Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
ISBN: 0199207771
Paperback: 313 pages
Data: 2007
Format: PDF
Description: This is the first book to provide a historical account of the publication and reception of South Asian anglophone writing from the 1930s to the present, based on original archival research drawn from a range of publishing houses. This comparison of succeeding generations of writers who emigrated to, or were born in, Britain examines how the experience of migrancy, (more…)
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
ISBN: 3540722270
Paperback: 482 pages
Data: Oct 2007
Format: PDF
Description: The science of complexity is likely to be among the most salient features of the 21st century, and Thinking in Complexity: Computational Dynamics of Matter, Mind, and Mankind is just as likely to be among the most popular introductions to the topic. Author Klaus Mainzer treats highly technical materials related to descriptions of complexity pervading (more…)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
Language: English
ISBN: 140516087X
Paperback: 160 pages
Data: Jun 2007
Format: PDF
Description: If a severe misfortune makes your life better, was it unfortunate? Could it be that 50 per cent of competent medical doctors ought promptly to retire? Might a justice system threaten with unjust punishment, to avert the need for punishment? Could things become too good, morally? Can terrorists morally complain if innocent people they care about are (more…)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
ISBN: 0195311701
Paperback: 544 pages
Data: Jan 2007
Format: PDF
Description: The first edition of The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy reinvented the standard social welfare policy text to speak to students in a vital new way. This second edition builds on its strengths, with a more accessible graphic design and a thorough update of the effects of recent political and legislative changes on social welfare (more…)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
ISBN: 0198752792
Paperback: 364 pages
Data: 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Sir Anthony Kenny tells the fascinating story of the development of philosophy in the modern world, from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. Alongside (and intertwined with) extraordinary scientific advances, cultural changes, and political upheavals, the last two centuries have seen some of the most intriguing and original (more…)
