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New and Published Books

-9. Structural Design in Building Conservation

    By Dimitris Theodossopoulos

    No building is properly conserved if it is not structurally sound. Consequently architects, engineers and conservation officers need an adequate grounding in the technology as well as in the materials and the historic origins of the building. Structural interventions to historic buildings are...

    Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
-8. Solid State Chemistry

    An Introduction, Fourth Edition

    By Lesley E. Smart, Elaine A. Moore

    Building a foundation with a thorough description of crystalline structures, Solid State Chemistry: An Introduction, Fourth Edition presents a wide range of the synthetic and physical techniques used to prepare and characterize solids. Going beyond basic science, the book explains and analyzes...

    Published May 29th 2012 by CRC Press
-7. Colonial India in Children’s Literature

    By Supriya Goswami

    Series: Children's Literature and Culture

    Colonial India in Children’s Literature is the first book-length study to explore the intersections of children’s literature and defining historical moments in colonial India. Engaging with important theoretical and critical literature that deals with colonialism, hegemony, and marginalization in...

    Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
-6. Innocence, Knowledge and the Construction of Childhood

    The contradictory nature of sexuality and censorship in children’s contemporary lives

    By Kerry Robinson

    This book provides a critical examination of the discourses that underpin the regulation of children’s access to certain knowledge – understood as ‘difficult knowledge’ – and highlights the way this regulation contributes to the construction of childhood....

    Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
-5. Weber and Durkheim

    A Methodological Comparison

    By Henrik Jensen

    Weber and Durkheim: A methodological comparison is a systematic, comparative analysis of the methodologies of Max Weber and Émile Durkheim. Jensen shows how Weber and Durkheim analyse Protestants and Catholics in practice in The Protestant Ethic and Suicide, respectively. The very different ways...

    Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
-4. The Challenge of Differentiation in Euro-Mediterranean Relations

    Flexible Regional Cooperation or Fragmentation

    Edited by Esther Barbé, Anna Herranz-Surrallés

    The tension between the aim of creating sustainable multilateral region-building dynamics and the need to find more differentiated and flexible forms of cooperation has been ever-present in Euro-Mediterranean relations. The proliferation of different and partially overlapping initiatives in recent...

    Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
-3. Fighting Corruption in Eastern Europe

    A Multilevel Perspective

    Edited by Diana Schmidt-Pfister, Holger Moroff

    Anti-corruption programmes, projects and campaigns have come to constitute an essential aspect of good governance promotion over the last two decades. The post-communist countries in Eastern Europe have presented one of the first key targets of transnational anti-corruption efforts, and indeed most...

    Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
-2. Chemistry of Natural Products

    A Laboratory Handbook

    By N R Krishnaswamy

    This book is a companion to Chemistry of Natural Products: A Unified Approach, Second Edition. It contains a judicious mix of both spectroscopic and chemical methods of characterisation of natural products. The main objective is to provide students with experimental details for the successful...

    Published May 29th 2012 by CRC Press
-1. Archaeology and Folklore

    Edited by Amy Gazin-Schwartz, Cornelius J. Holtorf

    Archaeology and Folklore explores the complex relationship between the two disciplines to demonstrate what they might learn from each other.This collection includes theoretical discussions and case studies drawn from Western Europe, the Mediterranean and North. They explore the differences between...

    Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
0. Secessionist Movements and Ethnic Conflict

   The Development and Impact of Nationalist Rhetoric

   By Beata Huszka

   Series: Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity

   Discourses creating ethnically exclusive identities can alienate minorities and lead to inter-ethnic tensions and violent conflict, while an ethnically inclusive discourse can contribute to inter-ethnic peace. Using discourse analysis, this book examines how the process of secession affects...

   Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge