Exit-Voice Dynamics and the Collapse of East Germany
Winner of the Social Science History Association President's Book AwardEast Germany was the first domino to fall when the Soviet bloc began to collapse in 1989. Its topple was so swift and unusual that it caught many area specialists and social sc...
The Genesis of Rebellion
The Age of Sail has long fascinated readers, writers, and the general public. Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, Jack London et al. treated ships at sea as microcosms; Petri dishes in which larger themes of authority, conflict and order emerge. In th...
Contemporary Sociological Theory
The new edition of the definitive undergraduate guide to contemporary sociological theory, with updated reading selections throughout The fourth edition of Contemporary Sociological Theory offers a thorough introduction to current perspectives and...
Classical Sociological Theory
A world-class introduction to the historical and continuing impact of classical theory¿on sociological debate¿ The latest edition of¿Classical Sociological Theory¿offers¿students a definitive guide to the¿theoretical¿foundations¿of sociology and t...
Focus on African Films
Emphasizing post-independent films released since the 1950s and the burgeoning commercial film production of the last decade, Focus on African Films provides unique and pluralistic perspectives on filmmaking throughout Africa. As a whole, the coll...
How Brain Arousal Mechanisms Work
What are the physical paths towards consciousness? How do humans transition out of deep anesthesia, deep sleep, or traumatic brain injury? This book presents a new argument that expands past theories centered on the cerebral cortex, and instead em...
Inorganic Pigments
The book provides a complete overview on inorganic pigments and their use in coatings, plastics, printing, cosmetic, and construction industries. Each chapter introduces a certain class of pigment in respect of fundamentals, manufacture, properties and toxicology and thus being very valuable for color chemists, materials scientists and specialists for pigment applications. The readers will benefit from a concise and well-structured text, numerous examples and figures, and a variety of questions for self-control.
Locked In
A groundbreaking examination of our system of imprisonment, revealing the true causes of mass incarceration as well as the best path to reform In the 1970s, the United States had an incarceration rate comparable to those of other liberal democraci...
Brain Arousal and Information Theory
Arousal is fundamental to all cognition. It is intuitively obvious, absolutely necessary, but what exactly is it? In Brain Arousal and Information Theory, Donald Pfaff presents a daring perspective on this long-standing puzzle. Pfaff argues that, ...
Analysis of Integrated and Cointegrated Time Series with R
The analysis of integrated and co-integrated time series can be considered as the main methodology employed in applied econometrics. This book not only introduces the reader to this topic but enables him to conduct the various unit root tests and ...
Financial Risk Modelling and Portfolio Optimization with R
A must have text for risk modelling and portfolio optimization using R. This book introduces the latest techniques advocated for measuring financial market risk and portfolio optimization, and provides a plethora of R code examples that enable the...
Wrath of Nations: Civilizations and the Furies of Nationalism
In The Wrath of Nations William Pfaff writes an enthralling narrative of the fall of empires and the rise of nations-- and with them, of modern nationalism, the most important of all political forces as we enter the next century. Writing with both...
The Altruistic Brain
Since the beginning of recorded history, law and religion have provided "rules" that define good behavior. When we obey such rules, we assign to some external authority the capacity to determine how we should act. Even anarchists recogni...
The Liturgy in Medieval England
This book provides a comprehensive historical treatment of the Latin liturgy in medieval England. Richard Pfaff constructs a history of the worship carried out in churches - cathedral, monastic, or parish - primarily through the surviving manuscri...
Unfinished Rhapsody: The Other Side of Fame
'Unfinished Rhapsody' is the story of my daughter, Kristen Pfaff, bass guitarist of Courtney Love's group 'Hole'. Kristen died of an accidental drug overdose after recording the album 'Live Through This'. It was released one month before Kristen died, and it went platinum two months later. My message is a message of hope - of how God offers peace, help, and sanity to an insane world. My message is also one of encouragement to others to discover their own faith, not that of someone else. I share how the Lord helped me through the most painful years of my life and gave me a voice to serve as a bridge to young people.
The Economics and Politics of Accounting
Accounting and the role of accountants has permeated the modern societies. For the most part we have accepted the impartiality and objectivity of accounting and not recognized how accounting systems are embedded in a country's economic and legal f...
Putin's Russia: Economy, Defence And Foreign Policy
This volume seeks to fill the vacuum created by the Joint Economic Committee of Congress's decision to cease publishing comprehensive assessments of Russia's performance and potential. It provides readers with authoritative descriptions of Russia'...
Chance, Logic And Intuition: An Introduction To The Counter-intuitive Logic Of Chance
Chance rules our daily lives in many different ways. From the outcomes of the lottery to the outcomes of medical tests, from the basketball court to the court of law. The ways of chance are capricious. Bizarre things happen all the time. Neverthel...
Handbook of Creative Writing
The inspirational resource for tutors, students and other creative writing professionals, now in a new edition. 54 chapters cover the 3 central¿areas of writing creatively: theories of creativity; the craft of writing; and creative writing as a bu...
Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) was one of the most important philosophers of all time; he was also one of the most radical and controversial. The story of Spinoza's life takes the reader into the heart of Jewish Amsterdam in the seventeenth century an...
Pig Disease Identification and Diagnosis Guide
Pork is one of the world's most widely consumed meats, with the pig industry undergoing recent rapid expansion across Asia and Latin America. This textbook covers more than 100 of the most common pig diseases. With each presented as a case study, ...