university of texas press jun 2016 (4 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Through an unprecedented analysis of two crucial energy sectors, this book illuminates the economic and political factors that caused the United States and Mexico to develop an asymmetrical codependency that disproportionally benefits the United States.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Once spoken only in Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala, the Xinkan language family is unique within Mesoamerica, comprising four closely related languages that are unrelated to any of the other language groups used within the region. Descriptions of Xinkan date to 1770 but are typically only sketches or partial word lists. Not even the community of indigenous people who identify as Xinka today-the last speakers-have had access to a reliable descriptive source on their ancestral tongue. Preserving this endangered communication system in accurate, thorough detail, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages presents a historical framework, internal classifications, and both synchronic and diachronic descriptions, incorporating all elements of grammar based on extensive unpublished data collected in the 1970s by Lyle Campbell and Terrence Kaufman.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Presenting five case studies from South America, this foundational book examines the roles played by architecture and urban design in large territorial transformation projects, which remake landscapes but leave a questionable legacy when resource-extracti.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - One of the world's leading female photojournalists presents a powerful photo essay of daily life in war-torn Afghanistan, offering the most complete visual narrative history of this pivotal Middle East country currently in print. '. . . the book is a must-see for anyone with any interest in Afghanistan, the plight of women internationally or photography.' -Kim Barker, New York Times Lens Blog.