Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: matthew johnson

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  • PROPERTY RIGHTS IN OUTER SPACE
    MATTHEW JOHNSON
    This book explores the role of private mining rights in the utopian imaginary of space colonisation. It presents a transdisciplinary account of the new and evolving legislative frameworks that have been established in anticipation of commercial exploitation of the mineral resources of the off-world frontier. Written in an engaging style, the book investigates a novel case study...

    $1,600.00

  • REDEFINING PROPAGANDA IN MODERN CHINA
    MATTHEW D. JOHNSON / JAMES FARLEY
    Usage of the political keyword 'propaganda' by the Chinese Communist Party has changed and expanded over time. These changes have been masked by strong continuities spanning periods in the history of the People's Republic of China from the Mao Zedong era (1949–76) to the new era of Xi Jinping (2012–present). Redefining Propaganda in Modern China builds on the work of earlier sc...

    $1,240.00

  • CONSERVATISM AND IDEOLOGY
    MATTHEW JOHNSON, MARK GARNETT AND DAVID WALKER
    Michael Oakshott described conservatism as a non-ideological preference for the familiar, tried, actual, limited, near, sufficient, convenient and present. Historically, conservatives have been associated with attempts to sustain social harmony between classes and groups within an organic, hierarchical order grounded in collective history and cultural values. Yet, in recent dec...

    $1,420.00

  • CIRCUMCISION, PUBLIC HEALTH, GENITAL AUTONOMY AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
    MATTHEW JOHNSON AND MEGAN O’BRANSKI
    Circumcision is one of the oldest and most common surgical processes, being practised, for a range of medical, social and religious reasons, on up to 30% of males worldwide. It is currently being promoted by a range of health bodies as a means of tackling HIV in developing countries. Yet, there is significant concern about sexual, physiological and psychological effects and com...

    $1,080.00

  • ENGLISH HOUSES 1300-1800
    MATTHEW. H JOHNSON
    Houses are more than a shelter from the elements: they also offer an unparalleled insight into the beliefs, ideas and experiences of the people who built and lived in them. In this engaging book, Matthew Johnson looks at the traditional houses that still exist throughout the English countryside and examines the lives of the ordinary people who once occupied them. His wide-rangi...

    $1,120.00

  • BEHIND THE CASTLE GATE
    MATTHEW JOHNSON
    In this engaging book Matthew Johnson looks 'behind the castle gate' to discover the truth about castles in England at the end of the Middle Ages. Traditional studies have seen castles as compromises between the needs of comfort and of defence, and as statements of wealth or power or both. By encouraging the reader to view castles in relation to their inhabitants, Matthew Johns...

    $1,160.00

  • LIMITS OF COMPUTATION
    EDNA E. REITER / CLAYTON MATTHEW JOHNSON
    Limits of Computation: An Introduction to the Undecidable and the Intractable offers a gentle introduction to the theory of computational complexity. It explains the difficulties of computation, addressing problems that have no algorithm at all and problems that cannot be solved efficiently. The book enables readers to understand:What does it mean ...

    $2,800.00

  • COVID, CANCER, AND CHRIST
    MATTHEW JOHNSON
    A nineteen-year-old tells his story of wrestling through graduating high school during the pandemic, being diagnosed with cancer in January of 2021, and finding hope in the midst of darkness. He takes you along on his journey as he struggles through the problem of evil, faith, what it is like to face death, loneliness, depression, surrender, forced rest, suffering, perspective,...

    $266.00