The Spotted Hyena: A Study of Predation and Social Behavior, Paperback - Hans Kruuk

Reducere. In this seminal study, Hans Kruuk redefines the image of the spotted hyena, not as a common scavenger, but as a complex matriarchal predator with l...

Reducere. In this seminal study, Hans Kruuk redefines the image of the spotted hyena, not as a common scavenger, but as a complex matriarchal predator with l...

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Reducere. Spotted hyenas have one of the most powerful bites in the animal world! Readers will learn about these bites as well as other cool facts about spot...

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An intelligent and sympathetic analysis of one of the true taboos of modern life.

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Through a re-examination of the political thought of Max Weber, Carl Schmitt and Hans Kelsen, this book offers a reflection on the nature of modern...

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In an original study of civilian support for the jihadi insurgency in the Russian North Caucasus in Dagestan, this Element that assesses theories a...

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Though once thought anathema to one another, in contemporary society, Zafirovski shows that Capitalism and Dictatorship are increasingly codependen...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Paul SpencerNumber of pages: 374Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 140 x 209 x 32Cover type: Pap...

How authoritarian and racist discourse functions

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From later antiquity to the close of the 18th century, most educated men accepted without question a traditional view of the plan and structure of ...

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Wadhwa focuses on the Indian Diaspora in Tokyo, and analyses their lives as Indians there using a combination of interviews and participant observa...

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Through in-depth interviews with the presidents of major Chinese universities, this text explores the changing demands on leaders in Higher Educati...

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