the transition from a material to a spiritual consciousness, saying, "We have gone through the materialization of consciousness to...

This six story collection features:"Quiet Beneath the Moon"Aging 60s activist has his solitude shattered by the arrival of his old-time running mate. The world disintegrating around him."Over Here""From Off the Tumbrel Fell""Chimpanzee""Teapot's Empire""The Census Taker"

Pediatric dentistry is the branch of dentistry dealing with children from birth through adolescence.Pediatric dentists promote the dental health of children as well as serve as educational resources forparents. Pediatric dentists are dedicated to the oral health of children from infancy through the teenyears. They have the experience and qualifications to care for a child's teeth, gums, and mouththroughout the various stages of childhood. This book is presented in a user-friendly mode, aim...

′This book is not an encyclopaedic survey of the most influential or important sociological theories of the 20th century; nor is it an institutional history of sociological theory; it is not a textbook, a distillation of the accumulated knowledge of a particular discipline; nor is it a crib, a set of ready-made and easily-remembered answers to imagined examination questions. It is more of a reader′s guide, a series of hints and suggestions for those who, whether students or teachers, belie...