Albania Today: A Portrait of Post-Communist Turbulence.1850438595 Albania today; a portrait of post-communist turbulence turbulence, state of violent or agitated behavior in a fluid. Turbulent behavior is characteristic of systems of large numbers of particles, and its unpredictability and randomness has long thwarted attempts to fully understand it, even with such powerful tools as . De Waal
I.B. Tauris I. B. Tauris (usually typeset as I.B.Tauris) is the name of an independent publishing house with offices in London and New York. Its New York offices are co-located with those of Palgrave Macmillan who function as the company's North American distributors. & Co. 2005 268 pages $75.00 Hardcover DR978 Based on ethnographic eth·nog·ra·phy n. The branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of specific human cultures. eth·nog research conducted by Waal (social anthropology, U. of Cambridge, UK) in rural villages, coastal plain towns, and in rural schools over the course of the 1990s, this book documents the experience of wide range of Albanians during the transition period, an era marked by economic pain, major demographic changes, and political revolt. Distributed in the US by Palgrave Macmillan. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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