Elusive Promises Philip Withington

Elusive Promises Philip WithingtonPlanning in contemporary democratic states is often understood as a range of activities, from housing to urban design, regional development to economic planning. This volume sees planning differentlyas the negotiation of possibilities that time offers space. It explores what kind of promise planning offers, how such a promise is made, and what happens to it through time. The authors, all leading anthropologists, examine the time and space, creativity

these and other questions are addressed by leading contributors from a variety of fields

In The Senator from New England

responses and reactions to stressful life events

to delve more deeply into the particular configurations of Barth's writings

Contributors include David Bleich

In the 19th Century

New chapter on key medical considerations for the psychiatric patient

from political radicalism to opera

identity and the state

and ethical/legal concerns

reptiles and amphibians

Improved breeding technologies facilitate the identification of complementary parents for hybridization and the selection of improved progeny