The Tobacco Atlas Author: Michael Eriksen , Judith Mackay , Hana Ross Publisher: American Cancer Society Edition: 4th edition Publication Date: 2013-01-01 Language: English Paperback: 128 pages ISBN-10: 1604430931 ISBN-13: 9781604430936 Book Description This groundbreaking reference gives shape and meaning to statistics about tobacco use and control, while also examining possible solutions and potential courses of the epidemic. Full-color maps and graphics illustrate in a clear and accessible ...
Sex, Religion, and the Making of Mode Madness: The Eberbach Asylum and German Society, 1815-1849 Author: Ann Goldberg Publisher: Oxford University Press Edition: N/A Publication Date: 2001-02-22 Language: English Paperback: 252 pages ISBN-10: 0195140524 ISBN-13: 9780195140521 Book Description How did the affliction we now know as insanity move from a religious phenomenon to a medical one? How did social class, gender, and ethnicity affect the experience of mental trauma and the way psychiatris...
Confucianism (Ancient Philosophies) Author: Paul R. Goldin Publisher: University of Califoia Press Edition: First Edition () Publication Date: 2011-03-11 Language: English Paperback: 176 pages ISBN-10: 0520269705 ISBN-13: 9780520269705 Book Description This book presents a concise, balanced overview of China’s oldest and most revered philosophy. In clear, straightforward language, Paul R. Goldin explores how Confucianism was conceived and molded by its earliest masters, discusses its main tene...
Collective Killings in Rural China during the Cultural Revolution (Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics) Author: Yang Su Publisher: Cambridge University Press Edition: 1st edition () Publication Date: 2011-02-21 Language: English Paperback: 320 pages ISBN-10: 0521198089 ISBN-13: 9780521198080 Book Description The violence of Mao’s China is well known, but its extreme form is not. In 1967 and 1968, during the Cultural Revolution, collective killings were widespread in rural China in ...
Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations (The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices) Author: Paul Williams Publisher: Routledge Edition: 2nd edition () Publication Date: 2008-07-11 Language: English Paperback: 456 pages ISBN-10: 0415356520 ISBN-13: 9780415356527 Book Description Originating in India, Mahayana Buddhism spread across Asia, becoming the prevalent form of Buddhism in Tibet and East Asia. Over the last twenty-five years Weste interest in Mahayana has increased considerably...
Communities of Complicity: Everyday Ethics in Rural China (Dislocations, 10) Author: Hans Steinmüller Publisher: Berghahn Books Edition: 1st edition () Publication Date: 2013-03-01 Language: English Paperback: 290 pages ISBN-10: 0857458906 ISBN-13: 9780857458902 Book Description Everyday life in contemporary rural China is characterized by an increased sense of moral challenge and uncertainty. Ordinary people often find themselves caught between the moral frameworks of capitalism, Maoism and t...
The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore Author: Michael Dylan Foster , Shinonome Kijin (Illustrator) Publisher: University of Califoia Press Edition: First Edition () Publication Date: 2015-01-14 Language: English Paperback: 336 pages ISBN-10: 0520271025 ISBN-13: 9780520271029 Book Description A lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its ever-expanding influence on global popular culture through the concept of yokai. Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supeatural ...
Chinese-Soviet Relations, 1937-1945: The Diplomacy of Chinese Nationalism Author: by John W. Garver (Author) Publisher: Oxford University Press Edition: 1st edition Publication Date: 1988-09-8 Language: English Hardcover: 320 pages ISBN-10: 0195054326 ISBN-13: 9780195054323 Product details During the Sino-Japanese war of 1937-1945, the Chinese people suffered great degradation at the hands of the Japanese. The spectacle of China’s debasement as well as the very real prospe...
1000 Solved Problems in Mode Physics by: Ahmad A. Kamal (Author) Publisher: Springer Edition: 2010th Publication Date: 2010/7/5 Language: English Print Length: 648 pages ISBN-10: 3642043321 ISBN-13: 9783642043321 Book Description This book is targeted mainly to the undergraduate students of USA, UK and other European countries, and the M. Sc of Asian countries, but will be found useful for the graduate students, Graduate Record Examination (GRE), Teachers and Tutors. This is a by-product of lect...
Manager’s Guide to Compliance: Sarbanes-Oxley, COSO, ERM, COBIT, IFRS, BASEL II, OMB’s A-123, ASX 10, OECD Principles, Tubull Guidance, Best Practices and Case Studies Author: by Anthony Tarantino (Author) Publisher: Wiley Edition: 1st edition Publication Date: 2006-04-21 Language: English Hardcover: 336 pages ISBN-10: 0471792578 ISBN-13: 9780471792574 Product details Compliance requirements are here to stay. Prepare your company for the growing challenge. A Wall Str...
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