Comprehensive introduction to the science of Darwinian Psychiatry, arguing that psychiatric syptoms are manifestations of ancient adaptive strategies which are no longer approproate but can be understood in an evolutionary way.[...]

Japanese popular culture has been steadily increasing in visibility both in Asia and beyond in recent years. This book examines Japanese popular music, exploring its historical development, technology, business and production aspects, audiences, and language and culture. Based both on extensive text[...]

"How do children's early physical experiences influence their future health and well-being? The Growing Child thoughtfully discusses the key principles of children's physical development alongside descriptions of everyday practice. It looks in detail at all aspects of physical development including [...]

The major aim of Cyberspace and the State is to provide conceptual orientation on the new strategic environment of the Information Age. It seeks to restore the equilibrium of policy-makers which has been disturbed by recent cyber scares, as well as to bring clarity to academic debate on the subject [...]

What is the role of the individual school 'subject' and 'subject teacher' within school? This book brings together debates about personalised learning, creativity and ICT in education to establish a clear theoretical framework for cross-curricular teaching and learning in English and literacy.[...]

Call centers have come, in the last three decades, to define the interaction between corporations, governments, and other institutions and their respective customers, citizens, and members. The offshoring and outsourcing of call center employment, part of the larger information technology and inform[...]

This study examines Wallace Stevens' ideas and practice of poetic language with a focus on the 1930s, an era in which Stevens persistently thematized a keenly felt pressure for the possible social involvement and political utility of poetic language. The argument suggests how mutually implicated ele[...]

Rev. ed. of: Marketing research: text and cases / Bruce Wrenn, Robert E. Stevens, David L. Loudon. 2nd ed.[...]

For over fifty years, the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program has put elite members of the business world through a rigorous training session, taking them to a level of excellence and success that sets them apart from all others. Here, for the first time ever, the invaluable lesson[...]