1721 results for 'parlor g'

Locking up men who beat their partners sounds like a tremendous improvement over the days when men could hit women with impunity and women fearing for their lives could expect no help from...

Thomas Malthus (1766-1834) was a renowned political economist who focused on the relationship between population, social conditions, and economic growth. Originally published in 1926, this volume...

In recent decades, governments and NGOs--in an effort to promote democracy, freedom, fairness, and stability throughout the world--have organized teams of observers to monitor elections in a variety...

This detailed account of ethnic minority politics explains when and how European institutions successfully used norms and incentives to shape domestic policy toward ethnic minorities and why those...

Based on a lifelong professional and personal interest, Traditional Buildings presents a unique survey of vernacular architecture across the globe. The reader is taken on a fascinating tour of...

This book provides thorough and comprehensive coverage of most of the new and important quantitative methods of data analysis for graduate students and practitioners. In recent years, data analysis...

One in six pregnancies ends in miscarriage, a source of great emotional stress to the couples concerned, who frequently cannot find advice or support when they need it. This sensitive book provides...

Levine (comparative literature, Yale U.) explores the difficulty Freud had in coming to terms with (and bringing to words) the notion of a dream as a censored text. He juxtaposes psychoanalytic,...

A definitive new investigation of the science of snowflakes by the world’s leading expertA snowflake’s sophisticated symmetry emerges when crystalline ice grows from water vapor within the winter...

The whole world is affected by American politics, but the essential nature of the American political process can be confusing and mysterious to outsiders. This lively book unravels the mystery.