The Incas

A History of the Devil

From the Middle Ages to the Present

Translated by Jean Birrell. This highly original and engaging book by French historian Robert Muchembled, is a journey through time and space in search of the changing perception and significance of the devil in Western culture. - An outstanding book about the changing perception and significance ...

Homer

Encountering nationalism

The intellectual origins of the European Reformation

Cities and visitors

regulating people, markets, and city space

The ethics of nature

Moral and epistemic virtues

Understanding market,credit,and operational risk

the value at risk approach

A step-by-step, real world guide to the use of Value at Risk (VaR) models, this text applies the VaR approach to the measurement of market risk, credit risk and operational risk. The book describes and critiques proprietary models, illustrating them with practical examples drawn from ...

Guide to management research methods

An introductory textbook for all students of organizations. Organizational scientists must be able to conduct reliable research on the basis of empirical field data, and to argue the soundness or validity of their research approach, either as a researcher within a university or research institute ...

The aztecs

This book is a vivid and comprehensive account of the Aztecs, the best- known people of pre-Columbian America. It examines their origins, civilization, and the distinctive realms of Aztec religion, science, and thought. It describes the conquest of their empire by the Spanish, and the ...

Readings in economic sociology

A companion to economic forecasting

A Companion to Economic Forecasting provides an accessible and comprehensive account of recent developments in economic forecasting. Each of the chapters has been specially written by an expert in the field, bringing together in a single volume a range of contrasting approaches and views. Uniquely ...

The reformation in Germany

Multiculturalism in a global society

Marx after marxism

the philosophy of Karl Marx

Readings in political economy

This text collects some of the most valuable contributions to this rapidly growing field. Ranging from seminal pieces to striking contemporary papers, the readings in this volume explore the complex intersections between politics and economics from the perspectives of both disciplines. Presenting both the historical ...

Scpeticism

the central issues

Comparative economic systems

culture, wealth, and power in the 21st century

Political geography

territory, state and society