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Entrepreneurship the Disney Way

Entrepreneurship the Disney Way

This book focuses on the business story of Walt Disney and the company he built. Combining a unique blend of entrepreneurship creativity innovation and a relentless drive to bring out the best in his teams Walt Disney created one of the most successful ventures in business history. Outlining the specific processes of the company Goldsby and Mathews provide the reader with the tools they need to embrace their own entrepreneurial leadership style to lead effectively to be more innovative and to build a successful organization. Through the lens of Disney the reader learns the fundamentals of entrepreneurship innovation and leadership. Beginning with a general introduction to the concepts relevant to the entrepreneurial organization today the book examines how Disney built his empire and how the company remains an industry leader. The book also provides the opportunity to take the Entrepreneurial Leadership Instrument which measures one’s style in leading entrepreneurial ventures. The book is divided into two parts: • Part I provides an overview of Disney’s entrepreneurial journey including the topics of vision risk-taking financing and human resource management;• Part II examines the company’s transition from a family business into a global operation including topics such as succession planning and strategy. Part II also explores Disney Parks and Resorts the part of the company that interacts directly with customers including topics such as culture employee engagement customer service and customer experience. Entrepreneurship the Disney Way brings entrepreneurship innovation and leadership to life through the compelling story of one of the most recognizable businessmen and companies of our time. The authors’ interviews with high-level executives provides the reader with a rare inside look into the way his company functions. Disney fans executives and students of entrepreneurship innovation and leadership will find it a delightful and informing read.

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The Wisdom of Dreams Science Synchronicity and the Language of the Soul

The Wisdom of Dreams Science Synchronicity and the Language of the Soul

This fascinating and accessible book offers a comprehensive overview of dream interpretation theory and modern dream science presenting an argument for dreamwork as a means to better understand emotional challenges and achieve personal growth. Bridging the gap between cognitive-behavioral therapies psychoanalysis and depth psychology the book explores topics like lucid dreams end-of-life dreams cross-cultural dream analysis and Freudian and Jungian models of dream interpretation. The authors offer a new model for better understanding dreams based on symbol formation narrative structure and current neurophysiology with the aim of reinvigorating the way we value dreams and their importance to individuals and society. The Wisdom of Dreams can be of great interest to analysts and therapists including psychiatrists psychologists sleep researchers social workers and counselors as well as anyone interested in working with their dreams for greater personal clarity and self-understanding. | The Wisdom of Dreams Science Synchronicity and the Language of the Soul

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The Physics of the Interstellar Medium

The Physics of the Interstellar Medium

This third edition of The Physics of the Interstellar Medium continues to introduce advanced undergraduates to the fundamental processes and the wide range of disciplines needed to understand observations of the interstellar medium and its role in the Milky Way galaxy. The book is suitable for undergraduate students studying physics astronomy and astrophysics. The book also provides concise and straightforward discussions of interstellar physics and chemistry that are useful for more experienced readers. The book leads readers through the range of physical processes operating on both large and small scales that occur in the interstellar medium. It explores the relationship between the dusty tenuous gas in interstellar space and the formation of stars and planets. This new edition also describes exciting developments in the field of astrochemistry and its interaction with interstellar physics and the roles played by interstellar dust grains in interstellar physics and chemistry. Simple models in each chapter together with problems at the end of each chapter encompass interdisciplinary applications in atomic molecular solid state and surface physics and gas dynamics. This popular textbook provides a useful overview and grounding in the study of the interstellar medium and brings insight into many aspects of physics. Features An authoritative textbook in the field at this academic level Provides a wide introduction to the interstellar medium whilst remaining accessible and concise Revised throughout presenting a modern understanding of the interstellar medium

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Report of the Trial of the Directors and the Manager of the City of Glasgow Bank

Report of the Trial of the Directors and the Manager of the City of Glasgow Bank

This book first published in 1879 and reissued by Garland in 1984 analyses through the evidence from the original trial the collapse of the City of Glasgow Bank in 1878 and the reasons behind it. A history of gross mismanagement had been concealed by the directors by deceits facilitated by the absence of an independent audit. | Report of the Trial of the Directors and the Manager of the City of Glasgow Bank

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The Roots of Religion Exploring the Cognitive Science of Religion

The Roots of Religion Exploring the Cognitive Science of Religion

The cognitive science of religion is a new discipline that looks at the roots of religious belief in the cognitive architecture of the human mind. The Roots of Religion deals with the philosophical and theological implications of the cognitive science of religion which grounds religious belief in human cognitive structures: religious belief is ’natural’ in a way that even scientific thought is not. Does this new discipline support religious belief undermine it or is it despite many claims perhaps eventually neutral? This subject is of immense importance particularly given the rise of the ’new atheism’. Philosophers and theologians from North America UK and Australia explore the alleged conflict between truth claims and examine the roots of religion in human nature. Is it less ’natural’ to be an atheist than to believe in God or gods? On the other hand if we can explain theism psychologically have we explained it away. Can it still claim any truth? This book debates these and related issues. | The Roots of Religion Exploring the Cognitive Science of Religion

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The Histology of Fishes

The Histology of Fishes

The book is a multi-authored book of 18 chapters comprising the state of the art work of all relevant topics on modern fish histology from 28 authors from ten countries. The topics include Introduction to Histological Techniques Integument Fish Skeletal Tissues Muscular System Structure and Function of Electric Organs Digestive System Glands of the Digestive Tract Swim Bladder Kidney Ovaries and Eggs Egg Envelopes Testis Structure Spermatogenesis and Spermatozoa in Teleost Fishes Cardiovascular System and Blood Immune System of Fish Gills: Respiration and Ionic-Osmoregulation Sensory Organs Morphology and Ecomorphology of the Fish Brain and Endocrine System. Structural and functional aspects are treated and in a comparative way fish diversity at various taxonomic levels is integrated. | The Histology of Fishes

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The Treasure of the Copper Scroll The Opening and Decipherment of the Most Mysterious of the Dead Sea Scrolls A Unique Inventory of Buried

The Treasure of the Copper Scroll The Opening and Decipherment of the Most Mysterious of the Dead Sea Scrolls A Unique Inventory of Buried

First published in 1960 The Treasure of the Copper Scroll is the companion volume to John Marco Allegro’s People of the Dead Sea Scrolls and tells the story of this unusual buried treasure. Allegro here reveals much hitherto unknown information – the location of many of the cities of the Old Testament events of the second Jewish Revolt and the relation between the Essene community at Qumran and the New Testament interest in healing. With facsimiles of the scroll translations of its texts and a thorough discussion of its significance with maps indicating many of the probable present-day hiding places the book is a truly fascinating report on this unusual document and a first long step toward the unravelling of its secrets. | The Treasure of the Copper Scroll The Opening and Decipherment of the Most Mysterious of the Dead Sea Scrolls A Unique Inventory of Buried

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The Impact of Liberalizing International Aviation Bilaterals: The Case of the Northern German Region The Case of the Northern German Region

The Impact of Liberalizing International Aviation Bilaterals: The Case of the Northern German Region The Case of the Northern German Region

This title was first published in 2001. This is a study of liberalization in the aviation industry especially bilateral agreements. It looks at intra-country impacts of air service agreements and quantifies the impact on the northern German region. The authors assess the potential impact of air transport liberalization for the German economy and travelers and how its outcomes would impact Hamburg Airport and the Hamburg economy. The study focuses on: a comprehensive review of institutional and regulatory environment affecting international air travel; the economic implications of changing the rules governing international travel; and the policy and airport strategy considerations that arise because of these changes. | The Impact of Liberalizing International Aviation Bilaterals: The Case of the Northern German Region The Case of the Northern German Region

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The Routledge Handbook of the War of 1812

The Routledge Handbook of the War of 1812

The War of 1812 ranged over a remarkably large territory as the fledgling United States battled Great Britain at sea and on land across what is now the eastern half of the U. S. and Canada. Native people and the Spanish were also involved in the war’s interrelated conflicts. Often overlooked the War of 1812 has been the subject of an explosion of new research over the past twenty-five years. The Routledge Handbook of the War of 1812 brings together the insights of this research through an array of fresh essays by leading scholars in the field offering an overview of current understandings of the war that will be a vital reference for students and researchers alike. The essays in this volume examine a wide range of military political social and cultural dimensions of the war. With full consideration given to American Canadian British and native viewpoints the international group of contributors place the war in national and international context chart the course of events in its different theaters consider the war’s legacy and commemoration and examine the roles of women African Americans and natives. Capturing the state of the field in a single volume this handbook is a must-have resource for anyone with an interest in early America.

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The Louvre and Versailles The Evolution of the Proto-typical Palace in the Age of Absolutism

The Louvre and Versailles The Evolution of the Proto-typical Palace in the Age of Absolutism

This book traces the evolution of the great palaces of the Louvre and Versailles from Pierre Lescot’s designs for expanding the former in the mid-16th century to the successive grands projets for the transformation of the latter over the course of the 18th century. Detailed architectural analysis is set in the context of the development of the medieval monarchy towards absolutism the significance of Hispano-Burgundian court etiquette as a formative influence on planning and the effect of the French monarchy’s financial incontinence on royal building ambitions. On the basis of exhaustive original research recalling contemporary testimony and re-examining the works themselves the book challenges recent scholarly accounts of the contributions of Claude Perrault and François Mansart to the Louvre and demonstrates the influence of schemes by Italian masters Pietro Cortona and Bernini on Ange-Jacques Gabriel’s designs for rebuilding Versailles. Finally the book looks at the influence of the great French palaces on those seeking to emulate their ambition from Stockholm in the late 17th century to the deliriously opulent late 19th-century palace of Ludwig II of Bavaria at Herrenchiemsee. The book includes a wealth of illustrative material and supporting documents which bring this comprehensive and authoritative text to life. | The Louvre and Versailles The Evolution of the Proto-typical Palace in the Age of Absolutism

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The Language Loss of the Indigenous

The Language Loss of the Indigenous

This volume traces the theme of the loss of language and culture in numerous post-colonial contexts. It establishes that the aphasia imposed on the indigenous is but a visible symptom of a deeper malaise — the mismatch between the symbiotic relation nurtured by the indigenous with their environment and the idea of development put before them as their future. The essays here show how the cultures and the imaginative expressions of indigenous communities all over the world are undergoing a phase of rapid depletion. They unravel the indifference of market forces to diversity and that of the states unwilling to protect and safeguard these marginalized communities. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of cultural and literary studies linguistics sociology and social anthropology as well as tribal and indigenous studies. | The Language Loss of the Indigenous

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The Development of the American Presidency

The Development of the American Presidency

A full understanding of the institution of the American presidency requires us to examine how it developed from the founding to the present. This developmental lens analyzing how historical turns have shaped the modern institution allows for a richer more nuanced understanding. The Development of the American Presidency pays great attention to that historical weight but is organized by the topics and concepts relevant to political science with the constitutional origins and political development of the presidency its central focus. Through comprehensive and in-depth coverage Richard J. Ellis looks at how the presidency has evolved in relation to the public to Congress to the executive branch and to the law showing at every step how different aspects of the presidency have followed distinct trajectories of change. Each chapter promotes active learning beginning with a narrative account of some illustrative puzzle that brings to life a central concept. A wealth of photos figures and tables allow for the visual presentations of concepts. New to the Fourth Edition Explicit and expanded attention to the role of norms in shaping and constraining presidential power with special focus on Trump’s norm-breaking and Biden’s efforts to shore up norms; Enhanced focus on the prospects for institutional reform including in the electoral college presidential relations with Congress war powers and the selection of Supreme Court justices; A full reckoning with the Trump presidency and its significance for the future of American democracy presidential rhetoric the unilateral executive and the administrative state; Coverage of the first year of Biden’s presidency including presidential rhetoric relations with Congress and the bureaucracy use of the war powers and unilateral directives; Comprehensive updating of debates about the removal power including the Supreme Court cases of Seila Law v. CFPB and Collins v. Yellen; In-depth exploration of the impact of partisan polarization on the legislative presidency and effective governance; Analysis of the 2020 election and its aftermath; Expanded discussion of impeachment to incorporate Trump’s two impeachments; Examination of presidential emergency powers with special attention to Trump’s border wall declaration; Review of Biden’s and Trump’s impact on the judiciary; Assessment of Biden’s and Trump’s place in political time.

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The Role of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in Gustatory Processing

The Role of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in Gustatory Processing

Providing an essential brainstem relay for three cranial nerves the NST coordinates highly complex sensory information. While other functions of the NST have received attention its role in gustatory processing has received little. The first reference devoted exclusively to gustatory processing The Role of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in Gustatory Processing offers an in-depth review of one of the most important central relay stations in the brain. Combining widely dispersed research into a comprehensive single volume it presents a thorough historical background documents the anatomy of the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract (rNST) and explores the properties of synaptic transmitters and neurons within that tract. The book examines the role of reflex activities and considers factors that influence how gustatory rNST neurons respond to taste stimuli. It describes the development and maturational changes the rNST undergoes and considers the challenge involved with identifying rNST neural circuits. The Role of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in Gustatory Processing brings together expert investigators who have contributed substantially to the current knowledge of the anatomy physiology and developmental biology of the solitary nucleus. This pertinent work serves as a standard reference for those involved in the field providing ready access to past investigations and inviting practitioners to create new approaches that will advance knowledge about the central processing of gustatory information.

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The Art of Suffering and the Impact of Seventeenth-century Anti-Providential Thought

The Art of Suffering and the Impact of Seventeenth-century Anti-Providential Thought

This title was first published in 2003. 'The art of suffering' is one of many strands of literature on suffering published in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This book explores through the art of suffering the way in which the meaning for suffering which the seventeenth century inherited from the Middle Ages and which centres on the role of suffering as a manifestation of the hand of God in the process of salvation is refined and enhanced by successive puritan writers only to crumble under the impact of emerging anti-providential thought. It goes on to explore the challenge which the absence of meaning for suffering presents to the Judaeo-Christian concept of an omnipotent and infinitely good God and the ways in which themes and doctrines already present in the literature on suffering are reshaped and recombined to defend the omnipotence and infinite goodness of God. | The Art of Suffering and the Impact of Seventeenth-century Anti-Providential Thought

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The Science of Footwear

The Science of Footwear

Although we now have sophisticated algorithms and techniques for determining the shapes and sizes and for matching the fit between shoes and feet few if any of the books currently available cover these new technologies until now. Bringing together high-quality and state-of-the-art contributions from designers biomechanists ergonomists engineers podiatrists and scientists from industry and academia The Science of Footwear provides an in-depth understanding of the technology and techniques involved in the design and development of a popular and demanding consumer product. This book introduces the design development manufacturing and marketing of footwear. The chapters contain data from past research and the state-of-the art methodologies. They not only cover every aspect of the product design but also how the footwear industry caters to the wide-ranging needs of sophisticated and demanding customers. The footwear industry has rapidly changed over the last 10 years. Mass production has changed to personalization and mass customization areas that are not well-understood. This book explores these different concepts in a coherent way drawing on differing views that give a holistic view of the science behind footwear. Collating information from different disciplines the book provides the tools to develop the next generation of footwear.

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The Routledge Handbook of Magazine Research The Future of the Magazine Form

The Routledge Handbook of Magazine Research The Future of the Magazine Form

Scholarly engagement with the magazine form has in the last two decades produced a substantial amount of valuable research. Authored by leading academic authorities in the study of magazines the chapters in The Routledge Handbook of Magazine Research not only create an architecture to organize and archive the developing field of magazine research but also suggest new avenues of future investigation. Each of 33 chapters surveys the last 20 years of scholarship in its subject area identifying the major research themes theoretical developments and interpretive breakthroughs. Exploration of the digital challenges and opportunities which currently face the magazine world are woven throughout offering readers a deeper understanding of the magazine form as well as of the sociocultural realities it both mirrors and influences. The book includes six sections: -Methodologies and structures presents theories and models for magazine research in an evolving global context. Magazine publishing: the people and the work introduces the roles and practices of those involved in the editorial and business sides of magazine publishing. Magazines as textual communication surveys the field of contemporary magazines across a range of theoretical perspectives subjects genre and format questions. Magazines as visual communication explores cover design photography illustrations and interactivity. Pedagogical and curricular perspectives offers insights on undergraduate and graduate teaching topics in magazine research. The future of the magazine form speculates on the changing nature of magazine research via its environmental effects audience and transforming platforms. | The Routledge Handbook of Magazine Research The Future of the Magazine Form

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The Geographies of Threat and the Production of Violence The State and the City Between Us

The Geographies of Threat and the Production of Violence The State and the City Between Us

The Geographies of Threat and the Production of Violence exposes the spatial processes of racialising gendering and classifying populations through the encoded urban infrastructure – from highways cleaving neighbourhoods to laws and policies fortifying even more unbreachable boundaries. This synthesis of narrative and theory resurrects neglected episodes of state violence and reveals how the built environment continues to enable it today within a range of cities throughout the world. Examples and discussions pull from colonial pasts and presents of old strategic settlements turned major modern cities in the United States and elsewhere that link to the physical and legal structures concentrating a populace into neighbourhoods that prep them for a lifetime of conscripted and carceral service to the State. | The Geographies of Threat and the Production of Violence The State and the City Between Us

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The History of the Soviet Atomic Industry

The History of the Soviet Atomic Industry

For the first time readers can discover the numerous pioneers of the Soviet nuclear industry including the role of scientific supervisors of Russia's nuclear project and the statesmen who coordinated the function of the atomic industry in the former USSR. This is a detailed account translated to English for the first time of the development of the atomic industry in the former Soviet Union. It deals with the activities of production facilities research institutes and design bureaus that designed and manufactured equipment and materials. That material was applied in various fields of atomic science and engineering but primarily in the construction of atomic weapons. History of Soviet Atomic Industry will be of interest to scientists and engineers in the nuclear industry as well as historians of science and the post-war Soviet Union. | The History of the Soviet Atomic Industry

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The Making of Modern Economics The Lives and Ideas of the Great Thinkers

The Making of Modern Economics The Lives and Ideas of the Great Thinkers

The Making of Modern Economics presents a bold and engaging history of economics—the dramatic story of how the great economic thinkers built today's rigorous social science. This comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the major economic philosophers begins with Adam Smith and continues through to the present day. It examines the contributions each one made to our understanding of the role of the economist the science of economics and economic theory. Boxes in each chapter highlight little-known and entertaining facts about the economists' personal lives that had an influence on their work. The fourth edition adds coverage of modern monetary theory the COVID-19 pandemic climate change minimum wage debates Schumpeter and socialism Malthus and immigration and more. The Making of Modern Economics is a valuable engaging text for courses in the history of economic thought and political economy. | The Making of Modern Economics The Lives and Ideas of the Great Thinkers

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The Anatomy of Tudor Literature: Proceedings of the First International Conference of the Tudor Symposium (1998) Proceedings of the First In

The Anatomy of Tudor Literature: Proceedings of the First International Conference of the Tudor Symposium (1998) Proceedings of the First In

This title was first published in 2001. Is there such a thing as Tudor literature? The question is the theme that binds the essays in this collection. Scholars from around the world address the question of whether there is a sense of continuity in the literature of the Tudor century. The volume begins by looking at early Tudor writers such as Thomas More and then moves on to look at Elizabethan poetry and prose ending by covering the late Tudor dramas and Shakespeare. | The Anatomy of Tudor Literature: Proceedings of the First International Conference of the Tudor Symposium (1998) Proceedings of the First In

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American Theology Superhero Comics and Cinema The Marvel of Stan Lee and the Revolution of a Genre

American Theology Superhero Comics and Cinema The Marvel of Stan Lee and the Revolution of a Genre

Stan Lee who was the head writer of Marvel Comics in the early 1960s co-created such popular heroes as Spider-Man Hulk the X-Men the Fantastic Four Iron Man Thor and Daredevil. This book traces the ways in which American theologians and comic books of the era were not only both saying things about what it means to be human but starting with Lee they were largely saying the same things. Author Anthony R. Mills argues that the shift away from individualistic ideas of human personhood and toward relational conceptions occurring within both American theology and American superhero comics and films does not occur simply on the ontological level but is also inherent to epistemology and ethics reflecting the comprehensive nature of human life in terms of being knowing and acting. This book explores the idea of the American monomyth that pervades American hero stories and examines its philosophical and theological origins and specific manifestations in early American superhero comics. Surveying the anthropologies of six American theologians who argue against many of the monomyth’s assumptions principally the staunch individualism taken to be the model of humanity and who offer relationality as a more realistic and ethical alternative this book offers a detailed argument for the intimate historical relationship between the now disparate fields of comic book/superhero film creation on the one hand and Christian theology on the other in the United States. An understanding of the early connections between theology and American conceptions of heroism helps to further make sense of their contemporary parallels wherein superhero stories and theology are not strictly separate phenomena but have shared origins and concerns. | American Theology Superhero Comics and Cinema The Marvel of Stan Lee and the Revolution of a Genre

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Understanding the Business of Global Media in the Digital Age

Understanding the Business of Global Media in the Digital Age

This new introductory textbook provides students with the tools they need to understand the way digital technologies have transformed the global media business of the 21st century. Focusing on three main approaches – media economics critical political economy and production studies – the authors provide an empirically rich analysis of ownership organizational structures and culture business strategies markets networks of strategic alliances and state policies as they relate to global media. Examples throughout involve both traditional and digital media and are taken from different regions and countries to illustrate how the media business is influenced by interconnected historical political economic and social factors. In addition to introducing today’s convergent world of global media the book gives readers a greater understanding of their own potential roles within the global media industries. | Understanding the Business of Global Media in the Digital Age

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The Global Impact of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion A Century-Old Myth

The Global Impact of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion A Century-Old Myth

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion has attracted the interest of politicians and academicians and generated extensive research since the tract first appeared in the early twentieth century. Despite having repeatedly been discredited as a historical document and in spite of the fact that it served as an inspiration for Hitler’s antisemitism and the Holocaust it continues even in our time to be influential. Exploring the Protocols’ successful dissemination and impact around the world this volume attempts to understand their continuing popularity one hundred years after their first appearance in so many diverse societies and cultures. With contributions from leading scholars in the field the book covers themes such as: Why have the Protocols survived to the present day and what are the sources from which they draw their strength? What significance do the Protocols have today in mainstream worldviews? Are they gaining in importance? Are they still today a warrant for genocide or merely a reflection of xenophobic nationalism? Can they be fought by logical argumentation? This comprehensive volume which for the first time dwells also on the attraction of the Protocols in Arab and Muslim countries will be of interest to specialists teachers and students working in the fields of antisemitism the far right Jewish studies and modern history. | The Global Impact of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion A Century-Old Myth

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Rome and the Classic Maya Comparing the Slow Collapse of Civilizations

Rome and the Classic Maya Comparing the Slow Collapse of Civilizations

This volume compares two of the most famous cases of civilizational collapse that of the Roman Empire and the Classic Maya world. First examining the concept of collapse and how it has been utilized in the historical archaeological and anthropological study of past complex societies Storey and Storey draw on extensive archaeological evidence to consider the ultimate failure of the institutions infrastructure and material culture of both of these complex cultures. Detailing the relevant economic political social and environmental factors behind these notable falls Rome and the Classic Maya contends that a phenomenon of “slow collapse” has repeatedly occurred in the course of human history: complex civilizations are shown to eventually come to an end and give way to new cultures. Through their analysis of these two ancient case studies the authors also present intriguing parallels to the modern world and offer potential lessons for the future. | Rome and the Classic Maya Comparing the Slow Collapse of Civilizations

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