The fundamental issue addressed in the book concerns the possibility of educating the modern child to freedom by forcing him or her to be educated in a school, i.e. through compulsory schooling. To...więcej »
In 1800, shoes in the United States were made by craftsmen, each trained to create an entire shoe. A century later, shoes were mass-produced in factories employing dozens of machines and specializ...więcej »
Much of today's political rhetoric decries the welfare state and our maze of government regulations. Critics hark back to a time before the state intervened so directly in citizens' lives. In Th...więcej »
According to Infosys, 86% of consumers surveyed indicated that personalized content has some impact on what they purchase and 25% said that personalization plays a large role in their purchases....więcej »
This book assesses the adequacy of the traditional theories of laughter and humor, suggests revised theories, and explores such areas as the aesthetics and ethics of humor, and the relation of amus...więcej »
Edmund D. Pellegrino has played a central role in shaping the fields of bioethics and the philosophy of medicine. His writings encompass original explorations of the healing relationship, the need ...więcej »
The works of Estryn-Béhar and Fouillot (1990), Vinet (2002), and Vézina, Ndjaboué and Bridon (2010); have proven that the physical workload in hospitals deteriorates the health of professionals thr...więcej »
In The Plagues of Egypt, molecular biologist Siro Trevisanato assembles data gleaned from a variety of ancient texts and a wide range of scientific disciplines to assist in a reconsideration of the...więcej »
Reviewed and endorsed by leading reflexology educators and a medical doctor, the PodyCharts guide students and practitioners alike, through the wonders of the human bod...więcej »
Falk presents the first comprehensive exposition of this great Polish phenomenologist's views of literature as art, drawing on Ingarden's writing that are relevant to the ontology of the literary w...więcej »
The Poetry of Touch by Chris McAlister is a fascinating look into the perspective of a practitioner who has spent most of his life exploring the ins and outs of East Asian Medicine. Given his gr...więcej »
In the 1980s and 1990s, nations throughout Latin America experienced the dual transformations of market liberalizing reforms and democratization. Since then, perhaps no issue has been more controve...więcej »
It is impossible to separate the content of a book from its form. In this study, Filipe Carreira da Silva and Mónica Brito Vieira expand our understanding of the history of social and political...więcej »
The construction of urban identities through the landscape during the Modern Era in Portugal, is an area of historical research which, so far, has been little explored. In this work, the author ...więcej »
To understand the level of participation of women in Water Resources Management, this chapter goes beyond merely identifying and defining temporal and spatial patterns of their participation but cr...więcej »