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In Spent, editor Kerry Cohen opens the closet doors wide to tales of women’s true relationships with shopping, from humorous stories of love/hate relationships with the mall to heartbreaking tales of overspending to fix relationships. With a contributor list...
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Seal Press
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2014-09-23
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This book discusses current research on identity formation, family and peer influences, risk and resilience factors, and concepts of masculinity and sexuality in African American boys. Sorting out genuine findings from popular misconceptions and misleading headlines,...
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Springer
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2014-09-23
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Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development
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In Balancing the World, the author illuminates what an ajq’ij, or «daykeeper», is by presenting material he collected in a series of interviews with practitioners of Maya spirituality. Frequently labeled as Maya priests, shamans, spiritual guides, or even witches, the...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-09-23
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Was sind die Widerständigkeiten des Jazz? Zu dieser Frage haben sich im Laufe der Jazzgeschichte zwei zentrale Interpretationen herausgebildet. So gilt Jazz einerseits als afroamerikanische Subversion gegen rassistische Unterdrückung. Andererseits wird das...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-09-23
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This book is based on the results of about forty years of work with one type of analysis of musical communication. It offers an elucidation of the meaning of music as, in addition to other factors, a fictive action and refers to the context of the intrapersonal,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-09-22
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As much as Americans believe in the promise of an egalitarian, color-blind society, the reality is far from that ideal. People of color consistently lag behind their white counterparts in key quality-of-life areas. Despite many significant gains, widespread structural...
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Springer
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2014-09-18
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This book deals with the formation of the post-Second World War reconstruction and planning machinery in Great Britain, the re-planning efforts undertaken in post-war London, and in particular the redevelopment programme regarding its central area in the form of the...
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Springer
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2014-09-16
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Springer Geography
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This Brief discusses methods to develop and maintain police – researcher partnerships. First, the authors provide information that will be useful to police managers and researchers who are interested in creating and maintaining partnerships to conduct research, work...
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Springer
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2014-09-15
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SpringerBriefs in Criminology
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This volume examines the processes and patterns of Araucanian cultural development and resistance to foreign influences and control through the combined study of historical and ethnographic records complemented by archaeological investigation in south-central Chile....
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Springer
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2014-09-13
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Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology
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This volume examines key aspects of the migration process that are particularly relevant in the Asian context. It looks into established concepts and theoretical propositions that have found application in other areas, particularly in the West and explores their...
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Springer
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2014-09-12
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Global Migration Issues
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This concise reference helps readers avoid the most commonplace errors in generating or interpreting engineering drawings. Applicable across multiple disciplines, Hanifan’s lucid treatment of such essential skills as understanding and conveying data in a drawing,...
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Springer
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2014-09-11
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SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
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At the Mogao Grottoes, a World Heritage site near Dunhuang city in Gansu Province, visitor numbers have increased inexorably since 1979 when the site opened. A national policy that identifies tourism as a pillar industry, along with pressure from local authorities and...
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Springer
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2014-09-11
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This book is presented by two authors who worked in close cooperation. The first part is written by Ewa Binczyk and discusses various postulates that have been formulated in response to the problem of the unwanted side-effects of the practical success of technoscience...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-09-10
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This book investigates Chinese comprehension and treatment of the relationship between language and reality. The work examines ancient Chinese philosophy through the pair of concepts known as ming-shi. By analyzing the pre-Qin thinkers’ discourse on ming and shi, the...
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Springer
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2014-09-10
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Entstehende Nationen brauchen Symbole. Das galt auch für Deutschland und Italien. Hier waren Nationaldenkmäler, Denkmalparks, Denkmalfeste und Mythen Teile dieser Symbolik. Dieses Buch untersucht Übereinstimmungen, Verbindungen und Unterschiede zwischen den deutschen...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-09-10
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Der Band zeigt die Eigenarten der Schweiz an relevanten Stichworten aus Geschichte, Politik, Wirtschaft und Landwirtschaft sowie dem sozialen Leben und der eidgenössischen Mentalität auf. So offenbaren sich die eigentümlichen Aspekte der schweizerischen Identität anhand...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-09-10
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Probing deeply into texts by and about prominent Christian mystics, religious authors, and saints, German Mysticism and the Politics of Culture challenges the reader to rethink the medieval past as a contemporary presence. This «presence of the past» shapes memory of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2014-09-10
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Developments: Encounters of Formation in the Latin American and Hispanic/Latino Bildungsroman, a notable contribution for students and scholars of Latin American, Brazilian, Hispanic and Latino literature, explores a significant but overlooked area in the literary...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2014-09-10
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On the History of Rock Music follows the development of rock music from its origins up to the present time. It focuses on the relationship between the sound, improvisations and rhythms in particular styles, and gives specific attention to the development of rhythm. The...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-09-10
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Biblical Representations of Moab: A Kenyan Postcolonial Reading employs critical theories on colonial, anticolonial, and postcolonial ethnicity and African cultural hermeneutics to examine the overlap of politics, ethnicity, nationality, economics, and religion in...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2014-09-10
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