The seventh edition of this field-leading textbook provides an accessible and rigorous presentation of major theories of persuasion and their applications to a variety of real-world contexts. In addition to presenting established theories and models, this text encourages students to develop and apply general conclusions about persuasion in real-world settings. Along the way, students are introduced to the practice of social influence in an array of contexts (e.g., advertising, marketing, poli...

In dit handboek over de oudheid wordt de geschiedenis van de Griekse en Romeinse wereld op een nieuwe wijze gepresenteerd: ingebed in naar tijd en ruimte uitgebreide kaders – chronologisch van de vroege prehistorie tot ver in de Middeleeuwen en geografisch over het hele gebied van Europa, Azië en Noord-Afrika.

Binnen deze kaders ligt de nadruk steeds op de Grieks-Romeinse wereld van de periode 1000 v.C. tot 500 n.C. Die periode wordt in vier naar opzet gelijkwaardige delen gesplitst, waarbi...

The Caribbean before Columbus is a new synthesis of the region's insular history. It combines the results of the authors' 55 years of archaeological research on almost every island in the three archipelagoes with that of their numerous colleagues and collaborators. The presentation operates on multiple scales: temporal, spatial, local, regional, environmental, social, and political.

In addition, individual sites are used to highlight specific issues. For the first time, the complete histories...

Attempting to provide a revitalized, self-aware vocabulary with which the religious diversity of the 20th century can be accurately described and responsibly discussed, this book contains contributions from scholars working in a variety of religious traditions.

Highlighting the key events, ideas, and individuals that have shaped modern Europe, this fresh and lively book provides a concise history of the continent from the Enlightenment to the present. Drawing on the enduring theme of revolution, David S. Mason explores the political, economic, and scientific causes and consequences of revolution; the development of human rights and democracy; and issues of European identity and integration.

He deliberately avoids a detailed chronology of every count...

This book is a study of the interaction of the Western societies of Europe and America with others around the world in the past two centuries - the age of European empire. It deals with the European threat and the non-Western response, but the focus is on the ways in which people in Asia, Africa, and Indian America have tried to adapt their ways of life to the overwhelming European power that existed in this period. The challenge and the response are presented through a series of selected and...

‘God has given us the ability to repair a congenital heart defect: why not,

then, when body and mind do not match?’

‘Whenever a TV program had paid attention to transsexualism, my

phone would not stop ringing the next day.’

In the early seventies, when hardly a doctor or hospital in the world was willing to offer medical care to transgender people, a few pioneers in the VU hospital in Amsterdam started a gender clinic. It evolved from a weekly consultation hour for people being treate...

De Grondwet van Thorbecke legde de basis voor ongelijkheid waarvan de gevolgen tot op de dag van vandaag voelbaar zijn. Er waren grote verschillen tussen wie burgers waren in Nederland en wie burgers waren in de koloniën. Inwoners van het Nederlandse Koninkrijk kregen en krijgen niet overal dezelfde rechten, plichten en behandeling. Deze verschillen vormen een belangrijk onderdeel van de discussie over postkoloniaal burgerschap in Nederland.

In Ongelijk burgerschap onderzoeken de auteurs...

Niet eerder lijkt er zoveel verwarring te zijn geweest over het begrip antisemitisme. Waar ligt de grens tussen kritiek op de staat Israël en discriminatie van Joden?

Beschuldigingen van antisemitisme en van het misbruiken van deze beladen term gaan over en weer. Hoe zijn we in dit conceptuele moeras terechtgekomen, en hoe komen we er weer uit?

Historicus Mark Mazower onderzoekt Jodenhaat door de eeuwen heen en gaat dieper in op de periode na 1945, toen de politiek van de staat Israël en de...