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An exemplary investigation into music and sustainability, Singing and Survival tells the story of how music helped the Rapanui people of Easter Island to preserve their unique cultural heritage. Easter Island (or Rapanui), known for the iconic headstones (moai) that dot...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-06-10
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"A short, sharp and compelling book." The Observer
At a time when immigration has once again become a deeply contentious political issue, Jonathan Portes provides some much-needed clarity, taking on misinformation and inaccurate reporting to reveal the true economic...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2019-06-10
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This book investigates the added value that satellite technologies and remote sensing could provide for a more sustainable mapping, monitoring and management of heritage sites, be it for purposes of regular maintenance or for risk mitigation in case of natural or...
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Springer
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2019-06-07
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Elisabeth Hill und Mark Bibbert untersuchen die Genese des Prostituiertenschutzgesetzes im Rahmen einer wissenssoziologischen Diskursanalyse auf den Ebenen der parlamentarischen, medialen und aktivistischen Deutungskämpfe. Die Autoren zeigen auf, wie sich ein auf Schutz...
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Springer VS
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2019-06-07
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Stefan Ossenberg erforscht in einer immer weiter zusammenwachsenden Welt mit multikulturellen Kulturen die vorherrschenden Bilder von und über Deutsche und Türken, die als Typisierungen unser Handeln und unsere Kommunikation mit Vertretern anderer Gruppen beeinflussen....
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Springer VS
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2019-06-07
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In the past two decades, several U.S. states have explored ways to mainstream media literacy in school curriculum. However one of the best and most accessible places to learn this necessary skill has not been the traditional classroom but rather the library.In an...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-06-07
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In our everyday lives, we rely on routines that make tasks and interactions easier and provide a sense of order--routines of greeting each other, getting to work, organizing the things we do on the job, at the gym, or during family dinners. Yet, we have all experienced...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-06-07
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Sarah Pickard offers a detailed and wide-ranging assessment of electoral and non-electoral political participation of young people in contemporary Britain, drawing on perspectives and insights from youth studies, political science and political...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-06-07
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Der Band enthält grundlegende Texte Werner Sombarts zur spezifisch soziologischen und historischen Fundierung der Entwicklungsgeschichte des kapitalistischen Systems. Die Texte werden von Klaus Lichtblau eingeleitet und für die aktuellen Diskussionen anschlussfähig...
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Springer VS
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2019-06-07
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Despite the twenty-first century's often being referred to as the Asian Century-indicating hope for economic growth and the rebalancing of the global order-population aging and stagnation present an existential threat to the success of China and other territories of...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-06-07
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This book focuses on the challenge that Australia faces in transitioning to renewable energy and regenerating its cities via a transformation of its built environment. Both are necessary conditions for low carbon living in the 21st century.This is a global challenge...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-06-07
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The New York Times bestseller and 'Bible of a social movement' (San Francisco Chronicle)Once in a great while a book comes along that radically changes our understanding of a crucial political issue and helps to fuel a social movement.The New Jim Crow is such a book....
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Penguin
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2019-06-06
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Winner of the Jhalak Prize'A revelation' Owen Jones'Afropean seizes the blur of contradictions that have obscured Europe's relationship with blackness and paints it into something new, confident and lyrical' Afua HirschA Guardian, New Statesman and BBC History...
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Penguin
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2019-06-06
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This book identifies and examines the novel ways in which money is laundered internationally through illegal activities on the internet, focusing on sales, payments, social media, online gaming, and tax misapplication. Technology-enhanced methods that enable money...
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Springer
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2019-06-06
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Toni Sebastian Schell untersucht, ob es Personalisierungstrends bei der Wahlentscheidung der Bürger in Deutschland gibt. Dazu werden Umfragedaten zu 91 Landtagswahlen seit 1962 herangezogen. Der Autor prüft, ob sich der Einfluss der Bewertung der Spitzenkandidaten von...
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Springer VS
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2019-06-05
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'A gay man could read this book as if his life depended on it - and perhaps it does' Andrew Holleran, author of Dancer from the Dance'Poignant and achingly beautiful' The New York Times Even in our modern progressive world, it's not easy to be a gay man. While young...
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Penguin
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2019-06-04
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Raimund Haindorfer untersucht die Lebenszufriedenheit und den subjektiven Pendelerfolg von Ost-West-Pendelnden. In seiner Studie fokussiert er sich auf das Pendeln aus Tschechien, Slowakei und Ungarn nach Österreich in der Central European Region als exemplarisches...
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Springer VS
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2019-06-04
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This book studies the East Asian world-system and its dynastic cycles as they were influenced by climate and demographic change, diseases, the expansion of trade, and the rise of science and technology. By studying the history of East Asia until the beginning of the...
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Springer
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2019-06-04
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A fists-up handbook for helping dads help their daughters resist the patriarchy, written by popular feminist dad blogger Mike AdamickAs a primary male role model in a girl's life, a father influences his daughter in profound ways, from the way she defines her female...
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Seal Press
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2019-06-04
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In this study of exile, Sean Akerman chronicles the ways in which narrative approaches provide opportunities to understand and represent the lives of those who have been displaced after violence. Drawing on fieldwork he conducted with Tibetan exiles in New York City,...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-06-04
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