Oxford University Press

A text aimed at both geometers needing the tools of rational homotopy theory to understand and discover new results concerning various geometric subjects, and topologists who require greater breadth of knowledge about geometric applications of the algebra of homotopy theory....

Understanding human beings and their distinctive rational and volitional capacities requires a clear account of such things as reasons, desires, emotions, and motives, and how they combine to produce and explain human behaviour. Maria Alvarez presents a fresh and incisive study of these concepts, centred on reasons and their role in human agency....

This is a collection of papers examining the pressing issue of increasing inequality in the distribution of income in developing countries. While economic growth is a prerequisite for a sustained reduction in poverty, policies aimed at raising growth rates are often associated with a range of adverse short term effects, including rising...

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This book brings together two major strands of research: the exploration of early film criticism and theory and cinema's impact on literary texts, including the work of H.G.Wells and Virginia Woolf. It offers new research on early writings about film, including those by women film critics, and on film societies and film journals in the period....

The New Great Power Contest in Central AsiaThe struggle between Russia and Great Britain over Central Asia in the nineteenth century was the original "e;great game."e; But in the past quarter century, a new "e;great game"e; has emerged, pitting America against a newly aggressive Russia and a resource-hungry China, all struggling for...