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This book equips readers with a deeper understanding of the challenges posed by radical socioeconomic, environmental, and cultural changes due to globalization and describes effective, sustainable solutions to these challenges. The focus is especially on the rapid...
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Springer
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2017-11-24
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Research for Development
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Zooarchaeology in Practice unites depth of treatment with broad topical coverage to advance methodological discussion and development in archaeofaunal analysis. Through case studies, historical accounts, and technical reviews authored by leading figures in the field,...
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Springer
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2017-11-24
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This book shines a light on the meaning of happiness and how public perceptions of it have changed over time. A question that has engaged philosophers from the days of Aristotle, happiness is a subject of growing academic interest, and its recent integration into...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-11-24
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Every site that is inscribed on the World Heritage List (WHL) must have a management plan or some other management system. According to the UNESCO Operational Guidelines, the purpose of a management plan is to ensure the effective protection of the nominated property...
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Springer
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2017-11-23
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This book offers comprehensive insights into the cultural and ecological values that influence sustainable development across Asia, addressing the cultural, religious and philosophical moorings of development through participatory and grassroots communication...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-11-23
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This book argues for the importance of the theory of the culture industry in today's world. It begins by considering the neglect of the culture industry in the second and third generation of the Frankfurt School, presenting historical background information and...
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Springer
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2017-11-23
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This volume brings together the experiences and research of heritage practitioners, archaeologists, and educators to explore new and unique approaches to heritage studies.The last several decades have witnessed a rapid increase in the field of cultural heritage studies...
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Springer
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2017-11-20
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Archaeology
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The world is in the midst of a social media paradigm. Once viewed as trivial and peripheral, social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and WeChat have become an important part of the information and communication infrastructure of society. They are bound up with...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2017-11-20
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This edited volume lays the groundwork for Social Data Science, addressing epistemological issues, methods, technologies, software and applications of data science in the social sciences. It presents data science techniques for the collection, analysis and use of both...
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Springer
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2017-11-17
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This second edition of the Handbook reflects some of the foundational topics for disaster studies; current substantive, methodological or theoretical topics of interest; as well as new and emerging topics in the field. While highlighting some of the iconic themes of the...
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Springer
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2017-11-16
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WINNER OF THE EUROPEAN ESSAY PRIZEFROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHAT I LOVED'It's hard to overstate the pleasure and the comfort that such demystification provides . . . it does indeed make the world feel larger, more expansive, more alive to the touch'...
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Sceptre
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2017-11-16
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The proliferation of designated terrorist groups in majority-Muslim countries has greatly affected civilian populations. Humanitarian workers and
assets have been targeted by terrorist groups through the use of violent methods. This study addresses the state of...
Editeur :
Editions L'Harmattan
Parution :
2017-11-15
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This book visualizes mortality dynamics in the Lexis diagram. While the standard approach of plotting death rates is also covered, the focus in this book is on the depiction of rates of mortality improvement over age and time.This rather novel approach offers a more...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-11-14
Collection :
The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
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An urgent account of sexual politics, feminism, and the rules of power in America-and a potent vision for the way forward As a veteran feminist and agenda-setting sex educator, Jaclyn Friedman is on the frontlines of the war for equity between the sexes. In Unscrewed,...
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Seal Press
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2017-11-14
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This book is the first to provide an in-depth analysis about the history, urban development, planning, and preservation of the Lhasa city over the last thirteen centuries. It studis the old Lhasa city as part of Tibet's social and historical evolution process,...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-11-13
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This book examines how computer-based programs can be used to acquire ‘big’ digital cultural heritage data, curate, and disseminate it over the Internet and in 3D visualization platforms with the ultimate goal of creating long-lasting “digital heritage repositories.’...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-11-10
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At the end of life, our comfort lies mainly in relationships. In this book, Daniel Miller, one of the world's leading anthropologists, examines the social worlds of people suffering from terminal or long-term illness. Threading together a series of personal stories,...
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Polity
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2017-11-10
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Why are women still under-represented in politics? Can we speak of democracy when women are not fully included in political decision-making? Some argue that we are on the right track to full gender equality in politics, while others talk about women hitting the glass...
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Polity
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2017-11-10
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Having a good old moan about little everyday frustrations is a quintessential part of being British, and when it comes to barmy bureaucracy we can really get our knickers in a twist! This book collects the most mind-boggling and side-splitting examples of potty...
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Summersdale
Parution :
2017-11-09
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Featuring contributions by distinguished scholars from ten countries, The Wiley Handbook of the History and Philosophy of Criminology provides students, scholars, and criminologists with a truly a global perspective on the theory and practice of criminology throughout...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2017-11-09
Collection :
Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice
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