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Plant Allometry(1994) NIKLAS, KARL J.Allometry, the study of the growth rate of an organism's parts in relation to the whole, has produced various results in research on animals. This text applies allometry to studies of the evolution, morphology, physiology and reproduction of plants.Vezava: Trda162,13 € -
Spent Cartridges of Revolution(1993) NUGENT, DANIELWhat happens to a revolutionary town after the revolution? This anthropological history studies the Namiquipan peasants, who supported Pancho Villa in the revolution of 1910-1920, but who now consider themselves mere "spent cartridges" of a struggle thatVezava: Trda129,71 €
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Uncivil Rights(2012) PERRILLO, JONNAAlmost fifty years after Brown v Board of Education, a wealth of research shows that minority students continue to receive an unequal education. This title examines a complex relationship between teachers and civil rights activists, which traces the tensiVezava: Trda162,13 €
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Doubles(1995) POLITO, ROBERTRanging from lyricism to street slang, these poems are written on the theme of doubling, simulation, impersonation and mimicry. Together, they provide a vision of urban life.Vezava: Trda129,71 €
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Making a Social Body(1995) POOVEY, MARYDrawing on both literature and social reform texts, the author analyzes the organization of knowledge during the Victorian period and explores its role in the emergence of the idea of the social body. Readings of Disraeli, Gaskell and Dickens are includedVezava: Trda129,71 €
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Bridging Liberalism and Multiculturalism in American Education(2002) REICH, ROBWhat should the civic purposes of education in a liberal and diverse society be. Linking political theory with educational history and policy, Rob Reich offers provocative new answers to these questions.Vezava: Trda162,13 €
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Gender and Heroism in Early Modern English Literature(2002) ROSE, MARY BETHIn this text, Mary Beth Rose argues that from the late 16th century to the late 17th century, a passive, more female, but equally potent dimension of heroic identity began to dominate English culture.Vezava: Trda129,71 €
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Blessings for the Hands(2008) SCHWARTZ, MATTHEWA collection of poems, which follow various speakers - often disabled speakers, who never once figure themselves as objects of complaint - through the haunted dreamscape of "normalcy."Vezava: Mehka26,61 €
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Unstable Modules over the Steenrod Algebra and Sullivan's Fixed Point Set Conjecture(1994) SCHWARTZ, LIONELAn account of one of the main directions of algebraic topology, this book focuses on the Sullivan conjecture and its generalizations and applications. Intended to be of use to graduates and algebraic topologists, it gathers work on the theory of modules oVezava: Trda91,00 €
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Institutional Change and Healthcare Organizations(2000) SCOTT, W. RICHARD,RUEF, MARTIN,MENDEL, PETER J.,CARONNA, CAROL A.The changes in the US healthcare system since World War II are documented here, from new technologies, service-delivery arrangements, to financing mechanisms and underlying sets of organizing principles. The authors illustrate the work with five types ofVezava: Trda162,13 €
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Field Guide to a New Meta-field(2011)Includes the essays - from Frank Echenhofer's foray into shamanist hallucinogenic visions to David Bashwiner's analysis of emotion and danceability - that develop a common language for implementing programmatic and institutional change.Vezava: Trda162,13 €
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Engendering Song(1997) SUGARMAN, JANE C.For Prespa Albanians, both at home in Macedonia and in the diaspora, the most significant events of any year are wedding ceremonies. This account of Prespa weddings combines photographs, song texts and recordings of the wedding music, demonstrating the imVezava: Trda160,51 €
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Visible and Invisible Realms(1995) WIENER, MARGARET J.In 1908, the ruler of the Balinese realm of Klungkung and over 100 members of his family and court were massacred when they marched deliberately into the fire of the Dutch colonial army. This work examines the question of what their action meant and its sVezava: Trda168,62 €
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Advances in the Economics of Aging(1996)This volume presents research on issues of importance to the well-being of older persons, including: labour market behaviour, health care, housing and living arrangements, and saving and wealth.Vezava: Trda168,62 €
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Selling Jerusalem(2006) WHARTON, ANNABEL JANEArgues that the West has also sought to possess Jerusalem by acquiring its representations. From relics of the True Cross and Templar replicas of the Holy Sepulchre to Franciscan recreations of the Passion to nineteenth-century mass-produced prints, thisVezava: Trda165,38 €
