First published in 1940 and this edition in 1987, this book is a comparative study of African political institutions. It describes different types of social organisation that are found in a number of African societies and analyses the principles underlying these traditional forms of government. The volume represents the results of field studies carried out by trained investigators in a number of areas, and was compiled and edited under the auspices of the International African Institute. It will be of interest to students, anthropologists and administrators.

First published in 1940 and this edition in 1987, this book is a comparative study of African political institutions. It describes different types of social organisation that are found in a number of African societies and analyses the principles underlying these traditional forms of government. The volume represents the results of field studies carried out by trained investigators in a number of areas, and was compiled and edited under the auspices of the International African Institute. It will be of interest to students, anthropologists and administrators.

First published in 1919, as the second edition of a 1917 original, this book was written as part of the Cambridge Technical Series. The text provides a guide to the chemistry of dyestuffs and the dyeing process in two parts: part one discusses intermediate compounds; part two discusses dyestuffs. A bibliography and illustrative figures are also included. Notes are incorporated throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in applied chemistry, the history of science and the dyeing industry.

Findings related to language learning that are of interest to researchers The topic of audiovisual speech perception is addressed in Audiovisual Language Learning: How to Crack the Speech Code by Ear and by Eye. The publication presents nine contributions on the perceptual system's reliance on visual speech to process and learn language. This learning is addressed in its various stages of development and in reference to typical and atypical language development. Insights are discussed in the areas of multimodelity, environmental constraints, brain maturation and visuo-attentional components.

The word agile has moved far beyond its original meaning in helping to transform large organizations. We now know that agile is used as the tool to accelerate an organization's ability to adapt and thrive in a world of accelerating change. This book provides the missing link of how to shift mindsets on how to work effectively. This shift requires an investigation of how we can move organizations in the way they think about work-especially work that does not easily conform to the traditional plan-driven approach. The author takes the reader on a journey to be able to think in an A.G.I.L.E way. The approach taken is reflective and allows time for the insight to understand how to think differently about teams, work, and even organizations. It is said that all organizations are technology organizations, if that is true it brings risks and opportunities that many organizations have not seen before. The framework of the book will help grow a new way of thinking and is anchored in: Adaptability; Growth; Improvement; Leadership; Experience. In order to make the full transition to thinking in an A.G.I.L.E way you will need to challenge everything you think you know about leading and working in large organizations.

La recerca en arquitectura, i en projectes arquitectonics, habitualment s'ha centrat en temes tant amplis que, necessariament, han obligat a tractar-los des de vessats parcials, allunyant-se d'una visio transversal i complerta de l'arquitectura. La Pergola, tipologia arquitectonica amb origens anteriors a l'Antic Egipte i amb un profund contingut simbolic, proporciona una nova i suggerent visio dels aspectes que configuren la propia arquitectura, aixi com referencies pel seu aprenentatge, des de la complexitat. Per definicio, la Pergola esta entre paisatge i arquitectura, entre natura i artifici. Les seves aplicacions van des dels usos funcionals -en agricultura-, fins als mes monumentals -en jardins i espais urbans-. S'analitza aqui tant des de la construccio material com des de la conceptual i es mostra, a partir dels espais urbans de Barcelona, la seva plena vigencia de significats, amb arrels en l'arquitectura mediterrania. Aixi, el treball permet una comprensio global i amplia de l'arquitectura a partir de la Pergola, alhora que proporciona pautes, criteris i orientacions per tal de plantejat l'aprenentatge de la practica del Projecte Arquitectonic dins d'un context academic.

Moral Issues and Movies is authoritative: Dr. Joseph Forte's expertise on the content of the book derives from: His scholarship on ancient virtue ethics, as well as His expertise teaching ethical theories and issues at the university level since 2008 Additionally, subject-matter experts reviewed and/or contributed to every chapter. Moral Issues and Movies is designed to foster undergraduate student engagement and understanding by: Using recent mainstream films to illuminate philosophical concepts and texts Employing annotations and commentary to explain possibly confusing aspects of excerpts from classical philosophy texts, curated for each chapter Including links to vetted internet sources to provide context and avenues for further learning Providing a glossary of terminology in each chapter Breaking up chapters into small sections interspersed with carefully-selected images, including famous works of art Including questions for consideration and discussion throughout each chapter Providing further contextual background for the topics, thinkers, time periods, and texts of each chapter with an appendix, which includes not only text, but videos co-created by the author and curated from the web. Including an Instructor's Supplement to serve as pedagogical resource, with extensive suggestions about how to use the textbook effectively Moral Issues and Movies could serve as a standalone textbook or supplement for courses including but not limited to: Introduction to Ethics Contemporary Moral Issues Bioethics Philosophy of Death and Dying Modern Philosophy Philosophy Through Film Theories of Ethics Politics and Ethics Ancient Philosophy Contemporary Ethics

This classic work, which involved the collaboration of leading figures in the field of social anthropology, was the first to undertake the comparative study of African politica systems, as an example of the wider field of study of political institutions in traditional societies in general, which is an important branch of anthropology but which had not, until this book appeared, received the attention it deserved. The book is based on field studies of eight African societies: the Zulu, the Ngwato, the Bemba, the Kingdom of Ankole, the Kede, the Bantu, the Tallensi, and the Nuer. The continuing importance of the book lies in its illustration of the application of the comparative method, in the accounts of different African societies by distinguished anthropologists who were instrumental in establishing the field, and in the unique portrait it presents of traditional African societies at the end of the colonial era, poised upon the brink of a time of great change.