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The Clash within Civilisations
Taylor and Francis 2001; US$ 47.95Expanding upon, and engaging with, the influential theories of Francis Fukuyama in The End of History and Samuel Huntington in The Clash of Civilisations , this book is a major, and controversial, contribution to these key contemporary debates. Dieter Senghaas examines some of the most significant political issues we face today: * How do societies... more...
Anticipations
The Floating Press 1902; US$ 5.99Anticipations: Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress Upon Human Life and Thought is a 1902 book by author H. G. Wells, the "Father of Science Fiction." It is proposed in this book to present in as orderly an arrangement as the necessarily diffused nature of the subject admits, certain speculations about the trend of present... more...
The Nature and Function of Water, Baths, Bathing and Hygiene from Antiquity through the Renaissance
BRILL 2009; US$ 237.00These essays offer scholars, teachers, and students a new basis for discussing attitudes toward, and technological expertise concerning, water in antiquity through the early Modern period, and they examine historical water use and ideology both diachronically and cross regionally. Topics include gender roles and water usage; attitudes, practices, and... more...
The Art of Hostile Takeover Defence
Diplomica Verlag 2010; US$ 36.37The market for corporate control had been the playfield of bust-up artists and speculators seeking short-time profits during the 1980s. This had also encouraged many innovations in the art of hostile takeover defence. Until today anti-takeover defence has reached a very sophisticated level and most companies have erected formidable defences to counter... more...
Atlantische Zivilisation und transatlantisches Verhältnis
Springer Fachmedien 2008; US$ 84.99Grenzen der Versicherbarkeit von Katastrophenrisiken
Springer Fachmedien 2007; US$ 69.99Großindustrie, Staat und NSDAP 1930-1933
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1981; US$ 21.98Staat, Adel und Elitenwandel
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2012; US$ 60.60Hauptbeschreibung Rudolf Kucera untersucht in seiner Studie die Praxis der Adelsverleihungen im habsburgischen Böhmen und preußischen Schlesien im 19. Jahrhundert. Welche Ziele verfolgten die beiden Staaten mit ihrer Nobilitierungspolitik? Gewährte der Staat bestimmten Gruppen öffentliche Anerkennung, während er anderen... more...









