Based on extensive ethnographic research, this book examines how the Islamic community in Java, Indonesia, is actively negotiating both modernity and ...
A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art presents a comprehensive collection of original essays exploring key concepts, critical discourses, and theories t ...
This is the third edition of a widely acclaimed text which covers the whole field of modern food microbiology. It has been thoroughly revised and upda ...
This is one of the best-known 'voice' books in the world, by a doyenne of the RSC and the New York theatre - now published in Britain in a revised and ...
"This book will become ragged with use....A labour of love and listing. Amazing Numbers is better than googling, because it has a sensible index and y ...
In an age when advanced molecular and genetic tools allow studies in various systems, amphibian metamorphosis still offers perhaps the most accessible ...
In Anthropology off the Shelf, leading anthropologists reflect on the craft of writing and the passions that fuel their desire to write books.First of ...
Asian Anthropology raises important questions regarding the nature of anthropology and particularly the production and consumption of anthropological ...
The anthropology of Britain is hotly debated. What does it mean to live in Britain and to be 'British', and is an anthropology of Britain even a legit ...
This book illuminates one of the world's most troubled regions from a unique perspective-that of a prominent Russian intellectual. Valery Tishkov, a l ...
Have you ever wondered how the internal space of our brain connects with the external space of society? Drawing on hermeneutics and neuroscience Steph ...
What is the relationship between health, human nature, and human needs?The impact of social change on communities? The processes by which communities ...
This book argues that 'the generation gap' in Japan is something more than young people resisting the adult social order before entering and conformin ...
Genetic-based animal biotechnology has produced new food and pharmaceutical products and promises many more advances to benefit humankind. These excit ...
The now completed Second Edition of the Biotechnology book series is the largest source of information in the field consisting of approximately 11 000 ...
This new series aims at covering the development in the field of biotechnology in the form of comprehensive, illustrated and well-referenced reviews. ...
The biology of birds is diverse and frequently differs significantly from that of other vertebrates. Many birds migrate or fly at high altitudes, whil ...
Discover how the latest developments in biotechnology, genomics, and proteins directly affect your life with Campbell/Farrell?s best-selling biochemis ...
This is the third edition of this advanced textbook, written with two major objectives in mind. One is to provide an advanced textbook covering the ma ...
The statistical analysis of experimental and theoretical data lies at the heart of modern drug design. This practice-oriented handbook is a comprehens ...
This self-contained, state-of-the-art manual is designed to meet the needs of the student, experienced researcher, and newcomer to the molecular biolo ...
The greatest challenge for urban ecologists in the next few decades is to understand the role that humans play in urban ecosystems. So far, research o ...
This volume focuses on the structural aspects of cell division, ranging from nuclear envelope breakdown to cytokinesis and partitioning of the cytopla ...
Cell culture techniques are invaluable to the modern researcher but difficult to carry out successfully. As part of the series of Handbooks in Practic ...
