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A riotously colorful history of adventures, chronicling more than 400 years in the exploration of the world's most formidable and enigmatic river syst...
National identity is often cited as a contributing factor to many of the world's worst trouble spots, for example the troubles in Israel, Afghanistan ...
Theory, Ideology, History
For the last two centuries, nationalism has been a central feature of society and politics. Few ideologies can match its power and resonance, and no o...
Historiographical Debates about Ethnicity and Nationalism
In this thought-provoking new book, Anthony Smith analyses key debates between historians and social scientists on the role of nations and nationalism...
Nations and nationalism remain powerful phenomena in the contemporary world. Why do they continue to inspire such passion and attachments? Myths and M...
From the moment of God's covenant with Abraham in the Old Testament, the idea that a people are chosen by God has had a central role in shaping nation...
A Critique of the Functionalist Theory of Social Change
Anthony Smith's important work on the concept of social change, first published in 1973, puts forward the paradigm of historical change as an alternat...
Art and National Identity in Western Europe, 1600-1850
Focusing on national identity in the Netherlands, France, and Britian, The Nation Made Real offers an original interpretation of the role of visual ar...
Hierarchy, Covenant, and Republic
This major new work by Professor Anthony D. Smith challenges thenotion of nationalism as a product of modernity. Major new work by a leading historica...
From Charles I to Bush II
This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the politics of war crimes trials. It provides a systematic and theoretically rigorous examination of...
A Cultural Approach
Anthony D. Smith is Emeritus Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity at the London School of Economics, and is considered one of the founders of the in...
A True Story of Crossing the Atlantic by Raft
Octogenarian Anthony Smith's journey was originally inspired by both the Kontiki Expedition of Thor Heyerdahl (who he knew) and the incredible story o...
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A Guide to MHP, OCAP, and JavaTV
For any digital TV developer or manager, the maze of standards and specifications related to MHP and OCAP is daunting-you have to patch together piece...
The Human Body
The story of the human body is perhaps the greatest story ever told--spelled out over millions of years of evolution and repeated by each of us in our...
Explores the ethnic separatisms and 'neo-nationalisms' that threatened to undermine the fragile stability of the world order in the early 1980s....
An Empire in Crisis, 1890 to 1928
Russia in Revolution gives a full account of the Russian empire from the last years of the nineteenth century, through revolution and civil war, to th...
An International History
Communism in Shanghai, 1920-1927
"The book culminates in a detailed analysis of the three armed uprisings which led to the CCP's briefly taking power in March 1927, before being crush...
Revolution in the Factories, 1917-1918
Deals with problem of workers' control in Russia...
How We Now Interpret Human Distress as Mental Illness
Examines the medicalisation of common human experience. Regardless of the context and cause, distress is increasingly interpreted and diagnosed as a m...
Fundamentals of Level 5 Leadership and Servant Leadership
Part of NWTC's Talent Development collection....
The Spirit of Courage, Folly and Obsession
Winner of our Thirteenth Annual Editors' Book Award, The Free Life recounts an attempt by three brave, young, and obsessed people to be the first to c...
How Western Culture Dominates the World
An intelligent and concise review of the phenomena underlying Third World demands for a new international information order....
Reliability-Centered Maintenance provides valuable insights into current preventive maintenance practices and issues, while explaining how a transitio...
Africa's Changing Valley
Presents a picture of the Rift Valley's terrain, wildlife, and complex geological features....
Provides a comprehensive survey of current biochemistry and molecular biology. The entries are short but informative, providing up-to-date information...
Materials and Techniques for Today's Artist
Spanning the traditional to the innovative, this definitive resource covers all the materials and techniques of drawing with ink. Every type of pen, b...
The Story of the Men and the Weapon that Changed the Face of War
A fascinating history of the men who invented the machine gun - and the devastating impact it had on the course of war...
Narrative Production in the 21st Century
This book shows how the unique characteristics of traditionally differentiated media continue to determine narrative despite the recent digital conver...
The Status of Women and State Responses
Sex Trafficking and Human Rights demonstrates how state responsiveness to human trafficking is shaped by the political, social, and economic rights af...
This major new work by Professor Anthony D. Smith challenges the notion of nationalism as a product of modernity. Major new work by a leading historic...
The 10 Secrets No One Will Tell You About Leaders and What They Really Think
Most leaders who make it to the top possess characteristics that are all too human: they have politically incorrect attitudes, are conflicted, and pla...
An Introduction to International Relations
The Latest Mews
A gift book for cat lovers from a renowned cartoonist How does your feline friend see the world? Well, this is the book to explain. From how a cat-des...
The Governance of Inclusion in a Racialised World
This book seeks to explain the nature of discrimination and exclusion and why these are so prevalent in our societies. The continued failure to overco...
RISK MANAGEMENT FOR HERITAGE PROFESSIONALS
This book is for project engineers and managers, government staff and consultants to help avoid unforseen archaeological problems in construction and ...