Yale University Press

This briskly told history of Reformed Protestantism takes these churches through their entire 500-year history - from sixteenth-century Zurich and Geneva to modern locations as far flung as Seoul and Sao Paulo. D. G. Hart explores specifically the social and political developments that enabled Calvinism to establish a global presence. Hart's...

The world's population has grown by five billion people over the past century, an astounding 300 percent increase. Yet it is actually the decline in family size and population growth that is the issue attracting greatest concern in many countries. This eye-opening book looks at demographic trends in Europe, North America, and Asia - areas that now...

This important book delivers a critical wake-up call: a fierce global race for innovation advantage is under way, and while other nations are making support for technology and innovation a central tenet of their economic strategies and policies, America has no robust innovation policy at all. What does this portend? Robert Atkinson and Stephen...

Designed for students at the intermediate level who are continuing to develop overall proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic, this book follows Mahdi Alosh's popular "Ahlan wa Sahlan" beginner's text. The narrative follows two young characters whose personal journals provide not only reading passages for students but glimpses into various Arab...

There is no shortage of books about digital media, but what has been missing is a strategic take on how business owners can utilize the most powerful asset of the digital age: customer networks. Whether shoppers, business clients, charitable donors, or election voters, today's customers are harnessing digital tools to connect to, communicate with,...

The Internet has transformed the manner in which information is exchanged and business is conducted, arguably more than any other communication development in the past century. Despite its wide reach and powerful global influence, it is a medium uncontrolled by any one centralized system, organization, or governing body, a reality that has given...