Search results for “[Subject: civilization]”

• Author(s): Barry B. Powell • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Alphabets & Writing SystemsWriting: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization traces the origins of writing tied to speech from...

• Author(s): Michael E. Smith • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: ArchaeologyThe Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica: A Reader brings together twenty-three of the most influential essays by leading scholars...

• Author(s): Alan L. Kolata • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Latin America - South AmericaThe Tiwanaku The city of Tiwanaku lies ruined in the rugged Andean steppe of Bolivia twelve thousand feet above se...

• Author(s): Francois Chamoux • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Ancient - GreeceSpanning the period from Alexander the Great's accession to the throne in 336 BC to the defeat by Octavian of Antony and Cleo...

• Author(s): Paul R. Waibel • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Europe - GeneralA comprehensive yet concise introduction to Western Civilization, designed to interest and engage contemporary studentsWestern ...

• Author(s): Brian A. Sparkes • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Ancient - GreeceIt covers all the major themes of Ancient Greek history, set in the context of both the preceding and following periods.

• Author(s): Jacques Le Goff • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Europe - MedievalThis one thousand year history of the civilization of western Europe has already been recognized in France as a scholarly con...

• Author(s): Norbert Elias • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: CivilizationThe Civilizing Process stands out as Norbert Elias' greatest work, tracing the "civilizing" of manners and personality in Western Eu...

• Author(s): Lawrence E. Cahoone • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralIn Civil Society, Lawrence Cahoone stages a critical engagement between the social-political viewpoints of l...

• Author(s): Andrew Shanks • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: ReferenceCivil Society, Civil Religion pioneers an essentially new genre of theology: a form of pure civil theology, on a systematic basis. It i...

• Author(s): John A. Kirk • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Modern - 20th Century - GeneralA new civil rights reader that integrates the primary source approach with the latest historiographical trends Des...

• Author(s): Lyde Cullen-Sizer • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)There is an extraordinary range of material in this anthology, from Lincoln’s Gettysburg address...

• Author(s): Lyde Cullen-Sizer • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)There is an extraordinary range of material in this anthology, from Lincoln’s Gettysburg address...

• Author(s): Brooks D. Simpson • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)Such is the continuing volume of work on the Civil War that we are regularly in need of an autho...

• Author(s): Stanley Harrold • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)This new volume deals with two momentous and interrelated events in American history —the American...

• Author(s): Jack E. Davis • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: United States - 20th CenturyThe Civil Rights Movement is a collection of the best new scholarship on what is arguably the most important America...

• Author(s): Peter Mathias • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Industries - GeneralBy setting industrialization against the background of wider processes of economic growth, recent trends in economic history...

• Author(s): Kevin Theakston • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: International Relations - GeneralThis book provides a succinct overview of the development of the civil service since the Second World War. Ad...

• Author(s): Peter Williams • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Civil - GeneralMeasurement in civil engineering and building is a core skill and the means by which an architectural or engineering design may ...

• Author(s): Lacy Ford • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: United States - 19th CenturyA Companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction addresses the key topics and themes of the Civil War era, with 23 origin...

• Author(s): J. MacGregor Wise • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialCultural Globalization: A User’s Guide is a personal and engaging journey through theories of culture an...

• Author(s): Norah Carlin • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Modern - 17th CenturyThis book provides students with the essential background to the English Civil War and to the historical debates surrounding...

• Author(s): Jack E. Davis • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: United States - 20th CenturyThe Civil Rights Movement is a collection of the best new scholarship on what is arguably the most important America...

• Author(s): Thomas West • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Civil RightsThe struggle for civil rights was one of the most powerful movements in American history. This outstanding reader is rich in reminisce...

• Author(s): Marc Edelman • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialThe Anthropology of Development and Globalization is a collection of readings that provides an unprecedented ...

• Author(s): Fred Inglis • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialWhat is, or are, Cultural Studies? In this outstanding critical and historical account, Fred Inglis, strips a...

• Author(s): Gavin Drewry • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Public Affairs & AdministrationIn this revised and enlarged edition of their established textbook, Gavin Drewry and Tony Butcher bring their ...

• Author(s): Donna Bodden • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: United States - GeneralThe Civil War confronted all Americans with the weightiest moral and political issues since the American Revolution. In di...

• Author(s): Jonathan Xavier Inda • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialUpdated with a fresh introduction and brand new selections, the second edition of The Anthropology of...

• Author(s): Peter Gaunt • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralThis book brings together twelve of the most influential articles on the English Civil War, including coverage of ...

• Author(s): J. MacGregor Wise • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialCultural Globalization: A User’s Guide is a personal and engaging journey through theories of culture an...

• Author(s): Marc Edelman • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialThe Anthropology of Development and Globalization is a collection of readings that provides an unprecedented ...

• Author(s): Steven V. Hicks • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: GlobalizationThis volume contains eleven essays dealing with the question of how to face the current challenges of globalization. *The essay...

• Author(s): Hua-Peng Chen • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Civil - BridgesA critical review of key developments and latest advances in Structural Health Monitoring technologies applied to civil engineeri...

• Author(s): Stefan Kratke • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanThis book challenges the new urban growth concepts of the creative class and creative industries from a critical urban theory p...

• Author(s): Steven V. Hicks • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: GlobalizationThis volume contains eleven essays dealing with the question of how to face the current challenges of globalization. *The essay...