People decide about political parties by taking into accountthe preferences, values, expectations, and perceptions of theirfamily, friends, colleagues, and neighbours. As most people livewith others, members of their households influence each other'spolitical decisions. How and what they think about politics andwhat they do are the outcomes of social processes. Applying variedstatistical models to data from extensive German and Britishhousehold surveys, this book shows that wives and husbandsinfluence each other; young adults influence their parents,especially their mothers. Wives and mothers sit at the centre ofhouseholds: their partisanship influences the partisanship ofeveryone else, and the others affect them. Politics in householdsinteracts with competition among the political parties to sustainbounded partisanship. People ignore one of the major parties andvary their preference of its major rival over time. Electioncampaigns reinforce these choices.

The Essential Reference Guide to America’s Most PopularSongs and Artists Spanning More than Fifty Years ofMusi Beginning with Bill Haley His Comets’ seminal “Rock Aroundthe Clock” all the way up to Lady Gaga and her glammed-out “Pokerface,” this updated and unparalleled resource contains the mostcomplete chart information on every artist and song to hitBillboard’s Top 40 pop singles chart all the way back to 1955.Inside, you’ll find all of the biggest-selling, most-played hitsfor the past six decades. Each alphabetized artist entry includesbiographical info, the date their single reached the Top 40, thesong’s highest position, and the number of weeks on the charts, aswell as the original record label and catalog number. Othersections—such as “Record Holders,” “Top Artists by Decade,” and “#1Singles 1955-2009”—make The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits thehandiest and most indispensable music reference for recordcollectors, trivia enthusiasts, industry professionals and popmu

How did humankind deal with the extreme challenges of the lastIce Age? How have the relatively benign post-Ice Age conditionsaffected the evolution and spread of humanity across the globe? Bysetting our genetic history in the context of climate change duringprehistory, the origin of many features of our modern world areidentified and presented in this illuminating book. It reviews theaspects of our physiology and intellectual development that havebeen influenced by climatic factors, and how features of our lives- diet, language and the domestication of animals - are also theproduct of the climate in which we evolved. In short: climatechange in prehistory has in many ways made us what we are today.Climate Change in Prehistory weaves together studies of the climatewith anthropological, archaeological and historical studies, andwill fascinate all those interested in the effects of climate onhuman development and history.

For centuries, until the consolidation of modern standard Hindiafter 1900, the Hindi dialect known as Braj Bhāsā enjoyed greatprestige as the vehicle of the Krsna cult literature of northernIndia, as well as for the brilliance of its secular literature.Most of this material was in verse, although since the beginning ofthe last century we have had knowledge of the existence of texts inSanskritized Braj Bhāsā prose, chiefly sectarian chronicles andcommentaries, from a relatively early date. In this, the earliestthorough analysis of a Braj Bhāsā text, Dr McGregor presents one ofthe oldest known Braj Bhāsā prose texts: a Braj commentary on theSanskrit Nīti?ataka of Bhartrhari, originally composed about 1600.His detailed examination of the morphology, phonology and syntax ofits language casts light on the types of language that underlie theBraj Bhāsā used in verse literature, and provide a comparativebasis for further studies of the prose produced in Braj and inother Hindi dialects before the nineteent

Stowe, Hawthorne, Melville, and Twain: these are just a few ofthe world-class novelists of nineteenth-century America. Thenineteenth-century American novel was a highly fluid form,constantly evolving in response to the turbulent events of theperiod and emerging as a key component in American identity,growth, expansion and the Civil War. Gregg Crane tells the story ofthe American novel from its beginnings in the early republic to theend of the nineteenth century. Treating the famous and many lesswell-known works, Crane discusses the genre's major figures, themesand developments. He analyses the different types of Americanfiction - romance, sentimental fiction, and the realist novel - indetail, while the historical context is explained in relation tohow novelists explored the changing world around them. Thiscomprehensive and stimulating introduction will enhance students'experience of reading and studying the whole canon of Americanfiction.

Goran Palm – a well-known Swedish writer and poet – went to workincognito in one of the factories of LM Ericsson. He did this toobtain a better understanding of the life of the manual worker in alarge factory, and to gain from that understanding a more maturepolitical view. Going into a factory and joining a particular workgroup enabled the author to see beyond the monolithic idea of theworking class and to know and appreciate his fellow workers asindividuals. The writing is more literary than scientific, thelanguage is concrete, and portraits, satire and dialogue are mixedto provide a full and lively picture into which the development ofPalm's ideas is inserted. His particular concern is the worker'stendency to regard work as a depressing overture to the leisuretime constantly in his thoughts. This is what Palm means by TheFlight from Work.

In contrast to those who see the 1950s as essentially aconservative period, and who view the 1960s as a time of rapidmoral change, The Permissive Society points to the emergence of aliberalizing impulse during the Truman and Eisenhower years. Thebook shows how, during the 1950s, a traditionalist moral frameworkwas beginning to give way to a less authoritarian approach to moralissues as demonstrated by a more relaxed style of child-rearing,the rising status of women both inside and outside the home, theincreasing reluctance of Americans to regard alcoholism as a sin,loosening sexual attitudes, the increasing influence of modernpsychology, and, correspondingly, the declining influence ofreligion in the personal lives of most Americans.