Are there no limits to human cruelty? Is there any divine justice? Do the gods even matter if they do not occupy themselves with rewarding virtue and punishing wickedness? Seneca's plays might be dismissed as bombastic and extravagant answers to such questions--if so much of human history were not ''Senecan'' in its absurdity, melodrama, and ......
In this comprehensive study, international relations scholar John Weltman explores the many roles of war in world politics. With topics ranging from the development of strategic thought to the effects on war of political and technological change, from the uses of force--and threats of force--to the uses of arms control, from the prominence of war ......
''Residents and medical students,'' writes Janine C. Edwards, ''need to know the economics of health care delivery and current patterns of delivery, especially managed care.'' In Medical Practice in the Current Health Care Environment, a distinguished group of contributors explain the settings in which medical care is currently being delivered, ......
''Mr. Gilman's work is the most convincing account of how Freud's anxiety about being Jewish is reflected in his work. After reading Mr. Gilman's exhaustive treatment, one cannot help seeing Freud as struggling to formulate a response to the Viennese notions of Jewishness in which he was inescapably steeped.''--New York Times.''Gilman [is] one of ......
In recent years, the idea of multiculturalism has become a powerful--and controversial--influence in a variety of social and cultural territories. In the academic world it has profoundly influenced curriculum and scholarship in the humanities, particularly in traditionally Eurocentric disciplines such as comparative literature.It was hardly ......
This comprehensive handbook provides the latest information on HIV care, with an emphasis on the provider-patient partnership and the need to view HIV patients holistically. It will become an essential guide for any health care professional working with patients who are HIV positive.
This comprehensive handbook provides the latest information on HIV care, with an emphasis on the provider-patient partnership and the need to view HIV patients holistically. It will become an essential guide for any health care professional working with patients who are HIV positive.
Written by qualitative researchers for qualitative researchers, and not presuming extensive computer experience, this user-friendly guide takes a critical look at the wide range of software currently available. The book gives detailed reviews of 24 programs in five major categories: text retrievers, textbase managers, code-and-retrieve programs, code-based theory-builders and conceptual network-builders. In addition, the book provides ratings of over 75 features per program. The authors also offer detailed guidance on the operation of each program, helping the reader to ask key questions about the use of the computer - the nature of the project being undertaken, what time-line analyses are planned and what worksheets are required - all to assist in identifying the programs best suited to the reader's needs.
