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Testing the revisionist model of global regulatory governance on an unusually wide variety of cases, including the Internet, finance, genetically modified organisms, and intellectual property rights, this book shows why there is such disparity in the strength of international regulations.

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Provides information on the field of cultural ecology. This book includes biological and climatic data, and ethnographic and archaeological evidence that reemphasize the complexity of the ecosystem. It intends to broaden our understanding of sophisticated adaptations among indigenous groups.

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An enthralling account of the conflicting experiences of discovering the New World, drawing upon the intriguing tales of early discovery and amazing illustrations of the day.

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He provides a scholarly look at U.S. diplomacy leading up to the era of the War on Terror.

Sullivan explains how over the past 50 years the U.S. has come to succeed Europe as ruler of the global economic system.

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Does America still play by the rules it helped create This book addresses this question as it applies to US behavior in relation to international human rights. It seeks to show and explain how America's approach to human rights differs from that of other Western nations. It includes essays by Stanley Hoffmann, Paul Kahn, and Harold Koh.

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In 1757, when twelve-year-old Samuel Hearne joined the Royal Navy as an apprentice to the famous fighting captain Samuel Hood, he was embarking on a life of high adventure.

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Examines how Hellenistic poetic culture adapted, reinterpreted, and transformed Archaic Greek lyric through a complex process of textual, cultural, and creative reception. This book looks at the ways in which the poetry of Sappho, Alcaeus, Ibycus, Anacreon, and Simonides was preserved, edited, and read by Hellenistic scholars and poets.

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The work examines a cross section of geographers from a variety of subfields within the discipline, from ancient to modern.

Each entry examines the career and impact of the individual and then provides selected bibliographies of works by and about the person.

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Illuminates the mutual transformation of African and African-American cultures, highlighting the example of the Afro-Brazilian Candomble religion. This book contests the conviction that transnationalism is new and the long-held supposition that African culture endures in the Americas only among the poorest and most isolated of black populations.

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This book considers the past, present and future of Kent, alighting on the key sites which symbolise the changing relationship between the UK and its continental neighbours.

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This book considers the past, present and future of Kent, alighting on the key sites which symbolise the changing relationship between the UK and its continental neighbours.

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Uncovers the origins of the housing crisis across the global North and South, outlining the social challenges brought into the 21st century and the radical solutions needed to resolve it.

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Chile is frequently cited as a remarkable success story of neoliberal economic restructuring. In fact, countries around the world are encouraged to follow the Chilean model so that they can reap the extraordinary benefits of rapid growth and expanding export markets associated with the drastic economic reform in Chile.

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The term "classical" is used to describe everything from the poems of Homer to entire periods of Greek and Roman antiquity. But just how did the concept evolve This collection of essays by leading classics scholars from the United States and Europe challenges the limits of the understanding of the term.

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This book explores Seattles current climate policy agenda and future climate challenges within the context of its historical, bio-regional, and metropolitan settings.

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This book explores Seattles current climate policy agenda and future climate challenges within the context of its historical, bio-regional, and metropolitan settings.

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By bringing together mathematical models, statistical analyses, and field experiments, this book offers a comprehensive synthesis of the theory of population oscillations. It first reviews the conceptual tools that ecologists use to investigate population oscillations and then provides an in-depth discussion of several case studies.

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This unique text examines a range of ethnic groups in both historical and contemporary context. Each rich case study offers a brief historical overview of the groups immigration experience and settlement patterns and discusses how these communities have transformedand been transformed bythe places in which they have settled.

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Students and scholars in all the political and social science disciplines will find Cross-Cultural Studies in Human Development a source of stimulating ideas.

The book begins with a focus on childhood issues, including a Piagetian cognitive study in a Third World country.

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Challenges standard understandings of deterrence by analyzing it as a form of talk and reaches conclusions about the effectiveness of diplomacy that are much more optimistic. This book argues that diplomacy works precisely because it is so valuable.