The Irish

The IrishThe Irish: Emigration, Marriage, and Fertility by Robert E. Kennedy, Jr. is a groundbreaking sociological and demographic analysis of one of Europes most paradoxical populations. While Ireland lost more than half its population between 1841 and 1966, it simultaneously exhibited a striking combination of postponed marriage, high rates of permanent celibacy, and the highest marital fertility in the West. Kennedy uses rich census and vital registration

They are both state of the art reviews of their topics and critical evaluations in the light of subsequent developments

a detachment from one’s place of origin

in a stark compound deep in the Australian outback

Medien- und Sportwissenschaft interessanten Zusammenhang in vier Stationen: Zunächst wird die von Richard Wagner inspirierte Olympische Idee des Olympiagründers Baron Pierre de Coubertin erläutert

This volume considers the influential revival of ancient philosophical skepticism in the 16th and early 17th centuries and investigates

das Ave Maria (II)

pour autant qu’ils aient été publiés

At a moment when we are examining our national addiction to punishment

the dream of a post-racial era in America has run up against the continuing reality of racial antagonism

and radio also engaged with new ideas about leisure

Er war reich entwickelt

The result is a first-rate analysis of the emerging social phenomenon of Internet-mediated communication and a ground-breaking study of the social and cultural effects of a medium that allows participants to assume identities of their own choosing