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  • The Oldest Enigma of Humanity

    The Key to the Mystery of the Paleolithic Cave Paintings

    by Bertrand David, Jean-Jacques Lefrère ...
    Thirty thousand years ago our prehistoric ancestors painted perfect images of animals on walls of tortuous caves, most often without any light. How was this possible? What meaning and messages did the cavemen want these paintings to convey? In addition, how did these perfect drawings come about at a time when man's sole purpose was surviving? And why, some ten thousand years later, did startlingly ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • State and Sub-State Nationalism in Southeast Asia

    by Jacques Bertrand ...
    Series series Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia
    Nationalism is a political phenomenon with deep roots in Southeast Asia. Yet, state attempts to create homogenous nations met with resistance. This Element focuses on understanding the rise and subsequent ebbing of sub-state nationalist mobilization in response to state nationalism. Two factors allowed sub-state nationalist movements to be formed and persist: first, state nationalisms that were ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Winning by Process

    The State and Neutralization of Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar

    by Jacques Bertrand, Alexandre Pelletier, Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung ...
    Winning by Process asks why the peace process stalled in the decade from 2011 to 2021 despite a liberalizing regime, a national ceasefire agreement, and a multilateral peace dialogue between the state and ethnic minorities.Winning by Process argues that stalled conflicts are more than pauses or stalemates. "Winning by process," as opposed to winning by war or agreement, represents the state's ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Standard Model Of Quantum Physics In Clifford Algebra, The

    by Claude Daviau, Jacques Bertrand ...
    We extend to gravitation our previous study of a quantum wave for all particles and antiparticles of each generation (electron + neutrino + u and d quarks for instance). This wave equation is form invariant under Cl3*, then relativistic invariant. It is gauge invariant under the gauge group of the standard model, with a mass term: this was impossible before, and the consequence was an ... Read more

    $37.99 USD

  • Political Change in Southeast Asia

    by Jacques Bertrand ...
    Southeast Asia is a vast and complex region, comprising countries with remarkably diverse histories and cultures. Jacques Bertrand provides a fresh and highly original survey of politics and political change in this area of the world. Against the backdrop of rapid economic development and social transformation in several countries, he explores why some countries have adopted democratic ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Democracy and Nationalism in Southeast Asia

    From Secessionist Mobilization to Conflict Resolution

    by Jacques Bertrand ...
    Jacques Bertrand offers a comparative-historical analysis of five nationalist conflicts over several decades in Southeast Asia. Using a theoretical framework to explain variance over time and across cases, he challenges and refines existing debates on democracy's impact and shows that, while democratization significantly reduces violent insurgency over time, it often introduces pernicious effects ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Multination States in Asia

    Accommodation or Resistance

    Edited by Jacques Bertrand, Andre Laliberte ...
    As countries in Asia try to create unified polities, many face challenges from minority groups within their own borders seeking independence. This volume brings together international experts on countries in all regions of Asia to debate how differently they have responded to this problem. Why have some Asian countries, for example, clamped down on their national minorities in favour of ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Democratization and Ethnic Minorities

    Conflict or compromise?

    Edited by Jacques Bertrand, Oded Haklai ...
    Series series Democratization and Autocratization Studies
    Many new democracies are characterized by majority dominance and ethnocentrism. Varying paths or transitions toward democracy create very different outcomes for how ethnic identities, communities and politics are recognized. This book illustrates the varied consequences of democratization, from ethnic violence, new forms of accommodation to improve minorities’ status, or sometimes only minor ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • H2Karst Research in Limestone Hydrogeology

    Edited by Jacques Mudry, Catherine Bertrand, James W. LaMoreaux, François Zwahlen ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Chapters in this book are contributions from the 9th Conference on limestone hydrogeology, organized in Besançon in September 2011 selected by the scientific committee of H2Karst.The book presents latest results on in the field of groundwater flow and storage within the different subsystems of karst aquifers; insights into the complex interaction between groundwater and surface water in karst ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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  • The Day the Bubble Burst

    A Social History of the Wall Street Crash of 1929

    by Gordon Thomas, Max Morgan-Witts ...
    The New York Times bestseller that tells the story of an overheated stock market and the financial disaster that led to the Great Depression of the 1930s.A riveting living history about Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929. Captures the era, the intoxicating expectancy, the hope that ruled men's heart and minds before the bubble burst and the black despair of the decade that followed. ... Read more

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  • Newton and the Counterfeiter

    The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist

    by Thomas Levenson ...
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