The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems- both in Western and non-Western societies, in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical dat...
In 1800, the Holland Land Company assigned surveyor Joseph Ellicott the task of selling at a profit 3.3 million acres of land west of the Genesee River in New York State. By 1821, when Ellicott's career as Resident-Agent ended, the area's population had grown from only a few settlers to over 100, 000. This study traces the evolution of western New York from the time the Indians relinquished control to the solidification of institutional life. ...
Mit den beiden letzten Missae breves, der Missa Sancti Nicolai und der Missa Sancti Joannis de Deo, hat Haydn Meisterwerke geschaffen, die bereits zu seinen Lebzeiten zu den beliebtesten dieser Gattung zählten. Die "Kleine Orgelsolomesse" ist trotz der Textschichtungen im Gloria und Credo nie mit dem Vorwurf der Unkirchlichkeit bedacht worden, wird doch der Text auch bei der ungewöhnlichen Kürze des Gloria (31 Takte) differenziert gestaltet. E...
Frontmatter -- Avant-propos / Doisc, Willem -- PREMIÈRE PARTIE: CONFLIT ET CONVERGENCE D'INTÉRÊTS -- Introduction -- Les relations intra- et intergroupes, analyse expérimentale / Sherif, Muzafer / Sherif, Carolyn W. -- Facteurs significatifs dans la surévaluation de la production de son propre groupe / Ferguson, Charles ¿. / Kelley, H. H. -- L'effet discriminatoire entre groupes en fonction d'une réussite ou d'un échec au hasard / Rabbie, Jaco...
We present here the transcripts of lectures and talks which were delivered at the NATO ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE "Electrons in Disordered Hetals and at ~~etallic Surfaces" held at the State University of Ghent, Belgium between August 28 and September 9, 1978. The aim of these lectures was to highlight some of the current progress in our understanding of the degenerate electron 'liquid' in an external field which is neither uniform nor periodic....
First published in hardcover as a monumental two-volume study, and called "a brilliant and original work, and a classic" by Mavis Gallant in The New York Times Book Review, Theodore Zeldin's France, 1848-1945 is now available in a five-volume paperback edition.
One of the major philosophical texts of the 20th century, Process and Reality is based on Alfred North Whitehead's influential lectures that he delivered at the University of Edinburgh in the 1920s on process philosophy.Whitehead's master work in philsophy, Process and Reality propounds a system of speculative philosophy, known as process philosophy, in which the various elements of reality into a consistent relation to each other. It is also ...
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Abstract -- Introduction -- PART I. Historical Survey -- CHAPTER ONE. The Nature of Rhythm -- CHAPTER TWO. A Survey of English Speech Rhythm Studies -- CHAPTER THREE. (a) The Work of Some Experimental Phoneticians on Stress -- CHAPTER THREE. (b) The Characteristic Features of Stress-timed Rhythm -- PART II. Investigations -- CHAPTER FOUR. Auditory Perception Test -- CHA...