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Unravelling the Impact of Foreign AidThis volume examines how foreign aid has influenced democratic transitions and consolidation in sub-Saharan Africa....

A World HistoryMigration began with our origin as the human species and continues today. Each chapter of world history features distinct types of migration. The earliest migrations spread humans across the globe. Over the centuries, as our cultures, societies, and technologies evolved in different material environments, migrants conflicted, merged,...

This book is the first comprehensive attempt to solve what Hartry Field has called "e;the central problem in the metaphysics of causation"e;: the problem of reconciling the need for causal notions in the special sciences with the limited role of causation in physics....

Eminent Domain in PhiladelphiaNews media reports on eminent domain often highlight outrage and heated protest. But these accounts, Debbie Becher finds, obscure a much more complex reality of how Americans understand property. Private Property and Public Power presents the first comprehensive study of a city's acquisitions, exploring how and...

Miss Cluck has some exciting news for her class. There is going to be an end-of-term show! All the animals rehearse tirelessly and soon the day of the show arrives. But then - disaster! - Miss Webb and her nursery class who should be coming to watch the show are stuck in the mud. How will the show go on? Boris has an idea. He dashes out (in his...

Synesthesia is a fascinating phenomenon which has captured the imagination of scientists and artists alike. This inherited condition gives rise to a kind of 'merging of the senses', and so for those who experience it, everyday activities like reading or listening to music trigger extraordinary impressions of colours, tastes, smells,...