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This book presents studies on Chinese intellectuals in Southeast Asia and how they understand China and Chineseness in the 21st century. It posits, through analyses of works and oral histories of a number of Chinese scholars in the region, that the dominant but...
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Springer
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2017-03-21
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This volume presents a collection of articles which offer different perspectives for archaeological pottery studies, regarding the understanding of pre-Hispanic social practices in Quebrada de Humahuaca, Argentina. The aim of this volume is to contribute to Quebrada de...
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Springer
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2017-03-20
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„Make it clean, sleek and gentle.“ So lässt sich die zentrale Botschaft der Websites von Intimchirurgen und -chirurginnen zusammenfassen. Dieser Imperativ betrifft nicht nur die Medikalisierung von Ästhetik, die Frauenkörper erneut zum Gegenstand medizinischer...
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Springer VS
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2017-03-20
Collection :
Geschlecht und Gesellschaft
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Questions of privacy are critical to the study of contemporary media and society. When we’re more and more connected to devices and to content, it’s increasingly important to understand how information about ourselves is being collected, transmitted, processed, and...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2017-03-20
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This book presents key conceptualizations of violence as developed by Norbert Elias. The authors explain and exemplify these concepts by analyzing Elias’s late texts, comparing his views to those of Sigmund Freud, and by analyzing the work of filmmaker Michael Haneke....
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-03-20
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Written by a leading sociologist of Scotland, this ground-breaking new introduction is a comprehensive account of the social, political, economic and cultural processes at work in contemporary Scottish society.
At a time of major uncertainty and transformation The New...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2017-03-20
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This volume contributes to the emerging topic of social paleoethnobotany with a series of papers exploring dynamic aspects of past social life, particularly the day-to-day practices and politics of procuring, preparing, and consuming plants. The contributors to this...
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Springer
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2017-03-20
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This SpringerBriefs presents a case study and theoretical analysis of an artistic enclave that emerged within Lawrenceville Pittsburgh. It briefly describes the history of greater Pittsburgh, and Lawrenceville’s transition from thriving blue-collar community to...
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Springer
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2017-03-20
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The book focuses on the history of Elias' most famous and important work "Process of Civilization" in close relation to the historical and biographical context. It starts with Elias' childhood and intellectual background and paints a detailed picture of the development...
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Springer VS
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2017-03-17
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This book accounts for the tumultuous period of the fifth to eleventh centuries from the Fall of Rome and the collapse of the Western Roman Empire through the breakup of the Eastern Roman Empire and loss of pan-Mediterranean rule, until the Turks arrived and seized...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-03-17
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This book discusses and analyses the ways in which fatherhood is in transition in contemporary and globalized society. The authors identify and examine fathering practices in relation to hegemonic and marginal patterns of masculinity, the concept of heteronormativity...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-03-17
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This book debunks the foundations of contemporary government-led development policy. The author questions the predictability of success when using mainstream development doctrines and its underlying assumptions, approaching development from a sceptical standpoint, as...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-03-17
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‚Gedächtnis’ und ‚Erinnerung’ sind Leitthemen in der Wissenschaft und im gesellschaftlich-politischen Diskurs. - Dieser Band bündelt die verschiedenen Theorien, Terminologien und Methoden aus der Forschung zum individuellen und kollektiven Gedächtnis und geht...
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J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2017-03-16
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A new industrial revolution. The age of making. From bits to atoms. Many people are excited by the possibilities offered by new fabrication technologies like 3D printers, and the way in which they are being used in hacker and makerspaces. But why is the power of hacking...
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Polity
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2017-03-16
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Bernhard Schäfers erläutert in diesem essential die Entstehung der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft aus dem Geist von Aufklärung und den bürgerlichen Revolutionen, zumal der französischen 1789 und ihrer Folgen. Vorwärts treibende Elemente waren neben den Parolen von Freiheit...
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Springer VS
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2017-03-16
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Secularization in the Long 1960s: Numerating Religion in Britain provides a major empirical contribution to the literature of secularization. It moves beyond the now largely sterile and theoretical debates about the validity of the secularization thesis or paradigm....
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OUP Oxford
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2017-03-16
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In what ways are cities central to the evolution of contemporary global capitalism? And in what ways is global capitalism forged by the urban experience? This book provides a response to these questions, exploring the multifaceted dimensions of the city-capitalism...
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Polity
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2017-03-16
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The majority of immigrants settle in cities when they arrive, and few can deny the dynamic influence migration has on cities. However, a "one-size-fits-all" approach cannot describe the activities and settlement patterns of immigrants in contemporary cities.The...
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Polity
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2017-03-16
Collection :
Immigration and Society
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The Handbook of Homicide presents a series of original essays by renowned authors from around the world, reflecting the latest scholarship on the nature, causes, and patterns of homicide, as well as policies and practices for its investigation and prevention. Includes...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2017-03-16
Collection :
Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice
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Computerspiele wie «Dragon Age: Inquisition», «Guild Wars 2» oder «Star Wars: The Old Republic» versprechen ihrem Publikum großartige, nachgerade «epische» Inhalte. Dieses Buch zeigt, wie sie das erreichen und welche Rolle dabei der Rezeption deutschsprachiger Epik des...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2017-03-16
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