Atlas of European values.9004144609 Atlas Atlas, in Greek mythology Atlas (ăt`ləs), in Greek mythology, a Titan; son of Iapetus and Clymene and the brother of Prometheus. of European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. values. Ed. by Loek Halman et al. Brill Brill or Bril, Flemish painters, brothers. Mattys Brill (mä`tīs), 1550–83, went to Rome early in his career and executed frescoes for Gregory XIII in the Vatican. Academic Publishers 2005 139 pages $199.00 Hardcover European values studies; v.8 HM681 In the late 1970s a group of social researchers were interested in finding out whether Europe was still as culturally unified as it once had been under the influence of Christianity. They began a research project to measure European values, and organized a major cross-national survey in 1981 in 15 European Union member states A European Union member state is any one of the twenty-seven countries that have joined the European Union (EU) since its inception in 1958 as the European Economic Community (EEC). . The survey was repeated in 1990 and 1999/2000, and this atlas summarizes the findings of the European Values Study in 2000. Beginning with a look at Europe as a whole, the book is divided into sections on family, work, religion, politics, society, and well-being. It is illustrated with maps, charts, and color photographs, and the appendix includes statistical information on geography, demography demography (dĭmŏg`rəfē), science of human population. Demography represents a fundamental approach to the understanding of human society. , economics, government. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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