Traces 500 years of history from the time of Columbus and the Spanish Conquest to the present day. Shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century.

Perioperative Addiction addresses an issue that every anesthesiologist will encounter many times during the course of his or her career: the patient who arrives for operative care under the influence of legal or illegal drugs. The editors and contributors provide expert guidance on how to identify and manage the addicted patient, approaching the...

Higher education institutions around the world are increasingly turning to e-learning as a way of...

Functional somatic syndromes are defined as physical syndromes without an organic disease...

Arguing About Science is an outstanding, engaging introduction to the essential topics in...

The Sensory Evaluation of Dairy Products, Second Edition is for all who seek a book entirely devoted to sensory evaluation of dairy products and modern applications of the science. It is an excellent scientific reference for training in dairy product evaluation and is a practical guide to the preparation of samples for sensory evaluation. The bo...

This three-volume handbook provides an overview of the key aspects of micro process...

This book is the proceedings from a national conference on allergen management. Two leading...

Sintering process studies have re-emerged strongly in the past decade due to extensive discussions about the stabilization of nanoparticles and nanostructures, and the development of controlled nanograined bulk materials. This book presents the state-of-art in experiments and theory of novel sintering processes, traditional sintering and grain g...

Confronts the conservative, revisionist trends in studies of revolution that have recently been dominant.