Fotoboek met 145 afbeeldingen en plaat in kleur.

Met z-w ill.; een plattegrond met de wandelingen is in het boek afgedrukt.

Set van twee delen (alleen te koop als set) met z-w foto's van A.J.W. de Veer.

The relationship between China and Japan remains among the most significant of all the worldâe(tm)s bilateral affairsâe"yet it is also the most tortured and the least understood. Akira Iriye adds brilliant clarity to the past century of Chineseâe"Japanese interactions in this masterful interpretive survey. Placing the relationship within its global context, he outlines three distinct periods in the history of these Asian giants. From the 1880s to World War I, the two nations struggled for power. Armaments, war strategies, and security measures played pivotal roles, reflecting the importance 0f military calculations in a world dominated by Western governments. In the second period, that between the two World Wars, Iriye illuminates the dominant role of culture and the stress on internationalism. Chinaâe(tm)s continuing literary influence, an exchange of ideas and students reforms such as Japanâe(tm)s Taisho democracy and Chinaâe(tm)s May Fourth movement, and both nationsâe(tm) bid for racial equality in the West profoundly affected these interwar years. The third period reaches from the end of World War II through the present day, and is characterized by exchanges of an economic nature: trade, shipping, investment, and emigration. The author discusses the results of Chinaâe(tm)s civil war, the rise and decline 0f the Cold War in the West, and the cultural and ecological problems brought by Japanâe(tm)s spiraling economic development. But economic ties remain deeply entwined with cultural concerns, and ultimately, Iriye stresses, the future of China and Japan depends on the successful cultural interdependence of what may be the most significant pair of countries in the world today.

Annotation Why do farm workers earn less and have a lower status than blue-collar employees in comparable jobs? Robert J. Thomas answers this question through a multi-method study of agricultural work and labor markets. Fieldwork as a lettuce harvester provides valuable insights from the perspective of undocumented immigrants. This is a compelling analysis of how the vulnerability of non-citizens and women workers augments managerial control.

Beschrijving van een twintigtal opgravingen, rijk geillustreerd in kleur.

Nederlandse vertaling met overzicht van de Babylonische wereldkaart tot Manhattan in luchtfoto's.

Met 33 z-w reproducties en een inleiding van Braasem. Gelimiteerde en genummerde oplage: nummer 138.

Met kleurenillustraties ontleend aan de Franse plantenillustrator Redoute uit de collectie van het British Museum.

What goes on inside the minds of other animals? Do they have thoughts and feelings like our own? To many people, particularly pet owners, the answers seem absurdly obvious, while others feel that the issue of animal consciousness is beyond the scope of science. Yet exciting new evidence in animal behavior points to the existence of higher consciousness in some species, such African Grey parrots which have been shown to connect words with their consequences and rats which have demonatrated an elementary grasp of numbers. Through Our Eyes Only? is an immensely engaging exploration of one of the greatest remaining biological mysteries: the possibility of conscious experiences in other species. Dawkins argues that the idea of consciousness in other species has now progressed from a vague possibility to a plausible, scientifically respectable view. Written in a lively style accessible to the general reader, the book aims to show just how near--and how far--we are to understanding animal consciousness.

This work integrates primary source documents with artefacts and the latest archaeological and anthropological findings to provide a comprehensive history of one of the greatest stories of exploration and discovery: the quest for the Northwest Passage

Presenting a view in text and paintings of Las Vegas, this book features portraits of the celebrities who have played in the casinos and in the life of America and offers a unique view of the country's popular culture and politics.

Surveys five hundred years of Russian arts and crafts.