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You are currently browsing 41–50 of 13,150 new and published books in the subject of Humanities — sorted by publish date from newer books to older books.
For books that are not yet published; please browse forthcoming books.
Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series
Second language writers and the teaching of writing at the secondary level have received little attention compared with other skills such as reading. Addressing this gap, this volume uniquely looks at both adolescent L2 writing and the preparation of secondary teachers to work with this population...
Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
Methodologies and legislative frameworks regarding the archaeological excavation, retrieval, analysis, curation and potential reburial of human skeletal remains differ throughout the world. As work forces have become increasingly mobile and international research collaborations are steadily...
Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Roman Imperial Biographies
Drawing from a variety of sources - literary, visual, archaeological; papyri, inscriptions and coins – the author studies the nature of Diocletian’s imperial strategy, his wars, his religious views and his abdication. The author also examines Galerius’ endeavour to take control of Diocletian’s...
Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Hindu Studies Series
Vaisesika is one of the six systems of Hindu philosophy. It represents a pluralistic realism and is usually held to be an atomistic, metaphysical theory. This book explores the basic tenets of the Vaisesika classical school of Indian philosophy from a new perspective. It argues that it reveals an...
Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Gender and History
In the first half of the nineteenth century the main employments open to young women in Britain were in teaching, dressmaking, textile manufacture and domestic service. After 1850, however, young women began to enter previously all-male areas like medicine, pharmacy, librarianship, the civil...
Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
In the days of global warming and BSE, science is increasingly a public issue. This book provides a theoretical framework which allows us to understand why and how scientists address the general public. The author develops the argument that turning to the public is not simply a response to...
Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
Series: The Classical Tradition in Architecture
This book focuses on the complex ways in which architectural practice, theory, patronage, and experience became modern with the rise of a mass public and a reconfigured public sphere between the end of the seventeenth century and the French Revolution. Presenting a fresh theoretical...
Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
Series: LEA Telecommunications Series
During this era of construction of the information superhighway, this volume presents a prudent analysis of the pros and cons of continuing state regulation of telecommunications. While interested parties either attack or defend state regulation, careful scholarly analysis is required to strike the...
Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society
We are often told that we are "living in an information society" or that we are "information workers." But what exactly do these claims mean, and how might they be verified? In this important methodological study, Alistair S. Duff cuts through the rhetoric to get to the bottom of the "information...
Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge