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This open access book provides a unique overview of geographical, historical, political and environmental issues facing the French overseas territory New Caledonia, also called “Kanaky” by the indigenous Kanak people, who outnumber citizens of European and...
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Springer
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2024-04-12
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The study of childhood in historical archaeology enriches interpretations of the past, but also has the potential for contributing to the understanding of methodological and theoretical issues in archaeology. Archaeologically, children are understudied relative to both...
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Springer
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2024-04-12
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Editeur :
Monoray
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2024-04-11
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This book explores the variety of forms that individual heroism and sacrifice can take in the context of contemporary military conflicts. It addresses three key questions: How has an enduring ideal of heroism been transformed by the nature of modern warfare? Are we now...
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Springer
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2024-04-11
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China is a leading engineering country, fueling unprecedented global development. Technology and educational exchanges bring Chinese organizations, practitioners, and students together with similar groups from around the world. These collaborations depend on ethical and...
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Springer
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2024-04-10
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A concise, reasoned, practical case for why Britain should pay reparations for historic wrongs to present Caribbean inhabitants.
Britain owes reparations to the Caribbean. The exploitation of generations of those trafficked from Africa, or born into enslavement, to...
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OUP Oxford
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2024-04-10
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‚Männlichkeit‘ gilt als lange gleichgesetzt mit dem ‚Allgemein-Menschlichen‘ und daher als Spezifikum regelrecht unsichtbar. Was macht das Nachdenken über und die Beforschung von‚Männlichkeit‘ dann epistemologisch wie gesellschaftlich wahrscheinlich? Dieser Frage geht...
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Springer VS
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2024-04-09
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On the world map, macro-regions or global regions have gradually emerged, with varying degrees of success and following different trajectories. The authors of this book attempt to determine whether, within the context of globalization, these macro-regions have become an...
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Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2024-04-09
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This edited book aims to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue on the intersections between the coining of the «Western Music» concept and the institutionalised and entrepreneurial management of culture. It studies the emergence of the trademark «Western Music» in...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2024-04-08
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Addressing the topic of expertise in international cultural conservation, this book argues that the UNESCO World Heritage regime emerged as a Faustian pact between protection and prestige, and a productive tension between these elements remains at its core, embodied by...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2024-04-06
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This book is the first monograph to critically evaluate the work of the literary scholar René Girard from the perspectives of Law and Literature and Law and Film Studies, two of the most multidisciplinary branches of critical legal theory. The central thesis is that...
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Springer
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2024-04-05
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Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) stellt eine Schlüsseltechnologie des gesellschaftlichen Wandels im 21. Jahrhundert dar. Mittlerweile werden zahlreiche technologische Anwendungen genutzt, die auf maschinellem Lernen und den damit verbundenen Möglichkeiten der Datensamm¬lung,...
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Springer VS
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2024-04-05
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This is an open access book. The 3rd IMOVICCON aims to celebrate moving images by looking at their past, present, and future. It’s necessary to examine the past, the present, and the future of moving images since the past can be used as a reflection site. The present...
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Atlantis Press
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2024-04-05
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Studies in Religion and the Everyday is a collection of essays addressing the contours of religious beliefs and practices in the context of everyday life in India. Events and processes in contemporary India--especially post the 1990s--have contributed to distinct modes...
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OUP Oxford
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2024-04-05
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An authoritative and accessible guide to the world’s most influential force – the contemporary media Our lives are more mediated than ever before. Adults in economically advanced countries spend, on average, over eight hours per day interacting with the media. The news...
Editeur :
Pelican
Parution :
2024-04-04
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WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD ‘A fascinating look at the impact of country home-making on the lives and work of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann. It's beautifully written, gorgeously produced, absorbing and full of...
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Penguin
Parution :
2024-04-04
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Introduces both classical and contemporary sociological theory in a single comprehensive volume Introduction to Sociological Theory helps undergraduate and graduate students appreciate the diverse perspectives found in sociological analysis, apply theoretical concepts...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2024-04-04
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The pace of modern life is undoubtedly speeding up, yet this acceleration does not seem to have made us any happier or more content. If acceleration is the problem, then the solution, argues Hartmut Rosa in this major new work, lies in “resonance.”The quality of a human...
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Polity
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2024-04-04
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Der zentrale Forschungsgegenstand dieser multimethodischen Fallstudie ist der Königsteiner Schlüssel, ein inzwischen standardmäßig verwendeter Verteilungsschlüssel zwischen den deutschen Bundesländern. Wesentliche Problemperspektive ist die Übersetzung räumlicher...
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Springer VS
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2024-04-03
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Provides students with clear and up-to-date coverage of the various areas associated with representations of diversity within the mass media Diversity in U.S. Mass Media is designed to help undergraduate and graduate students deepen the conversations around diversity,...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2024-04-02
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