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Acquiring Antiquities in the Marketplace

Acquiring Antiquities in the Marketplace  

  • In Settled Law and Open Questions

Maxwell L. Anderson

in Antiquities: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
26 January 2017
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190614928.003.0012
Format: 
chapter
What are the primary channels through which antiquities are sold? There are two markets for antiquities: the licit, or legal market, and the illicit, or black market. In this ... More
Adoption

Adoption  

Rickie Solinger

in Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
14 March 2013
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780199811403.003.0016
Format: 
chapter
What does adoption look like in the United States today? In the middle of the twentieth century, adoption became a widespread practice in the United States when thousands of ... More
Advertising and Society

Advertising and Society  

Mara Einstein

in Advertising: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
28 September 2017
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190625887.003.0005
Format: 
chapter
What is the leading criticism against advertising? Too much advertising tops most critics’ lists. Advertising is everywhere. Commercials interrupt television programming. ... More
Advertising in the Digital Age

Advertising in the Digital Age  

Mara Einstein

in Advertising: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
28 September 2017
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190625887.003.0007
Format: 
chapter
How come ads seem to follow me around the Internet? This is what is known as retargeting. Remember we talked about the sales funnel? In that paradigm, marketers want to interact ... More
Advocacy Frameworks: Ending VAWG

Advocacy Frameworks: Ending VAWG  

  • In Responses

Jacqui True

in Violence against Women: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
28 January 2021
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780199378944.003.0020
Format: 
chapter
What theories of social and behavioral change inform current advocacy to end VAWG? Prevention of VAWG requires deep societal transformation in norms, structures, and institutions. ... More
Afghanistan Seen by Others

Afghanistan Seen by Others  

Barnett R. Rubin

in Afghanistan: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
08 October 2020
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190496630.003.0001
Format: 
chapter
Through much of the twentieth century Afghanistan seemed to be a distant concern in the United States. “Afghanistanism” used to be journalistic shorthand for stories about distant places, ... More
Africa: The Last Frontier

Africa: The Last Frontier  

Marcelo M. Giugale

in Economic Development: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)

Published in Print: 
14 September 2017
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190688417.003.0006
Format: 
chapter
Is Africa’s emergence for real? Do you sometimes wish you had bought property in Mumbai, Shanghai, or Rio ten years ago? You would have more than tripled your money. Well, ten ... More
After September 11

After September 11  

John Prados

in The US Special Forces: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
23 July 2015
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780199354283.003.0006
Format: 
chapter
Brigadier General Stanley McChrystal stood near the door of a C-130J transport, ready for a practice parachute jump near Fort Bragg, when the air force jumpmaster leaned over to say ... More
AfterwordA Message Of Hope And Resources

Afterword: A Message Of Hope And Resources  

Barbara O. Rothbaum and Sheila A. M. Rauch

in PTSD: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
29 August 2020
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190930370.003.0007
Format: 
chapter
A message of hope As we have discussed throughout this book, we live in a dangerous world, and, unfortunately, about 70 percent of us may encounter a potentially traumatic event ... More
Afterword in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Afterword in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic  

Barbara O. Rothbaum and Sheila A. M. Rauch

in PTSD: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
29 August 2020
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190930370.003.0008
Format: 
chapter
As we are going to press with PTSD: What Everyone Needs to Know, we are in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Today there are 1,237,420 confirmed cases globally, 321,762 in the ... More
Aging and Health

Aging and Health  

Michael Snyder

in Genomics and Personalized Medicine: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
31 March 2016
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190234775.003.0014
Format: 
chapter
The number one risk factor for nearly all human diseases is age. The chances of developing cancer, diabetes, coronary artery disease, heart failure, macular degeneration, and dementia all ... More
Agribusiness, Food Companies, Supermarkets, and Fast Food

Agribusiness, Food Companies, Supermarkets, and Fast Food  

Robert Paarlberg

in Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know® (3 ed.)

Published in Print: 
Oct 2023
Published Online: 
Jan 2024
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780197743768.003.0011
Format: 
chapter
The farms that produce food are now just one small part of our modern agri-food system. Large agribusiness companies supply machinery and chemicals to ... More
Agribusiness, Supermarkets, And Fast Food

Agribusiness, Supermarkets, And Fast Food  

Robert Paarlberg

in Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)

Published in Print: 
25 September 2013
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780199322398.003.0011
Format: 
chapter
What does the word “agribusiness” mean? The term “agribusiness” was coined in 1957 by two professors at the Harvard Business School, Ray Goldberg and John H. Davis, in recognition ... More
Agriculture and Economy

Agriculture and Economy  

Asher Orkaby

in Yemen:

Published in Print: 
25 February 2021
Published Online: 
27 January 2022
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190932268.003.0008
Format: 
chapter
This chapter assesses agriculture and economy in Yemen. Yemen was a latecomer to the Arabian oil market, as significant reserves were discovered only in 1986 by the ... More
Agriculture and the Environment

Agriculture and the Environment  

Robert Paarlberg

in Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know® (3 ed.)

Published in Print: 
Oct 2023
Published Online: 
Jan 2024
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780197743768.003.0009
Format: 
chapter
Farming activities tend to damage the natural environment in different ways in rich versus poor countries. In poor countries, farmers often ... More
Agriculture, Land, and the Rural Economy

Agriculture, Land, and the Rural Economy  

Arthur R. Kroeber

in China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)

Published in Print: 
08 September 2020
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190946470.003.0004
Format: 
chapter
Why does agriculture matter? It may seem odd to begin our discussion of a great industrial economy with agriculture. In China today, agriculture accounts for only 8 percent of GDP. ... More
Ahmadinejad, Rouhani and Iran now

Ahmadinejad, Rouhani and Iran now  

Michael Axworthy

in Iran: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
26 January 2017
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190232955.003.0007
Format: 
chapter
How did Ahmadinejad become president in 2005? Among the presidents Iran has had since the revolution, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the joker in the pack. He was not part of the charmed ... More
Air

Air  

Pamela Hill

in Environmental Protection: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
25 May 2017
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190223069.003.0006
Format: 
chapter
Why is clean air important? Each person takes in more than three thousand gallons of air a day to stay alive. The quality of that air is key to good health. Moreover, polluted air ... More
Albanians

Albanians  

Tim Judah

in Kosovo: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
25 September 2008
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780195376739.003.0001
Format: 
chapter
Although the focus of this book is Kosovo, it is also about the people of the Western Balkans, especially the Albanians and the Serbs, who do not fit neatly into the boundaries of the ... More
Alcohol and HealthCheers!?

Alcohol and Health: Cheers!?  

P.K. Newby

in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
08 November 2018
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190846640.003.0019
Format: 
chapter
How is alcohol handled in the body? Alcohol is among the only drugs consumed regularly in the diet other than caffeine. It is water-soluble and distributed into all tissues and ... More

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