| |
Learn what it was like to live as a Norseman in this fun and fascinating look at Vikings and the Viking Age. Vikings, those ancient Norse seafarers, have inspired plenty of pop culture phenomena, from the A&E hit show Vikings to Thor: Ragnarök, to the ever-expanding...
Editeur :
Running Press Adult
Parution :
2020-05-05
ePub
|
This book discusses the protection, planning, and design of sustainable urban water environments. Against the backdrop of environmental changes, it addresses issues of water resource protection and sustainable development in China and Germany at different stages of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-05-03
PDF, ePub
|
This book highlights historical and current perspectives on population issues in the Bengali-speaking states of India (i.e., West Bengal, Tripura, Assam) and Bangladesh and explores three core population dynamics: fertility, mortality–morbidity and development....
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-05-01
PDF, ePub
|
This book offers a comprehensive overview of electronic dance music (EDM) and club culture. To do so, it interlinks a broad range of disciplines, revealing their (at times vastly) differing standpoints on the same subject. Scholars from such diverse fields...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-30
PDF, ePub
|
In unserem Dasein sind Medien heute omnipräsent. Uns umgeben ständig mediatisierte Welten mit je eigenen Kulturen, wo Bedeutungen mittels spezifischer technischer Möglichkeiten hervorgebracht und geprägt werden. Die jüngere Entwicklung ist durch Vernetzung und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2020-04-30
PDF, ePub
|
This multidisciplinary book discusses and scientifically analyzes issues related to population, land use/cover (LULC) and environmental transformations in the seven most populated cities in India: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. To...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-30
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Geography
PDF, ePub
|
This book provides a unique description of the identity strategies of stateless ethnic minorities in Poland. It describes and analyses the identity politics carried out by these groups, aimed at obtaining recognition of a separate status from the Polish state (a...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-29
Collection :
Migration, Minorities and Modernity
PDF, ePub
|
This book explores the foundations and potential of a theory of need-based distributive justice, supported by experimental evidence. The core idea is that need-based distributive justice may have some legitimatory advantages over other important principles of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-29
PDF, ePub
|
Exploring the relationship between place and identity, this book gathers 30 papers that highlight experiences from throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The countries profiled include China, India, Japan, Indonesia, and Thailand. Readers will gain a better understanding...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-29
Collection :
Sustainable Development Goals Series
PDF, ePub
|
This book provides a critical analysis of irregular migration to Europe from a neo-Gramscian perspective. It demonstrates how the contemporary EU migration management regime came about within the context of a neoliberal hegemonic project, which in turn was advanced...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-29
Collection :
IMISCOE Research Series
PDF, ePub
|
ON RAGE is Germaine Greer's timeless essay about Aboriginal dispossession. With characteristic acuity and passion, Greer looks to the causes of rage and its consequences in Indigenous Australians.Originally published six months after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Apology...
Editeur :
Hachette Australia
Parution :
2020-04-28
Collection :
On Series
ePub
|
The first edition of What’s Race Got to Do With It (2015) addressed a moment when those working on the ground—activists, educators, young people, and families—were trying to understand and fight back against neoliberal education reforms (e.g., high stakes testing,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2020-04-28
PDF, ePub
|
This encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of the traditions, cultures, kinship norms, and other significant cultural aspects of the tribes, or otherwise named ethnic groups, of Indonesia, by an Indonesian anthropologist. The entries are supported by...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-28
PDF, ePub
|
This volume includes eleven original essays that explore and expand on the work of Don Ihde, bookended by two chapters by Ihde himself. Ihde, the recipient of the first Society for Philosophy and Technology's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017, is best...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-27
PDF, ePub
|
This book intends to present the development of socio-spatial practices in the metropolitan coast of the Northeast of Brazil, highlighting the main urban, spa and tourist agglomerations: Salvador-BA, Recife-PE, Fortaleza-CE, and Natal-RN. The objective is to study the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-25
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Latin American Studies
PDF, ePub
|
This book reports on a public archaeology project carried out at the ancient site of Tilmen Höyük in south-eastern Turkey. The project developed and applied new methodologies and advanced technologies for the planning, design, conservation and management of an...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-25
PDF, ePub
|
This book explores how social groups in the urban fringe of Abuja, Nigeria, engaged with a series of development projects spanning 15 years (2003 to 2018) which focused on the enhancement of food security for farming households. The groups were at the heart of these...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-25
PDF, ePub
|
This volume showcases selected conference papers addressing the sustainable future of ASEAN from the perspectives of science and technology disciplines. In addressing the 17 Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) envisioned by the United Nations in the domains of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-23
PDF, ePub
|
The purpose of this volume is to broaden scholars' analytical perspective by placing the creative industries in frameworks that compare and contrast them with other kinds of entities, organizations, and social forms that mix creativity and production. In other words,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-23
Collection :
Creative Economy
PDF, ePub
|
This open access book features various studies on democratization, transformation, political and economic development, and security issues in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) geographical region and beyond. Written by experts and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-23
PDF, ePub
|