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Higher Education in the Ancient World
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
This volume provides an authoritative survey of Greek and Roman education above the primary school level from the fourth century B.C onwards. Special attention is given to the teaching of philosophy, and there are also chapters on the liberal arts, in particular grammar and rhetoric, and on...
Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
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The Consumption Reader
Consumption affects every aspect of the contemporary world, from the most intimate moments of everyday life to the great geopolitical struggles that have been set in train by the forces of globalization. Consumer culture has recast the world in its own image, and we are only just beginning to make...
Published May 7th 2003 by Routledge
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Infection and Immunity
Series: Lifelines Series
This concise text explores the interactions between pathogens and the immune system. Taking a disease-based approach, it explains how micro-organisms adapted to growth in human hosts can evade the immune system and cause disease.The opening chapter overviews the innate and adaptive immune responses...
Published October 25th 1998 by CRC Press
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Rhetoric at Rome
A Historical Survey
This new edition of M.L. Clarke's 1953 classic study of Roman rhetoric incorporates corrections and a new introduction by D.H. Berry. The bibliography has been substantially updated and supplemented by suggestions for further reading....
Published November 13th 1996 by Routledge