Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
ISBN: 0300084935
Paperback: 276 pages
Data: Aug 2000
Format: PDF
Description: This compact, comprehensive and illustrated history of ancient Greece takes us from the Stone Age roots of Greek civilisation to the early Hellenistic period following the death of Alexander the Great. Thomas Martin begins with a prehistory of late Stone Age activity that provides background for the conditions of later Greek life. He then describes (more…)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Language: English
ISBN: 0748618899
Paperback: 640 pages
Data: Jul 2006
Format: PDF
Description: This book is the most fundamental reinterpretation of Ancient Greek history, culture, and society in thirty years. The authors refute the traditional view of the Greek Dark Age with evidence of a steady progression from Mycenaean kingship to the conception of aristocratic nobility in the Archaic period. (more…)
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Language: English
ISBN: 0816648816
Paperback: 288 pages
Data: May 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Influential philosopher Michel Serres’s foundational work uses fable to explore how human relations are identical to that of the parasite to the host body. Among Serres’s arguments is that by being pests, minor groups can become major players in public dialogue—creating diversity and complexity vital to human life and thought. (more…)
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
ISBN: 0520254910
Paperback: 312 pages
Data: Apr 2008
Format: PDF
Description: This book develops a theory and framework to describe how archaeology can contribute to a more humane world. Recognizing that archaeology is an inherently political activity, Randall H. McGuire builds on the history of archaeological theory and Marxist dialectical theory to point out how archaeologists can use their craft to evaluate (more…)
Publisher: Kogan Page
Language: English
ISBN: 0749448520
Paperback: 232 pages
Data: May 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Employers want to fill their top management posts with candidates of the highest caliber and their rigorous selection procedures often include a range of psychometric, or aptitude, tests. This study aid provides essential preparation for new graduates or managers facing skills tests, whether as part of selection or assessment procedures. (more…)
