Books published by Peter Lang AG

War die Alchemie wirklich geheimnisumwoben? Organisierten sich die fruhneuzeitlichen Chemiker in Netzwerken? Wie kamen die Netzwerke zustande, welchen Einflussen unterlagen sie, und wie beeinflussten sie die Entwicklung des chemischen Wissens? Auf diese Fragen gibt das Buch umfassende Antworten

The book ilustrates the procedure of index construction in social researches. Using examples and datasets from social research, tables and SPSS screen captures, the readers are guided through this process. Some problems encountered in practice in this process of constructing an index are highlighted and some solutions are presented.

This study offers a comprehensive reading of Byatt's major novels. It highlights her textual strategies in interrelating her memories of the past with the history of ideas. Connections between narrative, cognitive science, and visual and literary culture display the full range of contextual references woven into her work.

This book uses the model theory as a new way to approach Romanticism in contemporary Australian literature. It explores a model of Romantic irony in the poetry of two contemporary Brisbane poets: David Malouf and the Indigenous author Samuel Wagan Watson. The ironic dialectic is applied to the problem of postcolonial place-making in their work.

Der Autor untersucht die aktien- und insiderrechtliche Zulassigkeit eines uberobligatorischen Informationsaustauschs zwischen Private Equity-Investor und Portfolio-Aktiengesellschaft. Er zeigt geeignete Manahmen zur Optimierung des Informationsflusses auf, z.B. konzernrechtliche Gestaltungsmittel oder Strukturmanahmen nach dem Beteiligungserwerb.

Research on social media often focuses on individual application areas. Therefore, this collected volume aims to develop a balanced and critical analysis by expanding the borders of these application areas.

The present volume offers insight into the interdisciplinary field of porn studies and shows how topics in this field can be approached. In addition, results from different disciplines are provided to highlight the necessity of more intense and detailed study about pornographic media.