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Examines how the Middle East oil industry has influenced the course of events in the Middle East and how it has provided a substantial basis for the process of economic and social growth. The author concludes by assessing the current situation and making recommendations for effective socio-economic policies for the future.

This book surveys and evaluates Indian revolts in northern New Spain during the years 1680-1786 in terms of specific Indian revolts, Spanish Indian policy over time, and relations between Spaniards, mestizo frontiersmen, and Indians. In this study, northern New Spain refers to what is now the Mexican North and the southwestern United States.

This updated and revised second edition of Donald A. Wells's popular War Crimes and Laws of War, originally published in 1984, traces the rules of war since ancient times.

Through a series of 144 short texts on twelve key subjects, this text introduces the reader to some of the central perplexities of human life.

Written in highly readable French, this book is designed to serve as a textbook for a course in the history of the French language.

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This informative first-time translation of the autobiography of Pierre-Clement de Laussat (1756-1835), offers a portrait of the middle-man in the transaction of 1803 which gave the United States the Louisiana territory.

This book represents perhaps the single most important volume to be published on the Constitution during the Bicentennial. With over sixty contributing authors, it brings together the best of American constitutional scholarship for a comprehensive and provocative discussion of the Constitution's history, its principles and its current meaning.

Composed by nine of his former students on the occasion of the Miller Center's tenth anniversary, these essays commemorate Dr. Kenneth W. Thompson's educational leadership and support. It is fitting that the contributors to this volume have chosen to present Dr. Thompson with a collection of essays devoted to moral reasoning and statecraft.

In this study the author examines the socialist society of the German Democratic Republic. Throughout the book, questions are raised about the nature of representation, the role of subjectivity in ideological formations, and especially the role of such subjectivity when westerners attempt to 'tell the objective truth' about socialist societies.

A study of the major philosophical theories of knowledge from Plato to Husserl intending to show the pivotal role of Descartes and the influence of his unjustified assumption of mental reality for ideas. On the basis of this study, the book suggests the need to return to the pre-Cartesian cognitive realism of the Greeks and Medievals.

The great merit of this textbook resides in its sensitivity to the problems of the intermediate student, for whom Catullus will represent a first exposure to 'real Latin.'...Overall, this is a very responsible textbook....

Presents an overview of what the authors see as the roots of Western traditional thought: Homer, the tragedians, Plato, Aristotle, and the Bible. Each section of the book offers lucid intepretations of a major figure through discussion of seminal texts.

Examines the different types of border disputes by going beyond the traditional questions of 'titles of territory' and issues of the location of the boundary.

This third volume of Facets of Faith and Science presents case studies covering astronomy, biology, cosmology, and physics.

This study outlines and defines key terms and concepts behind negotiation tactics that have been effective throughout history. It is completed with a glossary of over 50 terms used in negotiations.

Presents for the first time in textbook form a collection of the finest writings of noteworthy theologians of the key doctrinal themes in Christianity.

This study provides an in-depth analysis of the bizarre relationship between Senator Joe McCarthy and the Hearst press from 1942-57. Concentrating on the "Journal-American" and the "Mirror" in New York, the book looks deep into the controversy and arrives at some surprising conclusions.

In the Spring of 1994 teacher-educators from representative institutions within the Christian College Coalition met to consider the question: Just what is it that Christian colleges of education should do in preparing teachers for the nation's schools? This well-constructed volume begins to answer that question.

This volume notes the accomplishments of key figures among the Italian-Americans of the 20th century. The men and women featured differ in personality and profession, but are similar in the intensity involved in achieving their goals and in making a contribution to the American dream.

This study acknowledges the power that pornographic images continue to assert in a culture whose conscious intention is to deny their attraction. It brings together a wide range of sources in an attempt to explain the prevalence of pornographic themes and imagery in sexual arousal and fulfilment.

Studies and analyzes the changes and other developments in the American Jewish community, its organizations and leadership, as it reacted to the Holocaust and the establishment of an independent state of Israel.

This learner's dictionary for students whose native language is other then English is an educational aid that provides over 3400 entries. It indicates the primary stress, the part(s) of speech, the various meanings of the word in simple English and a description of how the word is used.

"With the translations of these articles, original GDR essays are made available to the English-speaking public. The editors achieved their aim to present material 'essential for an understanding of the German Democratic Republic.' The introductions to each chapter, the footnotes, and the questions for discussion attest to their dedication."--GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW

This volume focuses on the role of Judaism, particularly that of Philo, and of Gnosticism, as two important forces shaping the response of early Christianity to the Graeco-Roman culture of the time. It re-examines Greek philosophy from the perspectives of Hellenistic Judaism and Gnostic texts.