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Prostitution ist scheinbar genauso alt wie die Menschheit selbst und gilt nicht von ungefähr als das «älteste Gewerbe» überhaupt. Dieser Band versteht sich als interdisziplinäre, chronologisch sowie global umfassende Analyse des Phänomens und bietet dem Fachpublikum und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-04-01
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The term «house of art» designates the cultural phenomenon and creative mode in modernity associated with an artist’s residence as his own creation and as his product of a need to create which is unfulfilled in the painter’s, writer’s or composer’s actual field. This...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-04-01
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The contributions in this volume reflect discussions and controversies during the Princeton University Conference on Polish-Jewish Studies (April 18–19, 2015).The debates examined the politics of history in Poland, as well as the scholarly and pedagogical need to move...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-04-01
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This encyclopedia aims to provide a ready reference to various aspects of American culture. The time frame is from the colonial period to the end of the 20th century. The areas covered are fine arts (painting, sculpture, photography); performing arts (music, ballet,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-04-01
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A lively investigation of the intimate connections we maintain with the things we toss away
It's hard to think of trash as anything but a growing menace. Our communities face crises over what to do with the mountains of rubbish we produce, the enormous amount of...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-03-31
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This is a book about cities or, more precisely, about the physical form of cities. It starts presenting the main elements of urban form – streets, urban blocks, plots and buildings – structuring our cities and the fundamental actors and processes of transformation...
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Springer
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2016-03-30
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In the popular imagination, the Caribbean islands represent tropical paradise. This image, which draws millions of tourists to the region annually, underlies the efforts of many environmentalists to protect Caribbean coral reefs, mangroves, and rainforests. However, a...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-03-29
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Cultural Animal Studies sind ein neuer interdisziplinärer Forschungsbereich, der sich ausgehend vom angloamerikanischen Sprachraum auch in der deutschen Wissenschaftslandschaft etabliert. Dabei handelt es sich nicht nur um ein thematisches Feld sondern um ein neues...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
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2016-03-29
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This book is based on rich empirical data and findings
concerning the lives, perceptions and ambitions of young middle-class female
graduates, thus providing essential insights into the lives and viewpoints of a
previously unresearched group in China from a feminist...
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Springer
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2016-03-25
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Hate Narratives examines the limits of free speech and focuses on the role of language in creating images of reality, and on language’s power to build social relationships based on hatred. The study provides an analysis of language used in totalitarian systems, along...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-03-24
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Die akademische Personalentwicklung muss strategisch konzipiert sein, um die Personalpraxis an Hochschulen zukunftsfähig, effektiv, divers und fair zu gestalten und um Exzellenz des Personals in Lehre und Forschung zu erreichen. Konzeptionelle und praxisbezogene...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-03-24
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Der erste Band der Wiener Konferenz (2013) anlässlich des 90. Geburtstages von Nikita Il’ic Tolstoj († 1996) zur traditionellen Volkskultur und zur Sprachgeschichte der Slavia Orthodoxa, den beiden Hauptsträngen der Forschungsarbeit des bedeutenden Moskauer Philologen,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-03-24
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This book contains unique, firsthand experiences of both the military and civilian actors involved in civil-military interaction processes. It presents lessons learned from a variety of situations, from both NATO-led operations and UN Integrated Missions, and in...
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Springer
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2016-03-24
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Health and Safety Enforcement: Law and Practice has become the leading text for practitioners in this complex and growing branch of the law, providing an authoritative and practical guide to the key issues in health and safety enforcement from two leading specialists in...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-03-24
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Health and Safety Enforcement: Law and Practice has become the leading text for practitioners in this complex and growing branch of the law, providing an authoritative and practical guide to the key issues in health and safety enforcement from two leading specialists in...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-03-24
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Die Autoren untersuchen den Wandel des Bildes des Zweiten Weltkrieges, der sich in der Erinnerungskultur in den letzten 25 Jahren in Polen und in Deutschland vollzogen hat. Ihre Perspektive öffnet den Blick auf das Zusammenspiel der Veränderungen, die sich aus dem...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-03-24
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This collection of articles offers readers a cross-section of current research on contemporary and historical concepts and representations of (cultural) values as documented in popular culture, public space, the arts, works of literature and in ethnic contexts. The...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-03-24
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This brief resource sets out a rights-based framework for
policy analysis that allows social workers to enhance their long-term vision as
well as their current practice. It introduces the emerging P.A.N.E.
(Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination, Equity)...
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Springer
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2016-03-23
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Despite remarkable economic advances in many societies during the latter half of the twentieth century, poverty remains a global issue of enduring concern. Poverty is present in some form in every society in the world, and has serious implications for everything from...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-03-23
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This volume sheds new light on the use of quantitative, qualitative and synthetic indicators for the measurement of quality of life in different countries of Latin America. Organized in three parts, the book presents the methodology for the construction of new...
Editeur :
Springer
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2016-03-21
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